Saguaro Buttes Reviews

I was married here at Saguaro of the Buttes in 2017. Dave, Cindy and all their staff were friendly, professional and helpful. Their manager, Krystal is attentive and pays attention to all your special details and wishes as a bride. Bueatiful venue for any Southwest wedding. I love all the Saguaro Cactus.

We highly recommend Saguaro Buttes for your wedding venue! Our wedding was in March, and we selected to have our ceremony and reception both outdoors on the Saguaro Buttes property. The mountains and desert backdrop make for a beautiful and natural setting for you and your guests to enjoy! The staff is extremely friendly, and they are very organized. They have all the wedding details, both planning and day-of, down to a T!

Our wedding day was perfect and everything went smooth. Saguaro buttes was accommodating without being too strict with rules. Absolutely wonderful experience

Saguaro Buttes is a very beautiful location and the venue is constantly adding more amenities. The wedding coordinators are very helpful and quick to respond.

Cant say enough about how great Dave, CeCe and JJ were to work with. The venue was beautifully prepared and our guests didn't want for anything!

I highly recommend going and taking a look!

My husband and I were really impressed with Saguaro Buttes. The flexibility, the responsiveness, the VIEW! The food...left a little to be desired. This is not so much to blame on Saguaro Buttes as Edge Catering, which Buttes partners with. It was frustrating that they only offered group tastings a few times a year -- and the food was solid, but nothing spectacular. But that was okay, because we were able to supplement with food trucks, which the Buttes staff were very flexible about. We were a bit frustrated with the bartender, who didn't know much beyond pouring wine. That being said, literally everything else was phenomenal - Saguaro Buttes staff really took care of everything and gave attention to detail to make the site gorgeous and make the events run smoothly. And we used their DJ, JJ, who was THE BEST! All in all I would definitely recommend this venue for anyone's picturesque and stress-free wedding day.

This venue had everything under one roof. They provided amazing vendors and the staff was incredible with helping our wedding vision come to realty.

Our wedding at Saguaro Buttes was a fairy tail come true.
Beautiful scenery, delicious food, gracious staff working there! Top notch all around.
I should mention that we are an older couple and I am very picky with that being said I really loved everything about Saguaro Buttes!

I am so grateful that we chose saguaro buttes because they made our day less stressful and more about us and our day, all we did was show up and everything was taken care of. It was definitely a beautiful place and very perfessional.

Best please for big day! We were very happy to make our best day on this please! Thank you!

Saguaro Buttes did such an amazing job taking care of my needs on our wedding day! I love how helpful everyone was and I couldn't have asked for more. It was a very emotional day overall and they handled it so well! Couldn't have picked a better place!

My husband and I got married here this past September. The venue is so beautiful, the food was fantastic, and the guests had a wonderful time. However, so many things went wrong behind the scenes that the owners did absolutely nothing about. First and foremost, we added approximately 13 extra guests to the total headcount and informed the venue at least two weeks in advance of the wedding. The venue did not invoice us for the extra guests about 2-3 days before the wedding date, and there was no payment deadline communicated. On the day of the wedding, we arrived to the venue a few hours before the ceremony, and the owner cornered me (the bride) and demanded that we pay for our extra 13 guests immediately. Again, she had only sent us the invoice 2 days before the wedding (and again, with no deadline listed on the invoice), and for some reason decided that a mere few hours before the biggest moment of my life would be a good time to confront me about this issue (as opposed to my parents, the wedding planner, the wedding party, or literally anyone else.)

During the reception, the bartender who contracted with the venue somehow neglected to check behind the counter for all of the alcohol we purchased for the wedding guests, and told our wedding planner and our guests that we were running out of alcohol. This led to a significant level of unnecessary stress and panic about deciding whether to go and buy more. Thankfully we didn’t have to, as we ultimately ended up returning over $500 worth of alcohol to Costco that the bartender never served.

Similarly, many of our guests were not served any wedding cake when there were enormous quantities remaining. When my husband’s godmother asked for a slice of cake, she was told they had run out. We also heard from many of our other guests that they never got served any cake. Despite being told we had run out of cake, we not only got the entire top layer of the cake back at the end of the night, but also the largest layer of cake, both of which are uneaten in our freezer.

