text: From the initial contact with Dennis Chief Wineo when we inquired about having our wedding rehearsal dinner at Kokopelli he was laid back and casual We thought he was a little too casual given we did not have a working relationship yet but were excited about the possibilities of hosting our event there Dennis was aware that we expected to be paying for the rehearsal dinner ourselves and were very specific on the way the evening was to be planned he offered the front area or the back room for our group of and we settled on the back room for ease of chatting without yelling When Dennis sent over the proposal he listed the front room as our selection I emailed him back and clarified that we had settled on the back room he said Not a problem I will note the change We were in the front area when we arrived for rehearsal dinner and ended up having to upheave the entire group after about minutes of being in the front area because we mistakenly thought we were in the front because we were early when we were actually right on time So our very sweet server Stephanie politely and quickly moved us to the back room which by the way was in no way set up for us and we ended up moving the tables ourselves The two of us getting married did not even get to sit next to one another at our own rehearsal dinner because of the poor planning and preparation on the part of KokopellinLets back track a bit From day one Dennis NEVER mentioned a thing about a corking fee per bottle corked on premises So when I had emailed him about possibly adding a or keg to our reception wine order he responded with the corking fee By the way note days before the wedding DAYS Since he had included it in the original quote but did not specify the fee he would split it with us for a bottle Gee so generous of you Dennis thanks SO we gave the specific instruction to him that NO bottle was to be corked by the servers and yes we were supposed to have servers but had for a party of unless we specifically requested it Let us add to that the fact that I emailed Dennis about the keg and received no price quote no matter how many times I requested it until he told me in the same corking email days before the wedding that the of a keg would cost AND we would have to provide the lbs of ice Like I have nothing else going on the day of my wedding than to get ICE for the keg nAt dinner my fiancee had to ask the server what the issue was since food took over an hour after we ordered it to start to trickle to the group and by trickle I mean some people finished as some were just getting their meal Another large partys food was prepared before ours funny because we did not see another large party when we arrived to the FRONT and ours would be right out When some of the chicken dishes arrived they did not reflect the description in the menu leading us to believe they ran out of the original nSo after the borderline disastrous rehearsal dinner saved of course by the company we were with my fiancee told the server that we were not pleased It was not her fault but more Dennis who was not even there to insure the event was a success As someone who has worked in the restaurant industry I think he should have AT LEAST made an appearance at some point as he was our only contact regarding the event and it started at pm a time he could have shown his face for So Stephanie took my fiances phone number and said she would pass along our comments nFor the record my parents paid for the rehearsal dinner an unexpected and sweet gesture that was part of what made the event salvageable So the next morning wedding day Dennis calls my fiancee and during the conversation my fiancee asks about the possibility of changing out the keg for some bottled beers as the for of a keg was not what we had expected Dennis response I do not have to pick up the keg Never asked you to order it Take a moment and let that sink in because it is about to get better When she also mentioned the overall dissatisfaction regarding the event and the way everything was handled his response wasWell it is not like you ended up paying Is this guy seriously supposed to be a professional managerowner of a business Not once did he offer to right the wrongs that occurred not ONCE Oh and by the way he did mention that we had consumed bottles of wine during the rehearsal dinner so we must have enjoyed ourselves and my spouse stated that when your food takes over an hour to be served that tends to happen Insert cricket noises herenWhen we ran out of beer very early at our reception I emailed and asked for an itemized receipt of the wine and beer to see what we were chargedpaid for It took a week to get it and even still not itemized I got a breakdown of what Dennis remembers Sorry guys that does not cut it