We celebrated my sister's 40th birthday here on 12/30/06. Never again will my family have a party here. In Nov 06 my family was contacted to say the time had to be changed and our food options were no longer available because USC was coming in and taking over the entire winery. Our invitations had already been printed. We had to hand write in the change in time on the invites. When my mother arrived at the party. The manager told her first thing we had to be out on time. Not even a welcome or sorry for the inconvenience they caused. Our wine, cheese and ice tea was set up when we got there. Here is where things went wrong. We were told to stand in line to get our food (which we were not given a choice). As my family made their way. I was given a sign indicating what choice of food I made and was told someone would serve me. I was confused because the rest of my family was being served right then and there. I did not argue and went back to my seat. The waiter saw my sign and said he would serve me. It took a very long time to get my item and my family was confused as to what to do. Some stood in line and had their food others had signs. We were eventually served. The food was very good. I'll give them that. We were also told the cake needed to be cut by a certain time to insure were were out by a certain time. When it came time to cut the cake we were told they would cut it. No such thing happened. We ended up cutting our own cake and then were not enough cake plates. I asked for additional cake plates and was given not china but styrofoam black plates. How elegant for a party at the winery. Then where was the coffee. We had to ask for that too. None of the waiters seem to understand what we needed. I feel like because USC was coming and they were paying big buck, we were pushed out and inconvenienced. The manager only gave us $100 off. I think it should have been more given the circumstances. I do not recomend this place for a party.
Pros: the food was very good
Cons: the service was terrible
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