Enhanced Lighting & Audio Visual

Loved our venue décor. It was exactly what we wanted and enhanced lighting delivered in everything!

I’ve used them for several events and they are as good as it gets. They transform all of my events into the perfect atmospheres. They are helpful, on time, and go out of their way for me at the drop of a dime. I was in a pickle for an event and Megan, the owner, came through for me at the eleventh hour. No detail is overlooked with Enhanced Lighting, and I’m proud to call them a partner in the wedding industry.
–Christie of Christie Rose Events

I recently hired Enhanced Lighting for a huge networking event for the wedding industry this past week. I needed up lighting and a spot light for a ballerina dance group and opera singer. Also needed a very elegant pipe n drape that matched the colors of my event. The whole experience from start to finish was excellent! From the moment I spoke to them on the phone to going to the showroom to see the draping and lighting, to the end when the workers came to set up and tear down. Everything was perfect! The entire staff was courteous and responsive. I would highly recommend their services for all your event lighting and draping needs.

We used Enhanced Lighting for our wedding (3÷14÷15) at Casa Real winery. The entire staff was a pleasure to work with and our wedding turned out so beautifully, from the ceremony lighting to the reception pin spots & Gatsby-​inspired custom monogram. They took all our suggestions to heart and we were so glad to have everything we envisioned come to life. We truly appreciated all the help we received in making our event so special and especially how helpful Jaycie was. She was the utmost professional and also did her best to accommodate our budget throughout the process. Many of our guests were gushing about the vintage feel and mood lighting for the banquet room, it was truly perfect for us. I would definitely recommend Enhanced Lighting for to anyone looking for superb lighting needs (they also do large chandelier rentals, custom monograms/​BOGOs, etc).

Enhanced Lighting did a fantastic job with the indoor and outdoor lighting at our Sept. 2013 wedding at the Kohl Mansion. Crystal was easy to work with and had great ideas for ways we could using lighting to make Kohl look (even more) spectacular for our big day — all while not breaking the bank. I would definitely hire Enhanced Lighting again!

My reviews of the businesses that helped make the pre-​grand opening of the Exploratorium at its new location continues…
Note: I was a guest at the event, so I did not personally hire Enhanced Lighting.
My experience at the party was fantastic, due in large part to the lighting of the Exploratorium. Each zone of the Exploratorium had a different vibe yet it was seamless at the same time. The design team clearly thought about how to make a guest want to explore the area in which they were and also get the guest curious about what was around the corner.
Kudos!

Enhanced Lighting is more like enhanced pain in the ass. They were single-​handedly the worst vendor we had assist us with our wedding earlier this fall.
After working with their lighting designer, Kate, late in the summer on a lighting plan for our wedding venue, signing a contract and making a deposit, we thought all systems were go. My fiancée sent our final payment two weeks prior to our event along with an email and got not response whatsoever. Another email to the lighting designer to confirm that she had received our check went unanswered… hmmm.
We finally decided to call them the Thursday before our event that Saturday only to be told that the lighting designer we had been working with had left Enhanced Lighting. Further conversation indicated that they had NO RECORD of our contract for our event TWO DAYS AWAY and had the nerve to second guess whether or not we had sent our final payment. WTF?! The woman on the phone, Crystal, actually had my fiancée read back to her what equipment we had on the contract and then later found our check in a stack of unopened mail! While it was not on our agenda, we offered to go to their offices to straighten out the arrangements, but decided against it once she assured us that they would show up for our event. She made feeble attempts to appease us by offering additional lighting (pattern for our dance floor or spotlight over our cake), but outside of a refund of cold hard cash, we were not interested.
To their credit, the lights were installed beautifully, however, we learned from the venue coordinator, the day we were leaving for our honeymoon, that they took an hour longer to break down after the event and therefore we had to be charged for the extra hour out of our rental deposit. Not exactly what you want to hear…
When we returned from our honeymoon, we spoke with Megan and she was apologetic and agreed that she would refund the extra charge back to us, but even that took 3 weeks. All in all, a pretty lousy experience. I understand employees come and go, but perhaps Enhance Lighting should be more proactive in letting their clients know where they stand, instead of having them chase them down hours before their event.

