The Beda Place

I really wanted to like the Beda Place, the location was beautiful and easy to get to, the package seemed stress free… but it was anything but stress free.
Andy and Mary would often take between a week and a month to respond to queries. And I had to poke and prod them to find out what I needed to do and when. I felt like I was doing all the work when I was promised they would. Several other items were not up to the standards we were promised the day of the wedding.
The stress didn’t end with the wedding. Included in our original wedding package was $ 1400 set aside for a photographer. We ended up going with a photographer outside of their contacts (and the best vendor I had) so we were due a refund of that $ 1400 plus tax, in addition to other fees due as per the contract.
It wasn’t until my mother (who paid for the wedding and sent multiple requests for the final statement and the refund) threatened to bring a lawyer into it that Andy finally responded about the refund, a check for $ 114. He claims to have used the creative math because his computers crashed, how strange, I still have my copy of the signed contract.
We had increased our original guest number from 75 to 85 and in Andy’s words «it was impossible to itemize minor details for the flowers, extras, decorations, time ext…» So he took our total package price (which included fees that were the same no matter how many guests we had) divided that by our original guest number of 75 to get a per guest cost and timed that by 10 to add to the cost of our package. Which gave him a per guest fee of $ 138.66!
Needless to say, unless Andy gives us the refund owed (which one of his employees has assured us is correct, not his interesting math), we will be taking him and the Beda Place to small claims court and we have filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau.
I will say that Dee, the wedding coordinator, was great. She was on top of things, her priority was getting this done, and done right.
UPDATE: Andy never picked up the registered letter or replied to the BBB inquiry.
I am still owed over $ 1,400.

Well, I never thought I would be writing a negative review for The Beda Place.
We booked our June 2014 wedding here back in July of 2013. We were in close contact with Mary & Dee throughout the process. They were wonderful and made planning my wedding a total breeze. When I decided to change my florist and use the one they recommended, Mary made the switch easy for me and adjusted the price I was paying her each month.
Dee was the best coordinator I could have asked for. She always made me feel like she truly cared that we got what we wanted and that we were happy.
The negative part of my wedding didn’t begin until the Thursday before my wedding when I went to decorate the wedding venue. There were 3 staff there who were AWESOME and so super helpful with all of our decorating. They took over jobs from me so I wouldn’t have to be climbing on tables and I really appreciated that.
Andy on the other hand, was awful. I have never met someone so condescending and rude in my whole life. As a bride to be who has paid over $ 9,000 to your wedding venue, I expect you to be a little more accommodating or at least fake a smile. Andy was rude to both my mother and I and tried to bully us in to setting things up the way he wanted. He kept telling us we couldn’t put the tables the way we wanted them because «even an engineer said it won’t fit that way». In the end, it did fit the way I wanted and looked great.
I was also told that the flowers in the planter would be changed to match my wedding colors and planted fresh on the day of my wedding… nope! My blue and yellow wedding was decorated with purple flowers. Oh well, I really didn’t care about that. But don’t tell someone you are going to do something and then not do it.
During our reception we had a lot of alcohol we provided and had the bartender serve. The best part was he refused service to a guest who was over 21. That guest got out his i.d. and handed it to the bartender and he said «I’m not even going to look at that». It wasn’t until relatives of that guest stepped in that they finally served him.
Better yet, my husband and I didn’t even get any wedding cake! After we did the cutting of the cake, they apparently rolled it back in to the kitchen and cut it there. They did not bring it out and serve it to us or our guests. They apparently made an announcement that the cake was in the kitchen. Out of our 30ish family members at the wedding, only 3 of them got cake. So I didn’t get to have any of my own wedding cake :(
Prior to my wedding I had discussed with Mary & Dee about how clean up would work. Both of them told me just to write a list of what things I wanted them to save and they would box them up and keep them downstairs. They told me this was included in the package price I paid. As my new husband and I were walking down the stairs to leave our reception I confirmed this with Dee and she said «Yes, just have your dad come pick everything up on Sunday. Your family and friends do not have to stay and do clean up». Blissfully unaware I left the venue assuming my friends and family would be close behind.
It wasn’t until the next day that I found out as soon as we left Andy told my maid of honor «You need to get in there and start cleaning up». My friends and family were made to stay and clean for nearly 2 hours. Andy even went so far as to suggest to a family friend that he mop the floor. SERIOUSLY?! These are guests of my wedding, not employees of The Beda Place.
Last but not least, I kept waiting for my security deposit to come in the mail. waiting, waiting, waiting, nothing. I contacted Dee… nothing. I contacted Andy… nothing. Finally my mother in law called Andy. Right afterwards she called me and informed me that Andy said I had not paid for my flowers, which I had. And claimed I had gone over my 105 guest limit, even though I had only had 93 guests show up. He claimed that because I had enough tables out to fit 112 people, that meant that’s how many were there… NO. I had to have a lot of separate tables because of two divorced sides of the family who preferred not to be seated together. Andy told my mother in law he would not be giving my security deposit back.
After much hunting through emails and counting every penny of the checks I sent to The Beda Place, I realized I had over paid them by $ 600. After telling Andy that (and my mother in law threatening him with small claims court), we finally got our security deposit back.
My wedding was beautiful and I wouldn’t change a thing about it. Dee and Mary were wonderful and I truly credit them with making my wedding go off without a hitch. I would recommend them to anyone. But as a bride to be you want to get married somewhere where the owner is caring, supportive, and most of all respectful, and The Beda Place is not that place.

