The GREAT:
Owl Creek Country Club is a beautiful venue! It was the only place that was elegant and classy while still moderately priced. I never dreamed I'd be able to have such a... beautiful setting on my budget.
I'm from Louisville but my husband and I live in NY. We got married the weekend after Hurricane Sandy and due to the large number of guests who were coming from the NY area we were in a bit of a bind when it came to giving our final numbers. Marti was AMAZING and didn't charge us for any of the guests who couldn't come due to the storm. They allowed us to give them the final number the morning of the wedding. Truly amazing. The whole staff is kind and welcoming. My girls and I got read on site and Megan was great - always checking in and bringing us drinks. Everyone we met was a true professional.
The not-so-great:
There was a bit of a mix-up with our catering order. Not sure how it happened but they served the wrong appetizers and the wrong fish dish. It wouldn't have been a huge deal, but we had a Jewish wedding and at each meeting we said we are having a kosher-style wedding, explained the rules (no shell-fish, no pork product, etc etc). They said they understood and have catered other Jewish events and not to worry...
Well, some sort of pork product was served (I was blissfully unaware - my mother on the other hand hit the roof). They made some sort of financial reduction to the final bill (again, not sure what it was but the wedding coordinator was impressed with what it was). This was obviously just a huge mix-up and I can't imagine it would happen again, but it certainly did happen to us.
The other thing is that though Monty is GREAT at what he does he is not super responsive to e-mails. Granted, we had a lot to discuss and I'm sure he has never been emailed so many times for one event, but since we live out of town everything had to be done long-distance. To be fair - I found that all vendors, seriously, ALL vendors in Louisville were not great with getting back to us quickly. I think my husband and I are just too accustomed to the faster pace of doing business in Manhattan. So that drove us a little bananas.
Overall it was a beautiful venue with really wonderful people running the place. I'd recommend this to my friends who are on a budget but still want to have an elegant wedding for sure!