Mendocino Outland was fantastic to work with from start to finish. Communication was effortless,…read moreand they made the entire bar setup process so easy for us. They walked us through every detail of what we wanted to serve and even created a clear, straightforward shopping list that took all the guesswork out of it. They also came prepared with a bunch of creative ideas for pre-made cocktails and garnishes that really elevated the overall cocktail experience. Their suggestions helped us narrow down our final selections, and everything came together seamlessly. Our guests loved the drinks, and we couldn't have asked for a smoother or more enjoyable experience!

Mendocino Outland Bartending provided wonderful bartending service for our wedding and absolutely…read moregorgeous drinks! They were so nice and so easy to work with. In the time leading up to our wedding, they were so helpful in planning and helping us know what to buy as well as the quantities etc. What I loved the most about working with them is they were dedicated to making anything happen! I really wanted to do an espresso martini toast instead of a champagne toast and they were so nice and helpful in making that happen. Plus all of their drinks were DELICIOUS! And beautiful too. The bar they had looked very pretty and they did a great job making everything come together for a cohesive look and matching our esthetic. Darcie and Max were both super nice and incredible and I cannot recommend them enough!

I cannot recommend Prasada highly enough as an event planner. Let me the five top reasons why:…read more 1. She is calm, steadfast and truly mindful in details and countenance. (Her second 'job' is helping people learn how to regulate their nervous system using breath work.) 2. Our weekend - which was at a venue (our retreat center, Whispertree Retreat) that was largely outdoors. The weekend weather went from hoped-for blue skies and billowing white clouds to a 30 degree temperature drop and rain forecast. Prasada patiently held the line assisting us with a Plan A, B AND C for the weekend, depending on the weather, a call we would make the morning of. I cannot tell you how much forethought this took! But Prasada did not complain ONCE. Rather, she held the course and even spearheaded the final plan C option that eventually turned out to work perfectly(!!) for us. 3. During the event, itself, Prasada spun plates behind the scenes. protecting us from a few (unavoidable) things that happened - some of which I STILL think we don't know about. 4. I really care about details and how things look. Beauty is so much a part of what people can notice and feel that helps make an event feel warm, welcoming and heart-opening. Prasada gets that, too, and has a great eye! I really trusted her to set things up just as I asked, and even improve on the outcome. 5. Prasada ALSO works at an event rental company. She has years of experience understanding issues related space and rentals and could probably help you address these issues in her SLEEP. Please do not think twice about hiring Prasada for your event. I enjoyed working with her so much that one thought I have the morning after it all is: What's the next event we can work on with her?!

Prasada was our month of coordinator but really she helped from the moment we hired her on! Our…read morewedding was in the Mendocino area and she had all the local connects, which made planning that much easier. She helped us every step of the way and made sure the day ran as smooth as possible! I did not have to worry about one thing on our wedding day, she handled it all! If you're looking to have your wedding in the area, we recommend you hire Prasada. :)

Equipment is old and beat up. Sometimes not entirely functional. Very expensive to rent. Bought…read moreballoons for my kids birthday at 8 am, by the time the party started at 3 pm the balloons were half their original size and laying on the floor! Went back the next day to tell them and the woman behind the counter had no sympathy. Their attitude seems to be "we're the only game in town so we don't need to do proper business or have have any integrity". Typical small town bad attitude. Avoid this place.

I used Fort Bragg Rent All to deliver the chairs/arch/sound system/table numbers for my wedding at…read morethe Botanical Gardens. Everybody I worked with (Joan, Bob, Holly) were very professional and quick to respond to my e-mails. My only gripe was the battery operated sound system, which we needed because the wedding was on the bluffs with no external power. The sound system sucked the life out of my fully charged ipod the minute we plugged it in. Thankfully we had a back up ipod, however it tried to do the same thing....so we grabbed one of the wedding guest's computers, and hooked up the ipod with a usb chord so the power recirculated. I feel a bit responsible because we didn't test this out when we went in to learn how to use the equipment...oops. Overall working with Fort Bragg Rent All was a great experience. They made everything stress free so I could worry about other aspects of the wedding.

