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Founded in 1912, The Field Club has been a Marion County institution for 100 years. Built by the Coal Barons of yesterday as a retreat from the industrial age, the Club has evolved into a family centered country club with opportunities for everyone! Surrounded by Country Club Estates…The Fairmont Field Club can assist you with your special event or wedding, no matter what the size. With a Dining Room that accommodates 125 for and event… and space for 25 in the adjacent 1912 Pub… The Field Club has the capability to accommodate Weddings and events for 150 indoors and for another 150 on our outdoor patio.
Amenities + details
Ceremony Area
Dressing Room
Handicap Accessible
Indoor Event Space
Outdoor Event Space
Reception Area
Covered Outdoors Space
Liability Insurance
On-Site Accommodations
Wireless Internet
Settings
- Country Club
Venue Service Offerings
- Food & Catering
Reviews
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3.3
out of 5.07 reviews
My husband and I just attended a wedding on Saturday celebrating the newlyweds and I must say, will say, most definitely say it was a beautiful venue. The food was AMAZING, the mu...
sic was AMAZING and the service was AMAZING.
I am not one to bash anyone or anything, but the experience I had is one I don’t want any brides to go through. This has been settled since May or so and I gave the events manager ...
some time to remedy the situation but she left the communication sour and disrespectful.
FAIRMONT FIELD CLUB REVIEW
The staff was great, food was great when we visited. Beautiful course.
Scammed me out of money, though and has been rude about a refund due to a breach in our agreement. We booked the hall for our wedding and the whole experience was just awful. We went to tour and the place was stunning. She (Cassandra… communication point for this whole thing) gave us a $500 discount, however, when I asked about when she needs the money by, she said “uhhh day of the wedding.. who knows if you all will still be engaged at that point” and when I tried to make the situation better (as we just got engaged and we’re super excited) she kept telling us that “we never know” — that should have been our first red flag. I booked simply because the site was middle ground for both of our families.
Well fast forward, I keep asking for a contract and she took weeks to get it to me. And it was a simply an invoice. No terms of agreement. We just said screw it and paid for the venue ($1,000). And after I paid in full is when the issues started.
We were orginally told there would room for 150 people indoors and to have my ceremony there. Well after we paid in full (no receipt btw), she told us we could have 125 people and that it would be a tight squeeze…. How was I supposed to have my ceremony there if it is a tight squeeze?! And we could get to another 25 people if we rented out the side room for an additional cost.
Then she told me customers can still come in from the restaurant during my ceremony and reception.
My fiancé went in person and told her that she had not been upfront and we booked with the expectation we could have a 125-150 person wedding there INDOORS with it not feeling like we’re all smooshed. We would not have booked if we knew what she told us after we paid in full. We asked for a refund due to a breach in our agreement. We offered 10% for her to keep as a thank you for her time and effort but we legally should get our money back. (We did consult with a few lawyers; my fiancé is in law school and has a bunch of connections and interned in contract and criminal law).
She then sent us only 75% of the payment and put “non-refundable refund” on the checks title.
I then asked for a phone call to discuss and told her that this was disrespectful to us and our time and money She refused to call me and only went through emails and then decided to pull the fact in that we “don’t have a contract as you know” — THIS IS WHY I ASKED FOR ONE!
She said that we can get our money back IF the venue gets booked for our date. I don’t know if she takes us for a fool but I know she will not call us and inform us that the venue has been booked.
Learned the lesson to not trust vendors, make sure you get a contract before any money is put down, and to make sure you listen to your gut about someone. Cassandra should have never gotten our business in the first place. Because “who knows if she will even be there in December”!!!
All in all it was a great value for the price . The venue itself is beautiful. The woman in charge helped a good bit setting up napkins and glasses, but there were a few times we n...
eeded answers to questions and couldn't find her. However she was also busy with other matters as well as wedding events. I will also note that the bridal room where most brides and their girls choose to get ready does not have a mirror which I found a little odd. I would highly recommend this venue for the scenery and value for money.
I just had my wedding at the Fairmont Field Club in June 2015. It is a very affordable and beautiful place to have a wedding. It's also very convenient to be able to have your we...
dding and your reception all in one place. The room where the bride gets dressed is a very large and attractive room. It will look great in photos and the video. Any time we had any questions, or any time we needed anything, someone was there to answer our questions and concerns. We were able to decorate on Friday, the day before the wedding, and that was so helpful. The facilities are absolutely gorgeous. Overall I was very pleased with everything.
