Bella Banquets and Gardens

Awful experience for my wedding. I got married in the spring of 2022. You know an experience is bad when you wake up in the middle of the night, 6 months later, and become angry all over again.

1. The first time I met the manager he was so outwardly rude to my mother. We had come up with a list of questions to ask him and he ignored my mother as she read them. I suggested my mother give the list to my fiancé to read because the manager was so sexist that he would only listen to a man. Not only did my mother and I notice it, my father in law, fiancé, mother in law, and father noticed it too. It was humiliating. Yet we signed the contract because Pakistani men are known for this kind of disrespect (even when my mother was the one paying).

2. The manager promised us a projector. He denied saying that and so we rented it — it was only VGA input and it wasn’t even set up. Wtf.

3. He agreed he would set up my stage but did not do it on the wedding day.

4. He loomed over the women’s side of the hall as we were arriving….. why is he on the women’s side???!!!

5. He walked in on me while I was taking pics with my husband in the bride/groom room!!! No knocks!!!! And I wasn’t wearing hijab!!!!!!!! He was not embarrassed. Ridiculous piece of shit.

6. We asked for the food to be mild because I can’t eat spicy food. And the food was so horrendously spicy - more than the sample, that I couldn’t even eat anything at my own damn wedding.

7. The sound system is HORRIBLE. it hasn’t been updated in close to 10 years. No one could hear any of the speakers. I felt poorly for my father in law who was speaking directly to me and I couldn’t hear anything.

8. OMG THÉ FOOD WAS SO FREAKING ABSOLUTELY LATE. They served the appetizers with dinner!!!! I have narcolepsy and chronic pain so to stay awake longer, and to sync the 1 he program with the arrival of food, I had to walk down the aisle with an energy drink (no joke! My pictures show how angry I was).

9. THE HALL SMELT LIKE CRAP. My brothers went to set it up and told me how awful it was. Like the sewage system broke. In fact, I heard the men’s washrooms upstairs were unusable because the water smelled so bad.

10. He charged us EXTRA for a table when THEY FORGOT THE BRIDE’S TABLE. WHERE WAS I SUPPOSED TO EAT YOU STUPID SHIT.

11. He did not set up the gifts tables like we asked.

12. While family pictures were taking place the perverted manager sat in the corner, on a table reserved for my guests, with the angriest face I’ve ever seen. First of all, he was not invited to my wedding so why was he there and secondly, why is he staring at us? Didn’t he get enough to look at when he was watching the women and when he came in on me without hijab? Why does he keep wanting to watch me???

13. HE CHARGED US EXTRA BECAUSE HE FELT LIKE HE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR US AND WE CAUSED HIM GRIEF LMAOOOO. My parents just gave him the money because he was AT MY WEDDING begging for more.

14. After the event, I asked my brother to call him and get an explanation. The manager blocked my brother after he called. Absolute dick.

The only reason I didn’t write this review until now was to protect him as a Muslim but if he doesn’t respect me as a Muslim woman then I do not want to protect him either. The two stars is because the hall has a divider if you want segregated events, my friends told me the food was good, they have OK facilities, it is accessible, liked the napkin colours, the female servers were nice, and they allowed us to use the furniture from either halls. You can tell I am objective in my review because I am also writing the positive so take it from me, do not do business with this manager.

Thank you Bella Banquet and Haroon & Sarah involved in making my 50th birthday in Oc 2012 a night to remember!

Everything was incredible, the ambiance and decore made one feel like a moviestar for a night. The food was delicious and great service. The entertainment was awesome.

All I can say is WOW. It was like walking into a movie scene.

By far it was the BEST Birthday I have ever had.

Thanks again
Kind regards
Maria