Wedding food at Central Park Boathouse
Hello- I'm trying to get some definitive opinions on recent experiences with the food at Boathouse weddings. I've read mixes reviews online, and it's holding me back from booking my wedding there for next summer. I'm considering a sit down multi-course dinner.
Has anyone been in the past year or two to a large event there? I'm having frightening visions of cruise buffet-quality food.
Thank you!
srk626
Jul 14, 2008 08:07AM
Until fairly recently, the catered wedding food at the Boathouse was consistently awful. It's improved tremendously over the past 5 years. However, I think the reason for the mixed reviews is because the kitchen still tends to be inconsistent. I've been to 2-3 weddings there in the past 2 years. Food was completely different at all of them. I think it pays for you to be diligent with the menu and really press them hard on how important the food quality is to you. I'd recommend multiple tastings. Don't let them get too ambitious.
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I got married at the Boathouse last August and I thought the food was delicious. We had a sit down multi-course dinner. I may be baised, since it was my wedding, but my guests raved about the food and I remember looking around the room and noticing how many people had cleaned their plates. I can't speak to the passed hors d'oeuvres because I didn't have a chance to try any of them. Let me know if you would like some more info about my experience. I've also been to other events there with a buffet and I felt that the buffet food, while good, was much more average than the plated menu.
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Thank you so much for the feedback. I would be very interested in hearing more- I'm glad to hear that you're wedding went so well! Anything you'd like to share about the experience in general- the food, the space, transportation into the park, the staff- would be very much appreciated! I can be reached at shirakafer@gmail.com Thank you!
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I saw your post about having your wedding at the Boathouse and was wondering how far in advance you had to reserve the location. My s.o. and I know that we want to have our reception at the Boathouse and have an idea of when we would like to get married, but for a lot of reasons are not "officially engaged" and therefore haven't started any concrete planning, but because we have a specific date in mind we have actually been discussing reserving a space before even being officially engaged. I've been trying to get an idea of how far in advance the Boathouse needs to be reserved, but haven't been able to do so. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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I too have been to 2 recent affairs at the Boathouse. Both times the food was bland and dreadful. The chairs were little wooden bottom busters. Grossest of all was the sparrows sitting and eating the rolls that were but on the tables before the guests sat down. The weather was perfect for one affair so it all looked good, the other wedding wasn't so lucky. It poured and the plastic canopy leaked. There are better places for a wedding. Be kind to your guests.
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I attended a wedding there about six months ago. The food really was not very good. As expected, the passed items at the beginning of the affair were way better than any of the poor main dishes. Also, they had set up a table of cheeses and salamis and other items (actually a large spread), and that too simply wasn't very good. If food is a principal concern then the Boat House won't fit your bill. Yet, it is a nice spot. Nevertheless, without instigating competing opinions, I just wasn't very impressed with the locale all together. It seemed like nothing very special, a more intimate Tavern on the Green, but that's about it, I thought.
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I again went to the Boathouse, this time for a charity event (dinner and auction). Same poor experience, same birds eating the rolls, how could you even consider this place? Go when the weather isn't so great and smell the musty odor. Never ask the bride/groom how the party went, they paid a lot of money, it was their special day, of course they like it all. Guests are always kind, but not truthful about an affair, trust us unbiased observers here.
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