Wedding in Odessa

streetcar

Hi all,
New to Boards.ie but i have looked through the threads relating to small weddings in Dublin City and I couldnt find anything concrete from anyone who has been to/had their wedding in the Odessa Club in Dublin.
It is one of the venues we have on our list to look into but there's very little on the forum about it as a wedding venue (unless i have not entered the correct terms into the search functionality )
So i was hoping for some feedback on what is it like as a venue - there are four floors, so does this mean that your wedding party is split for the meal (depending on size obviously). What about entertainment afterwards?
Any feedback at all really...!
Thanks!

sweetie

I'd imagine that this is only suited to smaller weddings. The restaurant and the lounge on the floor above have maximum seatings of, I'd guess 50/60 people in each at a push.
They do have gigs and djs there regularly and there is a decent sound system and mixer in situ. Having gigged there before I can see that it would be a cool place to celebrate a wedding.

stinkle

Hi we looked into it last year. We had thought of a meal in the private dining room part and then party in the upstairs bit. The dining room only caters for around 40-45. Upstairs is spread over two floors and we were told we'd have to move to just one floor after a certain time of evening. That's was for a Friday or Saturday so midweek might be more flexible/less busy.

It seemed like a lot of hassle for us, as I had visions of guests choosing one floor or the other and not mingling and us run ragged up and down stairs trying to spend time with everyone. Then discommoding people if we had to clear one area and move them to another (our plan was small ceremony and meal, then have more people to the party). Our guests arent even that elderly but i just knew itd annoy certain family members, and the stairs issue kinda ruled out inviting one or two people as well. Its a lovely place and if it suits you, go for it. The people I dealt with were great but it wasn't for us. Also, I didn't ask about it, but I'd be put off by the tiny toilet areas!

Moonbeam

I have never been to a wedding there but have attended other functions and it was lovely and the food is gorgeous.

homemadecider

I was there for a wedding late last year and I would definitely not recommend it.

The wedding I attended had approx 55 people and even then the dining room was absolutely packed, people jammed shoulder to shoulder with no space to move. The waiting staff were obviously not used to large groups as it took them almost an hour before they even started taking food orders. I don't think we ate dinner until around 8pm even though we were seated at 6. Everyone was starving and the grumpiness was starting to set in after a long day.

When the food did arrive it was pretty poor, I really don't think the kitchen were dealing well with having a large group to cook for. The waiting staff were very very slow and quite rude.

Afterwards we went to one of the other floors where they had a band set up. The room was so tiny that there was only seating for maybe half the people there, plus there was no dance floor even though they had a band - there just wasn't space. It was very crowded and uncomfortable. I think we ended up leaving around midnight as we just couldn't be doing with the overcrowded room anymore!

Hope this helps but sorry it's not more positive. I can't actually think of one thing I liked about Odessa that day.

streetcar

Thanks for all of your feedback!
homemadecider - I am really surprised about the food. I have eaten there a good few times on the ground floor and always found it to be lovely... but maybe you are right, they are not equipped to cope with a big party.
To give a bit more background, one of the options we are thinking of is having a very small ceremony and meal in town and then inviting everyone in the early evening - where we would like to have a bit more food for people and a big party.
The biggest thing from my perspective is that the food is good, the place is comfortable and people have fun. Money is also quite tight so I'll be dropping extras like flies - things like cars, cakes, videographers etc. are just arent in my budget.
If town doesnt work out for us, we may just end up decorating a local place ourselves and organising the food ourselves. But still open to people's feedback on Odessa or their experiences of a wedding in town as i have described above.

homemadecider

Have you looked into the Angler's Rest in Chapelizod? Meant to be great for a city wedding. You could look into the Odeon function room for the party either.

Teyla Emmagan

I had a very bad leg for a while. Went with friends to Odessa for some thing. No lift. 4 floors. Really high floors, so 30 steps or so a floor. Took me ages to get up there. And the loo from the top is down at least a floor, maybe two. I was utterly shattered when I left, thought it was just unmanageable. Just to keep in mind, if you have any auld/decrepit people coming

streetcar

homemadecider wrote: »

Have you looked into the Angler's Rest in Chapelizod? Meant to be great for a city wedding. You could look into the Odeon function room for the party either.

I've seen a few posts about it here but I have never visited. I think a visit might be in order. Do you know if the Angler's Rest is easily turned into a party after the meal? Or how late proceedings can go into the night?

streetcar

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

I had a very bad leg for a while. Went with friends to Odessa for some thing. No lift. 4 floors. Really high floors, so 30 steps or so a floor. Took me ages to get up there. And the loo from the top is down at least a floor, maybe two. I was utterly shattered when I left, thought it was just unmanageable. Just to keep in mind, if you have any auld/decrepit people coming

Not too many golden oldies on my guest lists but this is something that should be considered regardless! I can already hear the OH's Dad thinking "Ridiculous!" to me!

Tibbery

I was at a wedding there recently and at 11pm members of the public are allowed into your room, so for me, that would be a deal breaker. However the room was nice. Also, there are not many toilets so there was a constant queue for the ladies.

streetcar

Tibbery wrote: »

I was at a wedding there recently and at 11pm members of the public are allowed into your room, so for me, that would be a deal breaker. However the room was nice. Also, there are not many toilets so there was a constant queue for the ladies.

wow - ok - so I would definitely want it to be private for the night. i.e. if i booked the rooms upstairs, I would prefer that only attendees are in the room! This is good to know.
Thanks so much.

homemadecider

Aye I should have mentioned that too. I think from 10.30pm or so the room became public and anyone could wander in. It was unbearably crowded and there were loads of strangers there! It was really weird.

streetcar

homemadecider wrote: »

Aye I should have mentioned that too. I think from 10.30pm or so the room became public and anyone could wander in. It was unbearably crowded and there were loads of strangers there! It was really weird.

That has just excluded it from my planned locations to scout then! There is no way I could do that. I want the meal to be intimate and then for us to have everyone that wants to come to the evening, to be able to come to the venue but it must be exclusively for the wedding party. I would be quite shy on the day regardless so to have strangers there would make me massively uncomfortable. Such a pity!
If anyone has any other suggestions on nice restaurants, I would gladly taken them. Might have to go with a seperate venue for the evening.

Arbiter of Good Taste

Have you looked at the private function room in Fallon and Byrne?