We hired SPARK for a corporate event at Dos Pueblos Orchid Farms. It is a unique venue for a…read morecorporate event because the location does not have wifi, has bad cell service, and has minimal electrical outlets.  SPARK provided a very detailed quote and included things I forgot to even mention or didn't know we needed. They're very familiar with the venues in the area. They worked well based on the budget we had. Alex and his team also went to the venue for a site visit where we discovered a huge echo in the venue. They were creative and worked on ways to fix it. They also made sure our video wall wouldn't have a glare and we would have shading for when the sun hit directly on the greenhouse. Alex was also great as we had a bunch of performers who needed additional A/V support. He reached out to them and knew exactly what they needed. The team spent hours and hours setting up. It really was a huge production. On the day of, everything was great! The wifi went smoothly and the on-site techs were helpful. One thing to note is that our event was not completely waterproof so when it rained between day 1 and 2, SPARK had to make a few adjustments as some outlets weren't functioning and there was water on some things. They did so quickly before guests arrived. The before & after pictures don't even show all the work put into this! Alex and his team should have been hired for Fyre Fest because they are amazing with producing great events no matter what difficulties there are.

Mind blowing, quite simply mind blowing! What Lani + team do is over the top creative and just…read morereally changes the whole event to an incredibly elegant soirée! And super fun!! I own pure joy catering and I have seen him transform 100's of basic spaces into...well look what he did last night!

Amanda Lauren is an absolute hidden gem! Our wedding venue originally endorsed us to her; we loved…read moreher website and immediately felt a mind-meld when speaking with her, but couldn't find anything else about her.... "who is Amanda Lauren?!" Outside of her website and Instagram account, you won't find much on her business but her word-of-mouth referrals are quite extensive. We combed her Instagram/Facebook tags from other couples and contacted everyone through direct messages to uncover her story. From wedding venues to local Santa Ynez business owners to a famous drummer from a very popular rock band, people rave about her. She's been in the Santa Ynez wedding planning scene for about 7 years now, grew up in customer service and success for a jewelry company before finding her passion in wedding planning. Amanda has the vision and connections to turn all those visuals and wedding visions swirling around in your head into reality. Truly, it was unbelievable how she got inside my head and figured out exactly what I wanted when we had no theme, no mood, and only 1-2 random details to share like "bright flowers and colors everywhere" and "fairy-like trees." She knew how to ask the right questions to get more ideas out of my head, figured out what was important to us, and was able to match a list of vendors who hit every single criterion we didn't know we wanted. She found our dream wedding musician, dream lighting and decor vendors, a florist and farm-to-table caterer that was more down-to-earth to our style, and nailed the type of wedding photography vision we had in mind. There wasn't a single vendor she recommended that we didn't go with and she was very aware of our budget and where we didn't care to spend as much. To be honest, we were surprised she found vendors that could deliver what we wanted in our price range considering the bar of some of our requirements. Amanda was constantly in touch with us and was great at texting and communicating across the most random ideas. We didn't want or need full service, but she provided flexible packaging for us. She pulled out certain full-service package items, creating a new package that included month-of planning, pricing inquiries, contract execution that weren't in her standard package. Also noting, we had an intentional pandemic wedding and were a super small, 25-person wedding and she still gave us top-notch, full-service feels. She also knew instinctively when to let us control things, where we wanted to be more involved even if we didn't say it directly (like with editing contract language with our vendors or timeline for our wedding day to fit our family's quirky needs). She also went to bat for us with 2 vendors who were struggling to manage their clients while short-staffed for the pandemic and helped us avoid having to make inquiries or chase them down. On the day of our wedding, she was herding vendor cats left and right and solving unexpected issues like our catering truck being in the pathway of our wedding walkway and our venue manager not providing the equipment they'd promised. We were so sad we didn't get to spend more time with her during the event (it goes by so fast and she was behind the scenes making it happen)! My only recommendation is that if your wedding venue is in a remote location with no mobile service or has separate wedding areas/buildings far apart (even for a small wedding like ours) - make sure you take her up on her wedding planner assistant. She offered this service and was so nice to not push us on spending the extra money, but without her right beside our wedding party while we were offsite getting ready we fell behind on our timeline. It also would have helped us to have someone passing on communications to us from her while she was herding our vendors across our vineyard venue.

