Lan Su Chinese Garden Reviews
Reviews
4.8 out of 5 rating
4.8 out of 5 rating
43 Reviews
97% recommend it
Awards
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User2333368 Sent on 09/24/2015We chose the Lan Su Chinese Garden to hold a Celebration of Life event. This event was an evening event and it was very important that the garden had the right feel for this event. Anna and Gary did a great job helping us make the garden look special, especially the lighting and the lanterns. It’s a beautiful venue and wonderful staff to work with. -
User2367380 Sent on 10/14/2015We were married in Lan Su Chinese Garden this past August, and we couldn't have been happier with the whole experience. (I'm only embarrassed it's taken me this long to give them a review.) The Garden's event coordinator (thanks, Anna!) and the caterers they recommended were all warm, helpful, and unfazed by dealing with a wedding couple of whom one member was out of the country for the half-year before the wedding, the other works weird hours, and neither is a particularly organized party-planner. We even needed to push our wedding date back a week, unexpectedly, a month or so after signing the initial contract, and they accommodated us with no fuss.
The Garden seems to cost around the same as the other indoor/outdoor venues we looked at, and unlike the others it needed only the barest minimum of extra decorations--lanterns and tablecloths from the caterers, farmers' market flowers from the groom's family for the tables, and we were completely set.
The Garden is beautiful at night (a side one doesn't normally have many opportunities to see), and as a bonus, now every time I come back to one of my favorite places in Portland, I'll think of our amazing wedding and be even happier to be there. -
User2329132 Sent on 09/22/2015We had our reception at Lan Su. The venue was picture-perfect and the staff was delightful to work with! We highly recommend Lan Su + Food In Bloom. Thanks to Anna and Annessa for making everything play out seamlessly! :) -
User2269594 Sent on 08/13/2015Gary was great to work with. Lan Su Chinese Gardens was a beautiful place to hold our ceremony & the morning rental was incredibly affordable. Gary was most helpful with planning, chair set up & processional ideas. He was quick & responsive with emails & had loads of helpful information. It was even better they had chairs available to rent & would set them up ahead of time for a modest fee & we avoided the added expense of decorations. Our guests were very impressed with the garden & Gary was on hand to help ensure everything went smoothly. We'll have many fond memories here. -
User1864679 Sent on 10/15/2014If you are looking for something dreams are made of you could not do better. We had to change venues at the last minute and after many phone calls Anna Espiritu from the Garden was the first to respond. The LanSu Garden has been our favorite spot in Portland for years. It didn't occur to us that we should get married there until we received her call back--and then it transported us to a higher level of understanding and appreciation for what we were considering. What an honor it would be for us and our guests to have such a lovely place to celebrate!! She also said she could arrange for a caterer and all would be taken care of. Can you imagine such an offer? Anna held my hand through the entire planning and was also there for the event. The Garden has so many beautiful areas to utilize for the various aspects of the wedding. With Anna we came up with a lovely flow throughout the garden creating an evening's experience which took full advantage of the contrasting areas highlighting the beauty and nuance of Lan Su for all of us to appreciate. The food provided by Food in Bloom Catering was magnificent--so stunning to look at and so delicious! We would have been happy for the venue alone but the food put it over the top. All aspects of the service and the details of the event were conducted with great professionalism. It ended up being the most beautiful wedding, one we could not have imagined. Many thanks to Anna, the Garden and Food In Bloom for the most memorable evening of our lives. Our guests are still talking about it. One more thing, we really felt pleased knowing that the rental fees would help with the overhead of such an incredible historic site in Portland. We were surprised that so many people from the area had not visited the garden but not at all surprise by how impressed they were! Do not hesitate, your wedding here will give you great joy and will give you beautiful memories throughout your life!
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User1352668 Sent on 09/28/2013perfect! I couldn't have picked a better vendor!
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User1279736 Sent on 08/09/2013The garden was beautiful, and Krystal, our event coordinator, was a pleasure to work with. I loved the way we were able to make use of so many different spaces in the garden, but still feel like a single space since you could see everyone across the lake in the middle.
Lan Su Chinese Garden's reply:
Thank you for your wonderful feedback! It was an absolute pleasure working with you and I am so happy to hear you loved everything about the garden and your wedding day.
I wish you all the best! -
User2353827 Sent on 10/06/2015We cannot express how happy we were to have our ceremony and reception at Lan Su. It was so incredibly beautiful and such a special tucked away place. Our guests loved it and so did we! Anna was one of the most amazing, professional and organized individuals I have ever met. She made our experience at Lan Su such a positive one and was there to help us through any questions we had or ideas we had. She is seriously the best!!
Our August wedding couldn't have been more perfect at the Chinese Gardens. Guests were able to get there easily by Uber, parking, or MAX and even though it rained a bit, we had no problem accommodating our guests under the covered pavilions. The garden makes for absolutely stunning photos and I highly recommend this venue. It was beautiful, classic and so unique. We are SO GLAD we chose Lan Su and love that we have a reminder in town that we can easily visit to remind us of our special day!! -
User1975643 Sent on 12/18/2014LanSu Garden was a picturesque location for our special day, in fact several acquaintances have come up to us since our wedding to tell us that they heard about our "fairytale" wedding. When we got engaged, my husband and I knew that more than anything we wanted to have our wedding happen in that place. The people there were helpful, attentive, and friendly without overwhelming us with details. They were willing to go the extra mile when we had to play weather roulette (early October wedding in Portland). The only negative was the understandable restrictions that come along with having a wedding in such a priceless locale (no dark drinks, no glass drink ware, no candles on the water, etc). That said, none of those details matter or will be remembered when we look back on our picture perfect day!
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