151-200 guest capacity
This venue can host up to 200 guests
About this vendor
Bristow Manor Golf Club is a wedding venue located in Bristow, VA. An elegant escape to the countryside with a bit of glamour, this event venue promises to bring your love story to the forefront. The staff at this venue is committed to providing exceptional service for a stress-free wedding day.
This golf course was established in 1993. It currently remains one of the most well-maintained courses in Northern Virginia. This rural golf club is close enough for a quick trip from Washington DC but provides a welcome contrast to bustling city life.
Imagine bridges that lead you across reflective ponds and gently running streams as you and your new spouse pose for your first few photos as a married couple. The inviting colonial-style manor house with grand columns and a two-story portico welcomes your guests as they arrive. One walk of its grounds and you’ll find that this property strikes the balance between romantic and sophisticated but without pretension. Once inside, you’ll find a bright and breezy interior with elaborate crown molding. The tall ceilings give the rooms a feeling of grandeur. Luxurious window sheers fall gently beside large windows casting an ethereal glow over the room. As the sun slowly sets over the rugged tree line, a night of dinner, dancing, and making memories lies ahead for you and your guests.
The historic manor house features a custom built-in bar and exquisite chandeliers. Connected to the manor house, is the state room reception hall. Accommodating up to 200 wedding guests, the state room reception hall features hardwood floors, large windows, and an attached natural stone patio. Outdoor ceremonies can be accommodated on the grounds with the facade of the stately manor house serving as an ideal backdrop for your ‘I do’s.’
Amenities + details
Ceremony Area
Covered Outdoors Space
Dressing Room
Handicap Accessible
Indoor Event Space
Outdoor Event Space
Reception Area
Wireless Internet
Liability Insurance
On-Site Accommodations
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
Guest Capacity
- Up to 200
Settings
- Ballroom
- Country Club
- Estate
- Garden
- Historic Venue
- Trees
Venue Service Offerings
- Bar & Drinks
- Cakes & Desserts
- Cupcakes
- Other Desserts
- Food & Catering
- Planning
Awards and Affiliations
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I got married at Bristow Manor on 7/11/24. It was an amazing experience. Kelly went above and beyond. Our infant son started crying (teething) during the ceremony, and she took him and walked him around to try and soothe him.
She had amazing suggestions, was always there to help and really worked hard to make it a perfect day.
Everything was beautiful. The venue itself is utterly gorgeous. The Manor House was perfect for our small wedding.
The food was amazing! We had both our rehersal dinner and reception dinner there and oh my goodness. SO good.
It was such a stress minimize going with Bristow Manor.
I highly recommend. I will cherish my wedding day memories forever, and I am so glad Bristow Manor is a part of that.
Bristow Manor made my day so special! The food was amazing..I recommend the steak! I was very satisfied with how things went. I couldn’t have asked for a better wedding. Thank You!
Bristow Manor was absolutely amazing!! They made our day so stress-free and enjoyable. We loved the venue and the staff made it feel like home. The chef was amazing and all of our guests loved the dinner and Hors d'oeuvres. We recommend Bristow to any couple looking for a wedding venue!!
We had a wonderful wedding at Bristow Manor, to say the least. The location, venue, food, staff accommodations...really everything was fantastic. The chef was very understanding of our needs and dietary restrictions. The rehearsal was quick, detailed and very effective. The venue really made the wedding feel like an adventure.
We would like to give a special shout out to Caitlin, the Event Coordinator, for her spectacular skills, patience, and kindness in planning our wedding. She went above and beyond to make our big day super special. Anybody would be lucky to have a professional like her.
Thank you, Bristow Manor, for making our wedding such a special one. We know it is not always easy to put on events like this, especially in this post-COVID environment, but we could not be happier with how the wedding went.
Getting married at Bristow Manor was a dream come! All the staff was pleasant, calm mannered, and very professional! Annette made booking a breeze even with all of my many questions. I couldn’t be more grateful for Emma! She was absolutely amazing and her communication was wonderful. Her calm demeanor helped me get through the anxiety I had leading up to the wedding and on the day of. Emma went above and beyond and I’m extremely grateful! I’ve gotten nothing but positive feedback about our wedding! Thank you so much for helping create these beautiful memories!!
We had a great wedding at Bristow Manor and would highly recommend it. Annette helped us out from start to finish. She was amazing and very accommodating with changes! She helped make sure everything was set up perfectly and how we envisioned. The reception tent is even more beautiful when lit up at night. We got compliments from all our guests on the service and the food. We had to tweak our schedule by 20 minutes for extra photos and the service was so great that we ended up quickly back to the original schedule in no time.
Great place to have your wedding and fantastic team to work with!
Bristow Manor made for the perfect venue for our fall wedding! Guests thoroughly enjoyed the on-site catering and we were able to select all our own vendors and the site coordinator, Jessica, who made sure everything flowed smoothly. The main manor house made for a cozy cocktail hour space and we had more than enough space in the stateroom for our 75 guests. It was also a nice surprise that they had updated all their doors, light fixtures, paint, and added a new outdoor patio right before our wedding for a modern yet elegant look.
