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March 2024 by EO Birmingham
The staff went above and beyond to ensure a successful event. Venue is GORGEOUS!!!
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February 2024 by Trista Hudson
We just had my son's rehearsal at The Florentine. It was absolutely beautiful. We had a seated plated dinner for 100 people. The tables and linens were perfect and the flowers were gorgeous. We chose the filet with shrimp and the salmon. Both were delicious. And the salad was outstanding.Will and Michael were easy to work with and executed everything we asked for. I would absolutely have an event there again.The only thing I didn't like was the video option. They cannot accommodate Apple products which made us getting the video operating more difficult. But overall a fantastic experience!
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February 2024 by Philip Hogue
Very beautiful
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July 2023 by Olivia Calini
Having our wedding reception here was a dream come true! Will West was a pleasure to work with, incredibly professional, and tirelessly answered all my questions. The venue is absolutely gorgeous, and the food was amazing as was the experience! I wish the passed hors d'oeuvres had been done differently. My mom (mother of the bride) only got 1 hors d'oeuvre because no one was told there were only 4 per person and guests were taking handfuls, not realizing they were taking others'. I thought by the way 4 per person was stressed when ordering the food, they would've been given accordingly to each guest. Knowing what I do now, I would've asked for them to be plated. Some of my bridal party also only got one, if any.We paid a couple hundred dollars to use their projector for our wedding slideshow. Apparently, the projector could not read video files, only photos, which was not disclosed to me when I had inquired what format to make the slideshow. (I had a second vid format as backup but it didn't "see" either on the thumbdrive). This was a huge letdown to us and our guests... It was so embarrassing for me to see reject photos playing on the screen. Thankfully, our MC noticed my embarrassment and had it cut off after about a minute of it playing. All the hours I spent creating something beautiful to share and my only way of honoring my deceased grandparents felt taken from me. No reimbursement was given so we spent a couple hundred extra for nothing.The biggest let down of all was using their in-house florist. If I could rate that experience separately from everything else, I'd give 1, maybe 2 stars. From the start, my fiancé and I were uncomfortable and did not feel that the florist was on the same page as us. Anything that came out of my mouth as an idea, he seemed to cling to like it was written in stone. I didn't know many flower names nor had I been able to find photos of what I wanted online so it was hard to redirect. I almost didn't have flowers for my wedding as it was on Friday, and the florist thought it was Saturday. Thankfully, I was able to remind him in time. I had chosen a slightly cascading bouquet and wanted the bridesmaid bouquets hand-tied. The florist let me know he would be delivering a little late, which was fine since we were also behind. When he arrived, I was quite disappointed to see my bouquet was very, very round and all the bridesmaids bouquets were posy bouquets (which I had specified in our initial meeting I did NOT want). We had to leave the hotel to make a 40 min. drive to the ceremony location, which we were already late for. With the time crunch we were on, I knew it wasn't an option for all the bouquets to be taken apart and redone. Plus, the delphiniums had already been cut shorter than I wanted. At our reception, he put blue flowers, when I had specifically requested all white. I wanted so desperately to just enjoy my wedding at the reception of all places. I tried to brush it off and deal with it later. I contacted the venue about it a few different times and was told it would've been very easy to remove the blue flowers had I just said something then. As a bride, I had no way of knowing this and what would have been left would've been a sparse arrangement of florals that were still not what I requested. There weren't even hydrangeas and hardly any white stock. I really appreciated how the owner called me personally to apologize about the florals and admit that a mistake was made. She was very sweet and sincere about it. She had been very gracious to not charge an additional deposit for us staying over our time a little at the venue and though that was before the florals were discussed, seemed to want it to count for the mistakes with the florals. They were referred to as such a small part of the day, but being they're in most of my wedding photos and video, I disagree. Ultimately, I do not feel it was rectified.Overall, The Florentine will always have a special place in my heart, and I am so thankful we chos
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June 2023 by Barbara Lilly
Beautiful. Was there for a fund raiser breakfast
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March 2023 by Juliet Reed
Attended a luncheon here and the space is really nice.
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March 2023 by Lucretia McCarter
The food was delicious. Great venue for business gathering.
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February 2023 by Stacey Rush
My daughter’s wedding reception was at The Florentine on December 10, 2022. Everything was absolutely perfect!! Will was so amazing! He was attentive to every detail! The food and drinks were DELICIOUS!! The servers were kind and very helpful! I have zero negative to say about this venue, if we could do it again it would be exactly the same!! Wish I could give them 10 stars!!
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January 2023 by Pam Kitchens
Our company does there company Christmas party there every year. Food is awesome. Loce this place
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January 2023 by Beverly McGinnis
Nice environment, staff waiters, waitresses went above and beyond to accommodate our office party needs, pretty decor..I will return
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November 2022 by Boyd Christenberry
Cannot recommend this venue enough. Will West, the ringmaster here, told us from the beginning that his entire job was to make sure that our wedding weekend was as easy as possible and that we would not have to lift a finger. He followed though on that in spades. Great food, accommodating staff, and beautiful venue. I was not aware of a single issue we had and that is either because they do such a good job so there were no issues or because Will and his team are such fine professionals that they were able to handle it behind the scenes. The only reason I’m assigning 5 stars is because 6 is not possible.
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September 2022 by Kimberlyn Williams (Babygirl0509)
I was there to celebrate my cousin's wedding. The atmosphere was beautiful.
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September 2022 by Carol C
My daughter and son-in-law had their wedding reception at The Florentine in June 2022. From the moment we booked the ballroom (a year in advance) until the reception ended, the entire celebration was almost effortless! I love that the Florentine is a one-stop venue, providing everything we needed in-house, eliminating the need for an outside event planner. The Florentine’s talented team included Will West (events coordinator), Michael Sanchez (florist), and Corretti Catering (buffet, wedding cake, bar service, tables, chairs, and linens). I live in GA, but Will and Michael allowed me to meet via FaceTime when I couldn’t be there in person during the planning phase. The ballroom is absolutely gorgeous even in its barest state, so we added only a few floral arrangements, a live band (OPOV), and an amazing photographer (Hannah Miller), to create the perfect wedding reception! Our guests were blown away by the ballroom’s elegance, delicious food, cake, and beverages. I highly recommend this venue!
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August 2022 by Caroline Karson
My now husband and I had our rehearsal dinner in the café and wedding reception in the upstairs ballroom — IT WAS BEAUTIFUL! Every part of The Florentine is gorgeous, the in-house food is amazing, and Will, the coordinator, is super sweet and easy to work with. He will make all your dreams come true. 5 stars across the board, if you are considering The Florentine for anything, GO FOR IT!
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July 2022 by Carol Cartus
My daughter and son-in-law had their wedding reception at The Florentine in June 2022. From the moment we booked the ballroom (a year in advance) until the reception ended, the entire celebration was almost effortless! I love that the Florentine is a one-stop venue, providing everything we needed in-house, eliminating the need for an outside event planner. The Florentine’s talented team included Will West (events coordinator), Michael Sanchez (florist), and Corretti Catering (buffet, wedding cake, bar service, tables, chairs, and linens). I live in GA, but Will and Michael allowed me to meet via FaceTime when I couldn’t be there in person during the planning phase. The ballroom is absolutely gorgeous even in its barest state, so we added only a few floral arrangements, a live band (OPOV), and an amazing photographer (Hannah Miller), to create the perfect wedding reception! Our guests were blown away by the ballroom’s elegance, delicious food, cake, and beverages. I highly recommend this venue!