On Sept 28th, 2014 we were married at Coyote Ridge. We had our ceremony outside in front of the waterfall (definitely pay the extra for this) and we had the entire ballroom reserved for our reception. Barbara was absolutely amazing. She is s...uper organized and kept things running. She was great with all my last minute changes to accommodate a larger group. We originally only had half of the ballroom reserved but we were on the edge for the maximum for that room. And since I wanted enough dance floor, I went ahead and upgrade to the full ballroom. It was perfect. The team there was awesome as well. Our bartender and waiters were super friendly and all of the staff was just so helpful. We got ready in the library and the team kept checking on us to make sure we were okay and had everything we needed. One of my bridesmaids was helping to decorate their entrance and Barbara even stepped in and helped here as well. I saw a post previously where someone said she was like another bridesmaid. And boy was that person right! She was just perfect. Her structure and organization skills keeps you informed and kept everything moving flawlessly. We have family that is in Colorado planning their wedding that were a part of our wedding and they commented on how wonderful Barbara is and that they are not getting the same service from their venue.
So let me provide a couple of details about my selections and experience:
Outdoor ceremony with full ballroom - I also opted only for 2 flowers on the chairs to separate the reserved seating from all other seating. I did not do any other decorations outside because I wanted the natural landscape. Also, I did not want an flowers to block peoples view. Plus you really are not out there for very long and I opted to spend my budget on inside décor.
We did a carving station buffet and passed hot appetizers prior to serving dinner. The food was great! The turkey was super tender and very tasty. We loved the Chicken Satay and Spring Roll appetizers. Actually during our tasting you would have thought we had never eaten because those were gone in seconds.
We opted for buying kegs and bottles of wine (thru the venue) instead of the open bar. This helped with keeping with our budget. We did have open bar for our wedding party. The wedding party all had a code word they used for getting the drinks. And honestly the bartender was awesome and remembered you so the code word wasn't needed for long.
I upgraded to white table linens and white chair covers w/ sashes. LOVED THEM. Barbara did an awesome job finding my darker shade of red. We did not upgrade the napkins so they were ivory but we just left them at the end of the buffet instead of at the tables.
Our cake table was decorated by Barbara using items we brought. She did an awesome job there.
Overall this venue is just amazing, very clean, and a completely professional staff. Our wedding really went off w/o a hitch and I am not sure that would have happened somewhere else, especially w/o a outside party wedding planner.
Let me just say, the entrance to Coyote Ridge is just beautiful, the dark woods, the new furniture and the lighting just made for a beautiful entrance. You can really go as simple as you want w/ decorations because the venue itself is just so beautiful. And the members of the course are super sweet as well. As we took over their club, they were sweet, understanding and we even joked a bit.