Affordable Elegance
300+ guests
Twelve Acres is a banquet hall and wedding venue located in Smithfield, RI. For over two decades, this expansive property has provided a number of event spaces for couples and their guests to celebrate one-of-a-kind celebrations. Whether you’re looking to wed in the great outdoors or inside a modern ballroom, Twelve Acres has you covered.
Couples can make the most of the glorious sunshine with a ceremony on the venue’s luscious green lawns. Surrounded by tall trees, you and your loved one can exchange vows in complete tranquility. Alternatively, you can wed under the quaint and covered Pavilion. This area can also be configured to host cocktail hours and receptions of up to 450 people. Here, you can mingle with guests, sip on beverages, and watch as the sun sets over the nearby woodland. Surrounding the Pavilion, there is ample space for lawn games, barbeques, New England-style clambakes, and much more. Receptions and other celebrations can also take place indoors in either the Grand Ballroom, The Willow Room, and The Patio Room. The Grand Ballroom is the largest indoor event space with a capacity of up to 250 guests. This area has plenty of room for seated guests, a dance floor, and live entertainment.
Upon booking your wedding at Twelve Acres, their events staff will be on-hand to ensure that your celebrations run smoothly. They can assist you in the complete setup and breakdown of all decor, leaving you to focus on more meaningful matters. This site’s committed event planners can also assist you in creating the wedding that you deserve. This venue's catering staff can also create a menu that features a plethora of delicious dishes. Your food can be presented in a variety of ways including buffets, formal dinners, stations, and more.
Pricing details
Starting prices
Reception:
$500
Ceremony:
$500
Bar services:
$8 per person
Catering:
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Starting prices don't include service fees, taxes, gratuity, and rental fees. Guest count and seasonality may also affect prices. Peak season for this venue is May-Oct.
Amenities + details
Amenities
Handicap Accessible
Indoor Event Space
Liability Insurance
Reception Area
Settings
Ballroom
Tented
Venue Service Offerings
Bar & Drinks
Cakes & Desserts
Food & Catering
Planning
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Reviews
4.5
out of 5.033 reviews
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Twelve Acres is highly praised for its exceptional service, particularly for its coordinator Alicia who received multiple compliments for her professionalism and helpfulness. Reviewers were impressed with the venue's affordability, delicious food, and organized timeline for events. The staff, including Bunmi, Elizabeth, Zack, and Liz, were commended for their hard work and pleasant demeanor, creating a memorable atmosphere for weddings and special events held at the venue.- Top reviews
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Christine T
5.0
10/03/2024
Bunmi is the event coordinator/wedding coordinator we worked with for our wedding and she was great! It was a little hard to get a hold of her however she answered all of our questions throughout the wedding planning process! She was able to decorate the pavilion exactly how we wanted it. The fact that this venue does everything (set up, catering, cleaning up after) is my favorite part! All I had to do was have the decorations and send pictures of how I wanted it and it was great for the day of! One of the staff was AMAZING (I didn’t get her name) but she was serving food and helping clean up.
Tom B
5.0
7/19/2024
It was a very nice venue that's I want to one of your stuff was very helpful and nice her name was Liz I attended the retirement party for my priest
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Peggy F
5.0
6/17/2024
Class of 1964
I want to thank Elizabeth & Zack for their kind and professional manner. They were extremely helpful with all the seniors at our 60th class reunion. Especially ME! Bunmi was also very knowledgeable and helpful. We received many compliments regarding the delicious food. Maybe you'll see us back for the 65th, but don't hold your breath. Haha. Thanks again to everyone. Peggy & Robbie
Panda F
5.0
6/17/2024
I just wanted to contact you regarding your staff. I was there for Michelle and Shawn’s wedding reception on Saturday and your staff was so pleasant and hard working. In particular, there was a young man named Zach who was so full of joy in his work. I was very impressed by how happy he was while carrying out his duties. Made for a very pleasant atmosphere.
response 07/06/2024
Thank you for your review of Zack. He loves his work and is a valuable member of Twelve Ac...
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Mikayla F
5.0
2/02/2024
We just started our wedding planning process with Alicia at Twelve Acres. She has been so helpful and kind, we would not want anyone else helping us plan our big day!
