Customer Reviews

Visited this venue as a guest for my friend's recent wedding. The venue is absolutely gorgeous. The upstairs is reserved as a space for the betrothed to get ready for their ceremony/reception. The main level can be used nicely as a reception area. It's wonderfully historic but also very comfortable (plenty of bathrooms, very spacious). The staff are super professional and accommodating. Perfect for large events. highly recommend.

This is a lovely property. The mansion is historic and quite unusual for this area being made of quarried stone. A number of events are planned throughout the year such as an upscale black and white costume Halloween party and a dinner club. And, of course, it is located in Bradley Palmer State Park, named for the builder of the mansion.

Beautiful venue. We were there attending a wedding. It was a perfect setting for a wedding. Usually function food is mediocre. Their food was excellent. Susan was our server and she was attentive, efficient and did an outstanding job.

Went to a wedding here. It was very nice all around. Great venue

They have the most gorgeous fabric architecture outdoors to bring the Summer Garden to life (Great work Sperry Fabric Architecture!) The guests can enjoy the same outdoor space the historical Figures who owned this hunting lodge did years ago. Except now with the rain kept at bay by the beautiful fabric & soft lighting & all the modern comforts! The staff are professional & polite. The history of this amazing building really comes to life during an outdoor summer event! I can almost hear the clip clop of the horses that used to pass through the highly arched passageways & doors so very long ago.

We can't say enough about Willowdale and its staff for hosting our ceremony and reception, but being the perfect venue to get married. From beginning to end, the staff our coordinator Courtney made planning soooo easy. Everything about the space makes having a wedding inside the mansion feel homey and intimate. You won't need to do much decorating because the mansion speaks for itself.

Food was immaculate, bar service was top notch, and the cookie bar was delicious.

Best decision to have our wedding here. Once as you get inside and around the grounds of the estate, you will see why this is a popular place to get married.
Our families and guests loved every minute of it. Still talking about it to this day.

Willowdale Estate was the first and only venue that my husband and I even considered for our wedding. When Belinda gave us the tour around the estate, we were sold. We felt an instant connection with the venue, like it was a second home. We wondered if we were doing something wrong since we had heard of other brides and grooms having difficulty finding the right venue. But in retrospect, I think that we were just lucky to have found Willowdale so early in the planning process.

The mansion was so beautiful that we decided that we wanted to have a wedding during the winter season because the mansion itself would be the background for the entire event. Not to mention, Willowdale does offer some good deals if you get married during the winter. We were lucky enough to be able to snag a late date in March as part of the winter special.

Willowdale really made us feel special even though they work with hundreds of couples. I was surprised by the small touches, like receiving a box of their out-of-this-world chocolate chip cookies to celebrate us book our wedding date with them. I loved having access to the planning process via web portal with plenty of tips well before we were officially assigned our coordinator, Amy Sleeper. The portal really helped me get in touch with some fantastic preferred vendors (many at a discount!) and get much of the planning done before we met with Amy at our details meeting.

I can’t say enough about Amy as our coordinator. Despite working Tuesday-Saturday, Amy often responded to e-mails in her off hours. She is committed to her couples and she is available to answer every and any question with enthusiasm. She ultimately wants the bride and groom to have the day that they want. I also want to highlight the other team members who made our day possible, particularly to the catering captain who went to pick up a musician from the train station so he could play our cocktail hour. He would not have made it in time for cocktail hour without that ride. Transportation for a musician was not required but Amy or anyone else on the Willowdale team, but they did it to make the day flow without any visible hiccups.

Our wedding was better than we could have ever imagined. Amy listened to everything we wanted and somehow made it better. We owe the memory of this wonderful day with friends and family to the beauty of Willowdale Estate combined with the talent and vigor of Amy, the catering captain, the servers, the bartenders, the bar back, and the support staff. We can’t thank you enough.

My husband and I were so lucky to work with the Willowdale team for our magical November wedding! They are experts at surprising and delighting not only the future bride and groom, but also the wedding guests. Everyone was extremely professional and helpful, the food was hands down the best meal of my life (and that includes those amazing cookies!) and anytime we had even the most specific question, we were given plenty of resources to make the best possible decision. Cannot recommend them highly enough!

We got married at Willowdale this past October. It was the most perfect day thanks to Amy and her staff. Everything about Willowdale from the setting to the staff and the food is amazing. I would highly recommend having your wedding there.

My husband and I got married at Willowdale Estate in December 2017. It was, in all honesty, a dream come true. We live on the west coast so a lot of our research was done virtually, but as soon as we saw pictures from a winter wedding in the mansion we booked immediately. We had about 90 guests which fit perfectly in the mansion. The holiday decor was warm and inviting. The food was amazing -- everyone left with a fully belly and cookie in their pocket. Our coordinator, Courtney, was very helpful and accommodating. You could tell this wasn't her first rodeo. She was organized and had previous relationships with all our vendors, which made everything go smoothly. It was the best day of our lives and thanks to Willowdale, we had our very own fairy tail wedding!