Grand Island Mansion

I recently had my wedding at the Grand Island Mansion. It is such a beautiful venue inside and out. The staff did such a great job at serving and making sure every guest was taken care of. The food was fabulous as well. Great venue for photo ops. Everyone had such a great time!

I went to this venue because a friend told me about it. The mansion is beautiful. It has a theater room, large pool table, coffee bar, big dance area, and the whole mansion has a vintage style to it. The cons to this venue is the location; it is located in Walnut Grove which is a very remote area. If you have an evening wedding, you have to rent all the rooms.

The rental fees are from $1500-$3000 and the catering is $27-$38. The food and service is great.

My Son & DIL had their wedding at the Mansion, over the Labor Day Weekend. The mansion is beautiful, inside and out, and the staff helpfull.
The big drawback for using it is the time constraints, the weekend we had the wedding there was a Friday night wedding, Saturday morning wedding, our evening wedding, a Sunday Evening wedding along with a Monday morning wedding, That many weddings really put the time crunch on everyone. I suppose if you pick a weekend where you are the only or 1 of a few weddings it may give you more time. When we picked this venue, we were the only Saturday wedding, but things changed over time.
We were doing alot of DIY decorating, and we were not able to access the outside ceremony site until 4pm with a ceremony start of 6pm. And we could not acess the inside to decorate inside and get dressed until 4:30 so needless to say we were short on time for both decorating, and dressing. Even though we had a DOC and extra family to help, it was very rushed. Taking that into account if you choose the G.I.M. keep your decorating to a minimum, or have an army of help ready. With our evening time we did have to rent all the rooms, even though it was expensive doing that was really memorable and we had a wonderful time. The whole family felt like royalty sleeping there. We used the theater to show the Bride & Groom montage video. The expresso bar and pool table add to the fun events for all your guests to enjoy.(you do pay extra for the theater,& espresso bar.) The mansion is beautiful, the food was wonderful, everyone complimented on it, Service is efficient. This venue is not child friendly. It gave my son & dil the perfect venue for the formal wedding they wanted.

This place is in the boonies!!! Seriousley, why would you go here?

The price range on this site seems to show that this is much more expensive than it really is. After comparing it to other venues we saw this seemed like a great deal. Unfortunately it was a little out of our price range and not quite our style, but it was absolutely gorgeous, well taken care of, the grounds were well manicured. The evening wedding price also includes 14 rooms (28 adults) for your guests to stay in, so you can recoop that cost.

Gorgeous venue! Lots of places to take pictures and move the party from room to room, inside and out. Have your ceremony outside, have cocktails in the foyer. Move to the Colonnade Dining Room for dinner, then to the Grand Ballroom for cake and dancing. There is also a lounge/bar and billiards room off the Ballroom. This is the place if you want to wow your guests. The food was delicious and the staff - LOVE THE STAFF!! They really treat everyone wonderfully. The only drawback is this place is kind of out in the middle of nowhere, about an hour and a half from downtown Oakland. Not a big deal really, if you want to feel like you are a regal or celebrity bride. You can rent out the whole place (I believe you have to for evening weddings) and stay the night and have a wonderful brunch the next morning with your guests/family. Also, there is the Ryde Hotel, about 15 minutes away from the Mansion. And there's the Delta Daze B&B and Hotel Del Rio about 20 min away in Isleton. So you're not completely at a lodging loss here!

ABSOULTELY Stunning Venue!!

Amazing site, wonderful service, fabulous staff and unbelievable price!