Bri C
1.0
1/18/2024
Went to meet with Alicia after making an appointment and she didn’t come down. Had somebody else tour us and they got no follow up or apology.
Kaitlyn F
5.0
11/04/2023
Alicia, our venue contact was awesome and great to work with. We are very happy we went with twelve acres.
Peggy T
5.0
11/04/2023
Twelve Acres was amazing. They were very Professional. and very organized as to what needed to be done and kept a timeline.
Courtney D
1.0
11/02/2023
I reached out to Twelve Acres/Alicia through the app to schedule a tour. Come the date of the tour she didn’t show up nor did she reach out to apologize or reschedule.. If they can’t remember a simple scheduled tour, how am I supposed to trust them with scheduling my wedding? Ultimate red flag, no thanks! I do have to say, another worker gave us a quick tour of the venue so it wasn’t a total bust. It’s not what we’re looking for aesthetically or menu wise, but I have to say the venue does look better in person than in photos!
Tina P
5.0
10/18/2023
They did a fantastic job on my wedding day! The coordinator Alicia was so helpful and friendly and made my special day so memorable! Highly recommend!
Allison B
3.0
12/09/2022
Beautiful space! We loved the 'classic' feel of the venue and there was so much room for dancing and tables. We had the ballroom and we were able to come and decorate the venue the day prior - Alicia was super flexible, which we appreciated.
The ceremony area was a bit tricky, there's a pretty big hill that you need to walk down and it may be concerning for some older guests (we ended up indoors due to rain, so it worked out!) The food was superb and everything we could've asked for - highly recommend doing the buffet.
With all the good, there was some bad. The wedding coordinator was not very helpful when it came to setting up the tables; we didn't see a seating chart until the day *of* our wedding only after seating arrangements were incorrect at a few tables and guests had nowhere to sit. I had to have one of my bridesmaids pull her from another room in the venue to start our ceremony because at 10 of, she was nowhere to be found. After the ceremony, we didn't see her again until almost 8:30.
With that being said, she did appoint someone else to our room, Boomi - who was incredible! I just wish it was made clear to me before the day of that Boomi was going to be the one in charge of our wedding night. Everything was handled, taken care of, etc., just felt frustrating to have little communication about the management of our event until the day/minute of.
Laura F
5.0
11/01/2022
I cannot say enough about this venue. The affordability, the food was out of this world. They worked so hard to make sure we were King and Queen for the day. Alicia, my coordinator was absolutely amazing and is my spirit animal. She just got my vision and made me feel like we’d known each other for years. 100/10 recommend!
Nicole G
4.0
10/25/2022
Great affordable venue with excellent food. The bartender was new and we had issues with guests from another wedding visiting our open bar, and then there was an issue with our bill not being the most current version of the quote....these are the only reasons for the loss of 1 star. Alicia was with me from day one and she was awesome. Bunmi took care of us on the day and did an excellent job utilizing all of my DIY decor...the place looked amazing! A few small hiccups here and there but nothing that ultimately made a difference to us on our big day. This is a solid choice for venue and I would choose them again!
Chelsea M
4.0
11/01/2021
Alicia was very professional and easy to talk to, every time I had a question she had an answer and it was absolutely delightful. It ended up pouring on my wedding day and we had the outdoor venue but they ran a beautifully and it perfectly matched our casual vibe.
However we never received the champagne toast that we paid for even though we talked about it extensively since I had so many pregnant women coming to my wedding and wanted to make sure they could have a non-alcoholic version as well as the groom. Talked about it the day before at the rehearsal as well, never got it. I didn’t know my maid of honor would not have toast for me, I still assumed we’d get the champagne we paid for and that the groom and I could just make a toast thanking everybody for coming.
The venue itself was beautiful and they set out all the decorations I had but they also asked me to make place cards with all the meal options on it and then didn’t use them so that was a cost and use of my time that I didn’t need to do, they just asked people what they had at the line.
Everybody loved the food and the venue even made a special appetizer for me that was a giant hit!
