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(@Marc)](https://listium.com/@Marc) List stats: 1403 views · 1 like Published 26 October 2016 · Updated 19 May 2023 Category: weddings - Website: [http://www.ballarareceptions.com.au/](http://www.ballarareceptions.com.au/) - Map: {"address\_components":\[{"long\_name":"1435","short\_name":"1435","types":\["street\_number"\]},{"long\_name":"Main Road","short\_name":"Main Rd","types":\["route"\]},{"long\_name":"Eltham","short\_name":"Eltham","types":\["locality","political"\]},{"long\_name":"Nillumbik Shire","short\_name":"Nillumbik","types":\["administrative\_area\_level\_2","political"\]},{"long\_name":"Victoria","short\_name":"VIC","types":\["administrative\_area\_level\_1","political"\]},{"long\_name":"Australia","short\_name":"AU","types":\["country","political"\]},{"long\_name":"3095","short\_name":"3095","types":\["postal\_code"\]}\],"adr\_address":"<span class=\\"street-address\\">1435 Main Rd</span>, <span class=\\"locality\\">Eltham</span> <span class=\\"region\\">VIC</span> 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The chapel was perfect for our ceremony and I'm really excited to see all of our photos - there were so many photo spots! The food was delicious and all of our guests were happy and stuffed by the time they left! Thank you so much again to the team and our function manager Jan who did a great job on the night!","time":1471853478},{"aspects":\[{"rating":3,"type":"overall"}\],"author\_name":"Jessica Tornese","author\_url":"https://plus.google.com/114826269179963519266","language":"en","profile\_photo\_url":"//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-eucAlPie7PM/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAEA/Mun0Pz6aL8o/photo.jpg","rating":5,"text":"We had our wedding at Ballara Reception in February 2016 and the venue was perfect! Leading up to our big day the ladies at Ballara were always so friendly and helpful and made the whole experience very easy! \\n\\nOn the day the venue looked beautiful and all of our guests loved it. The newly updated gardens proved to be the perfect backdrop for beautiful photos. The staff were fantastic and everything ran smoothly and on time, we could not fault them at all. Jan and the other ladies made sure everything was right and we appreciated it. We even had last minute guests with special dietary requirements and they were catered for with no issue. The food was amazing, everyone we have spoken to enjoyed their meal.\\n\\nThe suppliers associated with Ballara, our DJ Glenn from Le Grand Style and Katrina from Kat's Cakes were fantastic to work with. Glenn was fantastic on the night and played the exact music we were after and most of our guests danced the night away. Katrina involved us in each step in creating a beautiful cake perfect for our theme. 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Jan was our function manager and she only ever approached us with positive news and always to make sure we were being looked after. Everyone of Ballara's suppliers were of a comparable standard. As an Italian/Greek wedding there were a lot of wedding experts to impress and Ballara achieved this and more. 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