The Bridal Path

My review has been deleted once already as Yelp said it was not a "firsthand" review. So here is my firsthand review. (For the original one, along with the owner's replies, please check Facebook). The grounds are nice and there are a few different options to perform the ceremony. Unfortunately driving up to the ceremony locations is just a dirty dirt driveway through some smelly horse stables that will convince everyone they are in the wrong place. I would give 3 stars for location, 0 for the drive in.Customer service is where they loose the stars. There is none. The owner, Ted, is selfish, rude, and has no idea what customer service is. Do not waste your money with these peop
Nov 10th, 2019

Beautiful
Feb 18th, 2019

Nice place. Owner is a "little" stern but would recomend!
Jan 23rd, 2019

I worked with a friend on her wedding and just days before it was to happen this venue seemed to do everything they could to ruin it. They ignored their contract and began demanding more and more money the week before and day of the wedding, and this was on top of the hefty deposit they already had paid plus the rental fees themselves which were already paid in full.  I'm a fifteen year veteran of major events planning, having worked throughout the US and I knew what to ask at the time of making the contract, things like: when can we get into decorate? How long do we have to decorate? What can we do and cannot do in the reception hall? What do you provide and what do we need, such as ladders etc...? All answer where reasonable and acceptable at the time on contract a year in advance but when it came down to the time to decorate, I repeated the questions again because of the importance of working out the time availability of the people who would be doing the work for us and everything was fine with the owner then too until we showed up on the day to work and then the guy said he didn't have anything that was contracted to be available to us such as ladders etc. Then the guy's wife, who I had never met before, came out and said we couldn't be there at all and we had to leave and come back the next day because they were not ready for us. We contracted to be there on that day and time and she didn't care, she wanted us out because she said they had to sweep first. We said we'd sweep but she wouldn't let us. It was ridiculous. When we came back the next day, just me and the bride, to decorate because all the help was not available, she then had all these additional rules about not hanging stuff in the air. Can you imagine an event place where you can't hang anything?  All the decor money that went into beautiful decorations was wasted even though I spoke personally with the owner to clarify everything we could and couldn't do months in advance. When I explained our written contract with him to her she then said if we came early the next day for the scheduled wedding rehearsal we could set the decorations up then but when we came two hours early to put up the tables and chairs and dress them and set up the food area, we were told there would be a $300 added charge for the extra time. WHAT? We were forced to come and go at their whim even though we had a contract with specific times to do things and they wanted to charge us for doing things outside these times? It was weird that we never saw the owner and the wife at the same time and they always denied what the other told us or said they didn't see the contract so they didn't have to follow it.  They said that we had to pay the extra costs the next day before the wedding for the time we took "trying to decorate" in cash or the wedding would be canceled. We came the next day, the day of the wedding, and threw the tables and food together with the help of guests as they arrived and the bride paid the venue their extortion money so her wedding could go on. It was that terrible of a situation. I couldn't believe people could be so mean to people who were trying to create the happiest day of their lives.  Well, most stuff didn't get done, even when though the guests jumped in to help but the place was presentable and there were some really bad feeling about the whole situation so the party ended two hours early because everyone was tired and the place still had to be cleaned up or they would charge them another $300 an hour for any overtime. Given the comments by other reviewers, this venue should be avoided at all costs.
Nov 1st, 2019

I was a photographer at a wedding at this location. Nancy and Tom were inviting and helpful, and the grounds were so pretty. For being the end of July there was a fantastic breeze that really helped keep things cool. There's a gazebo, a lake with two bridges and three fountains and little vignette seating areas all over the place. The reception was under a roofed enclosure that had an outdoor kitchen. They are really strict with the rules for the photographer, or they'll take you off the recommended vendor list. And they mean it when they say 9pm done... You are supposed to be packed and rolling out of there at 9. I don't know anything about pricing. Overall it's perfect for a small non-formal wedding and reception.
Dec 19th, 2018