120 of us attended this fun event put on my Cross City. Lavish and super comfortable, even the…read moreweather was cooler. Not a bug in sight, the hors d'oeuvres flowed non-stop. The auction to raise $$ for our singles's group was fun. We honored some key folks who began this ministry 30 years ago. Loved the mix of interesting folks and our table was a blast! This venue is spectacular, well staffed and classy! Thank you Lord for this ministry, the celebration and for honoring so many involved in making it possible. What a fun night! -G

As an event planner, I'm always looking at venues through both a design and logistics lens and Wolf…read moreLakes Park truly stands out in both. I recently had the opportunity to plan and design a romantic wedding here, and the experience was seamless from start to finish. The property itself is absolutely stunning, especially for outdoor celebrations. Between the natural surroundings and the way the light hits during golden hour, it creates such an effortlessly beautiful backdrop. What I love most about this venue is how versatile it is from a design standpoint. I felt like I was really able to transform the space to reflect my couple's vision and make it feel unique to them, while still letting the natural setting shine through. It's the kind of place that supports both simplicity and more elevated, layered design. From a planner's perspective, the team made a huge impact. The staff was incredibly helpful, organized, and easy to work with throughout the entire process and on event day. That level of support behind the scenes makes all the difference in creating a smooth and enjoyable experience for everyone involved. The layout also allows for a natural flow between ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception, which is something I always prioritize when designing an event. If you're looking for a Central Valley venue that combines romantic scenery, flexibility, and a well-run team, this is absolutely a place I would recommend.

If you are having a big wedding with many guests this might be the venue for you. Definitely can…read morefit 200-400 people in this space. They have a good size dance floor. You can cater from an outside entity for your food. They also have a good outdoor area to host your cocktail hour or wedding ceremony. There is a bar area that staff can distribute alcoholic beverages or drinks in general. There is plenty of parking in the front and back of the venue. Restroom has many stalls and it's neat and tidy. Sound was great, no issue with music or mc talking. Overall, I would recommend this venue.

Overpriced and the drapes that they have on the ceiling are super oil and look yellow. It gives the…read morevenues an older look.

We went here for a wedding recently. It was sort of off the beaten path and a little hard to find…read moresince were not from Fresno but we managed to find it. The grounds of this place are beautiful with succulents, plants and flowers strewn all over. The owners of this place are friendly. At one point we didn't have a corkscrew to open the bottles of wine and we knocked on one of the trailers and was given their personal one to use. My only gripe with this place is the decor, and it isn't necessarily bad. To me it limits the choices of what you can do to the place. If you're going for a super modern, sleek, formal affair, the bright yellow kitchen cabinets and huge wall paintings of farmland are not going to mesh well at all. But if you're doing a vintage, farmhouse, barn style wedding, then this is your place! They have a men's and women's restroom, you get access to the aforementioned kitchen, there is a huge cement dance floor and this is all inside, away from the elements. Outside is like a garden oasis with archways covered in Ivy everywhere. It's gorgeous!

We were so lucky to find Frazier's when we quickly needed an affordable venue for our Mom's…read morecelebration of life. Melodie and staff were very accommodating and the place is perfect for an informal gathering of family and friends. We had access to all tables, chairs, a smart TV to show our slideshow, a large kitchen with a huge peninsula for our buffet, clean bathrooms, plenty of lovely outdoor green space and a large parking lot. Thanks for everything!

Big difference in the banquet hall compared to the last time I went, which was back in 2014/2015,…read moreduring that time it had the swirly design carpet and a dated look. Now it's modern, clean and renovated. I like the choice of the hardwood flooring being a lighter color and it contrasts nicely to the walls and the light fixtures. It feels bright and open. Now the food- we got the chicken with the potato gratin and the veggie medley. It was average at best. The veggies were kinda hard. The potatoes were decent and the chicken was OK. Perhaps there are better menu options here for events. We didn't get the full open bar, but there was beer and wine for purchase only, so there's different options when it comes to alcohol. Of course the red room is just down the hall so that's always an option too and the red room has a banquet room attached to it if you wanted to combine the two spaces. The service is really good, all the workers were helpful, attentive, and accommodating. Bathrooms are beautifully renovated, and clean. Overall, it's a nice event space I just think the food is hit or miss.

