The venue is beautiful. The food is to die for, fa...

The venue is beautiful. The food is to die for, fantastic chef. The event coordinator was so overwhelmed we hired a last minute wedding planner to keep things glued together. Also I found the practice of charging a 22% gratuity daunting, and reprehensible once it was made clear the company keeps it . The gratuity is not distributed to the staff on your event, it lines the greedy pockets of the marina ownership.

Our event was indeed a beautiful wedding on the beach with a perfect reception, due in large part to our hiring an organizer.

I ended up distributing cash tips the night of once the long faces on the waitstaff and bartenders was explained to me. Sadly, ownership confirmed that with impunity when I queried it several weeks later.

Ownership has no conscience about keeping $4500 that should have been divided to about 30-40 people. That s a guess but everyone involved should have gotten $100 +\- including the set up and grounds crews. The 22% made sense on that level. Finding out they got nothing except for the cash I had with me that night made me feel cheap.

You don t put on a wedding at Sommerset Pointe Yacht Club because your cheap....

Craig Warburton