Nestldown Reviews
Reviews
4.4 out of 5 rating
4.4 out of 5 rating
60 Reviews
87% recommend it
Awards
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Brittany M. Sent on 09/08/2022A Truly Magical Day!
We are forever grateful to you, Nestldown staff! My husband and I made our tour appointment over three years ago in March of 2019. This was our first venue we looked at and we were completely blown away with the beauty of Nestldown and how friendly and personable the staff was. Standing in the chapel as they played music, my husband and I could not see ourselves getting married anywhere else. After our tour and when we received the open dates, we immediately put a hold on a date for July 2020.
Our contract signing appointment was so memorable. We met with Barbara and Mark. The morning was filled with getting to know each other and making sure they understood what we envision for our special day. My husband and I felt so comfortable and excited.
Nestldown makes the planning process seamless! They provide you an extensive list of preferred vendors that they have worked with for many years. However, if you want to use a different vendor, you sure can! Just need to complete some paperwork and get the vendor approved. We went with all preferred vendors for our special day! Also, you are assigned a Special Events Manager (SEM) who will meet with you many times before your big day to sort out all the logistics. This is included... they contact all your vendors the month before to make sure everything is ready to go, they send them your timeline, they are the day of contact so you, the Bride and Groom, have nothing to worry about day of! Jo Ann was our angel of an SEM. She was attentive to our needs, she offered expert advice, and she showed that she truly cared about us as people, not just a client. Our day would not have been as perfect as it was without Jo Ann. Thank you, Jo Ann!!
Then COVID entered our planning process. Nestldown clearly communicated our options for moving our date as July 2020 was going to be affected. Yes, this was frustrating BUT this was completely out of Nestldowns control and our control. Nestldown was responsive to our situation and we made a plan everyone was comfortable with. We moved our date to July 2022.
After a long wait, we finally had our wedding! On the day of our wedding, we rented the Nestldown Guest House where I (bride) and my bridesmaids spent the night before and got ready the next morning. The home is gorgeous and the location made getting ready so easy and convenient. I was golf carted to meet my husband for our first look. It was so seamless!
Our day was magical! We had 140 guests and they were blown away with the beauty of Nestldown. There is something for everyone; sand castles, dragons, cottage, tree house, horses, fire pit for s'mores, koi pond, an active train, beautiful barn with an exquisite chandelier, etc. You feel as if you walked into a fairyland when you are Nestldown and can't believe you are still in the Bay Area.
We are beyond grateful to have had our wedding at Nestldown! My husband and I can't stop talking about our day. Our guest have told us many times "that was the best wedding I have ever been to!" It was a day we waited over two years for and completely worth the wait! -
Omeed M. Sent on 07/16/2022
The Best Wedding Venue!
The most magical day we ever had! Nestldown truly is a fairytale come true. My wife and I couldn't have been happier to spend the most important day of our life at such a breathtaking location.
From our first steps on the property during our tour at Nestldown, we knew that this venue was like no other. After seeing multiple wedding venues, we couldn't go back to any of them once we saw what Nestldown had to offer. From the professional and organized staff to the gorgeous and well maintained gardens, choosing Nestldown was a no-brainer.
Our SEC, Jo Ann, was an absolute delight to work with. She helped us with our wedding timeline, all the details about our vendor, what to prepare for leading up to our wedding, and answered all our questions. I'm not sure how she had time to organize and remember every detail about our wedding while helping others as well.
Our wedding itself was better than we could've imagined. Nestldown truly knows how to pamper and spoil the bride and groom. As soon as we entered, we were constantly being looked our for. We were handed appetizers when we were hungry, our cocktails when we took breaks, and everything was organized down to a T. We also had the luxury to work with the owner of Nestldown, Barbara. She was the perfect blend of sweet and professional. She somehow knew where every vendor was and what they were doing at all times!
My wife and I are still talking about how magical our wedding was. Our guests also can't stop bragging that they went to the best wedding ever. We wish we would experience this day again!
