We had a great experience with The Hidden Oaks. It’s a tremendously, beautiful venue, and they had so many ways we could have set up the wedding. We got ready in the cottage, which... had plenty of space for 20 people. And we had the ceremony by the cottage, which is on a stadium style hill, so everyone could easily see. And then we all walked down to cocktail hour in front of the larger reception area (but my wife and I were able to easily sneak off to the cottage for a few moments to decompress for a few moments before cocktail hour). We wanted a casual vibe, and hidden oaks were happy to give us some corn hole sets for cocktail hour. We didn’t use the distillery, but that was an option for us too. The main hall was great, very flexible area that can be set up in so many different ways. We had about 150 guests, and it felt like a perfect size. If we had fewer, we would’ve closed off a small area and that would’ve worked well too.
One small issue, was that we were married at 4:30 PM mid June, and the ceremony site on the hill was almost entirely in the sun. Later in the year or the day, it would’ve been shaded, but it was quite hot for us.
The team was also great to work with, Allison was easy to communicate with and helped us with some last-minute logistics. They even placed some new plants behind our ceremony site the day prior to the wedding making it even more beautiful.
Definitely don’t plan on getting married again, but if I did, I would consider the hidden Oaks!