Harrigan's Irish Pub and Harrington River Lodge

Beware all brides! Do not have your wedding at shoreline tavern (previously known as Harrigan’s Irish pub)! We had our wedding here and I would recommend to stay well clear from Shoreline Tavern. Terrible management and staff do not communicate with each other, nor do they care that it’s a wedding. Yes, the tavern has a beautiful outlook of the river, beautiful sunsets and beautiful accommodation next door. However, that is where the positive comments for this venue stops. On the shoreline tavern wedding website, states that brides will have a dedicated wedding coordinator to assist you with all your planning needs. This is not true and it is false advertisement, as explained below. After meeting the coordinator and inspection of venue, I paid the deposit. I called my 1st wedding coordinator to ask questions regarding the venue. When I called the staff informed me that she doesn’t work there anymore and hasn’t few a few weeks. I was not informed about this. At the 7 month mark until the wedding. I was given a 2nd wedding coordinator. She reassured me saying that she promises to stay and will assist with all my wedding planning needs. At the 1 month before the wedding mark, I received an email from the wedding coordinator informing me that she has resigned from Shoreline tavern and will not be able to assist me on my wedding day. Of course I was in a panic and incredibly stressed. I was unable to change wedding venues at this timeframe as guests were travelling from all over and had already booked their rooms at shoreline tavern. I called the tavern wanting to speak with management and the chef. I was able to get a hold of the chef. The chef informed me that he was not told there was a wedding planned in one month’ time and nothing was organised. Once the chef Alan was aware of this he was very helpful trying to create a menu for the wedding. He let us taste test some of the food to help us make a decision of what we wanted. We were incredibly appreciative of this! When guests were checking into their rooms. My bridesmaid was put into a different room. When she was meant to be in the same as room as me. Upon check out some Guests were charged twice for their accommodation without their permission or discussion. Some guests had to contact their bank to stop this. My guests would call the tavern to ask a question. Staff would say that they would call back but never call back. Emails were sent to ask a question but would take days to weeks for a simple reply. At the shoreline tavern, the staff have a high turnover rate, very young and have no clue what they are doing. No one communicates with each other. The owners (whoever they are?) can not be contacted and are never present. They don’t seem to care how the tavern is run. I really don’t understand how a business can be run like this? Shoreline tavern made the planning of my wedding 6 times more stressful due to their incompetence and poor management. This was incredibly disappointing! It really did spoil this experience for me. It is a shame because with the right management and staff it could be a beautiful wedding venue but at this time, it definitely is Not! I repeat! Do not have your wedding here. It is just a pub for old drunk people to get their rubber boot steak night specials for dinner.

I was happy with our venue and food. However the staff could have been a little bit better with direction and communication.

Our accommodation was great.