Stonebrook Manor

They were great. Someone was always willing and able to help. The price was very reasonable and the food was great. Didn't taste like "wedding food"

My husband and I were blown away with the quality of service and value we received from Stonebrook Manor. Stonebrook completely worked within our budget and every question asked was answered promtly and in a very professional manner. We received so many compliments about how smooth everything ran. A few people even told us that they had never been to a wedding without any hiccups and we literally did not have one! I can only speak for myself, but I was definitely worried something would happen not according to plan on my wedding day. Stonebrook made sure that did not happen! Our captain was awesome and our cake was amazing! The pastry chef, Marla, made our cake exactly the way I had envisioned it! We only booked the officiant through this venue and we were absolutely pleased with our choice. I am extremely happy we chose Stonebrook as our venue; our wedding day was perfect!

Stonebrook was absolutely AMAZING! They made my dream wedding come true! Their venue was perfect and the food was delicious! So was the chocolate fountain we had! Their staff person who was in charge for the night was great! Any little concern I had she took care of it right away! I am so glad I chose Stonebrook as the place for my wedding and reception. It was PERFECT!

Stonebrook Manor was great! The area of our ceremony was beautiful and we were with plenty of time for our reception. Everyone was very friendly, helpful and professional. They provided all of the tables, chairs, table cloths, plates, etc. Also we catered and had our cake done through them. The food and service were really good and made our wedding go smoothly. Both my husband and I, and both of our families were very pleased with Stonebrook.

Stone Brook Manor was hands down the best at what they do. They make sure you have exactly what you need when you need it. I am in the military and being in boot camp and training we had to change my date 3 times, and they worked around my schedule to accomidate my needs. They made it stress free and even had a package to take care of everything else. They were all very professional and willing to help you no matter who you asked everbody was all on the same page. Go with the photographer and DJ service they recommend. The food was amazing and full of flavor. The decorations and table settings were above and beyond our exspectaions.

Stonebrook was an amazing value. I got the professionalism and beauty I dreamed about 100% within my budget. The staff were so friendly and nice. If I ever had a question or concern it got taken care of immediately. I was completely at ease on my wedding day knowing they would take care of everything.

Stonebrook Manor was literally a DREAM COME TRUE! I planned my wedding from NYC in 3 months, and they made it not only happen, but made it more than I could have imagined! There isnt a SINGLE complaint I have. The staff are so friendly and personable, they are flexible in providing whatever you want, the prices are extremely competitive, the food was amazing, the vendors could not be better! (I got the DeeJay, officiant, and photographer - the florist was the only one I didnt care for). Whenever I had an issue they always worked with me, and the event went so flawless!

I got a ridiculous amount of comments saying how beautiful it was! I may be a little biased, however, this truly was the best wedding I have ever been to. I honestly honestly say they have perfected the art of weddings!

You should ABSOLUTELY plan yours here! I had the wedding of a lifetime.

This place iw awesome. The facility and landscaping are unbelieveable. It is impossible to describe the beauty of the flowers and waterfalls, in addition to the ponds. The staff was excellent to work with and once we were there, they ran the whole show. My daughter was very happy with the service, and the elegance of the faciility. I would highly recommend this place.

We had a wonderful wedding experience at Stonebrook. The food was amazing, the staff was extremely friendly and helpful, and the garden was beautiful. They also provided our cake from their personal chef and she did an amazing job. Exactly what we wanted! We had an amazing night and would recommend Stonebrook to everyone!.

