To preface, I have experience hosting events from 50-200 guests and have worked with numerous…read morevenues and coordinators. Vanessa is by far the WORST venue coordinator I've interacted with in terms of customer service, industry knowledge, and communication skills. If you read the other positive reviews, you'll notice they ALL paid additional money for Vanessa to be their wedding coordinator. If you do not pay this, she is a horror to work with (as corroborated by the negative reviews), and I recommend AVOIDING this venue. Another reviewer also stated the owner is her brother-in-law so there is no recourse for her behavior and there are no other venue coordinators available. Detailed below are just some of the negatives: - The wedding was actually for my sister. She was having difficulties with Vanessa so asked me to assist. I reached out to Vanessa explaining who I was but never received a response. Instead, Vanessa told my sister that she felt threatened by my contact and will only work with individuals that signed the venue contract. I never said anything negative, but she often overreacted and took offense over nothing. - Every response took 2 weeks. She would contradict herself in the same email, which added confusion. - She would use made up lingo and when asked for clarification, she would blame us for not understanding "industry language" and still wouldn't clarify. In my 10 years, I've never heard some of the terms that she used. - She didn't understand standard wedding requests. We asked for a cake table and Vanessa responded that the request was unclear because she didn't know what size a cake table should be. We asked to add 2 rectangular side tables for guestbooks, gifts, etc. On the proposal, Vanessa commented "unsure why the client requested". - Unless asked, she wouldn't disclose critical information. We asked multiple times if additional tables (sweetheart, cocktail, etc.) are free. Vanessa confirmed they were free, but once the proposal arrived, it showed free tables with each linen at an additional charge. I told my sister to confirm if the venue provided cake cutting utensils. They don't (which is fine) but this is all information that you tell your clients without prompting. Imagine cutting the cake with no utensils! - When asked questions, she rudely responded with "NO" or "YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE" - In the 1.5 years of planning, despite multiple requests, the venue proposal was only updated twice - once for the initial contract and once when full payment was due 30 days before the event. My sister had to withhold final payment to get her to update it. She updated it 1 week after with inaccurate information. We annotated and returned it next day saying that she'd pay once it was correct. Vanessa had the audacity to respond that making notes on the proposal made it seem like they were stalling payment. Granted, there were 1-2 new updates amongst many more corrections but it was because Vanessa withheld information, and new adjustments were required after seeing the revised proposal for the 1st time. - Vanessa never provided a table layout. My sister had to create it and then confirmed if 5 round tables per row would work. On wedding day, we arrived to a different layout of 4 rounds per row. Vanessa blamed it on a 2 ft. wide photo arch, stating that she had to make adjustments to fit the arch. However, it was evident that the room would have NEVER fit 5 rounds per row. We had to rearrange the seating chart and the chairs to accommodate for her mess. - Also on wedding day, Vanessa was surprised to find the timeline included a champagne toast. Mind you, the timeline was provided 30 days ago and toasts are standard in weddings. So, she gave us 30 mins to decide on the additional champagne cost. I asked to remove 1 champagne bottle charge as there was an entire table of kids, but she refused. So apparently, the venue includes children in the champagne count even though serving alcohol to minors is illegal. - There was also a safety hazard. About 25 chairs with wheels/casters were intermingled with standard dining chairs. I unknowingly sat in a chair with casters and almost fell. There was no visible difference between the standard chairs vs. chairs with casters, and the table linens prevent anyone from seeing the casters. I told Vanessa who saw no issues and argued that people falling out their chair has never happened before. Thankfully, we were able to get these all replaced prior to the wedding to avoid any older guests from getting hurt. To the owner: Not only is Vanessa horrible to clients, but since she never updated the proposal, the kitchen used the original headcount and cooked 40 additional meals (talk about a waste of money). Also, due to not providing a layout, the banquet captain Griselda set up tables once, and then had to come back 1 hr earlier to redo all her work, all of which was avoidable.

