Lakeway Resort & Spa

The best place to have a wedding are Event wedding Coordinator at Lakeway Resort did a fantastic job!! as well the great team there.

Are events wedding coordinator at Lakeway Resort spa did fantastic job!! she was alot help and exceeded are expectations, the hole team at the resort did they truly totally accommodate are whole wedding party family and friends . Look forward in going back to Lakeway resort & Spa to relax and enjoy there again I truly, recommend having your wedding there the scenery from the balcony is gorgeous!! and are wedding reception room is amazing room to have a wedding there. Its a good memory to have especially when you see those amazing pictures. They are truly outstanding.

Great Job. Loved working with Julie. Our guests gave the venue rave reviews. They enjoyed staying at the resort, and they loved the view of the Vista Room. The balcony seating and bar area was a nice addition to the reception.

Lakeway was an absolute dream of a venue for our daughter's wedding! We had many guests that stayed at the resort, and everyone had a blast poolside; playing with the kids, drinking at the walk up bar, enjoying the view and eachother. Having everyone all together all weekend was just what we wanted and was just perfect.

The ballroom was absolutely perfect; just beautiful with the lake view and the evening sun.

Melanie Richardson oversaw our events, and I can't say enough good things about her. She is the ultimate wedding professional; anticipating our needs, remembering all our small and large requirements. It was obvious she wanted our wedding to go perfectly. When we had a little glitch with our officiant, she responded immediately, helping me make what could have been awkward situation into another special part of the wedding weekend.

If you hold your wedding at Lakeway, you will be thrilled!

Lakeway Resort and Spa was awesome. The venue was beautiful, they did everything we asked and more!! Julie was our coordinator and she was fantastic, she worked with us from the beginning and was there at the reception and provided for our every need. Loved her and the resort! Food was delicious!!

My fiance and I wanted a smooth, stress-free wedding and that's exactly what we got at Lakeway! Melanie Richardson and everyone on the Lakeway staff went above and beyond our expectations:) We had a wonderful experience there and will definitely return for our future wedding anniversaries! Oh, and how could we find a better view? The Vista Ballroom over Lake Travis was a breathtaking view for our guests to enjoy during our ceremony!

From the moment we went to Lakeway for an onsite visit, we knew it was for us. We worked Melanie Richardson the entire time and she is awesome. Her response time is great and she always gave me great suggestions. We married and had our ceremony in the Vista Ballroom and the flip went off without a hitch. It was amazing how they transformed the space. It really felt like we were in a totally different room! The staff treated our guests with respect and took care of all of our requests with a smile on their face. It was really nice having everything in one place - especially since I always forget things :) My friends and family raved about the hotel and several are planning on returning for a getaway.

Our contact at Lakeway, Melanie Richardson, was excellent, superb, and flawless in taking care of us before and during the event. We cannot say enough good things about the service Melanie gave us.

My daughter chose Lakeway Resort for her wedding festivities on August 6, 2011 in the lovely Vista Ball Room. From the moment of our arrival Aug. 3, we knew without a doubt this was going to be a wedding "Over the Top"
We were greeted at the front entrance before we even got out of our cars, the staff was prepared to unload our car with the wedding supplies, gifts, etc. whatever we had and we were not to lift a finger. Bellmen and staff had suitcases immediately taken to our rooms, while we registered with the amazing employees at the desk. Talk about being made to feel at home.
The Wedding staff, catering manager, set up crew, any and all help at Lakeway was available to make our stay one of the most beautiful and joyful experiences ever. Melanie Richardson and Julie Stanfield really stood out for knowing their roles. I felt I was on vacation even though I was the
mother of the bride. Lakeway did all the work. The food was delicious and
my guests 3 weeks later are still raving about the beauty of it all and what a marvelous time they had. All five's from us.

The Stephens and Lahn

Lakeway Resort and Spa is an awesome wedding venue. Our ceremony was inside and had a beautiful view of the lake through the glass windows that enclosed the Vistas Ballroom. The wedding coordinator executed a flawless wedding and reception. Everthing was perfect. The food was delicious. All aspects of service before, during and after the wedding was outstanding. All of our guests were from out of town and spent the weekend at the resort and all echoed the same sentiments: great venue, delicous food and outstanding service.

