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March 2024 by Cindy T.
Had our sons bar mitzvah here on 3/2/24. Olivia their event planner was amazing from start to finish. The entire staff the night of could not have been any better. We were beyond impressed. Highly recommend!!!
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November 2023 by stephanie stephens
We had my son's and daughter's-in-law wedding here. Diane and Olivia were wonderful. Everything was perfect. The attention to detail was wonderful. It is a beautiful venue and we received many compliments from guests about the venue. We are so happy we chose you.
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October 2023 by Michaelene Mroz
The perfect place for an intimate wedding. Excellent staff and amazing food. Everyone was a pleasure to work with and extremely helpful! Thank you for such a smooth night.
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October 2023 by Cynthia Miller
Beautiful setting & food was wonderful
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September 2023 by Sharon Brown
The Bluffton Chamber of Commerce business event was amazing
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September 2023 by Lisa Lockhart
We have had 2 successful events with Venue 1223 and have been 100% happy to have used them! Excellent staff, amazing food, and competitive pricing. With anything, you get what you pay for - You will feel total value with VENUE 1223 from the beginning planning stages to the event and long after! Ryan and his staff create excellent food and are happy to recommend or customize what you want! Our first event a few years back, was a 40th themed bday event with approx 80 people at their facility. The food was so fun (lots of easy bites and evening cravings!), the room was perfect for our needs and staff was so great to us. The planning was easy but also catered towards exactly what we wanted! Excellent customer care!!We used them again for our off-site outdoor wedding dinner in July 2022 (yes the hottest month of the year here lol) and the family style served upscale dinner was beautiful and perfectly prepared. They recommended all the rental equipment needed, set up our event, and cooked and served us on site. It was beyond beautiful and exactly what we wanted. The staff took care of everything so we could enjoy our special day. If you want a LOCAL company with years of lowcountry roots, who truly create fabulous food, has excellent seasoned staff, and delivers what they say they will - choose Venue 1223.
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August 2023 by Carl Schroeder
I am a wedding Officiant with A Wedding By The Sea and have done 1002 weddings over the last 35 years and have always found Leah McCarthy and DownTown Catering to be 5 stars on their professionalism, responses as well as their staff and food. No one was ever been disappointed and I would know if they have any complaints. Leah and her staff goes above and beyond in every case.
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August 2023 by Amy Poggi
We had an excellent meal for my daughter's wedding
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July 2023 by Andrew Michie
We hosted our wedding rehearsal/welcome reception at Venue 1223 and it was phenomenal! From the beginning, Olivia was wonderful to work with and she was so kind to provide food for us to taste when we first visited the venue. Our day of coordinator, Mpho, was amazing and made us feel so welcomed while our vendors were given plenty of time to load-in prior to the start of our event.We can't thank the Venue 1223 and Downtown Catering Co. team enough for all of your help and providing us an experience we will never forget with our family and friends.
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June 2023 by Sheila Beard
I threw myself a birthday bash at Venue1223 in April. Everything was outstanding!!! My event was first class and executed seamlessly!Olivia made the planning easy and stress free and was very patient with me as I over thought ever decision. ?The food was absolutely amazing and the staff very kind, attentive, and fun (yes we got them out on the dance floor). I had 60 guests and all of them were raving about the food and loved the vibe of the venue. Most of my guests had not been to the venue before, but now it’s their go to location for an event. Thank you for a wonderful night!!!
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June 2023 by Wendy Young
Amazing staff! Great venue!
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April 2023 by Taylor Drake
Venue 1223 and Downtown Catering were the perfect match for us! We received exceptional hospitality and service throughout the process from our Event Specialist, Olivia and her team. All the details and requests were managed with ease by top-notch professionals.The Venue is a "sweet spot" that provided us with comfortable and intimate areas to entertain our guests both inside and out.Thank you for making our day so very special in EVERY way possible!Anthony and Taylor
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April 2023 by Bluffton Chamber
The entire team at Downtown Catering was a pleasure to work with for our largest event of the year! From the start of planning, they were extremely flexible, understanding, proactive, and ensured that everything was taken care of to relieve any stress. Job well done to their entire team!
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April 2023 by Lindsay S.
We recently held a memorial service at this venue. The food was good and the aesthetics of the facility were pleasant. But that's where it ends. We coordinated with the venue to have microphone services available and use of their projector for a slide show. The projector situation was highly unsatisfactory for any venue that frequently hosts daytime events; pictures could not be seen. They discovered the morning of the event that the microphone wasn't working and failed to contact us so we could make other arrangements. One half the attendees could not hear the service and no one could see the accompanying slides. We received verbal and emailed complaints by many of the attendees about the facility. The bar was left unattended, and guests were serving themselves for lack of service. When a complaint was voiced to the event planner all they offered in return were excuses, and blame. Ugh. It was a very disappointing event for which should have been a beautiful celebration.
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March 2023 by Chris Stephens
The food here is the best. The sandwich I got is definitely one of my favorites now.