The Clebourne House Reviews

The Clebourne House

Fort Mill, SC

4.8 out of 5 rating, 38 reviews

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Anna Sent on 07/09/2024

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Incredible venue! Perfect for a June wedding!

From the very first meeting with Selena (owner of The Clebourne House), we knew our wedding was going to be perfect at this venue. The classic, historic southern home was beautiful! The upper floor had lots of space for me and my bridesmaids to get ready. It included a large room for us to get our hair and make-up done by the professional I hired.
We had our ceremony in the courtyard, under the large, permanent tent. Selena's crew placed the chairs for the ceremony. When the ceremony was finished, our guests went inside for cocktail hour and enjoyed great drinks made and served by the incredible bartenders. While the guests were inside cooling off and mingling, Selena's crew turned the ceremony space into the reception space. We had enough room for 15 tables of 8 and a live band. All linens were clean, pressed, and everything was set perfectly. The food was delicious and again, the staff was outstanding.
Our photos during the ceremony, in the house, on the porch, and in front of the house are stunning! Selena puts a lot of work into making sure The Clebourne house is perfect for the event. This is a definitely 5-star wedding venue!
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Beautiful venue, great flexibility with space

We recently had a large rehearsal dinner to welcome many out of town guests. The house is beautiful and the outdoor space was perfect for our event. It gave our close to 100 guests plenty of space to gather and celebrate. Selena was a pleasure to work with throughout, the food was excellent and I would highly recommend!
Andi Sent on 10/28/2017

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I am so happy with my decision to have my wedding and reception at the Clebourne House. The staff is top notch, the house is beautiful, and it made such pretty pictures. I highly recommend the Clebourne House!

Brenda Sent on 05/30/2017

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We had our son's rehearsal dinner at cleborne house this past weekend. We could not have been happier with our experience ! The service was excellent ! The food was absolutely delicious ! Many of our guests commented that the southern fried chicken was the best fried chicken that they have ever eaten . The southern baked macaroni and cheese, green bean casserole were delicious and the pulled pork barbecue with both vinegar based (eastern nc BBQ sauce an western tomato based BBQ sauce was authentic and and perfectly cooked ! Brenda Jones

Pricing was very reasonable !

Candace was attentive to all our requests and easily available throughout the planning process!, The venue environment was beautiful , xcandace made the day very memorable for our son and his beautiful bride !
Gay Sent on 11/01/2016

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Candace and her staff did everything and more than what she promised. Beginning with the first time we met until our wedding this past weekend, her service was spot on. I have nothing but good things to say about the Clebourne House. My daughter's wedding was absolutely beautiful and we all had a great time! We had 112 guests. If I had it to do over again, I would use them again.
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Candace was awesome and the place was beautiful :)
Isabel Sent on 10/18/2016

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I had my daughter's wedding on the day Hurricane Matthew hit our area with the heavy rains. I was so calm knowing that Candace had prepared for it. She knew exactly and anticipated all our needs. We even had a situation that was not planned for. A few guests did not RSVP ( something you'd never want to experience) and Candace worked on the details to make it all work out. She made sure our day was free of stress. The event went beautifully as she kept it all together as far as the timing of the different things that go into a wedding. She is also very easy to work with and kept us organized.
Jeanann Sent on 10/16/2016

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When considering this venue or any venue for that matter ask all the questions up front. The team at the Clebourne House has a lot of experience and they are 100% willing to work with you and your vision. I relied on Candaces' honest opinion and her upfront honesty about what is necessary and frivolous at the same time.
Jill Sent on 09/24/2016

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Dave and I celebrated our 50th Wedding Anniversary party at The Clebourne House in September 2016 and everything was perfect; the food, the house and covered patio, Candace and her staff's willingness to do whatever it took to make the evening enjoyable - simply the best!
Sheila Sent on 07/29/2016

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Beautiful place, with good people in charge! Food was fabulous!! Very pleased with how my daughters wedding went.
Alyssa Sent on 06/25/2016

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Our wedding day was perfect! The staff was extremely attentive and Candace made sure that we had everything we needed. She checked in on my family and my husbands family throughout the night. Super accommodating and the food was delicious, too! The Clebourne House is quaint and beautiful, it was exactly what we were looking for.
Mackenzie Sent on 06/23/2016

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Candace worked with us from start to finish with our event and was available whenever we needed her to answer our questions. We were so pleased and happy with the way everything turned out. Thank you for a beautiful day we will cherish forever!
Katie Sent on 06/22/2016

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Excellent venue for our bridal luncheon. Great service, beautiful home, good food. It was the perfect choice for us.
Gina Sent on 06/05/2016