Mindy and her team were were the dream team behind my wedding in march. I could not have asked for…read moreanything more spectacular. It was everything I pictured and more and mindy is the best!

We hired Ashley as a personal chef while we were in town for a bachelorette party, and she was…read moreabsolutely amazing from start to finish. She was incredibly professional, arrived right on time, came fully prepared with everything she needed, and completely took the stress off our evening. The food was so good (honestly DELICIOUS), and on top of that, she somehow left the kitchen even cleaner than when she arrived! She was attentive, kind, and impressively patient while managing our themed dinner- even after we'd enjoyed a few glasses of wine. The entire experience felt thoughtful and seamless. You will absolutely not regret hiring her!

I recently had catering with Ashley for breakfast and dinner at a private home. Ashley was very…read moreprofessional, arrived early to make sure meals were cooked and served on time and the food tasted great. Everyone was extremely happy with both meals. The incredients tasted very fresh and addressed everyone's dietary restrictions. This is a high value service and Ashley left the kitchen cleaner that it was when she first got there. 100% would recommend and book again. Thank you!

We were at one of our favorite tasting room, Tierra y Vino and the lovely lady Pat mentioned this…read moreplace to us, so we had to get a reservation here. I'm glad we did! We had an absolutely incredible experience at SY Kitchen! From the moment we walked in, everything was over the top in the best way possible. The cocktail (pineapple basil margarita) was crafted to perfection, it was beautifully balanced, thoughtful, and clearly made with care. As for the food... every single bite hit. You can taste the quality and attention to detail in every dish that comes out of the kitchen. We had Chicken, potatoes w/broccolini and clam pasta. A huge shoutout to our server, Matthew, who was truly splendid. Even on a busy night, he never missed a beat and made sure we still had a five-star experience from start to finish. Attentive, personable, and professional, exactly what great service should be. We'll absolutely be returning and will be recommending this place to all our friends and family. If you're considering dining here, don't hesitate, promise no regrets, it's worth it! Cheers!

What an AMAZING experience we had with S.Y. Picnic Co! They were recommended to me by the horseback…read moreriding stables I had booked for my one year anniversary with my fiancé. From the first email, Alissa was absolutely awesome! She handled every little detail perfectly, and made sure that she answered all of my questions in an extremely timely manner. She set the scene for a GORGEOUS picnic lunch for me to surprise my fiancé with after our ride, and even lined up a photographer for us to be able to capture this unforgettable memory. From start to finish this was a day that we will always remember and be grateful for. Thank you Alissa for everything!

We are deeply grateful to Ashley and Jill for the professional, creative, kind support we received…read morefrom them through the planning and actual event. every step of the way they were on top of everything we need, when and how. They helped us to create memories that will be with us forever. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

From the owner: Club Amore Weddings is a boutique wedding and event planning company based in the Santa Ynez…read moreValley, serving California and destination celebrations. We specialize in elevated, heartfelt events that blend timeless design with intentional detail. From full-service planning to curated styling, Club Amore brings a calm, editorial touch to every celebration. Welcome to the club. XO, Jill and Ash

Toby of Lilla Bello is, hands down, the absolute best florist we could ever have chosen for our…read morewedding day. From the moment we met I knew that she would be able to make our colorful floral dreams come true and was immediately proved correct just with her initial presentation. As a bride who had never pictured my wedding day, my only requests were colorful and textured. With just that, Toby knocked it out of the park. In addition to our gorgeous and colorful ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception she put together a stunning fruit-centric welcome dinner. It's been a few months and our guests are still talking about how beautiful each event was. I truly wish we could get married all over again just to work with Toby and her gorgeous flowers again. Thank you for everything, Toby, you truly made our wedding the most beautiful we've ever seen!

