Ellis Place
Lounges in Bowling Green, KY
Lounges • Beer • Liquor and Wine
Lounges in Bowling Green, KY
Lounges • Beer • Liquor and Wine
700 State St,
Bowling Green ,
KY
42101
UNITED STATES
270-846-0210
Based on 1 reviews
270-846-0210
When we asked for a receipt, she grabbed a sheet of yellow notebook paper, and scribbled on it that we had given her 1,000 and signed it. A piece of notebook paper. Very official. Very professional. We ordered our own tablecloths and chair covers for the amount they wanted to charge us to rent just table cloths. The night of the rehearsal, we arrived to find the place locked up and no one there. Turns out, Martha, the manager of our wedding venue, had FORGOTTEN WE WERE HAVING THE REHEARSAL THAT NIGHT. I was completely astonished. After everything else we had put up with, this was inexcusable. She told us it would take her thirty minutes to get there. So we sat and waited until she showed up. She tried to explain to me that her daughter had just had a baby. I just said, “That is nice.” There was no excuse for this type of treatment from someone who was running a business, especially involving weddings, where the level of importance of each day means an unprecedented amount to the parties involved. But oh, well. We had no choice but to accept it. And we rehearsed the ceremony several times and were still able to get to our restaurant of choice on time. The day of the wedding, my mom, my sister, a friend, and my best man, arrived to help with the set up, to find out through a banner posted at the front, that the venue had scheduled a “Ladies Night : All Male Review” that night. It said it started at 10. This was odd, as we were supposed to have the option to extend our reception to 10:30 if we wanted. They agreed to take the banner down until after our ceremony. Then came the reception. Everything went pretty well here too, except that once they ran out of food, that was all they had. They didn’t make enough to give anyone second helpings. They also started serving pieces of our cake, before we even cut our wedding cake. Then, at 8pm, while everyone was still dancing and having a good time, Martha walked up to Elizabeth (THE BRIDE) and said, very rudely, “You all need to wrap this up. I got another event to prepare for.” Elizabeth said that was fine, we would just leave, and come back tomorrow and get everything. She told her no, that we were not allowed to leave anything there, even though at our first meeting, we were told that we would not have to clean anything. Elizabeth was upset, and told her that we had paid until 9:30, but Martha told her no, insisted that she had another event, then went on to claim that she DID NOT CHARGE us for the thirty minutes prior to 5, when people started coming in, which was utter BS. At any rate, we announced to everyone that the reception was over, and that we would move the party to a local bar, for anyone who still wanted to party with us. So, we had to spend the last thirty minutes of our time, which was an hour early, cleaning the place, and taking all our decorations down. Luckily, friends a family helped with this task. Despite the fact that our actual wedding went smooth enough, the experience of dealing with Ellis Place was a nightmare. Going through each phase of the planning there, after we initially paid the deposit and signed the contract, was like pulling teeth, and dragging an anvil up a hill. Everything that was promised to us would go smoothly, ended up being a struggle and a metaphorical teeth drilling. They make all the right promises to get you to agree to their service, but the horrible attitude and poor business practices of the manager, make the experience of having a wedding and reception at their venue, anything but enjoyable. Please, avoid it for your own sanity. Planning a wedding is stressful enough, without having to worry with a poor venue manager and trying to be ripped off in the process. Do yourself a favor. Go somewhere else.
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