Biltmore Estate

The Biltmore Estate far exceeded our expectations as our ceremony and reception venue! We chose the Lioncrest, with our wedding ceremony taking place under the covered portico and the cocktail hour upstairs in the ball room. I couldn’t believe how quickly the staff turned over the portico for the reception! Their attention to detail is amazing. Our friends and family are still raving about how wonderful the wedding was!

We worked with Shea Young to secure the room, plan the menu and she goes above and beyond to make sure your day goes off without a hitch! Throughout the entire process, their services couldn't have been better. Their venue and services were worth every penny! The food, cake, staff and every other aspect of this venue were just simply amazing! Yes, it is pricey, but the quality is unmatched. Thank you to the staff at Biltmore Estate for helping us host a day that we will always...

The Biltmore Estate far exceeded our expectations as our ceremony and reception venue! We chose the Deerpark Restaurant, in which we hoped to get married in the courtyard with the reception inside. Due to inclement weather, we had to move inside to the Lodge Room, but talk about a beautiful back up! This location actually turned out nicer than I believe the courtyard would have. I can't express our gratitude for having the weather back up location, as well as the flexibility and understanding of all of the Biltmore staff. I worked with Shea Young from the beginning stages of our wedding planning, and to say that she goes above and beyond your expectations would be an understatement! She provided instantaneous feedback and had an answer for every single one of my questions, and I had a lot! From the planning to the day of, their services couldn't have been any better. Their venue and services were well worth every penny that we spent. Our friends and family are still raving about how wonderful our wedding was and I believe we all will for many years to come. The food, cake, staff and every other aspect of this venue were just simply amazing...I was apprehensive about planning our NC wedding from GA, but with this staff you could plan it from across the world and have the most perfect wedding day ever. Thank you Biltmore Estate & all of the wonderful staff who made our wedding day so incredible.

I got my dream wedding here. They were wonderful with everything from the planning to the day after. It was flawless. Sara was amazing and on point. We had it at the wine cellar. I live on the eastern side of NC but I am from NJ and I needed a smaller venue because the amount of guest was small due to the travel. So I got the perfect location. The food was amazing and our cake was exactly what we asked for. I swear we were looking at our picture. Cannot explain how happy I was with the choice to get married there.

I find it hard to believe I'm the only bride with a negative experience.Writing this is bringing up bad feelings.I’m guessing that’s what others are trying to avoid.I'm going to write in case I can help even one bride.I don’t want to bash Biltmore;here are the facts. 1.The salad course was not served.Maura tried to blame this on the fact we didn’t have one at our tasting.We were told we weren’t allowed to try salads then. 2.Dinner was to start at 7:30.Appetizers were served at 8:30, entrees at 9:15.Some of our 80 guests were done eating by the time other guests were served. 3.We had a separate kids room during dinner.The wait staff wasn’t aware of this and was scrambling to find meals and served diet sodas.The staff tried to send away my child caregiver, telling her there was not a wedding.We were on the back vista in the middle of the ceremony during this conversation. 4.The cake was plain white with a blue stripe around it.I saw it as I was about to walk down.Luckily, we had some orchids and put some on it.If not, I would have been embarrassed about how plain the cake was.I had a friend get married at the Biltmore and said the same thing about her cake.5.We asked about some tables for the hallway that weren’t there.No menus on the table, despite e-mails about them.Not a big deal if it weren’t combined with everything else. 6.I had asked for the ceremony to be set up a specific way, the chairs in a semi-circle. I asked Maura if I needed to tell my wedding coordinator or the Biltmore.The response was "We will do that and it will look exactly how you envision." 7.Went to get the top of our cake, which had been thrown away.We didn't get to eat any and it wasn’t the flavor we requested. One of the wait staff told a guest we were 1 of 8 weddings that day.That's exactly what I walked away feeling, that we were 1 in a number.We received compensation for the cost of the salad course, an extra $400, and some cookies.You can decide if that was fair compensation.

I had my ceremony at the Vista at the Inn on Biltmore and the ceremony at Lioncrest on a Saturday in October 2012. The day was absolutely perfect from start to finish! This is a fairy tale wedding site, but the fair tale does come with a hefty price tag. With that said, they paid attention to every detail and it showed. All of our family and friends (group of about 110 including kids) said it was the perfect wedding and almost all commented on the attention to detail. They recommend that you have a wedding coordinator for any Biltmore Wedding and I'd have to say the coordinator I used was well worth the money. It's just too big of a day to be stressed. Back to the Biltmore - I have nothing but great things to say about the experience and the catering manager, Ashley Gardner. She was quick to respond to any request (we worked together for about a year and a half) and no question was considered stupid, which I totally appreciated. Loved, loved, loved the staff and the venue!

All the staff were absolutely amazing and so accomodating! They made our day perfect!

We had our May 19 wedding in the Butterfly Garden and the reception in the Conservatory on the Biltmore Estate. It was truly magical! From when we first stepped foot on the property for the first meeting with Maura, the Biltmore wedding planner, we knew this is where we wanted to have our Big Day. Maura was a joy to work with. She knows what you need before you even ask! Biltmore has got weddings down to a science. From the amazing food, gardens, table settings and twinkle lights, it was all so magical. Our guests are still talking about it!

