I attended my nephew's wedding reception at this lovely old Hotel this week. The inside is gorgeous. The reception was in a small banquet room upstairs. Everything was set up and look wonderful when we got there. We provided centerpieces, runners, etc and set that up. There were two very big factors that continue to my low rating. We had a cash bar with one bartender. My husband bought the 6 of us drinks...both the beer and the wine were not cold. When brought to the bartender's attention her response was simply that it had all been in the cooler for hours. The wine was extremely expensive for a 6oz pour of low end Chardonnay. Before long, we noticed the line up at the bar was no less than 20 people in line. Average wait for a drink was 20 min. Don't know if she was just slow or couldn't handle the crowd. We decided to go downstairs to the hotel bar for our next drink. It was packed but it took no time to get drinks. For the same price as upstairs we got a 9oz pour of a decent chardonnay and cold beer on tap. Later we just bought a bottle for our table upstairs only to be given grief by one of servers about having the bottle. Why would the hotel sell it to us if it was against the policy? Then it was time for the dancing. The wedding party had brought their own music and hooked into the hotel sound system. It was so bad and distorted you could barely hear it. After about an hour, a system belonging to someone who lived nearby was brought in and set up. What a difference but really? We all had a fantastic time but it was disappointing as I know the wedding couple paid alot for the rental of this room. read more