Boy o Boy...this review could go on and on forever but I will try to make it as short as possible :) I was very apprehensive of booking this venue because of reviews I read from YEARS ago, but they are all so WRONG.


First off, I worked with Melanie Richardson from beginning (2009) to the end 7.28.11. She is AMAZING, probably under paid and over worked but you would never ever know that because she is so jolly. Melanie made sure that I was always taken care of. From the beginning when we were just "talking" about getting married at Lakeway and we couldn't afford a Saturday wedding due to the catering minimums. Melanie made sure that she laid out other options for us. She let us know that during the week we had more flexibility and I thank her so much for that. We were able to have our dream wedding and our dream venue because she wouldn't just let our no to Saturday be a No.


She was always so fast to respond to my emails (my 1 million emails) and if she wasn't around or off one day she made sure that her assistant Julie Stanfield was on the job! Julie is also a delight to work with. Both ladies are so happy to help you if they can. I have a very enthusiastic personality so to deal with me is a little different, so the fact that Melanie always got my humor and understood the things I was trying to accomplish throughout the planning process is priceless. The service I received from her is and always will be priceless...I adore her and I am sad that the wedding is over just for the simple fact that I may not talk with her as much because I know she is a busy woman!


The resort itself was beautiful of course, Melanie made sure the night of our wedding that we had extra cake placed in our room, we had champagne waiting for us, we had chocolate covered strawberries and rose petals. It was amazing and so beautiful. The Jr. Suite we had as a room was worth the little extra money because we had sooo much space in there.


Our wedding guests mostly stayed at the resort and arrive the day before, day or of and stayed through the Saturday after the wedding. (Wedding was on a Thursday). The resort took great care of our guests and their needs and everyone was impressed with how amazing everything was.


We used only the linens, chairs and dinnerware from the resort and it all looked beautiful with our decorative accents. The lighting package you can get it very much worth it! It gives the room so much extra personality and pizazz. I loved the up lighting on the columns and the pin spotting of the cakes and sweetheart tables. I loved the way the room flowed and was laid out. They know where things go best. The food was amazing! I wouldn't change a thing on our menu. We even got to our cocktail hour late but once we sat down at our table they had saved some of the cocktail hour food for us!!!! I mean that is attention to detail!


I would HIGHLY recommend this venue to anyone. It is amazing and so beautiful to create the perfect backdrop and atmosphere for your wedding day. The little details make it so big, from our names being on the lobby's chalk board telling us congrats to people following up with us now asking how everything was. We couldn't have asked for anything better. I love Lakeway Resort and Spa, Melanie and Julie. Amazing place and amazing people.


~K&W

We loved working with Melanie - wedding coordinator at Lakeway. If we needed help with anything she would find a solution!
The wedding was so beautiful and fun!

I would recommend Lakeway for any upcoming wedding with no reservation at all. Melanie helped us with all parts of planning this wedding, we could not have done this without her. We listened to Melanie and had the perfect wedding that my daughter wanted. Thank you Melanie :)

Melanie and Julie were great to work with! They were always very responsive to emails and would get back to me about things quickly. They have a very useful checklist that really helped me as a bride to get organized. The venue is BEAUTIFUL and is perfect if you want a sort of "outdoor" wedding that is temperature controlled. All of our guests swooned over the beauty of the location and how smoothly the night went. Lakeway makes it so easy with the packages they offer. We couldn't have asked for a more perfect place to have our wedding!

From the moment my daughter and I walked in the front door of Lakeway Resort and were greeted by the friendly doorman and amazing atmosphere, we knew her wedding was going to be there. We met with Catering Sales Manager, Melanie Richardson, who spent as much time as we needed to show us around and answer questions. I was impressed with not only her helpful and happy demeanor, but with the great ideas she gave us due to her many years of wedding experience at Lakeway. During the wedding planning process of more than a year, we found Melanie to be very responsive to anything we needed and the great working relationship she had with our photographer and florist helped a great deal. Working with Melanie was truly like having a wedding planner as she coordinated everything with all of the many moving parts we had for a wedding of 225 people and did it very efficiently and calmly. Needless to say, the ceremony and reception were spectacular! The room set up for the ceremony felt like you were in a church with an amazing view and the reception was so incredible it should have been in a magazine. The wait staff and service were great and the food was fantastic!!!! Another great part of having the wedding there was that everyone could be together for the entire weekend and the amenities Lakeway has with a great pool and swim-up bar, golf, workout room, etc. really was a vacation for guests. Everyone had a great time and it will be a wedding that none of us forget thanks to everyone at Lakeway!

