Love Letters

Hi Rick and Haley,

Just sending a huge thank you to you both for all that you did to make last night’s event a spectacular success. The feedback has been wonderful – and as I expected, everyone has told us how amazing the food was!   Apparently, the shrimp and grits and the lobster rolls were fan favorites!!   And, your serving staff were absolutely perfect in every way!   Helpful, courteous, friendly with our guests, attentive – I could go on. Haley, your calm demeanor, attention to detail, and genuine friendliness are a gift – Rick – you’ve got a great one here! Thank you for leaving the building even better than you found it! We appreciate that more than you know!

Jaclyn and I could not have asked for a better partner in creating this new event for the University.   Seeing Jack and working with the whole Merri-Makers team was truly the best part for us!

Hope all went well with Ocean County this morning – and Rick, our best to you and your family.

THANK YOU again!! We can’t wait to work with you again!

Love,

Leanne and Jaclyn

I wanted to thank you so much for making our wedding day (6/17) so amazing!

Everyone had the best time. We are being featured in New Jersey Bride Magazine in Spring/Summer 2024 and your work will be featured! I will let you know when it comes out 🙂

Thank you again,
-Emily F.

Overall, the team was GREAT!  Really first-class!!  Gianna did a super job and really runs a tight ship!

I do want to call your attention to one individual that was stellar.  I don’t have her last name, but LAURA was wonderful.  (Salt and pepper ponytail.)  She was the right hand person for Stephanie and Jeff, and even me!!!  Her eyes were everywhere!  Keeping guests from monopolizing our time too much and really kept things moving.  Little plates of food on standby to assure we did eat.  Drinks on hand, even if it was just a sip.

Thank you LAURA

Kind regards,

Elaine R.

Mother of the Bride

Thank you so much. We can’t believe it’s already been over a month! Time is flying and we just want to re-live August 25th all over again.

We truly have nothing but glowing things to say about the entire experience.  Every bridal attendant was so attentive all day.  We loved spending the day in the bridal suite getting ready.

While we decided to not do a first look, we didn’t have too much time to explore cocktail hour but I loved having a selection of the food inside the bridal suite to try before the reception.

Every guest raved about the food! The staff was amazing, as I said. They helped me and Jay so much, as well as our families.

Our guests couldn’t get over how amazing the venue was and we have to agree!   I’ve been dreaming of getting married at Bonnet Island since I was ten and it certainly surpassed any expectation. It was exactly how I envisioned my wedding being and I can’t thank you all enough!

Cayleigh

Merri-Makers Team,

We truly can’t express how grateful we are to all of you for making our day perfect (despite the hurricane!)

Haley was absolutely amazing and answered every call with a welcoming voice.  Olivia, Joe and the entire waitstaff were so attentive.

The wagon presentation blew us away, it was gorgeous.  Dinner was delicious, the short rib was out of this world!  Thanks Jack!!  The kitchen staff both on and off site were amazing.  Thank you all!

Rick,

A special thank you to you!  You truly went above and beyond (I mean come on….you even served pizza during photos)  Thanks to you and Cindy for taking my call and meeting me at the Farm the very next morning.  You treated me like family and I will never forget that.

TJ & Olivia

Hi Gianna,

We wanted to thank you and your team for helping make our wedding day the best day ever!!!!  We really enjoyed working with you through the planning process & the whole team was outstanding and went above and beyond to help make our day so special!

Words cannot express how thankful we are for you!!!  We hope you have many more successful wedding through the end of the season!!

Thanks again and we will definitely be back for visits to relive our perfect day 🙂

Forever grateful to be part of the Mallard/Merri-Makers family!!

Kiley and Kevin

Mary,

Thank you so much for all your help and guidance leading up to our special day.  We had an incredible weekend and a huge part of that is thanks to all the amazing staff at Bonnet Island Estate and Merri Makers.

The staff was super attentive and all the guests noticed. Everything went out without a hitch and everyone was very professional and kind.

We couldn’t dream of a more special place to celebrate our marriage.

Thank you,

Mr. & Mrs. D.

Now that we’re (sadly) back from our honeymoon, we just wanted to send a quick thank you to you and the whole team for your help on our wedding day.

The venue was obviously stunning, like we knew it would be, and our guests were really blown away.  Your team was also incredible and really went above and beyond in making sure we had everything that we needed and that it all went smoothly.  I don’t think either of us expected to have so much support and we really appreciated it.

In short, everything was perfect and we’re so glad that we got to celebrate at Mallard!

Thanks again!

Alex

Oh my goodness – we’re still on such a high from Saturday. We had such high expectations but you all exceeded them like crazy!

All our family & friends keep saying how it was the best wedding they’ve ever been to and we could not thank you & the Ashford Estate team enough for making that happen :). Forever indebted to you for helping give us the best night of our lives! 🙂

Thanks so so much again, Laura!

Speak soon,

Pia