I just got off the phone with Andy and just that one conversation was an absolutely horrible experience. I am trying to plan a wedding for my mother-​in-​law with very little notice. We are looking for something within the next 2 – 3 weeks and I cannot believe how rude Andy was! He refused to offer any type of rates or to correspond with me through email. I was told Monday would be the first available day to meet to discuss a potential wedding that Friday. When I asked if we could discuss further details through email to speed the process, since it was such short notice, he refused. He was interested in one thing only, and that was our budget. He wanted to know how much we could afford and without that information he would not help us. He told us to find what we wanted elsewhere and he could compete with that pricing, instead of giving us the rates that he could offer to us. I find it frustrating to attempt working with any vendor who cannot provide ANY pricing information without knowing what kind of money their clients are willing to spend. I do understand trying to work within a budget, but to refuse any kind of information without it is outrageous. Unfortunately their website isn’t up either. Then as I repeatedly try to end the phone call politely, I was hung up on. I am in disbelief at the whole experience.

There isn’t enough space on the internet for me to write how unhappy our experience was with this venue. Despite the fact that almost all of their reviews on Unilocal and yahoo were bad, we booked them anyway for our wedding. Andy, the owner «guaranteed» that none of the experiences we read about were true and would definitely not happen to us. He is a salesman and he basically lied to get us to book with them. Fast forward to a few weeks before our wedding — after we had been told that our bill was paid in full and all of a sudden they send us a bill for THOUSANDS more. Not only was this never the price we agreed on but it made it a much more expensive venue than any other in the sac area — considering they weren’t providing tables, chairs, linens, food, a kitchen or even an area for the bridal party to change in — there is just no way that we or anyone would have paid that much. We refused to pay more when we had been told our bill was paid in full SIX MONTHS EARLIER. Then the owner attempted to HIRE us to create fake profiles online and write fake good reviews for them to try to improve their reputation. In exchange for this he was willing to knock off some of the balance that he claimed we owed.
Needless to say we decide to NOT do business with somebody so shady and we asked for our money back. He refused and we were forced to change our invitations and get married in a friend’s yard. Our day was still the best day of my life… but I would be VERY hesitant about any good review you see of this place knowing that they are willing to pay people for good reviews. I would never choose this venue. Look them up in the court system and you can see the public records that they have been sued for the same thing they did to us. My dad is pushing us to sue to get our money back as well.

The Beda Place is a great place in Meadow Vista to hold a birthday party, wedding and reception, or any other event when you will have a few or a lot of people in attendance. The view is gorgeous and very relaxing.