We got engaged in January 2021 and wanted to start planning our wedding early. I reached out to approximately 6-8 venues in our area and out of all of them only Bristow Manor got back to me in less than a week (around 3 days). They arranged a time for me to come see the venue and we're very accommodating to my later work schedule.
We toured it and booked it on the spot. We did not even bother trying to look anywhere else as we wanted a venue that would be responsive and helpful during the process. Bristow Manor did both of those, they made everything clear and were more than happy to explain everything and detail everything out. They were constantly going out of their way to make sure he and my fiance were both included during the whole planning process.
They were very reasonably priced as well compared to some venues if you are looking for a beautiful venue on a budget, we just added on a ton of stuff for upgrades that were unnecessary but we liked.
Our wedding was on June 25 2022 and we couldn't have been happier with how it turned out and how helpful all the staff was on the day of. Thank you so much for everything you've done.
Caitlin and the Bristow manor staff are an absolute dream to work with!! They made our wedding day so wonderful. Caitlin is hands down the best wedding coordinator/planner to walk this earth. She was extremely responsive, kept everything running smoothly, amazing to all of my vendors, so organized, and attentive to not just me and my husband but our families. I cannot say enough kind words about her. The food at Bristow is incredible, we received so many compliments! The venue is absolutely gorgeous and Caitlin and her team helped make it the best day of our lives
Beautiful Venue with a great event staff that is very supportive and easy to work with!
I cannot praise this venue enough. Going to Bristow for the first time I knew it was where I wanted to have our wedding. Caitlin the coordinator has been awesome every step of the way and when the big day came, I had NOTHING to worry about. The atmosphere and aesthetic of the historical manor is to die for and the picture you will take there will have jaws dropping. Thank-you to all the staff that helped make our wedding day an event to remember!
My Husband and I got engaged in February of 2020, right before the COVID-19 pandemic set in. We waited a few months to tour venues, and as soon as we visited Bristow Manor in September of 2020 we knew this would be our place. Annette and Caitlin were great to work with throughout our engagement and planning process. We chose a Friday for our wedding and although were hesitant at first, we are glad we did because it gave us the rest of the weekend to relax and celebrate. Overall, our experience with Bristow Manor was incredible! At the last minute in the planning process, a new coordinator was assigned to my wedding day. And although I was hesitant at first, I am so happy to say that Karen made my day all that I could imagine. Of course with serving alcohol the guests can get a little rowdy, but Karen did the best job! Myself and my husband were able to just enjoy our night while Karen and the rest of the staff handled the logistics and slight mishaps. I will forever be thankful for her and for choosing Bristow Manor to celebrate our wedding.
My now husband and I have been working with Bristow Manor since November 2020. The venue caught our eye, as it is only an hour away from our home, and is quite beautiful! That month, once we met with Annette and saw the venue in person, we knew exactly where we wanted to have our beautiful event!
As time passed and the new year approached, we decided that we wanted to push our wedding from April 2021 to September 2021, and that was not an issue at all for Bristow Manor. This was greatly appreciated, given that most of our guests were traveling to the event from out of state! Annette and Caitlin always worked with us to ensure our ceremony and reception would be just what we desired! We enjoyed our food tastings in January 2021, and we also got to use the venue for engagement photos in May 2021!
Throughout the year of 2021 before September, I was in constant contact and correspondence with Caitlin, and she was always very professional, helpful, and prompt! I had so many questions, and at times I felt overwhelmed from planning and calling vendors, but Caitlin always gave off a great and comforting vibe, and I knew that with her assistance, the wedding day would go perfectly. Her assistance throughout the whole process, to include the day of, was exceptional. I greatly appreciate her work to make our day special!
I also cannot thank the entire staff and crew enough for basically taking a day that I envisioned, and playing it in real time! The ambiance, the laughs and smiles, the food, the drinks, everything was amazing. I still cannot stop thinking about our big day, and I know that it was definitely meant to be at Bristow Manor! Truly a fairytale come to life! I cannot recommend this professional and breathtakingly beautiful venue enough!
We truly could not have asked for a better wedding day thanks to Bristow Manor! From our very first meeting with Annette to our wedding day, they were the most professional team. Caitlin made our wedding day itself a breeze and handled all of the small details that would normally be stressful. I so appreciated how she kept everyone organized and continued to check in with my husband and I to see how she could make our day perfect. Truly could not recommend the venue or staff enough! Thank you for making our wedding day absolutely perfect!
The positives:
Our day of coordinator Caitlin was really nice and made efforts to check in with us a few times on our wedding day. She was responsive to our emails and any concerns we had in the planning process. Annette, who was in charge of more admin/billing was also great. The venue itself was very flexible with covid postponements and billing. The venue itself is beautiful and very private. We were able to decorate the venue ourselves the day before, had our rehearsal walk through, and the venue provided the set up of any additional decor and breakdown at the end of the night.
Negatives:
The reason for 3 starts is truly the day-of experience.
