This past weekend we attended our first wedding for 2014. It took place at Le Jardin Banquet Hall in Woodbridge. As we drove up to the building it reminded me of all the other banquet hall buildings in the Greater Toronto area and I thought to myself "this is going to be fun trying to locate the reception room". However, once we arrived, a not very friendly parking coordinator directed us where to park and which door to enter through. This made it super easy to locate the banquet room which was really nice as there was a lot of wedding receptions taking place and it was a very big building. Everything looked very pretty including the bride of course. The colour theme was a very soft pink and gold. I hope the Bride and Groom's wedding day was everything they dreamed it would be.
Before we left the house I tried to get a family picture and this is the best I could get.
From a guest's point of view I was extremely disgusted with the service at this banquet hall and would NEVER recommend it as a venue for ANY function. Over the years I have attended a lot of weddings but I had never left a reception feeling as irritated and annoyed as I did this past weekend. I have never encountered servers like the ones at this venue. They were so incredibly rude and inconsiderate. They were clearly unhappy with their jobs and it reflected in their work. The table setting looked beautiful and included a lot of dishes, cutlery and cups.
As a result, the table was extremely cluttered and there was not much room for anything else (i.e. platters with food). However, this was not the guest's problem. Perhaps they should seat fewer people at each table or get larger tables. At one point in the evening, a server wanted to place a hot platter of calamari directly in front of the Lil Man because according to the server the table was too full. First of all how was that our problem and second was he sleeping? Who in their right mind would put something that hot in front of a child let alone a toddler.
The evening seriously just continued to get worse as the time past. The poor Lil Man had to sit and watch everyone eat three different dishes (the antipasto dish, the cream of collard soup dish, and a pasta and rice dish) before his kids meal finally arrived at 9:00 p.m. By that time he was past starving, he was ready for bed. Seriously, if they do not want children attending functions at their Banquet Hall perhaps they should only offer adult parties. I asked a number of times before hand when the children's dish was coming and they just kept telling me soon and eventually they said when the main dish arrives. When I informed the server that the Lil Man was hungry they starred at the bread basket implying that was food. There's only so much bread a kid can eat. To say I was one pissed off Momma would be an understatement. I was ready to let someone have it. When they came to collect his plate they made a point of mentioning that he did not really eat any of it so I made them aware that kid's need to eat earlier, but I'm sure it just fell on deaf ears. Either way that's enough complaining for today, as I know it will not accomplish anything. The food they served wasn't very appealing nor was it tasty. I guess it's your typical banquet hall food. If any of our readers ever have a function at this banquet hall in the future and your kids are coming also, you may want to feed them before you head in.
On another note, here's my two most favourite guys in the whole entire world, don't they look handsome?
Have a lovely Tuesday Everyone!