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Candace and team were exceptional! "On top of it" is the only way to describe it. Beautiful venue and great food!!! We could not have been happier! Also spent the night, it was nice not having to rush off anywhere afterwards.
Debbie Sent on 05/21/2016

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We had a great wedding and the staff was easy to work with, the food was heavenly. The coordinator was so accommodating. Our only annoyance was that our guests were not invited to sit once the venue was changed from the wedding to the reception. But we ABSOLUTELY LOVED everything else and I would encourage people to try them. I especially appreciated that I could spend the time focused on my daughter and not have to worry about anything else. Thank you Clebourne House for helping us make this day very special.
Stefand Sent on 05/09/2016

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We used the Clebourne House to host a graduation formal for our church. Candace did an outstanding job catering to us and our event. We highly recommend using this venue for any event needing a formal atmosphere.
Jeanette Sent on 05/01/2016

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My daughter and her fiancé planned a very quick wedding due to a military move. We can absolutely have not done this without the help of Candace. She was amazing! She guided me through every step of the preparation with my daughter's wedding. The venue is beautiful the people are incredibly professional and helpful in every aspect. You cannot ask for a more perfect location. The bonus to all of this is that pricing is beyond competitive. I would recommend the Clebourne House to anyone for an event of any type.
Heather Sent on 12/07/2015

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Candace was so flexible and willing to change things to make it exactly how we wanted our day to be! The venue was beautiful for my ceremony as well as reception. My cake was delicious! There was non left!
Hands down, The Clebourne House is where you need to have your next big shin-ding!!!!! So worth it!
Gino Sent on 11/30/2015

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Candace was very helpful and professional throughout the entire process. The Clebourne House is a GREAT value for anyone looking to host a special event. I could not think of a better venue better suited to handle our day!
Ashley Sent on 10/02/2015

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The Clebourne House was a fantastic vendor to work with for our wedding reception. Owner, Candice Windell, and her staff provided a one-stop service experience as well as going above and beyond to assist with additional wedding day planning needs. This is a beautiful location with options to fit indoor and outdoor entertaining. Candice was extremely responsive to questions, flexible to plans, and open to some of the unique reception ideas that made our day special. I have received nothing but the highest complements from my guests about the food, service, and atmosphere surrounding our reception at the Clebourne House. I would highly recommend this location, Candice, and her staff to host your wedding, reception, or event. You will not be disappointed.
Cord Sent on 09/30/2015

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Candace and everyone else at the Clebourne house made our special day even more special. The venue is beautiful and the staff knows what they are doing. They were very easy to work with and took away all the stress that comes with such a stressful day. Candace catered to our needs and then some. She made sure to make us feel like it was our day and that our needs matter over everything else. I highly recommend the Clebourne House.
Tom Sent on 09/29/2015

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Candace provided her beautiful Clebourne House for my son's rehearsal party. Everyone who attended commented upon the venue and how perfect it was for an event such as this. Candace is the true professional with suggestions regarding the event and references for a DJ and florist. She also offered an excellent menu selection to choose from and the food was excellent, including the Grooms cake that was first rate. In all, Candace offers a unique and beautiful location for any occasion. I can recommend her highly.
Ruth Sent on 08/28/2015

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Being from Massachusetts and trying to coordinate a rehearsal dinner in South Carolina for my son and soon to be daughter in law, my husband and I spent lots of time trying to find the ideal venue for this special event. We made an excellent choice! Candace and her staff at The Clebourne House took care of everything for us so all we had to do was welcome our guests and enjoy the evening together. The food was delicious and the service was wonderful. Our guests enjoyed spending time getting to know each other in the courtyard after dinner. It was a beautiful evening. During our conversations over the last several months, Candace assured me that she would take care of everything and create an event to remember...and she did just that. I would highly recommend Candace and The Clebourne House for ANY event you plan to host!
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Candace Windell was absolutely a joy to work with. She made it so easy and made my vision come to light. Candace was always quick to respond to my emails or calls. I highly recommend The Clebourne House for your function. The Clebourne House is absolutely beautiful and quaint and I will recommend it to everyone.
Sally Sent on 06/15/2015