Food:
For the food, The entree of chicken and steak tasted nothing like what was provided at the tasting. The steak was over cooked and the sauce was bland. The chicken was supposed to be in a Marsala sauce and there was no sauce at all with it. In addition to the poor quality of the meal, after the wedding I was told by many guests that they never received cake and/or had their food brought out very late. Our family had asked ahead of time how many staff would be at the wedding so we were able to tip accordingly. Apparently on the wedding day that was not the case as the bartender had told my mother that they were very short staffed which was causing the delay with food/drinks.
Timeline:
Our timeline was one of our biggest regrets with this venue. During the tasting we went over the timeline with the coordinator. The coordinator used a template of their usual wedding timeline to go over with us and make adjustments if we wanted. I truly regret trusting the timeline the coordinator put together as it made the entire wedding delayed and then things had to be rushed at the end of the night. Due to the delay of dinner and with speeches/parent dances being scheduled for after dinner was served, dancing did not start until almost 10:00pm and the bar was scheduled to close at 10:00pm. The coordinator was able to extend the bar for an additional 15 minutes but even with that, the party didn't really get started until 1 hour before the wedding was over. Due to our frustrations with the delay we had to make the call to have an informal cake cutting and no bouquet toss because our guests wanted to start dancing. We truly wished the coordinator could have stepped in earlier with this matter because my husband and I had no idea what time it was since we were so busy, otherwise we would have moved things along. We were served dinner first so after we ate there was a lot of waiting around which could have been occupied with the speeches/ dances.
Weather ceremony back-up:
On our wedding day it rained briefly before our ceremony. While getting ready our coordinator had asked us what we wanted to do whether indoor/outdoor. At the time when asked I didn't know how wet it was outside because it had stopped raining but either way I was told if we wanted to do it outside still then it would take them an additional 20 minutes to set up so I chose to just make the call to do it indoors. Now after experiencing how tight it was having the ceremony in the ballroom I would have done things differently. All the tables were pushed to the sides of the walls and left very little space which guests did not like. Also for the ballroom the isle was extremely short so the moment of walking down the isle was very brief.
All that said, if we could do it all over, I'm not sure we would choose this venue again.
We had our recent wedding and Bristow Manor and it was everything we had hoped it would be. The cocktail hour room and reception hall were both a perfect size for our 50 person wedding (though I'm confident they could have easily fit more) and the staff was phenomenal. The day of coordinator, Caitlin, was everything we could have hoped for. She was knowledgeable, timely and just a joy to work with. We dropped off bins of decor prior to the wedding and she and her team brought our vision to life. Caitlin helped keep the day on track, and really allowed us to enjoy the day and not stress the little details. The bartenders and wait staff were all amazing and we couldn't be more happy with our decision to have our wedding here!
Annette, Caitlin and the entire staff were amazing! They were all there every step of the way to help, answer questions and make our day what we wanted it to be! Beautiful venue with plenty of room for socializing, dancing and some great photos! Ryan and I thank you for everything you did for us and making our day the best day!
Annette, Caitlin, and the team at Bristow Manor helped to pull of the perfect wedding of our dreams! Everything that we wanted, they helped us to make it happen. Our Coordinator Caitlin, is so professional and coordinated with all of our vendors. She made sure that we had everything we needed on our wedding day and made sure we ate! The venue is beautiful and the staff makes your dream come true!
This venue is what we chose for our wedding and we loved it! It has options for inside and outdoor options, includes food and alcohol plus tables, linens, chairs, a day of coordinator, and an amazing suite for the bride and groom! Our experience was such that the customer service was great which we appreciated since we rescheduled our original wedding date because of the pandemic. Annette and Caitlin were very accommodating and flexible. Can’t say enough about our experience with Bristow Manor!
Bristow Manor was wonderful. Beautiful venue, Yummy food and great staff. The venue was so flexible in helping me plan during covid. They kept me up to date with every new restriction and worked around our needs. It was such a relief to have such an accommodating venue t help during these stressful times.
Anette (sales) kept me informed about how the venue was keeping guests safe, how many people we could invite and what to expect. She kept my sanity intact throughout the stressful planning process.
Caitlin(coordinator) was the best. She managed the day of coordination like a true professional. everything was taken care of, I didn't have a single worry all day knowing she was on top of everything.
Our wedding was truly perfect and we are so glad we chose Bristow Manor
Absolutely amazing! They have a on site coordinator who helps months in advance and is there day of. They do a ceremony rehearsal the day before. They truest took all the stress of planning a wedding away. They do in house good and a accommodate for allergies! They made sure my day ran as smoothly as possible and decorated before we arrived. I wouldn’t have wanted my day any other way
Caitlin did an amazing job bringing everything together and putting our decor out. The venue is absolutely gorgeous, everyone loved it and the food. I only got about bites or so but it was sooo good. I did get a plate to go since some guests didn't show and although it was cold on the way home, it was still so good :) I had to have steak/beef for about the next two week's after our wedding because it was so good!! The chef even came out to make sure everything was good, thanks Chef!! The entire space including landscape is beautiful and well lit. Annette who helped in the beginning was also helpful in making sure we had everything we needed in regard to info. I would love to host another event here just to get as close as possible to our wedding day, it is beautiful and you will love every moment of it!! Thanks, Bristow! P.S...... Caitlin, I'm so sorry for the few guests that were pushy!!!! So rude, but you remained professional, thank you!!!!
