I am 15 days married!!!! Our wedding took place on 7/31/10 at Villa Barone Hilltop Manor in Mahopac, NY. We had over 240 guests, it was a night people have talked about for the past two weeks. No words can describe what an amazing wedding it was. The only way I can explain it to future brides is that I felt like a celebrity. Everything went according to plan and BEYOND my expectations!!! Actually the reception/catering hall did everything I wanted and more!! People have been talking about my wedding for the past 2 weeks, my parents had phone calls every day since the wedding, telling them how beautiful the reception was and that the food was out of this world, and no other place could match a wedding like we had. I am on the top of the world, I think the best thing about it, is they put so much effort in to making us know we were the important people of the night and what we wanted we would have. They treated our guests with utmost respect and catered to their every need with a smile. The timing was amazing, all day the limos were in contact with the reception hall, when we arrived I heard one of the managers on the ear piece announce to the other staff BRIDE AND GROOM HAVE ARRIVED!!! Everyone was on their toes ready to do what they had to do to make our night one to remember!!!! When I say I felt like a celebrity it is an understatement, I felt like I was Chelsea Clinton getting married :-) on July 31, 2010. I wish I could have let you live the night with me because it was a fairy tale. I smiled the entire night, I had not one worry about the catering hall, from the moment we arrived to the moment we left, we had direction of what to do, where to go, it just was unreal. I had a bridal attendant who never missed a beat. She was like a personal assistant :-) but never got annoying she had a drink in my hand before I finished the previous one, she had food in my dish before I even asked, she fluffed my dress before I could see it was not fluffed!!! I guess all I can explain is Villa Barone Hilltop Manor in Mahopac, NY is different then any other local vendor in hudson valley, ny. There may be places out there that will give you the same package for different prices, but an italian catering hall is going to give you the best food, the best service, the best atmosphere, and in the end that is the best price. I went there the other day to express my gratitude to the managers and owners of Villa Barone Hilltop Manor. I felt I needed to tell everyone I could about this place. I told them the organization, the professionalism of the waiters was just incredible. Both my husbands parents and my parents said their waiter took care of their family like it was their own. To the waitstaff, to the bartenders, managers, owners, bridal attendant, chef, valet attendants and all the rest of the crew, THEY WERE AMAZING, If I can tell every future bride that their day will be the best day of their lives with their reception in the hands of Villa Barone Hilltop Manor then here is living proof, that the fairy tale wedding you dreamed of is possible, when you have the right people doing it for you!!!!. Thanks for listening and reading my post, its the least I can do to let people know how lucky I was. I feel other brides deserve to feel the happiness I felt on my special day. This was the best day of my life, a day I married the love of my life, and a day to always remember. People always tell me horror stories about their wedding reception, all I can say is it was perfect! When I have a chance I will try to post some pictures of how amazing the room looked, and how our seats were set up like a king and queen, you will be shocked, my friends tell me it was the best wedding they have ever been to and I believe it!!! :-)