Lakway Resort and Spa was my wedding hotel for guests. The wedding block rate was outstanding....especially given the luxury and gorgeous views. All our guests were so pleased. Angie Yeo was also fantastic to work with. She was so flexible and patient with all my questions and really made everything very easy.
I also used the Lakeway Legacy Yacht (Captain Chris) for transportation to the wedding....it was so wonderful!! Not only was it neat for the guests to go to the wedding by boat, the boat was beautiful and Captain Chris was SOO helpful with everything related to using the boat. I HIGHLY recommend using him.

My wedding was beautiful! Melanie was awesome to work with, very responsive and professional. I couldn't have asked for a more beautiful place. It is definitely not cheap though!

We were somewhat apprehensive when the hotel changed ownership and our wedding coordinator left just after our "final" meeting. However, Melanie and Julie stepped in and were outstanding! Their response to emails was immediate and always professional. They met with us again with the head chef, and helped us "tweak" our menu, which was very appreciated. The food received numerous compliments, and we were able to include both our unique favorites and more traditional choices. The wait staff was awesome and always professional. The only issue was that we didn't recieve a food plate in our room that had been requested. There also was a room billing snafu, which was handled immediately with a smile (and with no reference to the fact that we probably should have made this clearer on our end - which further proved their professional attitude of customer service comes first). The weather, decor, and view were perfect - our pictures were everything we hoped they would be. Our guests rented over a dozen rooms and were thrilled with the resort. We were totally pleased and would highly recommend Lakeway to others.

Lakeway Resort and Spa provided a perfect venue for our January 8th wedding. We had many guests from out of town who stayed at the resort and it evolved into a mini-desitination wedding, which was absolutely perfect. The venue itself was beautiful -- Lake Travis was a perfect backdrop to our sunset ceremony. Melanie Richardson, our Lakeway Resort and Spa coordinator, was extremely helpful in our planning process and on the day of the wedding. She took care of every little detail with care so that we wouldn't have to worry about anything during our special weekend. She was fabulous. Our reception in the Vistas Ballroom was gorgeous. The wait staff at Lakeway was incredible and very attentive; the food was insanely delicious. All of our guests had a fantastic time at Lakeway Resort and Spa. Overall, the weekend was more perfect than we could have imagined. I would definitely recommend getting married at Lakeway Resort, however, it is on the rather expensive side, but they were very willing to help make our weekend fantastic for our budget. If you have a lot of out-of-town guests, then this place is fantastic because it serves as a hotel and a venue. The rooms were awesome, and very clean. The spa was amazing and very accommodating as well! Overall, I can't say enough about how much we enjoyed having our wedding at Lakeway Resort and Spa! We can't wait to go back for a six-month anniversary this summer to enjoy the pools and the spa, again!

Our wedding at Lakeway Resort turned out perfectly! Chuy was amazing and made sure every detail was taken care of during the wedding! Judith also was a major help!

Lakeway is a great place to have your wedding. The staff is professional and experienced, the venue has practically everything you need and can think of, and the Vistas Ballroom along with its view is just beautiful. I planned my wedding from NY, so I needed a venue and caterer that could help me from afar. I worked with Melanie and Ross, both who were so helpful, detail-oriented and attentive. They basically serve as your wedding planners and help you organize planning and guide both the rehearsal and day-of. They even let me deliver packages directly to Lakeway, so that I didn't have to haul a bunch of last minute items from NY. AND even helped make my escort cards. Their services were invaluable to me. Because most of our guests were also out-of-towners, we encouraged our guests to stay at the resort...and we've only heard positive feedback from them about their stay. My husband and I are very happy we had our wedding and reception at Lakeway.