Hello there Yelper,…read more I do not typically leave reviews, as I feel everything is pretty clear on what you can expect from services etc. However, I feel it is my civic duty as a civilian to leave a detailed review and account of my experience from working with Adie and having them M.C. at my wedding. We locked in our reservation with a deposit about a year before the event. Once it got closer in, we had a few phone calls with Adie, detailing what they would be doing at the wedding and what type of music we were interested in. Adie had me and my wife download an app, to answer all types of questions about preferences and skips and must plays. We also took it upon ourself to make a 9 hour playlist, just to show the kind of music we enjoyed. Fast forward to our wedding day, Adie arrives later than expected, very frantic and disheveled. She asked if her car parked in half in the driveway/half on the sidewalk was fine. I didn't really have an answer for her and then she began telling me the excuse and reason why she was late, in her pajamas, and panicked. It being my wedding day, I didn't stick around to find out what the excuse was. Adie proceeded to set up their equipment as guests were arriving, so the music we intended to be hearing wasn't necessarily playing at that time. I approached Adie with a $25 Gift card an Bag of Chocolates, to give as a prize for our guests for a scavenger hunt. Adie rolled her eyes but agreed to announce it. (After the event ended, she never announced the hunt and never returned the prize to us or gave it to a guest). When it was time for dinner, we asked her to announce table numbers. She rolled her eyes and after tables 1&2 finished, we had to tell her to announce 3&4. Those were the last tables she announced, as they were preoccupied looking for their car keys. My best man had to go to every individual table and let them know to get food. While this is happening, the music is cracking, cutting in and out, or simply not playing at all. When it's time to kick off the music, we were very clear out what the first should have been. Once the music awkwardly started on the wrong song, I walked over and told Adie to play our requested song, she said "it's in the queue". Once the song finally played, it was an unrecognizable remake. The only time the crowd was active was when Adie played a song directly from our playlist. I can only imagine what would've happened if we didn't provide that beforehand. On a list a 10 must plays, I think she played 3. We told her not to skip "Wayne features" and she skipped each one. We were very clear on what the final song of the night should've been as well and Adie failed to play that song. Once the night ended, Adie spent an hour+ looking around the property and creeping out our guests. We waited a few days to see if Adie would reach out to us to explain their behaviors on our wedding day. Adie didn't, so we sent an email expressing our disappointment. Adie has since blocked myself, my wife, and my DOG on social media (where we've never interacted with her accounts). All in all, this was a terrible experience, I would never recommend Adie to anyone looking for a DJ/MC/or Host. I am baffled at how horrible they were and the fact that people suggested her to us. With peace and love, I hope she gets the help she needs. -ceremony went fine (still skipped a listed entrance song) -she played SOME songs from our list -she arrived in pajamas she didn't announce anything properly (even my name wrong) -we explicitly said no EDM, she played EDM. - terrible attitude, never willing to work for a resolution - went out of their way to block us instead of conversing