Incredible venue that all our guests fell in love with. I didn't get the opportunity to thank the Chef personally but he did a flawless job and the food was executed perfectly. I also really appreciated the hard work of the kitchen staff who put in a fantastic shift to serve our guests. It was truly the perfect engagement reception that we always envisaged and I cannot thank the Events team enough for helping us making it happen!
I cannot say enough positive things about our experience with Bristow Manor! From start to finish, their team was professional, positive, and determined to ensure we had the day of our dreams. The venue is beautiful and pricing is very fair for what you are given. Caitlin, the on-site coordinator, is absolutely wonderful to work with! We had a significant amount of rain on our wedding day, she made sure we still had a great time and worked with us to come up with alternate plans on the spot. You will not regret choosing Bristow Manor!
From the very first inquiry phone call to our final goodbye the night of the wedding, we were overwhelmed by the kindness, flexibility, and attention to detail that we received at Bristow. I can't imagine more challenging circumstances than a global pandemic in which to plan a wedding, but then the night of the wedding, Mother Nature decided to throw us another curveball with the remnants of a hurricane coming through, and through it all our wedding planner was a calming force as she seamlessly made adjustments and came up with alternate plans to ensure that our daughter's wedding was everything she had dreamed it would be.
The entire staff was polite and accommodating to everything we could have hoped for and more. The professionalism and kindness shown in such difficult circumstances was truly a blessing to our entire family. All of the obstacles that could have turned a dream wedding into a disaster fell away as our wedding planner and the entire staff worked tirelessly to overcome every challenge.
The venue was beautiful, the food was delicious, and my daughter's dream wedding came together in ways that were beyond what we could have hoped for.
Perfect Day!
Amazing staff - patient, professional, dedicated and welcoming. Nathaniel is an amazing chef and his heart is in the right place for his work and Annette made it all happen! The venue is beautifully appointed and we were so well taken care of from start to finish. The day could not have been better!
Bristow Manor was a fantastic venue for our wedding! We appreciated how responsive everyone on the staff was and how professional and kind they were throughout the whole process. (it made our planning much easier and less stressful!) We also appreciated how flexible the venue was and how they cater to different wedding sizes, budgets, and styles. There are also many awesome spots for pictures throughout the grounds and the golf course. We would recommend checking out Bristow Manor.
I selected Bristow Manor for my wedding ceremony and reception because I wanted a place that would be beautiful for photos and that I would not have to worry too much about decorations. Communication was excellent right from the beginning. Annette was very responsive and answered all my questions. Once we had signed the contract and moved to the planning stages, Caitlin was very attentive and helped us put together the final details. Gorgeous location, professional staff and the services offered are excellent for the price. I highly recommend this place!
We used Bristow Manor for a wedding ceremony and reception. The venue is beautiful and there are endless options for indoor/outdoor photos. Annette and Caitlin were great to work with. They provided a very flexible package for us and were always around to answer our myriad questions prior to the event. Day of, Caitlin and the staff were very professional and kept things running smoothly. Food-wise, they had several menu options, all of which were good.
My husband and I were initially drawn to Bristow Manor as the venue for our wedding for a number of reasons – the location, the amazing manorhouse, and the reviews about the coordinator, Bettina. When we arrived for our initial meeting, Bettina was very pleasant; she was thorough when going through all of the details for our big day and answered the numerous questions we had. As we left, we knew we had found the perfect spot for our wedding.
As the months went by with virtually no contact, we soon discovered that Bettina had left and a new coordinator took her spot. I requested to meet in person with this coordinator; she did not reply. A week later, I reached out again and was able to secure a meeting with her. However, when we arrived, we were met by Annette, the sales coordinator, who told us the new coordinator no longer worked there either. At this point, we were extremely apprehensive – we were less than six months out from our wedding and we had no coordinator.
Our third coordinator, Caitlin, took over shortly thereafter. For a few weeks, there were some hiccups with communications not being timely; however, things did a complete 180 when we were one month away from the wedding. Both Caitlin and Annette were extremely accommodating and helpful, going above and beyond to ensure that our wedding day was perfect – and it was. We could not have asked for a more perfect wedding day. All in all, while the months leading up to our wedding were extremely stressful, we were very happy with how everything came together at the end. Our wedding was lovely – the pictures really don’t do it justice!
We had a morning ceremony and brunch reception at Bristow Manor Golf Club. Annette helped us get set up with the booking of our event and then Caitlin joined us as our venue coordinator. Both Annette and Caitlin were responsive, kind, and helpful. Prior to the wedding, when I was confirming details with vendors, they shared with me that they had already spoken to Caitlin. When I arrived to the bridal dressing room, there was champagne, water, cheese and grapes waiting. My husband had the same in the groom's dressing room. Communication was clear between the staff at Bristow Manor and us, our families, and our vendors. Everything looked beautiful! Our guests raved about how beautiful the venue was and how kind and attentive the staff were. Caitlin even brought out snacks for my husband and I when we were getting our pictures taken! The food was delicious. We were well taken care of. We honestly cannot say enough good things about this venue, Caitlin, Annette, or the rest of the staff. We would absolutely recommend Bristow Manor Golf Club to anyone looking for a wedding ceremony and/or reception venue.
