About this vendor
River Park is a 20-acre private estate providing a secluded, natural, and quiet setting for your very private wedding on the Milwaukee River front. Open June through September, for 100-200 guests located in the Cedarburg area. Consider a wedding ceremony with us too and provide entertainment for your guests during bridal party photos. We provide reception packages to remove much of the planning stress.
Exclusive benefits at River Park:
--Included decorating time Friday evening.
--Included ceremony rehearsal time Friday evening
--Included special delivery times allowed Saturday
--Included on-site/over-night free parking
--Included pick-up time Sunday for personal items/decorations
Amenities + details
Covered Outdoors Space
Handicap Accessible
Indoor Event Space
Liability Insurance
Outdoor Event Space
Reception Area
Dressing Room
On-Site Accommodations
Wireless Internet
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
Settings
- Ballroom
- Beach
- Waterfront
- Estate
- Garden
- Park
Venue Service Offerings
- Bar & Drinks
- Cakes & Desserts
- Food & Catering
- Planning
- Rentals & Equipment
- Tents
Reviews
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4
out of 5.02 reviews
Our wedding at the River Park Wisconsin was nothing short of perfect.
The owners, Steve and Nancy, were by our side with clear direction and answers from the day we booked our wed...
ding date. We were able to come look at the venue multiple times prior to the wedding to get a better idea of what we wanted to do by the way of decorations. Nancy was incredibly helpful in showing how tables would be arranged to accommodate our wedding party, family, and guests. They allow 2 hours on the day before your wedding to come in and decorate – they will allow more time if requested! They also allow time the day after your wedding to come and take your decorations down and do final clean-up. The staff was great and started taking down and gathering our items for us the night of the wedding so that we didn’t have as much to do the day after. Everything was neatly organized and set aside making the tear down so incredibly easy.
The venue itself is beautiful and spacious making it easy to accommodate many people for an outdoor wedding. If the weather doesn’t cooperate, the River Park with provide a large tent at an extra cost. They were able to allow up until the day before the wedding to determine if we needed the tent or not. The ceremony itself took place on a grassy area with the Milwaukee River as the backdrop. The venue provided a beautiful arbor for us to get married under. We were able to decorate the arbor however we liked to match the theme of the wedding. For the reception, we had plenty of room for our 170 guests to gather, play yard games, and dance the night away without feeling crowded. The section set-up for the DJ was more that big enough, we even were able to have karaoke set-up with plenty of space for dancing.
The menu options are clearly laid out with the price per guest based on the menu that you select. With so many moving pieces to a wedding, the fact that the venue assists in coordinating the catering was a huge help. We selected the big roast and it was INCREDIBLE. We received so many compliments on how delicious the food was. Nancy was able to coordinate with the caterer just weeks before the wedding to accommodate a vegetarian meal for a handful of our guests. I was impressed that this was so easily handled. On our wedding day, we had a cookie buffet in lieu of cake, and the staff was watching to make sure that the cookie jars were always full so our guests could enjoy them!
We recommend the River Park for a wedding!
I want to emphasize that my wedding day was absolutely stunning and perfect. The food was amazing, the venue was beautiful by the river, and the staff was SO nice and accommodating...
. However, the professionalism from the owners the day before and the day after my wedding were entirely disappointing.
One of the perks of choosing River Park for your wedding venue though includes the opportunity to set up decorations the day before and take them down the day after your wedding. Throughout the process leading up to our special day, Nancy was extremely flexible with my requests and everything seemed doable. She even went out of her way to incorporate drink tickets for us. She was very responsive and always available to answer any questions, which was helpful because I coordinated everything myself.
However, I was surprised and disappointed when we arrived to set up our decorations by the complete lack of flexibility and professionalism shown. Even though I had sent a picture detailing the exact tables and layout we needed for set up, nothing was arranged correctly. The space was packed with extra tables and chairs, stacked and shoved against the walls. The overall affect was visually cluttered and chaotic. My wedding party, family, and myself had to take out EVERY SINGLE set of tables and chairs and rearrange them correctly inside. Although we paid for an extra hour of set up and were willing to do everything ourselves, Nancy and Steve were very unpleasant, and it seemed as though everything was an inconvenience to them. They made it very clear that we, “had to get our garbage (decorations) out the day after our wedding.” (To clarify, our decorations were beautiful and classic—including glass vases with floating candles and string lights. Several of the staff on the day of the wedding said they had never seen the venue look so beautiful.)
While every answer leading up to our wedding was, “yes,” or, “we can make this work with some compromises,” on the day of set up, the owners were less than helpful and answered, “no” to almost every request. After the reception, they were telling our parents and family that they needed to start taking decorations down at 11 p.m. while everyone was in their eveningwear. This was unacceptable given that our contract stated we would tear down all decorations the next day (after the wedding).
When family arrived to take down our decorations the next day, the owners told them they had to rearrange every table and set up the chairs for the next weekend’s wedding. (Although we were happy to take down our own decorations and bring all the extra tables and chairs inside, I found it very rude that they expected us to set up for someone else’s wedding when the next customer would need to rearrange tables and chairs anyway.) Weddings are already stressful, and I would have expected a certain caliber of professionalism, especially when we are spending so much money on a particular venue.
Like I said, I have nothing but great things to say for the day of our wedding. I just feel the need to let others know and be aware of the challenges they will face if they chose this venue. It is absolutely worth it, if you are willing to put up with the problems I have mentioned.
Contact
622 Green Bay Road, Cedarburg, WI
River Park Cedarburg