Having said all of that, the absolute worst thing that happened is that we negotiated with the venue to bring in our own DJ since we had a Persian/American mixed wedding, and we wanted our DJ to be familiar with Persian music. The in-house DJ had to be there to control sound and lighting, which we understood and were fine with. However, the in-house DJ was completely and totally inappropriate and rude to us and our guests. Before the wedding party was announced at the reception, he was announcing reception logistics to the guests, and made what many guests interpreted as a snide remark to all of the guests about us deciding to bring in an outside DJ (that we negotiated for!) instead of using him. Subsequently, he was yelling at the bride and groom and our wedding party backstage before we entered the reception area to be quiet when the door was open and our guests could hear him. At the end of the night, he became belligerent and screamed at our wedding planner, who said she had never been spoken to that rudely in decades of being a wedding planner. Lastly, I had a family heirloom from my husband’s great grandmother fastened to my bouquet. I agreed with the in-house DJ in front of several witnesses that I could leave my my bouquet with the heirloom on it in the venue fridge because my florist was coming to pick it up the next morning to press the flowers and frame the heirloom. The next morning my florist could not find the bouquet at the venue, and was told that the in-house DJ had inexplicably decided to bring my bouquet home instead of refrigerating it at the venue as requested. When he finally returned the bouquet to the venue at 4pm, my generations-old family heirloom was missing from it.

I’m extremely sad and disappointed at this venue and their owners. I understand that the wedding industry is ultimately a transactional business, but it was clear that the owners and some of the staff had no interest in making our night special, and thought of us as just another account receivable.

Ever since I laid my eyes on Saguaro Buttes during a high school prom, I knew this is where I would get married.

Staff was amazing, very patient, helpful and flexible. They truly made this wedding perfect. I love that they have packages that includes everything and make this experience less stressful. Dave was awesome, it was easy to talk to him, he made the ceremony very special to us and our guests. Thank you very much.

Had a beautiful ceremony and the staff was very very lovely and professional. Couldn’t have asked for anything else, the day turned out great. Thank you, thank you.

All Staff at Saguaro Buttes is incredible. Incredible night, beautiful location!! Highly recommend them!

Venue:10/10 for its beauty and amenities.
Food:6/10 at best from Edge Catering, Italian.
Venue Staff before 9/10, day of 7/10.
DJ: 7/10
Overall satisfaction: 7/10

I had a May wedding, silver package with food upgraded to gold, and some extra ready room time.
Things I was happy with: staff communication before the day via email & zoom calls were very prompt & courteous. I was allowed to attend the Gold Menu tasting even though I was on the silver package. I did upgrade to gold food and ordered the Chicken Pomodoro (which was at the Tasting) and I gambled on the Beef Brasciola (which we didn't taste, and was quite dry). The Ceasar salad, sauteed veggies, and Pomodoro were quite good. Stuffed mushroom for Vegetarians was excellent I was told.
Day of, I was pleased the staff helped set up everything discussed. They were helpful throughout the night & fairly good at keeping us on our timeline as I did not hire a coordinator.** They had a blowtorch to aid in lighting sparklers which happened right at the entrance, they did all the serving of salad, cake, and taking away dishes, sometimes before people were finished...but it was smooth. The slideshow ran smoothly, mics for the ceremony were great & cleanup was fast!**

**The issues I had: Most of these are trivial, don't let them deter you from booking this great venue, but DO learn from my regrets! I will also post a video review on my YouTube Channel AdreamInJapan so please check it out!