The Biltmore Estate is absolutely breathtaking. Our wedding day was perfect and a true fairytale experience. We had a great group of people to work with and the staff at the Biltmore, especially our wedding coordinator, were amazing. I can't imagine getting married anywhere else.

A perfect wedding weekend! Thank you !

Beautiful setting! Beautiful wedding! Beautiful week!

We got married at the Champagne Cellar on New Year's Eve. It was beautiful and delicious. The menu was amazing, the waitstaff was great, especially Helmut. They provided a full seated dinner, full bar, and the cake. They also have the printed menus for you and all of the seating/dinnerware/glassware. Even for those that just left it how it was with candles and wall sconces, the place looks lovely well decorated or barely touched. Our wedding included a couple of nights at the inn on Biltmore as part of the winter wedding special. The fireworks at midnight were amazing as well. It was a great way to have a fabulous small wedding. The place only holds 30. You get to take photos all over the estate (not in the house though) by having your wedding anywhere on the property. We picked the smallest space we could barely afford. Since my husband wasn't okay with eloping in a tropical paradise, this is the only wedding I was will to have.

The Biltmore is absolutely beautiful and their wedding packages make everything very easy. We chose Biltmore because we loved the idea that it is a place we can always go back to and visit to remember our wedding for years to come! There are also great activities on the estate and in and around Asheville for guests who are coming from out of town.

I mean lets be honest it a Castle! Tack on amazing service and people you couldn't ask for much more. Thank You Maura for always saying yes to everything we wanted!

We recently (June 25, 2011) held my daughter's wedding at Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC. Our experience was outstanding. There truly is no better venue if you are looking for a romantic and classically beautiful location for a wedding. There are multiple locations on the Estate grounds to hold a wedding. We choose the Deerpark. The staff was friendly and extremely professional. Their communication was excellent and we were pleased with our entire experience. The food was wonderful and no your standard wedding fare. Our planning consultant, Ashley Gardner, was truly outstanding. Every small detail she checked into and offered multiple options for us to decide upon. She made our experience tuly magical. It is a night our entire family will remember all our lives.

I can't imagine a more beautiful place to have a wedding. The Biltmore staff was outstanding, and the ceremony and reception were everything we hoped for. Since we had a small destination wedding our reception was a seated formal dinner - the table was perfect, the food was absolutely delicious and beautifully presented , and the service outstanding. It was definitely a dream come true.

The staff at the Biltmore did an amazing job for us. The pre-planning was wonderfully detailed and information was prepared for me before I even could think to ask for it. Our event day contact were wonderful and made us feel like family. We had pictures taken around the estate and the wedding and reception in the Champagne Cellar with a private wine tour and tasting included. Our guests had a wonderful time and commented that it was not only a wedding but a vacation like experience as well. The food was unbelievable good! The pastry chef makes amazing cakes with fondant that is actually very flavorful. We would highly recommend this venue.

We chose the Champagne Cellar as our ceremony and reception site. This space holds a maximum of 30 people. Beautiful, intimate, and romantic.

Provided: tables, linens, chairs, 4 course meal, open bar, passed appetizers, set up for ceremony and reception, winery tour and tasting for guests, cake, champagne toast, staff.

Ashley Gardner was my sales coordinator. She promptly returned all my calls and emails; with more enthusiasm than I could every muster for neurotic brides! As I had no idea how to put a wedding together, she directed me from one step to the next.

The Biltmore took care of all the details. I only had to choose what meals I wanted from their menus. They printed nice menus cards for each setting so my guests could anticipate the next course. The cake tasting took place in the Bistro before they opened, giving us a nice, private afternoon.

The cake was very lovely and quite delicious. I gave the pastry chef my cake topper and told him to be inspired and make whatever came to mind. The topper is a steampunk robot couple; Mark made a three tier buttercream cake with cog and gear fondant, complete with steam pipes and gauges. Very cute!

The reception was only a 20 person affair. We were provided with a wonderful, worry free event. My guests were pleased with the meals, the decor, and loved the winery tour.

The Biltmore staff were very professional, friendly, not at all 'snooty and condescending' (as the Grove Park Inn presented). I felt very well taken care of and unhassled on the day of my wedding. I would love to use this facility again for a special gathering.

I would highly reccomend Biltmore Estate to anyone. They were phenomenal from the early planning stages through to the actual event. I didn't need a wedding planner/day-of-coordinator at all because they were so on top of everything. They have an event manager that is just responsible for your entire even the day/night it is being held. And the catering manager we worked with via email (because I'm from out of state) was wonderful, we emailed back and forth for months until everything I wanted or thought I might want was in place. The night went perfectly. I got married in their Champagne Cellar and if anyone has any more specific questions you can send me a personal message on www.projectwedding.com my username on there is jessiepilot.

We had a beautiful wedding at the River Bend Barn. The staff was excellent and all the guests had a great time. People commented that the food was the best they had had at a wedding. Everyone had so much fun dancing that I don't think the cake got to be properly reviewed, but as the Bride who had plenty of cake after the tastings I can attest to the quality. The pastry chef did an amazing job creating the cake I wanted. The venue is reasonably priced for the area, but food/bar was expensive. We knew this going into it, and had a small wedding. For us, the cost/value worked out well, but I could see it being way over the top for 100+ people. It was nice to have the food, cake, bar, all taken care of rather than searching for outside caterers.

Everything was absolutely perfectly done by the Biltmore Estate catering department.