
We had a few unique requests, which they happily managed. Amanda and Alyssa are professional, organized, and accommodating. In addition to the venue being perfect, the team we worked with was stellar. It tied the entire event together perfectly! There is no was to describe how gorgeous and special it is to have giraffes walking around in the background while you're getting married. We received countless compliments on how beautiful the space was, how fun our wedding was, and how delicious the food was! Our guests were able to feed giraffes and interact with the baby animals during cocktail hour. The venue was absolutely amazing and so incredibly unique. We held our ceremony and reception at the African Event Center.

Our wedding was absolutely magical, wonderful and memorable at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium! Julie and Brooke were also amazing to work with and they were even willing to create a kids buffet for the little Whippersnappers we invited :)!

FOOD - Yum! Many of our guests told us the next day how delicious our food was! One guest even stated, “Wedding food is usually ok.but yours was seriously good!”. Our guests also enjoyed meeting, petting and holding the baby kangaroo and Halibut. While walking to the polar bears from the African Event Center, the zoo staff asked and allowed us to RIDE ON A CAMEL! I have wedding pictures on a camel!!!!!! We were also able to get amazing pictures with the polar bears, flamingos, giraffes, a baby kangaroo, a fox and an ADORABLE Penguin named Halibut. and Amanda knew we wanted pictures in those area. we have a few sentimental spots at the zoo. ANIMALS- My husband (that’s so much fun to say) asked me to be his girlfriend at the zoo, and he proposed to me at the zoo as well. but our ceremony pictures are AWESOME thanks to the adorable giraffes! It was the number one thing our guests stated they loved about our wedding ceremony. We were blessed/fortunate to have our ceremony and reception at the African Event was BEAUTIFUL! The giraffes not only added an essence of fun but the Savannah is absolutely gorgeous. She makes your special day her number one priority.
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Amanda is probably one of the kindest, most personable and professional people we have had the privilege to work with. We are BEYOND grateful to have had Amanda as our wedding coordinator. we need to make a BIG shout out to the Columbus Zoo Wedding Coordinator- Amanda Januzzi. Our wedding at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium was nothing short of WONDERFUL! Let me bullet point a few of our favorite parts ( I LOVE bullet points) ! Our day was perfect thanks to Amanda, Brooke, and the entire Zoo crew! Make sure you pay the extra money for the giraffe feeding, again everyone is raving about it. The promotional animals were awesome and kept our guests entertained while my wife and I ran around To take pictures throughout the zoo. It was stunning in all aspects and people cannot stop raving about it. We got married at the Africa event center and The venue speaks for itself. They saved us some appetizers while we were being pulled everywhere to take pictures and were always asking not only us but our families if there was anything that they needed these two have huge hearts and truely love what they do! Thank you Amanda and Brooke. There are words that just can’t describe these two and the tremendous amounts of help they gave us to make our day perfect. They were there every step of the way, and if we ever had any questions was only a call or text away.


Amanda and Brooke made our venue/food/drink planning the easiest part of the wedding.
