The owner was unwelcoming to the point of being inappropriate and unprofessional for the service industry. I was astonished by that! I attended a family member's wedding this summer, and chatted with her across the bar. She took it upon herself to make a simple chat about where I came from (California) into an ugly political rant. Thinking back on it, I was expecting maybe extra welcome for undertaking the trip to Missouri during Covid for the wedding, but if this woman was the reason the wedding couldn't be rescheduled, I get it now, no sympathy or extra welcome for out of state travelers would ever be had from her! I liked the food. The layout was interesting, though not conducive to mingling. The owner doesn't understand the first thing about hospitality. read more

This place is amazing, wonderful experience and would love to get married here. The staff is excellent and went above and beyond with everything I needed and will recommend to all my friends!!!!!! read more

This place is amazing! The owners are so kind and helpful. Our party went off without a hitch! The DJ, Erin, was, by far, the best DJ I've ever seen! Cannot recommend this place enough!! read more

This is a terrible venue! My sister got swept away in the bliss of marriage and took over a contract a friend had already purchased but sadly their wedding didn't work out. If I had been present when this deal was going down I would have convinced my sister not to do business with these people! The place itself gets very cramped and hard to navigate when guests arrive. The woman who runs it is really just trying to force brides into doing what she wants. She never listened to what my sister, the bride, wanted. She also kept increasing prices and adding on fees continuously! She quoted us 3 different prices for cookies which started at $12 a dozen and finalized at $18! This wasn't the only surprise charge that came up either! We ended up spending several extra hundreds of dollars on top of the original price! She also tried to invite her daughter to my sister's reception! I couldn't believe it!! We were told "Don't worry, she's a party just like me!" It gets worse. The food is not good though the chef is a very kind person. I ate 3 different meals prepared by this chef (one at a open house and we ordered 2 different entrees for our event) and all were over cooked and bland. We also were missing the gravy for the pork and it desperately needed a sauce! In the contract it was stated that we needed to buy the DJ a meal and did so gladly! We verified that we did not need to buy any other meals for any other staff members! Then when I walked into the kitchen to ask for a plate of food for a few late family members I saw several staff members making plates for themselves and eating! They also packed themselves to go boxes of the dessert items that we purchased from other vendors! Very rude and unprofessional! In order to bring in food from another catering company it would have been a $700 charge and then $3.50 per place setting to use their plates. We paid upfront for free nonalcoholic beverages and the manager tried to charge my aunt first thing. Luckily I was there to stop that. If you don't want alcohol at your even don't book this venue. They absolutely refuse to shut down their bar no matter what. All of our dealings with this venue was unprofessional and made it clear that they have a way they like to weddings and that is the way it should be done. The managers husband is extraordinarily kind and wonderful with customer service! The poor guy worked up a sweat setting everything up and fixing all of the things that went wrong or needed to be changed. The DJ also did a great job making sure that all of our needs and wants were taken care of. If a problem arose she dove into action to solve it while the manager was behind the bar. With the care of these two and a lot of work the venue could really soar! Thankfully we were able to make the best of the situation since we were stuck. A friend of ours had booked the venue for their event and after watching us go through everything we went through they paid the fee to get out and rebooked somewhere else. The wedding was in fall of 2019. The place has potential but they need start listening to their customers and make some changes. Maybe Gordon Ramsey could come in and help out a bit! read more

I was a bridesmaid at my best friends wedding. It was chaotic and I know the couple was stressed. There wasn't a coordinator like they said there would be, and if there was then they didn't do a good job. Everyone was rushed it felt like. My friends were promised things but it never happened. read more

If you are looking for a beautiful, elegant, and fun place to have ANY event, look no further. This is your place! I booked Affinity for a fund raising event and everything was PERFECT. The owner was so helpful in making sure every detail was in place. I could call or text her anytime I needed and she would answer right away. Great place! HIGHLY RECOMMEND. read more

The new owners are inexperienced and have some work to do. My reception was fairly large and my expectations were extremely high. We paid money for services and didn't expect anything more/less that what we purchased. However, we did expect services that we did pay for to be rendered to the best abilities and nothing less. The owners were very friendly and did work hard to accommodate special requests. I do believe if the special request wasn't something they were in favor of, it was made clear by misdirected information and actions to steer us away from doing what we had envisioned. Communication at times were difficult and unprofessional. I appreciate the owners being friendly but would have appreciated a professional business relationship throughout the entire process. An item of mine did get misplaced by the owner herself and it was a 2 week lengthy process to finally get it back. Affinity Riverside Estate is a beautiful venue and I hope my experience will only help future brides to have an even better one. read more