This venue is beautiful!!! I didn't know anything about it before I started planning my wedding, my Mom actually recommended looking there. The grounds are downtown which is a plus for out of town guests that want to stay downtown and explore Austin. It is so green with big beautiful trees, green shrubs and the grass is beautiful. It is also a historic site, it was the French Embassy when Texas was a republic. If you want an original venue I would absolutely recommend the French Legation.
The only drawback is that you have to have your music off by 10:30 because they are in a neighborhood, otherwise they were wonderful to work with and were very cool about when we set up and cleaned up.

Had our wedding here in April and it was a wonderful experience. The venue was very easy to work with and the entire event ran very smoothly. If you haven't been to the venue, go, it's gorgeous! Between the staff, venue, location, and price, we couldn't have asked for a better place to celebrate getting married.

Loved the venue! Oldest standing structure in Austin. Great location. Great energy.