Wedding Reception at the Sofitel Luzon and Mindanao Ballrooms

Rating: 5

We started with having 300 guests and booked Luzon Ballroom. A few days before the wedding, our guest count ballooned to 356. We tried reconfirming with guests and we were able to settle with 326. Since we already know we require two additional tables, we asked our Sofitel account exec to set it up for us. In turn, she opened up Mindanao Ballroom and threw in an extra room we could use. Opening up the other ballroom made our reception spacious and more grand. 

Despite the hiccups of our lights and sounds, which played whatever music they wanted instead of pulling the songs from a specified MP3 folder of carefully chosen songs from our wedding playlist, the cozy setup of the ballroom made up for it.

Photo by Allan Nacion

For arriving guests, the table was setup with biscuit and pretzel knick knacks that were loved by the children who attended.

The well-thought table setup also made the reception warm. With Full Blooms table centerpieces, lanterns, mood lights, and Eiffel towers, to the touch of details my mom insisted on with the blue menu cards, and nameplates for the primary sponsors... everything came around nicely. 

Photo by Allan Nacion

We got lucky Sofitel was able to come up with new glass lazy susans. During our food tasting, we would've had 10 tables with wooden lazy susans. In our final meet with our account exec, we were told that all tables will be glasses, and the primary sponsors will sit in executive chairs as the other guests use our upgraded silver Tiffany chairs.