The Wrigley Mansion

outstanding. We served a duet of fish and steak to 150 guests, and both were cooked beautifully and received rave reviews. That said, coordination with the venue team was challenging at times. I would strongly recommend hiring an experienced wedding planner or events team with strong communication skills and a large on-site presence to manage details and advocate for you throughout the process. We did speak directly with Marissa about several concerns from both planning and wedding day execution, and she was open to hearing our feedback and spoke professionally about how she plans to improve moving forward. Overall, a gorgeous venue with excellent food — with the right external support, it can truly shine.

ue and treated poorly?! Pros: The ground are beautiful. The food is wonderful. Having your ceremony and reception here will be picturesque with sweeping views of The Valley. The garden area was perfect and the historical pieces within the mansion did not disappoint. Cons: Marissa consistently ignored my emails, unless it was time for a payment. I would frequently go 2-3 weeks without a response, sometimes not getting an email response at all unless I called her and essentially “hunted her down”. I did not feel like we were a priority at all. I frequently felt like they had so many other events going on at the mansion and tours (which were happening in the mansion as we were getting ready and taking pictures) that they didn’t care about us and only wanted our money. During the food/cake tasting, I had filled out a form that I emailed to Marissa weeks prior to the tasting saying what cake flavors and fillings we wanted to try. When we got there, she acted like I had never sent her the flavors I wanted and there was nothing prepared. The chef threw together some scraps for us to try, but it wasn’t the flavors I had requested so I had to guess when I ordered the cake, which is required to be through them. I had a month of/day of coordinator that stepped in at the end of the planning as a perfect go between, but until that point it was very stressful dealing with Wrigley. When I booked the venue, I told them which ready rooms I wanted and was told no problem. I learned 9 months later that the room I was promised had since been booked up by another party. I wanted that room because it had a balcony for pictures. Instead, we were given a larger room, but Marissa made sure to highlight that it was a “$6,000” value for that room despite the fact that they had booked a room I had been promised. As mentioned, they had several tours going through the mansion. We were not told about this. Marissa only told the photographer about it who then told us. We were told it would be 8-10 people max in each tour when we addressed it with Marissa. Both tours had approximately 30 people. Marissa said that since we hadn’t paid the what we assume is over $100k to rent the entire mansion for the day, they were doing us a “courtesy” by allowing us to take pictures where we were getting ready. The tours cost about $100 a person yet the person who is paying them almost $50k for their once in a lifetime event has no priority. When the tour groups were going by, the tour leader made snide comments and rolled her eyes at us like we were a burden for being there. I felt like since I was likely not their most affluent client who was giving them the most amount of money, I was treated like a poor person who wasn’t deserving of quality service. I was very torn writing this review because we loved the “aesthetics” of the actual mansion and the food was great. However, most of my wedding stress came from how poorly we were treated by this venue. I would not recommend this venue to a friend. I believe that the only way you could have a good experience during the actual planning would be if you had a full time coordinator who was the go-between with you and the venue so they dealt with all of the issues, not the bride.

had a speak easy vibe) and the restaurant is super neat. The grounds are stunning and I love the ceremony/cocktail hour area. Although I chose not to go with Wrigley, I did want to give my input on my tour experience and my overall thoughts. If you are wanting a unique, somewhat quirky venue with lots of history and an old-time feel, I would highly recommend checking out. Marissa gave an awesome tour of the property and a ton of info on the history. We walked through all different kinds of rooms that can be rented for various things (rehearsal dinner, corporate events, bridal shower etc). Now the bridal suite was very... off putting. It's a dark room with two small windows in the servants quarters. I know that its a historic building and things are old, but it felt creepy and there was a weird smell that my fianceé also noticed. I really wish this room could be updated/cleaned, or at least fix up the bathroom which is super tiny and ancient, if its going to be used for makeup touch ups and whatnot. I hate to sound negative, but I really wanted to point this out, because I was personally a bit disappointed with the space. The groomsmen get a huge, bright room with a balcony.... a bit unfair but oh well. Overall I did like this venue and I love that it has charm and character, which has been hard for me to find

operty is gorgeous with so many unique locations to capture my couples. Marissa has been prompt communicator and was kind enough to walk the property with me a week before the wedding. Not once did she make me feel rushed and in fact she was kind enough to show me some of the more popular photo ops. The day of the wedding went off without one hitch. The wedding started on time and stayed on time. Which for anyone in the wedding industry knows that is not an easy feat. I can't wait to photograph another event at this perfect property!