Homestead Manor Reviews

We booked a private dining room at Homestead Manor for our rehearsal dinner in January. Everything was set up via email/signed contracts - a prefixed menu, bar cap, and even a holiday gift card promotion. So we were not expecting to be told when we showed up with 25 of our friends and family in tow that they did not have reservations for us. (Cue the bride having a mini meltdown and her bridesmaids running to the bar to get champagne.). However, the manager that night, Austin, was quick to come talk to us to figure out where the issue was. We showed him our email communications and our contract - where we discovered the date on the contract was for the next night and my husband and I failed to catch it because all our other emails had the correct date on them. At this point Austin could have said, “well your contract says the reservations are for tomorrow so you are out of luck” but he never even ventured near a comment like that. He simply said “we can make this work and we will make it right”. He went to talk to the chef to see if we could do a similar menu to our contract and the wait staff went to work getting the room put together for the unexpected large party. We were able to be sat in the private dining room we originally booked and were sitting down with only a reasonable postponement. Our amazing server for the evening was Justice. I am not sure if he volunteered or was told to pick up this unexpected large party but he was super kind, professional, and incredibly helpful all night. He never appeared flustered or rushed as he served 20+ people almost by himself - there was another gentlemen that assisted him but we unfortunately did not catch his name. The food and wine was absolutely amazing and everyone seemed to be enjoying the meal. Austin would come check on us periodically to ensure things were going smoothly. At some point the chef himself even came up to see how things were and the whole room thanked him for the delicious food and hospitality. Austin stayed, past his shift, until our meal was complete to ensure we were completely satisfied. We had never eaten at Homestead Manor when we lived in Nashville (we moved to Seattle shortly before our wedding) but if we still lived there we would be regulars now. The entire staff at Homestead Manor deserves praise for the professionalism, flexibility, and kindness in what was nearly a disaster on our wedding weekend. A special huge THANK YOU to Austin and Justice for making the night before our wedding a truly memorable one. We can’t recommend this place highly enough for both the food and the way they treat their guest. Thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom of our very happy little hearts - The Drapers.