Historic Rice Mill Building

lly as beautiful with the original flooring, exposed brick walls, white tin ceilings, and a massive bar. Minimal decorations are needed because the space is so pretty by itself. Eve Gray (who runs the place) was our day-of-coordinator and she had everything organized to a tee so we were never worried or stressed about a single thing. There are many options for food and everything was delicious!

e Rice Mill and can’t wait to visit future events there just to relive our wedding . Highly recommend!!

outside overlooking the water and the view was incredible. After the ceremony we moved inside for the cocktail hour and reception. Our guest raved about the food, especially the hors d'oeuvres. Eve, our coordinator, was wonderful. She was very helpful throughout the entire process. She was prompt and flexible. Our bartenders Becky and Eddie were also wonderful. A guest asked for iced tea, which they didn't have, and Eddie walked to the gas station next door to buy her some. We had our wedding on a Sunday in February and was very reasonable compared to other venues in Charleston. I definitely recommend the Rice Mill for any event!

hose the Rice Mill because of how beautifully unique it was. The Rice Mill is very romantic and rustic, but with a Charleston feel. The food was AMAZING. We had food stations with 150 guests. Jenna was AWESOME. We planned our wedding while living out of state. Jenna was flexible with meeting with us for tastings/planning while we were in town. She took all the anxieties of planning away. We were able to enjoy our reception because of Jenna. If we could repeat this day we would in a heartbeat.

aspects of the wedding that were outside of the required role of the venue. The venue was beautiful. We received so many complements. The staff also did an incredible job adjusting for weather. It ended up raining on our wedding day, but that had already been planned for and day-of adjustments were made with ease and care. This venue also provides the catering. The food was incredible. The guests could not stop raving about how good the food was. Thankfully, despite it being a hectic day, my husband and I were given a plate of the delicious food so that even we got to enjoy it. I cannot recommend this venue enough. They made a special day into a perfect one.

, or spend the evening on the outside patios watching the sunset on the river. Besides the amazing venue, the coordination for the Rice Mill was beyond my expectations and extremely profession. Eve, our coordinator, did an outstanding job and I couldn't have planned our wedding without her! She is responsive, helpful, organized, professional, and fun to work with. Additionally, the Rice Mill caters food/beverages in house, which made our planning efforts that much easier. I also had multiple guest come up to me throughout the night telling me that it was the best wedding food they have ever had...make sure you get the mac n cheese bar!! All in all, the Rice Mill and their services made for a night we will never forget.

part of our planning and end result. The food was AMAZING (our guests loved it too) and the presentation was beautiful. We cannot express how happy we are with how everything turned out. Thanks Jenna!

working with both Jenna and Eve and they were both so kind, super helpful, and extremely knowledgeable! They made the whole planning process really easy! We planned the wedding from NY, so they were really accommodating and always responded to emails and questions promptly! They were great to work with! Overall, we LOVED the Rice Mill --- it is a FANTASTIC venue that helped make our wedding a truly magical day for us!!

There was a lot of commotion, last-minute adjustments, etc. and Jenna and the ENTIRE staff at the Rice Mill adjusted incredibly. I also received multiple compliments from my guests regarding the food, but more importantly the customer service from the staff, and especially the bartenders. Jenna even came in on her days off to meet and work with us as we were from out of town. Truly an awesome venue, and experience thanks to these great people. HIGHLY recommended!

g planning and Eve was patient, communicative, and accommodating throughout the process. It's a bit of an undersell to call Eve our "day-of coordinator" because she was active and helpful from the day we called about viewing the venue all the way to after the wedding. Her creativity, warmth, and solution-focused attitude helped us create the perfect wedding day and to feel supported throughout the process. This venue is beautiful and incredibly charming - you won't have to do much to it. And the food is to die for. We did buffet and had 100 guests...there was more than enough space for everyone to sit. We embraced the low country cuisine and our guests were in awe of how tasty it all was. All in all, our wedding was such a wonderful experience. Our guests raved about it from start to finish and we were able to enjoy it ourselves. Eve, the Rice Mill, and Good Food Catering made it easy to create a personalized wedding day that left everyone feeling that they had experienced something special. I can't stay enough about how highly we recommend them!

e a few months later to do our catering tasting and meet Eve, our day-of coordinator. Eve was amazing to work with - she was on top of every little detail and everything went off without a hitch! During our catering tasting she was accommodating, flexible, and provided great recommendations to help personalize our day. She was always quick to communicate about any and every question I had, and worked with my vendors one month out to create the perfect day-of timeline. I can't thank her enough for her assistance with our special day! I also can't write this review without mentioning the delicious food provided by Good Food Catering. You cannot go wrong with any of their delicious menus or food options. We did passed hors d'oeuvres during cocktail hour, and a surf and turf seated multi-course dinner. I had so many compliments on the food! Also worth mentioning is my maid of honor has a gluten allergy, and they were more than accommodating for her to ensure she had a dish she could enjoy as well. From the gorgeous view, to the exceptional service we received (from Eve's coordination down to the friendly wait staff), to the delicious food options, we cannot recommend the Historic Rice Mill enough!

ved so many compliments on the view!), that is enhanced by the remarkable team that works there. Also of note - the food was outstanding. Many thanks to Jenna and her team for making our wedding easy and fun!

a calm about her that made me feel confident. I am from Toronto so I relied on her for early deliveries, long distance coordination, and meetings. She understood our vision and helped execute it into reality. Good Food Catering was excellent, the only dish we didn't love was the fish. The appys, the filet, and the chicken were outstanding! The ambiance was complimented by the eclipse and we had transformed this quaint old historic building into a romantic paradise. The team was also very accommodating; when we moved up the guest arrival time and opened the bar, it was not a problem. When we extended the wedding an hour the night of, it was not a problem. I would highly recommend this venue and team to help make your wedding day one of your best ever memories. Thank you to Jenna and the team for all your help.

great, it offers indoor and outdoor space in one venue, and there is a parking lot in front (be mindful though, we didn't have many people drive and park, yet our parking fee issued by the City was over $300!) However, I have to say that my family and I were quite surprised by a few things during our experience. First of all, I am saddened to say that the biggest negative I faced throughout my entire wedding planning process was the struggle I had attempting to work with Jenna. Perhaps the largest example to describe my disappointment: I hired her and confirmed her as a day-of coordinator (which was a change they instituted during my time between booking and wedding), and Jenna completely forgot I had even hired her. At that point, I was forced to find another day-of coordinator (which turned out to be a fabulous alternative!) - I couldn't entrust that job to someone who didn't even document I had hired her. She was far less than professional throughout the process, even less so after the coordinator conundrum. I have to say, I am truly shocked that there have been so many positive reviews about her services. She certainly does not represent the Rice Mill in a positive way. Additional things to be aware of: there is no bridal suite at the Rice Mill. I couldn't ride in the car in my wedding dress, so I had to put my dress on at the Rice Mill. This occurred behind a screen, in the corridor to the kitchen area. My bridesmaids had to shield me. Needless to say, this wasn't ideal. Initially, I was told we could hang out and get dressed in Jenna's office on the wedding day, but Jenna did not follow up on this. Moreover, the innate loveliness of the Rice Mill made up for lack of professionalism. Just want to make people aware!

and they set everything up. The food was delicious and they provide dishes. I had about 185 people with about 85 seats. I had a day wedding and had stations and hors d'oeuvres so not everyone needed to be sitting. Didn't need to get cocktail tables because the ones they have were great and very historical looking. They also provided tables. They had 2 patio areas and one had outdoor seats. There was also plenty of room for dancing.

ng about how good it was) and rentals- and even with questions the day before the wedding. The building itself is just so perfect- we hardly used any decorations and our guests are still raving about its natural beauty. We are so thankful for finding this place and to Eve for making our wedding day the best day of our lives!

ut the planning process. Eve made planning from out of town so easy. She also arranged all of our rentals, gave very straightforward and helpful advice, and even stayed super late after a wedding the night before mine to set everything up for our morning ceremony. Could not recommend Eve and the Rice MIll enough!!

us, but our wedding day (and all of the planning) were that much better when we met the amazing staff! We were lucky enough to work with Eve, who literally managed EVERYTHING - from the rentals and food to deliveries and day-of coordination. Eve met with us on several occasions to make sure everything was planned exactly as we wanted, she came through the day of when I forgot to drop-off important items, and she made it her mission to ensure that all of our guests were having a wonderful time on the night of our wedding. She was genuinely interested in making our night one that we would never forget, and we can't thank her and the HRC/GFC staff enough for all of their hard work!

to offer in terms of beauty and wow-factor than other venues in the same price range. Jenna and her team were fantastic to work with and all their help and guidance throughout the process was invaluable. The event itself went off without a hitch just a week after Hurricane Matthew. The Rice Mill Staff and Good Food Catering (their in house catering company) took such care to make it a beautiful event. Strongly recommended!

n with the on site coordinator could have been a little better but the venue printed me is for the guests and did come through in the end to make our night special. Thanks!

ement) until the day prior to the wedding, in which we were told certain items would not be placed. Her reply was something to the effect of "everyone knows caterers don't do that." I've never been married before and wasn't aware of typical expectations and relied on vendors for specific guidance. I was also confused because the contract stated they do all setup and because we had specific conversations about personal items that she said would be setup. We only had table runners, numbers and favors. I had to ask extended family to run over the morning of the wedding to take care of that. Then the caterers took our bakery items at the end of the reception and bottles of alcohol, which we purchased ourselves and provided. My mom had told Jenna she was going to grab bags to pack up the remainder of cookies (we had out as snacks), to find that they were gone 5 minutes later when she went back with the bags. Nobody claimed they knew where the cookies went. They also didn't serve both flavors of cake, or ensure that there was cake available at all times. We had many guests who didn't get a slice. They also threw out our favors that were on the tables while our guests were dancing. We personally bagged pralines with tags for our guests - not to have them thrown out! I realize not everything goes perfectly, and we expected a minor issue or two to pop up, most of which our guests I'm sure wouldn't realize, but what really stung was her attitude after we addressed our concerns. She disputed every detail and even went so far as to say the florist was talking poorly about me, which A) was completely unrelated and unnecessary and B) was completely surprising - we loved the florist and felt the whole process was easy with the florist! There were no apologies, just disputes and attitudes. With that said, the food was great - compliments to the chef! I recommended if you go with them to ask for someone other than Jenna as a coordinator.

best food I've had a wedding. They have a full kitchen onsite so everything was hot and delicious. We had passed apps during cocktail hour of lobster mac & cheese, baby lamp chops & bacon wrapped shrimp and scallops. We then had two stations, one a full Italian station with chicken, shrimp, and 3 sauces and the second was a pork tenderloin with mashed potatoes and asparagus. YUM! It was soooo good and Eve at the Historic Rice Mill is so easy to work with. Highly recommend this company for one of your biggest wedding expenses.

tions. Also, Eve was so helpful and patient with us through countless emails and phone calls to select food and set up a floor plan. Food must be catered through the venue, which made me nervous at first to limit our options, but it turned out to be really helpful to work through one vendor. (They also handled the chair and linen rentals for us too.) We heard so many compliments on the food and the crepes were so good that we skipped a cake and served a few flavors of crepes for dessert instead. Overall, if this venue is in your price range, I would highly recommend it for it's beauty and the ease of working with their staff. The only downfall is that you can't safely walk from the venue to any of the hotels that are nearby so we hired shuttles for our guests.

We got so many compliments on our selection of venue. I would recommend this venue to everyone.

n out. It didn't mess anything up for us though. Once this place was decorated and with the big windows with all the boats out back was beautiful. I love having our ceremony on the back dock. It was a very hot day but, the breeze saved our guests. I thought it was very picturesque with the boats right behind us during the ceremony. Very nice to have the ceremony on the back too as it was more secluded and quiet. It was great to have the back docks to for pictures as it is a very great area for pictures and they turned out awesome. Great to have this access right there! They did have tables we could use which was nice not to have rent those but, everything else will have to be rented (chairs, linens, tableware etc.). I did think Jenna could have been more helpful in the process - she seemed very short with us whenever we spoke with her on the phone. I guess I expected more from the management staff as we are their customers and we are PAYING for them but, everything got done and there were no issues so I guess I can't complain. I suppose I just expected more. However, food was great, wait staff was great and the venue was very pretty once all decorated and set up. I loved the venue and the chef is awesome! Bar crew was great to us too!

received complements on the food as well.

ittle additional decoration (money saver!), and there is a beautiful marina view (great sunset pics!). The event staff was amazing and management was flexible and made the event easy to plan. The menu selection can't be beat! I had the wedding of my dreams and the Rice Mill in large to thank for it.

. Our guests loved the Rice Mill and are still raving about how beautiful it was on the waterfront. As well, the food was incredible. I couldn't have been happier with the whole experience. Thank you Jenna and the Rice Mill team!

event and that is the reason I have to take away a star. We thought some things would be included with the venue that we ended up having to pay for that wasn't budgeted out. However, with that said, the venue was a dream. It was everything I wanted - a historic building, right on the water, very Charleston. The layout was great especially if you aren't into the one big room thing like me. Guests get to flow throughout the building space (indoor and outdoor) with the dance floor on one side and most seating tables on the other. It worked perfectly for our reception and we got so many compliments on the venue. It is a beautiful building with great scenery, so it doesn't need much decoration. I would say that we had around 200 or so guests, may be a little more. If you have way more than that, the space may be an issue. But, I definitely recommend the Rice Mill!

y was always quick to answer any questions I had and the day went perfect. We got a ton of complements on the wonderful food from Good Food Catering.

e dancing and music near the bar and have inside and outside places for people to talk and mingle. The food was amazing and our guests were not afraid to share that with us. The servers treated my husband and myself like royalty. They made us plates of food and brought us drinks throughout the night. The air conditioning was kicking for our august wedding and you wouldn’t have even known it was summer outside. It did rain on our big day but that didn’t hinder the photo opportunities or our guests from enjoying the outside covered area to eat and mingle. The Rice Mill is beautiful in photographs either as a back drop or just candid shots. It is pricey, but worth the money!! The only problems we had was our Rice Mill host left during the process so we had to transition to a new person, but it didn’t take her long to catch up to us and our planning. What I felt was the most helpful for me was being able to go over throughout the year and visit the site and ask questions.

to mention the dance floor and beautiful bar! We couldn't have picked a better venue!

cannot have a more perfect background for your photos than the beautiful harbor and boats on the outside, and the inside with it's exposed brick walls, wide planked wood floors, and beautiful tin ceiling. You do not need much decoration to made this place look exquisite...just some candles did the trick for us! I cannot stress enough the beauty here! The experience of planning and having our wedding here was also equally as wonderful. The staff were very thorough and helpful, and great to work with. The only glitch was that our rehearsal that was supposed to be there the evening before our wedding was not able to happen due to another event being planned...and we did not get this information until 4:30 the day of the rehearsal. That was easily rearranged on our part, but was an inconvenience. I would recommend this venue to anyone. Beautiful, pretty affordable, and easy to "glam up" for a wedding without having to spend much money, and the food was AMAZING! Good Food Catering is the catering company that works at the venue, and I have gotten an overwhelming amount of praise for the food. They had a lot of choices for us to pick from, and were willing to customize anything that we wanted. The "total cost of service" that I have selected included all of our food, and alcohol, and we had the ceremony here as well, so it includes that fee too. Overall, we had a blast, and the day was perfect!

od leftover and they packed a basket for us to take with us-which we needed because there was no time to eat at our event.

t. Louis) and worked to make sure my wedding vision came to life. We had our ceremony and reception there, which was perfect. The food was AMAZING (the catering is in-house which is great since they're affiliated with some of Charleston's top restaurants). As was the service. Our guests loved everything, and couldn't stop commenting on how beautiful the venue was. I can't speak highly enough about the venue, or of Emily Weidle. My wedding was everything I could have wanted it to be.

AWESOME!

azing to work with, she was full of great ideas and helpful advice, tailored the menu to our preferences, and coordinated the day flawlessly. She even helped me work through the few un-foreseen details on the day of. The food portions were huge, and guests were raving about the location and the food. I had read several reviews saying the building can get hot, but for my April wedding the temperatures in the building were perfect, no worries there. I just can’t say enough nice things about GFC and the Rice Mill building!

he food--oh where do I begin? My husband and I both really like traditional lowcountry/southern cuisine and we wanted our wedding menu to reflect this. We had a buffet dinner that was exactly what we'd dreamed of--fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, shrimp and grits, cornbread, roasted pork, and I could go on. Everything was delicious. We worked with Catherine and she was fantastic in helping us design a menu that fit within our budget. She was also very flexible--we went back and forth on the menu and the bar package a few times and she was always very patient and helpful. She also had great advice about colors that work well in the space and she was able to set up all of our rentals for table linens, etc. We were totally pleased and can't recommend the Rice Mill enough.