Steele Hill Resorts

g with all of you! My only concerned was the buffet dinner, it was well displayed, however not cooked to medium, so this caused the lack in taste. I've tasted great meals at Steele Hill before, so this is the reason the four stars, not five, but overall it was spectacular. Many thanks! ☺️

al guests stated they had complaints about the cleanliness of their rooms and/or the noise from guests above them. However, the complaints were rectified as best as they could be by the resort.

how great it was. Steele Hill allowed us to customize a menu which they seem to pride themselves in. Penny Miller did a great job helping even when things were running late because of the bride she was patient and kind throughout the whole planning process. The banquet staff and bartender were effective and kind. They helped deliver meals to elderly guests off the buffet. The views were amazing and guests really seemed to enjoy themselves. The guests who stayed at the resort seemed very happy about the rooms. Any issues were resolved quickly! OVERALL A GREAT DAY!!! All of the vendors they recommend were excellent as well!

how we wanted. She worked with us to create a menu that was vegetarian friendly since so many of our guests were vegetarian including myself, and was flexible despite all the changes we made along the way. She supported all of my somewhat odd ideas about decorations, the ceremony, and the reception space. Most of all, she was calm and sweet and warm, and responded to all my texts, emails and phone calls in a timely manner. Penny has so much experience and seems to really love her job and the couples she meets. Besides Penny though, the food was AMAZING - all of our guests raved about it, and even though I only had a few minutes to stuff my face all of the food was spectacular (especially the potatoes, eggplant parm and lemon ricotta ravioli!). The servers were also spectacular, and went out of their way to bring my husband and myself hors d'oevres when I was bustling my dress and we were preparing to enter the reception hall. Not only that, but when some of our guests had maybe a bit too much alcohol and got a little obnoxious, the bartender and DJ kept them in check. My husband and I agreed our wedding would not have been nearly as much fun or as comfortable had we gone with another venue we looked at.

ided we wanted to get married on New Years Eve and wanted a destination where our guests could come have a few days to bond and celebrate. When we arrived we got the warm, intimate unique destination feeling we had craved. We signed a contract shortly after. We ended up working with 3 different wedding coordinators during our planning process. In the end, we got Penny and couldnt be more thankful for her. She is ridiculously responsive, supportive and nurturing. Several things that our previous planners had told us would happen weren't able to, but Penny would ask what we wanted to get out of what we had planned and helped us come up with something we could do that would achieve what we wanted. She was there to handle all our panicked calls all the way until she smoothed my train and veil before my walk down the aisle. That may seem small, but when you are the bride it means everything. We had an amazing bartender who made the perfect shot for my bridesmaids and I ( I never take shots so he went easy). We shut down Tovas tavern the next night and was there again with another awesome bartender. The waitstaff was also so wonderful. After our rehearsal dinner (which was also on site) all of our favorite people went to the pool to drink and celebrate. It was an amazing experience. Our ceremony was in the carriage house and I've never seen anything more beautiful. The fire was roaring and in the dusk it felt so magical. I can't tell you how many people came up and told us it was the most beautiful ceremony space they had ever seen. Food was amazing, Penny was beyond amazing and there wasn't one thing that I would change. The negatives were few, but in the interest of being complete: 1) two night minimum for guests made a lot of our guests stay off site. 2) late check in and early check out was tough. 3) there was some back and fourth with fees that had been agreed upon being waived then being charged. 4) we went with the house DJ (our choice, not required). He did a great job, but did go a little off our requested song choices. He also played the wrong version of our first dance song (right song, wrong version). He was great overall and no one but me would notice but I think he waited until the last minute on somethings because he has done this so many times before. He did give us amazing uplighting and was sweet and accomadating. Dance floor was always full. Like I said I would not change a single thing in our special day. It was the most perfect, beautiful few days of my life. I would without a doubt recommend this venue.

but Amber came in and it felt like she had been with us all along. She was even there for me with a Tide pen when I got a small stain on my dress! I'm not sure where we would have been without Renee, who was literally with us throughout the entire weekend. She was our waitress at the rehearsal dinner, then she set up, worked, and cleaned up the reception, and then she was there first thing the next morning for brunch. She was even still there to help us when we came back the next afternoon to get our supplies - she helped us carry them to the car! She did an amazing job setting up the reception - we had some specifics, but we gave her a lot of freedom to make it look nice, and she delivered. I can't say enough nice things about the resort, the people, and the setting. Everything was beautiful and perfect. EVERYONE should get married at Steele Hill!

have ever imagined. Our ceremony site was not only beautiful, but they set up everything (ceremony and reception) just like I asked and I never worried it would be messed up. It was great to have them set everything up so I could relax. The service in the rooms was wonderful and the food was DELICIOUS. People raved and even got seconds of dinner. If I could do it again I would pick Steele Hill with no hesitations.

