Ashton Gardens | West Houston

We were married at Ashton Gardens West on 6.12.2023. It was the most magical day. Our planner, Madison, was terrific and there every step of the way to ensure our vision was realized. We chose Ashton Gardens West because it has the stunning chapel answering our desire for a church venue and that it was onsite so our guest did not have to commute to the reception. Their packages are amazing and they continue to add items. It was so easy to select everything from the invitations to the drinks. The tastings available at all their locations not only gave my husband and I an opportunity to sample the food, but to check out other possible additions to our wedding like a live painter. They were also fun nights out among the chaos of wedding planning. Our day was perfect.
Apr 8th, 2024

I had a great experience with the team from Ashton Gardens West Houston! Ms. Sheilah W and Jackie tooo great care of me the day of. Ms. Sheila was easy to get in contact with and was available for my mother and I every step of the way for any question throughout the year of planning. The food was amazing and Im big on food. We did a tasting and all of our wishes and more were met the wedding day, especially the seafood gumbo! The venue was more than spacious for our many many guest. I can go on and in about how perfect things were. Thank you to Ms. Sheilah and the team at Ashton Gardens West Houston!
Mar 29th, 2024

Thanks to Brittney S. We locked in our wedding venue. Ashton Gardens is absolutely beautiful. From the tour to picking packages was made so easy with her assistance. Cant wait for 3/14/25!!
Mar 9th, 2024

The venue is beautiful, truly- it looks great. As you see in the photos, so it is in reality. But I wasn't pleased with my overall experience. The person in charge of tours will not answer phone calls or texts after she receives payment for venue reservation. It's impossible to contact her. The wedding planner missed an appointment at one point in time (forgot to schedule it until I emailed) and I kept having to ask the same question over and over again to get a list of the costs for their packages. I found communication to be difficult at times. Perhaps it was a hectic time for her, and that was the issue. Honestly, if that was all that was the issue, I wouldn't have minded and wouldn't have given this poor review. They never let us taste test the cakes, which were AWFUL, and they never let us try the food we were having catered for our wedding. The smallest food package is $31 a person and supposedly includes "steak," which is highly deceptive because they look like they were cube steaks (quite different from the steak we all think of) prepared on the stovetop, and they're incredibly small, looking nothing like an actual steak. The food was okay when we actually got to wedding day- disappointed we couldn't have outside catering of our choice since the food was not worth the price point paid. When I went to view my three-tier cake provided by the package, I wanted to cry. I believe the florist's employees messed up the top- they didn't even try to fix it. It looked so awful- the flowers arranged on it somehow messed up the top, and the buttercream was ruined at the top of cake. The cake is three tiers, but they never show you what it will look like- it was incredibly small, not the tall three layers you think of when you see cakes online. As far as flavors, I was absolutely disgusted with the taste. I make cakes on the side and wish I would have made my own. The red velvet cake has buttercream that tastes like maple syrup, and it's not cream cheese frosting. The frosting was too sweet on Italian cream cake, which also does not use cream cheese frosting, and the only decent flavor was the wedding cake flavor. That was actually good. The buckeyes, mini cheesecakes, and cake pops were all 10 times better than the cake. So there's that- be sure to add that to the cake. The entrance to walk down the aisle was a bit of a disaster- I had it videoed, and it was a painful 20 seconds of waiting for the doors to open because they didn't know when I should go in. It's a very awkward video to watch. I wouldn't have known people were waiting so long had I not had a video. The venue's DJ was great, but the transitions weren't the best between songs, and I was told that you couldn't hear him at times. I liked his personality and voice though. I would like to mention that I was a bit mortified by the choice of necklace worn by the person attending my wedding the day it occurred. Maybe I was wrong, but it appeared they had phallic jewelry on, which was not appreciated. I could be wrong though, so this would have no bearing on the stars. What did I like? The beauty of the venue and the venue's photographer. She is the best photographer I've ever met. I'm not easy to please with photos, so I was blown away by her skills. She was sweet and listened to all my concerns and remembered my preferences. LOVED HER WORK! I will say that I also like the venue's coordination with the florist. The florist was PHENOMENAL to work with- so bubbly and helpful. She never tried to push anything extra on me and was thorough in listening and providing a list of expenses for me. Unfortunately, the bridal bouquet they made for me was dying within a couple of hours that day, and it was falling apart constantly because they had poked so many holes into the wet foam that there wasn't anymore space to place them in. Unsure if it's normal to have flowers die that quickly, but I was a bit bummed about it. If I could do it all over again, I would pick the venue, but I would pick outside vendors of my choice for everything, except photography.
Mar 27th, 2024

The location itself is absolutely beautiful. We loved getting married in the chapel with the floor to ceiling windows and the reception space had enough space to fit out 210+ guests. Having mimosas and beer the morning of was such a treat and the bridal/groom suits are perfect for getting ready. Our day of coordinators Anna and Jenine were ROCKSTARS! I gave them a listed timeline of events that I had created for the day and they took it from there. The entire wedding day ran smoothly because of them. The reason I'm not giving the venue 5 stars is because of the lack of communication between the vendors and event coordinator. Our event coordinator did not communicate with the DJ, who is a contracted vendor for the venue, that we were foregoing having a DJ and instead bringing in a band who was not contracted. This resulted in a confusing phone call from the DJ who did not realize that he was not working the reception and a panicked phone call from the event coordinator the day before the wedding because we had supposedly "forgotten to upload songs to the DJ to use at the wedding" despite us telling her multiple times that we were bringing in a band. Amongst other things the event coordinator had forgotten, she did not prepare us before our three zoom calls leading up to the wedding with what we needed to have ready. I was frequently left with a list of questions after our calls. Would I change that we got married at Ashton Gardens West? Absolutely not! At the end of the day, I loved my wedding and the memories I made there were priceless.
Mar 25th, 2024