Ogontz

My husband and I got married here July 31st, 2022! It was a dream come true. We wanted an all inclusive summer camp weekend with our family and friends and it surpassed all expectations. Ryan was amazing to book with, Jocelyn was extremely organized and led the culinary team to knock it out of the park and Dave was our knight in shining armor attending to our every need for the weekend. After guests arrived and checked into their cabins, we had an amazing pig roast for the welcome dinner on Saturday night followed by a bonfire with smores. On Sunday, everyone enjoyed the property with swimming, hiking, kayaking, etc before our wedding ceremony at 3:30pm. I have received so many compliments and "BEST WEDDING EVER" from so many guests - I'm so proud! The food, venue, staff and service was unbelievable and they really gave me the opportunity to enjoy the weekend worry-free! There were so many moving parts and everything went perfectly according to plan - I wouldn't change anything about our amazing camp wedding weekend!!

I wish I could go back and re-live this day again and again! I can’t imagine our wedding day anywhere else. The entire staff at Ogontz were amazing! They were accommodating and so helpful to our guests. I highly suggest opting into the decor package if you can! Sarah and team captured the look and feel we had and mind and more! Now for the food! The guests couldn’t stop raving about every meal from the yummy brunch to the delicious prime rib and burger bar. The food absolutely blew us away. We still have guests talking about it every time we see them. The beauty of the venue was an absolute no brainer but we truly can’t say enough about the Ogontz team! We wouldn’t have had it any other way. We can’t wait to go back for a weekend!

When we started planning our wedding, we wanted to bring together 300 family and friends in a nature-filled, relaxed, and personal environment for a whole weekend. We thought we'd never find a venue and then a friend recommended Ogontz. It was perfect! We described our ambitious wedding vision to Sarah and Andrew in our first meeting, and they delivered on every detail. Ogontz took care of all catering except alcohol, decorating/flowers, and prepping venues throughout the weekend. We took care of DJ, bartending, and a lifeguard though we had no problem because Sarah connected us to local vendors. We did not want to get bogged down in details (like choosing place settings or flowers) and Sarah and Andrew were able to take a little inspiration and work their magic for us; the colors and theme were based on the picture of the bride’s wedding dress (colorful Indian garb). Our wedding was the biggest they had hosted and they did a great job transforming the dining area to comfortably seat that crowd and ensuring people weren't getting hungry waiting to get food. They even thought of little details we forgot, like having high chairs for babies. If we ever needed anything (such as when our family member got his car stuck in a nearby ditch), we just had to ask and someone took care of it right away. We told Andrew that we wanted Indian food, and not only did he research all our family recipes, he also spent an entire day with our families learning how to make those dishes. Andrew’s food and Sarah’s baking were a hit with everyone at the wedding. We still dream about the lemon tart, roast pig, chicken sandwiches, fresh bread, and homemade chutneys. Many of the vegetables and some meats were homegrown at Ogontz. The scenery at Ogontz is breathtaking with the mountains in the background, the lake, and the quaint cabins. Everyone enjoyed the lake (boating and swimming), the grounds (sports fields, hiking, waterfalls, and even a wood-fired hot tub), and the many different buildings for late night board games, family time, and just hanging out. We had full use of the grounds and there was no restriction on time; we even canoed to a nearby island at midnight. We had bonfires on Saturday and Sunday night and Andrew prepared a s'mores kit with home-made marshmallows (amazing). We made use of the rehearsal hall for dance practice, and Ogontz Hall itself was beautiful. The majority of our guests stayed on the campsite and it was great to be able to spend time together without worrying about people needing to drive or find rides late at night. In the months running up to the wedding, we (and our parents) got a little nervous once in a while because we wouldn't hear from the team sometimes. We realized later that they are super busy with summer camps and also don't have great phone service. If it happens to you at some point, don't worry, because they have everything covered; it’s just important to know that texting works better than calling if you really need to get in touch. We had such an amazing wedding and find ourselves wishing we were back in our cabin at Ogontz overlooking the gorgeous lake view.

We are so happy we selected Ogontz. We got married Aug 2014, a couple in mid thirties. Worked with Sarah and Andrew who were great. We chose ogontz partly because of rave reviews we heard about the food, decorations, and area, and that they could do the cooking right there so we didn't have to find caterers, and the food would be fresh prepared, local, organic. It didn't disappoint! When Andrew started describing to us how he'd make the food our mouths started watering, and on the day of, they came through: just wow, we can't imagine better food. You want really good food for your wedding, and they just nailed it. Same thing for decor - we shared our photos pinterest, and again it was awesome, thank goodness one less thing to worry about, I don't know if we would have done it any different. All was perfectly organized, no big hiccups, so we could just enjoy the special day, these guys are pros. We were originally concerned that the accommodation for ~250 people would be too much (too many empty spaces), but it turned out we wanted to really only have about 2 people per cabin instead of the maximum four, so with our 100-person wedding we basically filled the place up. We didn't need/use the new big concert hall they recently built. They pointed us to a few local vendors for bar services: they don't serve alcohol themselves (makes it a little cheaper for us, so we were happy to do that).