Swan Club On The Harbor

The Swan Club is beautiful. The inside and outside have been completely renovated and there are semi-new owners (Lou). The gardens and ground are gorgeous. You really don’t need to do a first look anywhere else because the grounds are beautiful enough at Swan Club. Looking back, I probably would’ve just done my first look there. Plenty of areas for ceremony- we used the pavilion (indoors). It’s gorgeous. Outdoor areas as well. YES- there are multiple weddings at once. NO- it doesn’t matter. I only saw the other bride and bridal party once - while lining up for our ceremony. Didn’t see them at all after. The food was great. Everyone raved about cocktail hour. We did the Caribbean Station, Pasta Station, and Hibachi Station. The Caribbean Station was amazing and so was the Hibachi. We included pasta because we did the duet appetizer and skipped the pasta course. They also include a fruit and cheese station with cold stations and another Italian station. You choose the other three. It was a lot of food. No complaints. We chose the burrata duet as our appetizer (people raved about that) and everyone enjoyed their dinner. My photographer said the food was the best she’s ever had at a wedding and she asked to pay to take more food home! Guests also said the passed desserts were great (cookies and milk shots, mini churros with chocolate, etc).
Pat was our maitre de. He was great from the very start. He is very detail oriented and he listens. I dropped off BOXES of decor all with very specific directions. He thoroughly went over all the details with me including how we wanted everything set up, and the menu. He decorated our cake beautifully as the cake and flowers were both delivered and neither vendor would decorate the cake unless I physically went to go pick up the flowers and drop them off to the bakery the day prior. Pat took care of it. Pat also took care of moving the floral pieces from the ceremony arch to the sweetheart table (a job the florist should have done). He decorated everything beautifully. My fiancé requested banana foster (just for us because we love it). Typically, it’s a station at Venetian hour and would have been $5 per head for that station alone. Pat accommodated and made it special for me and my fiancé at no extra charge. My only complaint is that the groomsmen were in the incorrect order at the front of the ceremony . The best man was next to my fiancé, but the other groomsmen who walked down first should have been told to stand furthest from the center. My brother and my fiancés brother ended up being on the end, and they should’ve been next to the best man because they were the last two to walk down. Overall, Pat was wonderful and we highly recommend the venue.
Diana, our bridal attendant, was also great. She was very calm. There was dirt all over the bottom of my dress from our first look. She cleaned it off. She brought us plenty of food during cocktail hour and there was always a drink at our table. She sort of disappeared about 1 hour into reception, but I didn’t really need her so it was fine. Overall, we had a great experience at Swan Club and I highly recommend it to any bride.