Reception Venue

Welcome to the WeddingWire community, Mary! We’re happy to have you here

I’m sorry to hear you’re having difficulting finding your venue.

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I hope this is super helpful in your search!

Are you from New Hampshire, or will this be a destination wedding for you?

I feel your pain. We’re spending about that much for venue and food for only 60 people! Have you checked out the Granite Rose in Hampstead, NH? It’s part of Wedgwood weddings. It wasn’t for us, but it’s all inclusive pricing (except photographer is separate), so you may find a good deal there for 125-150 people. Might be too typical ballroom/banquet hall for you, but I thought it was fairly modern looking.

Also, would you be interested in a tent wedding? My brother got married at the Mile Away restaurant in Milford, NH and I believe they spent about $8,000 for around 100 people. That was several years ago though. The food was great and the service was amazing!

We also checked out the Victoria Inn Bed and Breakfast in Hampton, NH They have a pavilion out back that might fit your guest count. They’re food pricing was only like $30-40 a plate if I remember correctly.

I'm in the same boat! We've looked at rustic barns, hotels, banquet halls, tent venues, but it all ends up being the pretty much same. I thought I had a pretty good budget ($10k-$13k for 100-150 people), but we've basically decided to push our date back and increase our budget. New England weddings get expensive very quickly, unfortunately.

I had to think outside the box to find our venue. We're going to the Audubon Center in Auburn. It's not a typical wedding venue, but the grounds are beautiful!

We're getting married at Salvatore's at Riverwalk in Lawrence. It's right on the river and has a gorgeous brick wall in the function room. They also take care of catering since it's attached to a restaurant.