Unity Village Weddings-Events

This is one of the most beautiful venues in the KC metro area in my opinion, and a perfect place to have a wedding and/or reception! We rented out the bridge fountains for the ceremony and the grand ballroom for the reception - unfortunately due to weather it was too cold to be outside so we were easily able to move the ceremony to the indoor chapel, which I was happy this venue offered in case of rain/cold etc. This includes the getting ready dressing rooms. They also offer extra hours and a lot of decor you can rent. They will also do drinks for your event as well with different package options. My venue contacts were Angel and Jamie Berry who were fantastic. Jamie helped us make sure we got out beautiful wedding photos around the whole venue. She also made sure planning was well set up and that during the wedding day we didn't have much to do at all. There is also an on-site hotel that your guests can rent out. Highly recommend for wedding or other important events/ceremonies.

I have nothing but amazing things to say about Unity Village. The event planners are top notch and very accommodating. We rented out their outdoor fountain and rose garden areas on one of the hottest days of the year. They helped us find extension cords and extra shade/tents that day to make the day as enjoyable as possible. Really the only drawback is that the food and beverage packages are very expensive, although VERY GOOD!

Angel was wonderful to work with. Open communication. If we needed anything unity was always able to get it to us right away. The photography options outside are amazing. Couldn’t ask for anything better. Thank you!

Angel was absolutely great to work with when setting up the wedding and getting everything ready. Unity Village is an absolutely beautiful place to have a wedding and can't recommend it enough!

Angel Smith at Unity Village was professional, helpful, and available when needed. Her communication and follow through was excellent. She made sure our wedding ran smoothly, and the guest truly had a great time. I really enjoyed having Angel as our coordinator. She was the best!!

My wedding at Unity Village as everything I could have imagine. Unity's grounds (gardens, fountains, etc) are beautiful. The wedding day coordinator was excellent. She was creative, understanding, and beyond helpful. The staff was flexible with changes due to severe weather in the area. The bartenders made excellent drinks. Overall, it was a great day at a great venue.

During the planning process, Jamie helped me pick a date that worked for both Unity Village and us. We met several times over the course of planning. She rocked it and helped to ensure everything was perfect for that day. From outside seating to the reception room, I could not have asked for anything better. Communicating with her was a breeze and she has a beautiful personality. We discussed several locations at Unity Village that we may possibly hold the ceremony and chose the Rose Garden. It was perfect for the intimate wedding I was hoping for. With so many locations on campus, there is a place to suit everyone! In addition, we stayed at the lodge on campus. The rooms were beautiful. Our day at Unity Village could not have been any better.

My daughter's wedding was in the atrium chapel and reception was in the atrium room. The venue is beautiful and Jamie was so helpful along the way. We had people coming from out of town so having the hotel on site was so convenient as well. Overall, it was a wonderful experience!

We worked with a few different point people at Unity Village as we arranged for our mid-July wedding in Kansas City from our home in San Francisco. Angel was especially great about answering all of our questions and helping us to visualize what our wedding might look like in Lowell’s Terrace Garden and the Chapel in the Woods. I highly recommend these less popular venues for an intimate outdoor ceremony, especially in the summer, when the trees provide much-needed shade. Angel met with our KC friends who toured the space for us and showed them the grounds, the backup chapel, and the hotel suites. Then Jamie took over as the Unity point of contact for our rehearsal and ceremony. We were all set for a ceremony in the Chapel in the Woods and planned to use the getting ready rooms in the hotel, but predicted temperatures of over 100 degrees made us rethink the plan. Luckily, no one else had booked a wedding on the property for the same day and the staff was incredibly understanding about our last-minute change. We ended up moving the ceremony into the Atrium and using the Atrium dressing rooms for final touches before walking down the aisle. The men’s dressing room was a bit snug, but the women’s was quite spacious, with ample mirrors and lighting. We did our first look in Lowell’s Terrace Garden on the footbridge, which is a short walk from the getting-ready room in the hotel. Our videographer was able to capture some great drone footage of the campus and we were allowed 1 hour of “tower time” at the top of the Unity Village tower. We ran into a few snags with music during our ceremony, but it’s hard to say what went wrong. We booked a block of rooms in the hotel, including the king suite, where we spent our wedding night and which we had access to the whole day of our wedding (which was especially helpful as one of the groomsmen needed to shower and another needed to shave). We also booked the Hummingbird House and the Filmore Manor, which are two Airbnb properties located on the Unity Campus. The accommodations were more expensive than others in the area, but it was so great to have our family on site and close to everything. We had 11 women getting ready together the morning of the wedding and loved being in the Hummingbird House for this experience. On the whole, we were pleased with the ceremony, the site, and our experience working with the event staff at Unity. We recommend reading carefully through the contract and ensuring a full understanding of all charges prior to making a final payment.

