The River View

comfortably. The staff were exceptional. Hannah in particular went above and beyond from day 1 to make sure our experience and our big day were perfect. When booking with River View, you must use their catering partner (Great Blue Heron) - the food was delicious and our guests gave high compliments. We highly recommend this venue to future brides and grooms!!

to work with their on-site catering company, Great Blue Heron Catering. While this may be an added bonus for some, it, unfortunately, created a bit of a headache for me. Our catering contact did not send us an invoice for our first payment and then was a month late in letting us know the amount that was due. This was concerning given that it was not a small amount of money. All The River View staff were lovely to interact with in-person/while on-site. They were always ready and eager to help and were willing to do everything in their power to make our vision a reality. I will note that the communication and organization of information during the lead-up to our event was a bit disappointing and scattered. Lastly, if you utilize GBH's bartending services, I highly recommend Rose! All our guests raved about her and she went above and beyond in every capacity! We appreciated her so very much.

ct location for our wedding. We had almost given up and settled on another venue, but we had a feeling that the right venue had to be out there. With River View, you have a capacity of 400+, modern building, incredibly tall ceilings, floor to ceiling windows, waterfront for beautiful photos, pristine wooden floors, gold chiavari chairs, amazing team (Cori and Fern), exclusive caterer Great Blue Heron (who nailed all the service and food), and the list goes on and on.

n organized system and timeline. We felt fully supported by their efforts. We are so happy that we chose to have our wedding at The River View. P.S.- The food actually tasted better than when we had it at our tasting.

he years. Their added guidance was/is unmatched. The Great Blue Heron is the caterer for all of the Nova Parks, and even though they are an automatic booking their services are also top notch. Every person I talked to after the fact raved about how delicious the food was. Overall, if you are considering River View - pick it, you won't regret it.

tention to detail. Madi, answered my 20 questions the day before the reception. Fern and her team set up an outdoor ceremony, than an indoor ceremony than back to an outdoor ceremony in a couple hours. I would describe the Riverview team as kind, flexible, detail oriented and effective. As for the actual venue, it is beautiful- right on the water with high ceilings and a wall of windows. It feels grand and yet we still felt connected to nature because it is located inside a park. We felt like we received VIP service with extra love and kindness.

ding it rained in the morning leaving the grass wet so proceeded with the rain contingency inside which worked out great. The venue team executed the transition and worked well with all the vendors. We had planned our wedding for a little over a year. Communication with River View was excellent and answered our questions promptly.

dding, but persistently had a bubbly and heartwarming attitude during the entire process. This is huge as its suppose to be a joyous time! We received so many compliments on the venue, food, and drinks from our guests. I promise you will be absolutely, 150% plus more, satisfied with this venue.

g was the only one they were planning for. Their response to emails was amazing, any questions were answered within minutes. From the initial tour, food tasting, walk through, the wedding day, and everything in between, they gave us 120%! Riverview has an exceptional team.

and Hannah were so friendly, attentive, and professional. They were always a phone call or email away if we had any questions and were so helpful when we had to postpone our original wedding date because of the pandemic. We highly recommend the River View!

our questions. She explained at that time that the River View was a new venue. We were excited that it was recently build and the scenery in the area wowed us, especially since it's on the river bank. We were so impressed, we signed a contract the next day to reserve our wedding for April of 2020. We wanted to try their catering partner, Great Blue Heron, so we went to a taste testing at the venue a few weeks later. We were also impressed with their appetizers, entrees, and variety of foods, that we decided to have Great Blue Heron cater our wedding reception. A year of wedding planning zoomed by quickly and as you well know by the time we were almost ready to have our wedding we had to postpone it due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Soon after a Virginia State of Emergency was announced, Cori and her team provided us with alternative dates. At first we postponed it for six months but after three months of the ongoing pandemic we decided to push it out till October of 2021 just to be safe and with the hope of a vaccine coming out way before our wedding. Cori was so patient and made it so easy to reschedule our weddings twice. Fast forward another year and we are finally doing our walk through with Cori and she made it very easy. We went down her check lists, reviewed the layouts for the ceremony and reception, and did a final walkthrough of the venue. Afterwards, both my wife and I felt more at ease with the wedding planning. Finally, on the day of the wedding, everything that we required of the venue was exactly what we wanted or better. We got compliments for the beautiful venue, the amazing scenery, our guests enjoyed the special cocktail drink (we asked a Fall weather drink and they made a delicious hot apple cider bourbon), and guests loved the food. Cori and her team really made it a perfect day for our wedding and we absolutely recommend the River View.

aking very good suggestions etc. When we had to postpone due to COVID, they are fully cooperative and worked with us very patiently. Cori and Fern stepped in on the day of our event and provided all the help we need without even being asked for!!! The bridal suit is spacious and very comfortable and the log cabin for groomsmen is historical and very pleasant. The bartender and staff are very wonderful and professional. We used an outside catering company, but staff are provided by River View, and they are all amazing. The bartender is amazingly friendly and knowledgeable. The floor to ceiling windows makes the inside also very beautiful. Love this place and absolutely recommend to anyone looking for a wedding venue.

entirely helpful, supportive, knowledgeable, kind, etc.! The event went off without a hitch and that wouldn't have been possible without the staff at the forefront and behind the scenes. Thank you River View! We cannot wait to come back and visit.

ions we needed to make for the venue.

t Blue Heron (their contracted catering team) was soooo good, all our guests had rave reviews! The bar tending team also was cranking out the most amazing drinks that left our guests speechless. It is a beautiful venue, in a great location, and they have a fantastic service team on top of it! I couldn’t have asked for anything better.

needed and answered all of my 1000 questions via email and phone. We are so grateful for them. Our wedding coordinators were super lazy and disappeared during our wedding day and CORI & FERN literally saved the day!! I am so thankful. If it wasn’t for Cori & Fern, my husband and I would have had to coordinate our own wedding. These ladies and this venue are the best! Cori & Fern helped with EVERYTHING!! From setting up, helping with my dress alllll night, following the timeline & making sure everyone was lined up and etc. I mean I should have hired them to be my coordinators 😫😫 they saved my wedding day!!! HIRE THIS VENUE! You won’t be disappointed!!! Oh!! & Rose, the bartender was Soooo much fun! Her drinks were amazing & she also assisted with my dress and making sure to keep Those signature drinks rolling!!!! She was so sweet & tended to our guests in such an amazing way!!!! Thank you ladies!!!!

d they were both so helpful and very responsive. Our wedding day was so magical at The River View! :)

really complete the look of our reception. Unfortunately the venue is contracted to work specifically with Great Blue Heron Catering, which is expensive and we had a few issues with, but we chose to cut costs in other places rather than give up on the venue that sits right on the river we kayak on every summer. It turned out to be absolutely beautiful.

s updated. When the wedding was approaching, Cori and Fern answered all my questions super quickly which I appreciated. The day of our wedding the day, the venue looked beautiful and everyone loved it! If there was an issue or a question we had, we could go up to the coordinator and she would handle it. We didn’t have to think at all! The staff was friendly and were super safe (wearing masks and gloves). We couldn’t have been happier.

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fected by COVID. In the months leading up to our wedding Cori did a great job of keeping us up to date on the venue’s status and our options if we were to reschedule. It was obviously stressful for us but we really appreciated their transparency and their flexibility in giving us options. We kept our wedding as scheduled and it went very well. Everything was set up perfectly, everything looked amazing. We were very pleased with the River View and the staff was a joy to work with. We’d highly recommend this venue to other couples.