4 eleven should be a top choice for a wedding venue, especially since there aren't that many venues in Fort Worth proper, but a few things have left a bad taste in my mouth.
Before I got engaged, a friend of a friend mentioned they chose another close-by venue even though the pricing was much higher. I couldn't understand why because I had been to an event for a nonprofit at 4eleven and it was lovely. However, after going through this process myself, I get it. When looking to tour the venue, I submitted an email form and called many times without response. Finally I got a hold of a guy who said he only runs the event part of the business but was very kind and apologetic and took my information to give to the woman who runs tours. I never heard from her. After digging further I found an email response in my spam folder. I responded to the email and set up a tour. I thought it was odd that they never called me but brushed it off since they did originally email me and it's not their fault it went to spam.
I went to the tour, which was very thorough, but the woman giving the tour was not friendly and seemed to want to end the tour as quickly as possible. This was a pretty big turn off. Other venues asked us questions about ourselves and what we wanted in a wedding, expressed interest in helping us celebrate our big day and even followed up after via e-mail and text should we have any more questions. With how much money you spend these days for a wedding venue, I would never go with someplace with staff as apathetic as 4 eleven. If they are this uncaring and unresponsive when I'm trying to potentially give you money, imagine once they already have it, and a signed contract, to boot! No thanks. Shame, because it is a beautiful space. read more