Hussein A. Sent on 30/06/2023

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Magical venue with easy to work with staff!

My wife and I made a great decision of hosting our wedding at the Royal Ambassador venue. To put it simply, the venue is absolutely beautiful & stunning! For our event, we hosted our ceremony at the Lakeside Gazebo, and our reception at the Embassy West hall. Both locations were stunning, and our guests were very happy and delighted to be there, and were amazed at how beautiful the venue was.

Early on, my wife and I worked with Nicolas to secure the venue for our wedding day, and he was an absolute pleasure to work with. Then as our day came closer, we started working with Stella who was an absolute pleasure, and was extremely responsive to all of our inquires and questions. Anytime we had a question or inquiry, we would hear back from Stella within 24 hours with a response. On the wedding day itself, the RA staff was very organized, and helped us have a perfect wedding day - they were many staff on the day off, and they were all so attentive to detail, and very helpful to all of our guests needs.

My wife and I had a magical day that we will never forget. This would have never been possible without the RA team, and their magical venue. Thank you all so much for what you do! We appreciate you.

Andrea L. Sent on 03/04/2023

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Exceptional!

We could not be happier with the service we received at The Royal Ambassador. We chose to have our engagement party, my bridal shower and our wedding here and all three events were superb from start to finish. We began our journey with The Royal Ambassador with a tour of the venue with Nicolas who was extremely knowledgable and was able to answer all of our questions expertly. He was also extremely accommodating when it came to settling on the details of all the events and ensured that our vision would come to fruition at The Royal Ambassador. The food at all the events was excellent but the show stopper was definitely the antipasto. We received compliments from practically every guest about how delicious and beautiful it was. We also chose to have a martini luge which was a definite crowd pleaser. The waitstaff and bartenders were friendly, respectful and attentive. The venue itself is absolutely stunning! For my shower I wanted it to be whimsical so we held it at the green house. The lights and windows created the perfect environment for what I had envisioned. For our wedding we wanted it to more elegant and opulent so we chose the embassy. With its high ceilings, gold detailing and large windows it fit our vision perfectly. The grounds are also breath taking. Our day was an overcast and windy December day so we took a mix of outdoor and indoor photos both with the stunning backdrop provided by the Royal Ambassador. I HIGHLY recommend this venue!

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Briana F. Sent on 29/12/2022

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Simply incredible!

We had the personal pleasure of hosting our wedding at The Royal Ambassador in July 2022. The stunning venue is what originally drew us in, but the incredible food, service and staff is what made our day so seamless and special. We dealt with Stella throughout the process and could not have been happier with how professional, kind and accommodating she was. The venue is incredibly well maintained, dreamy, and offers a beautiful backdrop for all of your photo needs. The food was exceptional, and the portion size was generous. The antipasto and the penne rose were the talk of the party. All around, could not have been happier. We would highly recommend booking any event through them!

Christy B. Sent on 15/10/2022

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Amazing Food!

We held our wedding at the Royal Ambassador at the end of September. We had the Greenhouse room and it was absolutely stunning! All the staff on the day of our wedding were amazing! The Food was absolutely perfect, we have had so many guests tell us this was the best food they have ever had at a wedding! The staff even brought out seconds of the risotto! The grounds of the property are stunning and there are so many places to take photos.
My husband and I have said a few times since our wedding that we want to be guests at another wedding here to experience it all over again! When you are booking with them, don't hesitate to get the martini ice luge that they offer, it was one of the highlights of the evening! Our wedding was perfect and I would recommend the Royal Ambassador to anyone!

Kimberly W. Sent on 02/03/2022

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Feb 2022 wedding

Our wedding took place at the Royal Ambassador (Embassy East) in February 2022.

I can earnestly say that the overall experience working with the Royal Ambassador was fantastic! Our main contact throughout the planning process (in the few months leading up to our wedding date) was Stella, who was responsive (not to mention patient, lol) with my many emails to her. I really appreciated her quick responses as a portion of the questions were in relation to the changing COVID restrictions that were put in place at the time. The sudden COVID changesmade mer anxious and stressed that it would have a negative impact to our wedding. We were pleasantly surprised to find that Stella worked quickly to get the answers to my questions so that I could advise my guests accordingly. Further to this, I did make alot of last minute changes to our wedding plan and Stella was so accomodating for any changes that I made.

