Hey ladies! I figured I would give a review on Bellvue Manor, even though I did not book with them.
I went to go see it a couple of weeks ago with my FI, mom & sister. Where the building is located is rather bland, nothing special - just a parking lot in the middle of Vaughan. The structural of the building is okay. We had an appointment to meet with Rob, we sat in his office for a total of two minutes - he did not go over any of the menu options or information, just told us to read it at home. The walk through of the ENTIRE venue was 5-10 minutes AT THE MOST, and we saw 4 rooms. Rob just seemed to be annoyed by us the entire time & made us feel like we were wasting his time. When we would ask questions he would give us quick one word answers and kept rushing us to finish off the appointment (keep in mind this was sunday afternoon). We were not interested in 3/4 of the rooms he showed us, they looked like every other banquet hall and we wanted something with a different look. The one room we were some what interested in - we asked if he would put it on hold and he said no (at this time ALL of the rooms were available on our day) and said we had to make our decision right away.
After this we ruled out Bellvue Manor all together, we did not want to work with someone/venue that would treat us like this. I looked online after for reviews as well and most of them have said the same thing - that the venue is okay but not worth working with the owners (Rob & some else), many people who had events there recommend against it & so would I.
If this is the way we get treated while we are just looking at the venue I dont even want to think about how I would have if we had put a deposit down and had no choice but to have our wedding there.
We had seen & worked with various venues & they have all given exceptional customer service. We had seen Liberty Grand previously and the venues are very similar in look - although Liberty Grand has a much better look to it overall. We met with the director on a late Saturday evening in the peak of wedding season & he still sat with us for over and hour and sent us a breakdown of the budget. I would definitely reccomend Liberty Grand over Bellvue Manor.
Graydon Hall, Sunnybrook, St. Lawrence, Eglinton Grand etc are all MUCH better to work with.