Anything BUT Zen. Joy had both my husband and myself fooled…read more Leading up to the wedding she was fabulous. The most important thing to us was not being stressed and having our dream wedding. We didn't want to have to think about anything or lift a finger day of. My wedding was anything but a fairy tale. Aside from a lot of personal things happening that weekend ie: both my father and his grandmother almost dying, our apartment flooding and our washing machine breaking. Joy has a HUGE apart in why our wedding was a disappointment. I don't appreciate being blamed for not "hiring professionals " ( and that is why our wedding was a disaster ) when in fact she is a professional and we hire two people of her choosing to help with set up, break down and taking care of our fur baby. Aside from our drunk dj who also has a HUGE factor as to why our wedding was also ruined but he was a 4.9 star dj. She blamed US for why everything went wrong. She blamed my photographer for why things went wrong. She took zero responsibility and showed zero remorse and did not apologize for her behalf of why things went wrong. Saturday October 30th was our rehearsal. We showed up an HOUR before start time which was 530 we asked people to show up at 5 so there were not stragglers and we could start on time. She BLAMED US for why SHE didn't hand out the time line the night before. Almost all of our bridal party were on time so from 5-530 she could have handed out the time line. But she blamed us because once our trolley came to pick us up at 6:45 we needed to head out and that she was trying to find out information about where we were suppose to go in the morning and that the rehearsal didn't run the way it was suppose to. We did two run throughs. And yes we did have a friend preform the ceremony but she was also directing how things went. But once again that is OUR FAULT. Also the morning of she could have her or one of her helpers drop off the timeline ( because all of us were clueless ) We had a 6pm wedding and our hair and makeup started at 8 am. Which was confusing. My hair had fallen before the ceremony and SHE blamed my photographer for the time line and she said that's when we needed to get started. Well in fact after following up with my photographer she hasn't even talked to her until two weeks before the wedding. I have emails where she said we needed to start at 8 am and we asked her a couple of times why so early **** a month before she talked to the photographer *** and she said because we needed to be done by 2 for photos. I didn't think that we needed to micromanage my COORDINATOR because a handful of things that what went wrong with the DJ was the time line. And she did have a copy of everything because she was CCed onto the email about speeches and whatnot. Because all of the speeches were gone AFTER dinner. My favorite thing that went wrong was that we talked about having the wedding live streamed because a lot of people couldn't travel. But especially last minute my dad ended up in the hospital. Even though we had all of this set up IN ADVANCE 5 minutes I was about to walk down the aisle I had to ask her " don't you need my phone for the live stream?" Joy:" someone told me we weren't doing that because your dad wasn't doing well" ... EXCUSE me ? Neither me or my husband never said that NOR did we want that especially because of all the people who weren't able to come. And she wouldn't tell us who " told her that" nor did she double check with her PAYING clients. And her thing was " well we got it figured out in the end and the live stream went on" and the ONLY reason it happened because I has to REMIND her about everything before I walked down the aisle. Also, despite talking about decorations in detail. The pumpkins that were suppose to be lining that aisle were not there. The boutonnières never made it on the guys. Nor did my ring bearer have the carriage I made. Joy had a detailed packing list. Along with pictures of everything. All of the boxes were Labeled. Her excuse was " everything was so pretty and we didn't know " so you're telling me that my pictures and detailed packing list and labeled boxes weren't enough? She then said that we'll there were only enough pumpkins for the tables to which I told her yes and they were suppose to go down the aisle. I am sick of people saying no one noticed. I NOTICED. I look at the video of me on my wedding day and I am sickened because you see the annoyance on my face especially when I realize everything missing in the ceremony. Not only did I have a lot of personal stress but the people I paid 100s of dollars for and talked in detail with about how I want the venue to be set up was NOT how we discussed for 3 years ** yes 3 years ** I'm not sure why we hired the extra people to help her when she ended up having our guest help pack things up and bring them out to the uhaul afterwards. Also the guy who watched and took care of our dog left the poop bags on his leash when he wal

I am a Marriage Officiant and have worked with A Zen Event for many weddings. The professionalism…read morethat has been executed compared to other wedding planners is incomparable. All issues are handled with grace and a subtle strength. No issues are overlooked, all are handled with out a interruption to the occasion. Joy starts the day with a large smile on her face and leaves you with one on your face. She is caring, prepared, and always on point. I highly recommend her. She will make your day a very special one.

