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The Empress Estate

The Empress Estate

Woodland, WA
4.5 out of 5 rating, 115 Reviews
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4.5 out of 5 rating
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2024 Winner
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115 Reviews
90% recommend it
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    Dominique H. Sent on 11/27/2023
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    Couldn't have gone better!

    My husband and I married here on 10/21/2023 and I cannot tell you how Thankful we are that we selected this Venue. We had attended a wedding here once before and fell in love with this place. Working with the planner Sarah V. was fantastic and she was extremely helpful, professional and always available to answer questions. The day went off without a hitch, the food was fantastic, the staff were great and we had a beautiful day. I would recommend this venue to any couple!

    The Empress Estate's reply:

    We are thrilled to learn that you and your husband had a wonderful and memorable day at our venue.

    Your kind words about Sarah's professionalism, assistance, and availability truly mean a lot to us. We take pride in providing exceptional service, and it's incredibly rewarding to hear that we met your expectations. It's also fantastic to hear that the day went off without a hitch, and that you enjoyed the food, the staff, and the overall experience.

    Your recommendation is the highest compliment we could receive, and we're grateful for your trust and confidence in our venue. We feel honored to have played a part in such a significant chapter of your lives.

    Wishing you and your husband a lifetime filled with love, joy, and beautiful memories. If there's ever anything you need or if you find yourselves back at our venue for another celebration, we would be delighted to welcome you once again
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    Cristy M. Sent on 09/19/2023
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    The Empress Estate is an absolute picture perfect wedding venue!

    From the mansion to the grounds and scenery. We couldn't have picked a better place to get married. Our wedding coordinator and event manager Sarah Villanueva was very helpful in answering all our questions and helping us plan our beautiful wedding. She provided us with options and made us feel comfortable throughout the process. On the day of our wedding, we were a little nervous but Sarah and her staff helped our nervousness fade away. Everything was taken care of and we could just focus on our love. After the wedding, we checked into the mansion and the owner greeted us with a fire. This allowed us to extend our beautiful day and cap off our evening.

    Finally, we would like to thank The Empress Estate for making our dream wedding come true.

    The Empress Estate's reply:


    Subject: Heartfelt Thanks for Your Wonderful Review!

    Dear [Reviewer's Name],

    I hope this message finds you well and filled with joy. We are absolutely thrilled to receive your glowing review about your experience at The Empress Estate.

    Your kind words about our venue, from the mansion to the grounds and scenery, warm our hearts. We are honored that you chose The Empress Estate as the backdrop for your special day, and we're delighted to hear that it was picture-perfect for you.

    We are especially grateful for your high praise for our wedding coordinator and event manager, Sarah Villanueva. It brings us immense joy to know that Sarah's assistance, responsiveness, and thoughtful planning contributed to making your wedding beautiful and stress-free. We'll be sure to pass along your compliments to her and the rest of our dedicated staff.

    Your description of feeling comfortable and at ease on your wedding day is exactly what we strive to achieve for every couple. It warms our hearts to know that you were able to focus on your love while we took care of the details.
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    Michelle M. Sent on 09/27/2023
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    Amazing venue and spectacular planner

    Sarah was an amazing planner and our venue (The Chateau) was stunning!!!

    The Empress Estate's reply:

    Your kind words about Sarah's fantastic assistance, professionalism, and availability have filled us with joy. We are incredibly grateful to have such a dedicated and talented wedding planner on our team, and it means a lot to us that her efforts contributed to making your wedding day memorable.