Wonderful, tasty food. Loved the beef and mushroom item. The staff was very efficient and helpful…read more Thanks Great selection!

Recommend this place for your events place is always ready with your lay out whatever you need they…read morewill help you with

Clovis Veterans Memorial District memorializes Veterans and Military Dogs, as well as the…read moreinternment of Japanese Americans during World War II. It has several memorials to U.S. Military, Military Dogs and Veterans; and provide facilities and support programs to promote a legacy of Military Service. It serves as an elegant world-class educational center to present and preserve regional history, with an emphasis on Veterans of the Clovis community. The structures invite quiet contemplation as one wanders through the memorials. Here is Hallowed, Sacred and Desecrated ground. That means never is yelling done here and no playing or games are to be played here. That includes pokeman players. For the sacrifices of Veterans must always be remembered and respected for they gave their tomorrows for our today. Special districts are a form of local government governed by an elected Board of Directors created by a local community to meet a specific need. Inadequate tax bases and competing demands for existing taxes make it hard for cities and counties to provide all the services their citizens desire. When residents or landowners want new services or higher levels of existing services, they can form a district to pay for and administer them. It is clear that a lot of pride and love went into the creation of these memorials and goes into maintaining them. This place is classy, clean and disabled-friendly. The floors are glossy, there are plenty of bathrooms and they are fresh and stocked. Many who work here are volunteers for as per Acts 20:35 ESV / "In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive."" As we walked the memorials, tears came as I again remember the words of General Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., United States Army (Ret.) Veteran, that "the more we sweat in Peace, the less we bleed in war." Those words should be and always must be the war standard that we hold every politician to. For "The military don't start wars. Politicians start war." correctly said General William Westmoreland, United States Army (Ret.) Veteran. That's why I support that all elected or appointed politicians who aren't currently Serving or haven't Served in America's Armed Forces, are required to spend the first six weeks of each of their terms in the front lines / combat zone hospital unit. Clovis Veterans Memorial District tells a terrifying story that war is never a nice place to visit, and no one wants to live there. It is a special district established 11 June 1946. In 1946, Ernest Hemingway wrote, "Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime." That's why I also support that all who aren't currently Serving or haven't Served in America's Armed Forces, are required to pay an annual War Tax of 10% of their gross income. I also support a draft for all with no exemptions. CDC rules are practiced here.

The original owners of International catering sold this business to their son 4 years ago. Robert…read moreand Manny have run this place to the ground from what I have been told. We had some issues with them and they offered to cancel the contract and give us our deposit back. They asked us to give them a formal letter and so we sent them a letter stating that we were requesting a mutual termination of our contract from their offer to give us our deposit back. As soon as we sent them the letter they started dodging our calls and have now gone M.I.A. They still have our $2000 deposit. After seeing this review Robert contacted our wedding coordinator. He told her he had every intention of giving back the deposit but hadn't had a chance to contact us since he has multiple businesses and is very busy. He even made a comment about contacting lawyers because my review was slander or libel. Our wedding coordinator spoke to Robert one more time and asked that he call my mother-in-law. This was 3 weeks ago. He still hasn't called her back and I don't think she will see her money back unless she goes to court. She has tried contacting Robert multiple times and he won't answer or return voicemails.