This was the 6th and last wedding venue I visited in Colorado. It is SO perfect for weddings. Stonebrook Manor (SM) has truly thought of everything for you! Getting ready: The bride's getting ready room is huge and gorgeous and has a private bathroom and a beautiful mirror. Plenty of room for my 4 bridesmaids and mothers. The groom's room is smaller but still equipped with couches and was perfect for the boys hanging out. Ceremony: We were married in the east garden in front of the beautiful marble gazebo. We went with the east garden for our 7pm July wedding for a few reasons: 1. so that it would be in the shade so people didn't melt 2. it was the later start (west garden = 6:30 ceremony start) 3. the covered pavillion is right there and can be used for the ceremony in case of rain. The ceremony setting was beautiful and we only decorated outside a little bit with bows running down the chairs adjacent to the aisles and with a big centerpiece that sat on the table in the gazebo. We used the SM recommended DJ company (Complete Music) for the ceremony and reception. They played our wedding music over a quality sound system with speakers. Our officiant was mic'ed with a lapel mic and our readers had a cordless handheld. The sound was perfect. Reception: Right after my husband (!) and I recessed from the ceremony our SM captain handed us two glasses of ice water, our selected passed appetizers and asked us for a drink order. We took photos and got ready to make our grand entrance into the reception ballroom. This is one of SM's greatest features: The ballroom has a grand staircase down whihc the wedding party is announced into the reception and there is a secret staircase you go up so no one sees you. This was really special to see our reception hall decorated beautifully and full of our friends and family. We went straight into our first dance. The dance floor is to one side of the ballroom which I thought encouraged people ot dance rather than being in the middle of the room. After the first dance we were escorted to the dinner buffet line (they also have a plated dinner option) by the captain who served the food onto my and my husband's plates. The buffet room and the bar are connected to the ballroom and they have doors that go outside to the patio and ceremony area. The food was really great! We selected roast beef, chicken, garlic potatoes, green beans, green salad, fruit salad and rolls. We already had a baker in mind for our cake, but the SM package we selected included a cake. Instead of us just forfitting the SM cake, the pastry chef there created individual cheesecakes in martini glasses and individual choclate cream pies. We had these desserts out with dinner so people didn't have to wait for somethign sweet for cake. They were beautiful and amazingly delicious! Champagne toast was also included with our package. We did a host bar where we paid a set $ amount to alcohol and that ended up being cheaper than paying for the open bar included in their highest package. Things I was worried about: The east garden has a main street near by but I never heard any traffic. There are usually 2 weddings at the same time unless your guest list is big enough to have the whole grand ballroom. I never heard the other wedding party's music/DJ. At times you are in the lobby (which has a fireplace, piano, beautiful mirros!) together. 20% service charge (which they say is NOT tip) set us over budget but the price at SM was still the best.

We were very happy with how things turned out. The facility was beautiful. The staff was amazing.

Stonebrook Manor was the perfect spot for our outdoor garden wedding. We booked a year in advanced to take advantage of the great deals they were offering, which included special pricing for the officiant, florist, and photographer. Along with the special included vendors, Stonebrook provided an excellent venue with courteous and helpful staff. The food was excellent as was the cake -- all of which we didn't even do a tasting for. Their wedding packages truly make planning a wedding much less stressful than having to find separate vendors for everything. The wedding was absolutely marvelous and everyone had a great time! I highly recommend Stonebrook Manor for your wedding.

Excellent place!! My wedding went perfectly and everything was taken care of. I didn't have to worry about a thing.

We had our wedding here on May 13, 2010. What can I say about Stonebrook Manor to express how wonderful everything is! I could use words like beautiful, elegant, dream come true, fantastic, out of this world. Put these all together and you have Stonebrook Manor. From the building and gardens to the staff and food, it was incredible! The weather was cool and cloudy with some rain, but the outdoor pavilion solved that problem and the wedding was still held outside by a beautiful water fall. The staff was attentive and helped take care of the little details that you forget. The cake was made to order and was delicious as well as beautiful! We used the DJ, Florist and Photographer, we were so happy with our choice! If you are planning a wedding, do yourself a favor and do it at Stonebrook Manor! It truly is a place were dreams come true! Carli and Adam Balch

