Messina’s at The Terminal Reviews

We are thrilled with our experience in working with Messina's for our wedding reception venue!!! First of all, our wedding had to be postponed twice due to Covid. Our original venue actually closed after Covid began and it ended up being a blessing in disguise because we absolutely loved Messina's! We had our reception at 3:30pm in the Atrium which was beautiful with the sunlight coming in all the windows.

Sarah and Caroline were PHENOMENAL. They helped us every step of the way and answered all of our questions. We met with both ladies before our wedding and they made us feel right at home. Sarah and Caroline were extremely kind, patient, informative, helpful, and flexible. They also delivered prompt communication via emails and texts and went above and beyond to make sure we had everything we needed! Those two are the perfect team and any bride would be lucky to work with them. They actually felt like long time friends by the end of everything!

Sarah and Caroline helped set up multiple family tribute tables of our family photos, displayed our party favors and guest books, and made sure all of vendors had what they needed. They were knowledgeable and paid attention to the details which we appreciated. And Sarah made sure our photographer got the group photo we wanted too :) Our wedding attendant, Grace, was also amazing! The reception itself felt like a whirlwind with all our guests being there, but Grace was always around if we needed something.

Chef Dale and Chef Daryl were awesome as were all the staff and bartenders. We just loved everything about Messina's: from the ambiance, the atmosphere, the history, the scenery, the people, and FOOD!!! Our guests could not stop raving about the food! Wow! Best wedding reception food I've ever had and my wedding was actually the 50th wedding I've attended in the past 16 years. Because we got married downtown, we hired buses to shuttle our guests to the venue. It worked out great and those guests who wanted to drive had ample parking in the big parking lot.

Thank you so much to Messina's, especially Sarah and Caroline, for going above and beyond to make our wedding so incredibly unforgettable and special!!! Brad and I appreciate everything so much!

Maggie Zschiedrich was amazing! She was super flexible and understanding of having an Indian/American fusion wedding. She made me feel at ease throughout the planning process. The food was the BEST! I could not have asked for a better venue and team to have my wedding with.

We can’t say enough about how perfect Messina’s is for a wedding venue and how phenomenal the staff is there. We planned our wedding from out of state, and Maggie was our day-to-day contact. She made everything so much easier, walked us through our many, many questions and was a DREAM to work with! Trust me when you pick your venue location it’s going to be really important that you like working with the people there and Maggie and the rest of the team at Messina’s were so wonderful and went above and beyond. The venue itself is stunning... it’s Art Deco style which was perfect for our Gatsby /20s glam wedding. It really does take your breath away and it’s something different from any other venue you’ll look at (and we would know, we looked at over 25 of them)! Not only is the venue gorgeous but the food is absolutely phenomenal. The appetizers are really well sized and every single item on the menu that we tasted was delicious. Our guests can’t stop raving about the food. We can’t say enough good things about Messina’s and would highly recommend it!! Thank you Maggie and the rest of the wonderful team!!

Phenomenal venue...staff was outstanding, food and drink was delicious and plentiful! Nothing but rave reviews from all our guests! All details and special requests were followed to perfection! Could not have asked for a more beautiful setting to celebrate our wedding reception! Beautiful Art Deco detail, no other place like it in New Orleans! Excellent, excellent, excellent!!!!