Venu Suggestions Long Island, NY

[brooklyngirl]

Hello everyone!

I am starting to plan my March 2009 wedding. I am thinking of looking at some venues in Long Island, but have no idea where to start. If anyone can point me in the right direction, that would be great!

Thanks in advance.

 

[NYCBride2Be]

Hi,

Here is the link to the locations suggested by the knot. http://theknot.com/vs_LONG_ISLAND_CAR.shtml
Hope you can find something.

 

[brooklyngirl]

Thank you so much!

 

[swimmer]

What do you envision? There are a ton of options, but from what people say, you have to book way in advance on LI. Give us a wish-list and we can try to help.

 

[brooklyngirl]

I''m not sure exactly what my requirements are

. But the wedding will be about 70-100 people. I would like a separate room for the ceremony (where a huppa can be constructed), separate room for reception, and a bridal room, where I can go and touch up my makeup, keep essentials, etc. I would like it to be closer to Brooklyn, and have good food.

Is there anything else I should consider? Not sure where to start...

 

[Asscherhalo_lover]

for long island you have to consider budget....that will filter out a lot for you f you know what your requirements are. i''m a low budget for our area girl...if you need low budget suggestions, lemme know.

 

[brooklyngirl]

I''m not sure what my budget is, but we are paying for the wedding ourselves, and would like to keep the budget as low as we can (within reason). We got a quote that we liked from a place in Brooklyn, that was 9500 for 70 people, which includes the band, dessert station, and food, and unlimited wine, and there is no time limit as to how long I can stay without paying extra. This comes out to 135 per person. After 70 guests, it becomes 100$ per person. I thought this was very reasonable.

 

[brooklyngirl]

If I can go below 135 pp that would be great!

 

[swimmer]

Do you need food to be Kosher?
Does either family care? -no Ortho relatives?
Kosher catering is adding tons to a friend''s.
We are doing "faux Kosher" no pork, no shellfish, no cheeseburgers.
Do you have an officiant/Rabbi/Cantor/friend with certificate from internet?
Some will travel, some don''t.
Asscher is dead on, its a spendy part of the country. Good luck with that.

My sister got married at a country club there, with the separate rooms like you want, I don''t think its an unusual request on your part. We prepped in the ladies locker room with the tennis trophies. Good times. The good thing about the country club was that they had a woman there who organized the entire thing; Normandy was not run as efficiently.

But I would say that the cost of it was...better left undiscussed.

 

[brooklyngirl]

Date: 3/28/2008 4:45:22 PM
Author: swimmer
Do you need food to be Kosher?
Does either family care? -no Ortho relatives?
Kosher catering is adding tons to a friend''s.
We are doing ''faux Kosher'' no pork, no shellfish, no cheeseburgers.
Do you have an officiant/Rabbi/Cantor/friend with certificate from internet?
Some will travel, some don''t.
Asscher is dead on, its a spendy part of the country. Good luck with that.

My sister got married at a country club there, with the separate rooms like you want, I don''t think its an unusual request on your part. We prepped in the ladies locker room with the tennis trophies. Good times. The good thing about the country club was that they had a woman there who organized the entire thing; Normandy was not run as efficiently.

But I would say that the cost of it was...better left undiscussed.

Our families don''t keep kosher, so we don''t need kosher catering. We don''t have an officiant yet, but we will book one after we book the reception venue, so that''s not an issue.

My one requirement is that there is plenty of food, and that it is tasty

 

[Gypsy]

We just attended a wedding in Long Island at "Flowerfield" it was lovely. The staff was EXCELLENT, the food was TDF (and GENEROUS), and the cake was great too!! Their outdoor grounds are very VERY pretty as well. I recommend it, and I know that both the bride and groom were very happy with how everything turned out.

 

[gemgirl]

Hi brooklyngirl, congratulations to you and your intended. I''m a transplanted Brooklyn girl who''s been living on the Island for the last seventeen years. I can give you a list. We did all of the shopping around for the same thing 12 or 13 years ago ourselves.

Some of the nicest catering establishments belong to the Scotto Bros. and those places include the Westbury Manor (Westbury), the Fox Hollow Inn (Woodbury) and the Watermill (Smithtown). Then there''s always the Miller Ridge inn and Miller Ridge Cottage (Hicksville), which is not a cottage at all. They do very posh and lavish affairs. For absolute abundance of food, food choices, wines, entrees etc. without a doubt- Villa Lombardi (Holbrook). My cousin has her 50th wedding anniversary party there and it was not to be believed. The two most popular country clubs are both in Woodbury. They are the Woodbury Country Club and Crest Hollow Country Club. Then there are the "quaint" places like the George Washington Manor in Roslyn, but they charge too much for places that smell like my great-grandmother''s steamer trunk. Also in Roslyn is the popular Swan Club which is very nice.

Ultimately we eloped, but the price for our wedding ten years ago would have been $120.- a person at the Watermill. I hope you can stay within your budget and still get married out here. The prices of everything on Long Island have sky rocketed in the last four or five years.

None of the places I mentioned are like Brooklyn catering halls. We have those too but people generally stay away from them. They''re too wedding mill-ish.