Reviews for The Garrison in Indianapolis, IN
My company booked The Garrison for a 2 day conference for just shy of a fortune - about $18,000 in total. The venue itself is... fine, maybe a little dated, but not entirely unpleasent visually. The outside patio is actually really beautiful because itoverlooks the golf coure. That's as far as the niceities go, though. The first day of the conference was met with severaldifficulties on the venue's part - breakfast was an hour late, sound system was not set up or worked out, etc. We, of course,understand that hiccups happen, but it was defintely a little rough. Then luch came around... My company specifically asked fordietary accomodations, months in advance, for both days of the conference. We asked for vegan and vegetarian options, and notonly were there NO options, but they could not even tell us if any of the available food had contaminants or allergyinformation, which we also inquired about. Those with the dietary needs were offered the salad bar outisde of the conferencehall, against the policy of the venue, and the staff memeber that cared about us was repriamded for ensuring guests hadsomething to eat. The the next day, anticipating the problem again, my company director attempted to bring in a local veganpizza, just for those who needed the accomodation, while still utilizing the food package bought for the conference. We werepromptly and RUDELY informed that no outside food was allowed, which would have been fine if there were any options for thosewho needed them, but there was not, and the outside food was already paid for! The staff - a woman named Janet, I believe -literally forced both internal company partners and guests of the conference to THE PARKING LOT TO EAT, no exaggeration. TheGarrison did not apoligize for the inconvience or lack of service on their part, despite the advanced notice. We were treatedabsolutely horribly. I have never seen anything quite like it. We were planning on returning back for another conference in afew mont Read more
The Garrison hosted my parents 60th wedding anniversary party. The ball room was beautiful. The food was very good. And, the... staff was wonderful! I highly recommend this venue for any event. Read more
The food was alright, about what you?d expect from there if you have been there before. But the kitchen is extremely slow. So... slow it took 1 hour and 15 minutes for one cheeseburger, one breaded tenderloin, and one chef salad. The waitress and the youngman she was training were very apologetic, gave us free drinks and 3 pieces of cheesecake to take with us. They were bothextremely attentive and worked hard to keep the table happy. But any chef(s) that cannot handle 10 people being in therestaurant needs to either retire, quit and go back to whatever bar he was cooking at before, or management needs to step up andmake some adjustments. During the week, businesses all around Ft Ben need places to eat. If you cannot turn a table over in 45minutes, you?ve got much larger issues. Shame too, the weekday buffet was always great but they don?t offer it anymore. So thetwo stars are for the two waiters since they had to be the ones apologizing for the kitchen. The cheesecake was a nice offer butlet?s face it, it?s not homemade and they were probably ready to toss it anyway. Read more
My companies annual Christmas party was held at this location. Very nice and clean. The staff was friendly and professional.... The food was amazing as well. Read more
It was freezing inside, if you go bring a sweater. The waitress was nice and accommodating but the service was extremely slow... despite the fact that we were two of six people dining and there were three cooks. The food was good but we won't go back. Read more
Had our wedding in the blue heron ball room and it was amazing. The staff was incredibly helpful and professional. The food was... fantastic and everyone had a great time. (I highly recommend the brisket!!) Read more
The atmosphere is clean & appropriate. All the smoked meats r smoked on premises. Everything is made from scratch.Food is put... out in small quantities,so its always hot & tasty. Buffet on Fri/Sat is $16.99 Sunday is more,but buffet is huge! Read more
I tried a new fish option which was delicious and had a buttery and meaty side of green beans and house salad. The one thing... that was disappointed with was no dessert offerings. Read more