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Ellen Sent on 06/20/2022The perfect, stress free day!
There are tons of clichés about weddings: "whatever can go wrong, will" and "as the wedding couple, it's so hectic and stressful!" But we found the opposite to be true in our experience with Nestldown. Everything ran so smoothly! We didn't have to stress, we could just relax and enjoy the day. Every tiny detail was perfect. It was clear that they're experts!
If you've visited, you know that no words can capture how amazing the grounds are.
1. The guest house is a simply amazing place to get ready. Beautiful for pictures and spacious so that you don't feel cramped with your bridal party. The large windows, decks, and abundant sunlight add even more magic to your day!
2. The gardens feature a wide array of flora and fauna. Everything is kept beautifully manicured without feeling too rigid.
3. The ceremony area has amazing redwood trees as well as a lake with a fountain. Take your pick for your backdrop! The staircase down is a stunning entrance for the bride.
4. The Apple Knoll is a relatively new area, and they've really made it great. Probably my favorite area on the property.
5. The lawn is a great place for dinner in the warmer months, but the barn is also gorgeous.
I can't say enough about how much we loved having our wedding at Nestldown. The team there is so nice and makes you feel like family. It was perfect! -
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Elvina Sent on 01/16/2021Highly recommended!
Even before I started wedding planning, I knew that having my future wedding at Nestldown would be a dream come true. For years, I had seen pictures of the beautiful redwoods, flowers, ponds, and buildings, not realizing that this gorgeous venue was local. When I got engaged, I knew that the first venue I was going to want to tour was Nestldown! In hindsight, touring Nestldown before any other venue may have been a mistake, as I knew that no other venue could live up to it. The property even more beautiful in real life and I felt like I was transported into a fairytale forest.
It is clear that Nestldown really knows what they are doing when it comes to weddings. The entire planning process was extremely organized, with plenty of paperwork provided to outline every guideline. I'm not going to lie, the guidelines were pretty strict, but completely justified considering all of the efforts made to keep the property wedding-ready. Diana, the Events Director, sat down with my husband and me and patiently went through all of the paperwork and its legalese to ensure we understood everything. We were also given lists of their recommended vendors and Diana was able to provide us with personalized recommendations that suited our needs.
We were initially assigned Jaynie as our Special Events Manager (SEM) who would be our point person leading up to and on our big day. Jaynie was such a delight, but unfortunately we only got to meet her once before the pandemic hit and we had to change our wedding day plans.
With the uncertainty of planning a wedding during a pandemic, my husband and I ultimately decided to downsize our guest list and cut out our reception dinner altogether. Diana was wonderful, keeping us updated on how our wedding would be affected by the county guidelines as well as providing us with various options for keeping our original date or postponing. We opted to downsize to a "minimony", which is essentially just the ceremony and cocktail hour, but were still able to incorporate aspects from our original full length wedding.
Samantha, our new minimony SEM, and her team really went above and beyond to make our day special. We really wanted to make our grand entrance on the train, but when it was discovered that there would be no one available to drive the train, she arranged it so that someone got trained literally the day before our wedding to make it happen! On the day of the wedding, there was a motorcycle accident leading to the venue, with the resultant traffic making me arrive 45 minutes late. By the time I showed up, I was completely frantic and convinced we were going to have to cut things out of our schedule to get back on track. Samantha was totally on it, calming me down and worked her magic to adjust the timing of our schedule, making everything play out as originally intended. At the end of the night, after we returned to our hotel, we were pleasantly surprised to find that someone from the Nestldown team dropped off a ring box we had left at the venue. I can't even begin to express how grateful we were to Samantha and her team for making our day absolutely perfect. We can't thank her, Diana, and everyone at Nestldown enough! -
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Tyler Sent on 01/21/2022The most magical wedding venue in the SF Bay Area
Nestldown is one of the best wedding venues we’ve ever been to and made our wedding there an absolute DREAM.