My husband and I had our wedding reception at the Fairmont Field Club in May 2014. If you are looking for an affordable wedding/reception venue, look no further. The facility and...
grounds are beautiful. I would like to note that you must be prepared to do some of the setting and cleaning up yourself. With that being said, the site manager was very helpful during the entire process. She suggested caterers, florists and tablecloth vendors that she has worked with in the past. For someone that has never planned a reception, this information was extremely helpful. Even though the manager had other weddings and graduation parties scheduled around the same time frame, she was very attentive to our needs and always got back to us in a timely fashion. My husband and I told her what time we needed her at the Field Club in order to have our caterer, DJ, florist, videographer, photographer and photo booth vendor set up. She even made sure our guests were enjoying themselves. Everything was perfect at our reception. There is adequate parking on site and the facility is very well maintained. I highly recommend making an appointment with the Field Club manager to tour the facility for your upcoming wedding/reception.
I have attended several functions at this venue and would not recommend this place to anyone. First off there is no one in charge. The lady who is supposed to be is never around an...
d you have to talk to 5 different people to get anything done. They also have a busy restaurant which uses the same area as the events there so while we paid extra to decorate the night before patrons of the pub were sitting in the room and walking around while we were decorating. This also affected us the next day bc the place was trashed . They did have a cleaning lady there and actually she helped us more than the manager ever did however again wet floors while u are rushing to finish up is a hazard. The food was the high point everything was great it was provided through one of there outside vendors. I hear now they offer their own event menu and the food in their restaurant is quite good. Overall I wouldn't recommend this venue to anyone bc of the lack of management.
We settled on the Field Club because it was absolutely beautiful and so reasonably priced that I flat out asked the Event Coordinator what the catch was. There is a very fair break...
down of cost depending on how large your event will be and the duration of your event. The entire club is (supposed to be) yours to use if you have a certain amount in food and beverage costs (though I saw a gentleman on a golf cart go by on the day of our wedding).
As it turned out, the catch was that, by the time our wedding day rolled around, I had spoken with 4, count them 4, different head chefs/event coordinators. Eventually, I got my hands on the number for a member of the board and she did her best to set my mind at ease that they were still trying to find the right person for the job, but needless to say, a bride doesn't want to hear about the woes of filling a position - she just wants one steady contact. Things coordinator #1 had promised in our initial meeting weren't possible with coordinator #4. Coordinator #3 cancelled on our meeting the day before it was scheduled to happen. The event brochure provided by Coordinator #1 was different (in pricing!!) than that provided by Coordinator #4 - so let that be a lesson to you to keep everything and get it all in writing.
It would appear the Field Club has finally found someone who plans to stay on for a while, and as for her role in the kitchen, whatever that may be, I can't sing Carol's praises enough. Our menu consisted of chicken breast with a wine cream sauce, roasted vegetables, bow tie pasta with spinach and feta, gratin potatoes, tossed salad and rolls. We also served an assortment of hot dips during the cocktail hour (crab, buffalo chicken, and spinach dips) but have to go by the word of our guests that they were great too, as the hubs and I were busy with photographs and didn't have a chance to sample them.
As far as event coordination, the Field Club was a nightmare. If you are going to be a DIY bride, be prepared to really DIY as I was forced to tell the event staff that we were two tables short when I had sent a specific breakdown of how many tables we needed and how many each table should seat just two hours before the start of the ceremony. Though I wasn't there to witness the aftermath, I've since been told my brave bridesmaids that the event coordinator tried substituting two smaller tables with 1 large (which would be a place card nightmare)and insisting that I had instructed her incorrectly. The event coordinator had clearly never heard that the customer is always right (and I was, I have since gone back over my emails to her to be sure that I wasn't mistaken). She generally had a bad attitude the entire day though not to my face.
As the cocktail hour got underway we heard that guests were paying for wine (which was supposed to be part of our open bar we had arranged). We had to sort that out with the bartender although they had a sign up indicating what was supposed to be included in the open bar. They did track down everyone who had paid already and reimburse them but it left us feeling like we had egg on our faces.
We were planning an outdoor ceremony on the stone patio if the weather cooperated, which the weather forecast did not predict. We made the decision to move everything indoors and I have no regrets on that point.
Overall, beautiful site, great food, decent accommodations for getting ready, very reasonable price but terrible customer service.
Contact
1709 Country Club RD, Fairmont, WV
The Fairmont Field Club