I cannot say enough positive things about the St. Germain team! Carrie was attentive, patient, and…read moreso helpful throughout the planning process. She responded to my questions quickly and was always willing to adjust our invoices or provide recommendations. They are also the most affordable company I've found in the DC area. On site, the catering team went above and beyond to ensure our events went seamlessly. I have never had guests compliment the staff and the menu as much as they did with St. Germain! As the event coordinator, I appreciated that Ceecho, Donal, and Johnny checked in with me throughout the event, quickly adjusted to the schedule changes, and were efficient and helpful throughout the set up and tear down process. I highly recommend Saint Germain for our next catered function in DC! We will be a repeat customer for sure!

Very little meat provided for the sandwiches - too much bread and lettuce- confusion over delivery…read moreaddress as well

10/10! I had a wacky last minute need for an emergency candy cart, and Brittany went above and…read morebeyond to help me out! Good customer service is truly invaluable, and I am so grateful that Brittany worked with me to meet my very unique needs. Also, after rushing around looking for this illusive candy cart, I realized what a great value hers was compared to all the others on the market! Good, value, good product, good people = 5 stars through and through! THANK YOU!

Britney did an amazing job! She's wonderful to work with and everything came out even better than…read moreexpected!

I had the pleasure of attending a 50th birthday party on Saturday, December 8 and I was extremely…read moreimpressed with the planning and organizing by Event Stagers. Their attention to detail and expert presentation made the party one of the best parties I have ever attended. Thanks Event Stages. I am looking forward to you planning my next party.

We were tasked with decorating a high school cafeteria for Girl Scout sweetheart dance. We…read moresolicited the expertise of Event Stagers, and it was the best decision ever. Event Stagers consulted us on the best ways to decorate the large space on a very tight budget. They were punctual, enthusiastic, and a pleasure to work with. The dance was a blast and everyone was pleased with the decorations.

Lotus Productions is an excellent vendor to use for your wedding day. We used them for…read morephotography, flowers, and décor but the company went far and above what we signed them up for. First off, Shawn and his team are very responsive and highly professional. When you are going to spend this much money on your special day, you have to make sure your vendors are going to come through and you can't be worrying about their responsibilities. With Lotus Productions, you get that and more. It started with our engagement photos. We met Shawn and Jinna in Old Town Alexandria and we felt like celebrities. They were very easy-going but very professional and detail-oriented at the same time. You wouldn't move on to the next pose or location until they were happy they got the perfect shots. You never felt like you were on a timetable, it was basically, we don't stop until we get the right shots. On the wedding day, Lotus was on point in getting everything set up and their staff were prompt, courteous, highly professional, and they kept things moving along...which was not supposed to be part of their responsibility. The flowers and centerpieces were absolutely beautiful, the lighting was perfect, and most important of all, the photos were stunning. With Lotus Productions, you are getting really high quality at such a reasonable price, something very hard to find with today's wedding costs. We would not hesitate to recommend Lotus Productions. -Rachel & Jon

We were looking for a company to help with our wedding planning and Shawn was a godsend. My mom…read morefound this company through a friend who had used the services for their own wedding. Shawn not only helped us with the planning and decor, but also the uplighting, sparklers, photography and videography. Shawn and his team were phenomenal, making sure everything was to our liking. He met up with us in person several times leading up to the wedding and was present for the whole wedding day to make sure everything went smoothly. Our wedding day was perfect. I highly recommend this company.

Cara and her team are fantastic!! I would recommend STDLLC to anyone planning an event. My wedding…read morewent off without a hitch thanks to Cara and Christine. Cara was ALWAYS by n credibly responsive and I couldn't have planned my wedding without her. Thanks STDLLC!

I am very glad that we used Save The Date to plan my daughter's Bat Mitzvah, which was thoroughly…read moreenjoyed by all who attended. Christine was great to work with and listened to our goals for our celebration and tailored our event to exceed them. All the vendors she recommended also exceeded our expectations and we enjoyed working with them. I would not consider having another event without her assistance.

