“Overall, I give my wedding at Aristide 8.5/10. The venue is stand alone gorgeous. Our reception floor plan, catering, ceremony space, and floral were as promised and we were happy with the Walter’s Wedding vendors that we used (DJ Brendan-CoHost Entertainmet, DesignHaus Floral, Jason from Emily Chappell photography).
HOWEVER, we owe a HUGE recognition to our personal wedding planner/day of coordinator to really pulling off the specifics of what we wanted on the day of. We had a wonderful experience with the sales manager, Katy T when we booked Aristide-McKinney, but the communication with our lead event coordinator often times left us frustrated, in the dark, and with a negative vibe that was not expected from someone working in this industry. We even found some mistakes in charges on our portal. The lower rated part of my review simply comes from our experience in this category taking place in the planning process and I feel without an outside coordinator, we would have had a worse experience. There is always grace for mistakes, but paying THOUSANDS to a corporation this large, leaves you with the impression that you wouldn’t have to cross your own T’s and dot your own I’s.
Our day of coordinators from Aristide were changed last minute, which again, could cause some frustration or anxiety to never have met the staff prior to the wedding day. We leaned heavily on our personal coordinator that day who worked alongside Aristde’s staff. Both of the venue coordinators that day, Emily and Aly, worked wonderfully with our personal coordinator and we are grateful for their attention and hard work to make our day a success! On the venue side, I do wish they would have lit the string lights outside for cocktail hour and turned on the fountain for ambiance as told to us when we toured the venue, but not a huge deal.
Do I recommend? Yes.
Do I think you will have to be a type-A bride who is on top of things and paying close attention leading up to your big day?-also yes.”