Loved everything about the actual venue (the view and look of the facility itself) but we weren't so happy with the service received. Our coordinator was unresponsive and not as helpful as we hoped she would be. She started out great but was slow to respond to emails, hard to get a hold of through phone calls, and didn't always send us what we were asking for. We always felt like we were inconveniencing her or bothering her by asking her questions... we didn't even ask that many! Just basic questions and requests (requesting room list, asking for catering menu, scheduling a tasting) seemed difficult.

Getting room blocks here was a pain, too! We got a great rate through hotelplanner.com (MUCH cheaper than what our contact initially quoted us) for our room block, but then our Lakeway coordinator was in charge of securing rooms and sending us a room list. That part ended up being a lot more stressful than it should of been because of her.

We never received a floor plan of how the tables would be set up so our layout was COMPLETELY screwed up on the day of. She was having issues getting her software to work a week before the wedding and it's almost like she just gave up and didn't even bother to keep trying. Our day-of-coordinator (Rachel @ Buon Affare Events) was our lifesaver here - she mocked up a floor plan that we used to assign tables, and I know she did her best to make our assignments match the actual set-up, but there were still some major mistakes all because of Lakeway's incompetence.

We did our tasting 3 weeks prior to the wedding and had sent our menu selection months before that. We didn't get the final pricing/bill of our menu choices until THURSDAY before the wedding as we were driving to Austin. It ended up being more than we expected to pay but by that time we had our heart set on the menu and felt it was too late to make any substitutions or subtractions. Very disappointing.

The last straw was our cake. We had a huge cake - 6 tiers plus a large groom's cake - so that we could have generous portions for our guests. They sliced thin pieces for out guests and didn't have a lot left over. Our coordinator said she walked into the back and saw that they had boxed some leftover cake FOR THEMSELVES. So sketchy!!!

It really is a beautiful venue and I don't regret our choice to get married at Lakeway. Chuy and the rest of the staff were wonderful to deal with, we were just so disappointed with our catering manager/main contact.

Location, location, location! This resort speaks for itself with the magical lake views. The venue itself allows for minimal decoration (cost saving) because who wants to take away from a gorgeous cliff side lake view?? I highly recommend using lights aimed up on the concerete pillars, it looks amazing once the sun sets!
Richard, owner of http://www.interactiveesystems.com/, is one of the nicest men I've ever met who caters to your every need and understands what wedding planning entails.

Judith Roberts, with Lakeway Resort & Spa, is beyond amazing. It takes a very special person to help plan and coordinate weddings, and Judith was born for this! She's catering, understanding, and delivered outstanding customer service. The most important element of our wedding was to ensure our guests were taken care of and Judith under promised and over delivered. She relayed that message to the catering staff and everything was perfect! I can honestly say Judith make our day EXTRA special at every level. Thank you very much for everything, you're awesome!

We received wonderful service and extreme professionalism from all Lakeway employees. I highly recommend working with Melanie Richardson, she is wonderful. Our wedding reception was amazing! The views are goregous and are guests had wonderful things to say about the ballroom, terrace, food, ambiance, and much more. We were truly treated like royalty and cant wait to get back to the resort.

We thoroughly enjoyed our wedding weekend at Lakeway Resort. From our initial visit until we left the hotel, we worked with Melanie Richardson who was always available by email or phone.

The resort has a great view (and sunset) with a nice pool for your guests. Plus, most of our guests stayed at the hotel, so it was nice to have everyone close by. In a way, it felt like a destination wedding since everyone stayed on site (or in the pool). The hotel bar stayed open late as well.

The reception area offers great views of the lake and our guests enjoyed the cocktail hour on the wrap-around deck.

The food options were wide-ranging and tasty. But the best part was the chef's (and Melanie's) willingness to try new foods that we liked. We had the traditional meat and salad, but they were able to whip up a "comfort foods" station with Fried Peanut Butter & Jelly (with nutella), fried Macaroni & Cheese, and Chicken Fried Chicken Sliders. Needless to say, the fried PB&J sandwiches were a hit.

If the groom is a golfer, there are loads of good courses nearby (Flintrock Falls, The Hills, Yaupon, Falconhead).

