Bush Hall

"We hired Sugar and Rind to help us organise our joint 60th birthday party - cocktails, seated dinner, band and dancing for 160 people. We recommend them most highly! The first and most important thing to say is the party at Bush Hall was a complete blast! So fantastic, such fun, we are still on a complete high. As are all our guests - they've called it the party of the century!! Having Philly at Bush Hall, working with us on this made organising the party as stress free as you could hope, and her expertise and knowledge is what made it so perfect. She managed all the contracts with multiple suppliers, and at times this meant she had to negotiate on our behalf, sort out tricky issues etc, all of which she did in a completely unflappable way so there was never any worry for us. She also has the best Rolodex, masses of experience and great taste which all contributed to the party's success. The band she suggested were absolutely perfect; she wisely pushed us to have a theme which made the whole evening hang together; she knew a great designer to decorate the venue and a great furniture supplier to jazz it up. We were able to trust her advice and judgement about things like timetable, table plans, sorting venue issues etc and she handled all the details so professionally and kept everyone fully updated. I suspect the suppliers were all thrilled to be working with such a professional as she must have made their lives easier. We also appreciated Philly's flexibility in agreeing to work with a couple of suppliers who were our preference and who we introduced to her. A particular thing I wanted was to be able to fully relax on the day of the party itself and I absolutely could. Philly and her team were at the venue sorting it out and setting up so when we arrived it was perfect. She was an elegant presence all night, keeping everything ticking over and running smoothly - I know she even served drinks at one point! Basically, she made the party run perfectly so we could just be footloose and fancy free enjoying our guests! Bush Hall looked fantastic - we were especially thrilled with how nice the upstairs bar and the terrace looked, and the main hall was fantastic with all the tables laid out. We were so glad we chose that layout. The candles everywhere looked lovely. The decorations were really something and made the place look fantastic and so suitable for a disco party! We especially loved the big ‘DISCO’ sign by the stage - so funky! The arrivals and flow of guests worked really well and having everyone upstairs worked fantastically - we never got to the crush I have experienced before and it was a lovely way to be able to greet the guests. Drinks seemed to be flowing and everyone was happy. And a big thank you to all the many staff who looked after our guests so wonderfully - it seemed like everyone had a great time even if they couldn’t all find their coats by the end of the evening 🤣 - luckily all repatriated now. "