Historic Rice Mill

I had a beautiful September wedding at the Rice Mill. I cannot thank Tristan and the team at Holy City Hospitality enough for the venue and services for my wedding. I was impressed with all of the time and effort Tristan (day of coordinator) invested in helping us coordinate every moment of the event and coordinate with the vendors. This was particularly helpful because everyone at the wedding (including myself) were not local to the area. Tristan and the team provided us recommendations and assistance throughout the entire wedding planning process.

Our rehearsal dinner was held at Virginia on Kings (another restaurant part of the Holy City Hospitality Group), the food was great (no one left hungry). It was helpful and efficient planning both events with the same Hospitality Team.

The venue was beautiful and a perfect size for our wedding of approx. 80 people. The wedding ceremony and reception was executed exactly as planned. The food and drinks were impressive and tasty. As a Type A bride, it felt great being able to rely on a coordinator and team I trusted to make my day perfect. I would highly recommend others to choose the Historic Rice Mill for a beautiful, memorable wedding.

I cannot say enough amazing things about Kate and the Rice Mill. Kate was available at anytime leading up to wedding and was there to make the process as stress free as possible. She allowed us to be honest during our tasting without feeling guilty- which made for the best food that our guests STILL talk about. The Rice Mill offers Good Food Catering as their vender and WOW. The apps, dinner stations, desserts were outstanding and the staff were extremely professional. However, there were some negatives- mainly with the bar staff. We had 2 bartenders for around 130 guests and it was one of the bartender's first night ever bartending. They ran out of cold beer and glasses for drinks with 2 hours left. We had a bourbon bar outside that was only open for an hour. They didn't prep the bar at all with cups or ice and the groom's father had to bartend it for the first 20 minutes. BUT with that being said, we wouldn't have chosen a different venue or catering company!

I cannot express in words how thankful we are for finding Historic Rice Mill and having our wedding there. The day turned out to be absolutely perfect and we were able to have our wedding outside under the beautiful trees and brick background, with the water-front side set up perfectly for photos. We hired Kate as our day of coordinator and I cannot compliment her enough. She was such a pleasure to work with and made our day go completely seamless! I walked into the building with everything set up and was completely awestruck at how it all turned out. Everyone is still raving about how perfect and fun everything was and we completely agree. Highly recommend!!!

We’re eternally grateful for not only the work that Kate did but especially for the way that she and the team there did it. Her communication with us and willingness to do whatever she could to eliminate as much stress as possible was amazing. The venue and Good Food Catering were everything that we had hoped and prayed for in the planning process. We would highly recommend anyone considering a Charleston wedding choose the Historic Rice Mill, GFC, and Kate!

When we were searching for a venue for our wedding and we came across Historic Rice Mill, it was exactly what we had envisioned. My husband and I planned to have our wedding in Charleston since it is our favorite place. The Rice Mill gives you all the Charleston feels. On the water, exposed brick, etc. and GREAT FOOD! We hired Tristan as our day of coordinator and she was amazing. She knows the space so well and offered so many great suggestions. She responded to questions I had quickly. When it came to our wedding day she made it go so perfectly! I would not have changed a thing and she made my vision come true. If anything went wrong, we had no idea about it . The food was absolutely amazing. We had so many foodie guests and literally everyone raved about the menu. Everyone we dealt with who was apart of Historic Rice Mill crew was great. I highly recommend this beautiful venue and Tristan for you special occasion!

The Historic Rice Mill was absolutely our dream wedding venue! We used Tristan as our Day-Of coordinator and she made the entire process go so smoothly. From the beginning, she was in contact to help us plan our meals and floor plan and to answer any questions that came up. When I walked in on my wedding day, it felt like walking into my Pinterest board! Everything was exactly as I imagined. All the guests could not stop talking about how beautiful the views were and how good the food was. The bar makes for such a great dance floor setting. Throughout the night, Tristan and the staff were so accommodating and flexible to make sure everything went as planned. I wish we could get married there all over again!

Tristan & Rice Mill:

I would definitely recommend this the HRM (and Tristan!) if you're looking for a waterfront venue, there is so much charm in every room and there are incredible harbor views on the patio and through all the windows.

The food was incredible, we couldn’t have asked for anything better. Everyone was raving about it the next day.

We hired Tristan to serve as our day-of coordinator and she absolutely CRUSHED it. She quickly responded to all of our questions and requests, she helped us with vendor recommendations and just general recommendations about the timeline for the wedding day. She was able to make the day go off without a hitch completely stress free for us, if there was a problem, we never knew about it. She did a fabulous job setting up the items that we brought for decorations and made she that we were on track and taken care of throughout the day.

Thank you to Tristan and to everyone who made our day incredible. We highly recommend the Rice Mill as amazing wedding venue.

Words cannot explain how happy we are that we chose HRM as our wedding venue!!!! Tristan & Kate literally made everything so stress free for us & we got the wedding of our dreams!!! The food, the views, the space is just perfection & our guests enjoyed everything about it!!!! Can we get married again? Lol!

We had our wedding reception at Rice Mill in July 2019. We worked with Jenna & Eve as the wedding coordinators - it was definitely worth the extra money for the day-of coordinator because they saved my sanity! Both were extremely easy to work with and they responded quickly to my texts/emails/phone calls to answer all of my questions. The venue itself is GORGEOUS and quintessential Charleston. Most of our guests were out of town so they loved getting the Charleston experience. The food was incredible and the whole staff was extremely polite. The bartenders were fast so there was never a long line at the bar.

The Rice Mill is a stunning venue that genuinely captures Charleston's beauty. We couldn't have asked for a better venue. Our guests gave us many compliments. The staff and our main coordinator at the venue, Eve, were incredible from beginning to end. Good Food Catering was delicious. There were many "foodies" at our wedding, so it was a tough crowd to please. Good Food Catering surpassed our already high expectations. Anytime our wedding is brought up, people still rave about the venue and the food. You can't go wrong with this venue!