The Old Homestead Reviews
Reviews
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K Garcia Sent on 09/21/2021
Awesome Experience!
Beautiful venue for a wedding and reception! Gorgeous gardens, large deck area, access to indoor areas of a lovely historic home. At night, the outdoor cafe string lights make for a beautiful ambience. I acted as wedding coordinator for a family member's recent wedding, and Tracy, the venue coordinator for The Old Homestead, was a dream to work with! Super friendly and helpful...having her there during the event was like having a friend there to make sure everything went well. This place is a hidden gem...highly recommend! -
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Alma Sent on 08/31/2021
Great location
We absolutely fell in love with this venue. It has a whimsical garden fe to it. Marla & Tracy we’re great and very responsive. We would definitely recommend to everyone! -
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Angelyne Sent on 02/28/2020
Hidden Gem!
The old homestead is truly a hidden gem. It is absolutely perfect for an intimate wedding (we had around 40 people) but it can certainly fit a bigger group. This was by far the best value I found when looking for venues and I received endless compliments from guests. If you are even considering this venue just make the jump and book, you wont regret it! -
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Erica Sent on 04/01/2018I had a great time at the Old Homestead. The staff was friendly, and the ambience was exactly what we were looking for on the most special of occasions!
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Olivia Sent on 12/29/2017We had a beautiful June wedding at The Old Homestead! As a young couple, we were looking for a small venue to accommodate our closest friends and family and The Old Homestead was perfect! We feel in love with the venue right away! The backyard was the perfect little paradise after the new landscaping project was finished and we were lucky enough to benefit from it. The staff was kind, helpful, and hospitable. We couldn't have imagined a better venue! Thank you!
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Dawn Sent on 12/23/2017The Old Homestead is an amazingly beautiful venue and you couldn't ask for a better team to help you plan your event-from securing the date to staging and helping to coordinate outside vendors for lights and catering. Thank you all so much!
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Breanna Sent on 06/08/2014We had our wedding ceremony and reception for about 90 guests at this location on 5.31.14. We found this location from another couple that got married there in September 2011 and we fell in love. This location is spectacular! It is rustic... has beautiful trees in the back, a insanely large deck and is maintained beautifully! Angela was super friendly and helpful. The site has several tables (round and rectangular) and chairs that are included in the price! The venue also has a huge parking lot and you will never need to worry about parking. There is no "Bridal Suite" for getting ready, but I was able to have my hair and makeup people meet me there and we made our own room with partitions near the piano and we had no problems with space... that's even with my caterer taking up most of the room for our delicious food. I absolutely loved our wedding venue... and I would highly recommend people giving this awesome historical home a chance to be the site for their wedding day. -
Christine Sent on 08/04/2018My husband and I had our milestone birthdays last weekend at The Old Homestead. We love that the place is part of local history and that it is run by a local club (Carquinez Women's Club). Keri is the Party Coordinator and she is very responsive and flexible. Since this is run by a small group and is a fairly new party venue, keep in mind that they are working their way through their processes (i.e. payment options, etc.). This can be good (they don't have all the extra fees as an established venue) or bad (previously they did not take electronic payments but now they are working with Venmo and others). Maureen manages the set up; she's a hoot and totally cares about you having the best party!
Overall, excellent and beautiful outdoor/indoor venue well worth the price!!! EVERY guest of mine commented on the venue and hinted to also using it for upcoming parties! -
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Erika Sent on 10/08/2019
Hidden Gem with tons of flexibility!
Great Hidden Gem! I booked the Old Homestead strictly for the garden! it's beautiful! I also am in the events industry and have a lot of good relationships with vendors.. Being you have to book/design your entire wedding I recommend a wedding planner / team. The venue its self is super flexible and that is another main reason we decided to book... as if a blank slate you can do with what you like!
Planning team was alright.. Maureen was great! she knew her stuff.. but the accounting / contracting team were hard to get a hold of/ only were available at certain times but when it came to payment.. they would email 5-6 times to all my contacts..
I opted to pay additional for the Bar and Arch Arbor.. Totally worth it! Also.. you must pay additional to reset the space from ceremony to reception.. they got it done in 30 mins.. WOW. I was impressed! They turned 200 seats into rounds like PRO's.. that was really my only concern and they did it without a hitch.