Kayla and Tory went above and beyond for our wedding. They took what I thought were amazing…read moreinspiration pictures, and created SPECTACULAR arrangements. From my initial consult with Kayla I was immediately put at ease and felt like she was on the same page with me and understood my vision. They're personable, professional, and an overall pleasure to work with. Can't recommend them enough!

Seeking a wedding hairstylist/clothing consultant looked to be a touch task, but thanks to a…read morereferral, my fiance called Von. All was better. Von is an experienced hairstylist with an incredible scope and range of ideas to stage the perfect wedding for style and impact...while keeping and eye on being budget conscious. My fiance was worried about the look, coordination of materials and style of our upcoming wedding, but after working with Von, found that her mind was eased and ideas flowed from her that made our lives easier. Thanks for Von, for binging your years of experience and unique flair to our upcoming big day!

Steven was absolutely excellent. The food was amazing and he was so professional. It took so much…read morestress off everyone to just have this meal prepared in our home and will definitely have him back

Steven and his team are wonderful to work with, very kind. The food is outstanding...I ordered for…read morea house party and everyone was impressed. I've even picked up from his location and it is spotless. I will be ordering again!

When I need to send flowers, I prefer to contact local florists rather than a national chain…read moredelivery service. I found Katie Ford on instagram and FB and liked the comments and videos. Plus, I appreciate the journey she has been on with mental health. I ordered a small arrangement ($100) via phone , and it was delivered the next day as requested. Unfortunately the arrangement seemed a bit droopy/worn so I called them and discussed the concern. They were gracious and understanding, and quick to rectify with a new, much nicer looking arrangement being sent very quickly. When a business takes care of a customer issue quickly and properly, that speaks volumes. I would certainly give them another try if I should need to use again. I was very pleased with the second arrangement and so was the recipient. Thank you Sue and Team. I would use you again and encourage others to as well.

So far Eboni has been very helpful, won't be able to give a final review until after the actual…read moreevent

It's 2:59. It's St Patrick's Day weekend and the cumulative contributions of the devil's lettuce…read moreand alcohol have driven me to a hungry hangry stupor. My man's ordered door dash and the lord sent an Angel named Ebony to answer the call. She was nice, fun, gave us an extra piece of fish "just because they had one left" and "some cookies" because she didn't have the desert we wanted. Service industry is tough. Ebony is tougher. so thankful to get good service at such a late crazy time. That's some good work

We used Thrive to cater our family union celebration in August 2024. Guests enjoyed the food…read moreoptions, but my husband and I had a less than favorable experience with this company. We scheduled a tasting a few months prior. Thrive was an approved vendor for The Clyde Venue, so there was a level of trust we had without having conversations with the caterer because of how well the venue was providing services to us as humans, and not as walking dollar signs. The tasting went well. The form filled ahead of time was a bit overwhelming with the amount of options, but it's better to have too many choices than not enough, which was awesome to see. After the tasting, we had a consultation with a coordinator to select our menu options and discuss price point, we had a strict budget to stick to. When we submitted our deposit, there was an issue with the payment. It wasn't until I had the conversation with the vendor did I notice that we were charged more then the payment we discussed to pay, hence the payment not going through. We were charged an additional tent fee because The Clyde did not have a kitchen. Something we know from the Clyde, but we didn't know we would be charged an addition fee- neither the Clyde nor Thrive told us. At this point, we had a conversation with the owner and expressed our grievances for, what felt like, unethical business practices in relation to lack of communication regarding payment. We paid the fee anyways. Fast forward to our event, and the some of the food didn't look or taste anything like what we sampled. We understand cooking in bulk is different than a sample, but I was very disappointed. The caterers also left quickly when their time was done, so we didn't have a chance to thank them. My guests mentioned they did not see a "tent". After writing a review for the Clyde, we were contacted by our day of coordinator who was also confused about the fee we were charged. She reached out to thrive and resolved the issue for us, but it, again, felt like we were being taken advantage of which is something that felt icky for us the whole time. Unsure if we would use this company again, but they didn't not meet our expectations.

They catered our family reunion and the food was amazing! The staff was super friendly and everyone…read morein our party love the food! Highly recommend, especially if you are having an event and you're not local to Savannah.

great venue!! loved every inch of the place!! even corrdinator was amazing as well as her…read moreassistant!!