Minor regrets: Not doing SOME pictures before the ceremony as I didn't realize how much time the gold cart would take. My photographer, Kristin Bendigo, was not given a mic to organize pictures. ( Her&Her team did a lot to keep us on schedule! I am forever grateful to them!) But we got sunset pics and started dinner on time thanks to them and the venue staff!
My guests ate the salad too slowly? So, 30 min into dinner no one was eating DINNER yet, I had to tell staff to start serving but we were already 30 minutes behind which was very annoying as some of my guests left before sparklers! B/c the schedule was behind, I felt obligated to extend the bar(+$100/hr cash) AND our cake was cut late, which I didn't think would matter, but half of my guests told me that they never even got to eat the cake served to them because they were dancing and it had been cleared away before they sat back down. Cake was cut JUST before dancing started. I also had 2 (of 4) cakes leftover, yet the pieces served were these itty bitty slices, and no one got a choice of flavor. So, be clear with your cake plan I guess?
The last major issue I had was with the DJ (JJ). We talked & planned via zoom, JJ was lovely & personable, he knew his stuff & I felt very comfortable that everything would be great, and it was great until the dance time came after dinner. I had a very wide age range of guests, and had provided ample slow & fast songs we liked & I'd filled out all the paperwork, yet once the dancing started JJ only played loud fast jumping-type songs. I, THE BRIDE, even asked JJ personally after the 1st & 2nd songs were super loud to play a slow dance, but the next 2 songs were loud/fast. Then it was time for sparklers since we were behind. Many older couples never had a chance to slow dance, MOB never got to dance with the groom, & then, all the cupid shuffle-type dances were lumped at the end.
The last minor thing was some missing items after cleanup which were never found, luckily nothing personal.
But we had a wonderful night overall!

Good communication, stuck to their word on pricing and gorgeous Scenery. Staff was very attentive and respectful. They made our day so smooth and effortless

We had a great time with SB. They responded promptly too every question, concern, and mini freak out. Their staff are always kind and professional. Exceptional price and value. I was a little disappointed: they recently changed DJs and our music was not perfect despite a lot of tedious planning. Overall our day was great. We highly recommend SB, their food is to die for, and there's no place we would have rather been married.

I couldn’t have asked for a better venue for our wedding! The grounds are beautiful and the staff was amazing!

What we liked about our experience with Saguaro Butte was that so much of the setup was done by the staff. Setting up the tables, dealing with catering, setting up the ceremony site (the archway flowers were done by Flower Bee). They have a variety of decorations and colors to choose from and they even held onto our personal decorations and items and set them up for us.
If there was something that could have been better, I think it would be arranging signs to direct traffic to the front door. There are three parking areas, the top where the front door is, the middle where the office and ceremony site are, and the bottom where there is the largest amount of parking. Since the top was blocked off and traffic was directed to the mid-parking lot, a lot of people saw the sign for the office and the sign to the ceremony site to the right, no indication of taking the stairs to the left to get to the front door. Because of that, a lot of people missed the welcome area that had our "no photos/videos please" sign. In hindsight, the DJ announced it and people used their phones anyway, so maybe it doesnt matter? We were a bit miffed that we saw phones instead of faces to look at as we walked down and exited the aisle, but that was no fault of the venue's.
The staff was very courteous and our evening manager, Ryan, even saran-wrapped the hell out of our wedding cake for us when we had no way to get it home in a box. He also helped us out with some unexpected changes, so thank you Ryan.

This venue was so well organized and the complete package. They had amazing presentation, as well as a delightful service.

We loved having our at Saguaro Buttes. This is mostly because of the scenery. You get an amazing view during the ceremony of the Rincon mountains and saguaros, and a view of the sunset for photos and during the cocktail party. We opted to have our reception outside by the pond, and it was stunning with the trees and white lights at night. 10/10 recommend having the reception outside if weather is good. Our guests told us they loved the view, food, and vibe. The venue also offers Pastor Dave to be the officiant of your wedding, which turned out to be so easy during planning and he did a great job. We chose to use many of our own decorations. We did have a few concerns. Throughout our planning process with the team, there were a few times we were given inconsistent information about the set up and take down of the event, how long we can keep music on, etc. There were also several guests with dietary restrictions that did not receive the correct meal. A few other issues were the planning coordinator does not help with the set up on the day of. As a result the napkins were the wrong color on the tables, and a few of our wedding items like our wedding and bar signs were not at the reception like we requested. These are minor details but we did notice their absence. Overall Saguaro Buttes is a fantastic place to get married. We loved our wedding and so did our guests. For the price of the venue everything was beyond worth it.

They made our day extra special! Appreciate all their hard work! They made the process very friendly and stress free. The venue captures the beauty of the desert!