Jamie was amazing at Unity Village. We were only able to meet past their business hours since we couldn't get off work and she was flexible and made those times work. Also she would get back to us within hours whenever we asked a question. Even when we wanted to adjust our times day of she made it all go smoothly. Plus can't beat this venues beauty!

We had the most amazing wedding at Unity Village. There are several different areas to hold your ceremony and reception on their beautiful grounds. Jamie and Angel were amazing to work with. They both were very responsive and amazing at answering all of my millions of questions. We got married in front of their fountains and it was absolutely breathtaking. We couldn’t of asked for a more perfect day.

Unity Village is the best venue for getting married! Anything we asked for they tried to get for us and were so helpful the entire time! Also there are a ton of venues on the property to choose from and they are all beautiful.

Unity was absolutely fantastic!!! They worked with us in everything we needed and got what we wanted. Jamie and Angel are great to work with it. There are so many options at Unity as well. If you’re looking for an incredible venue at a great price, Unity is it!!!

I tried writing a lengthy review and the website glitched out on me, so I'll keep take #2 brief: AMAZING. Highly recommend Jamie to work with. She and Angel made sure our custom requests were addressed and Jamie was on site the day of the wedding to make sure all ran smoothly. Loved the privacy of our venue, they even blocked off the road! Absolutely gorgeous location for a very reasonable price.

Angel @Unity Village was AWESOME and her professionallism went over and beyond what we expected. Angel and her staff were very attentive to details, accomidating though out the whole process of wedding planning and most of all made our wedding day magical and stress free! Austin and his staff @Unity Village were outstanding catering our reception. The food was excellent and exceptionally prepared.

We had our wedding reception at Unity Village and it was a wonderful experience! Angel, the event coordinator, was truly amazing and was always there to help and to answer our questions. She had great suggestions and helped us through some big changes. She was such a blessing and I am not sure how I would have managed without her. Austin, who was in charge of the food, was just as wonderful. He was so helpful and made things so easy for us. I can't thank them enough for making our day everything we dreamed of!!

Absolutely the most Amazing and Beautiful property. We can't say enough good things about the entire process. Angel was the best event coordinator and I'm pretty picky, she surpassed my expectations!!! Love the catering on site and all the teams worked so well together. Then...You have a hotel on property that the Grooms family and Brides family stayed in all weekend to make this truly a celebration of our two families. We are so thankful and blessed to have our daughters wedding here.

Working with the team at Unity Village was a dream! Denise and Angel went out of their way to help me personalize every aspect of my wedding weekend, and helped me connect with hotel staff to ensure my guests were taken care of for their whole stay. The planning process was wonderful, especially given I was on a tight time frame. I booked the space in November for a February wedding. I had the grand ballroom booked for Saturday dinner and Sunday brunch receptions. Denise and Angel were like a dynamic duo tag teaming for and with me to make sure everything I requested was made possible. I did a lot of things at my wedding that were not the norm for UV weddings, and Denise and Angel weren’t just accommodating, they were thrilled and excited to help modify and readjust as we went along! I fell in the with the venue years ago, and always dreamed of having my reception at Unity Village. My photos with the architecture are stunning, and my first look at the top of the tower was downright magical! I knew the hotel staff was incredible from my many tours, but man our wedding guests couldn’t stop gushing about how awesome their stay was! We booked something like 38 (out of 50) rooms and both the AirB&Bs on site and family and guests had a blast! I highly recommend checking out the AirB&Bs. I originally thought it would be great for immediate family, but unfortunately we realized the houses are so old they’re not wheelchair friendly, making it too difficult to get our grandparents in and out. So my husband ended up having his friends in one house and enjoyed having that last bachelor night with his best friends. The day of was made so so easy for me because everyone on staff was so well informed of what was happening and when, so they were able to be really helpful. I honestly had such a stress free night. Denise and Angel went above and beyond and Denise even drove me from the tower to the grand ballroom so no one in my family would have to miss my entrance into the ballroom! I was beyond touched by her thoughtfulness. I could just go on and on gushing about how wonderful UV made my wedding planning experience and my wedding weekend!

