Woodhaven Manor Caters and Banquet

Never going to recommend this place for any events or parties, very unprofessional staff, bathrooms are very dirty, no napkins, bathroom floor have water floating all over. Food is raw or dry, and smelling like its old 2 to 3 days, staff should be tech or change because on the name of customers services where staff should be polite and nice, staff love to arguments with the customers, they don’t know how to talk to customers at all

This place is spacious. But this is all I can say about it. If you look closely you could see it needs renovating. So run down inside and out. The bathroom stalls are so tiny. The food is crap! I wouldn’t even touch it. The waitstaff at least got us water after dancing. I hate that venues takes guest drinks after and during dancing.

One of the best places to host a big event. my sister had her wedding today and i can say, it was beautiful. the employees were so respectful, the food was delicious and the place was very neat. i highly recommend this place for any type of event. thank you for a great time!

I just wanted to say thank you… I got married Saturday 11÷14÷15 and it was excellent… Every1 was happy and treated so well .The food was great the service was great. As the bride I have nothing bad to say. I mean everything was perfect and I would & will recommend this establishment to every1… Thank you so very much for everything… May hod continue bless the entire WOODHAVEN MANOR STAFF

Cake is absolutely amazing! I liked the valet parking. Liked how they left jugs of water on the table. Also liked the instant picture frames they were giving out. Maybe I’m old fashioned but I think only the men waiters should be serving alcohol at the bar.
Hall has a lot of potential. Food was worst food I’ve ever tasted at a wedding. It was most likely all frozen. I also feel like they’re should have been labels on the food tray because some people are allergic to fish etc. I’ve worked at banquet halls when I was a teen, I felt like the waitresses could be better organized. For example when picking up glasses, one waitress empties the water/​juice while another packs the glasses into trays. Instead they were putting everything into one grey plastic bin and glasses were breaking and liquid was spilling. Also it’s fine if they don’t know much English, but they should know what appetizers they are serving. For example beef/​sweet corn etc. or call one of the other waitresses to explain. The mirrors in the middle floor close to the ceiling need to be cleaned and that cloth hanging down should be thrown in the garbage. It doesn’t match with anything. Fake orange flowers at the entrance of the hall should be thrown out as well

Beautiful place, the whole ambience was just breathtaking. Great food, great people, owner is a very great guy who helped plan everything for the party!

Came here for my cousin’s wedding, I loved the experience here.
1) The food was great. I am Indian, and love Indian food, plus have a high expectation of it. And I was not disappointed with it. Esp. the Daal was fantastic.
2) The ambiance is nice.
3) Only thing I had an issue was the air conditioning, which was not in full blast. But overall it is not too bad.

Went to a wedding reception on the 24^th of may 2015. Over 800 guests. We were seated on the second level and couldn’t hear or see anything that was going on. They didnt even utilize the projector tv screen for the guest on the second and third levels.
Our dinner got to us around 930 pm very late and my mom ate around 1030 pm. She was seated on lower level. We were served what they considered ceaser salad with no dressing. Most ppl just left it and the waiters eventually picked that up. Lastly lets talk about the main course. Unseasoned Salmon with some kind of taste less white sauce. Chicken that was hard as brick with some kind of brown sauce. Lastly soggy overcooked frozen veggies. Its was the worst food I have ever attempted eating in my entire life. I own 4 restaurants in Manhattan and if my chef served that dish to my guest I would fire him instantly. Food at a wedding should be memorable and have taste. Our huge family left hungry and I Had called in my chef at 1am to open my restaurant to prepare a proper meal for us.
Needless to say I would not be going back to woodhaven if invited again.

I recently held my wedding reception at this location on Saturday, March 28^th 2015. I had nearly 900 people in attendance. Mandi, the owner, was very helpful and friendly in helping us accommodate such a large group.
In our package, we had open bar, cake, served cocktail hour and buffet style dinner. This worked for us because we had a very unique scenario in which it was an open invitation and we did not have a precise headcount of attendees. The staff was very friendly and I heard great things from our guests.
I don’t regret having our reception here one bit. I took into consideration some of the negative reviews I found on here beforehand and actually brought them up to the manager up front to see if I should be concerned in any way. He explained to me what occurred and promised that everything would be up to par. I felt at ease and accepted.
I must say that personally, I was not very fond of some of the foods and although beautiful, the main cake… but our guests were satisfied, and that’s a major accomplishment for so many people. Finding a venue that was both available on our date, flexible, affordable and capable of accommodating such a large group was definitely a challenge, especially since plans changed two months before our wedding day but I thank God that we found them just in time… and that they were available. A huge load off of my shoulder as the bride, as you could imagine.
I would definitely recommend them to others.