We got married at Stonebrook Manor on May 13th 2010. It was the perfect wedding. The gardens were so beautiful, regardless of the less than perfect weather. We were able to have the ceremony outside in one of the outdoor covered pavillion. It was beautiful with the white chairs, and lights hung in the top. The ballroom where we had the reception was set up absolutely perfect! we had about 150 guests, so there were a lot of tables and everyone was perfect. The food tasted amazing! I would highly recomment the veggie lasagna and stuffed artichokes for passed appetizers. Marla, is the cake desgner there and she does an amazing job! our cake was so moist and delicious and the actual decor on the cake was exatly what we wanted!
Not to mention the staff that served the reception was very attentive and quick with everything. They cleared plates, brough refills and whatever I needed, especially since i was the bride.
On a side note, the venue uses some preferred vendors. Michael baker from inlightphotography was our photographer, and he did an absolute amazing job on all 1600 of our picture! Every single one is perfect!! Plus he gaveus the rights to all of them so we can print them ourselves!
Our DJ was Marc Macdonald from Complete music and he also did a fabulous job keeping the party going all night long! The dance floor was packed until it was time to leave!
I would definitely recomment stonebrook manor to ANYONE looking for a beautiful, affordable, and high quality place to have your wedding!!

I cannot fully express how happy I was with my wedding and reception at Stonebrook. I was completely overwhelmed with the gardens, great food and wonderfull staff. The price was extremely competitive! I honestly wish I could do more to promote this venue besides a simple review. I was extremely pleased with every aspect of my wedding at Stonebrook.

They were great! Food was tasty! They even put up with us when we decided the day of our wedding to move our ceremony inside since it was too hot outside!

My wedding took place in June and I wanted a place that would look classy and not need many decorations. I found the Stonebrook on my quest for a facility that would do everything for me. I just didn't want all the hassle or a headache, I wanted it to be perfect (as any Bride would) but I didn't want to have to spend a lot of time on the project. Thank you to the Stonebrook! They took care of everything for me. They recommended a wonderful Officiant who did our ceremony perfectly. A photographer who took so many wonderful pictures I had to narrow down my favorites to about a hundred of the thousand that he took...the great thing here is we received the rights to all of our pictures! From there they had a wonderful catering staff and the food just melted in your mouth...oh and one can't forget the cake...AMAZING so beautiful I didn't want to cut into it. The facility itself we used for our ceremony as well as the reception. The ceremony site was so beautiful, under this marble structure surrounded by grounds covered in flowers (cut down on flower costs!). And the reception site itself didn't need any decorations, it was so beautiful. Overall I don't think we could have done any better than what we received. I had my perfect night and I would happily recommend the Stonebrook Manor to EVERYONE!

I highly reccommend the Stonebrook Manor. They were prompt, helpful, curteous and wanted to be sure that the Bride was the center of everything. The convenience and ease of having the catering and cake done in house was priceless, and the food was delicious! I can not say enough great things about this venue!

This was a beautiful venue and they were so helpful. The staff there made sure that everything was all set well before the day of the wedding. Were very flexible with arrangments.

Stonebrook was awesome!! They made the details of the ceremony and reception a seamless process. The location is so beautiful and well maintained. They have options for locations of the ceremony and the reception rooms are wonderful. They really made my special day awesome!!!!

The staff at Stonebrook Manor made planning a wedding quick and simple. They offer so much to their customers, from the site to catering to the cake, we were very happy with them and we highly recommend this site!

I wanted to take a moment to try and put into words how absolutely thrilled we were with our June 12th wedding at Stonebrook Manor.

From our first visit over a year ago to our wedding day; we were impressed at every step of the way. Everyone that we dealt with at Stonebook (Christy, Marla, and our event captain Jessie) were amazing. They were all so accommodating and helpful to us. Jessie really was so patient with us delaying our decision due to the rain. Thankfully, in the end we were able to have the service outside as I had hoped. The cake, food, decor, were all perfect. We actually never did a tasting and I was wondering in the weeks leading up if I should have. No need. The food and the cake were incredible. I can't imagine having my wedding anywhere else!

