The Stonebreaker Hotel & Barn on Markham Hill

ly due to my coordinator).   We had specifically asked the venue for 2 buffet lines but we only got one.  The problem with that was the barn is 2 stories - in terms of flow and speed of people getting food 2 buffet lines would have been better which is why our wedding coordinator had asked for 2. The catering was absolutely incredible—both the food and the staff were wonderful. Many guests commented on how good the food was & that it was hot. The chef was fabulous!  Our bartender was top notch as well.  I will say though, this venue definitely has some issues they need to figure out—and while I had great wedding, I don’t know if I would recommend this as a great wedding venue.  For starters, there is no getting-ready space here. While the hotel does have larger suites—they are not that big and would allow a very few amount of people to get ready. The bathrooms in the rooms are also kind of weird and there’s not much privacy—which is also a hard sell if you have family/friends wanting to stay there and share rooms. For my wedding, we ended up getting an Airbnb to get ready in as there was no way we would all fit.  There is also not a great place for the wedding party to be prior to the wedding.  There are outside spaces & the clubhouse but beware if the weather is cold or raining you have a problem as not much is covered.  Room booking for the hotel (for traveling guests) was also quite frustrating. The system they use for room blocks doesn’t work most of the time (we had a lot of people who had to call to book) and the main employee over this was very unprofessional/rude when we tried to ask questions about these glitches/how the room blocking worked (and we only asked because we had literally never dealt with that kind of thing before so we just were confused).  We also had other issues beyond this leading up to the wedding with coordinating/working with some of the other employees/Stonebreaker. Anyone who has had to plan a wedding knows how many details there are—and trying to get a hold of our main contacts here to discuss all the details was quite difficult. They aren’t super great about answering the phones—email is the main way they communicate which can mean longer response times. The first employee we met with to tour the venue was amazing—after that we mostly worked with another employee who I think was still pretty new at this job and it unfortunately showed. When we later increased our headcount (which was allowed—it just meant the contract had to be updated), I had to constantly re-check and correct the contract because extra numbers and charges were added. That would be my main advice with this venue: double check everything in the contract before signing to make sure the charges are indeed correct.