It took me a moment to decide to write this review because honestly I was feeling bad for her. But,…read moreI feel it's important to share our experience with Adie and GroundLoop Events. I will start with the positive. We had a really clear open line of communication with Adie from the beginning when we began planning our event a year and a half ago. We were prompted to download an app and complete a slew of questions to better get to know us and what we want. We also had an email thread going where explained how important music was to us and we had a few phone calls. During this whole process Adie ensured that all of our requests could and would be met and she would be M.C. all night. She said she would move the event along based on the timeline given to her and would even call our table numbers. We were excited to work with her and appreciated her openness and feedback. For the ceremony the equipment worked well and our guests could hear us and the music was as we expected. Now for the bad stuff. Adie showed up to our event later than we expected and she was wearing her pajamas. She was frantic and disheveled and it really seemed something was wrong. Again the ceremony went off without a hitch but immediately after the ran into problems. We asked Adie to announce it was time for the piñata and to move to the lawn. She was visibly upset by the request and said she was trying. At this time my husband and I decided to just tell our guests ourselves to make their way to the lawn. We figured during this time it would give her a moment to collect herself and get it together. After the cocktail hour my husband and I made our way back to Adie to tell her we would scratch the grand entrance to which she seemed relieved and asked her to begin announcing tables 2 at a time. She made it to table 5 out of 14 before she gave up and stopped calling numbers. My husband and I then had to go through and tell our guests 1 table at a time to get their food. Additionally, during this time the music was abruptly stopping and changing to the next song and also cutting in and out. By this point I was very frustrated because the service we were promised was not being delivered on. Once all the tables were called, I went back to Adie and asked her to announce the speeches. She audibly sighed and rolled her eyes. At this point I (the bride) asked her if she was okay or if there was a problem... she then went into a story about losing her keys and her outfit getting locked in the car and how her speakers were getting wet because of the bad weather etc. I offered towels and plastic bags, anything to help her get the show on the road and she was still upset and rejected my assistance. We asked a family member at this point to essentially babysit her and make sure she was making the rest of the day happen or to just make her leave. Ultimately we had her stay and complete the event but this was due to the fact that we already paid her not because we were happy with the services. She asked us for an absolute must play list and she maybe played 5 of the 10 that were on there. She also did not play the last song of the night we requested. Lastly, when the night was over, she asked me to help her look for her keys so myself and my brother combed the backyard searching for her keys which were not found. She hung out at the venue for an hour and half after the music stopped without coming up with another solution to leave. This actually made many of our guests uncomfortable because we were staying on property, we felt unsafe. While I understand these things happen, there should have been a level of professionalism that removed her hard day from the event and job she was hired for. We have not received any contact from Adie or Ground Loop since the event and it has been almost a week. If it wasn't for our other vendors and family members stepping up to the plate, this would have ruined our wedding. It certainly put undue stress and hardship on myself and my husband. Overall I don't recommend using this service.

Zoe is excellence personified. We hired her as our "partial" planner for a destination wedding that…read moreincluded a welcome party, rehearsal dinner, and reception. I put "partial" in quotation marks because the label fails to capture how integral Zoe was to the success of our weekend and how supported we felt throughout the entire planning process. Here are just some of the ways she excels. First, Zoe has deep expertise. As my fiancé and I shared our wedding vision -- which largely took the form of spitballing half-baked ideas -- Zoe offered thoughtful advice on how to bring it to life. She was always supportive and collaborative, focused on how we could accomplish our goals rather than whether they were possible. She knows, and has worked with, all the venues and vendors in the Mendocino area, and she steered us toward those best suited to the event we wanted. Every vendor she recommended was talented, thoughtful, and kind, and it was clear each one held Zoe in the highest regard and loved working with her. Second, Zoe is meticulous. She knows everything (I mean every last detail) that needs to happen for a successful event, and she makes sure it does. Our venue required bringing in numerous outside vendors and substantial rentals, and Zoe coordinated all the moving parts so that everything came together in harmony. It was as though she conducted an orchestra that, despite never having rehearsed together, performed brilliantly on opening night. Our already high expectations were quickly surpassed as we moved from event to event, each one more beautiful (in every sense of the word) than we could have imagined. Third, Zoe is resourceful and creative. She doesn't just coordinate; she gets her hands dirty. As one example: just a week before our event, when we realized we needed more decorative elements for our western-themed rehearsal dinner, Zoe proposed hay bales from the feed store. Then she arranged the rental herself and delivered them to our venue personally. They turned out to be an inspired choice. Some of our favorite photos from the whole weekend are of us sitting on those hay bales, laughing as our friends toasted us. Finally, Zoe is a wonderful human being. From our very first meeting, her warmth and enthusiasm were obvious. Throughout the planning process, she showed genuine excitement for us as a couple and for our weekend. On the rare occasion we felt a flicker of anxiety with a vendor, she was quick to reassure us and fix the issue. And on the wedding day itself, she was every bit as essential. Her joy was palpable even as she handled a thousand details behind the scenes. We received glowing feedback from our friends and family, many of whom singled out Zoe by name. Even during the event, guests came up to tell us how lucky we were to be working with someone so exceptional. We couldn't agree more. In short, Zoe is in a league of her own. The only bitter note in an otherwise perfect wedding was knowing it meant the end of our working relationship with her. I guess we'll have to find more events to plan!

