I'm very happy with my decision to get married at Ashelynn Manor. They're the type of venue that pretty much does most of the work for you. They have their own catering and DJ, so ...you don't need to go find those vendors on your own.
The venue photographs well in every kind of lighting! It rained for the three days before our wedding, and was gray and cloudy for most of the day until about the time when we started doing pre-ceremony pictures, and we still got some really great outdoor photos!
When you think of buffet/banquet food, most people generally think that it won't be all that delicious, but Ashelynn Manor's buffet was delicious! We booked originally whatever was the basic buffet, but then upgraded to the next level up mainly because it sounded better and we were glad we did! And a nice bonus was that the event coordinator at Ashelynn was sweet enough to pack us both a to-go box of our dinner and some left-over cake that was waiting for us in our get-away car! So happy for that because we didn't have a lot of time to eat.
My only complaints would be if you're doing a choreographed dance and need the music cut or faded out at a certain time, go ahead and do that yourself and then give it to the DJ. We told the DJ to fade out at 2:45 but he faded out at 1:45. We got him to continue playing the music, but that wasn't how I wanted everyone to see our first dance and it messed up our video of it. I know we're all human, and the DJ just made an honest mistake, but save yourself the heartbreak and frustration and go ahead and have a copy of your music as you want it played.
The last complaint is more of a regret of mine, but we wished we had been able to afford to book the venue for more time. Our ceremony started at 7:00p and the reception ended at 11:00p. Because of the short time frame, we felt a little rushed at the reception. Again, that's not really any fault of the venue's, more just advice to anyone who's trying to decide on how long to book for.