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Barr Mansion is, hands down, the best wedding and reception venue in Austin, and fully deserves a few more than the 5 stars I'm giving it. As a chef and meeting planner, the one thing I knew I did not want for my own wedding was to manage a million different vendors on the day of. Barr Mansion handles the food (from the appetizers to the cakes), the tables, linens, glassware, utensils, chairs, servers -- even the floral arrangements if you choose to use them. We weren't nickeled and dimed -- we got a quote at the outset, which included various discounts that they suggested -- and our final price at the end was actually less than what we'd expected.
For me, the best part of having our wedding at Barr Mansion was the unbelievable professionalism and flexibility of the staff. If I had a question (or 20), they were right on it. Could we do this? Sure! Also, holding our ceremony at the Barr actually allowed us the services of a day-of wedding coordinator, and Abby was wonderful. She made us sit down and enjoy the food we'd worked so hard to pick, and even packed us a couple of box dinners for the next night, which came in handy as we were frantically getting ready to leave for our honeymoon.
Speaking of which, all of their food, from the salads to the cake frosting, is made with organic ingredients, and we're still hearing about how great it was. To repeat: I'm a chef. I'm picky. And I was delighted with every bite. Barr Mansion doesn't have a liquor license so you can bring your own booze and have them serve, which really cuts down your costs. I gave them a photo of a cake I loved and it was duplicated perfectly. It was the one moment during the entire evening where I actually got teary-eyed. :-)
Our guests are still talking about how beautiful the setting was, and I know they're not just paying us lip service. While we were eating dinner that night, we watched guest after guest looking around and mouthing "WOW!" while shaking their heads in amazement.
This place will not disappoint. We are delighted to recommend it to any couple in the Austin area looking for a truly unique, comfortable, elegant, and romantic wedding. By the way, one of the questions here is "how long did it take you to book this venue?" It actually took us one hour. We visited just one place (this one), and handed over our deposit -- and we weren't even engaged yet! Over a year later, we were just as thrilled with our decision.
We are still in shock over how beautiful our wedding photos are! James and Elizabeth come as a team, which means you get two photographers covering the bases for the price of one. Several of my guests have mentioned to me how nice the photographers were and how they were never "in the way". In point of fact, we rarely saw them at all! And yet, they managed to capture moment after moment -- many of which we never got to see until the photos were unveiled. And they are spectacular. Beautiful, artistic -- lots of black and white and sepia for really unique and dreamy images. We were impressed with Vignette from the start to the finish. They are absolute professionals and a great value.
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