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I recommend The Clebourne House as the perfect place for your perfect day. My husband and I had a small wedding there on May 15, 2015 and it was wonderful. People have high hopes for their wedding day and I can honestly say it was better than I could have even imagined it to be. Candace runs the show for you, and I suggest trusting her and letting her do so. She took care of everything for us and was so helpful. Anytime I had a question, she was ALWAYS willing to help me with a quick response. She had recommendations for anyone that we may need, which I took into consideration and I am so glad that I did! The only one I didn't use was the florist, only because their website made them seem really expensive. Everyone else she recommended, I used. The cake was done by Lorie Collins and it was perfect and delicious. The photographer and DJ, Tammy and Quinn, are a married couple that makes a great team. Tammy was fantastic and Quinn was so wonderful. I couldn't have asked for better from either one. Candace's son was our bartender and he did a fantastic job as well! Candace and everyone working with her, went out of their way to make everyone feel special, welcomed and at home. We all had such a wonderful time and all of our guests did as well. The food was also fantastic. We had prime rib, salmon, roasted potatoes and green beans. It was all phenomenal! I felt bad for bugging Candace with all of my small questions, especially with such a little wedding, and she replied with, "big or small, they all matter". I thought that was so nice of her. I have no complaints so if anyone is looking for a great place to get married and to have your reception, this is your perfect place you have been looking for!!!
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I highly recommend The Clebourne House, Candace and her staff. My daughter's wedding and reception were held there on 10/4/2014; the venue was beautiful and the staff professional and accommodating. Candace was hospitable and gracious. She met with us at least three times before the wedding, helping us with planning, answering our questions, and making suggestions. We had well over 100 guests, an open bar and full sit-down dinner. There were numerous menu and price choices, we had prime rib and grilled chicken, roasted potatoes, mixed vegetables, salad and bread, all of which were delicious. One of the most appealing aspects of The Clebourne House is that Candace and her staff take care of the entire setup for the wedding ceremony and reception, as well as all of the clean-up afterwards. We used our own vendors for the wedding cake and photography, and Candace was as accommodating to them as she is to her recommended vendors. The Clebourne House has big, lovely rooms for the groomsmen and particularly the bride & bridesmaids to get dressed and ready for the wedding. The cost for the entire event was fair and reasonable. The wedding ceremony was held outside in the garden patio just before sunset (beautiful) and dinner tables were set up both inside and outside, with plenty of space for dancing on the patio. Candace helped ensure that everything was well-organized and moved along smoothly. Guests commented repeatedly on the beauty of the venue and the ceremony, and everyone appeared to thoroughly enjoy the reception. The Clebourne House is an exceptional and beautiful wedding venue, and I recommend it without hesitation.
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The Clebourne house was a wonderful place to have our wedding! Even though is rained the whole day :( it was still amazing! Candace was great to work with and very accommodating to work with other vendors. The staff was great too! My parents and husband were very pleased with everything also! It was more than we ever expected!
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I completely DISAGREE with this last comment about The Clebourne House. I would 120% recommend this venue to anyone who wants a beautiful event and to work with a wonderful staff, especially Candace. We booked with Candace over a year out from our wedding, which was the best decision we could have made. She was always very willing to speak with us whenever we had questions. We met on location MULTIPLE times before the event to discuss things with her, have our family see the venue, etc. She ALWAYS returned our calls and emails and gave us advice and guidance for our event. We used most of her recommended vendors (because they were wonderful and really some of the best priced out there), but we did however use some that were outside of her recommendations. She was not rude at all to us about using other people as this was our decision. I know this other person is angry, but please do not relate this to The Clebourne House because this is one persons opinion and mine (and I know others) on the other hand couldn’t be more opposite. I had a wonderful experience with Candace and The Clebourne House. Our event was beautiful, food & cake were delicious, and everything was very well directed. Our guests had a wonderful time and loved the venue. My husband and I could not ask for anything more, except that we had had MORE time to enjoy the wonderful event!!
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Candace was so wonderful to work with, she was very professional and accommodating. I could not have asked for a more pleasant experience! My reception was beautiful and she also allowed me to have my bridal portraits taken at the house and they turned out just amazing! I enjoyed working with Candace and hope to get the chance to do so, again, in the future!
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We loved having our wedding there. Great pictures and a nice, semi-formal atmosphere for us to have a smallish wedding (70 guests) and a sit down dinner. Food was delicious and very easy to work with! They even helped to supervise my other vendors!
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So very pleased with this venue and services rendered. So very helpful and easy to work with. Thank you for making everything so easy for us.
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Guillermo & Jean Alvear

We had a pleasant experience with Candace and her team at the Clebourne House. The venue was exactly what we had in mind for our wedding and there was plenty of room to accommodate the ceremony and the reception for an inside or outside wedding. Candace was very accommodating with the menu options and she allowed us to make some changes specific to our needs. After the contract was signed, she set up a few appointments to meet with us. Our parents came with us and Candace made it a point to remember their names. Every email we sent her was replied within a reasonable time and she never left a question unanswered or up in the air. The day of the wedding, Candace was very efficient and she kept us on schedule as discussed on our previous meetings. Her staff was very good to our families and we kept getting complements from our family members on how beautiful the wedding was and how organized and professional the staff were.