Lakeway is somewhat of a hike from downtown Austin, but it is well worth it. About 25% of our guests ventured into Austin at some point during the weekend, but most either played golf, lounged at the pool, or some even rented a boat on Lake Travis.

We could not be happier with the Lakeway Resort as a venue, and the guidance and help provided by Melanie Richardson was just as great.

Lakeway is an outstanding facility. There might not be a better setting in the Austin area for a wedding. Our guest were overwhelmed with the atmosphere. Many of our guests even stayed at the resort and took advantages of the pool and other amenities.

The best feedback we got from our guests was about the food. We had numerous guests tell us it was the best food they have ever had a wedding. The potato bar was by far the fan favorite.

Managers Angie Yeo and Judith Roberts as well as the Lakeway staff were fabulous to work with, flexible, hospitable, and extremely helpful and worked well with our wonderful wedding coordinator, Barbara Hearne of Barbara's Brides. They did everything possible to ensure that our outdoor wedding ceremony and ball room reception went perfectly, even searching and finding the lost "flowergirl basket".
The majority of our quests were from out of town or out of state and stayed at Lakeway Resort Spa and Resort. All the guests were impress with the hospitality, beautiful surrounding, band, and fabulous food at Lakeway. I think it is safe to say that when everyone departed either that night or at the end of the weekend, they all were extremely impress with Lakeway, the beautiful surroundings, the people, and their Texas experience.

Lakeway Resort & Spa is not only the perfect setting for a dream wedding, the staff is great at making dreams come true. The Vistas Glass Ballroom truly is spectacular, and it can be stunning in both it's most bare form and its most decorated form (so it is not necessary to spent a significant amount of money on decoration; the stunning view and great indoor amenities speak for themselves!). The wedding coordinators on-site are wonderful throughout planning and execution. The food, beverages and staff are truly superb and will leave guests talking about the event for years to come. Lakeway Resort & Spa makes the event as wonderful for the guests as it does for the bride & groom, which is very hard to find!

On the wedding day, all of the details were a blur. The ceremony and reception were totally worth all of the planning, money, etc. Communication lacked sometimes, but everything worked out in the end. I will never regret having my wedding there, it was unbelievably gorgeous and have wonderful memories.

I had the best time and the worst time with Lakeway Resort and Spa.

It all depends on who you work with. I would strongly recommend against working with Dawn Davies as catering manager. She was the third person I ended up with. The two catering managers before her were excellent and quick to respond to my requests, and made the planning FUN.
Dawn would take ridiculously long amounts of time to respond to my emails, whether short or long. I would have to end up calling her and then she would respond right on the spot. Apparently her organizational skills were missing. It took her 10 business days (not counting weekends or holidays here, and she was NOT on vacation at this time either) to get me back a vendor list. Then she assumed I had hired her chair wrapping person without following up with me (why would I have hired her when she took almost 3 weeks/10 bus. days to get me a vendor list). I think the vendor list is pretty important when your wedding is 2 months away... thanks.

She didn't cover any details with me like it currently says on Lakeway's website. The napkins were folded wrong - different than how it stated on the event order (that's really the least of my worries, but just something I noticed). She never even asked me how I wanted the tables to be set up, never offered me ways to decorate the tables, the room, etc. I was completely left on my own. I expected her to be asking me how I wanted all the details, but got nothing. Also, when she sent me the BEO (banquet event order) to review, I had to correct several mistakes and had to go back and forth with new versions way too many times than necessary. I would tell her something was wrong but she failed to correct it until I told her a second time to fix it!!!
She wanted to charge me $9 pp to substitute cheese & fruit instead of prosciutto wrapped melons. I am pretty sure cheese costs way less than prosciutto (plus it was only $4pp to add prime rib!). I had to fight for awhile but finally got that fixed.
They wouldn't let us use their ladder to hang our lanterns because of insurance reasons - OK, so how tall are the ceilings? Dawn told us they were 10 feet so the GROOM brings a ladder for 10 feet. Well, 3 hours before the ceremony and we find out the ceilings are more like 16 feet - HELLO?!... Can we use your ladder now that you made a mistake? NOPE (even though my planner SHOWED them her insurance, they still wouldn't let her use it). The GROOM once again has to drive about 30 minutes each way to get a taller ladder and barely has enough time to change clothes before the wedding. Nice.