I have to tell you that the pricing was absolutely amazing and a huge value for what we received. One of the huge selling points to Bill and I were the vendor packages. We utilized every single one of the vendors and are so happy that we did. Kathy with Flowers Elite created the most amazing flowers for us-much more that I had anticipated. Rev. Michael Woods gave us such a beautiful service that everyone raved about it. We were so pleased with Mares Videography and cannot wait to see the footage! Eric our DJ was amazing. Everyone loved either learning or re-learning The Thriller dance. Finally, Michael Baker with In Light Photography is the best. He gave us the most amazing pictures. Not only are they amazing; I I think there are roughly 1900. 1900 pictures for $1000? I know that I would not be able to book that anywhere else for that price and quality. Actually, the pricing for every single one of the vendors was amazing. I have no idea how they are able to offer the prices that they do for the preferred vendors; and truthfully they are all so wonderful I would have paid more for their services. The vendors all worked so well together that honestly I think other couples who don't utilize all of the vendors are doing themselves a disservice. We plan to refer as many people as we can to both Stonebrook and their vendors.

Stonebrook was wonderful. The food was great the venue was beautiful and they took care of everything, so we didn't have to worry about getting things done on our wedding day. This was the best choice and helped to make our day special. All of our guests loved the venue and the food.

I was extremly pleased with Stonebrook for both my ceremony and reception. They have a beautiful venue and great people. All of the staff was very helpful and made the night stress free. I would definitly book through Stonebrook if I had to do it agian.

Stonebrook was completely great-- the food and cake were amazing, the staff was so helpful and the service was wonderful! They brought appetizers and water out after the ceremony, served my husband and me, and kept checking throughout the event to see if there was anything else they could do.

We had the morning time slot, and I was a little worried that setup would be frantic, but the ballroom was gorgeous!

We were able to bring in payments when we had the money, and every time I called with a question, they made notes in our file, so that we never had anyone second-guessing anyone else.

Even our guests said that the place was beautiful, the food and cake tasty, and the staff friendly. Not one thing went wrong, and we couldn't have asked for a more perfect place for our wedding!

Stonebrook Manor was absolutely perfect for our July wedding. We ended up with rain so we couldn’t have the ceremony by the gazebo but we had it under the pavilion which was equally beautiful and the staff at the manor helped escort all of our guests under umbrella to their seats. The food was excellent, we used all of their recommended vendors, except their florists as we already had a family friend who did our flowers and they were all wonderful, and the Officiant as my grandfather married us. Terren was coordinator that we dealt with from day one and she was so helpful, I’m sure I drove her crazy with my weekly, if not daily emails with questions but she always had an answer for me and was always willing to help out. I’ve never had a better wedding cake or champagne! We have friends getting married in August and they are buying the same champagne for their reception because everyone loved it! The photo booth was a huge hit! Keith from Booth Expressions was fabulous!! Everyone loved him and he even let us have some extra fun at the end of the night since we had a rain delay. The evening was perfect, I couldn’t have asked for anything more…other then maybe it would have lasted longer. Thank you Stonebrook and staff!! Mr. and Mrs. Meyers!! :)

Best way to go!

I was extremely pleased with my wedding at Stonebrook manor. They are extremely reasonably priced considering the convenience of booking with them. They really helped create a stress-free wedding, since I didn't have to worry about catering, linens/dining ware, venue, and the cake. They also offer a DJ if you want one less thing to worry about. I don't think we could have found a better place to have our wedding! Their gardens and ballroom are gorgeous and made for great pictures. Everyone that attended said they had a great time, thanks to Stonebrook's attentive staff. I would definitely book an event with them again in the future.

Stonebrook was wonderful- took care of all the details for us. We planned our wedding from out of state, so they were particularly accomodating with providing us with everything we needed. Food was delicious, the DJ that came with the package was phenomenal, beautiful grounds and ballrooms. All in all a great experience- and we stayed within our budget!

Excellent venue - we did everything outdoors with the reception outdoors under the pavilion and the ceremony next to it. The chicken picatta was AMAZING!

Stonebrook Manor was a fabulous venue to have an outdoor wedding with an indoor reception. The first and foremost reason we chose them was the elegance, cleanliness, and upkeep of their grounds. They definitely take pride in their property!!! Second, was their pricing they were offering this year. They have made some very smart decisions on lowering their prices to coincide with our economy at this time. All their staff were friendly, professional, and very helpful with our event. We would highly recommend their venue to make your day very memorable.