On our wedding day, Diana took over all managerial duties and operations on the back end we ended up coming the day before for set up and had the opportunity to chat with her. She was absolutely lovely and accommodated our last minute changes for our wedding the next day. Diana was also very courteous to collect all leftover items from our wedding night and to keep them in her office for us to pick up. I know my guests, who left those items behind, really appreciated that gesture!

On our actual wedding day, we were also assigned an amazing supervisor who oversaw l activities and set-up for the day - Lora! She also met with our vendors for anything that needed to be dropped off (eg. The cake, flowers, etc.) She was an absolute delight to work with. She made sure to regularly check on our bridal party, and especially the groom and myself, to ensure we were well taken care of and that we had our food/drinks refreshed. I also wanted to shout out to her and her team that I interacted with was very polite, respectful, and worked quickly and effectively. One very pleasant surprise was that for every entrance, including mine and the groom's, they had staff members ready at the doors to open it at the correct time during the song that played. I had expected that a bridal party member would have to do that.

I also wanted to mention that the food our guests were served was delicious! I received alot of compliments on the hors d'oeuvres, the dinner, and the dessert. Our guests had the opportunity to enjoy the Ambassador salad, the penne with rose sauce, the filet mignon (it sliced like butter), and the apple blossom. Our wedding was the only one taking place at the venue that night but nevertheless, the food was just over the top.

To top it all off, the venue is just absolutely beautiful. Our wedding took place in the Embassy East and I don't regret it for a moment. The room was the perfect size for our wedding. It had alot of natural light, and the bathrooms on that end of the venue is beautiful.

All in all, I wouldn't have changed a thing and I also have not one complaint against the venue or the experience we had working with them. Thank you for going over and above with our wedding, your responsiveness, and your hard work to coordinate your large team to properly match our schedule.

THANK YOU!!

Donna R. Sent on 11/01/2022

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Outstanding Service

To Stella and the staff at Royal Ambassador a sincere thank you. Dinner was delicious! More importantly, the service you provided has been outstanding. Thank you for being so flexible and working with me through provincial restrictions, time changes and numbers constantly being adjusted. You made a difficult situation easier which allowed us to have a really enjoyable reception. Sincerely: Donna & Fernando Cordeiro

Susan Sent on 02/11/2021

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Fall Wedding Reception postponed due to Covid

After having to cancel our event due to Covid until the following year, the staff at Royal Ambassador was more than helpful and accommodating to us in finding a new date for our reception. In the end, we had many positive comments from our guests about the venue and the food served as most of them had never been to this venue before.

We found the pricing to be very competitive and the food and service was excellent.

We would highly recommend this venue and the staff of Royal Ambassador.
Susan

Steve Sent on 18/10/2021

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Great final result

I wanted to leave a review for RA to try and leave a balanced perspective for anyone considering. We had attended the NYE event a few times in the past, and always loved the venue/food/bar, so that's why we booked it.

This venue is definitely a busy venue, booking many events per day. If you want intimacy and to be the only event, this isn't your place. However, the grounds and spaces are great, and their bar/food setups are (in my opinion) awesome to host a really fun event. We were in the Embassy West, postponed fall 2020 to Sept 2021 to a Friday. We lucked out that the East room was empty, so it wasn't very busy in our area beyond just our own event. Our day of experience was pretty much perfect (note: we did have an amazing coordinator, Bridal Solutions). I would strongly advise a coordinator for this venue.

There were some hiccups when COVID-19 hit, in terms of re-booking such as attempted time changes from contract, price speculation of increases, etc.. We wound up landing in a fair place but there was definitely some frustration along the way (obviously many businesses were/are trying to navigate covid). They aren't super easy to get ahold of, seeing as how busy they are. But when we did get ahold of Stella, she was reassuring. Ultimately we definitely had an amazing day when it was all said and done, but there were times it certainly wasn't perfect in the time prior.