This review is specifically for Vanessa Youngblood, who is the catering and event producer for The…read morePainted Table Event Center, a wedding planner, and our main point of contact throughout our wedding reception planning. The review is longwinded, but please read before booking an event through The Painted Table Event Center. My husband and I chose The Painted Table Event Center for our wedding reception because of its highly rated events, good reputation of food, and nice atmosphere. We were planning a destination wedding as we do not live in Fresno, which made planning more difficult. We originally decided to go with the Painted Table from talking with a different employee who soon left after we booked the date. We were then transferred to Vanessa, where all the problems began - especially after we declined to hire her as our wedding planner. We were extremely disappointed and frustrated working with Vanessa as she had poor and confusing means of communication. She always used her own made-up jargon that she called "event planning jargon" when communicating with us, which led to multiple misunderstandings. Vanessa would also contradict herself within the same lines of communication and then reply with attitude when we asked for clarification, which was extremely unprofessional. Communicating was complicated as she would take multiple weeks to respond to our questions. Because we booked the venue over a year in advance, we had discussed finalizing details as the date approached. Rather than updating the proposal as we finalized details, she refused to make the updates until the day of the final payment, then blamed us for delaying the process. When she did update the proposal, she would not correct the numbers which showed we had a higher price to pay. In consequence, we often sent line-item corrections to each draft of the proposal, essentially doing her job for her, to attempt to get the corrections. We also asked about our open bar package and ensured the champaign toast was included multiple different times. She did eventually tell us via text message that it was indeed included, but the day of the wedding, she told us it was not included and charged us extra for it. We unfortunately updated our phones a few weeks before the wedding and no longer had written proof of her stating this. We had tried working on the table layout on the Prism App prior to the event, in an attempt to finalize the layout. But she never corrected us on the dimensions of the floor and tables, so when we arrived to decorate, we discovered the tables arranged differently than expected. This resulted in trying to re-number the tables in a way that made sense the morning of, which was frustrating as we had certain guests seated to specific locations of the room for specific reasons. Vanessa was rude and unpleasant to work with for months and made the entire planning process much more stressful than necessary. On the morning of the wedding, during set up she also sat in the corner of the room, being standoffish and glaring at our family who were there to help us. As we continued with the planning process, we realized this is not the first time she's made planning difficult for others, and we won't be the last. In previous negative reviews she's received, the owner, who is also her brother-in-law, has come to her defense. This will likely happen with our review as well. We do not recommend booking anything through The Painted Table, despite the other positive reviews. These positive reviews are mostly from attendees rather than the people who hired them. It wasn't worth the unnecessary heartache. If I could rate 0 stars, I would.

First off I just want to say thank you to Sandra the owner for being patient and understanding with…read moreus. We had to postpone our wedding 3 times due to COVID and she was very accommodating. Every time we spoke with Sandra she was so happy and friendly. She was very good at communicating and keeping us in the loop. That kind of customer first approach is very rare. I highly recommend Covered With Elegance. Now about the wedding. Sandra met with us a couple of times and we told her what colors we wanted and she created a masterpiece! She has a huge variety of decor and comes up with beautiful ideas. Even though she had just decorated a wedding the night before she came into our venue at 4 am and finished decorating for ours. The colors, the centerpieces, the linens, the sweetheart table, it was all so beautiful! Everyone including the staff were just in awe at how gorgeous it looked. I had an image in my mind of what it would look like but Sandra out did herself times a million! Thank you Sandra for making our day so special and covered with elegance.

Just had our wedding last month and it would have not been as amazing without Sandra!…read more ***Products*** You can instantly tell she has high quality product the second you walk into her showroom. We saw a couple other places and the chairs etc. were worn and borderline dirty. The options she had were almost endless, I thought she was just a linen company but she pretty much has anything and everything you need for your perfect wedding. ***Service*** We honestly felt like we were family to her, not just a client. She's very busy but I felt she was available to us when we needed her. On our wedding day, she helped us set up even things that we didn't rent from her which was a huge help on a day that is already extremely chaotic. I'm so happy to have met Sandra and I would recommend her anyone in a heartbeat!

So unprofessional. I had a consultation scheduled and they completely flaked, not even a call or a…read moretext or an email. I tried to follow up via text and via social media and email. They never bother to even return my call. This isn't the kind of business you want to entrust your important life events with, you can't even trust them with keeping appointments or communication.