I was the guest of someone who was invited to a Sweet 16 party here. Let me just say I hope I NEVER get invited here again because I would have to RSVP with the words HELL TO THE NO!!! What a travesty this place is. The décor is tacky, tacky, tacky!!! From the horrid, stinky carpeting and mismatched furniture throughout the place to the nonworking waterfall in the lobby. The space is huge. Wasn’t expecting that on Jamaica Avenue This place has a lot of promise with someone who gives a damn because obviously these owners don’t. I went into three stalls in the ladies room and neither had toilet paper. Everything is poorly organized. The parties happening the night I was there didn’t start until after 9:30. I don’t know if that’s the venues fault or the party throwers. None the less, that should have never happened. The rooms are oddly painted. On the ceiling of the room my party was in, it looked like someone took a paint roller to the ceiling and just rolled it all over with no intent. The woodwork was old and crumbly. Paint chipping. The covers on the seats were completely stained. I’ll post a picture to prove. My seat cover was stained with something red. Looked like blood. Nice. The utensils and cups were filthy. Had to ask for new glasses. Stains all over. Flat soda was on the table in an awkward mason bottle type thingie. They brought glasses with lemons and limes and put them on the tables. Why? To make our lovely flat soda and sink water taste good? Uninspired waitstaff went around multiple times with appetizers. I guarantee these appetizers were all of the frozen kind. Horrible mozzarella and zucchini sticks, corn nuggets, fried shrimp, crab cakes, etc. Everything breaded, fried and disgusting. I think they try to fill you up with them because the main dishes are even worse! Worst food I’ve ever had at a hall. Just looking at it all, it was sad and pathetic. The best part of the night was that the owner (?) after the food tray covers were taken off, sprayed right around them and all over the place an entire can of Oust!!! BY THE OPEN FOOD! Everyone was choking and running out of there. You can barely hear your party because you can hear all the on goings of the party next door. The pathetic excuse for the open bar was horrible as well. Jack Daniels and vodka. Wow, what a selection! You know a party/​place is bad when you leave without a coat in freezing weather to walk down the block to the liquor store to get your own hooch to bring back to the party. The only positive I can say about this place is it’s proximity to Woodhaven Blvd., where I was able to walk to after midnight and hop on the speedy Q53 bus and haul myself out of that mess!

I was at a friends wedding this Saturday from 8pm-​1am and although the ceremony and reception was beautiful, the service of this establishment were completely unprofessional and extremely rude. I wouldn’t recommend anyone throw any special occasions there!

I recently had my wedding here and I must say this place is very beautiful and spacious, from the walls to the chandeliers. The lobby is also very elegant with marble on the floors and walls. And to top it off the food was AMAZING! The owner helped and guided us though the process helping us with many aspects of our wedding day, he was very personal with us making us feel comfortable having our wedding here. The food menu was very diverse to please both sides of the family, being that my wife is Italian and I’m Dominican we can tell that the food here is authentic dishes. Being that it is located near the train to make it very accessible for many of my guest that don’t drive, and they had a parking lot for the people who do drive. All and all I had a night to remember here and I defiantly recommend this place for anyone having and important event.

Cold and soggy, processed chicken nuggets as a Hors D’oeuvre! The perfect summary of the experiences. No greeter, waiters who don’t speak English, dirty seat covers, dirty napkins and dirty dishes. Other than that, great hall; more like a back alley.
Attended and event on 12−13−14

Avoid at all cost. If i could have given zero stars i would have. This was the most unprofessional venue I have ever been to. It was so bad I was embarrassed for the host.
Where do I start…
Rum and a coke in a can? Not to mention the can was dirty.
The bartender was wearing flip-​flops at a WEDDING! The server was wear dirty SNEAKERS a red t-​shirt showing through his oversized dress shirt that extended past his undersized jacket.
The seat covers had stains. Not one seat cover but most! We’re these even washed?
Soda was watered down and flat, my wife didn’t even want to drink anything the entire night. Especially after the waitress stuck her fingers in her drink to clean off the table without even asking if we were done.
The coat check girl was the same one who cleaned our table.
They passed around previously opened half full bottles of wine.
Food was horrible. Staff unhelpful. Walls dirty. Advertisements at the enterance.
They took pictures and tried to sell them to us afterwards as if we were exiting wally world or ocean world!
IT’S NOT ABOUT THE VENUE BEING CHEAP/​LOW BUDGET BUT RATHER THE OWNERS NOT CARING ABOUT THE TYPE OF SERVICE THEY GIVE AND FOR THIS THEY SHOULD BE CLOSED DOWN.
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Just had a wedding here the place is very gorgeous and the staff was extremely friendly and accommodating. The reception room is located on the second floor and it is huge. The food was delicious. Highly recommend!