Just a warning for brides getting married on the Outer Banks. Red Sky Café nearly ruined my daughter’s wedding day. Wes Stepp (owner and head chef) definitely
does an amazing job in showing prospective brides and grooms what he is capable
of doing when you go in for a pre-wedding tasting. Unfortunately, what we received at the wedding
was a vastly different experience from what we were promised. They were understaffed and the wait staff
that they did bring seemed to have no idea what they were doing. Red Sky is known for their beautiful
presentation on mirrors and elaborate displays on their buffet table. We had no mirrors, nothing on the table but
plain metal chafing trays that looked like they could have come from a local
all-you-can-eat buffet. Many of our
guests had to fill their own water glasses, and bus their own tables. We paid
for a dessert table and the vast majority of our guests never even saw the
dessert it was gone so quickly. We had
long lines at the bars and our guests were told that we were out of certain
types of beer and white wine; a large quantity had never even been opened and iced
by Red Sky, it came home with us the next day.
We were to have a Chef attended
Shrimp and Grits station and a Top Round Carving Station, neither one was set
up. Both entrees were in metal chafing
dishes on our very unremarkable buffet table. Guests endured long lines at the buffet tables
because the food was so slow in being replenished. We did have a storm come and go right before
the cocktail hour was due to begin, but weather issues are commonplace on the
Outer Banks and all the caterers here are used to adapting. My concern is that Jen
Richter, the manager actually bragged to me that one weekend in May of 2013
they had 5 separate events going on, feeding over 700 people! Jen told me that ours was the only event for
June 8th, and that was not true. Stay away from Red Sky Café; there are too
many other good caterers on the Outer Banks who will make yours a spectacular
reception, and charge a great deal less!<?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />