Meadow Brook Hall

ve made, and we cannot thank the staff enough for making our wedding truly magical. The entire process could not have been smoother and stress-free, from our initial interaction with event sales associate Christine Busch to our experience leading up to our wedding day with our event coordinator, Brooke Graber, to all of the other wonderful, hard-working staff at Meadow Brook that helped make our wedding rehearsal, ceremony, and reception a dream come true. Our guests raved about the delicious food and beverages served throughout the evening and loved the opportunity to tour the mansion during our cocktail hour. I cannot recommend Meadow Brook Hall enough. It exceeded our wildest expectations as a wedding venue – still in awe!

was so great and helpful in the beginning stages of our process. Our event coordinator Morgan Pierce was amazing and she was so helpful and patient with us throughout the process of planning our wedding. Our guests were raving about the food and the opportunity to tour the mansion during cocktail hour. I truly had the wedding of my dreams at Meadow Brook Hall, and I can't thank Christine, Morgan, and the entire staff enough for giving us a beautiful and perfect wedding. It was everything and more!

y weekend that we were in town, and offered so many accommodations to help us in any way she could. Not only is the venue stunning, the staff was EXCELLENT. From the serving staff, to the bartenders, and catering team, everyone was extremely helpful and truly made our day flow effortlessly. There is no doubt that choosing to host our wedding at Meadow Brook was the best choice we made!

n think about a single detail the day of the wedding because of her hard work and ability to plan ahead/accommodate last minute changes. Additionally, all my guests commented on the excellent service of the catering staff (bartenders and servers). They were noted to be professional and efficient creating a perfect flow to our dinner service without award delays or pauses between courses. No detail was too small for this team. As the Bride and Groom, we were outside doing some last minute pictures at the time entrees were being served and the team thoughtful held our entrees in the kitchen until we returned to our seats. Not to mention the food was AMAZING, again noted by many of our guests. If you want a beautiful venue with top notch coordinators and day of staff this is the perfect place. Thank you Morgan and team!

l venue, so there are restrictions. As long as you go in understanding that, you will have a smooth planning experience. Our main 'con' is that you have to take all of your decor home at the end of the night. The staff packs it all up, but make sure you have a vehicle to put everything in.

ng sure EVERYTHING was to our liking, to the venue itself...everything was PERFECTION. If I could experience our day at MBH all over again, I absolutely would. 10/10 service; 10/10 food; 10/10 staff; 100000/10 grounds. I am blown away!

to the beautiful gardens and absolutely delicious food, Meadow Brook made all of our wedding dreams come true. Our coordinator, Morgan, was instrumental in pulling off the wedding we always dreamed of, and I can’t thank her and the entire crew at Meadow Brook enough!!

hank you so so much for an amazing day!!

were absolutely wonderful to work with! They were super responsive and made sure we were all on the same page for the day to go perfectly. The food was delicious and they had a ton of great options for us to choose from. We didn't choose to have cocktail hour indoors until the night before the wedding, but that was zero issue and they accommodated everything we wanted. During the reception, there was one small hiccup and Brooke handled it immediately. It was truly a dream and I wouldn't have changed anything about it.

e or inside and the food was delicious. The whole planning process was awful. We’ve read a lot of good reviews about Brooke and we asked for her when we booked the venue, but we ended up with Morgan. We understand she was new at the time, but nobody from Meadow Brook Hall (MBH) seemed to care enough to step in and help her and make sure that we had a successful, memorable wedding. Firstly, we didn’t get what we paid for, MBH even acknowledged this in an email, and yet they didn’t care or do anything about it. For example, we bought an additional hour of time for our reception, but the staff removed our decorations within minutes of dinner ending which led our guests to start leaving, thinking our event was over. Almost everyone was gone within an hour after dinner. Next, if you expect to have your calls returned, good luck. When we saw how poorly the planning process was going, we called regarding the concerns we had. We called over and over, left voicemails and emails, and even asked the receptionist to ask the staff to call us back. We were told everyone was in a meeting. Even as of now, they’ve never returned our calls to address our concerns. If you expect clarity, good luck. You’ll find out important information AFTER you’ve had to make your decision and past the deadline and all by chance. Moreover, some information is not mentioned in the contract or anywhere else, so there was no way to know about it or know to ask about it. If you expect any flexibility, good luck. You’ll be notified about things less than 1 week prior the due date, your coordinator will disappear, and you’ll miss the date (many of ours were on Sundays). You’ll have to make decisions without getting any answers and on the following Monday, when you MIGHT get answers and find out that some things are different than expected, they will tell you that you’re past the due date and you cannot change anything. Even if it’s only 1 day past the due date and you couldn’t get a hold of anyone. If you expect to have a coordinator to help you, good luck. It made it more complicated. There were so many back-and-forth emails without any purpose and planning calls where the coordinator had no information for us and where she completely forgot about any questions we asked. We had to remind her over and over, making us miss due dates where we then couldn’t get what we had been asking for for so long. Also, our floor plan was wrong several times, despite us correcting it for the coordinator every single time. Even our external vendors spotted the mistakes and luckily asked us for clarification, otherwise it would have cost us a lot in extra fees. We even had to run our own ceremony rehearsal, the coordinator just stood there. The list could go on and on. As we said, the venue and food were great, but the whole planning process and our wedding day were awful. MBH got a lot of good reviews in 2019 and 2020, which is one of the reasons we picked them, but only a few in 2021-2022. It seems like they are riding the wave of old reviews and not many people recently think their service is good enough to bother leaving a review.

r ideas and worked with vendors. The grounds are stunning, and when it ended up raining on our wedding day, the MBH team was able to switch us to an indoor ceremony space with no interruption to the guest experience or flow of the day. As a same-sex couple, we felt comfortable and happy throughout the process. We are still getting compliments about the food, cocktail bar, and beautiful space!

make it easy. Would recommend to anyone!! It’s expensive but 100% worth the cost

ly beautiful. Seriously, there is not a prettier venue. 3) The tent that you get to use for your wedding is air conditioned (our wedding was in August, and my husband and I both run very warm, so this was a HUGE plus for us). 4) You are the only event on your wedding day (we hated that at other venues there could be multiple weddings going on at a time). On top of all that, they provide you a lot of things on site that other venues make you bring in, such as tables, plates, silverware, catering, etc. We brought in our own chairs and linens just because we didn't love the look of the chairs that MBH provides. Beyond that, MBH is so so easy to work with. They will work with you to make whatever you want come true. You have an on-site coordinator who you communicate with the entire time (ours was Brooke), and she did an amazing job of being available to answer questions, make recommendations, etc. The absolute bonus is that their food (which they provide) is legitimately AMAZING. Wedding food is usually pretty meh, but I can't tell you how many guests came up to me in the days/weeks after our wedding saying how they couldn't get over how good the food was. MBH was such an incredible venue and will now always hold a special place in our hearts.

It was not what we originally envisioned but it was still gorgeous! The guests got to tour during cocktail hour, the food was AMAZING and every single person walked away feeling like they’d been at a Royal wedding (as did we)! We plan on going back for a tour soon! Thank you to everyone who helped our day FINALLY become a reality!!! Stephanie, Cheryl and Karleen…thank you all!!!

sts rsvp than expected due to Covid. They were great with setting up yard games (theirs and our own) for guests since the dance floor had Covid restrictions. The venue itself was absolutely beautiful, there were loads of compliments from guests. They also worked with us to have a family antique car driven on to the front lawn for photos, which turned out beautifully.

. The venue is gorgeous and all of our guests loved the food. I would highly recommend this beautiful and unique venue!

ding day more than what we could ever imagined. Leading up to the wedding sheWas responsive to each question and concern I had throughout the process. She was watching the news waiting for updated guidelines more intently than I was! Last minute the University advised that Meadow brook needed to move our wedding from indoors to outside... in the middle of February and in 15 degree temps. Because in Michigan dining with strictly outside, finding a tent rental and heaters was nearly impossible and having to do it in less than 48 hours made the challenge much more difficult. However, overnight Cheryl was able to acquire a large tent and seven heaters to accommodate our 20 person ceremony. From the moment she told me we were bumped outside to the moment I showed up for our wedding rehearsal she and the Meadow brook staff had transformed the main entry into a beautiful wedding venue. She was accommodating and caring. Despite all the bumps in the road she bent over backwards for us and we will forever be thankful to her for that. If you were looking for a venue that will go above and beyond and do anything to make your day special, this is it.

ything leading up to it. Our guests had nothing but good things to say and their food was amazing. We really appreciate everything Alexis and Meadow Brook did for us.

t the extra mile to make sure we had all of the information we needed/wanted, and was very prompt in returning our emails and phone calls. She made sure the day went smoothly, and that we were well taken care of throughout the day. Our guests raved about how good the food was, and how beautiful the estate and grounds were. The reception tent itself is gorgeous, and was the perfect setting for our summer wedding. I'm so thankful that we chose Meadow Brook Hall as our venue - I can't imagine our day anywhere else!

n her power to make our experience as enjoyable and as stress-free as possible... and she was INCREDIBLE. No matter what our questions or concerns were she got back to us in record time (and that means everything while planning a wedding). The overall experience of getting married at meadowbrook was better than we could have ever asked for! The night of the event went very very smoothly... I’m still to this day getting compliments that this was the best food at a wedding they’ve ever had. Not to mention the service was incredible. The staff was all extremely nice and helpful. We can’t thank the staff at Meadowbrook and our vendors enough for making our day so special!

ake sure that your event is successful. The venue is so beautiful and you and your guests are able to take advantage of using the mansion and all the beautiful grounds. And the food is pretty fabulous too! If you are looking for a unique and lovely setting for your event, Meadow Brook Hall is the right choice.