Outlook Inn on Orcas Island Reviews

We prepped in rooms at the Outlook, held our ceremony and cocktail hour in Sara's Garden, and our reception in the Victorian Room, and we could not have asked for a better venue. Thank you thank you thank you to Rich, Sara, and whole Outlook team for making our day magical! The food was amazing, the venue fees were more than reasonable, and they were so amazing when it came to rescheduling and changing plans (thanks COVID)!

Photos here: https://portolesephoto.com/wedding-reception-at-outlook-inn-orcas-island/

We inquired about a 60 person event 6 weeks before it was set to happen. Sara, Jolene and the entire Outlook staff were kind and accommodating. They recommended vendors, gave us a few different pricing options and took care of our every request. We used both the New Leaf Cafe and the Victorian Room, the cafe for happy hour with cheese boards and beer/wine and the VR for dinner and dancing. The view from New Leaf was breathtaking and the Victorian Room was so cozy with the fireplace. Outlook Inn is conveniently located in Eastsound, so we were able to walk just a few blocks to the bars after the event and people could meander the next day.

We stayed in the brand new Water’s Edge rooms which are the perfect honeymoon suites. They sit literally at the water’s edge and have beautiful views, light, modern details and a romantic soaking tub. We appreciated that the Outlook Inn offers $100 a night rooms through suites, something for everyone.

The food was delicious, people raved about the salmon entree specifically. New York Times was right to name it one of 52 places to visit in 2019. From the view to the service throughout the overall experience, our evening was perfect and I can not recommend Outlook Inn enough.

Photographer: Jacquelyn Portolese
Florals: Nest
Flatware + glasses rental: Balancing Balloons
Chair rentals: Orcas Island Events

As soon as you walk into the outlook inn you know this is the place you want to say I do! The team at the outlook inn was amazing. They handled my 2 hour interview. Chef Steve handled all the food down to allergy details. Rich coordinated all the details and was warm and friendly on the phone and via email. Griffen was available for anything I needed. It was a perfect venue and everyone on the team went above and beyond to make our wedding dreams come true!

New Leaf Cafe at Outlook Inn provided stellar catering for our wedding as well as professional staff. The overall look of rented items were clean and polished. Jon Kobayashi, the owner, took great pride in the food and design - and it shows! We received countless comments on how amazing the food was. You will love them!

We locked in this venue for our July 2020 wedding in August 2019. We fell in love with Sarah's Garden and were very excited for this to our wedding venue.

From the beginning there were major communication issues. Unfortunately, those communication issues were never resolved and I was actually grateful that the pandemic forced us to cancel our 75 person wedding and move forward with a 2 witness elopement. Outlook Inn worked with us to ensure our deposits could be used for our elopement and our stay but did so with minimal, poor communication.

Let me be perfectly clear that our issues began well before the COVID 19 pandemic. We were the ones to reach out first for almost everything. When the pandemic started and the likelihood of having to cancel our wedding began to set in we had to reach out to speak to someone and then were told they were so busy reaching out to other brides. I had to continuously request my partner be included in communications and I was asked for almost every pre scheduled phone call to text first. If communication is important to you, proceed with caution.