Abby B
5.0
11/19/2019
My husband and I had our dream wedding here. The food was good, the evening went SO smoothly, the staff were so helpful and friendly and all of our guests had a great time. One server in particular--I wish I remembered his name--was extremely thorough and considerate with my and several of my guests' dietary restrictions. Overall a fantastic night and fantastic venue to work with throughout the planning experience.
Sheryl E
5.0
9/18/2019
From the first moment of looking at the venue until the day after the wedding when we picked up our things, everyone was absolutely amazing. They were on top of things, extremely pleasant to deal with and always got right back to us. We had our wedding down at the outside pavilion and our ceremony down in the valley below. We were so amazed at how smooth everything went, Linda and Michele were so attentive to our questions and details. Everything from our decorations, the food, the service and the direction was absolutely perfect. We appreciated the extra direction and additional time for the rehearsal and that they took care of everything we wanted. We absolutely recommend Twelve Acres to anyone looking for a beautiful venue in northern Rhode Island.
Ashley G
5.0
11/15/2018
Beautiful venue! Staff was extremely helpful and wedding went so smoothly.
Justine C
5.0
10/08/2018
Michelle and Linda made the planning process a breeze and helped pull off our perfect wedding day. The food was delicious, the staff was super accommodating and they set up our ceremony/reception spaces beautifully - I couldn’t have done it better myself! So many of our guests had never been to Twelve Acres before and couldn’t stop complimenting the space. If you’re looking for a spot for your wedding (or any special occasion), stop by and check them out!
Mary S
5.0
8/04/2018
The whole twelve acres staff was wonderful to work with. They were very easily accessible by phone or email, and answered questions very quickly. When an unforeseen family emergency happened the day before our wedding where we could not drop off our decorations ourselves, Linda and staff were very accommodating to the circumstances and went above and beyond any expectations. When I walked in to our reception the next day, the room exceeded any and all expectations! I could not be more thankful that we chose this place for our reception. I highly recommend this venue to all of my family and friends.
Taylor S
5.0
7/16/2018
Our wedding day was absolutely beautiful and we have the staff at Twelve Acres to thank for that. It was 95 degrees on the day of our wedding and everything was outside so it was very hot. If the tented area that our reception was held in had some kind of cooling system, even a fan, it would have been a bit better especially because we had quite a few older guests....but no one seemed to be too bothered by the heat in general. It is not their fault it was a hot day so I cannot really complain. Food was excellent and all the staff are super friendly and helpful.
Victoria D
5.0
6/21/2018
From beginning to end this place was awesome. Even letting me have my dog in the ceremony! Michelle was great to work with, and incredibly helpful!
Jennifer L
5.0
6/02/2017
Absolutely amazing . The staff was simply wonderful! The set up was perfect, the food was delicious. Linda and Michelle were such a pleasure to work with !
Crystal V
5.0
2/08/2017
Love!! The staff is super helpful and accommodating, beautiful location and delicious food!!!
Lauren B
2.0
8/08/2016
I first met with Joe at Twelve Acres where we went over all the wedding details and signed a contract. I had called a couple time over the next 2 months with some questions (asking to speak with Joe or Joyce). I was told they were busy until one day I stopped in and learned the owners were retired. Once I learned who was now in charge I started talking to them about things I wanted to do for the wedding. We nonstop had conflicting issues between what we agreed upon with the original owner’s vs the new people in charge. Examples include but are not limited to: We were supposed to get any colored napkins we wanted at no cost; we were then told "We don't do that here, they do have a cost, who told you that". We were told we had to decorate the sweetheart table our self. So we went out and bought tulle and lights for the head tables. When we stopped at the venue to check out how it would look, one of the new people told us that they do provide lace skirts for the tables with lights. We can have an aisle runner, oh no we can't. We were trying to figure out our seating chart and were told the tables needed even number seating so I tried to work with that. Come to find out we did not need even numbers. Yet another MISUNDERSTANDING. The day of the wedding. We had to set up outside ourselves which was fine, BUT my groomsmen did not belong cleaning up cigarette butts and other garbage that was circulating outside! They had to have changes made in the reception room to our centerpieces. They didn't put them all up correctly to what we provided in the giant pictures that we gave them. I was assured that our name finders (on frames) would