The venue itself is, of course, incredible. There are flowers everywhere lining the paths around the beautiful property, with its gorgeous barn, apple knoll, and the gorgeous redwood-tree-lined ceremony space. There are two tranquil ponds, whimsical decorations including a fairy cottage and giant chess set, and a lovely small train that they operate during the cocktail hour for your guests to ride around in. They have everything you could think of (including golf carts for older guests and lawn games) on the property to make your dream wedding come true.
Their team prepares with you from over a year before your big day, and proactively checks in and plans with you throughout the year. Nestldown took agency and ownership of our day being special without us ever having to ask or push. They also provide a day-of coordinator that ensures everything runs well on the day with this unique property. And they take care of you - when our events manager left the company about a month before our wedding, the owner Barbara personally took over our event and made sure it went off without a hitch.
Nestldown is a truly special place for any event, but especially a wedding. You will never find a more beautiful ceremony space or property at any comparable price. You will be taken care of from the very start to your wedding day by a team of pros. And your day is set up with tons of special touches and thoughtfulness that show they really care about you having a wonderful experience. We cannot recommend Nestldown highly enough.
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Kelsey Sent on 07/19/2020
Incredible- dream come true
To say the least, getting married at Nestldown was a dream come true. My (now) husband and I instantly fell in love with this property. I had viewed 18+ properties and had very high standards. Nestldown met every single one of those and more. There are so many beautiful features to this property including the stunning redwood trees, lake, small train, horses, twinkle tree lights, and more! While we had our wedding reception, deer actually walked down and fed in the meadow next to guests-- it was out of a fairy tale.
My wedding day truly went off without a snag. My goal was for each guest to have a blast. I was told multiple times by various guests it was the best wedding they had ever too and the most stunning venue they had ever visited. I truly cannot say enough positive things about Nestldown and my wedding day-- I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful memory. In addition to the incredible day, the Beck family is also incredible! They truly care about each and every bride. They welcomed us into their home for the contract signing and we spent hours just chatting and bonding. I grew very close with the family over the 1.5 years of planning and never had a bad encounter. They are beyond generous, loving, warm, compassionate people. It is so rare to meet people like the Beck family. Diana Beck and I have continued to stay close since my wedding (2 years ago) and can truly say she is one of my closest friends.
You will be so so happy to get married here and make the most fabulous life long memories and friendships. -
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User1681541 Sent on 06/27/2014Our wedding at Nestldown was just beautiful, and Allison, Barbara, and Alex all helped to make it happen. The grounds at Nestldown are a fairytale come true, and our guests were blown away with it all. We heard the word "magical" repeated over and over. The train that circles the fruit orchard, the tree house, the fairy garden, bocce ball courts, the elegant barn and the koi pond; we had deer show up in the back meadow, and wild bunnies that came out to play during our dinner hour.
We can't thank Allison, Barbara, and Alex enough for helping us to pull everything together for our big day (we planned a big wedding in just five months), and for being so charming and professional while doing it. -
User1157487 Sent on 05/09/2013This venue is simply amazing! It was the star of our wedding and everyone enjoyed it. We had wanted to get married in the outdoor chapel but rain forced us to have the ceremony in the barn. It was gorgeous in there, though, and quite frankly I cannot imagine a better indoor venue than the barn so it was a win-win situation in the end. Brooke was amazing at helping us run the day and you really do not need a day-of coordinator there with her to keep on top of everything. With it pouring at the end of the night, they even helped transport our guests back up to the parking lot which I though was very nice of them. I highly recommend you check out this venue if you are in the area. It is truly unique and no one will forget it. I only wish the sun had been out so we could have ridden the miniature train :)
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User2256012 Sent on 08/04/2015this venue is absolutely beautiful!
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User858330 Sent on 07/10/2012Nestldown is the most beautiful, unique wedding venue I have ever experienced. The staff, especially Brooke, are professional and extremely accommodating/easy to work with. We could not have been happier that we chose Nestldown.
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