Toby and her team are absolutely AMAZING! They are artists!!! The number one comment we received…read morefrom every single guest were our florals. Thank you for not only bringing our visions to life but taking it to the absolute next level that we couldn't even have imagined! Thank you for all of the zooms, emails, meetings in person and making every step of the way so so fun for both me and my hard to please mama! Couldn't have imagined the day without you! Every single attention to detail took our breath away. Thank you for making it so easy

I cannot recommend Island View Catering enough. Buckle up, there's a lot I want to say…read more We had a Sept 2020 wedding originally, so we were part of the postponement crew. We postponed one year so we got married in Sept 2021. I had to move all my vendors, which I did so successfully. Then, due to some unfortunate circumstances, my original caterer cancelled on us about 4 months prior to the wedding. I was frantic as this was a very competitive year due to all the postponements. I started reaching out to anyone and everyone and to my surprise, I still had a lot of options. I got on the phone with Avrey and he was the first person that really put my mind at ease and made it clear that he could and would do his best to mostly match the menu I had already created and work with me on budget that I already had. He was such a fabulous person to talk to and work with; I just felt really at ease and like my opinions and needs were being taken care of. I'm also in the service business, and I admired the way he was treating me as a potential client. I ended up signing with them and the proposal process was very clear, professional, and smooth. Then he met my wedding planner, and she also thoroughly enjoyed working with Avrey and his team, and that was impressive to me. Then comes the wedding day - holy crap - I had SO MANY people come up to me and tell me not only that the food was absolutely phenomenal (we had a taco bar and delicious apps), but that anyone who ran into one of the catering team members was so impressed by them. I had brought my own bartender, a friend of the family, and she also had nothing but great things to say about the catering team. I later found out that we ran out of margaritas that we had premade, and Avrey said great we'll make more. I am still not even aware of what ingredients we had and didn't have, but somehow they made more. So to be clear, his team went back and juiced a ton of limes and made more batches of margaritas, which they were never responsible for in our contract/plans. My parents and some family friends did a lot of the take-down of the wedding. The catering staffed helped them tremendously - again, not their job. They helped box up extra wine, extra food, and even carry it to my parents car and help them load. The food was INCREDIBLE, and it was so beautifully presented; the team was top notch. Your catering team really makes the wedding flow - if they're disorganized or anything less than stellar, so are your and your guests' experiences. I had so many people tell me that this is the best wedding food they've ever had. Avrey is one of the most professional caterers I've come across - his communication is impeccable, and he just cares about doing a good job. Do yourself a favor, call Avrey and book them for whatever event you have coming up. I only wish I had more events to hire them for.

This week, we were at a wedding for 300 in SYV and Island View catered the meal and the bars. It…read moreis pretty unusual for me to say this, but there was NOTHING Island View could have done better! The food was fresh, hot, and delicious. And the menu was tailored to the bride and groom's tastes. The service was attentive, happy, and always in the right place at the right time. The drinks were legit (not watered-down sugar with cheap booze). And they stayed the WHOLE TIME so if a guest wanted anything more as the night went on, they were there to make it happen... and still full of smiles at 11:30pm!! Truly a wonderful partner for any event! Thanks, Island View Catering, for helping our friends' wedding such a success!

Fantastic experience!!! Jude was amazing to work with. His…read morestaff was friendly, professional, communicative, looked ahead to see what needed to be done, all around a great group to work alongside. I highly recommend Top Shelf Services!

If you want your event to run with military-precision smoothness, Top Shelf will come through to…read moreensure a worry-free and enjoyable event! There are no amount of recommendations that would be sufficient for the amount of stress that Jude and his crew alleviate. They've seen and done it all. We definitely leaned on their expertise to get us through the planning and event. We hired them for our day-of wedding coordination as well as rehearsal the day prior to make sure details were buttoned up. From coming up with a graceful solution to reuse our ceremony chairs as reception seating to help meet our budget, to making sure no homeless people interrupted the celebration, and even as far as providing props for the photo booth, Jude was there every step of the way to make sure our day was perfect. And it was. Even my type-A wife wasn't allowed to check-in every 15 minutes to make sure we were on schedule! Thank you a MILLION times over, Jude and staff! Please check out the photos of the incredible scene they help set.