My wife and I visited and chose Villa Barone Hilltop Manor to be our wedding venue in November of 2018. With my friends and family located in New Jersey, and hers in Connecticut, it served as the perfect mid-point for all of our expected guests. We were extremely impressed with their venue settings, food options, and commitment to service. We were ready and excited to celebrate our big day in May of 2020.
As many wedding couples experienced last year, COVID completely disrupted and altered any and all wedding plans we had for our May wedding day. My wife and I were absolutely devastated to have to cancel our wedding only weeks prior to our originally scheduled date. There was so much uncertainty, confusion, and quite frankly fear, about what the next steps would be, what would happen, and if we ever would get to experience the wedding day we always dreamed of.
Fortunately, the only saving grace throughout this entire process was that we chose Villa Barone as our wedding venue, and led by Vinny, the staff and employees of this remarkable wedding venue redefined what it meant to provide outstanding service.
During the absolute chaos which was the summer of 2020, Vinny remained upbeat and positive for us, allowing us to reschedule (and once again cancel) our date three times before settling on May 2021 (exactly on our one year anniversary!). We had heard true horror stories from other wedding couples about all of the issues they were having with their venues, and we already felt so blessed that we did not have to experience that.
However, their commitment to treating us with first-class service did not simply end there. The day of our wedding was everything we ever could have dreamed of and more. The presentation and decorations for the ceremony, cocktail room, and main banquet hall were stunningly perfect. Many of our guests thought the cocktail hour was the actual dinner because there was that much food provided! Steve and Rachel were excellent to us all night, making sure we had everything and anything we could have wanted. At the end of the night, countless friends and families told us it was the best wedding they had ever been to, and it is all thanks to Villa Barone!
I hope that anyone reading this understands that this is much more than just a wedding venue review - but rather a true testament of gratitude to the exceptional people who work at Villa Barone. Many venues have beautiful settings and delicious food, but if you want to be truly taken care of and treated like family, then Villa Barone is the place to go. We would highly recommend them without hesitation to any future wedding couples, we promise you will not be disappointed!
Love,
Nolan & Kristina
P.S - Be sure to get the venetian dessert table - it is 1000% worth it and everyone will be talking about it weeks after your event!