Indelible milestones, designed, decorated, and coordinated my daughter's birthday party. An outdoor…read morevenue, in the middle of summer for 150+ ppl was quite a feat. From the save-the-dates to finishing touches on the venue, everything was so personalized, detailed, and beautiful. The candy table, backdrops, centerpieces, favor boxes were amazing!!! Star took our vison and ran with it and it was truly, truly magical. She is so easy to work with, accessible, and so so so creative. I would highly recommend Star for any function that is important to you, because it will become equally as important to her. You can see that she puts her whole heart into. It clearly shows in her amazing work. Thank you Star and thank you to your incredible Indelible Milestones team!

I would 100% recommend Barb and the Fresno Event Group for any of your event planning needs! She is…read moreso knowledgeable, friendly, easy to work with, and considerate. She knows how to get things done and get them done right. I can't even imagine what my wedding day would have been like without her. We booked a venue that was a completely blank slate because we had a very specific vision for what we wanted the wedding to be and look like. Barb came in with the perfect suggestions for vendors and great advice about logistics. She knew exactly who to call when we said we wanted TONS of color in our florals. She knew exactly what we needed when we said the venue doesn't have a built-in bar. She read through and kept on top of all our contracts. We booked her more than a year ahead of our wedding and she stayed in contact the entire time. We had 280 total guests and the Fresno Event Group knew exactly how to handle the movement of all of the guests from parking to ceremony to cocktail hour to reception. Cindy was great at setting up the site map and worked with us when we had questions about table layout and the best setup for flow. Barb had tons of tips and suggestions for moving all of the guests from space to space in our massive venue! I had one inspirational photo and a general theme and the Fresno Event Group turned our wedding into a live Pinterest board. Every single detail and idea we had was brought to life in a way that was a billion times better than we could have imagined. Everything was perfect! Barb and the team put out every little fire leading up to the wedding day and on the day of if something went wrong, I had no idea. I was living my dream wedding all thanks to their team! Our guests keep calling our wedding the best wedding they've ever been to and I truly owe that all to the Fresno Event Group.

I would never be able to say enough good things about Fresno Event Group, they deserve more than…read morefive stars. I met Barbara while I was working in the hotel industry and I instantly loved her personality and warmth. When I got engaged about 5 years later, I immediately called Barbara to hire her for my wedding, knowing full well I wouldn't have enough time or patience to plan my whole wedding from start to finish and that I would be in great hands. (I also didn't want my bridal party or family putting out the decor or being in charge of coordinating the vendors the day of the wedding, I wanted it to be a relaxing day for all.) The whole FEG Team (Barb, Cindy and Nicole) exceeded my expectations and went above and beyond anything I could have imagined from an event coordinating company. Barb met with me anytime I needed (she doesn't restrict her clients to a max amount of meetings because she's realistic and knows that planning an event may need multiple meetings and site visits to make things perfect). She kept me on track and was incredibly organized during the whole process. She accompanied us to all vendor meetings and even met with our vendors alone if we couldn't make it. She was also amazing with my in-laws - she kept them in the loop the whole time and gained their trust right away with her professionalism and follow through. We had some difficulties dealing with our venue and she was always there willing to go to bat for us to make sure we were happy with the end result. Barb's whole team was there from the moment the tent went up on the Thursday before the wedding until the tent and pipe & drape came down on Sunday after the wedding was over. I was lucky enough to have Barb, Cindy and Nicole all there on my wedding day (4.16.16) and they worked SO hard to make sure everything about the day was beyond perfect. They never once came to tell me if anything was going wrong, they just handled it. I was more relaxed on my own wedding day than I've been for all my girlfriends' weddings! It was the most amazing day and I truly have Barb and her team to thank for that. They even surprised us with a thoughtful wedding gift. If you need anyone to help coordinate your event (not just weddings), I would obviously recommend this company above anyone else. Thank you Team FEG, we love you ladies!! Nicki & Matt Cerniglia

