Ruth O.
Yelp
We held our wedding at the Huron Substation on 10/31/15. Honestly this venue makes you fall in love with it at first sight. This venue photographs so well. The courtyard is great for warm evenings. Sounds too good to be true? It is...
The owner, will destroy your dream wedding. Meike (Owner) is a bully. The entire night the owner policed our wedding. On top of so many rules, you have to practically bend over backwards just to hold your wedding at this venue. Meike clearly is not qualified to work in hospitality, more hostile than hospitable. To begin the day she was asking our guests to move their vehicles when parking on public streets. We had our immediate families arrive a bit earlier at the venue before the ceremony to take family pictures. The valet company that was the only company granted permission to work at this venue did not arrive until an hour before the ceremony, so Meike decided to ask our guests to move their vehicles from here surrounding parking spaces on public streets. She harassed my Husband, and our guests. Keep in mind we got married on one of the biggest party dates of the year, she complained the music was to loud, the surrounding homes had parties going on and the apartment building next to the venue (which had people looking into our party the entire night) had a huge costume party going as well. For the amount of money you'll be spending to have your wedding here, I hope that you take your money somewhere else. I also do not recommend vendors working here, this is not an easy place to work with.
Meike kept walking through our wedding with a sour look on her face, she directed her questions to myself and my husband, which was not what we asked her to do. My husband's assistant was helping take care of setup, but Meike disregarded our request to have our assistant take care of any needs. It was very unprofessional that she bother us, especially since many of our guests noted her bad attitude and interruption of our night.
Meike also spoke very rudely to our photographer and DJ, who were both nothing but professional. Meike kept reminding them of the rules they signed, yes, we all signed rules, but Meike's reminders to us of those rules were rude and hostile. At one point she threatened our DJ with sending in her security guard to take care of him. Seriously?! Who does that?!
We expected a better clean up prior to the venue, but I guess Meike prefers to keep real spider webs on the walls instead of purchasing them at party city for Halloween. The beams, walls, and most surfaces on the second floor had a thick layer of dust on them.
Overall this venue leaves a bad after taste in your mouth. For an important day like a wedding, look for a place that won't be a regretful mistake. Meike has said that we were a "nightmare" to work with, if we were a nightmare then why did our vendors have such a bad experience with her? She should not offer her property as a wedding venue if she is going to have such a negative, unprofessional, rude attitude.