I wanted to do something special for my nephew so I decided to plan an engagement party for him and his fiancé. Annette and Caitlin were both great to work with. I explained what I wanted and they met my expectations. Any questions were answered promptly. The venue is beautiful, the food was delicious and decorations turned out just like I had pictured. Thank You from the bottom of my heart for making their day Cinderella perfect!
Wow! We are still completely amazed at how incredible our wedding day was! Annette and Caitlin made us feel so at ease at the end of the process and made everything run so smoothly and effortlessly! We knew we were in good hands when we came to do final details because they knew exactly what we were asking for, what we WEREN'T thinking of (but didn't make us feel silly for not thinking about them), and how to make our vision a reality. It made the last few weeks leading up to the wedding so much fun because we felt that we were able to place our full confidence in them. And did they ever deliver! From the time we arrived to the time the ceremony started they struck a great balance of keeping us on schedule and letting us be together with the bridesmaids and groomsmen, we are so thankful for how relaxed and fun everything felt leading up to the ceremony. The outdoor space for the ceremony was so beautiful and started everything off so elegantly. The inside of the manor was absolutely perfect and their idea for setting up the third bar outside on the side lawn was exactly what we were hoping for. AND THE RECEPTION HALL!!! They worked with us to set up a long head table, it looked amazing and we loved how they spaced out all of the tables. They also helped us set out the personalized notes to each guest and the acrylic names at EVERYONE'S place setting; we really got so many comments about them and we would not have been able to pull that off without their help! Everything ran right on schedule and we never felt rushed, which we are so thankful for because we were able to spend so much time with everyone!
Absolutely incredible service and we couldn’t be happier with the outcome of our wedding day!
Bristow Manor was amazing! They were very attentive to all of our questions and concerns. We went through a few wedding coordinator staff changes leading up to the wedding, but each coordinator was excellent! We did the barbecue buffet and got tons of compliments on the food. The space is absolutely beautiful. One of my favorite features was that we got the whole space to our self, the reception area, the downstairs and upstairs of the house, the porch and lawn, etc. We had a relatively large guest count (~155) and it was a bit of a squeeze in the reception hall, but it made it all the more fun for our guests! I would highly recommend this venue!
I knew I wanted to get married at Bristow Manor the first time I visited. It has a beautiful lawn, manor house and ballroom for your reception. I had both my ceremony and reception at Bristow Manor and loved that my guests didn't have to travel from place to place. Bristow Manor's wedding packages include the venue, catering, and alcohol and they also have a list of "preferred vendors" who know that venue well. This made planning so much less stressful. We picked both our photographer and DJ from the preferred vendor list. In addition, Bristow Manor's wedding coordinator Bettina made everything about the wedding so much easier. Leading up to the event she coordinated with our vendors, planned our day of timeline, and asked us questions that helped us better plan our day. On the day of the event she kept everything running smoothly and in a timely manor. I couldn't imagine keeping track of it all myself but Bettina made sure the ceremony was well timed and kept everything rolling during the reception. She even made my husband and I plates and reminded us to sit down and eat. Bristow Manor is a beautiful venue and Bettina made our day perfect!
This venue was amazing!! When I was looking around for venues, we had 4 others to look at, and when we came to look at Bristow, It blew me away. As we were leaving, I told my now Husband, this is it, this is the place.
I absolutely love Bettina! she worked so hard and was open to our ideas for the wedding, she made sure everything went smoothly, she decorated everything for us, made sure we were ok during the wedding, she just was amazing. She is also a big Sailor Moon fan, like me!
The food was amazing, everyone loved the chicken cordon bleu bites! The pictures I've received from our photographer, are amazing so far. All of our guests complimented on how beautiful the venue is! Seriously, this venue is amazing!
This venue would've been given 5 stars if the communication and organization of the staff were fantastic. Unfortunately it wasn't. The venue itself is great, very vintage feel to it, it was just gorgeous on the inside and out and made adding just a little bit of my own decor easy. The coordinator did a great job of decorating the venue on the wedding day and the first half of the day was fantastic. During the reception however there was clear miscommunication between my coordinator and the DJ, we ran out of several of the food items on the buffet, the timeline was completely off and left only slightly over an hour for dancing. The entire event was completely off and the coordinator appeared stressed the entire night. Communication with the coordinator was very difficult the week of the wedding and she only responded to my emails once I stated her lack of response was stressing me out. Also be prepared to take all of your decor home the night of the wedding-to me that is completely ridiculous. Be prepared to have more than one coordinator and at least three people in charge of wedding finances at the venue. This venue has potential to be truly great but I cannot say I had the greatest experience there for my wedding.
