We had our wedding reception at Old Brick in March 2014. Though the space is beautiful, and the ability to bring in our own drinks and caterer helped us have a very nice wedding customized to our tastes.\r
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However, I need to share a story from our wedding day - that (had I known this would have happened), we likely would have selected another venue.\r
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The coordinator was supposed to open the building for us at 8am (there was an event the day before, so we needed to set up the morning of the wedding). Our rental company was going to set up the tables, chairs, set the linens and dinner settings, etc. at 8:30. My fiancé and his father went to Old Brick around 8 to get in, make sure all the doors were opened for the rental company on time, and just be there in case anything was needed. The coordinator was not there. She also did not answer her cell phone, and nobody was in the office.\r
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She did not arrive until about 10:45 that morning - almost 3 hours later than she told us we would have access to the building. We had called the coordinator's cell phone, sent emails, and called the office a few times with no response.\r
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Luckily (I don't know how our reception would have happened without this) someone who works in one of the offices at Old Brick came in around 9 to get some work done and reluctantly let my fiance and his father in. They were able to open the doors to the auditorium and let the rental company in. Our reception went off without any further problems, but we were very lucky that we got in the building when we did. I don't even want to think about what would have happened if the rental company left - we wouldn't have had linens, dishes, or glasses for 200 guests.\r
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Overall, the building is a great size and very charming, but I'm not sure how much good that does if the building is locked and the coordinator is absent and not responsive.
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