This place is beautiful. They have gardens and water falls! My wedding turned out beautiful! They also have a wonderful bridal suite it made getting ready alot easier. Thank you!

We were married in the fall and the colors that were outside of the manor were beautiful. What a wonderful venue. We loved it from the minute we walked in. We had helpful service and they were so professional. They kept in good contact with us. We had a beautiful wedding. Upgrade to the package that includes all the extras it is totally worth it. Also do the photo booth! This went over huge at our wedding everyone loved it. We also got our beautiful cake made here. Marla did an amazing job. It was just breath taking. We went to a tasting and the food was wonderful not your typical wedding bland food at all it was all fantastic. We were just as impressed the day of our wedding. They made sure we got appetizers too at our table and took great care of us and our guests. HIGHLY recommend this venue you'll be very happy

We want to thank Stonebrook Manor's staff for making our day stress free. We had a beautiful day, Mother Nature even lent a hand in that. (only day for two weeks that we had sunshine!) There are a couple of things you might want to make changes to for future weddings:
1) Leave the food out longer! Alan and I both only got a plate, we were still hungry and when we thought we could go get some more, it had already been pulled and cleaned up. (Almost as if there was no food at the reception). Seeing as how the food was the major expense of the entire day, it should be left out for the duration of the reception. Being pulled and cleaned up when they do last call at the bar. I was not happy with the fact that Alan and I were not the only ones that were still hungry. I fully understand your liability in regards to taking food out of Stonebrook Manor, however, we paid for it and would have been happy signing a release of liability to have been able to take food home. If nothing more than enough for Alan and I.
2) Even though the reception was still beautiful and our guests did not notice, I did. We requested white table clothes with the royal blue overlays on all of the tables, we had blue on blue. And the blue did not match the 'swatch' that we selected all of our other colors from. I realize that things fade with excessive washing, it was still disheartening to see a different shade of blue.
3) We also appreciated the fact that our Captain(s) picked up our goblets, cake serving and topper, washed them and put them back in the boxes. But they failed to mention this to anyone, so we had everybody looking for them when we were gathing up all of our stuff at the end of our reception.
4) In regards to the cake, other than the bites that Alan and I fed each other (and the top, that was sent home with us) we got no cake. The cake should have had somebody standing there and cutting as requested by guests. Don't cut the entire cake up for convenience, it was a waste of the cake. As I am sure that 90% of the cake was then thrown out. Some of the cake could have been sliced, and ready, just not the entire cake.
5) The guest book table should have been placed somewhere other than a corner, as only a handful of our guests even knew it was there. Placing it out where everyone would have seen it when the walked into Stonebrook Manor.

Your preferred Vendors ROCK! We utilized Reverend Woods, Complete Music; Marc McDonald, Inlight Photography;Michael Baker and EliteFlowers; Kathy and Marla Stonebrook Manors pastry chef as well as Stonebrook Manor's Chef, we were extremely pleased with them all! Reverend Woods, was awesome, for only meeting him in person the night of our rehearsal, his personality fit in with ours. Marc McDonald with Complete Music was fantastic. He had everybody out on the dance floor more than once! Michael Baker of Inlight Photography, was very personable as well as professional! Other than the wedding party photo's we didn't notice him, yet he captured every detail of our wedding. As for Kathy with EliteFlowers, she did an amazing job. I was a little taken aback, as when we first met with her, we had one of the bridesmaids dresses with her and even our paperwork said that the flowers would be blues and purples, She did a great job on all of the flowers, as they complemented all of bridesmaids and my mother and Alan's step-mothers. Marla, did an outstanding job on the cake, down to the two hearts on the lace. Again, blues didn't match, nobody noticed except us.

Over all, we would strongly recommend Stonebrook Manor to anyone! Your entire staff worked with us, from payments to catering to our needs the day of the wedding.

