Princess Manor Catering

I intended to write a review on this venue the weekend of my family’s sweet 16 (Dec 5^th) but saw that a well detailed, ACCURATE review was written and decided to let it go HOWEVER due to a nasty email my friend received from the venue (I really hope she takes my advice and updates her review with that email posted into the update) I decided to take the time and write my review.
As an ELITE Unilocaler, please take into consideration that my reviews are as honest as can be.
This is my detailed account:
Doorman! Oh sugar.honey.iced.tea, a doorman that doesn’t open the door, oh-​kay! Was he a doorman?
As I entered this venue located in what appeared to be the ghetto I thought to myself, hmm… thank goodness it doesn’t match the neighborhood. The venue, although small was very nice.
Coat check upstairs for $ 1…that’s cool, I always tip $ 2 at coat checks so that just saved me a $ 1.
Come back downstairs where there was a red carpet. Later on my cousin informed me that they were supposed to take a picture of me on that red carpet… I don’t miss a photo op honey! Nobody took a photo of my flyness… now we have a problem! Anyways there was this waiter at the door with bootleg champagne glasses and I look over to my companion and say, «so was he supposed to hand us a glass?» Waiter still does nothing; I sashay my way over to the table with the glasses set on it and loudly ask the waiter what it was, the waiter responds from a distance «non-​alcoholic champagne» to which I respond «the non-​alcoholic part is the problem.» People nearby laugh, haha, moving on, into the hall… I was ushered into the hall by my cousin’s boyfriend, VIP status… we don’t have staff at the event doing this? So far on service, we’re not doing too great!
Like I stated before, place looked nice, so on so forth. Food: excellent! No complaints here, kudos to the cooks. Now let’s talk about cleanup time. I’m a slow eater… don’t touch my effing plate. A waiter approached and attempted to remove the plate from me, I joked with him about it and he apologized and I told him it was okay (he was cute, that’s why he got away with it) but it wouldn’t have been an issue if he would’ve just asked me if I was still working on that plate!
Photographer: if he came with the venue I’d understand. I was not impressed with his photographer skills… I expressed this later to my cousin on how poor his angling was and she said the photos will show whether or not he did a good job… she’s the one that paid for this event so I really hope beautiful photos were taken. However, let’s recall, my red carpet movie star photo was not taken! Yeah, I’m still bitter about that!
A nice courtesy gift was provided by management; aww so sweet…
All in all, birthday girl had a great time and we made wonderful memories that night. As a Unilocaler I do make it business to give a full critique on the venue and service.
Venue = nice, service = whatever, costs = way too much for whatever service.
To management: you should take from the reviews you receive and grow on them, not threaten to take actions against the people who review your establishment. Should you choose to write me a lengthy email threatening to protect your good name please note, I will share that email with the Unilocal community. No one should have to deal with nonsense emails especially when it is in their constitutional right to express their opinions. If you don’t like a review, that’s a personal problem. I have wrote both negative and positive reviews in my 2 year span as an elite Unilocaler and never received such negative, threatening feedback from a manager; instead managers have invited me to try their establishment and to ask for them. I always go back and NEVER ask for a manager and learn that perhaps it was just a bad day I went on that landed a negative review. I update reviews to how things went in my eyes and how my experience was. Unfortunately the case here is, when people blow 10grand you can’t really make it up to them, you damn sure can’t threaten them for «defaming» you. The moments one experiences isn’t defamation.
1 star for venue, 1 star for food = 2 star review. There’s my grading system.