Unprofessional, petty, dishonest. These are just a few words that describe Preeti Verma. She made…read moremy daughter's wedding planning hell. Furthermore she never delivered what she promised. She was late and still setting up when the reception started. Extremely disappointed.!

Overpriced, lots of stress…read more We found out about L'ambiance and Priti through our wedding planner while preparing for our wedding Dec 2020. Covid ultimately shut down our event. As a result, we had to eat a portion of the cost of flowers for the event as well as needing to contract to use them for when we rescheduled. This was fine and we ate that cost. When we were able to finally manage to get all vendors to agree on a new date, we found out that l'ambiance increased fees as now the wedding would take place in the summer. Keep that in mind when planning. Priti was busy and unable to meet with me in person to actually start planning until maybe 10 weeks before the rescheduled and larger wedding. We went back and fourth many times on ideas and ultimately finalized our contract merely two weeks before the wedding. At this point, even if I didn't like the pricing, there was no time for me to even shop around for anyone else. There were many little mistakes/fees added such as any supplies they had prepared to use for the canceled dec wedding and the prices of things were not consistent between contracts. (My advice is to print each proposal bc you cannot refer to the previous to see what she was charging, so if one price was negotiated down, something else was "mistakingly" increased to recoup costs) Also the week before the wedding she realized her system had made a mistake on the contract and needed us to re-adjust yet again. Just extremely stressful and didn't really foster trust from my perspective. Ultimately, the finished product was fine. There were things that she claimed to take "artistic" liberties on but that mostly looked like they ran out of flowers plus she never ran those "liberties" past me. For someone spending 30k + divided between two events, she never connected with us after she got her money. When you are doing your budgeting, also add that you will have to provide a lot of hotel rooms for her workers even if the venue is only 1.5 hours away from her office. Also, some of her workers were found to have crashed our wedding and got drunk off our open bar and were found puking behind the event location. I'm glad they had a hotel nearby to sober up to break down the decor on Sunday morning. She will deny this. In the end, I would advise that you carefully review your contracts and that no matter what you agree and sign for, vendors can/and will change it last minute as there is no contract police to help you on your wedding day. Also, be aware that anything custom made for your event you will pay exorbitant pricing for and you will not be able to keep it without paying an even bigger price to take it off her hands. Long story short, end product was fine, sure, but very overpriced. Be prepared for a lot of miscommunication back and fourth and last minute contract changes as you will find many mistakes. Very stressful process.

I hosted a team event at Level 99 + Victory Brewing Company for about 40 people that included food,…read moredrinks and games. The expereince at Level 99 was great. There are about 40 rooms of which each has different challenges and involve solving puzzles or executing a task in 1-4 minutes. Depending on how you and your team do you will be rewarded with stars or puzzle pieces for prizes. Everyone is given a wrist band that has a little badge that you use to tap when you enter a room to track your results. Many of the rooms require the participants to work as a team to achieve a goal. Some of the challenges are mental, physical, or require a high degree of coordination. This place is great for adults and I would say kids 8 and up. Teens would love it. I would not recommend this for younger kids. I have heard that this place has very long lines on the weekends. Since we went on Tuesday evening there was no wait for about 50% of the rooms we wanted to enter. And even in those cases we only had to wait no more than 2 minutes for the team inside to exit. It's a cool and fun concept and I would highly recommend it!

Hosted a work event here recently. They were very easy to work with. We ate and drank at Victory…read moreBrewing next door, food and beer were all good. Typical pub fare but it tasted good. Expensive overall. Service was very attentive, they have a lot of staff and are prepared for big crowds. The gaming part is described well in other reviews. I'll foot stomp that it's not adults only, on a Friday night the place was overrun with teens which was unexpected, though everyone was well behaved. The gaming is not linear and it's hard to interact with a large group, you'll lose anyone who is not in your small group of six or so to the mass of games. The wait times for the game rooms were manageable and their tech works really well. Some games were more fun and better than others. The head to head dodgeball, light smacking games were the most fun. I'm not sure I would do another big event there but many of our group left super happy. I'd come back with a smaller group of friends, 4-6 and go through with them.