Zoe made our dreams come true! She is one of most capable, organized, and well networked people we…read morehave ever met, while also always maintaining a very chill energy through the planning process. This balance makes her extremely well suited for her job, allowing us to relax knowing that everything would be handled perfectly. We worked with Zoe from the beginning, before we had chosen a venue, all the way through to saying goodbye after the brunch the day after the wedding. We are eternally grateful to her for helping us pull off the wedding of our wildest dreams! Zoe is good at her job. Our wedding was a bit complicated - from glamping tents to shower trailers, from multiple DJs to Drag Queens, from 3 cocktail hours to multiple brunches. Zoe kept a lot of moving parts in her head throughout a long planning process and helped us iron out an uncountable number of kinks. With her help, we unlocked savings with certain vendor contracts. With her help, everything stayed on time. With her help, we were able to surprise our guests with 3 different performances during the wedding reception. Zoe knows Mendocino well. Her deep roots along the coast became deeply valuable throughout the planning process. When we wanted to best pastries for our glampers, she had us try Franny's in Point Arena. When we wanted a vinyl DJ, she introduced us to Colby in Gualala. When we needed brunch at a reasonable price, she suggested Shay, a young caterer getting their business off the ground. Mendocino is one of most magical places I know and I know it because of Zoe's guidance. Zoe is a calming presence. Planning a wedding is a stressful ordeal. Every time we had a call with Zoe, she answered our questions clearly and concisely, offering help much of the time. But beyond the content of her answers, she had a way of reducing the anxiety my partner and I were feeling at that moment. This carried through well during the wedding weekend, when she consistently reminded us, through her actions, that we were in good hands. We cannot recommend Zoe and her team highly enough! You'll be in good hands!

If you're looking for a reliable and kind person to handle your elopement with care, then please…read moreconsider hiring Vanna. She is such a gem, and her services are incredible. I reached out to her as a colleague, and she was so helpful and detail-oriented. I would recommend Vanna 100 times over. Thanks for everything, Vanna!

Got married a couple days ago! Everything went perfectly. Vanna was so helpful, kind and…read moreaccommodating. The photographer, officiant, florist-- everyone was so friendly and kind. Very happy with her services, I couldn't recommend her enough. Such a lovely and intimate experience for my husband and I, just how we wanted it.

Denise and her team were wonderful to work with before and after our wedding. She spent a lot of…read moretime and went above and beyond getting to know my husband and I, and made herself completely available to answer any questions I had which was amazing, and refreshing when planning a wedding. She was extremely accommodating, friendly, and a dream to work with when I made last minute changes, I ordered double prints, and she kept a copy of each guest for us to put in an album, which I love (they are so much fun to see after your wedding). This was a wonderful addition to our wedding, and I'm so glad that I used Denise. I would definitely recommend Mendocino Photo Booth to anyone having a wedding in Mendocino County.

We used Mendocino Photo Booth for our daughter's wedding and they did a fabulous job. They were…read morevery friendly and welcoming and made all our guests feel comfortable. They had great props and all our guests enjoyed the photo booth experience. We would definitely recommend them. Denise and Ken were wonderful to work with.

Me and my husband really wanted a handfasting ceremony for our wedding and I had a hard time…read morefinding someone to preform it and then I found Nansee. She was super easy to work with, we worked all the details out over email and when the day came she preformed a beautiful ceremony for us! So happy we found her! I highly recommend her for your wedding! It was a very special experience. :)

Nansee recently officiated our wedding at Little River Inn for 115 guests and we recommend her! She…read morewas very professional and worked with us to write the ceremony. We are excited we found her!