I was looking at them this morning. I've been there before but for some reason my memory is their facilities are kind of on the small side. But maybe I didn't go to the right building.
Congrats man. I'm engaged myself and we're getting married at Noah's in Katy. Pretty good price and you can bring in any vendors you like
Two things: First, if your budget is around 5k, then you might want to take a look at the Renaissance Festival. They do weddings, and it's definitely a memorable experience compared to the standard vanilla 'traditional' wedding.. I mean, horse-drawn carriage for the bride and mother-of-the-bride, Pope-dude to officiate, outdoor vine-covered chapel, costumes, it's much more of an 'experience' type wedding, but surprisingly inexpensive. I was married there in '98 and the whole thing was around 3k.. I would imagine it's around 5k by now, but I don't know for sure. Possibly worth checking out, if you are interested in inexpensive-but-memorable. Sadly that marriage failed to last, and I am getting married for the 2nd time next year, and the venue we have found to be by far the best value is a place called The Pelazzio on Westheimer. Give them a look. heck, go look at half a dozen other places, then go look at Pelazzio, or look at them first, doesn't matter. Everything we have looked at, for a party of around 100, was anywhere from 13k and up. A few places crept down to about 8500, but Pelazzio blew them all away, because EVERYTHING is included except the clothes you wear. Limo, photographer, cake, food, 8 hours of time, two separate rooms, 1 for the service, the other for the reception, DJ included, tons of linens and accessories available.. for several thousands less than the average we had seen. Again, at least worth a look.
Former Aggie Mike Evan's wedding fare http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/col...s?hootPostID=48c69fa3f424d4f04db14adecd405b53
So just as an update...as many of you in here probably guessed would happen, my budget for this wedding has increased. :grin: But not as much as you might think. There's a place in Baytown called Bridge Water Events that has very reasonable prices and seems to be nice (at least on the inside, outside looks pretty plain). I'm going to talk to them tomorrow but if everything looks good then I think I can get by with a budget of around $6-7k.
I agree with people to not overspend. I did mine at Hotel Sorella at City Centre. It ended up costing a small fortune. Feeding 400 ppl (Fadi's), decorations, wedding cake, etc .. What a waste of money in hindsight. The crazy part? That was just our reception. I really got married in Toronto. Lol.
The only issue I have with the Pelazzio is they are literally an hour away from the church where we will be married (without traffic). I don't mind people having to drive a little but that's really too far and it is important to us that we get married in our church.
Ahh, so you are looking only for reception locations, that makes a difference. We are going to use the same location for both the ceremony and the reception. Congrats and good luck
