Tahoe Mountain Club

The Timbers at Old Greenwood is an incredible venue. The grounds are gorgeous, the patio is spectacular, and the reception hall is magnificent! Caitlin and Julie were nothing short of wonderful to work with, the food was so good, and the staff was amazing. The wedding was truly magical.

Just got married at The Timbers at Old Greenwood and also had our rehearsal dinner at PJ's at Gray's Crossing. Both were phenomenal, the food, service, and beautiful venue are truly unmatched. I had many people say these appetizers were the best they've ever had at a wedding. This newly renovated venue at Old Greenwood is truly one of a kind in the area and I highly recommend this venue if you're looking for a place that has it all. The staff is incredibly kind and easy to work with, they worked hard to accommodate any requests we had and I'm so thankful to them. I really can't recommend this place enough if you're getting married and looking into the Tahoe/Truckee area. There are not enough words to describe how perfect this place was for a wedding.

Where do I even begin with this review of what became an absolute disaster from just days after signing the contract with Tahoe Mountain Club? My fiance and I could not have picked a worse venue to work with and I'm hoping this review will influence whoever reads this to STAY AWAY AT ALL COSTS. The lying and deflecting came early and often as they could never seem to give a straight answer with anything regarding the planning of our wedding in Summer of 2023. Piggy backing off the previous 1 Star review, they were well aware they were not going to have their renovated venue done in time for our wedding but sold it to us anyway, and they counted on a permit they knew was not a slam dunk for the backup venue. This was an unbelievable waste of time and money that we lost due to their incompetence and disingenuous business behavior. It starts at the top with Paradigm8 Principal Hayes Paryzbok (Owner of Tahoe Mountain Club). You would think someone with his title would know how to operate a business and take on blame when appropriate, yet he and his team turned to blaming the Town of Truckee. After all of the BS we went through for 6+ months, they had the gall to let us know they were doing us a big favor by refunding our money after cancelling two wedding venues three months before our wedding date. I will finish of this review by advising all couples, please find another venue.

If I could give 0 stars, I would. Tahoe Mountain Club (TMC) lied to and screwed over the 20 couples they booked 2023 weddings with. My fiance & I signed a contract in April ‘22 to have our wedding with TMC in July ‘23 at their Old Greenwood House venue. Old Greenwood House was a new build that they guaranteed to us would be ready by April ‘23 - in plenty of time for our July '23 wedding. They didn't tell us until Jan ’23 that they actually hadn't started construction yet and we would have to move to Gray's Crossing (the other venue they manage). We were upset but accepted that we would get married at Gray’s Crossing instead. (We found out later they lied about the reasoning behind the construction delay - they said that the Town of Truckee was holding up their permits, but I reached out to the Town and they actually did approve the permits on Sept 26 ‘22. The real reason TMC hadn’t started building was that they hadn't secured financing and still haven't as of Feb 21 ’23.) Then, a couple weeks later in Feb ‘23, we were told that TMC never actually had the required permits to host ANY events that use amplified sound at Gray’s Crossing. TMC was fully & completely aware that they did not have these permits when they signed into this contract with us (and the 19 other couples they scheduled weddings with), but still promised us in our contracts that we would be able to have amplified sound at our event despite knowing they were not legally allowed to. TMC was fully aware since at least April ‘21 that it was very likely they would not be granted the 2023 permits to have amplified sound on their property, as they have been included in all the Town of Truckee’s communications on the matter for at least the past 5 years and they are fully aware of the complaints from the community calling for them to not be allowed to have amplified sound on their property going forward. (I have written a more detailed post that links all of these docs, in case you are interested/need proof: https://www.reddit.com/r/wedding/comments/11gefao/calling_all_2023_tahoe_mountain_club_bridesgrooms/) For us, amplified sound is an essential part of a wedding (think toasts, speeches, dancing, the DJ, getting mic’d up for your vows, ceremony music, etc). Non-amplified sound at a 150 person wedding is just a nonstarter for us (I understand this might not be the case for every couple - but I think this is the case for most). No DJ/band at a wedding = a fancy, quiet, very expensive dinner. TMC entered into a contract with us in bad faith and under false pretenses. Now we find ourselves having to cancel with TMC and scramble to find another one on the same date in the same area in less than 5 months because of their disingenuous manner of conducting business. We are stuck with and committed to our date & location as we have booked all our other vendors already and many nonrefundable deposits have been made. Save the dates had already been sent and many of our guests have already booked accommodations. Like I said, I’m sure there are couples out there who don’t need music/amplified sound at their wedding and who this wouldn’t bother. But it’s a big deal for us, and the fact that TMC didn’t disclose this possibility to us until it was already set in stone and less than 5 months from our date is super uncool & messed up. If my experience can warn away at least 1 unsuspecting couple from booking their wedding here, then I consider that a win.