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The Briarcliff Manor

4.1 (81 reviews)
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They gave us the most wrinkled table cloth for our sweet heart table. This small plate was given to every 6 guests and not refilled.
Nancy M.

Perry/Emily ruined our first dance, skimped on food, ate our outside catered food so guests didn't have any, and were rude to guests. STOP DELETING POOR REVIEWS & ADDRESS THE ISSUES INSTEAD OF LYING & THREATENING US TO TAKE THIS DOWN. All our vendors except Perry asked us for reviews, a sign that Perry knew he did a poor job. See yelp and google for other couples' experiences about deleting, poor service, and skimping on food. Perry ruined our first dance by playing his version of our song even though our DJ & my husband spent 20 min with Perry preloading our song (which was a mashup) and tested the volume. Perry played his version of the song THREE TIMES on repeat and our mash up never came on. He lowered the music so low that none of our guests (who were 2 feet away) could hear. We have video evidence of this and were dancing awkwardly to no music like fools. People had no idea what was going on. The worst part is my husband wasted 20 min during cocktail hour to sort it out with the DJ and Perry. He missed a lot of the food and our limited time with our guests. Perry didn't bother apologizing for his mistake, which is in sharp contrast to our DJ who apologized multiple times (even though it wasn't his fault as the DJ had preloaded his mix tape & tested the volume with Perry so all Perry had to do was press play! Despite paying for 75 guests, there was not enough food for our 64 guests. Some guests told us they didn't get steak and dinner portions were small. We paid extra for an upgraded coffee bar and desserts but didn't get it. We paid for 7 appetizers but guests said they only received 3-4. My family tried looking for all of them. My brother asked a waiter for more and the waiter walked away. My husband noticed the poutin ran out and he asked Jimmy to bring more out after 20 min of it not being refilled. Jimmy (bless him!) was the only sweet one there and brought it out immediately. Jimmy was very attentive to us. At the end of the night, people were supposed to get water, pretzels and sandwiches and no one passed them out. Thankfully, two of our friends noticed and grabbed the baskets of sandwiches that were hidden in the corner and started giving them to guests. We brought food from an outside vendor, and Perry/staff tasted our food prior to the guests getting their portions (they told us the food tasted good before it was even served!) so some guests didn't get walnut shrimps. They limited the portions so a small plate served 6 people. See photo. WHERE WAS THE REST OF OUR CATERED FOOD?! Perry called THE DAY BEFORE our wedding to complain and ask for more money. He was upset that we were close to our headcount of 75. Our guest count was 64 and we had 8 vendors which, combined, is still less than 75. We PAID for 75 people and had 64 guests. He said our wedding was more work because it was outdoors and the potential rain added extra stress. These are things he knew in advance so why was he complaining to us about this THE DAY before?! We tipped them $1000 at the beginning of our wedding night in hopes of better service (this is on top of the 22% tips and 10% tax). Day of coordination was a mess. I was not given notice before something happened and was rushed to go somewhere. For example, my bridesmaids were not notified of our dance so they missed it :( our videographer said he almost missed the cake cutting because no one told him it was happening but thankfully our videographer was observant and ran over before it was over. Two friends came 30 min early to help set up the place cards and Emily snapped at my friends. Emily still messed up the place card seating so guests didn't know where to sit. I had to ask guests to get up and move to the right table. Even our guests noticed Perry's sour face (guests actually asked us why he looked so unhappy) and how rude Emily was. It seems everything major went wrong but even other items that shouldn't have been an issue, were issues: - They didn't serve the bottom layer of our cake, which we had no idea until guests told us that they didn't see the third flavor of the cake. Perry didn't bother telling us. We didn't get to eat the top tier on our one year anniversary. - No one told us the photo booth was set up so we paid for 3 hours but guests only used it for one hour - They kept the lights on super bright during dancing so guests would be encouraged to leave and told us that was the dimmest Things are bound to go wrong at weddings but they RUINED SO MANY IMPORTANT moments - all of which are captured on our wedding video. It makes me cry when I watch it because so many things went wrong that it felt purposeful. I hope no other couple experiences this. I debated writing this for a long time but caved when our guests encouraged me to so that no other couple experiences this. I'm glad I did given the nasty email they sent us and trying to delete our reviews. They never apologized or called, another sign that they knew they did a poor job.

Mike C.

Had such a great time here tonight such a quaint beautiful manor kept up perfectly and well run and owners keep on top of everything. all the waiters great and friendly and worked so hard to keep everyone happy. Perfect day for outdoor cocktail hour with great apps the waiters walked around with. Then sit down dinner starting with Caesar salad. Then a plate of penne alla vodka pasta cooked perfectly sauce was good just a touch too thin. Ordered chicken Francese chicken cooked perfectly sauce little clumpy but good taste. Desert was great whole dessert station and cake to the table. Plenty of parking and the views are great. A great place to hold any type of party.

Perfect view for a perfect day
Jennifer M.

I just had my wedding on August 30th there. The chef's select menu was everything I dreamed of. I was particular with what I wanted and the chef and kitchen staff were overly compliant. The wait staff was attentive and on top of things. The decor by Vincenza was delicate and clean and completely accommodating to my design aesthetic.

Patricia C.

My sister and I celebrated our joint 50th Anniversary's with our husbands and family and friends. Perry was so helpful and the party was beyond expectations. The Manor is beautiful and the service and food wonderful. Of course we had an beautiful day and still warm enough to use the outside patio. We brought some of our things to decorate and they easily allowed it. We cannot say enough how happy we were and will definitely return for our next big celebration.

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