Overall: the venue, food and bar set ups are conducive to a really great event if you don't care about other events/weddings held nearby. They are super busy and can be hard to get ahold of. They make it clear they are not coordinators, which is fair. A lot of the issues were covid related, and were sorted out leading to us ultimately having a great day. We love this venue at the end of the day and will definitely be back, but also realize this venue may not be for everyone.

Rebecca N. Sent on 22/05/2021

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Great venue

The Royal Ambassador was a great venue to work with. We booked them for our 2020 wedding back in 2018 after we fell in love with everything about the venue. We postponed once due to covid and ended up having our wedding in May 2021. During the whole process, Stella was very helpful and reassuring. They worked with us to accommodate us as best as possible given the different restrictions. Stella was great at communicating with me over the years and helped calm me down during the process. Our ceremony was stunning at the lakeside gazebo. The scenery and perfectly manicured grounds never cease to amazing me - and our pictures turned out amazing with the scenery in the background. They provided us with catering to take home as covid restrictions prevented us from having our reception and the food was AMAZING. Our guests all kept complimenting everything that we ate (the beef tenderloin was phenomenal). I am so thankful to the Royal Ambassador and Stella for my wedding experience and would highly recommend this venue. Thank you again!!

Alexander C. Sent on 09/04/2020

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Took advantage of a young couple during the COVID-19 Pandemic

While most venues were offering a new date after the pandemic is over with, Royal Ambassador sought to do the opposite and profit off the situation. The original deposit for the 2020 date was taken and the couple had to pay a new deposit for the new date, plus an "inflation" fee of 5% (inflation is 2% on average, so I'm not sure where they are getting these numbers). In a time such as a global pandemic it is pathetic to see a company taking advantage of people. I get that finances are tight, but to screw people over. There's a special ring of hell for people like that.

The Royal Ambassador's reply:

Royal Ambassador (RA) typically does not respond to online reviews, as we appreciate both the positive and negative. While positive reviews reinforce the good things we are doing, negative ones help us to focus our energy on improving the level of service we provide to all our customers.
However, we feel strongly about responding to this particular review given that our policies, as they pertain to Covid-19, have not been communicated accurately to you. As a result, your understanding of our policy goes against the very foundation on which our business has been built upon since RA was founded 17 years ago. We pride ourselves in dealing honestly, fairly, and transparently with all our customers.
To be clear, we have not taken a new deposit from any customer who has been impacted by the current pandemic. Our policies, even before the mandated government restrictions were implemented, were communicated to every customer who had events scheduled in March, April, and May of 2020.
RA gave each of those customers the opportunity of moving their event, without penalty, to an available date up to March 31, 2021.
Given the fluid nature of the situation, RA advised any customer who inquired about events scheduled post-May 2020 that we would develop a firm policy regarding their events as the situation developed. All events are being dealt with in a chronological order, not on a first-come-first-served basis.
Events that cannot be postponed to a date within 12 months of the originally scheduled date are the only events that are subject to the increase in price per person.
While you are correct in stating that inflation generally runs at an average of 2% annually, RA needs to allow for a substantial increase in the cost of goods and services as suppliers adjust to the substantial losses of 2020 and the inevitable major slow-down in the economy once the new “normal” sets in. There is already evidence of increases in the 25% - 30% range in food purchases for our current take-out business.
As such, we have decided on a 5% increase for inflation due to the increase in raw materials, the costs all event centres have incurred in accommodating customers’ needs to reschedule events, and all the lost revenue in 2020. We believe this percentage to be more than fair for both our business and our customers.
I think it’s accurate to say that RA is certainly not taking advantage, nor is it trying to profit from the current global pandemic. We are doing the best we can to be fair and keep costs down for customers while protecting the common interests of our customers and RA…there isn’t one without the other.
If anyone wishes to contact us directly by telephone for further clarification, one of our consultants will be happy to take your call.
Please stay safe!

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