I truly can't begin to say enough amazing things about Bristow Manor!! From the day I first met with them to discuss wedding options up until the day of my wedding they were at my constant contact helping me through everything! The day of my wedding went perfectly and without a doubt I wouldn't have been able to do it without Lindsay (the day of coordinator) from the time the wedding party and I showed up until it was time for my husband and I's exit Lindsay was checking on us to make sure we were comfortable and had everything we needed. I will definitely be recommending Bristow Manor to anyone in the future that is looking at venues not only for wedding but any event they might be holding!!
We had our wedding on Feb. 25, 2017. Everything was absolutely perfect! Brittany and Lindsay were so professional and genuinely excited for us! From day 1, Lindsay, our coordinator, worked with us to bring our vision to life. She worked with us on every detail, including many that I never would have thought of on my own! Communication was very fast and it definitely helped calm the wedding-planning jitters. On the day-of, she and her staff made sure everything went seamlessly. Seriously, I've never been to a more organized, well-executed wedding (not that I'm biased or anything). I'd book here again if only for these two ladies. Did I mention their services come with when you book the venue? Speaking of, the venue itself is gorgeous! With the VA countryside just a short golf cart ride away. we were able to get some amazing sunset pictures post-ceremony. Speaking of ceremony, we /did our ceremony, cocktail hour and reception all at BM. They were great about making each "phase" feel like its own separate event. There was even space for the bride-bridesmaids, and groom-groomsmen to hang out (separately!) before the ceremony. I cannot say enough good things about BM and its staff. If you want a beautiful, stress-free wedding at a gorgeous location, BM is a sure bet :)
i absolutely loved working with everyone at bristow manor and afterwards it really was a serious case of wedding withdrawl! i miss it all so much. brittany and lindsay were such a big help and offered so much support along the way. it was so great working with them and we feel truly blessed to have found the perfect venue and people to work with. it all really was a dream come true and i wouldn't have wanted to have our wedding any other way. the place was perfect for us, and all our guests agreed that it suited us perfectly. everyone has been raving about how beautiful it was and how laid back and fun and how smooth everything went. if you're looking for that laid back, southern charm kind of feel, this is the place for you! i was so amazed at how the staff was so attentive to all our needs the day of our wedding, everybody was literally at our service getting us drinks when we needed, bringing us the passed around appetizers when we were busy taking pictures, grabbing family/friends when we needed someone...i was truly amazed at how everyone wanted to make our day perfect. there was a little bit of a hiccup when they had to switch event coordinators on us, but they ensured things transitioned smoothly, although there were some things communicated with the previous coordinator that might have got lost along the way (lighting in the tent extension wasn't communicated with the new coordinator as it was with the previous one, partially my fault), but that was just a minor detail. they'll basically listen to anything and try to accommodate what they can. they were nice to sub certain food items on the menu for us and let us set up whatever we needed to the day before the wedding. i can't say enough good things but thanks again bristow manor for the best day ever! :)
Our wedding was 10-3-2015. We held both the ceremony and reception at Bristow Manor. To start, they were in the process of doing some renovations and staff changes when we booked the venue in December 2014, with that came some minor hiccups and having to relay information a few times to the new staff person. Once Emily took over, it really was smooth sailing. Everything about Bristow Manor was perfect on the day of the event. We held our ceremony indoors, because I wasn't about to mess with rain, and I'm glad we did. They flipped the room during our cocktail hour and everything was perfect. Emily was there in a pinch with a candle snuffer when we needed it during the ceremony. The food, the lights, the location, the reception hall, the bar and dinner wait staff, and Emily were wonderful. We could not have asked for a better experience. Also the bridal and groom suites were wonderful to have, although the bathroom was a little small for my gigantic dress. Thank you Bristow Manor for a wonderful wedding!
The food is AMAZING, Emily and Brittany are so fun to work with, they handle anything and everything thrown their way professionally, the environment is non judgmental, and it is a BEAUTIFUL venue. Our ceremony and reception was so memorable thanks the staff at Bristow Manor. Perfect for an intimate happy, fun filled wedding!
Bristow Manor is absolutely AMAZING! Not only is the venue GORGEOUS but everyone there is truly incredible and want to help make your wedding day super special! I got married July 15 and was planning my wedding with Bristow Manor for 3 years. They were there to talk in person and e-mail whenever I wanted to about my wedding and they always kept the stress low! They made sure that the Bride & Groom were happy and stress free! Brittany & Emily truly made my day special & amazing! They are great at communicating and always making me feel confident and excited for the big day! Can't wait to go back to Bristow Manor to visit :)
My husband and I had our wedding reception there on April 9 and everything went absolutely perfectly! The day-of the coordinator was nothing short of amazing and made sure that us, our wedding party, our families, vendors and guests were well taken care of! We have heard nothing but praises for the venue and staff from our guests and loved every minute of our cocktail hour and reception! Throughout our entire engagement we always were able to receive quick feedback from the staff at Bristow Manor and they were more than willing to hear our ideas and help make our day perfect. We would highly recommend Bristow Manor to anyone in the area!