    Thank you for taking the time to share your positive experience. We are truly honored to have been a part of your celebration, and we wish you a lifetime of happiness together.
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    Ashley W. Sent on 08/06/2023
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    Unforgettable

    This was an absolutely amazing experience from beginning to end. This all inclusive wedding venue seriously made this so easy and stress free. Food and cake were amazing and the venue itself is a show stopper. Our wedding planner Sarah made it all possible.
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    Laurie H. Sent on 07/23/2023
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    Dream wedding

    I have dreamed about my wedding since I was little. The empress estate was perfect Sarah, Ramsey, and the owner Zoe we’re so nice. we had our wedding in the mansion. It was absolutely beautiful, thank you for helping me have my fairytale wedding!!
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    Natashia B. Sent on 08/20/2023
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    A Storybook Experience

    What an amazing experience we had! Truly the most accommodating, friendly, welcoming, and professional staff. The venue is absolutely beautiful at all times of the year, and the staff is extremely prepared for any sort of weather change in a matter of minutes. Zoe was immediately welcoming & wonderful to work with, and helped to explain everything to us every step of the way. Reasonably priced, all-inclusive, customizable packages - we so appreciated only having to coordinate with 2 outsourced vendors!! The food was -delicious-, the bartenders were friendly and professional, and the clean up crew was so organized, efficient and kind. The getting ready experience was one of the most memorable parts of the day; Sarah was hands on & made sure we had snacks, bubbles, and anything we needed! Our day-of coordinator Alexandria was hands down, -incredible- in every sense of the word. Because of her expertise, the day flowed effortlessly without a single slip up; I had even forgotten my flowers up in the balcony, was literally walking down the aisle, and the -second- I turned the corner, she appeared with them out of nowhere and placed them in my hands. (I’m not kidding, it felt like a movie experience). My wife and I truly couldn’t have dreamed of a better experience for our wedding. Thank you, Empress Estate!
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    Sophia H. Sent on 12/24/2022
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    Royal Christmas Winter Wedding

    The Empress Estate was a royal experience! We loved we did not have to do anything, but let the day unfold and be treated like king and queen for our special wedding day on 12/22/22. The cake, food, and drinks were perfect on the coldest winter day. We chose the empress menu choice. The prime rib was yummy! There was plenty of drinks for our guests. The dance floor was amazing and we chose dj that works with the Empress. The guests and I and the bride enjoyed it all and were glad to have our wedding reception at the Empress. The Empress worked well with all of our vendors. We made memories to last a lifetime! There was consistent and clear communication throughout the planning process with the Empress Estate Sarah and Zoe. The grounds are beautiful and the wedding party air bnb was perfect for my friends and I to stay , both in the woods and historic and beautiful, and have whole made sausage, omlette, fruit, coffee and pastries. We couldn't be happier !! Thank you! Love the Hutsons
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    Michelle S. Sent on 12/12/2022
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    Beautiful Place and People

    They have a very helpful and friendly team that are willing to answer questions especially from someone new to planning a wedding. The whole experience went so smoothly and was beautiful and made my daughter and new husbands day very special. Someone even went out of there way to beautifully decorate the cake last minute for us and it was an awesome surprise!! Thank you!
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    Chris B. Sent on 11/26/2022
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    It was the best event and location I have ever been a part of

    I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for a wedding venue
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    Kate Sent on 11/24/2022
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    Sister of groom

    It was amazing day , beautiful and amazing place , I love the food very delicious, they have professional chef, the owner is very kind and he makes the day great
    They have clean and organized place
    all the stuff very helpful
    thank you the empress estate
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    Talal R. Sent on 11/24/2022
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    Absolutely amazing experience

    Very nice place and the best service It was a great day
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    Karl L. Sent on 11/24/2022
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    We had a nice wedding

    We had a nice wedding and nice service
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    Chelsea V. Sent on 01/12/2023
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    The Empress is Great

    we loved working with the empress. we held our wedding there in september of 22 and it was the most beautiful backdrop for our wedding day. the staff was great to work with and so helpful. they were very patient with all of my questions and they worked hard together to pull off our wedding day. we couldn’t be more grateful or happy with how the day came together.
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    Michelle B. Sent on 09/04/2022
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    Review of our wedding

    Amazing venue the chateau is absolutely beautiful ❤️ the views from the ceremony, outside patio for cocktail hour were perfect for our September wedding! We had great communication through out the wedding planning with coordinators . Day of wedding service was amazing from decoration, food, drinks and service from staff. Made our wedding dress come true and we had an incredible night full of memories to last us a life time
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    Natalie P. Sent on 07/12/2022
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    Dream Venue

    The Empress Estate did a wonderful job making my wedding stress free! They are worth every penny, as the staff there truly know what they are doing. They are smooth, organized, helpful, and detailed orientated. They make sure everything runs perfectly. I couldn't ask for a better wedding and it is all thanks to their help!
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    Natali B. Sent on 06/14/2022
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    One in a life time outstanding experience!!!

