Wedding Resource Vendor Recommendations

Brooklyn Botanical Garden-one of our recommended wedding venues in NYC

It’s tough to plan a wedding! There are so many details to handle, and it’s hard to sort through all the options you find when searching online. We put together this list of vendors, business partners, and venues with whom we’ve worked over the years. They are all excellent and we enjoy working together. We hope this information helps you.

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Brooklyn Weddings

NYC Garden Weddings

NYC weddings

Princeton weddings

NJ weddings

Brewery, farm and restaurant foodie weddings

Wedding Planners & Designers

Wedding Videographers & Photo Booths

Florists

Hair & Makeup

DJs & Bands

Caterers & Cake bakers

Venues: New York City area

Venues: New Jersey area

 

WEDDING AND EVENT VENUES

Below are a few of our favorite venues in New York City and New Jersey. If you have any questions about any of them, let us know.

Although most of the spots listed are places Kyo has already photographed, he is always excited to explore and shoot new places, and we love adding new venues to our list.

Venues: New York City area

Aita Trattoria

The Beekman Hotel

Blooming Hill Farm

Bottino, Chelsea Manhattan

Bouley Botanical Tribeca

Brooklyn Botanical Garden Prospect Park

Brooklyn Grange  Brooklyn Navy Yard

Central Park New York City

Frankies 457 Spuntino Brooklyn

The Glasshouses Chelsea

Governors Island New York Bay (between Brooklyn and Manhattan)

The Green Building Brooklyn

The Greenpoint Loft, Brooklyn

India House Downtown

Invisible Dog Art Center Brooklyn

Liberty Warehouse Brooklyn

The Lotos Club Upper West Side, weddings

The Metropolitan Building Long Island City

New Leaf Restaurnt Upper West Side

New York Botanical Garden Bronx

Nomad Hotel Midtown

Roberta’s Pizza Bushwick, Brooklyn

Wythe Hotel Williamsburg

Yacht Events Hudson River

Princeton Area Wedding Venues:

Cap and Gown Club Princeton University, NJ

The Chauncey Center Princeton, NJ

Cherry Valley Country Club Montgomery Township, NJ

Glenmoore Farm Hopewell Township, NJ

Gravity Hill Farm Hopewell Township, NJ

Grounds for Sculpture Hamilton, NJ

Jasna Polana Princeton, NJ

The Manor at Princeton Academy Princeton, NJ

Mercer Oaks Country Club West Windsor Township, NJ

Morven HousePrinceton, NJ

The Mountain Lakes House, Princeton NJ

Nassau Inn Princeton, NJ

Princeton University Chapel, Princeton NJ

Prospect HousePrinceton, NJ

Triumph Brewery New Hope, PA; Princeton, NJ; and Red Bank, NJ

Other New Jersey area:

The Asbury Hotel Asbury Park, NJ

Bernards Inn Bernardsville, NJ

Chart House Weehawken, NJ

Liberty House Restaurant Jersey City, NJ

Mohawk House Sparta, NJ

Montclair Art Museum Montclair, NJ

The Morris Museum Morristown, NJ

Molly Pitcher Inn, Red Bank NJ

Triumph Brewery New Hope, PA; Princeton, NJ; and Red Bank, NJ

Ninety Acres Culinary Center Peapack-Gladstone, NJ

The Olde Mill Inn, Basking Ridge, NJ

Perona Farms Andover, NJ

Skylands Manor Ringwood, NJ

Tim McLoone’s Supper Club Asbury Park, NJ

Triumph Brewery New Hope, PA; Princeton, NJ; and Red Bank, NJ

Unionville Vineyards  Ringoes, NJ


Best wedding planners in NY and NJ

WEDDING PLANNERS AND DESIGNERS

Claire Bean Events The Hamptons

Daria Culver Events New York City

Etsuko Planning New York City

Events by Sheavonne New York City

Grace Kelly Events Long Island, NY

Greater Good Events Jersey City/NYC

Grevillea Weddings and Events NJ

Janet Makrancy’s Weddings and Parties Princeton

Krystle DeSantos Designs New York City

Polka Dot Events New York City

Pollyanna Events New York City

Pumpkin Coach Events Millburn, NJ

Ruffles & Tweed New York City

Simply Sapphire Events Medford, NY

 


Best wedding videographers in NY and NJ

WEDDING VIDEOGRAPHERS AND PHOTO BOOTHS

Videographers

Atomic Tangerine Films

Cinema Cake

Enchant Cinema

McKenzie Miller

Tweed Video

 

Photo Booth Companies

Smilebooth

Sweet Booths

 


Recommended Wedding Florists in NYC and New Jersey

FLORISTS

Blooms by the Box online

Dahlias  Pennington, NJ

Fleurs NYC New York, NY

Gardenias Floral Metuchen, NJ

Karen Lenahan Designs Hamptons, NY

Molly Oliver Flowers Brooklyn, NY

Monday Morning Flowers Princeton, NJ

Nicolette Camille Brooklyn, NY

Opalia Flowers Brooklyn, NY

Princeton Floral Design Princeton, NJ

Saipua Brooklyn, NY

Viburnum Designs Princeton, NJ

Yellow Bow Florals Brooklyn, NY


Best wedding hair and makeup artists in NYC and New Jersey

HAIR AND MAKEUP

Aki Maekubo

Cosmo Bleu

Embellir Artistry

Fiamma NY

Kris Kravitz Makeup

My Cinderella’s Dream

The PinUp Girl

Salon Pure

Tie the Knot Wedding House

 


Best wedding djs and bands in the NYC and New Jersey area

DJS AND BANDS

DJs

74 Events

Ambient DJ

BOK Music

The Definitive Sound

DJ Dina Regine

Scratch Weddings

Sound Choice DJs

 

Bands

Bianchi Musica

City Rhythm

Enjoy! The Band

Franklin & Alison Music

Gina & The Corner Boys

Hank Lane

Mission Dance

Sid Miller Band

Sultans of Swing

West Philadelphia Orchestra

 


Best Wedding Cake Bakers and Caterers in NYC and New Jersey

CATERERS & CAKE BAKERS

Caterers

Emily’s Cafe and Catering Pennington, NJ

Food Company Catering Hanover, NJ

The Night Kitchen Brooklyn, NY

Woodcraft BBQ Princeton, NJ

 

Cake Bakers

Caketeria Newtown, PA

Lael Cakes Brooklyn, NY

Ron Ben-Israel Wedding Cakes New York, NY

 


Best wedding venues in NYC and New Jersey