Mother of the Bride. The ceremony was perfect. The reception less than perfect. A lot of problems, i.e., temperature control, long buffet line, running out of one main item on the buffet line, cold food, photo booth opened one hour later than in contract. Don't recommend this venue if you are having your ceremony and reception inside in the ballroom.
DO NOT go to this place. Best friend was going to get married there. Food trials were absolutely disgusting. Drinks were equally as bad. Plates were not cleared while they were tasting. Service was awful. STAY FAR AWAY!
We could not have been more pleased with this venue and the staff was so friendly and helpful! They made everything flow so smoothly and easily! They set everything up for us that we dropped off 2 days before the wedding and it was set up beautifully!! Their packages also include flower and tea light centerpieces, linens (napkins and table cloths), and tables and chairs with no extra charge! This was VERY helpful with doing our budgeting!! We are SO happy that we had our wedding here!! You would be too!
It was a beautiful place to have rehearsal, however the service wasn't so great. We didn't get served, no one was told to go up to the bar to get your drinks, when the food was put out, they came up to me, the bride-to-be, to let my guest know. The food was good. Overall I would say everything was okay.
I loved the place. They made my day special.
The food, service, and location was all excellent. I have been to this location for many events and it never fails to impress me. All the wait staff and workers go above and beyond. Couldn't have been better.
My fiance and I stumbled upon this venue on our way to another venue. We peeked inside and absolutely fell in love. It was everything I wanted and absolutely had my heart set on it. We called and e-mailed later to set up an official appointment to view it and really to hash out the details because we knew we were going to book. Unfortunately, despite numerous calls and e-mails, they would have nothing to do with us. We finally received an e-mail following up several months later after we had given up and booked with a competitor. If they are that disinterested before you've even booked, can you imagine how terribly unresponsive they would be once they have your money and you're tied down by a contract?
First, Bristow Manor is simply a breath taking venue. Then when you put the level of service they give on top of that, it is the Perfect Venue. From the very start it was great working with Bristow Manor. We were on a tight budget and they went above and beyond to work with us. We started out with Annette who was great and very responsive. After we signed up we were handled by Sierra who was equally as great. Sierra was our day of coordinator and was perfect. She kept everything running and never once was pushy, she effortlessly (or what seemed to us as effortlessly) made everything happen. Which really saved the day since our DJ fell down on the Master of Ceremony job! She called all my vendors before the wedding and made sure they knew where to be on the day of as well. She even got my step daughter ranch dressing during the reception and it wasn't on the menu. She also made sure that all the decorations that I had worked really hard on were in the prefect place, everything looked even better than I imagined it could be. I would definitely tell anyone who was looking for a gorgeous 1800's style mansion to be married at, Bristow Manor. You will have a beautiful day, have the mansion to yourself and really be treated like a VIP by their staff. They made our day perfect! I heard compliments about the staff from all my guests as well.
The event coordinator Annette was outstanding and great to work with. She took care of everything the day of...I didnt have to do anything. It was like having a wedding planner!! She called and followed up with all of my vendors...huge help. She also worked with us to keep us at our budget!
I could not say enough good things about Bristow Manor. The location is fantastic, the food was very good, and best of all the staff was beyond helpful. We booked this about 17 months before our actually wedding and the staff answered every crazy question we had up until our wedding day.
Bristow Manor is absolutely BEAUTIFUL !!! As soon as I finished the tour I knew this was the place for my wedding !!!! I received lots of compliments from my guests on how pretty the venue was. Annette (the Catering Sales Director) is AMAZING !!!! She is so nice and was an absolute PLEASURE to work with !!! She was so helpful during the planning process, even suggesting other options for multiple things with out my asking her to. She is very quick with her responses through email and phone calls. Her and I went back and forth with all of my millions of questions. I always had a response from her immediately. The food was great !!! The mashed potatoes, chicken marsala and the garlic chicken were our favorites!The spinach dip was FANTASTIC !!! EVERYONE said so ! We had the rehearsal dinner at the Manor House and the wait staff was GREAT! The one thing I do have to say is my husband and I were very disappointed in Danielle ( Im not sure what her title is, but she is the person who at three months prior to the wedding you are in contact with and shes the day of coordinator)The beginning of the Wedding everything was fine, but once we were seated for dinner, she seemed to fade away. Her role that day was to keep us on schedule and prompt us for "what was to come next" .... She didnt :( Our Pastor and photographer thankfully had Wedding experience and were able to help guide us along the way. I would totally recommend Bristow Manor for your Wedding and hopefully Danielle wont drop the ball on you. BTW we did speak with Annette who spoke to the manager and they were to speak with Danielle about what happened so hopefully that will make it easier on the next Bride
I worked with both Annette and Danielle at Bristow and both were extremely accommodating to all my desires. They have a bridal show at the manor house almost every three months or so. The shows are awesome! They have appetizers and drinks in the manor house and a buffet of their entrees in the reception area. You can try everything before committing to anything. Plus they have cake vendors there and you get to sample their stuff as well. I highly recommend going there and checking it out! She even took my colors for and set up a reception table with the tablecloths of my choice so I could see what they would look like!
