On June 14, 2025 we had a wonderful wedding at Blenheim Hill Farm because of the joyful bride and groom, the families, the guests, the pretty wedding venue and outstanding independ...ent vendors. But, BE AWARE - although Blenheim Hill Farm described its wedding package as all inclusive, declared itself transparent and responsive and called its cuisine Michelin quality, we experienced none of that. The venue underperformed.
In contract discussions, Blenheim Hill Farm sold us the glamorous farm and the food/service quality. We contracted for a weekend. Friday, an intimate rehearsal dinner, Saturday, an outdoor wedding and a cocktail service in a beautiful covered pavilion both by the pond and followed by a fancy barn reception dinner, Sunday, an outdoor brunch. The pictures were so lovely!
Friday at the actual rehearsal dinner, we were routed to steam trays in a hallway under the main barn and we carried our cafeteria food on trays to the cafeteria style tables. Saturday of the wedding, the wedding itself was pretty, like the pictures, but our cocktails were served in an uncovered outdoor patio with inadequate heating and a view of the barn’s outside wall. The reception dinner was served in the very pretty barn but a large number of our guests received overcooked, barely warm food on cold plates. On a gorgeous Sunday, the brunch was served indoors on the same cafeteria tables from the same hallway steam tables. The pricing of these meals, including the 20% admin fee that the venue added to everything: Rehearsal dinner $82.80/pp, Gold Reception Dinner $124.80/pp, Brunch $54/pp. The wedding day alcohol was $69.60/pp for the modest Silver Bar package so our Reception dinner and drink cost $194.40/pp.
At the food tasting to select our reception meal (2 months before the wedding) the only entrees offered were chicken or salmon. Beef was available as an expensive upgrade.
Blenheim Hill Farm contracted to provide transportation services, and six months later cancelled it. We had to scramble and pay 2.5 times as much to replace the service since many vendors were booked by the date BHF cancelled.
Our Blenheim Hill Jefferson rental house, had electronic coded locks on the exterior and guest room doors. Blenheim Hill Farm provided us with a list of lock codes but, after our arrival/check in and without notice to us, changed the codes. Later that day, without notice, they turned off all the door codes and left us with unlocked and unlockable doors for our entire 3 days and 2 nights stay. The prorated room rate for two nights was $514.50 and included no service, no lockable doors including while we slept, small annoyances-no closets, no cellphone coverage in the town, no kitchen knives/cutting boards, closed stairways, junk furniture on the porch...
Blenheim Hill Farm did not respond timely or sometimes ever to our emails. They sent us dunning notices for timely payments. They over billed us once, they calculated their 20% admin fee incorrectly to their advantage once, they converted a payment we made in error to a different item without permission. Blenheim Hill Farm’s “all inclusive” contract did not include the items that we had to ordered on their “Roadmap”, a payment portal which lists the extra items. Blenheim Hill Farm did not permit us to see the “Roadmap” until they had a signed contract and payment. Adding coffee and tea after dinner and lime and lemon slices for cocktails increased our reception dinner price to $205.70/pp.