It was a very beautiful place to get married.

This venue is absolutely beautiful!! Pictures here are amazing. I do however feel maybe I went through this process during the wrong time. I delt with three different people through the process and things may not of been passed on clearly through the switches. When I toured the venue I was totally sold on the accommodations there. I toured the hotel and they really talked it up about families making it a whole weekend thing there. I was never told till I tried to make a room block that the hotel was completely booked with a retreat that weekend and they only had rooms open the night of the wedding.( check in time being after the wedding so they wouldn't of even been able to get ready in their room) They would mention things they could do like changing draping colors but never mentioned they were added prices until you actually agreed to do it. We had originally wanted the buffet with 3 sides but at the tasting we were told we could do chicken tenders and fries for kids meals. With that news we decided on only doing 2 sides and taking off the Mac and cheese cause we didn't need to make sure there was food kids liked anymore with chicken tenders. Night of wedding there was no chicken tenders. Also had a cake that could feed 100 but no where near that in guests and didn't get back what we believe we should of. Everyone was nice but don't feel everything was communicated as well as it could of been.

Working with Unity Village Weddings Event Staff was outstanding. They were prompt, thorough, flexible, proactive, offered practical suggestions and removed the "stress" that comes naturally in planning a wedding. I would highly recommend them and the venue. Unity Village is a welcoming, incredibly beautiful, peace-filled setting. It made for a perfect, stress free day of celebration.

We booked a block of rooms for our out of town wedding guests at Unity Village and it was such an easy process! Our guests had great things to say about their stay, we loved how easy it was for them to call and book their rooms.

Me and my husband just got married at this place. I will recommend this place to anyone who wants to have a beautiful, and sexy wedding. Great service, Angel is a sweet heart she will make u want to get marry over and over again 😄thanks for everything see y'all in 5years(anniversary) God bless u all🥰🥰

Excellent and professional Wedding Planner. We were totally satisfied with everything from the dressing rooms to the catering, wedding and reception areas and more. The staff were all effigy and highly courteous.

Unity Village was the perfect location and price for our wedding. The scenery was beautiful and just what me and my husband were looking for. Angel was great to work with. She responded immediately and was very patient with us through the constant last minute changes of our wedding. The Burnt Ends bbq was amazing and guests gave many compliments for the food, setup. decorations, and the politeness of the staff.

Such a beautiful campus, and the event coordinator, Angel, was very accommodating, friendly, and easy to work with!

Where do I start? Our wedding was everything and more than we dreamed it would be. The staff at Unity and our Event Planner Angel Smith (at Unity), was nothing short of AMAZING. They were so thorough and hardworking. Angel made sure that I was calm, collected, taken care of, and truly was SO HAPPY to help me and my new husband. I used all vendors at Unity and it was SEAMLESS, even in a pandemic. If given the chance to do my day over again, I would go through Unity and work with Angel 10 times over. My guests were raving about the ceremony space, the reception space, the décor, the execution of the day, the food, everything. If you are looking for the perfect spot to get married, GO TO UNITY. Angel and her staff will go above and beyond to make sure you are loved, supported, and cared for exactly the way that you should be as a Bride or a Groom. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Getting married at Unity Village was so special. We picked Lowell's Garden for our ceremony on a gorgeous day in early November. The campus and gardens are so beautiful and there are lots of terrific spots for wedding pictures. We had a micro wedding due to the pandemic and the prices were extremely reasonable. Angel was our Events Project Manager at Unity Village and she was simply amazing! She showed up on our wedding day and worked tirelessly to ensure we had everything we needed to make our day perfect. We really couldn't have had such a wonderful ceremony without her! Thank you Angel for your hard work and for your kindness! Mike and I appreciate all you did for us!

