Tonga Room, SF (small parties there) - General Tiki

M martiki Official Mixologist http://www.smugglerscovesf.com Joined: Mar 29, 2002 Posts: 3059	M martiki Posted posted on Mon, Apr 29, 2002 5:57 PM FYI: I spoke with their management last year about the possibility of getting married there. We had big plans to have the ceremony on the raft in the middle of the pool, with a rainstorm after kissing the bride. It all sounded damn cool to me, the manager was not opposed to using the raft. HOWEVER....for that priveledge, we needed to book out the whole place (around $35,000 for the night- way too rich for my blood) or come in early. We could also book out the tables on the side only, which entailed, 1. minimum 2 drinks per person. 2. fixed menus of their ghastly "chinese" food at $50 per person for the whole party. 3. an "entertainment" charge per person of around $6.00 per person as we would have to listen to the horrible house cover band and share the dance floor with everyone. This was not how I wanted to spend the first night of the rest of my life. If we came in early, it was just the two drink minimum, plus about $5000 to turn on the lights and the rain. It just wasn't worth it in the end. Ended up getting married elsewhere, and it couldn't have been better. Though I did have a coconut cake with salt and pepper shakers on top, which we dressed in a little felt tux and a white lace veil. It was kewl. -Martin

FYI:

I spoke with their management last year about the possibility of getting married there. We had big plans to have the ceremony on the raft in the middle of the pool, with a rainstorm after kissing the bride. It all sounded damn cool to me, the manager was not opposed to using the raft. HOWEVER....for that priveledge, we needed to book out the whole place (around $35,000 for the night- way too rich for my blood) or come in early. We could also book out the tables on the side only, which entailed, 1. minimum 2 drinks per person. 2. fixed menus of their ghastly "chinese" food at $50 per person for the whole party. 3. an "entertainment" charge per person of around $6.00 per person as we would have to listen to the horrible house cover band and share the dance floor with everyone. This was not how I wanted to spend the first night of the rest of my life. If we came in early, it was just the two drink minimum, plus about $5000 to turn on the lights and the rain. It just wasn't worth it in the end. Ended up getting married elsewhere, and it couldn't have been better. Though I did have a coconut cake with salt and pepper shakers on top, which we dressed in a little felt tux and a white lace veil. It was kewl.

-Martin

Post #1094 by martiki on Mon, Apr 29, 2002 5:57 PM