be put on easels so that they did not bend (guess what, NO easels, they were just put on a table where only half of each frame was actually on the table and the other half was off causing the frame to bend). Also, after the ceremony we were supposed to have a waiter that was serving the hor d'oeuvres. He stood in one spot having everyone come to him in the wedding party rather than walking around serving the food. He never once approached me or my husband to offer us any food. I didn't even no he was out there for some time. Someone in our wedding party had to bring food over to us! We were originally concerned about it being warm in the building when we would stop in there but we were assured that the AC's only go on when the room is in use. WELL nobody informed us that the AC's were broken the day of our wedding. Our room was about a million degrees or to be a little more accurate 87degrees. Guests were complaining about how hot it was in the room as well as our vendors, our photo booth attendants, the bartender and so on. Nobody working there ever even apologized or tried to accommodate us in any other way (some fans would have been terrific). Then our food came out, while we were walking around making sure that everyone was enjoying their food we came to a general consensus that most people's steaks were either bloody red or completely dried out, the vegetables exceeded al dente, the rolls were hard, the chicken fingers for the kids looked processed ($17 well spent on the food for the kids right?), the shrimps were not cleaned. But I do have to say the chicken kiev was marvelous! The next day we stopped in to pick something up my mom was asked how everything went. She said we made the best of the situation since we were stuck in a room where the AC's were not working! They had nothing to say from there.
Renee P
5.0
8/14/2015
Twelve Acres was amazing! Joyce did everything to make sure that our day was perfect - she even found me a vase at the last minute to put my flowers in that I didn't tell her I needed ahead of time. All of the decorations were set up exactly as we wanted them AND she cleaned them up and put them in the bin that we brought at the end of the night! The food was excellent. Our guests had the choice of baked stuffed chicken and broiled scrod and everyone that I spoke to said their food was delicious, not to mention the appetizers that were a huge hit! We were so pleased with the venue, attention to detail, and willingness to honor all of our requests when we had them! Highly recommend!
Chelsea C
5.0
10/08/2013
We loved our venue, Joyce and Joe were very helpful, and seemed to genuinely care that things turn out the way we wanted. We had our ceremony on the grounds and our reception under the pavilion and it was absolutely beautiful!
Erin C
5.0
7/07/2013
We held our wedding at Twelve Acres recently and could not have been more happy. The staff did an amazing job before and during the wedding. Everyone loved the food and drinks. We held the wedding in the ballroom and the room is beautifully decorated, with plenty of space for guests. The prices are reasonable, which allowed us to add on extras, which our guests loved! I would highly recommend the venue!
Jessica B
5.0
6/26/2013
Joe and Joyce were great to work with, the sight was beautiful, especially the landscaping, and they service was and food could not have been any better at the reception.
Sarah H
5.0
9/29/2011
I enjoyed working with Joyce and the other staff at Twelve Acres. When my fiancee and I were stressed out from all the planning she was able to put us at ease that they would be taking care of our wedding. I would definitely recommend Twelve Acres to anyone looking for an affordable venue for their wedding. The food was excellent and they went out of their way to make sure that the bride and groom were taken care of. Thanks, Joyce and Twelve Acres!
Holly D
4.0
1/18/2011
The staff at Twelve Acres we great! They were very kind and very helpful through the whole wedding process.
Amanda A
5.0
10/19/2010
My reception was amazing!!! The food was fantastic!! Friends and family gave me raved reviews when I returned from my honeymoon. The staff worked so well to make all my wishes and dreams come true. The prices were also very affordable! It was a fabulous day!
Sarah d
4.0
10/15/2010
Nice outdoor location. Not very organized. forgot many specialized items i requested. Host was a little too talkative and not tending to the brides nervousness.
other than those few things my wedding was great.
Tricia H
5.0
9/22/2007
The Pavillion was great for our outdoor wedding and ept everyone dry when it rained during dinner. It was open and fun.;The staff had no communication. The people who worked there were not given any informmation from the person I was told would be handling our wedding .. the then went out of town before the wedding. From not cleaning up a childs vomit for hours to selling alcohol instead of letting people now we had prepaid for several drinks, to not having the paltes we ordered to mischarging me and not returning my complaint emails.
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