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Our venue doesn’t offer tastings. My first instinct is that this could turn out to be a terrible situation. But all of the reviews I’ve read have been nothing but positive, and I already trust Suzy with my life. (After all, she is my wedding fairy godmother.)
That being said, the reason they don’t offer tastings is because the final menu is determined by what happens to be available at markets that week, as everything is bought and prepped specifically for our day. The tentative menu makes me drool.
Soup appetizer: Roasted pumpkin soup with chipotle-cream dressing & cinnamon croutons
Two entrees: “Smoked on the bone” chicken or Blue Ridge beef brisket
Starch: Sweet tater casserole
Vegetable: Seasonal veggie medley
House salad and assorted breads
Four-hour unlimited beer: Shock Top & Yuengling
Four-hour unlimited wine
Our beer selection: Yuengling Lager and Shock Top Belgian White
And in case you wondered how delicious this all looks, I stumbled across some photos of a wedding at our venue that I hadn’t seen before.
Food setup at Neverland via 13:13 Boutique Photography
One of the things I obsessed over before getting engaged was blog posts about food tastings. But knowing how hard it is for me to make decisions, this is really probably the best option for me. Anyone else trusting a vendor in a big way?
Our venue doesn’t offer tasting either. I was worried about it, but like yours it received good reviews. I think it’s OK to be trusting, especially if its coming from a gut feeling. And my that food does look tasty!
My venue offers a tasting a few times per year. However, I’ve booked the venue without having a tasting and solely on reviews I’ve read online. Praying the food is food and the portions are decent.
Our venue didn’t offer tastings for that same reason as well, and it was seriously some of the best food I’d ever had! I’m betting yours will be the same - those photos are making me so hungry!
Our venue doesn’t offer tastings either. Booked it based on the reviews because food is definitely one of my top things. Hopefully it turns out alright!
That sounds delicious … at least you know the food will be fresh! I would trust a venue like this if it got good reviews, but we had a CATERING company that tried to get us to sign a contract without doing a tasting! No way Jose!
I love Yuengling!! I’m so jealous you have it. MN doesn’t sell it at all 
Menu sounds incredible!
Our venue doesn’t do an official tasting, either - they host these fab themed supper club type deals once a week which would serve as our tasting, so we could get an idea of how and what they cook. All the reviews I’ve read have also mentioned how amazing the food is.. so if all the reviews are as good as you mentioned, I wouldn’t be TOO worried!
Roasted pumpkin soup with chipotle-cream dressing & cinnamon croutons <— Sounds amazeeeeeeeballz.
Our venue doesn’t offer tastings either, but I did go online and read that the reviews were good…so I am okay with that…ours is a buffet style and we get to choose the entres and appetizers, and starch and they provide 8 seasonal side dishes (salads, pastas, and other goodies)…so I was comfortable with our decision.
Our caterer only offers tastings after the menu is set. This seems counterproductive: shouldn’t we taste the food to decide what we want? We’re going with our gut and trusting them to pull through.
@KatieJean: It used to not be sold in Georgia either. I’m a firm believer though that something is better when you ‘can’t’ have it. I swear, Yuengling brought over the state lines tasted so much better than the stuff you can pick up at any gas station now!
This is not going to answer your question, but I would come to your wedding simply for unlimited shock top 
MY FAVORITE!! great choice. everything sounds great
i am trusting my venue with my food without tasting everything because we have attended a couple weddings already for receptions there, and the food has always been amazing. i have on worries
Any chance your venue would let you do a tasting now, just to get a feel for their culinary abilities? It might not be the same exact ingredients or preparation, but you would be able to gauge their use of sauces, spices, cooking methods, etc. (I guess I’m thinking even if you got a different sauce with your chicken dish, if the chicken itself wasn’t cooked well, does it matter that there would be a different sauce on it in a few months?)
The food is a big deal to me. Making our contract agreement well before a tasting was even scheduled was going out on a limb, but I loved our venue just that much! I have faith that my food and yours will be tasty and fantastic.
We didn’t do a tasting. I think we could have if we wanted, but we’d had this particular caterer’s appies so often before that we didn’t bother.
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Mrs. Skunk, Atlanta Age and Occupation: 23, Post baccalaureate student Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Mechanical Designer Engagement Date: February 13, 2011 Wedding Date: November 2011 Venue: Neverland Farms About Me: I’m a Georgia peach born and raised in the dirty dirty. I love reading, baking lots of sweets and forcing them on my friends, and most of all, rock climbing. I am in the process of applying to graduate school in physical therapy and I work at farmers’ markets around town selling bread for a local bakery. The mister and I met while rock climbing just over two years ago and have been inseparable ever since. Our climbing friends mean the world to us and have played an integral role in our relationship. We’re planning a barnyard shindig filled with good food, good friends, and lots of love.
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