The Ranch at Stoney Creek

at a beautiful venue it is!! My dream has always been to be married amongst the trees, and what a picturesque backdrop they were!! We especially loved the Lake House, Bridal Suite, and the Groomsmen Saloon that came along with the venue for the entire weekend. The Ranch is a magical, picturesque setting tucked away in the middle of the wine country in El Dorado County. Its such a fairytale wedding site. I cant tell you how many compliments we got on our amazing location the night of our wedding, and the compliments continue to roll in. Michelle and Suzanne paid such close attention to every detail of our wedding which made it picture perfect! We were so stressed with planning since it’s such a big life event, but their knowledge of wedding planning and their commitment to making the day special made it such a pleasant experience. I thought I was going to be really stressed the day of the wedding, but with their help I was able to relax and have so much fun on the day of my wedding. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts, our wedding was everything we imagined and more. Do yourself a favor and book your wedding here, I promise you won’t regret it!!

pany and worked alongside Suzanne & Michelle two days in a row for a rehearsal dinner and a wedding the following day. Our crews were faced with the unforeseen challenges of rain on the day of the wedding, and they remained calm, collaborative, and solution oriented. In addition, they were very responsive and helpful throughout the planning and preparation process - which was critical for us as the caterer to understand how to provide services properly on the event days. Thank you for being such a pleasure to work with! If you are considering working with The Ranch at Stoney Creek, DO NOT HESITATE! You will not regret it!

lace is stunning and their inventory of decor leaves endless possibilities, as a caterer that has been to many venues, it stood out tremendously. In addition to its aesthetic value, I’d say 95% of venues have a music off policy at 9/10 o’clock, truthfully this often feels abrupt. Being that RASC is a three day event space music only need be turned down slightly and guests can relax as long as they’d like. When the time comes they can retire to one of the many yurts or guest houses. This place is a gem, go see for yourself 🤍 Sierra Coast Catering.

ce. You can tell the owners, Leon and Michelle, have poured their love into making this place so special. This venue did not make you feel like just another number as other venues made us feel. They work extremely hard to pull off each bride and groom's vision. They offer different packages to accommodate varying needs. I highly recommend going through the venue for rentals, flowers, etc. Michelle is one of the most talented designers (seriously!) and it was fun to see her create the vision we wanted. Our guests were blown away by how stunning the decorations, tables, etc. looked. Our guests and ourselves were also blown away by the photographer. We got extremely lucky and had the opportunity to have their daughter photograph the wedding (Melissa Gayle). We loved her bubbly personality, her ability to communicate clearly and efficiently during all the hectic moments, and her overall creativity. She captured such unique and fun photos!! Her work is just stunning. Overall, we HIGHLY recommend this venue for your wedding. We loved the three day package and the options that are available. The staff is incredible and they really pull off a unique experience!

selves. With that being said, we think it’s important for people to know the stressors we experienced from this venue leading up to our Big Day, while also recognizing that planning a wedding is just stressful in general. We felt that the venue owner was a bit of a micromanager and very set in her ways with how things should operate. This isn’t a flattering characteristic to have when you're giving the venue owners thousands of dollars to use their property. We did not choose Stoney Creek’s in-house coordination package because we did not feel they would be calm, organized, and helpful in the process. The phone convos and emails we had in our decision-making process were chaotic, unorganized, and tended to go off topic (in fairness I will note that they were still dealing with the repercussions of the Caldor Fire at the time we were deciding on our planner). We chose another planning company who we felt was calm, organized, and direct. This decision seemed to upset the owner and cause a lot of unnecessary tension and snarky comments directed toward our planner, which was upsetting for us to see given how much we were spending. I will also note that if you hire an outside planner, the venue will likely find a way to take money from the deposit because of how particular they are on how things get done, it’s almost impossible to get it right if you’re not the owner/venue staff. We also felt our initial signed contract led us astray. There were many things not included in the signed contract that later became policy we were asked to abide by. These new policies were handed out in pamphlets 4-6 months after we signed our contract. As you can imagine, this was very frustrating. For example, their “no lights out” policy sounds nice but don’t be fooled. They charge $75/hour after 12am for anyone that is still awake on the property. This was not information provided at our tour or in our contract. Additionally, you must give them a 6-month notice if you’re not doing on-site brunch the next day so they can plan another wedding for Sunday. This was not written anywhere in our signed contract, they did waive the fee as a “favor” to us but it actually wasn’t a favor. All added fees on top of the venue cost were frustrating, no one wants to deal with this, just include it in the venue cost. I think one thing that made this so frustrating is that, on our tour, they said they pride themselves on being more budget friendly because of having to pay for all their kids’ weddings. This is not the case. Understand all fees before signing your contract, they were not able to give us a price sheet on our tour. It was later emailed to us and then we were told it was wrong and should never have been sent out. We will note that they did honor some prices, but this is unprofessional regardless. It’s a beautiful property and a great place for a wedding, but we wished the venue could have conveyed all rules and policies upfront. We also wished the owner could have been nicer to our planner, more cooperative, withheld comments on her past negative wedding experiences and instead focused on the positives and made us feel excited instead of stressed out. We did appreciate her husband, the co-owner, who was always friendly and personable. We feel our four-star review is a very fair review.