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Originally Posted by Frequitude
What time of year?
It's not downtown but Rouge might host a neat party if done right. They have the garden in back. I've never been to a wedding there though.
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I had my wedding at Rouge in the garden. It was pretty amazing since the weather was fantastic for an outdoor shindig. They have a big tent set up that all the food is served in, a bunch of different stations for different dishes and people just wandered to tables scattered throughout the garden. They also let us set up croquet etc in the garden for people to play. Dance floor was in the restaurant.
Cost wise, it was a minimum buyout and I think food was something like $85 a person. The rest of the buyout goes towards your bar bill and tips etc. We didn't go over with ~100 people. When we did the math, the buyout was competitive with other venues when you added in all their extras. One thing we found talking to various venues is you need to ask about all the extra costs (some wanted to ding us for all sorts of things), and you also need to talk to the manager (or whomever handles the wedding) and make sure that they are on the ball to handle
everything. Nothing worse than uncertainty when you are trying to have a good time.
Extra costs were for table and chair rentals for the seating in the garden ($1200 ish I think). And any decor you might want. It was also nice that they worked well with our DJ, florist, etc.