Enhanced Lighting did a fabulous job at our wedding. Megan and Crystal were great to work with in person. Megan gave some very good suggestions, and are very responsive in showing us how the color would look, even comparing between the normal uplights and LED lights.
Our reception was at Yank Sing. We had pin spot lighting for the sweetheart table and cake table and amber uplights for the pillars and the dessert bar in the back. We also had a fuschia wash for the waterfall and more fuschia uplights for the raise areas. The draping was behind the raised area only. This all made the room look warm and vibrant at the same time.
The lighting was what really gave the venue the «wow» factor. I don’t think our guests know that we included the extra lighting, but they appreciated the ambiance of the place. We got compliments way after the wedding ended.
With all that said, here are the pros and cons of working with Enhanced:
Pros:
— Very responsible. Megan showed up to the venue herself to make sure that things went well. She is very conscientious to make sure that the colors and how things turned out would look exactly (or as close as humanly possible) to what the couple wanted. It’s very much appreciated.
— Very flexible. She did not give us a hard time about changing venues. When we changed venues, we had to plan the decorations all over, as the venues are both very different. Megan worked with us and made it happen.
— Accommodating. On the wedding day, my husband asked to add uplights around the dessert bar. Megan did not hesitate, just told her people to add it.
Cons:
— We were waiting for pictures that never came. Although understood that they might not have it, it’s nice to have pictures when they say they would provide it.
Overall: I completely recommend Enhanced Lighting for your big day!

John and his crew made our wedding so special. We gave them some photos and suggestions of what we wanted. They helped up find other vendors since we were planning everything on our own, which makes it very hard. We had a feeling they would do good, but we didn’t expect how amazing they would transform the space we chose at The Old Mint in San Francisco.
Spot lighting on the cake table, and other chosen locations with beautiful draping too. Gobo pattern lighting on the ceiling. They even provided us with a DJ, video gear, fun 80’s videos that were projected on a wall and so much more. Very professional and courteous. Thanks again John and crew for making this the best memory of our lives.
— Joe & Danielle

Enhanced Lighting and Sound transformed our wedding ballroom into a completely different atmosphere! I used Enhanced for both uplighting, and room drapery for all four walls. I was completely floored when I walked into the room, and saw the transformation! In addition, Megan (owner) was very friendly and easy to work with when I was was selecting the uplight colors in the their showroom.
Thanks, Enhanced!
Charlene Lal Chopra

I absolutely LOVE Enhanced Lighting. We used them for a charity event last week at One Leidesdorff and John couldn’t have been more amazing to work with.
Lighting actually wasn’t something we had thought through in our initial planning for the event and John came in for the rescue. He knew the venue like the back of his hand and knew exactly what we needed to make it look (even more) beautiful. He showed up super early to make sure everything was set up in time for the event (while everyone else that was in charge of set-​up, myself included, seemed to be running behind!)
Now that I look back, I’m realizing that it wouldn’t have been the same event at all without Enhanced Lighting. He was able to cover all our bases– 2 projectors to showcase our slideshow on the wall, a light to highlight the stage, uplights around the entire room– I know that lighting makes a difference with events but the before/​after from what we had planned to what the final product ended up being was amazing. I’m going to recommend them to all my events industry contacts.
One Leidesdorff already has draping but he mentioned that’s another service they provide, in case we needed it for future events at alternate venues.
I didn’t get the opportunity to meet his wife Megan but she sounds lovely, too :)
Pics from our event (The Slap Cancer Date Auction) can be found here:

Lighting changes everything. For a wedding it is what makes the «wow — factor».
I worked with Megan & Crystal for my wedding at the Flood Mansion on 11−11−11.
I am a New Yorker and planning from the East coast was difficult A) not knowing much about San Francisco and B) not knowing much about Vendors in San Francisco.
Crystal & Megan put together a proposal that fit perfectly in my budget. They even discounted me a bit to meet my needs. On one of my visits I was able to set up a consultation to see exactly what my lights would look like. They were great in answering all my questions and making me feel like I could trust their team.
On the day of, the lighting played such a crucial part to the space. It was beautiful and executed perfectly. Skip the other vendors and go with Enhanced!

