2013 Iberostar Rose Hall Suites Brides

[Kassi22]

Originally Posted by allieplask 

 

Noticed someone mention a private dinner for 50 guests.... I'm looking at the paperwork that I have and it says that for a private reception you can use Mare Nostrum for 40-50 people, Calabash for 70-100 people and Aunt Ruby's for 100-200 people.  I don't see a problem in us having 70 guests for Calabash (we are at 60 right now) but if you are between 50-70 what do you do?

 

Also, I think I know the answer but I've been a lot of disco talk recently... if you rent the restaurant for your reception you are able to have the DJ and a dance floor in the restaurant, right?

 

 

 

I will have around 60ish guest and we are planning on having our dinner at the Calabash. I was told that if you have less then 70 you can't have a private reception (4 hours) however we can have a Semi-Private which we will have the restaurant to ourselves for 2 hours. With the semi-private you can set up the sound system and have a DJ, so I assume its the same for the Private. They say you can have room for dancing, depending on the amount of people. If you had 100, it would probably be tight, 70 should be fine. ...

 

My assumption is that if its private, you would only have the restaurant space from 6:30-10:30, in which it would finish up. The Disco opens at 10:30. If its the same resort DJ, he would then move over there and play for the rest of the night. (which is then... free!)

[sfox4214]

Originally Posted by allieplask 

 

Noticed someone mention a private dinner for 50 guests.... I'm looking at the paperwork that I have and it says that for a private reception you can use Mare Nostrum for 40-50 people, Calabash for 70-100 people and Aunt Ruby's for 100-200 people.  I don't see a problem in us having 70 guests for Calabash (we are at 60 right now) but if you are between 50-70 what do you do?

 

Also, I think I know the answer but I've been a lot of disco talk recently... if you rent the restaurant for your reception you are able to have the DJ and a dance floor in the restaurant, right?

 

 

Originally Posted by Kassi22 

 

 

 

 

I will have around 60ish guest and we are planning on having our dinner at the Calabash. I was told that if you have less then 70 you can't have a private reception (4 hours) however we can have a Semi-Private which we will have the restaurant to ourselves for 2 hours. With the semi-private you can set up the sound system and have a DJ, so I assume its the same for the Private. They say you can have room for dancing, depending on the amount of people. If you had 100, it would probably be tight, 70 should be fine. ...

 

My assumption is that if its private, you would only have the restaurant space from 6:30-10:30, in which it would finish up. The Disco opens at 10:30. If its the same resort DJ, he would then move over there and play for the rest of the night. (which is then... free!)

 

 

Allie,

 

They are VERY strict about their minimums ... I've already gone rounds with Nicole on this. I would email her immediately and ask her about the possibility of having less than 70 and see what she says. You don't want to wait till last minute to find out they won't do it :/ Or better yet find out the restaurant you can use is already rented out ... I've seen brides complaining about this lately.

 

Kassi,

 

I was told that you could not have a DJ and sound system if you are doing a semi-private, that you only get this if you have a private reception. I believe the paperwork says that as well. Also, they say that there may be other guests dining at the same time with a semi-private ... However maybe because you have a larger group that wouldn't be the case.

[allieplask]

Thank you!  I just emailed the hotel about this.  Originally we told Nicole we wanted Aunt Ruby's because we thought we'd be over 100 people but now it's looking more like 80?

 

Originally Posted by sfox4214 

 

 

 

 

Allie,

 

They are VERY strict about their minimums ... I've already gone rounds with Nicole on this. I would email her immediately and ask her about the possibility of having less than 70 and see what she says. You don't want to wait till last minute to find out they won't do it :/ Or better yet find out the restaurant you can use is already rented out ... I've seen brides complaining about this lately.

 

Kassi,

 

I was told that you could not have a DJ and sound system if you are doing a semi-private, that you only get this if you have a private reception. I believe the paperwork says that as well. Also, they say that there may be other guests dining at the same time with a semi-private ... However maybe because you have a larger group that wouldn't be the case.

