Great Oaks Country Club

Went to a wine dinner last night and found it to be a great group of members that all seem to know how to have a great time. The food was delicious! The club is beautiful with a patio I would frequent. The GM and bartender were very accommodating and made sure every member and guest were taken care of.

So this was my first time standing up in a wedding, let alone being maid of honor! Talk about stressful! My sisters party planner-Olivia- made the ball keep rolling even when we thought there was no momentum left! You guys, when I say she took care of everything, I mean literally EVERYTHING! From my sister having some last minute changes with seating to her even taking a half hour to sew up my dress when I ran it over with a golf cart during pictures! *eye roll, I'm a dingus*. The staff within the country club were so willing to accommodate to any of our needs and did so well with the non English speaking guests despite the language barrier. Overall, the wedding could not have functioned as fluidly without Olivia. She is our saving grace and I will be hiring her for my wedding in the future because damn, does that woman know how to plan a wedding!!

Had a opportunity to participate in a outing with a member of this club. What a disappointment! First a group of young women arrived late for dinner. They then proceeded to talk so loud in the Oak Dining Room you couldn't hear the person next to you talking. Since they arrived late, that meant that the limo bus left late. Of course this group had to take their drinks with them that they consumed on the bus along with the other drinks that were on the bus. At the show, these ladies (?) couldn't keep their mouths shut. The owners came and asked them to please stop talking, but they would not. Even the people at the next table asked them to shut up, they were insulted by the request. I forgot to mention, they also snuck drinks into the facility. The limo ride back to the club, was just as interesting, since they had the limo driver stop at a liquor store so they could by more to drink. Maybe they think they are entitled. But they were nothing but rude drunks and a very poor representation for the club. I won't even start about their attire, apparently they haven't read the dress code for the club, which is no jeans.

It was your typical wedding (snoozefest) - The DJ ceremoniously played Kool and the Gang's Celebration, and all the humdrum rituals were accomplished, fake smiles and all....yaaAAWWwwnn....ooh..sorry....remembering this night, puts me to sleep. Seriously! So...besides all the cliche wedding formalities...the food was pretty good. Dinner started with a salad, gourmet lettuce topped with walnuts, blue cheese, onions, tomatoe...and our dressing choices were ranch (??) and french (??) psshhh....what-eva! I'm sure that was the choice of the dearly beloved. I had a wonderful salmon and it had a tasty garlic sauce atop it, along with some nicely done aparagus, accompanied by some rice. I quite enjoyed it. The wedding cake (again not the fault of the GOCC) was Nyasty! Service was great, they were really on top of things...and by on top of things I mean, if you set your bread down for one second, they were there to snatch it up! Haha....it happened at our table (true story!) Drinks were good, and flowing with ease...I guess when they're free it's all smiles for me! My only complaint was that it was a warm muggy night, and it was not that cool inside this hall. I was dripping sweat as we said our goodbyes for the night...DRIPPING!!

The valet service deserves their own review as they TOTALLY ROCKED!!!!!!! I had a small snafu with my car and they went out of their way to be helpful to us. They were the highlight of my night actually!

I wondered after, if this is a true country club...it didn't seem like it to me.....

We had our wedding at Great Oaks CC. We signed a contract with GOCC not knowing that we could not bring in linens. Also, we were told 8 guys could golf for a complimentary service but only 4 were allowed. We were told that our bridal party booked a certain room at the country club but upon arrival for the wedding we were put in a conference room. We had no idea until we arrived. They also ran out of a few types of beer- how does that happen? :) also, make sure you understand that you cannot bring in cupcakes and there is a cutting fee if you do not use their baker.

Good news- Stephanie is very organized and made sure our decorations looked beautiful. She helped us clean up and made sure everything went smoothly. We was helpful when making decisions and everyone raved about the food. A few of of guests were incoherent, and Stephanie had some of her workers watch these guests, (unfortunately).

Just be sure to ask questions of extra expenses, what you can bring in, where your wedding party will meet, etc.