It’s been over a week since I’ve voiced my disappointment for my missed appointment with Megan at my venue 2 Saturdays ago. I wanted to give them some time get back to me before I wrote this review but since it doesn’t look like I’m going to get a response, here goes:
I am planning my San Francisco wedding from southern CA and made arrangements to meet with a couple of lighting vendors at my venue while I was in town to get price quotes. I worked with Crystal weeks before visit to set the meeting — being from out of town, I only make the trip up north every 6 – 8 weeks and wanted to maximize my time and meet with as many potential vendors as possible.
The week before our set meeting, I reached out to Crystal to confirm our time for 10am that Saturday (although I thought it should have been the other way around since I was the potential client). She responded yes, and that Megan would meet me at the hotel. I gave her my phone number to call me if anything came up.
Saturday arrives and we are in the lobby with the hotel coordinator and my wedding planner (who both had other commitments that day but made the time to meet with us since we are from out of town). Fifteen minutes go by and we decide to go ahead and start walking the space anyway since this was my Planner’s first time at the venue.
By the time we are done at ten to 11am, there’s still no sign of Megan, or a phone call to let us know she wasn’t coming. I emailed Crystal that same day and got a note back on Tuesday (they are closed Mondays). The response I got was that they had 6 events to set up that Saturday and Megan «completely forgot». Ummmm, NOT ACCEPTABLE.
I called Crystal to let her know how disappointed we were that they had just forgotten about us and that I could have scheduled an appointment with another vendor had I known they were not going to come.
She was apologetic and told me that they could do a visit with the venue without me, to which I responded OK. I asked them to coordinate with the hotel directly (I wasn’t about to waste any more time for them if they weren’t going to come through for me) and let me know.
It’s been a week and they haven’t gotten back to me, nor has my hotel contact reached out to inform me that a meeting with this vendor is on the books. This leads me to believe that Enhanced Lighting will not be proactive in gaining my business and therefore, I will not make any more efforts to give my business to them.
Final word, even though this vendor was referred to me by two different people, their service is not fool-​proof a (unless maybe you are planning your wedding locally). My advice to destination brides getting hitched in the Bay is to find someone else to work with because they obviously don’t value our limited time.

Enhanced Lighting’s work is great. What drapery can do to a place is really surprising. We had them add colored drapery to our ceremony site (to hide two head busts) and then add lanterns, more drapery and lighting to our reception site. All of it did come together well and made the night feel and look fabulous. I definitely do not doubt their work or their capabilities.
The only thing I have to say though is that the day of our wedding, they were 15 minutes late in setting up for the ceremony and were about 45 minutes late in taking down the décor at the reception due to a final end time miscommunication. And when the guys came to take down lights, drapery and lanterns, they didn’t bring a ladder and actually asked the restaurant manager that night if he had a ladder. Now, these were the same guys who set up everything so they should have known and brought their ladder back! As a result, the lanterns stayed up overnight and the next day, the team had to come and take everything down.
3 stars because we did voice our complaints and did get remittance which we appreciate. I would hire them again, but I would make sure all the details (i.e. start and end times) have been clarified.

Not enough people take the time to write a positive review when they receive good honest customer service from a business, it’s usually the other way around, people will only take the time to write a negative one star review when something goes bad.
With that said, my fiancée and I are getting married in September and we already were in design stages with a competing company. I’ve never done lighting for a big event before so when I saw the prices I wasn’t sure if they were high or that’s just how much things cost. I decided to call Enhanced Lighting because they had good reviews on Unilocal for a second opinion and I was lucky enough to speak with one of their representatives Crystal.
I just want to say Crystal was really nice, attentive and after I explained my situation to her she was able to give me a truthful and honest answer. She wasn’t trying to pressure me to switch companies or talk bad about the other company. She just answered my questions straight up and really helped me.
I really appreciate businesses and people who take the time to help others, even if they aren’t going to profit. That means a lot to me, hence why I took the time to write this positive review for Enhanced Lighting. I’m going to stick with my original company since I’ve already been working with them for a few months, but I will be sure to contact Enhanced Lighting for any future needs I may have.

Although our coordinator took care of all the logistics with Enhanced Lighting, it doesn’t mean I didn’t get to experience their work.
In design meetings, I got to get an idea through pictures and words of how the event would turn out, but seeing it on the wedding day was a totally different experience.
Julio Lujan and the enhanced lighting team did an amazing job. The lighting totally set the mood for the ceremony and reception. It added great depth and color to the room. Certain elements would pop out and photos turn out spectacularly.
After learning and listening to wedding professionals, they always talk about lighting and how it affects the look of the event. I’m glad we were able to get lighting and Enhanced does top notch work!

