Tiffany S
Google
It pains me to write a bad review because we had such high hopes for hosting our wedding here. But if you are a future bride or corporate group planning an event here, I suggest looking elsewhere. To put it briefly, Vinarosa (formerly Vintners) underwent construction and leadership changes that were not mentioned to us, and when we asked for transparency, we were told lies. We were scrambling to figure out logistics the WEEK of our wedding due to their ineptitude, and to top it all off, there was active construction happening during our wedding. We dealt with so many other spectacular vendors, but Vintners/Vinarosa was the ONLY vendor that left us feeling dread during wedding planning, on our wedding day, and even now looking back. I was hoping that we could come back here for wedding anniversaries, but I never want to deal with them ever again.
The long story: we booked in July 2024 for June 2025. In December 2024, I sent an email to our point of contact, and the Director of Sales and Marketing informed us that she would be taking over until they hired a replacement. We had no further explanation and communication was nonexistent until our planner reached out to schedule our tasting in February. When we arrived at John Ash, they asked about our two other guests. What other two guests? They forgot to mention that we could bring guests to our tasting. They also prepared two extra tasting plates, but never confirmed with us that we were bringing guests (??) The General Manager interrupted our tasting to inform us that the Lobby was undergoing renovations, and that there is a chance it would not be completed by June 2025. We expected the pool and banquet hall, but there was NO MENTION of the lobby construction, which sits across from our ceremony site. We left our tasting feeling incredibly uneasy and sent emails informing them about our dissatisfaction, asking for more transparency. We also noticed they were hiring many new job positions, and were told that they were "expanding".
1 month before our wedding, we are communicating with the new Events Specialist Coordinator, who is very green behind the ears. It takes weeks to sort out ceremony layout, reception rentals, and catering packages. We were surprised with extra charges to move chairs, put on chair pads, and extra servers for the buffet. None of this was previously communicated. Even our planner is surprised at these new changes because she has worked with them before. It is very clear at this point that Vintners is not telling us something. But we were promised no extra surprises on our wedding day, and given platitudes.
Finally it's the Friday before our wedding, and when we checked into our room, they tried to charge us $2k. When we asked what this was for, they stated that they were unsure. They left us a welcome card in our room. Honestly I kind of expected more, especially because we communicated many times over many months how unhappy we were with them. But we get nothing, not even a small bottle of champagne, which is disappointing because that is very easily an extra touch of thoughtfulness that could impress guests staying at your hotel. Clearly at this point, they do not care about us.
The worst of it all is that there are construction workers drilling concrete during our first look. Our photographer had to yell at them to stop and move out of the way. The "Vintners Resort" sign on the street is taken down and painted over on Friday and not back up by Saturday, our wedding. At this point we are so tired of dealing with all of this. But it's not the end. A few days after our wedding, there is an instagram post announcing a name change to "Vinarosa Resort and Spa"... and now it all makes sense -- the lack of transparency, the lack of staff, the open positions, the incompetency. I get it now. But seeing that instagram post 6 days after our wedding felt like the last slap in our faces. We asked for transparency so many times, and we never got it. I genuinely hope that future couples do not have as horrendous a time dealing with this place.