Diamond Event Center & Catering

Having our wedding ceremony and reception at Diamond Event Center was an easy decision as I have attended several events here before. The ballrooms are beautiful before they are ever dressed in linens, lighting or decorations! The staff is easy to work with — they don’t say «no» to anything! Their Chapel seats 120 guests which was perfect for our size event. We upgraded to the Diamond Première Linens and the room and chapel looked amazing — everyone commented on the layout, linens and colors. We also used the house DJ (I love one stop shopping!) and they did an amazing job with all of our special dances, they even coordinated a slide show to play during the Father Daughter Dance. They also supplied the ceremony music and helped me determine the timing so I walked down the aisle at the exact time I wanted to during the song I chose. Seems like a small thing but it meant the world to me and was time and effort on their end! They played anything we asked for and the dancers had a blast. I literally received compliments on every morsel of food we choose — the house herb vinaigrette salad dressing was so light and tasty, the red skin potatoes were amazing, the beef was great and the house horseradish sauce served with it was the best ever tasted, but the pork chops by far got the most compliments — moist, tender, delicious, cut them with your fork good! Saturday we walked into a party and had the time of our lives — Diamond’s staff did the rest. And they did it efficiently and unobtrusively, you never knew they were there and the tables were cleared from dinner almost as quickly as dinner was served. This was a big plus for us because it left us with over 3 hours to dance and party with our guests. We also rented the up lighting and after dinner when the lights were dimmed and the walls were glowing in green light the «wows» from our guests started all over! Everything Diamond Event Center did for our event was 110% and it showed! Everyone in attendance had a great time and we are still getting compliments weeks later.

O.K. this review is from the guest perspective and so this will be different than if I had hired them. So, I was here on 6÷16÷12 for the best friends wedding. I have been helping her plan this for a year and I have been in on the ground floor of all the plans for food and what not as well as my own involvement in the floral needs (which I created out of silk for her as she is very allergic) so I was very invested in this venture.
So that said, the hall was in a strip mall. Yes, strip mall. Inside is nice and the hall had very nice silk wreaths around hurricane candles (Bride’s request) and the room was set up well. Round tables that sat 8. A bar, coffee station, dance floor and buffet area that was separate. (I have been to a few weddings where the food was served from the dance floor.) We agreed on no seating chart as nobody really stays where you put them, and the chairs were nice solid dining room style chairs and not flimsy banquet chairs. Since it was cheaper, the bride and groom provided their own liquor and it was well served in real glasses, which again, was nice. The salads were typical mixed greens, pre-​dressed, but nice and cold. Served before the bridal party entered (unusual) but things started promptly at 6. The buffet was typical, green beans, boiled potatoes, pasta in red sauce, chicken and a beef carving station, with au jus and horseradish sauce, Two kinds of rolls were served table side and a coffee pitcher was placed on the table at the beginning of dinner.
The chicken, if you could call it chicken, was mushy and bland. Allegedly grilled and in a champange sauce (which just tasted like thickened chicken broth to me). The pasta was terribly over cooked. I’ve had better texture from canned. The potatoes were very good and I am told that the beef was excellent. (I don’t eat red meat, so I took the word of others.) After dinner, there were several pastry plates placed around and some REALLY good 21 and older truffles made the rounds. The deserts were tasty and the cake was wrapped to go. (A friend of mine made that.)
The D.J. was really good, and played a nice mix of fast and slow songs, and seemed to really listen to my friend about her tastes.
All in all it was a good evening and if I would not hesitate to go here again for another event. Would I hire them, maybe. I’ll have to ask my friend when she gets back what she thought of them over all.