This venue is GORGEOUS! Angel, our on-site coordinator, helped us with everything from booking our date, selecting which location on the property to use for our ceremony, giving us the walk-through tour, and helping with preferred vendors. Everything was so simple and easy and stress free with Unity Village. HIGHLY recommend the mimosa package that you can add on that's served in your dressing room. Everything was fabulous, guests were very impressed with how beautiful the space was. We truly appreciate Angel for providing exceptional service for us, and providing that extra special touch when she knew we had such a rough week before! Highly recommend this venue and Angel!

It was absolutely amazing. They were there for us every step of the way even when we made some last minute changes. It was all about my daughter's special day from day one. Everything she wanted and needed they made happen. They were the kindest and most caring group of people to work with.

Unity Village was a beautiful venue for our daughter's wedding. It offers many sites, both outdoor & indoor, for any size of wedding & reception. The garden wedding that we planned got rained out, but the wedding coordinators had reserved a chapel for us in case of inclement weather. The staff made sure that guests were directed to the new location, helped us move decorations, & were responsive to other concerns that came up regarding the change. The property has beautiful fountains and gardens that provide amazing photo backdrops. The food was excellent, and everyone we worked with at Unity was friendly and helpful. Minor issues that came up were dealt with quickly & to our satisfaction. We also appreciated the on-site hotel and rental cottages for our family & friends.

Unity is the perfect wedding event space. You can have your wedding, reception and guests stay on grounds at the hotel or one of the two Airbnb's There is no need to leave the campus. Thank you to the weddings staff you did a wonderful job to make my daughters wedding flawless, she was happy and that is what matters!

Very unique venue, superior service, and superb spiritual setting—get married or remarried at Unity Village, and you get all three! My husband and I recently celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary with a vow renewal service at the top of the iconic Unity tower in Unity Village. What took place on that day turned out better than either of us could ever have imagined! It was an experience we will never, ever forget. The panoramic views of the Kansas City area from high above the Unity Village grounds were absolutely amazing, making it the perfect venue for the romantic renewal of our wedding vows. The service we received from the Weddings and Events office was exceptional! Our event-planning angel was Gretchen. It was she who suggested the tower location, but offered us other venue options as well, one of which was the beautiful Atrium Garden Chapel. From our first interactions with Gretchen, she always tried to make sure that we were getting everything our hearts desired for this special occasion—including an officiant list, support materials for the ceremony, and suggestions for accommodations available on Unity Village’s gorgeous grounds. Most importantly, we always felt that Gretchen genuinely wanted to make this the best possible experience for us, and that made it especially enjoyable to work with her! Our officiant was Rev. Michael Perrie, an ordained Unity minister, who co-created a very meaningful vow renewal ceremony with us, and even took the time to arrange for the background music to accompany our vow exchange. Having a high-quality Unity minister to enrich and preside over our ceremony made the experience all the more meaningful for us—we could genuinely feel God’s presence as we renewed our vows. We highly recommend Unity Village as an ideal setting for any wedding ceremony—one that would be absolutely perfect for getting a newlywed couple off to a good start on their journey of a lifetime together.

We had to plan our wedding while stationed overseas. Hannah was a dream to work with! She helped us coordinate everything through pictures and phone calls as many times as we needed her. She really went above and beyond for our wedding, and it was everything we could have hoped for!

This was the best decision we made for our Indian wedding. Hannah was our coordinator and her patience, professionalism and kindness is paramount. The venue is very beautiful with extremely photogenic backgrounds. We got married in the Lowell's Garden which was newly made and extremely beautiful. This venue made our dream wedding possible. Hannah is very organized and helps you plan the event.

I got married 5/26 at Unity Village and it was beautiful. The outdoor area is gorgeous and looks like you are in a different country. The picture opportunities are endless with all of buildings, fountains, and landscape. We were worried it was going to rain which concerned us because the indoor chapel area is very outdated and does not compare at all to the outside space. Unity Village is very up and coming and renewing their spaces so hopefully in the near future the indoor chapel space is updated because it could really use it in my opinion! Hannah and Bobby-the wedding coordinators were extremely helpful and always able to answer our questions along with being very timely and accommodating. I never felt like they wouldn’t be willing to help or make changes if needed. The only thing that was a little bit of a con was the grooms dressing rooms/getting ready room is very small compared to the bridal one and the guys ended up hanging out in the bridal suite because theirs was very small. Along with the only bathrooms (that we found at least) were connected to the bridal suite so when guests were coming in from the parking lot and going to the bathroom they were seeing the bride & groom and the bridal party which caught us all off guard and was kind of disappointing because usually guests shouldn’t see the party/bride and groom before hand. Possibly adding another bathroom for guests before hand would be helpful. Other than that Unity Village was a great space for our wedding! I couldn’t imagine doing it anywhere else. The space is so big and you have it all to yourself it’s great. The reception space is newly redone and is great for large weddings. We had over 200 people in the space and never felt crowded at all.