Helped my friend with a bridal shower she was hosting for her niece. International Catering…read moreprovided off-site services for the event. They provided the tables and chairs, linens, dishes, glasses, set-up, and of course the food! The staff who set up the event, Alberto and Abraham, were phenomenal. Alberto can do magic w/ linens with his draping skills. Everything was artfully presented. The bride-to-be requested a mashed potato bar which was served in martini glasses; they were stacked in a pyramid and decorated w/ pink tulle. The toppings were presented in over-sized martini glasses as well, SO cute. The rest of the menu was delicious: teriyaki meatballs, bacon-wrapped scallops, vegetable skewers, chicken skewers, spanikopita, three different crostini topped w/ spinach dip, herbed chicken or shrimp & goat cheese, and a beautiful fruit tray. All of the ladies who attended oohed and aahed during the event. Alberto even served the cake, which was a last minute request as my friend thought we were having cupcakes instead. He didn't bat an eye and quickly began serving the cake; earlier while we were putting up our own decorations, Alberto asked if he could help as he and Abraham were already done w/ their set-up "I'm bored, are you sure I can't help with anything" he offered. They were such a great team; they did the set-up together, Alberto oversaw the food service and Abraham came back to clean up. Talk about making a special event effortless, investing in a skilled caterer like International Catering is definitely worth it.

Amazing resort! Had a fantastic time. The staff were awesome, the food was good, the amount of…read morethings to do were endless. I recommend this experience for any family. Don't pass this one up!

It was nice to visit for a wedding since I haven't been back since kingsburg prom 2012!…read more The staff was kind. The water was blue. The activities looked fun.

In the beginning we had a great partnership and my wife and I were ecstatic to work with Victoria…read moregenesis master of events. She was the Knots top wedding coordinator for the past few years so we couldn't wait. We hired her very early on in the process one year and a half to be exact because we wanted to be stress free and we wanted things to be taken care of which she seemed like she would do that for us. However during that year and a half little did we know that nothing would really be getting taken care of . In our meetings with her she would constantly assure us that things were fine however we saw no real result of things being "taken care of" no venues were booked there was no money being put down to any vendor . My wife and I were the ones who were making the phone calls to ask for prices , setting up meetings with vendors we wanted and so much more we were doing . This was the reason we hired a wedding coordinator was to handle these things for us . The meetings after a while seemed to be pointless . We found out no information about our wedding from the meetings we would have with her . She was Also never able to give us an exact quote or even an estimate of how much our decor would be which she was also in charge of. It was extremely hard to get ahold of her . She would take days to respond to texts, phone calls , and emails. Finally when we did get a price from her for her decor ONLY she quoted us $22,000. Which we at the time did not know any better and did not know that her decor prices were extremely over priced . The decor we had picked out was decent it was not top of the line it did not look like it was 22,000 worth . We had to take many many things out of our wedding that we had originally dreamed of having and it was beginning to not feel like the wedding we wanted . We began to question what she had exactly done for us this past year and a half as far as "planning " and taking care of things for us. Our wedding is only 5 months away and she has only made two deposits with the money we had been giving her . We had been giving Victoria thousands to hold for us and distribute our money to the proper vendors and only a few hundred had been distributed . Mind you we are 5 months away from our wedding . As we began to get suspicious of her pricing and intentions for our wedding we decided to look around and get other decor pricing . We found an amazing lady in Sanger Ca who would give us everything we wanted for about $14,000 LESS. How is that possible that she was going to charge us $22,000 for decor not including food, not including her planning services , etc. just $22,000 for decor . Yet we looked around and added everything we originally wanted and dreamed of and found it all for $8,000? It seemed to us that we were buying her decor for her and not renting it . I had also made it crystal clear in the beginning that I did not want a church wedding . And come to find out later that Victoria put a $500 deposit of our money down for a church for our wedding .... I was mind blown. No one ever told her to do that we did NOT GIVE HER PERMISSION TO PUT A deposit down with our money for a church . she clearly was not listening to our needs and wants and doing what she felt was best for us . We did in the end up parting ways with her and got all of the money back we had been giving to her besides the $3500 we owed her she kept that which we also felt was wrong considering she did not do one bit of the planning . We are now 5 months away from our wedding and are now scrambling to do all of the things victoria said she would "take care" of . She really tried to take advantage of us by charging us $14,00 more than what she should have. She is unreliable and unprofessional . She did things with our money we DID NOT approve of . I would recommend you run as far away as possible from her and her company if you want your wedding to be a success . Do not let her fool you . My husband also left a review below with pictures to prove it .

