Tatra Receptions - Mount Dandenong, Victoria

Isabella K.

Tatra Receptions was an absolutely stunning venue with breathtaking grounds! The ballroom was incredibly spacious, perfect for a large wedding, and the dance floor fit everyone in for the Zorba! The food was exceptional, guests especially raved about the lamb shank, and the canapés were great, with an abundance of delicious options.

A special thank you to Dearna, who was so helpful and accommodating throughout the entire planning process. On behalf of myself and Jake, we’d love to extend our deepest gratitude to Andrew and the entire Tatra team for hosting the most special day of our lives. Thank you!

Bianca W.

Apologies for the long awaited review, I thought I posted the review last year and realised now it never sent.
My husband and I just celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary and we couldn't be more happier with the wonderful reception we have chosen. Two years prior to my husband proposing, I did my own research and knew Tatra was where I wanted to get married, and when we finally did a tour, my husband couldn't agree more. The venue is utterly beautiful and the food was great. The staff were amazing answering all of our questions (special thanks to Dearna and Emily) and our MC was fantastic (I'm so sorry I can't remember you're name, but you were utterly spectacular!). Thank you for taking care of us, hosting our day and accommodating to our cultural traditions. Our guests still talk about how it was the most amazing and beautiful wedding they've gone too. Changing the quote from Bride Wars, all I keep thinking when I see other venues is - 'It ain't October, and it ain't Tatra!". Beautiful venue, perfect for a fairytale, enchanting wedding. Thank you again for everything!

Maddie F.

If I could give Tatra more stars, I would!
We were married here a week ago and couldn't be happier with the incredible venue and amazing staff.
I had a million questions and requests in the lead up to our day - all were answered so promptly and the team were so helpful. The day itself was absolutely flawless, timing was perfect, our guests were blown away by the food, the staff were so polite and quick...I could go on.
The venue itself is stunning and so well set up for all weather conditions, a million photo locations and the accommodation is a huge bonus.
A shout out to Dearna, Bridget and Shelby for being so amazing!
Thank you a million times over, we couldn't be happier!

Sophie K.

Tatra Receptions is such a beautiful place and I'm so happy we had our wedding here. The preparation for our special day went by flawlessly. Tatra were very responsive and answered my multiple phone calls about every question I asked. The visits, the sampling dinner and all the pre-wedding events were wonderful.

It rained on our wedding day so we were very grateful for a wet-weather option on site. Although we booked Tatra for a garden wedding, to have the back up option that still looked beautiful was a big relief for us.

The food is fantastic, we had heaps of compliments on all meals and our favourite has to be the sticky date! The drinks package was great, plenty of opportunities for photos around the venue and everything ran to time.

Two aspects didn't go to plan:
The night before my Sunday wedding, most of the accommodation was booked by my or my husbands family as many of us had travelled >2 hours or interstate. There was another wedding on the Saturday night. They had loud music but I thought they must of paid for an extended package to perhaps midnight to keep going. However, the music kept getting louder and louder til 2am in the morning! Turns out over 50 heavily intoxicated guests partied on loudly in the car park which is immediately infront of the accommodation and had large speakers (placed right next to the window of my aunties room), open alcohol, tables set up, and they were extremely rowdy and disturbing and wouldn't move off the grounds. Some of the guests were scared due to the drunkenness of some of the guests. There was no after hours number to contact Tatra, so my own family had to argue with the crowd at 1am to leave and police were called. As a result, no one got more than 5 hours sleep. Were we compensated at all? No. The venue apologised but that wasn't good enough. Absolutely appalling and if I knew they'd allow this sort of behaviour, I would of never recommended people to stay on site and insisted on an airbnb. Accommodation should of atleast been partially refunded because no one got a restful night sleep due to the selfishness of the Saturday guests and the venue. Perhaps security on site if guests are staying overnight might be an idea? Atleast to prevent anyone else experiencing this like me and my family did.

The other issue I had was the MC. We didn't know who it was as it changes from day to day. It was a young woman. Which would of been fine, but she was so quiet no one could hear the announcements! My husband had to grab the mic or just yell and repeat what she said multiple times so guests knew what was going on. When we asked her to speak louder she refused and said she couldn't She had a microphone yet myself and my husbands voices were louder? In addition, there was no hype, no excitement in her voice, she just spoke as if she was reading off a list. Very disappointing! If I knew this, I would of outsourced a more lively MC ourselves.

These were the only two faults of the venue, so from my personal experience, I'd recommend staying off site if you value rest, and outsource a loud speaking MC with some energy and excitement if that's what you want. But for a venue with wonderful food, gorgeous gardens, options for wet weather, stunning ball room, helpful admin staff, and to take the stress out of coordinating your wedding because they run it like a well oiled machine, Tatra was fantastic. 🙂

Edit: since posting this review I have been contacted by the venue. They have apologised for the shortcomings on the night saying they have spoken to the MC we had and given feedback. In regards to the night prior, they sincerely apologised and have let me know all the changes they have made to ensure this never happens again to any future couples as it was the first time it had happened in 20 years.

For any future couples, your wedding never goes perfectly, this was 2 out of about 10 things that didn't go to plan on my day. But atleast when you book with Tatra, the team will go over and above to make it right and I think that's alot more care and effort than most!

Darioviolin

We always love to come to Tatra Receptions to perform. The staff are super nice and the food is really good!

We had a perfect wedding performance today!

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Emma M.

We had our wedding at Tatra last week and everything about it was absolutely amazing and perfect. The venue was incredible. The staff were so helpful, lovely and very easy going. No matter what questions I had, they were very obliging and also very prompt with their responses, even during peak times. They also guided me throughout the entire process but also very calmly and patiently. Also very reasonably priced !! The on site bridal room was perfect for getting ready in.
The food was amazing and the on site accomodation was super convenient !
All of our guests also loved the venue.
I could not recommend Tatra receptions more highly 🙂

Martine R.

Attended a Wedding here over the weekend. The yards at this venue were absolutely breathtaking.
The only reason behind the 4 star review was the meals. The food was dry, tasteless and barely
warm. With the cost of weddings these days the food should also be high end. This was far from that.

Courtney C.

Such a beautiful venue with incredible staff and food! I've been to weddings here but also as a vendor creating flowers for my business One Fine Daisy and I cannot fault it!

Photo by Karyn Pither photography