Venuti’s Italian Restaurant & Banquet Hall

Reviews 5

MI

Michael E. Hastings

Many, many thanks to Frank & Karen at Venutis! I want to recommend Karen as someone anyone can deal with. As the wedding coordinator, she one of the nicest and accommodating ladies we dealt with in the planning process. We shopped at over 10 different venues. What they offered: Tasting -- by far the most food I have ever eaten since playing Division I college football. They want to ensure you make the right choice by providing countless appetizers, entrees, etc. You can bring friends and family to join you. You will definitely have leftovers to take home. Reception: From "butler-styled" passed hors d oeuvres, custom martini bar to a full service top shelf bar, it set the tone for the remainder of the wedding. They even throw in a strawberry champagne toast. Dinner: After the tasting we decided one one meal to make it simple. But with the dinner you get table side service (pouring of soup and salad preparation) and restaurant prepared food that was not only very good (not your typical dry chicken/pre-prepared food) but presentation was excellent! Desserts: From the wedding cake to the sweet table to the bananas foster, there was not one thing untouched and one thing that was not first class. Venue: The wedding venue is absolutely beautiful and it accommodates anything you may need. They offered a private bridal suite, bars that stay open during dinner, recommendations to first class vendors, etc., etc. They also have a restaurant/bar next door if you havent had enough. Our wedding went from 5:30 to 12:30, my recommendation is to go home and sleep off the food and drink coma! Overall, I give it an A+, Ive been to countless weddings tasting the horrible wedding food. I tried to look as objectively as possible to determine if I would consider writing a recommendation. I will tell you, you will not be disappointed. Many thanks again to Venutis -- many great memories of our wedding day!

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PC Wholesale Direct

I wish I can do 0 stars because they dont even deserve one!! Such and uncomfortable feeling. What a waste of time and money. This is the 4th time Ive been here and super disappointed! Horrible management!! We were there for a baby shower that we paid so much money to do!! Im so upset and outraged that the owner of this building is so cheap that he would run all the AC units to keep everyone cool. It was so hot in the building!!!! Everything we did, they complained! For example, we opened the door by the table to carry out gifts and they yelled saying to close the doors... they service was so bad... no water.. no wait staff to the table. I was carrying my 1 year nephew by the buffet and I was scolded and told not to carry the baby by the buffet. I asked why.... they didnt even know why!! I felt like it was a poor replica of a prison that we had to pay money to be at. Oh not to mention all of the owners family running around like a mad house.. and eating food while walking around, slurping soup, standing around by the bar. Ive been to this place 4 times now and to be honest the 2nd time and 3rd time were bad as well. First time was ok... if that. The one thing that really bothers me is that the owner walks around like hes some big shot.. maybe he should put some of that time into a new business plan. This establishment is VERY unprofessional and the food isnt ANYTHING to brag about!! Everything tasted like it was sitting for a bit. And some food was dry. Tried to get water about 5-10 times, no luck. I had to get up multiple times. And then we cut the cake and they so called "servers" couldnt even count. And they looked pretty annoyed.. I guess I would be too if I worked for these cheap &$@"$&@!!

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Mary Lou Errera

This Restaurant went for a 10 to a ZERO. My Son And I went for Dinner last Sunday and got the "BUMS RUSH" We were seated and when The Waiter arrived we said Hello to him and & Remember Us and He rudly wanted nothing to do with small talk. I ordered Coffe to start and he brought me a Pot of MUD. We I told him I could not drink the coffee he returned with a fresh pot and told me the Banquet hall had the fresh Coffee??? WTF- Then as my Son was ordering his food the waiter (Dale B.) starting walking away from him in mid sentence! Ya I had to say "Hey" to the waiter to make him stop. He was terrible the waited and we had him before and he was good?? We couldnt figure out how this place could take such a Nose Dive. ( We always tip Over 20% so we knew it wasnt us.The final straw was the waited came over and asked us if we wanted "To-Go Boxes" and we wanted Dessert!! and we knew we were getting the "Bums Rush" so my Son says "What time do you close? 9;00 Right? and the Dale B. Waiter says NO we have lowerd the time to 800.SSSSSoooooooo you should NOT HAVE SEATED US AND TAKEN OUR MONEY IF WE WALKED IN TOO LATE!!! You should have told us when we walked in that you lowered your hours till 8;00 instead of 9;oo Instead you seated us =TREATED US POORLY, RUSHED US OUT WHEN WE WANTED TO FINISH OUR DINNER WITH DESSERT AND WE HAD TO PAY YOU FOR THIS???? yOU DROPPED DOWN TO A ZERO FROM A 10 FOR US. Good Bye Venutis youll never treat us like this again, PS I even made a comment to the "Hostess" about our Waiter being in a rush to get us out and she JUST LAUGHED. NEVER AGAIN

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Brian Tyminski

Venutis was absolutely AMAZING for our wedding needs! Karen was our wedding coordinator and was an expert with everything, from recommendations for the day of to a timeline for planning everything. I cannot stress enough how STRESS FREE this venue was for us. We dropped all of decorations and ceremony/reception items off early in the week, everything was set up exactly how it needed to be the day of the event. No work on our part! You truly are getting so much for your money when booking this venue. They really think of all the little details and everything was perfect. The food was AMAZING, not just amazing for a wedding, like actually good would eat there for a normal dinner. With a 210 person reception the steaks were made to order, very impressive. I also highly recommend going with the sweet table, that was also a huge hit. Cocktail hour was very classy with the martini bar and champagne and strawberry display. Hardly any of our guests waited in line for a drink. Dinner service was also pretty fast, which was greatly appreciated by all, no waiting for our hungry guests. Everything was all packed up for me to pick up the next day which was greatly appreciated. Another note, a couple of guests left their cards in a bag under the table, the cards had cash in them. The cards were returned to us unopened when we went to pick up our decorations the next day. Incredibly impressed with their honesty and integrity! Thank you Venutis I cannot say enough good things about this venue!

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Justyna Miskowiec-Kolosinski

Where do I start, I have so many great things to say about Venutis and their exceptional customer service and beautiful venue. Venutis was recommended to me for our Wedding Venue by my coworker so my husband and I went to check it out and absolutely fell in love with it. The venue is simply gorgeous! and I am pretty sure some of our guests jaws dropped when they walked in :) Love It! Planning a wedding is not easy but first Patrick (no longer works there) and then Karen were amazing at helping us with everything and they made the process really smooth. I met with Karen multiple times as well as we did multiple tastings at free of charge to make sure our wedding was perfect. And it was! Couldnt have imagined it better :) I am sooo thrilled with how everything turned out. Food was phenomenal at tasting and during our wedding! Staff was very helpful and nice, and I have zero complaints. yahh i was surprised I had to get my own shot glasses for the bottles of vodka we were providing (Polish Wedding) but in the end it doesnt matter. Venutis was outstanding and I will recommend this place to everyone. Thank you thank you thank you for everything. I wish I could relive this moment again. Venuits helped make our day the best day ever. -very very happy bride :) Justyna

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