et up a second one and everyone had a great time. Penny the wedding coordinator is the BEST she made me feel right at ease. I highly recommend this gorgeous venue for an affordable but elegant wedding.

ion take place with just a window in between. No privacy, I wasn't a big fan. It was super hot in the room too and they did not turn up the AC. But the food was amazing and the service was great. So, that's why I gave 4 stars. But I would suggest keeping the reception room space and privacy in mind for anyone looking at having their venue there.

fall decorations that we did not expect. We even had a nice campfire afterwards to make the party continue. Most importantly, your wedding day will go absolutely smoothly with the Steele Hill wedding coordinator Larry and his assistant. Larry has been running over 100 weddings a year a Steele Hill for over 30 years and it shows. He has a relaxed attitude and promises you everything will work out and it does with him and his assistant behind the scenes making everything come together. My mom generously offered to make the centerpieces and decorations for the wedding. On the day before the wedding I was overwhelmed what she thought Larry and his crew could do in an hour. She had certain ways she wanted the napkins and the menu cards placed, she had very complicated centerpieces and table decorations to set up that required detailed notes. They even had to stick a screwdriver in just right into a vase to turn on Led Lights. And 6 candles arranged a certain way on each table that had to be lit. We were one of the few Jewish weddings they had so we had to figure out where to store and where to build a huge wedding canopy wood structure. Larry was calm and helpful the whole time, even though there were two weddings before us that day. When the weather looked iffy they even set up a tent as a back up so we didn’t have to hold the wedding in their nice indoor spot. As he came to pick me up for me to go down the aisle, he said he noticed my DJ had not shown up. When I could not get a hold of my DJ he took care of getting the previous DJ to come back and took care of the whole thing so we could relax during our wedding. Larry is not the easiest person to get a hold through phone so just be prepared its best to call him several times till you get him live on the phone. Once you get him he has all the time in the world for you and will patiently answer all your questions. Anyways, the people at our wedding could not believe how wonderful the facility was and how amazing the views were. I would highly recommend Steele Hill for a wedding.

. Before the wedding he seemed nice and very helpful. At The wedding he was rude. I would highly recommend Steele Hill Resort for your ceremony and reception, but find your own dj.

ught there might be a disconnect with guests in the "2nd room." I did have someone say they didn't hear our first song and couldn't hear much in there, but my dj was good about dealing with the sound in the second room. AND those folks who really care to see your first dance, cake cutting, etc. will make their way to the doorways or into the front room to see everything. (We split it by having our family in the first room and friends in the second room...that worked well.) Larry drove me crazy throughout the planning...mostly because I didn't like the way he put things, he could have told me the same thing in a different way and I might have liked him better. When push came to shove, the weekend of the wedding, he was really good. I didn't use the house dj, but I spoke with someone who did and she said he was great. I just didn't like the idea of not being able to meet with the dj before hand. My DJ was really great though (DJ Mr. Jonathan). Everyone said dinner was GREAT, we had a vegetarian at the wedding and he raved about the food. My husband and I just ate to get it done with, because we knew how much running around we had ahead of us :)I didn't like that we had to go have lunch or dinner there to taste the food, they don't do a tasting for the bride and groom. But rest assured, the food is good. It was 50 degrees out during our outdoor ceremony and not one person complained...they commented it was a bit chilly, but talked much more about HOW GREAT this place was and what a beautiful ceremony we had. My guests were really impressed with the location, the accomodations, the view...all of it. The room was decorated just how I thought (but that might have a lot to do with my florist too...I'll review her later - Lakes Region Floral Studio...AWESOME!). I really was worried about this because I took the time to make my own centerpieces and carefully decide how I wanted tables decorated...and there was only one hour between the end of the last wedding and the start of mine to get the room ready. I stressed that there was no way they could do everything they needed to my room in an hour...they CAN!! I will warn you to keep your bridesmaids nearby when the wedding ends if you have a lot of decorations, they'll clean the room....and then you have to carry your boxes of stuff out and I had A LOT of stuff!! They did let me keep it in their storage area, then deal with it the next morning, but I was still carrying large boxes around in my wedding gown haha. I think that's all...I tried to address all the things I worried about in the months leading up to our wedding :) Spending the whole weekend with our friends and family was really a lot of fun too...we had the rehearsal dinner right there. During my planning process there were times I wished I'd looked at more places or maybe chose someplace else (because of all my worries listed throughout the review) in the end I was SO HAPPY with this venue!! Happy Wedding Planning!! (I know better than to tell you not to stress out...I promise you'll enjoy your day though!)

it was amazing! There was a huge lack of communications dn set up and take down did not happen like they were promised.

ce in him and his staff and everything went perfectly!

th us. At the end everything was perfect. The hill top and the lake background was picture perfect and service was great.