Sincerely,


Debbie and Alan Curtis

May 13, 2011

The staff at Stonebook were amazing! The only issue that came up during my wedding planning was the time slot available for the rehearsal. I think they should have been a little more flexible in their schedule for that. The staff during the event were so amazing, and the chef and pastry chef in particular were INCREDIBLE! My husband has a dairy allergy and they had no problems accomodating our menu so that he could eat everything we served. I would definitely recommend this venue.

I would recommend the Stonebrook Manor to anyone who wants a one stop shop!!! I loved that a lot of vendors were right at my finger tips that I didn't need to do extra work finding them. The minster preformed a beauitful service even without our ceremony words!! The food was amazing, just wish I had gotten more. The photographer did a fantastic job...my husband and myself both cried at laughed when we saw the pictures from the wedding!!! Over all I thought my wedding was very pretty and I am very pleased how everything turned out!! Thank you Stonebrook

Stonebrook Manor was a very nice and elegant venue for my wedding. It is reasonably priced for the services they provide.

This is a very beautiful location and we had a lovely wedding. The only problem that we had was the fact that they were still setting the reception up until a half an hour before the wedding. This made it very difficult for my bridesmaids and family to set up for the reception. Anyways the wedding went on and was very lovely!

They got the flavors of my cake wrong, the colors of the chair ties and napkins were wrong and they stated in the paperwork that there would be a choice of salad dressings and then there was only a gross vinaigrette on the day of my wedding. Also, the servers never brought me or my husband the appetizers (which we paid an additional $150 for) and when we mentioned it to the captain later, she brought us a cold plate of them. I complained about all these mistakes and they offered an apology, but nothing more. You would think after all the thousands of dollars I spent they might try harder. Also, the gazebo where my wedding was to be was covered in dirt and grass and my officiant had to ask them to sweep before I got ready to walk down the aisle. I wouldn't recommend it if you have any preferences about your wedding, because they don't care about getting it right.

Stonebrook was absolutely terrible. The staff has a complete lack of communication, the rules and regulations are very vague and when you call to clarify people tell you the wrong thing. I wanted navy blue overlays and called to see if they would put them on if I ordered them from a thrid party. The lady I spoke to said yes, so I ordered them and during our walkthrough meeting another lady told me they don't allow that and told me to try to get my money back. I didn't, so they agreed put them on the table (because the day I called back another couples linens were lost in transit), but the catering captain didn't want to put them on. She did but only after my maid of honor told her she had to. The catering captian yelled at my mother in law and was extremely rude to my friends who were trying to set out my centerpieces (which they were doing because the captain said she wouldn't). The captain was supposedly fired due to her behavior. I'm glad that no one else has to deal with her, but that doesn't do anything to make my wedding better. The food is not very good, the chicken is terribly dry. The tasting is very odd, you only get one and it's like 100 people and it's whatever they feel like serving, so you don't get to taste everything. My cake was completely wrong. I was told this was because the florist didn't drop off enough flowers, but instead of asking me what I wanted the baker did what she wanted. The top layer wasn't even the right flavor! Overall, and I hate to say this, but I really wish I would not have booked them for my wedding. I was so embarassed that my friends had to deal with someone like that rude captain. Oh, and my photographer said they don't like dealing with Stonebrook because they are so business oriented and don't care about making the day special. Quite a reputation they are building...The good things about Stonebrook are that it's really pretty and they include everything so you don't have to deal with booking all of the vendors (caterer, DJ, baker, etc.) I think that if I had a different captain I would have a different opinion about the venue as a whole.