Had a sweet 16 at this venue. The venue is a nice setting however, not everything that is shown on their website is what they provide for your event. The website shows images of great décor and drapery but they do not provide that for you they recommend you to an outside vendor for that type of décor. So don’t get your hopes up with those pictures unless you are willing to pay their outside vendors. They indicated they play videos when i first visited the venue for information and almost 3 months before the party they said they don’t and i already had created my vision and idea for the party. Then they didn’t say that they have their own agenda that you have to work around in terms of when you serve the food to your guest and if you don’t want their time they try to persuade you to buy appetizers. It seemed like it was more them dictating how the order of your events should go instead of working with you to accomplish your vision for your event. They were not flexible and hard to work with its what they say not you. Even though the rep appears like she/​he is willing to work with you their main intention is to get their way anyways. Then 3 months before the party the rep tells me i should call one of her outside vendors (event coordinator). So i listen but due to the event being 3 months away that expense was not feasible. Exactly one week before the party i went to the venue and the event coordinator was there and the rep spoke to me about her again and «convinced» her to give a more reasonable price. So upon meeting her she appeared to want to help and had the experience with the venue. So i took her services because being that the venue rep was difficult and at time sarcastic i knew the event planner would serve as a middle ground to make things run more smoothly. However, everything she said she would do she barely did and although i told her my vision she didn’t follow through completely. She didn’t decorate according to the instructions given. However, it was nice it just did not go with vision i had in mind. I had given her a guest list to check people and know who to give the thank you gifts to but instead i found myself doing it when people were checking out. I mean without her i would of done it regardless but that is what we paid her for. Many times throughout the event we would find her promoting her services and meeting with other potential clients that were visiting the venue while my event that she was supposed to be coordinating was going on.
Nonetheless, the place is nice, clean, well decorated and the platinum tiara package is worth the money. That part was amazing as well as the food. The food here is like a 5 star. All my guest loved the food and the candy bar. they were impressed by that. Got a lot of good feedback on that. However, guest stated that the waiter didn’t greet them with the champagne as the package advertised along with the picture at the red carpet. But all together is was great. Lighting was amazing. Overall I would give the place 3.5 stars. Would i recommend to a friend? maybe i would think twice because of the bad behind the scenes planning with the rep of the venue. All in all was grateful for the place. birthday girl had fun.

Attended The Marie Sklodowska Curie Professional Women’s Association Dinner here the other night.
Standard cocktail hour with meatballs, pasta, chicken and broccoli, kielbasa, pierogi, fruit and cheese, plus one carving station.
The lone bartender was adequate for the task at hand.
Choice of Roast Pork stuffed with Plums or Chicken Marsala. Portions were small but very good.
Slice of a very good, light and fluffy cake for dessert.
My only complaint is that parking in the neighborhood is tough to find. Carpool if you can.

As catering halls go, I thought the food was pretty good.
Minus a star for parking and minus a star for being a little dated and not having a fully stocked bar.

The food is good … the service is friendly!
If you’re polish this is the must have venue for your wedding!
They serve good food and keep the liquor coming!

Valet parking $ 5. Find parking around the block. overall the place is good not that bad food was okay.

Nothing about the venue screams exceptional or over the top.
The location is awful for parking. The food is nothing to write home about.

Long overdue review:
We had our wedding reception at THE Princess Manor in April 2009. Thanks in large part to the Manor and their staff, it was the best party ever (I know everyone like to say ‘best party ever’, but this was… ask my mom)!
The best thing about the PM was the team’s flexible and accommodating attitude. My wife and I were really trying to be creative as well as frugal in completing most of the work ourselves. From being open when we needed to deliver décor, to flexing the tables to allow for our entertainment, to taking care of our unusual cakes, Eva and her staff were ever gracious.
Endless positives:
The space is beautiful. The chandelier’s make it fancy.
The food is comforting and delicious and beautifully presented.
Awesome futuristic party lighting.
Affordable.
Bar and bartenders were on fire.
Next to subway stop (G and L).
Around the corner from our house (when applicable).
Nothing was too much for them to handle.
We would definitely hold another event here without reservations (we would need to make a reservation, I meant reservations as in second thoughts).

My friend had her wedding reception at this spot… so the location was horrible. but once you get inside you forget that you had to either park your car 5 blocks away or wait 45mins for the only valet driver to get around to you!!! The décor was unexpected. i was pleasantly surprised! The cocktail hour was nice and organized. The dinner was prompt and good. I order the fried talipa… very good! I would give 4 stars, but the parking situation was the worse.

The Princess Manor is an events location as well as a catering location. I have had an event at the location, so I can review both features as absolutely amazing.
The Princess Manor specializes in Polish food. Delicious, well made, mouth watering Polish food. Their Polish food is so good, they’re the group that the Polish embassy calls when the embassy is having an event. They have cooked for Pope John Paul the second, Rudy Giuliani, and a bunch of other famous people.
I had my wedding reception in the Princess Manor’s downstairs ball room. The events coordinator, Eva, is amazing. She had everything ready, she took care of our DJ and florist and helped arrange stuff, she makes great suggestions and is just so helpful and nice, it blew me away.
The main ballroom is beautiful, with a huge dance floor. I also really enjoyed the set up of the cocktail hour, with a large buffet in the middle of the room as guests munched and enjoyed cocktails while the wedding party was safely ensconced in an upstairs room munching and drinking ourselves.
Finally — the price is incredibly reasonable (per person) for this general geographical location.
I love this place. My mom and Eva are already planning the baby shower. Too bad they’ll have to put those plans on ice for at least 5 years. ;)