    Thank you so so so much Zoe, Sarah and the whole entire Empress team to make EVERYTHING absolutely more than perfect...simply OUTSTANDING & UNFORGETTABLE from the moment we said yes to Empress as a venue and catering to the moment we said “I do”!!!
    Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your professionalism, care, love, patience, amazing decorations, incredibly delicious food, for the classiness in every touch and for your perfection from the beginning to end!! Us, our families, friends and guests were incredibly impressed by the Empress!! We had our dream wedding and a true fairy tale moment that will be forevwr remembered by all of us!! We recommend The Empress to everyone that wants to have ONE IN A LIFE TIME EXPERIENCE in their special event!! SO grateful!!! ❤️

    Natali & Michael Burgess
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    Dina Sent on 05/15/2022
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    My aunt's wedding

    My aunt got married there.i wish that ican give the empress estate more than five stars
    The food was delicious.The owner was very kind and help us.The place was unique.
    We stayed there.
    The room was so clean,comfortable and quite.The breakfast was soo yamyyy.
    Thank you 😊
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    Momo Sent on 05/07/2022
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    My sister’s wedding

    Just wanted to thank you all for my sister fairytale wedding. You guys took care of every detail and we loved every second of this special day.
    I can’t tell you how many people said what a beautiful setting the empress estate is. You have supreme organisational skills 👍
    Best wishes
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    Alex Sent on 02/28/2022
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    My wedding

    Dear zoe/ the empress estate
    Just wanted to thank you all for our fairytale wedding. You guys took care of every detail and we loved every second of our special day.
    We had the best day and made so many special memories at your beautiful venue.
    We hope we get to visit again in the near future to enjoy as a guest!
    We will always recommend you to anyone looking to get married in the empress estate
    I can’t tell you how many people said what a beautiful setting the empress estate is.
    It really was like a dream come true, and everything was perfect, we will be forever grateful for creating such a wonderful & personalised experience
    Your supreme organisational skills took the stress out of everything!
    All best wishes + Love from
    Alex vector
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    Megan B. Sent on 04/05/2019
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    Great Venue with Responsive Staff

    The Empress Estate is a beautiful venue. We toured the facilities in March 2019 for our December 2020 wedding. Ultimately, we decided on a venue closer to Portland but agreed that the space is wonderful and the staff is top notch. Definitely tour this place and consider it for your wedding. We both agreed it would be PERFECT for an outdoor space, though the new lodge indoor space is also gorgeous.

    The Empress Estate's reply:

    Thank you so much for your amazing recommendation! We appreciate you so much and hope your wedding is phenomenal!
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    Holly M. Sent on 10/09/2021
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    So great! Wedding was perfect!

    This venue is gorgeous! Would highly recommend to anyone. Wedding went flawlessly.

    The Empress Estate's reply:

    Thank you Holly
    You made it perfect, you were an amazing host, your guests were absolutely amazing
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    Aimee Sent on 10/11/2021
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    Best day of my life!!!!

    It was a wonderful wedding. My guests, my husband and I loved the staff and the venue. I would highly recommend the venue to all my friends and family.

    The Empress Estate's reply:

    Thank you for sharing your big day with us we had a great time, The staff loved you
    Enjoy your honeymoon
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    Mohammad M. Sent on 03/02/2022
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    Amazing, wonderful experience

    My sister wedding was there, it was very special with wonderful services and comfortable place
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    Beatriz M. Sent on 11/07/2021
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    Best wedding venue

    They're the best, they do everything for you, and you only enjoy your parties, or any other special events.

    The Empress Estate's reply:

    Thank you Beatriz
    I am glad you enjoyed the stress free evening
    We want our couples to just enjoy the big day
    Planning everything in advance is helpful
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