I am impressed with their day of crew.. and of course.. having an amazing caterer (Kyle @ the Napa Deli) and rental team (Platinum Rentals) made all the difference.
LOVE LOVE LOVE the Old Homestead.
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Jeana Sent on 01/30/2019
Very poor customer service post event.
The venue itself is perfect if you are on a budget. Don't like the flagstone path they recently installed, it interferes with some table set up as it is right in the middle of a large grassy area and I had several guests trip in the darkness one twisted her ankle and was out the rest of the evening....they do not allow you to use the sink to rinse any rental dishes, you can only use the oven to reheat, cannot use the stove period...this also applies to any caterer as well... so beware. This is a historical landmark and the Women's Club is non profit so the rental of this venue is a tax write off but getting any paperwork for it is next to impossible. We have been trying since November it is now almost February and still nothing... we have left several emails and voice mails for Keri (who is the worst at responding except when she wants something from you...like the money), have texted Michael who had responded earlier when we were trying to track down our deposit...but not lately. -
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Kathryn Sent on 01/30/2019No contact at all!
I love the venue, my husband and I used it because one of close friends also got married there and I fell in love with it.
As far as the staff! They’re horrible. They don’t communicate, they don’t respond to emails, they don’t answer phone calls or texts. The 3 people I dealt with were Michael, Keri & Maureen.
Keri was not bad, she had some issues answering emails and phones and couldn’t find our deposit for a while and called us telling us we needed to pay when we already did. Honestly the only time Keri responds to your emails is when she wants you to pay her for something. We spent 3 months trying to find out about our deposit check and never got an answer.
Michael was supposed to be our help the whole wedding and half the time we could not find him! He does not respond to emails or texts at all either. We’ve been waiting for a tax form since it is a historical site and we have received no response at all.
And then there’s maureen! Maureen was the worst! The whole time during set up, which I remind you the contract comes with 2 event staff to help set up, she stood on the back steps and the deck telling me (the bride) that we couldn’t do this, couldn’t do that, had to move this, and a bunch of other shit. She also disappeared for most of the night and when it was around 10:00pm demanded we started to clean up. WE HAD THE VENUE UNTIL 11! She stood there over me in my wedding dress telling me I needed to clean up all the kids stuff inside the house before we got charged for clean up AS I WAS SAYING GOODBYE TO MY WEDDING GUESTS!
Here we are in late January (1/29) and we still have not had any and I mean any communication from Michael or Keri about our receipts or our tax form. This is starting to get ridiculous and if worst comes to worst I will have to show up at an open house and demand my forms. -
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Bryn Sent on 09/21/2018I was the minister for the wedding of my friends Clint and Christine. While the venue was fairly nice, the treatment of my newly weds is unprofessional and unacceptable. There were empty bottles and trash left over from the night before, so after they arrived, they had to clean up. THAT SHOULDN'T BE YOUR JOB ON YOUR WEDDING DAY. Small details matter; Homestead had promised table-cloths and there were none there, so the MIL had to go out and get some last minute. THAT IS UNNECESSARY STRESS. There was a man lurking around right before the bride went down the aisle, so she had to postpone her own marriage service to find out who he was. He was apparently sent from the homestead for whatever reason, and was taking pictures. WHY WOULD THEY SEND SOMEONE UNOFFICIALLY? ARE THEY SPYING ON THE COUPLE? Finally, a beautiful arbor was lent to the couple for their wedding. After cleaning up and getting out of the Homestead by ten o clock (I was one of the many that helped make the deadline possible, and yes everyone was out by 10pm) everyone left. The company came around 10:50 or so to pick up the arbor, and couldn't find it. Apparently it was taken down incorrectly and it was BROKEN by the Homestead employees and dumped in the trash!! The NEXT DAY the Homestead has the audacity to charge the newlyweds $2600 for "overtime" ...allegedly cleaning up (again, there was nothing left to clean up, plus the bride and groom cleaned up after a previous party's mess the night before... so I say, the Homestead should pay THEM the overtime!) Overall, whoever is running the Homestead refuses to even communicate with the couple. That's NOT the honeymoon any couple wants. I HIGHLY DISCOURAGE YOU FROM WORKING WITH THESE PEOPLE if that's how they think it appropriate to behave with clients.
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