Shelby Gardens Banquets and Events Reviews

We hired Shelby Gardens to cater our Dads send off party. From the minute we sat down with them, from start to finish they where amazing. They covered all of the details, and had plenty of ideas. When our family had questions, they answered them with details that let us know we made the right choice. Everything was perfect, the guests kept complementing us on our food choices, there was plenty of food. Display and presentation of the food is also important and it was presented perfectly. Thank you for making our special day was perfect. Because when planning an event like this there is a lot of stress, every choice you have to make is made quickly, and you know there isn't a do over, and everyone is stressed out. We are glad we choose Shelby Gardens. 5 Stars!

I would highly recommend Shelby Gardens for your wedding reception! The venue is beautiful, the food is amazing, and the staff is very professional. Shelby Gardens is the perfect place for your wedding. The hall itself it beautiful with a grand staircase for photos. Each room is separate and does not have divider walls and has beautiful chandeliers. You are able to decorate how you wish inside. We purchased uplighting and a beautiful backdrop for behind the head table. The food was amazing. We had family style. There were so many options to choose from, which made it nice for our guests to have a selection. We received so many compliments from our guests on how attentive the wait staff was. They made sure we had the perfect wedding reception. If you are in need of a wedding reception, I would definitely recommend Shelby Gardens.

This venue was very beautiful and affordable. The food was delicious and the service was awesome! The staff were very helpful and answered every email. I couldn’t have picked a better place to celebrate our wedding and reception. We used the Garden Room for our Wedding and the Riviera Room for our reception! It was beautiful!

The staff was accommodating, offered suggestions, were responsive and every staff member was a pleasure to deal with!!! Contracting with them made everything so easy.

after touring this beautiful venue and meeting the lovely woman who assisted us, I fell in love with this place! I am just so excited to get started and I know the employees of Shelby gardens will be so helpful!

I am very happy we decided to use Shelby gardens for our wedding reception. They bent over backwards for us and made sure we were extremely happy. I probably called Rachel every other day to change or fix something and she helped every single time. The beer selection was important to my husband and they ordered special beer for us and apparently had an extra one for when we ran out(it probably wasn't for us, but it was nice that it was there for when we ran out). They made sure the night of that everything was going well. Such a beautiful venue as well. Everything was fantastic!!!

The food was great! On time, and delicious! The venue was just remodeled and very pretty! A great temperature in the room. My only complaint were the drinks were a little weak. Other then that, it was great!

Rachel and everyone at Shelby Gardens went out of their way to make our wedding a magical experience. Food, Drinks, Venue and Atmosphere were all 5 Stars!

Very pleased with the overall service we received and the food was wonderful. The staff was helpful and accommodating would recommend to anyone.

My surprise retirement party was held at Shelby Gardens. This is the fourth event we have attended at Shelby Gardens. The service and food was excellent. The staff was friendly and exceeded my expectations.

Sharon Griffith

As of December 20th 2013, the banquet hall is under new managment/ownership, also almost all new waitstaff!! Check it out, I think everyone will be very impressed with the new high level of service.

I'll be honest ...we first booked this place thennn I read the reviews ! I was terrified !! BUT I was extremely happy ..the place is beautiful inside ...we had 2 bartenders ..never was there a line ..the drinks were stong !! Food was amazing ...and hot !!! Soo very happy we had our wedding reception there 11/9/13 . Thank you !!!

We booked with them 2 years prior and they helped us every step of the way. The night of the reception, the owner was in the kitchen cooking, you don't see that very often.

I can't say enough good about this place. The wait staff was wonderful. The food was fabulous! They were more than happy to work with me and make this a very special day.

I was very impressed with CMC. They were very professional and very quick to respond to our needs through the planning process. They really were great at walking us through the planning process and had a great group of vendors they were able to recommend to us.
Their value was unbeatable. The bar package, especially, was much better than other reception venues in the area for the same price.
The day of the wedding they were great making sure everything went smoothly and that the room was set up beautifully.

Very hppy with our experience there!

Monte Carlo was an amazing venue. The food was very good, and the wait staff was responsive to my special requests. George, the owner, bent over backwards to make sure our reception was perfect, going so far as to check on us half way thru to make sure the temperature was ok in the room. Excellent. I would recommend to anyone.

There is nothing more scary to a bride than putting all your trust into a vendor to make your "best day ever", everything you had envisioned. But let me tell you, Shelby Gardens staff hit it out of the park! From day one, we fell in love with the location, the fresh modern look, and the helpfulness of the staff. The newly remodeled banquet hall and uplighting made our guests in awe of the look of our reception. The only downfall I would say is that you do have to pay to taste test the food which I was kind of bummed about but, in the end, it was totally worth it. The food was so flavorful and delicious. The drinks were perfectly made (you know how sometimes you go to weddings and it's mostly the mixer with a splash of alcohol? Not here!). Rachel was very responsive to my emails and last minute changes which helped put my mind at ease. We put a lot of time, money and effort into making our day great and I was so thankful to have that effort and quality reciprocated from our banquet hall.