I will say, Stonebrook Manor was a great value for the money, and it was pretty. However, on our actual wedding day, they dropped the ball- BIG TIME! When we signed the contract, we were told that there would be a personal "Event Captain" to "make sure our day ran smoothly". We showed up for our rehearsal, and no one was there to help us. When I went in to the office to let them know that we were there, and asked who was going to help us, the lady told us that no one was going to help us, and that our officiant was supposed to run the rehearsal. Which would have been fine, except that no one had told us this before hand. We had a family friend marry us, and since she didn't really know how to run a rehearsal, I ended up running the whole thing myself. Then afterwards, I asked the lady in the office if it would be ok if my bridesmaids and I showed up on our wedding day 15-20 minutes early since there were so many of us and we all needed to get our makeup done. She said no, because she would have to bring our event captain in and pay him for that time. Seriously?!?!?! Which MAYBE would have been a valid point, except I NEVER SAW MY EVENT CAPTAIN UNTIL DINNER!!!!! When I showed up at 4:00 (and not a minute earlier...) I went in to the bridal suite where we started getting ready. After about 30 minutes where no one had even greeted us, I finally went up to the front office and told them I was there. They seemed totally disinterested, and said, "Oh, well your event captain should have already been in. He'll be in there in just a minute." Like I said before, he never showed up. Thank God for our photographer, Michael at In Light Photography, who orchestrated everything when it was time for us to walk down the aisle. None of us had any idea what was going on, so if it wasn't for him, it would have been a disaster. The main reason why we were so upset though, was that we had arrainged to do a sand ceremony. My husband and I have 3 children (one is mine, and the other two are his), so it was very important to us that we included them in the ceremony, since we were blending families. Since we had no one there who was going to "make our day run smoothly", I got to the altar, and I noticed that the sand ceremony jars AND the table was NOT THERE!!! My officant had to alter the whole ceremony on the spot since it was mostly written around the sand ceremony, and our children were not a part of the ceremony.
We finally met the event captain after we were announced at the reception, and he got our plates of food. That was literally the only time we saw him all night.
Then, I had to go back to Stonebrook 2 days later to pick up something that one of my out of town guests had left there. When I was asked how everything went, I told them. They said they were "so sorry", and that someone would be contacting me soon to discuss it. Needless to say, it's been 2 months, and I haven't heard anything. I guess they already had my money, so they didn't care.

PROVIDED RECEPTION SERVICES ONLY

I was very disappointed in Stonebrook Manor. Up front, they promised the world as an "all inclusive" type of service for my reception in order to get my deposit & get me under contract (approx 5-6 months prior to my wedding date). However, about 1-2 months prior to the wedding, Stonebrook advised that I would need to pay extra for various services such as setting up centerpieces on the tables. In fact, they suggested that I have my family or friends do it for me - all of my guests were traveling hundreds of miles from out of town to attend my wedding (unacceptable).

I was so stressed that I had to hire a "Day Of" Coordinator (Cydney Johnson) to ensure that my reception looked as much as possible like what was originally promised to me by Stonebrook. In fact, Cydney accompanied me to the 1-month meeting at Stonebrook & Terren Badding of Stonebrook actually got up in Cydney's face aggressively when Cydney simply asked a question about the menu pricing/selections which Stonebrook had changed from just a day or two before the meeting ... it was beyond unprofessional ... it was just absolutely embarrassing to witness. I've never seen someone in a professional setting act like that before in my life (& I've worked with litigation attorneys for 20 years so you can imagine the shenanigans I've seen!!!).

Also, Stonebrook only offers a food tasting every 3-6 months of food selected by THEM. The food is cafeteria quality, at best, but since I was already under contract, I just had to make the best of it. I recommend trying this food PRIOR to signing a contract or putting down a deposit on Stonebrook. This was my 1st mistake, but I didn't have a lot of time to get places reserved (5-6 months), so I just jumped on it a little too quickly. I also chose this venue based on several positive reviews I had seen on the internet, but after my 1st hand experience with Stonebrook, I seriously question whether those are legitimate reviews to begin with.

ONE IMPORTANT DISTINCTION: While the office at Stonebrook put me through hell prior to my wedding, the actual reception itself went very well thanks to the Stonebrook staff who actually work at the reception, as well as the recommended vendors, such as Complete Music. I hate that this review might negatively affect them, but obviously, the truth needs to get out there so other brides do not have to have the rude awakening I did. Of course, only my Day Of Coordinator Cydney Johnson knows for certain how everyone at Stonebrook performed on the day of my reception ... she didn't allow me to stress over a single detail at Stonebrook on my special day. ;)