We visited the Margaux in early 2024 and immediately knew this was the place we would love to host…read moreour wedding reception. Our previous destination in Boracay that was canceled due to Covid, was going to be hard to beat but the thought of having more of our friends and family present was going to be great. Needless to say we met Lara, fell in love with the venue and she made everything easy. The guidelines were flexible enough that we would be able to customize our event to our expectations. We chose a mid may date as weather was just right and rains should be done. Now to share a few of our experience. Our guest ct was at 250 and our only option for a reception was outdoors, which was fine due to weather, we used the indoor venue for cocktail hour, our bar setup, photo booth and dancing. Weather is tricky and judging by the shift in weather June dates might be a safer bet moving forward, just have to watch that heat. We were able to use the venue the day prior to host a small welcome reception for our wedding party and access to deliver items was clutch. We utilized both outdoor spaces as the kids entertainment/arts and crafts and the other side as an overflow during reception. We use the top of the stairs to feature our violinist during cocktail hour. Restrooms we thought might not be enough for our guest count so we ordered luxury portable restrooms but found out later that not may guests used it. Overall I would highly recommend The Margaux and Lara to anyone who wants to host an unforgettable event with one of the coolest entrepreneur. Shout out to our various vendor partners who made it all happen. The Margaux Painted Table Kiku Floral Tamari Robatayaki & Whiskey Bar CTE Events Bread & Butter Abbott Photo + Film nost.algicphotobooths

I called to make an appt and a receptionist named Lara answered the phone. I could not believe how…read morerude she was when I said I had a budget I was working with. Unfortunately her true colors came out! She was only out for one thing and that was a huge turn off for me and my fiancé.

We just attended my sisters wedding here. The Venue itself was really nice bathrooms were clean…read more The main problem here was the ac, or lack there of! It was 100 degrees outside and it felt the same inside. It was not a comfortable environment to be in let alone dance! Guest were fanning themselves the entire time. They lowered the temperature but it did not help. It seemed as if it was broken. Very inconvenient.

Wow! What a great venue to hold an event! It was perfectly hidden off the main roads. The catering…read morecompany had a great system to feed the party. There was plenty of room for activities of any kind. There's a small outside area to cool off. The bathrooms are very clean, and seemed new. I would definitely hold a corporate event, birthday, ceremony of any kind here.

I would give this venue 10 stars if I could! Our daughter's wedding on 6/20/26 was absolute…read moreperfection and Kim went above and beyond to make sure everything was smooth and flawless! She was organized and thorough throughout the entire planning process and made sure that we had everything we needed for our fairy tale wedding. Every guest had a wonderful time and many mentioned the immaculate details that went into making both the ceremony and reception absolutely beautiful. Kim and the staff of The Manor Estate were all kind, patient and helpful, and we had the most epic day that we will never forget. Thank you Manor Estate!

The manor estate was truly such a special place to get married at! So charming and beautiful! Our…read morenight at the manor went exactly the way we wanted it to thanks to Kim. She was there for every step of the day and made sure we were relaxed and able to just enjoy ourselves.We didn't need to worry about a thing. She helped put on our groomsmen's boutonnière's, bustled my dress after the ceremony, made sure our guests were served their food promptly, and had the night manager transition in after it was her time to exit. If you choose the manor estate, just know you will be taken care of and be able to enjoy your day fully without having to stress the little things! Thank you Kim!!!

I am so glad we found them! Shannen and James did an absolute fabulous job, we couldn't have asked…read morefor anyone better. The setup was flawless. They were absolute generous to our guests and went beyond with accommodations for a last minute booking. Our last bar service could not fulfill their duties being they lied to us and said that they were licensed and were not. Having only 4 days before our event, Shannen and her team were able to help. They even customized signature cocktails four us. We will definitely be using them in the future! Thank you, Thank you and Thank you again!

They were so great at our wedding. We had a cash bar and the drinks were so cheap for our guests…read morecompared to a bar. They had multiple forms of payment they could take. They were professional and friendly. They communicated with us throughout our wedding. We had a mishap our wedding with our food vendor not showing up so people ended up not drinking as much and they helped us get the most bang out of our buck so everyone could be happy.