My husband and I looked at several reception halls before we chose Monte Carlo. We were shocked at how much lower the prices were here so we decided to book a taste test and we both loved it and reserved our date right away! I was very happy with the service here. Our room looked nice, the food was delicious and served hot too! That was very important to my mother in law. We were shocked at how great everything was and how much was included for an unbelievable rate!

I had my wedding at CMC last Friday, and it was wonderful! The food was super delicious, and hot, came right on time. The service and wait staff were really nice and friendly. The bar was filled with all different kinds of drinks, and I previously was worried because I heard they watered down drinks, but surprisingly they came out a little bit too strong. But, nobody complained, cause there's nothing wrong with that! Only thing I didnt like was the room was a tad bit hot, and we didn't get the problem resolved until the 2nd time we asked the manager. But, after we did, the room stayed cold and chilly rest of the night. Totally would reccomend this place to anyone!

We were very sceptiical at first after reading so many bad reviews about this hall after we had already signed the contract. But I must say we were very pleasantly surprised by the overall professionalism. They made our wedding as special as it should have been.

The champaigne toast did not go as planned but overall, they treated us and our guests absolutely great. If someone wanted water, coffee, etc., it was provided without hesitation. The bartender was helpful to our guests and had a nice personality as did all of the staff. We had plenty of staff to ensure us a very nice wedding.

The facilities were very nice and the food was very good. There were many compliments on the food. All I can say in closing is we had many reservatiions about holding our wedding there being that some reviews were not very complimentary. We were very pleased with everything including the management staff.

Very nice and accomodating.

If you do decide to book with Monte Carlo, it's an absolutely great experience. The prices are flexible, and you get a lot for your money. The food was extremely good, and served hot and on time. The room was a but chilly, but after I asked for the temperature to be regulated, it was just right. Would strongly recommend.

we kept hearing things about the cold food so we were very nervous but everything worked out beautifully!

I used this revenue for my shower and reception. Olivia was an absolute sweetheart. I really think she keeps that place together. This venue is cheaper than some you will see out there, but beware of a few things. Make sure you get everything in writing. They tried to change a few things at the last minute, but for the most part, was accommodating.

The shower went well. Overall, the reception was ok, but I had some complaints. As far as the reception, there was supposed to be two bartenders, but ended up being one. Thus, there were lines at times. The alcohol available is hidden. So, people don't know what they can chose from.

I had a lot of complaints after the fact about the bartender. My husband & I got the same feeling. He clearly didn't want to be there and barely put any alcohol in the drinks. Less alcohol = less people on the dance floor. The bartender got upset w/ our best man b/c he asked for shots. He said "shots were not allowed." Now, if it's an open bar, what difference does it make??? They put the beer in really small glasses. Thus, people got frustrated b/c they kept having to go back up. The bartender didn't use my customized bar napkins, so they didn't get used. In reference to the staff, the only complaint I got from alot of people is that they took the food and glasses too fast from the table. My father asked for coffee and they took it a couple minutes after it was on the table before he even got to drink it. If you use the downstairs room, be aware the room doesn't allow even distribution of the music. Thus, people at the far ends of the room couldn't hear the music as much. You also have to set up the entire room the day before the wedding, other than the silverware/plates.

People said the food was good. I'm glad b/c the beef plate I got had fat all over it. Overall, it wasn't a bad experience. If you use them, just make sure you cover the aforementioned in your discussions w/them.

Upon first two meetings with Michelle we were so pleased. Once the planning process really began, however, it was a different story. We would email and receive no reply until a week later with very short answers and not friendly at all, or I'd write twice before ANY reply. It got to the point where I felt like a complete burden. They only do quarterly menu tastings which you must pay for and they do not give you much notice. This was an issue and Tricia was quite rude when we asked for a possible other solution if we couldn't make it. I explained that I wasn't comfortable waiting until 2 weeks before to make all these BIG decisions. I asked about setting up the room the day before and was told I had to wait until the week before to have an answer. I came to my final meeting with a list of questions a mile long because I was sick of asking and getting rude replies. They were to make and e-mail me a layout of the room. That never happened. The day of the rehearsal no one even greeted us- our groomsman had to find the lights to the room himself. I went up and mentioned I didn't receive my layout was told they DID send it. I did receive an apology, but it was quite stressful to deal with these things only 2 days before. We were told at our final meeting that we would have two bartenders. We did not. I came in to set up on Thursday and there were several stained chair covers & card table skirting was badly stained. A table was missing and I was told the person who could set it up wasn't there, so I couldn't set up my centerpieces for that table. My dad had to go ask for a linen for the sand ceremony table. It's definitely not as nice as the upstairs and we knew it wasn't remolded but it was like it's a second thought. No one from the hall greeted us on wedding day, either. We were told we'd have a head waitress/waiter and we didn't. The pizza we ordered for late night was AWFUL. No one was collecting glasses. Food was good and hot and I liked having the whole room.