[heather1214]

Originally Posted by allieplask 

 

Noticed someone mention a private dinner for 50 guests.... I'm looking at the paperwork that I have and it says that for a private reception you can use Mare Nostrum for 40-50 people, Calabash for 70-100 people and Aunt Ruby's for 100-200 people.  I don't see a problem in us having 70 guests for Calabash (we are at 60 right now) but if you are between 50-70 what do you do?

 

Also, I think I know the answer but I've been a lot of disco talk recently... if you rent the restaurant for your reception you are able to have the DJ and a dance floor in the restaurant, right?

 

That was one of my questions to Nicole. At 50 you can have it at Calabash.  Most of the reviews I've read from Mare Nostrum had 30-40 people and they said it was the perfect size.  When we went to that restaurant it's very nautical and cute but I don't think 50+ would fit in there with a dance floor.

 

My DJ is Kevan and he sets up regularly at Calabash.  He's bringing lighting and it appears they use the far side of the restaurant as the dance floor.  Calabash is a large space.  

[Kassi22]

Originally Posted by sfox4214 

 

 

 

 

 

Allie,

 

They are VERY strict about their minimums ... I've already gone rounds with Nicole on this. I would email her immediately and ask her about the possibility of having less than 70 and see what she says. You don't want to wait till last minute to find out they won't do it :/ Or better yet find out the restaurant you can use is already rented out ... I've seen brides complaining about this lately.

 

Kassi,

 

I was told that you could not have a DJ and sound system if you are doing a semi-private, that you only get this if you have a private reception. I believe the paperwork says that as well. Also, they say that there may be other guests dining at the same time with a semi-private ... However maybe because you have a larger group that wouldn't be the case.

 

 

I was told this:

 

"You can have a semiprivate dinner for $450.00usd from 6.30-8.30pm where there will only be you and your guest in the restaurant until 8.30pm"

 

"If you are dining at the Gourmet restaurant, yes, you will be able to have micro-phone in the restaurant from 6:30-8:30pm which would be $200 for the 2hrs a DJ will be there to set-up the system"

 

So, I could be wrong about the DJ now from reading it.. but its if we are the only ones in there, then I can't see why we can't have the DJ. Also, I can't comment for any other restaurant as she specified the Gourmet.

[Kassi22]

I should also say I take all the information with a grain of salt... My FI and I have bets on how many things will change or be changed once we get there. But hey... we aren't going to sweat it. Everything will work out!

[allieplask]

How did you get set-up with Kevan?  Did you get that info from Nicole or are you bringing him in separately?

 

Originally Posted by heather1214 

 

That was one of my questions to Nicole. At 50 you can have it at Calabash.  Most of the reviews I've read from Mare Nostrum had 30-40 people and they said it was the perfect size.  When we went to that restaurant it's very nautical and cute but I don't think 50+ would fit in there with a dance floor.

 

My DJ is Kevan and he sets up regularly at Calabash.  He's bringing lighting and it appears they use the far side of the restaurant as the dance floor.  Calabash is a large space.  

[heather1214]

Originally Posted by allieplask 

 

How did you get set-up with Kevan?  Did you get that info from Nicole or are you bringing him in separately?

 

 

I found reviews on here, and his website is:

 

http://jaweddingdj.com/dj.php

 

He is a Jamaican vendor and has been very professional and quick to respond so far.   When I met with Nicole, she said she knew Kevan well and that he does a great job!

[allieplask]

Thanks!  Do you know if you have to pay a vendor fee for him?

 

Originally Posted by heather1214 

 

I found reviews on here, and his website is:

 

http://jaweddingdj.com/dj.php

 

He is a Jamaican vendor and has been very professional and quick to respond so far.   When I met with Nicole, she said she knew Kevan well and that he does a great job!

[heather1214]

Originally Posted by allieplask 

 

Thanks!  Do you know if you have to pay a vendor fee for him?

 

 

It's my understanding you pay vendor fees for everyone except TaiFlora (which I'm NOT using!)