She made a recommendation when we looked for a DJ, photographer, and videographer but that particular team disappointed us a week before the wedding. We were so please with Candace that we trusted her recommendation but in the end, it wasn't her fault that that particular team did not meet our expectations. After we found a new DJ, photographer, and videographer, Candace collaborated with our new vendors and responded to every question they had. Our new vendors did such an excellent job, that I'm sure she will recommend them to other couples in the future.

For all the couples out there looking for a venue, we are definitely recommending the Clebourne House and make sure you do your homework when it comes to outside vendors so there's no surprises the day of your wedding.
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Candace at the Clebourne was great to work with. She listened to all of our concerns and really worked to make sure we were happy on the wedding day and the days leading up to it. All of our guests absolutely loved the venue. We were able to hold the ceremony and dancing outside and dinner inside on a beautiful May evening. And the honeymoon suite upstairs was so convenient after a long day of prepping and celebrating. I couldn't have asked for a more perfect day and I would recommend the Clebourne to anyone!
Ashley Sent on 12/06/2015

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The Clebourne House is a beautiful venue with helpful and accommodating staff. The owner, Candace, made sure our special day was amazing!
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Our wedding was beautiful and went off without a hitch! We did have some trouble with communication with the coordinator, Candace. It would generally take several days to get a response to emails or phone calls. Candace was very helpful, but also late to every meeting we had. She was clearly stressed on the day of our event and even snapped at some of the groomsmen.
The food was okay. We were disappointed with our buffet because we were told that there would be staff serving the food, and there wasn't. Because of this, guests didn't know they could take both meat options. We had a ton of leftover food!
The bar staff and servers were tremendous and very friendly!
The location is so gorgeous and was the perfect setting for our day. We loved being able to have our ceremony and reception all in one place.
Overall, my husband and I are happy with our experience and the value that the Clebourne House offered!
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Candace was great! She was very responsive. The only complaint I have is the price. Compared to other local vendors, our reception was expensive. The food was ok at best and some of the finishes weren't as nice as what I would expect for the price (i.e. wine was served in plastic cups instead of real glass and chairs are black plastic and it is nearly $5/chair to cover them). We had 6 last minute cancellations and could not get any money back with only 5 days notice. The day of, we had another 8 not show up. We paid the full price (which includes food, open bar, linens). Other vendors offered to charge 1/2 price for no shows or last minute cancellations. That would have saved a lot of money. The cake was great and the atmosphere was really relaxed but nice. We stayed the night and not having to travel was great.
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The venue was beautiful! Once we decided to go with an outside caterer (my husband is a chef and had his own connections) the professionalism and value dropped as they were not willing to work with us on a few items and the communication on those items did not come out until the last few weeks of the wedding.
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My husband and I were very unhappy with The Clebourne House, and we would not recommend them as a wedding venue

After being given the “salesperson smile,” we found that as we got closer to our wedding day the director/owner of the Clebourne house, Candace, became increasingly more difficult to work with. As you can find in other reviews, if you choose to go with people (officiants, caterers, photographers etc) outside of Candace's suggestions, the helpfulness that she is willing to give will decrease quickly.

She was incredibly rude to our guests, as well. Many guests mentioned how pushy, loud, and rude she was when dealing with our ceremony and reception. She was unorganized and unprofessional both during our year of planning and especially during our wedding day.

Further, Candace requires anyone who books with her to also use her catering. Our food tasted terrible, our buffet was tiny, and she tore it down before all of our guests were finished eating. Not only that, but she promised us hot roast beef and gave us cold-cut roast beef from a deli counter. When we mentioned to her that we had wanted hot roast beef, she denied ever having that conversation with us.

All-in-all, Candace is extremely difficult to work with. She didn't respect us or our ideas/vision for our wedding, and she made the whole planning process more stressful than necessary. My wife and I don't have fond memories of our wedding day because of all of the things that Candace did to make us feel unwelcome, unwanted, and unappreciated on our special day. When we tried to speak to her about these grievances, she wouldn't discuss any of the real issues we addressed. She wouldn't even return our emails after she sent a first response email that basically said, "too bad". Bottom line, Candace wants your money, and once she has it, you're not important to her anymore.

Though The Clebourne House seems like a good deal, it really isn't. Our advice is to book somewhere else.

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