Love this Venue!
This review is long over due (and maybe a…read morelittle long too, but I remember when I was planning a wedding, this kind of info was so helpful. Hope this is helpful to you!).
My daughter was married here on 6-24-17 and since she was living up North at the time, it was me who coordinated this wedding with the Venue Owner Jeff. Let me first start off with the pros & cons:
Pros:
Very pretty and well kept property for an outdoor wedding.
Prices are fair and affordable.
Owners are responsive, friendly, flexible and easy to work with. Willing to customize to your needs/wants at a fair price (many things no addtl. charge).
Serving staff, parking staff, bar staff were prompt, helpful and friendly. No complaints from any of our guest, and I asked.
Our guests had a GREAT TIME, I am still hearing how much fun the wedding was and what a beautiful place Vin Di Cool is .
If I had to do it over, I would gladly book this venue again.
Cons:
Ceremony Seating- Be sure to ask for extra benches to be set up. We had a little over 100 guests and there was not enough seating with two benches wide per side and 9-10 rows deep. Many guests stood off to the side in the shade.
No shade during ceremony so it's HOT at 5pm in the summer. Plan accordingly (get extra rentals for umbrellas, or some kind of canopy if you want shade) or do what we did and keep the ceremony SHORT! The lack of shade was no problem after the ceremony as the reception area has trees and it's cooler just a little later.
Buffet- While my guest said they enjoyed the food, its was a little slow of a process as there was only one side of the buffet open (not a double sided buffet) and they serve you, not a serve yourself, so it moved a little slow. Also, one set of salt and pepper shaker to use at the end of the buffet. No salt and pepper on the tables where it should be. This also slowed the buffet line some, not bad, but how are you even supposed to know if you need to salt your food until you sit down and taste it. Also, it was your little round cardboard salt and pepper shakers... I would recommend asking for REAL salt and pepper shakers on each table. I know this sounds petty, but when you have 100 people eating at once, you need salt and pepper on the tables. Easy fix.
That's it. We didn't have any issues with the food being cold or not having enough as other reviews stated. After all the tables were served they opened the line up for 2nd's to anyone that wanted them and then offered us any leftover food to take home.
I will say that Jeff is super nice and easy to work with but he is go, go, go and he does a great job at keeping track of things. With that said, I recommend YOU be organized and follow up your conversations with emails or texts as you should with any vendor. He is not planning your wedding, he is providing a venue.
Vin Di Cool did a great job on following through with their commitments to our event. They were also helpful and accommodating with our personal decorations and things we brought in and, when time allowed, helped us set up and take down our stuff as well as their own stuff.
I recommend shopping around, I did, and I can say I was very happy with this Venue.