My husband and I wanted a unique place and I wanted to get married outdoors and Bristow offered it all. There were great options for inclement weather too. The drawback to the outdoor wedding at Bristow is the road right in front of the house. Our DJ was supposed to mic us but didn't for whatever reason. I didn't hear complaints from anyone that they couldn't hear us but I could hear the occassional car driving by during the ceremony.
It was incredibly easy to get married at Bristow. Danielle was our day of coordinator and she took care of EVERYTHING. We dropped off all of our decorations the night of our rehearsal and when we showed up everything was right where it was supposed to be....well, almost everything...the arch wasn't decorated exactly as I had put it together but that was a shortcoming on my part. I should have communicated more clearly how it was to be decorated. Seriously though, I will take a less than perfect arch in exchange for a coordinator that took care of everything. I can't imagine how everything would have gotten done on my own. Bristow even had a wedding in the morning before mine and I would have never known it. They are a great, professional and hard working team.
Bristow Manor is the absolute perfect setting for a wedding ceremony. Not only were the employees there extremely helpful, the ceremony was organized perfectly and the pictures that you get from the being married in front of the Manor House are absolutely breath taking. I would highly recommend Bristow Manor for your wedding!
Bristow Manor was the perfect place to get married. Three weeks after the wedding, I am still getting comments from friends and family about how wonderful everything was. As the bride, I didn't have time to really eat much, but the food got rave reviews.
The staff is A+. We never had to look for help, someone was always right there. And they worked with us every step of the way. They even decorated for us. We didn't have to come early to hand our paper lanterns in the hall.
I had the best experiance here at bristow.. Danielle and Annette made me feel very important i felt like i've known them for a longtime! Danielle was there the whole wedding day 6pm til finish she was great sweet love her! i really had a great time Great Serivce!! my family loved the Venue.. Bristow is a calm peaceful Venue and thats how i wanted it to be :) i want to go back and visit i had great memories.. they did a GREAT JOB!!
My husband and I got married in August of 2012. We had about 100 guests. We both thought Bristow Manor was a beautiful location for a 6pm wedding, and we hoped the service was just as great. They didn't disappoint. Annette helped us with the initial details and Danielle was there with our final few consultations and on our wedding day. Both Danielle and Annette each made us feel like we really mattered and were there for us whenever we needed them. Bristow Manor really came through and we are so thankful we chose them over the other choices in the area!
Thanks to Danielle, Annette and their hard working staff, our wedding was perfect! They even made sure it was sunny! :) I was able to contact them easily when I needed to make changes and just be difficult! They were able to accomodate my every request! I was able to drop off my decorations with simple instructions and they put everything exactly where I had envisioned it to be! I didn't have to worry about a thing on our day, and that was such a stress relief! Danielle was there with us from beginning to end and catered to our every need! We didn't even have to get our own drinks from the bar! We loved working with her, she made it all so easy! Plus the food was delicious!
The venue was absolutely amazing as well. I'd had my eye on the venue for about 5 years and it didn't disappoint! The gardens had all just been planted and the grounds were amazing. We also had our rehearsal dinner at the golf club and the food was amazing! We can't thank them enough for taking all the stress off of us and let us enjoy our time with friends and family!
Bristow Manor was a beautiful backdrop and venue for our rehearsal dinner, ceremony, and reception. Annette was great from start to finish and was very responsive and flexible with our inquiries and requests. The food was great. Our event day was stress-free, Annette and the staff set up all of our stuff exactly the way we wanted it before we even arrived, and when the reception was over, everything was packed and ready for us to pop in the car and be on our way. Only regret is that we didn't stay longer, the night was too short!
Great place! Great food! Great people! Everything about this place is beautiful! And the staff works really well with your vision! I'm do glad I could have my wedding all in one place !
The staff at Bristow Manor were exceptional from the beginning of the planning process all the way to the big day. Our wedding day was everything we had wanted it to be and I know there is no way it would have been possible without everyone at Bristow. Our guests were very impressed with the details of everything that day and especially the food. All in all we had a great day and it is one we will always remember fondly! Thank you!!! :)
I loved everything about this venue! I had my reception here in May 2011 and couldn't have been happier :) Annette and Karen are wonderful to work with. They are both very friendly, accommodating, and flexible. Both of them worked very hard to make our day perfect. Bristow Manor has recently done updates to their venue including a patio and brand new chiavari chairs. Our guests raved about everything- including the food. I would recommend this venue to all of my fellow brides!
Bristow Manor was everything we were hoping for and beyond! The 2 coordinators were excellent, answered all of my crazy questions quickly and efficiently. I really felt as if they were able to picture exactly what I had in mind, and setup the reception and cocktail hour perfectly. Amazing service at a beautiful location all at a incredible value -- highly recommended.
Bristow Manor was just wonderful. We had our rehearsal dinner, wedding ceremony and reception all at the club. People are still talking about how much fun they had and how great the food, setup and staff was. I highly recommend Bristow if you are looking for an inclusive venue - although you can just have a reception there if you wanted to get married somewhere else too. Karen and Annette are great coordinators and managers to work with!
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