We had our wedding there on May 4th 2019. It was amazing, Hannah was awesome and so was Gretchen. In the beginning they had a staff change so the communication wasn’t as good as I wanted it to be. But that didn’t last long once new staff was hired. We don’t live in Kansas City so it made it much more difficult to plan my wedding. But luckily Hannah was very attentive to us and our needs. She was able to bring our vision to life with our day of coordinator Camille. Everyone was very friendly including the staff at our rehearsal dinner, hotel, and air bnb. The whole day went perfect down to the weather! The food was excellent not only at our rehearsal dinner which was a pasta station. But also at our plated reception. The bartenders were amazing and so friendly. I have nothing but positive feedback to give them. I’m so sad that my wedding is over because everyone was fantastic! Thanks again Unity Village for making my day beautiful!

Our overall experience with Unity Village was less than satisfactory. Though they gave us a great ceremony and reception, everything leading up to it was dissapointment after disappointment. Unity Village gives their guests the option of having an outdoor wedding ceremony with a backup indoor chapel in case of weather. They also have the reception hall on grounds with full food and bar service and a hotel within walking distance. These features is what brought us to Unity Village. Their grounds and chapels are very well maintained and are great for wedding ceremonies. Their food and bar service are spectacular, and their staff are very friendly and professional. They certainly know how to throw a great party. But despite all their strengths, there is one main reason I would not recommend them for your wedding venue. That is that we were lied to many times during the process. It started when we first signed on with them. We signed our contract for our certain date and they said once the down payment was made we could not cancel. They could only cancel for certain reasons. These being weather, natural disaster, war, etc. So a few months after we made our down payment, they emailed us saying due to circumstances beyond their control they needed to remove us from our date. This is nearly a year prior to our selected date. They gave us no specific reason. We then went to reschedule and they gave us a discount for the hassle. For our new date they told us that we were the only ones on the grounds that day and that their hotel had nearly all its rooms available. So we should have nearly the entire hotel. Well, a few months later we went to block our rooms and the hotel desk said they only had a few rooms available. The entire hotel was booked on our day. This caused us to look into hotels within a short driving distance from the grounds a few months prior to our date. At the first few meetings they also told us we could bring our own beer to the reception. The only stipulation to this is that they needed to serve it and at the end of the night we could take what was left with us. Well, that changed toward the end. They told us we could not bring our own beer, but they could purchase whatever we wanted locally. The deal was that we pay for the beer in full upfront, they buy and serve, and what doesn't sell we get back. We agreed to this and a few weeks after they email us saying that we couldn't take what didn't sell and we wouldn't get a refund. So this deal got cancelled. Overall; I would not recommend Unity Village for your wedding venue despite all their strengths and conveniences. The added stress their lies caused us during our planning was not worth what they provided.

Guests loved that we had the hotel, ceremony, and reception all at the same place. Allowed them to just kick back and enjoy the day with us. The grounds were beautiful for photos and the staff was extremely helpful. Couldn't ask for any better.

We couldn't have asked for a better venue. Having everything (catering, bar, ceremony, reception, linens, and hotel) all in one made for a stress-free day. Our guests loved how seamless the evening went. Everything from the bride/groom dressing rooms to the newly renovated reception hall was top notch! It also made for STUNNING pictures. Bobby is doing great things over at Unity Village. Great work!

