点评:Picture a hundred people, dressed in their best, packed into a plastic bag on a hot summer day. This was South Hill Cidery's private party space on Saturday, July 26, 2025. There was an enclosed tent, with a small band dais at one end. The heat inside the tent was unsafe for the older and younger members of the group and miserable for the hardiest. One much-too-small fan was eventually brought in. If the sides of the tent had been raised to let in the breeze it could have been bearable. But that was apparently too much trouble for the available staff. One panel was opened late in the proceedings. As it was, people were putting sweat stains onto nice gowns and jackets and makeup was running.
There were minimally decorated rustic tables with benches; gravel floor was simultaneously dusty and damp. The food was ok, nothing that special. Cheeses melting onto their platters did nothing for the ambiance.
The event manager just seemed incompetent or unwilling to understand and deal with the needs of a crowd of people of mixed ages in sultry weather. These people paid a lot of money for a special occasion and they were rudely cheated. The everyday space and service at this place may not be so bad. The views are great. But, I would never book a special event there.
翻译:想象一下,在一个炎热的夏日,一百个人盛装打扮,挤在一个塑料袋里。这是2025年7月26日,星期六,南山苹果酒厂的私人派对场地。帐篷是封闭的,一端有一个小小的乐队讲台。帐篷里闷热难耐,老少咸宜,即使是最顽强的人也难以忍受。最后,他们搬来了一台小得可怜的风扇。如果当时能把帐篷的两侧抬起来让风吹进来,或许还能忍受。但这显然对当时的工作人员来说太麻烦了。一个小组讨论在会议进行到后期才开始。结果,人们把汗水沾湿了漂亮的礼服和夹克,妆容也开始晕染。
装饰简朴的乡村桌椅;碎石地面积满灰尘,潮湿难耐。食物还行,没什么特别的。奶酪融化在盘子上,丝毫没有提升气氛。
活动经理似乎很无能,或者说根本不愿意理解和处理闷热天气里一群不同年龄段的人的需求。这些人为了一个特殊的场合付了一大笔钱,却被粗鲁地欺骗了。这个地方的日常空间和服务或许还不错。景色很棒。但是,我永远不会在那里预订特别的活动。