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Vendor Review: Vell's Party Center

I was married October 24, 2009.  We had our reception at Vell's Party Center in Medina.  Originally, we had booked the Belarusan in Strongsville, but due to the growing size of our wedding we needed more space.  We went to talk to Vell and everything seemed fine.  He was acommodating at our initial meeting and we booked.  After that initial meeting, everything was a battle.  He did not listen to my mother or me about what we wanted for the day.  He was argumentative and had a "know it all" personailty.  One of the biggest arguments surrounded having the salads served at the table rather than on the buffet line.  This is what I wanted after seeing that the salad dressing on the buffet was pumped like ketchup at a stadium.  We even paid extra for this!!  When we sat down to dinner...there were packets of salad dressing rather than boats.  I was appalled.  My mom approached him about this and he said "that is what you wanted."  Not even close! 

The hall is beautiful and it suited the size of our party, but Vell is unbelievably difficult to work with. 

I was starting to think that maybe it was just me, but every vendor had trouble with him the day of our wedding from our florist to our band.  Our band, RunAvrilRun, went so far as to say that they would never recommend this hall to anyone. 

For the hall itself, A.  For Vell, F! 

Re: Vendor Review: Vell's Party Center

  • ayamm1123ayamm1123 member
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    edited December 2011
    Thanks for the review! Sorry you had such a poor experience!
  • JKohioJKohio member
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    edited December 2011
    Wow. Thanks for the post. Too bad you couldn't use the Belarusan. How large did your guest list get?
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  • edited December 2011
    We met with the man at Vell's last month. I called and made an appointment with them a couple weeks before and when we arrived he was at the home located behind the hall. When he came outside he told me he was not ready because I didn't not make an appointment. We were not pleased with the meeting. After hearing this review I am glad we decided to go with somewhere else. Thanks for the review.
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  • Theresa71Theresa71 member
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    edited December 2011
    Hey Girls,

    I have grown up near Vell's.  Although the hall is nice & the food's fair in taste.
    Dealing w/ Mgmnt there is awful. I have heard of many friends over the past 15+ years complain, & we just had our HS class reunion there. They gave them a difficult time also.    IF any one is looking for a hall in the Medina area
    check out presentation hall in fairlawn.  the website does not do it justice
    but, you need to see it in person! beautiful & lots a goodies included in the price!
    - just thought I woud share....
  • edited December 2011
    The building: okay if you like the typical "wedding hall" look
    The food:  horrible, bland, nothing special
    The man:  Vell = rude!  I visited the site with my FH over the summer  of 2008.  I was wearing a shirt that was not fitted (the common style of today).  He asked when our wedding date was and we told him June 2010 and he said, "Oh, is that because you are expecting?"  I was NOT expecting!!!!  And I am not a big girl at all.... Being the nice person that I am, I let him finish his speech and we politely excused ourselves.  I was livid! 

    Good luck with him!
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