My husband and I spent a great deal of time planning our «destination» wedding back in 2010. We live in LA, but had our wedding in SF due to our families. Although, we drove up to SF as much as we could to meet with vendors, our days were limited and time was precious. Each vendor-​meet had to be quick and efficient. Enhanced Lighting was one of those vendors that we felt super comfortable with from the moment we met Megan.

Admittedly, we did not spend a lot of time planning the lighting. Our coordinator helped with the process and took us to the Enhanced Lighting showroom to pick out lighting designs. It was easy peasy and Megan helped us in choosing the right design for our theme. Megan and her staff were very nice and offered their suggestions with the many options.
Lighting was something that we didn’t consider too important until the day of our wedding when we finally saw how lighting totally transformed what was usually a plain restaurant. Even the staff commented that it was like a whole new place. Never has a Chinese restaurant looked so dramatic.
We underestimated the importance of lighting and will highly recommend Enhanced Lighting & Sound to transform any event.

We hired Enhanced Lighting for our wedding back in 2009 (I know, a bit overdue) but I just wanted to sing their praises for an amazing job on our lighting. We had lanterns over the dance floor (which everyone raved about) and blue floor lighting to match our color scheme all around the banquet room and surrounding lobby. Didn’t even see Julio and his team because they worked closely with our wedding coordinator and made our special day even less stressful. Everything on the day went without a hitch.
However, the customer service prior to our wedding was a lacking. It was always hard to get ahold of Julio and I swore we were getting ripped off because I hadn’t heard from him for over a week when we sent in our deposit. A bride’s worse nightmare! However, after some calls and emails I did get a response back and everything was rolling again. Unfortunately, Julio didn’t realize that I was already a customer one time that I called and quoted their prices right off the bat. Which, by the way, were cheaper than the prices I was originally quoted. When I called him out he basically tried to get out of giving me the lower prices. Luckily for him, I don’t back down very easily. He ended up throwing in a few more items for free and we called it even. I originally thought it was pretty shady but thank goodness they delivered on the day of our wedding. A word to the wise for those considering using Enhanced Lighting. It pays to be honest, right?

Enhanced Lighting was recommended to us by our wedding coordinator, Crystal Lequang of Amazae Special Events (
). John, Julio, and the rest of their team did an amazing job with our ceremony room and reception room. Lighting makes a huge difference!
The ceremony room had a very intimate, candle lit feel that was perfect and exactly what we were going for. We also had a simple tree-​like gobo pattern in both rooms that worked out well with our fall theme. And both rooms had doors that were draped by Enhanced Lighting. The chocolate brown drapes had beautiful tassels tied around them, and the drapes definitely added another layer of texture to the room, making it very elegant.
The reception room had pin spots on every table that were not blinding to guests like I have seen other lighting companies do. The pin spots were subtle and made photographs even more beautiful. We also had lanterns hung over the dance floor. We thought we were going to get standard round paper lanterns — to our surprise, when we saw the reception room, the lanterns were intricate and ornate lanterns that emitted a very nice glow. It was more than we hoped for and absolutely stunning! Guests were definitely wow’ed by the lanterns! Thank you Enhanced Lighting for everything!

Enhanced Lighting lit up the venue for our wedding this past weekend, Villa Montalvo. The Villa is a 1920’s era mansion that was the residence for one of California’s Senators. It hasn’t been updated significantly, meaning that it’s very dark at night. Enhanced Lighting lit the place up so that all the beautiful architectural details came out during dinner and dancing and they did an amazing job. The colors were rich and warm, and complemented our theme colors perfectly. They knew we wanted things kept relatively simple — no lasers, no monograms floating across the dance floor, just lighting on the arches, trees and fountains.
The Villa’s Event Coordinator was concerned that the huge number of lights might overload the Villa’s old electrical system, but they worked an arrangement out that kept us from having any problems, and they kept someone on site for the entire evening just to make sure everything was all right.
In the middle of the night, John who stayed on site changed the lighting of the upper stories of the Villa to a stunning blue as a surprise for us. The wedding in general was a big blur to me, but one image that remains in my mind is how great the venue looked with the lighting.
Safety is obviously a big deal to them — the can lights were all protected with a shield and the cords were all meticulously fastened down with tape to prevent accidents.
I admit I was a skeptic at first, but lighting really does make a huge difference when you have an interesting old venue like this one. Enhanced Lighting exceeded my expectations and I recommend their professionalism and expertise.