It was recently brought to my attention that GMofE wrote a response to my review on the Wedding…read moreWire website. We did have an exit meeting with Victoria and Kevin where my mother went over all the details that they missed and described how unhappy we were. I normally would feel confident handling the issues myself, but I was too upset, I felt duped. Victoria thought that everything with the wedding went well, but apologized that we did not feel the same. Yes, my husband and I hugged Victoria and Kevin at the end of the night. Victoria is a "hugger" and hugged us at the conclusion of every meeting. When I first arrived to the church I even told her how thankful I was for her and that I could not have pulled off my wedding without her. But that's when I was under the impression that everything we discussed was going to be taken care of. During the exit meeting, Victoria asked me why I did not tell them on my wedding day about my unhappiness. I told her that I did not want to discuss all the issues during my reception as I was not going to allow all of the things that they missed or that were wrong, ruin my day. GMofE knew we weren't happy because my mom continued to ask Victoria's staff why she wasn't at the reception. When Victoria arrived my mom did discuss immediate concerns with her. I don't understand why they would have video of my husband and me hugging them as I did not have a videographer at my wedding or reception. Seems odd to me that they felt it necessary to need video of us hugging them. There were so many details missed and because the Wedding Wire site limits the number of words in the reviews, I only included those that I felt were more significant. I didn't have space to write about the wild goose chase we went on for an alternate venue because Victoria thought that our 1st choice venue was already booked. She didn't tell us this and we followed her to several potential venues. When Victoria finally disclosed that our 1st choice venue was already booked, I didn't understand how this was possible since I had a signed contract and had already given a deposit. I can only assume that she wasn't aware that WE were the ones that booked the venue on my date because she never got back to me about my questions regarding the venue's contract. I didn't get to include that all several of the corsages and boutonnieres were never given to the people that they were intended for. At the end of the wedding ceremony, they were still lying on the banister at the entrance of the church. In our pictures G'Ma has a corsage, G'Pa has nothing. My aunts who we wanted recognized as being special to our wedding were supposed to have big beautiful orchids ... they received nothing ... must have been left on the banister. My brothers were my honor attendants and I wanted to make sure they ha nice orchid boutonniere's. They received the ones with the small, ordinary looking chrysanthemums ... one of my least favorite flower. I told Victoria that I do not like centerpieces with all the greenery filler, that I like all flowers. My centerpieces were lots of green filler leaves and chrysanthemums. I did tell Victoria that I was starting to like the unique look of spider mums. These were not spider mums. I didn't get to include that we specifically gave Victoria my "guest book" plate so she could make sure it arrived at the ceremony. She didn't bring it to the church, only the reception. The candles down the aisle were not lit after specifically discussing with her the look/feel we wanted for our ceremony and if the church would allow the candles to be lit. I'm sure they don't light the candles so they can charge someone else to rent the same candles. The point is that my mom and I thought of all of the details, but just needed someone to execute them. We had several meetings where were assured by Victoria that the details would be taken care of. Victoria told us over and over "I can see it all in my head." I agree with Betsy J.'s review (in the filtered Yelp reviews) that at the beginning, they promise you everything. They make you feel all warm and fuzzy. You feel good and confident so you give them yours or your family's hard earned money .... $2,000 cash and sign their contract that says that they can fire you, but if you want to fire them you lose your $2,000. You're still feeling warm and fuzzy and think, "They're great! I'm not going to want to fire them." And then after some time passes you begin to notice that things aren't going as you were told that they would. You are afraid that by expressing that you aren't happy with their services they will execute the clause in the contract where they can fire you, and you're going to be out $2,000. If you chose to hire Gofer for your event, I hope that you have a better experience than I did.