My husband and I just got married here on May 19th and I don’t know where to begin on how amazing the venue and staff are here! I’ve dreamt of getting married here ever since I was about two years old and I got so lucky that my now husband fell in love with the venue as well! The staff at Unity was incredible from every aspect, from food preparation to planning the big day. We also had the wonderful help of Bobby Kyser with BKE(he’s also with Unity) doing all of the decor and floral arrangements for the day, & I highly recommend everyone do the same! I gave Bobby free rein for the big day and he took my vision above and beyond what I had originally imagined! It rained all morning of our big day and the staff at Unity did absolutely everything they could as soon as the rain stopped to make sure we could still get the ceremony done outside! We did not do a first look together, so the staff did everything they could to help keep us from seeing each other, including taking me through the underground tunnels! I couldn’t recommend Unity more, our day was perfect in every way!

Angela will help you from the get-go. From the moment I scheduled a visit to the venue to the very last detail on the wedding day, Carrie and Angela respond promptly to any questions and make sure the staff at Unity take care of you. We got married here at the Fillmore Chapel (beautiful and historic) and the towers here are absolutely gorgeous for outdoor pictures. The reception hall is pretty big, so they are flexible to the amount of people you have. We had a smaller guest list, but they managed to make the room look full! We got a lot of compliment from our guests on how delicious the food was here! I am glad I went with Unity Village to have us on our special day.

This place is the most beautiful location in Kansas City for a wedding! The event coordinators are kind, competent, and wonderful to work with! The venue is more affordable than many comparable locations and easy to access with parking and guests. I cannot recommend it enough! Both my husband and I plus our guests were absolutely blown away by this romantic and practical location!

I was very pleased with this venue! I was able to decorate it into my dream reception. The staff went above and beyond to make our night perfect! Angela answered all my emails promptly, Carrie was right by my side whenever I needed her, and they rest of the staff became like family by the end of the night.

It was gorgeous!

Couldn't have asked for a more beautiful setting and the staff is wonderful to work with. Great food and a special thanks for the ease of working with the amazingly talented wedding planner Bobby Kyser who has an office right at Unity Village...it made the planning so easy!

Words cannot describe how BREATHTAKING this venue is. I knew I wanted to have an outdoor wedding and Unity had everything I was looking for. I got married on the Bridge of Faith which is absolutely beautiful- we got so many compliments and I can't wait to see how the pictures turned out. Not only was the venue gorgeous, but the staff was also helpful before and during the wedding and were very organized. They also responded to my inquiries in a timely manner leading up to the big day. All in all, I would not have wanted to get married anywhere else in the KC area. They take great care of their space and take pride in providing you with good service. HIGHLY recommend!!!

I have wanted to get married at Unity Village for as long as I can remember. We had our ceremony and reception on campus. The coordinators were awesome! We had Carrie and Kirby, they were both extremely helpful. They kept the day on track and also made sure that random people didn't get in our way for photos and that there were no stragglers on campus during our ceremony so there were prom photos in the background. The ceremony was on the bridge of faith and it was beautiful! The only suggestion I would have on this is that if you want to be standing on the bridge make sure to check the times for sunset as we had to stand at the foot of the bridge so that I wasn't looking directly into the sun during our vows (wouldn't have been great photos if I were squinting the whole time). So if it is important to you to stand on the bridge have a later wedding time, or a different season, ours was 04/23/16 at 5:30 pm. The reception was great as well, the food was very good! The coordinators even made sure we had a to-go box for each of us to be able to eat later, this was clutch. You get to talking to people and barely eat during the actual dinner. Price point is great, we had about 200 guests and it was very affordable. Even though it is an affordable venue I didn't feel that we were having to sacrifice a beautiful venue or quality for the price point. The campus is beautiful and reception hall is also a great space. Angela Alesi is their event coordinator and she was great to work with. She makes sure the day is all planned out then hands it over to her day of coordinators. She was always quick to respond to emails and any questions we had. The campus also has a hotel which was super convenient for our out of town guests. I also stayed there on Friday night and we had the honeymoon suite the night of the wedding so we didn't have to arrange transportation.

The ceremony went great! My reception was fun as well. Although I had many guests tell me later that the waitresses/waiters and servers at the bar were very rude to them. Which is why I gave the venue a three for overall.