Oh, and then she tells me goodbye in the middle of my wedding, before everything is said and done, which she is supposed to be overseeing.

I am just lucky that I hired a day-of wedding coordinator (see my review on Leave The Details to Me).

Just be careful when picking ANY venue. In this situation, I picked a venue because of the great people in the beginning. The guy had been there 9 years and the woman I worked with second was excellent as well. I just had bad luck, and you never may know what staff could change between the time you pick the place and the time your actual event occurs...

The view is beautiful, however they are very unforgiving when little things come up. I spent a ridiculous amount of money with them and there weren't any cuts in it for me.. I was disappointed with that, especially considering the service level and treatment I received from the catering manager when the staff changed and it got so close to my wedding. I definitely won't hold another event there, and may not even recommend it as a vacation spot because of the horrendous service. Sure the views are excellent, but that's no excuse to behave rudely or be absent to my requests.

I chose to stay the night before my wedding at the hotel since I had a 12:30pm ceremony time on a Sunday. I had the worst time that night, waking up at 4:30am to some girls screaming in the hallway (I had to wake up and get ready at 6:30am!). I cut them some slack, since it was Saturday night and waited for them to at least be a little quieter, but 30 minutes goes on and they're still running the halls. I had to call the front desk who got security down there almost another 30 minutes later. Shouldn't security be pro-active and catch this before it wakes other guests?! ESPECIALLY when it's right next door to the bridal suite! AAH!

The food was excellent and I heard a lot of compliments about it. The waiters and waitresses and bartenders were very courteous and did an excellent job as well. We can't forget all of those hard workers because without them, there would be no great event!

I hope the venue picks better catering manager staff next time. That is the one person I dealt with the most and the one person I had all the most problems with.
Everything else was great (except way overpriced!)

Beautiful venue with breathtaking views of Lake Travis

I love working at Lakeway Resort and Spa. It is such a perfect destination location for not only my out of town brides, but Austin brides too. It has the best lake views while still giving your wedding guests the comforts of being inside. I love the staff and we create amazing weddings together. My biggest problem with my weddings at Lakeway is trying to get the groomsmen out of the fantastic pools on the wedding day.

What a great venue for your event! Their view and accommodations are perfect for any destination or staycation weddings. The staff are very helpful and friendly as well!

Wonderful! Fantastic! Gorgeous! I love everything about LR&S. The Vistas Ballroom offers a gorgeous view of the lake so you can have the feel of an outdoor ceremony without sacrificing comfort. Julie, Melanie, and all the staff are amazing to work worth. I wish all my weddings were here.

This is a breath-taking venue with spectacular views from the South shore of Lake Travis. I had the pleasure being DJ/MC for an event there on May 1st of this year. In addition to the overall beauty and ambience of the venue, the staff was outstanding and the utmost professionals.

I highly recommend The Lakeway Resort & Spa for weddings and corporate events alike. A fabulous place for memories of a lifetime.

Mark...

Lakeway Resort & Spa was one of the first venues I ever shot at when I started. I seem to enjoy shooting there more and more each time I go. They have a great staff and always serve some of the best food. It looks great as is, but when you put some uplights in there it puts the look over the top! A very classy place for a wedding and also provides a great spot to catch the sunset!

I loved working at Lakeway Resort and Spa: Gorgeous venue, Friendly staff.

Lake Way Resort and Spa is one of my favorite places to work! This is like a second home for D&H Stage Lighting, we light events there quite often, and the staff there is what makes us feel like at home, they’re by far one of the friendliest personnel in the surrounding Austin areas.

If you've ever envisioned your wedding or reception in a glass ballroom overlooking the water, with expert staff seeing to your every need, Lakeway Resort & Spa is the place!

Lakeway Resort is one of the most beautiful Lake venues in Texas! Gorgeous venues, excellent service and great foot! Elegant and fun venue.

I have done numerous events at Lakeway Resort and Spa. The view is spectacular, and the venue is literally a world-renowned resort. I always look forward to playing there and can give two thumbs up to the staff and the facility. If you are looking for one of the best venues in Central Texas, this is definitely at the very top of the list.

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