This is the perfect place for any event– and for weddings it’s a dream land–
myself and Two Moms Catering & Custom Cakes was one of the featured vendor at this years Winter Wonderland Bridal Fair– We showcases a winter theme for brides along with vintage fair cakes
It was a fun event and a way for Bride to be and their party to come try out the fairs and meet vendors~
We hope you come join us for the next Bridal Fair~

I had the pleasure of working with the Beda Place as a photographer (
) for Natasha & Tony’s wedding on October 1^st, 2011. I had a very pleasant experience working with Aparna Jaituni (the wedding coordinator) who was on top of times and keeping things going in the order that they should have. They have beautiful grounds with gorgeous photo opportunities as well as a brides studio (almost the size of my house lol) complete with about 3 full length, two ½ length and two wall mirrors, salon chair in front of a trifold mirror, and great windows around which allowed for natural light to pour in beautifully, but only on one half, so that the other half can be out of the sunlight. I met Andy as well, and had great conversation with him as well as witnessed him while he seamlessly worked through an «issue» with the father of the bride, when one of the sides that were ordered, didn’t make it. He got the vendor to agree to throw in the appetizers for free, which were going to cost extra and everything worked out great. The bride and groom were so easy going and they just seemed to have the time of their lives. They were very happy with the venue and seemed quite impressed by the bridal suite as well. I do believe that this venue is a little small for the reception hall for a party of 150 or more, but I think with this last group that we had (about 90 to 100) it worked well, and the staff made sure that when everyone was done eating that they cleared out a lot of tables so that they guests could get onto dancing with a little more room. All in all, I think that the staff did an amazing job of making this day about the bride and groom and making sure that everything ran smoothly without any pressure on the bride and groom knowing that it was their day.

I truly resent the propriotor of the Beda Place, calling me an unprofessional wedding coordinator. The wedding at their location was the 4^th wedding I had done in 6 mos. Believe me, in doing those weddings in & out of the US, working with various venues & vendors, I got plenty of experience! And I have to say, at none of them, did I have to write a poor review or ask for a refund for services not rendered. I stated facts: the outdoor location is beautiful & can accomodate a couple of hundred guests. The reception hall was crowded with the 90 people we had. Thank God, that the 120 we had invited did not show. We would have been in each others laps! Fact: the Bride did not get the menu she had requested. Fact: Leftover food «disappeared». Fact: For over $ 6000 and only about $ 500 was for food, it was terrible to be nickle & dimed after the fact. Fact: It is extremely bad business to not anticipate the needs of the services you are offering because this IS your job. Fact: We did enjoy our day but the many tribulations we endured most certainly took a lot of the glitter out of the event. Fact: read some of the other reviews here. It seems that I am not the only one who had problems & feels real poorly towards Andy. Thank God for one of hios competitors, the Powers Mansion Inn! They came to our rescue on many of the issues that we could not resolve with Andy. THEY were the ones that saved the day & helped to bring joy to our event!

Love The Beda Place! Andy the owner is very accommodating to my requests and helpful with any questions that we had! We held a celebration at the Beda Place in June 2011 in the Vista Ballroom. There was tons of space for our guest to mingle. The outside was lite up and water fountain flowing to create an enchanted atmosphere. We would HIGHLY recommend Beda Place to anyone for any of their needs from business meetings, to birthday parties, to a wedding etc. Thank you Beda Place our party turned out to be a great success!

Beautiful wedding venue! I have had the pleasure of photographing a few weddings at this very special Meadow Vista gem…
The owner Andy, great guy and wonderful to work with.
I recommend the Beda Place to all brides to be… perfect!

I had the pleasure of Officiating and DJ at a wedding held at the Beda Place in December of 2010.
The bride and groom were having a great time and the staff at The Beda Place was very accomodating for any of thier and my needs.
I will be recommending many couples to this venue.

Why do wedding locations have fake flowers? It seems like a recurring theme for me. The outside locations are nice, but fake flowers stuck in the ground sorta put me off. I arrived on time for my appointment and wandered around when no one answered the door. The owner then came out in ripped jeans and tee. He said he was doing repairs so that’s fine. It started out nicely and then went down hill quickly. They charge you for every single thing. Want to use the kitchen? Be sure to have the cash. By the time I added everything up it was going to run me about 4,000 bucks just for the location. What really turned me off was when the owner asked me if I had a caterer yet. I told him not yet, I was meeting with one that week. He told me he knew someone, but wouldn’t give me their information until I booked with his place. Seemed a little shady. I’ve talked to people in the area and they say they haven’t seen a wedding there in a long time. No wonder.