I just got married here and we chose the venue specifically for the outside space. We lucked out with the gorgeous weather and everything was a dream come true! The on-site coordinators were fantastic! Security was able to keep homecoming girls and random bystanders out of our wedding area and out of our guests sight. We also did the reception here and service was fantastic. They also gave us a little lee-way with set up times as we needed more time than what they had originally scheduled us. A couple of our servers were a little on the grumpy side and bumped heads with my coordinator, but I was unaware of this until after the fact. There is a bit of fine print with expenses that we were unaware of when we signed the contract, but those expenses were explained in full before wedding day so we knew what to expect. Also, the venue wedding coordinator was sometimes difficult to get ahold which became frustrating when I needed to know an answer immediately. All in all, I would still highly recommend this venue for both ceremony and reception. The venue is beautiful and the staff really do work hard to make sure your day is beyond perfect! All the stressing and hard work definitely paid off come wedding day!

Our pictures turned out beautiful because of the landscape this place offers!! Fountains and flowers made our fairy tale truly magical. However, there were multiple things that would make me reconsider using this venue. On the day of our wedding we weren't allowed into the reception hall until two hours before our wedding. Reception started at 5 but our wedding was at a church off campus at 4. I was stressed because how do you ask someone to decorate for you the hour leading up to your wedding?! We asked to get in earlier and it was difficult to get much leeway, especially when they booked a luncheon there until 1. The day of our wedding we were out taking pics and a lady I had never met came yelling at my husband and I to get inside so they could serve dinner although it was 15 minutes until we planned on dinner. I didn't appreciate the way she took care of things that night. Be sure to ask and meet who will be there at your reception. Then our guests weren't served the champagne we had ordered for the tables and a lot of people weren't served cake!!! We also had some fees at the end that were not covered when we originally met. At the end of the night, these are not the things we will remember but it was unfortunate. treconsider

HOLY COW!! This place was awesome. truly gave me the wedding of my dreams! the professionals were there to help with every question I had. Gorgeous wedding. guests loved it. Food and overall experience was THE BEST!!! Can't say enough about my wonderful wedding here.

the grounds are beautiful, don't count on the fountains working or the tower to be free of construction. they do book more than 1 wedding per day (usually around 3) plus it's public space so always possible ppl walking around. the rececption hall has beautiful windows that with the right decor can be great. ceiling is ugly. the hotel is awesome for getting ready if you book the bridal suite, very big. guest thought our reception was gorgeous, we had it in the reception hall with a cocktail hour in the rose garden. food was good, we did plated. Just hard to get ahold of the wedding coordinators, for example the friday before my wedding day no one showed up to coordinate our set-up and learn how to play our video. The price listed is expensive because we did open bar ($20 per head) and plated dinner ($20/head) and lots of guests but you can make it alot cheaper

Amazing support from the entire staff. What a wonderful relief. As the second wedding in our family, huge kudos to the Unity Village Staff. All of our out of town guests raved about the hotel, Jeanne, Mark, their staff and the accomodations. Sheri, Angela, OJ and their team provided exceptional service from day one of planning through our event. Fast responses from Sheri to questions or concerns were always the norm with wonderful suggestions to bring together details we had not considered. Extremely professional in every aspect. The wedding was planned to take place outside on the Bridge of Faith after a long, dry summer. Then hurricane Issac blew in the day before and it appeared all activities would move inside. Talk about a disappointment. One (1) hour before the ceremony, the rain suddenly stopped, Angela and her crew immediately took steps to dry benches, tidy the area, and the ceremony went without a hitch! It was beautiful! The feast that OJ and his staff prepared was fabulous, down to the table settings. All of this on a strict budget. We shopped around many venues but couldn't afford the extremes. Unity Village staff provided those perks and left us feeling that we gave our daughter and son-in-law with a wedding they will look back on with very fond memories. Don't waste your time running all over town trying to put it altogether. All of our guests raved about the service, the beautiful grounds and orchestration of the whole event. So why stress? Sheri and her staff have everything ready and waiting for you.

As soon as I signed the contract with Unity Village I never heard from them again unless I physically went to the location and even then sometimes the planners were not in. The location is great because many of our guests were out of town so the hotel on the grounds was a huge plus. The views for photography are great. The catering selections from when I booked (2011) to my day (2012) became much more limited with higher prices. The food was nothing spectualar, just run of the mill wedding food. The buffets were nothing to write home about either so I was not impressed. And if you want an outside caterer? Forget about it, the surcharge alone will scare you away. The venue is well worth the money, but the food, staff and managing of your event are not.