I wanted to take some time to share how great my experience was as a 2025 bride and choosing Union Trust/ Finley catering.
First and foremost, when looking for a venue, one of my priorities for the day of was ease. Most of my family resides in Florida, and my in laws live in north Jersey, so while I had a little help, I was looking for a venue/ company that took care of a LOT. When I toured Union Trust specifically, the venue itself was so beautiful, it really didn’t need much to “dress up”. The architecture on the inside was so beautiful, all I needed to do was add a couple candles and flowers through a florist and we were set. Finley catering took care of all the drinks, the food, the chairs, tables, napkins, cutlery; even included a box for cards and table numbers. Not much was needed from my end at all.
Secondly, the staff. My wedding coordinator was Chelsea and she was SUCH a sweetheart. She helped me out through the whole planning process and went out of her way to help me include my mom who lives in Florida. Chelsea helped me with establishing time tables of when to have things booked and included online “drives” of all that Finely included and what would need to be done on our part. The whole process was so easy and I can’t thank Chelsea enough. She was always timely on her responses and was always there for any questions or concerns I had. I’d also like to give a shoutout to Thomas, my maitre’d. Thank you so much for being so thorough and so kind the day of the wedding. He scheduled a phone call around his child’s graduation to ensure I would have a seamless wedding day, and this was super helpful- especially as a bride nervous and wanting to cover alllll the bases haha. Thomas was super attentive day of and took care of everything, so my husband and I had a relaxing morning of the wedding and celebrated the rest of the night. I also want to give a shout out to Micel, my bridal attendant for the glam room. She was so awesome and she had the best vibe. She helped me all morning and made sure we were taken care of. I felt like a princess day of and also felt like I made friends 💗 there was also another attendant (i think her name is Brenda) who was AWESOME. She helped me with my dress before walking down the aisle and and attended to our every need and more post ceremony. She made sure there was always a drink in our hand and that we got anything and everything we wanted. She was also so kind and had us laughing all day.
Our guests are still gushing over how pretty the venue was, the level of professionalism from the staff, all of the amenities, and the FOOD. Guys, the food was “the best food we’ve ever had at a wedding” – all of our guests. One of our family members described the crab cakes (one of our entrees) as “legendary” haha. We have a couple family food critics too who all collectively raved over the crab cakes. The cocktail hour was also phenomenal. The staff recommended that we get some time to ourselves for a little bit in the beginning of cocktail hour and it was the best. They brought all our favorite foods upstairs to us and we could eat in private and take a beat. We did some private vows during this time too, and it was one of our favorite moments out of the entire day. The pasta was DELICIOUS (tortellini was my personal fave) along with literally everything else, but I’m sad that we can’t order this in. It was truly THAT good.
Overall, this venue deserves a 10/10. From the ambience, the cleanliness, the attentiveness of the staff, the food, the drinks, and the amenities offered; this day couldn’t have been more perfect.
THANK YOU FINLEY CATERING/ UNION TRUST💗 love, Morgan and George Zirkel. And my dad who is still raving over how good everything was/ made sure i followed up with a well deserved review haha.
