Diamond Mills Hotel Reviews

I truly cannot put into words just how amazing Diamond Mills is!! From start to finish Brianne & her entire team, along with the Blackbarn staff went above and beyond to make our wedding special. Brianne has a gift for what she does and no matter the question, she always had an answer or knew exactly where to go to find it. You have the flexibility of different options within the venue to pick from for your wedding and we went with Blackbarn for our reception, best decision! The space is so customizable and it allowed us to transform it into the wedding of our dreams. 100000% recommend!!!!

I can only say positive things about Brianne, Kelsey and the Diamond Mills team. Thank you for making our wedding a night to remember. Everything flowed so smoothly and the staff were very kind and professional. We were so relieved knowing the Diamond Mills was an all-inclusive venue and the food was delicious. It was a bonus that we were able to rent out the top rooms to host our Tea Ceremony prior to our ceremony/reception. For our ceremony and reception, we chose the ballroom, and our guests were shocked when they walked out onto the patio for our ceremony to see a waterfall. Thank you Diamond Mills for making our night run so smoothly and making my wedding vision come true!

We had such a memorable day for our wedding and Diamond Mills was a big reason why! We planned our entire wedding (200 people) in all of three months and Brianne worked so closely with us from start to finish to make sure the day was perfect. She was very responsive, consultative when we needed advice, and quick to action. We got married in the ballroom and it was a beautiful venue. The food was also excellent. It was way above what you would expect for a wedding and all of our guests had nothing but positive things to say. They loved it! We would highly recommend Diamond Mills to anyone looking for the perfect wedding venue!

Brianne, Klaudia and the entire staff at Diamond Mills was fantastic! Brianne and Klaudia helped make our day the most memorable! We got married outside at Steamboat in July (thankful for the sunny weather) and their attention to detail helped make our wedding unforgettable. From service to the setup, decor and food - it was all perfect

We had our wedding in June at the Saugerties Steamboat Co. location and it was everything we could have wanted. Brienne and Klaudia were fantastic to work with and were with us every step of the way, helping us to organize, plan and execute our wedding. The venue itself was was gorgeous and when some rain changed course right before our wedding, the Diamond Mills team was supremely efficient at getting everything and everyone moved inside for our ceremony (the team is seriously great at executing a rain plan). In addition, the culinary team at Blackbarn knocked our socks off, and were very accommodating with some of the requests we had to make for guests’ dietary restrictions. All-in-all, we’re so happy we got married here and will treasure those memories forever.

Brianne and Kelsey are the best! They made our choice of Diamond Mills quite easy. From day one of meeting them and seeing the venue, we all knew this was the right place. Every detail was tended to with ease and professionalism which was very much appreciated. They were there to guide and calm me whenever I needed it and always answered all questions thoroughly and promptly. We required a large venue for an over 200 person guest list and all the facilities at Diamond Mills fit the bill. The magnificent hotel, the Saugerties Steamboat Co (rehearsal dinner), the Tavern (post wedding brunch) and the ball room were elegant and charming and simply worked magnificently for all our needs. The entire staff led by Brianne and Kelsey made the 10+ months of planning and execution effortless. Kudos to them all! I'm grateful to have found them and Diamond Mills and give them my highest recommendation and thanks for making Emily and Josh's wedding so perfect and eternally memorable.

We got married at Diamond Mills in November 2022 and it was pure magic. Every single aspect of the entire weekend was picture perfect. The food and drinks were outstanding; the hotel rooms are pristine and luxurious; the views are breathtaking; and the entire staff was beyond accommodating. Brianne and Kelsey are truly special. They worked with us every step of the way, keeping us on track and organized. I could not possible recommend Diamond Mills and Brianne and Kelsey more!

The staff, especially Brianne and Kelsey, were absolutely fantastic to work with. From day one with each of them it was evident that they are pros in their field and know what needs to be done and how to do it. It was wonderful to work with them and watch the conversations we'd had discussing what we envisioned come to life before our eyes on our special day.
The day as a whole was perfect, I wouldn't change a thing, and a big part of that was Diamond Mills. It started with the wedding parties getting ready there before going to the location of the ceremony (off premises). It was a beautiful foggy morning and with the waterfall outside it felt and looked straight out of a fairytale. The getting ready pictures came out beautifully in both rooms upstairs and the first look photos with my family on the deck of the ballroom are some of my (bride) personal favorites from the day.
The food was amazing! The staff and space were exquisite and it all felt so lovely leading up to and the whole of the special day. Once the day began we didn't have to worry about anything, Brianne and Kelsey and their staff took care of everything. From the band getting set, the cake being delivered, to everything in between. If anything went wrong we weren't privy to it as everything seemed to go on without a hitch.
The unveiling of the reception area after cocktail hour was completed was such a magical touch. The windows and deck were crowd favorites. Our guests have commented time and time again since that day, that it was the most fun reception at one of the most beautiful venues they'd ever been too. We couldn't agree more and would highly recommend them to anyone looking for a space. They do a beautiful and professional job that results in being able to enjoy your special event without any outside concerns.
We are looking very forward to visiting on our one year anniversary and reliving the magic as much as we can.

The team at the Diamond Mills was a dream to work with from the very start. We had our rehearsal dinner and our farewell brunch at Saugerties Steamboat Co. and we got married at the Diamond Mills. Throughout the entire process, Brianne and Kelsey were communicative, transparent, and incredibly helpful and accommodating. They accepted the challenge of our large guest list and made our event flow with ease. Kelsey actually started at Diamond Mills in the middle of our planning process, which had us nervous for only the briefest moment, because she jumped in with ease, taking the helm effortlessly and helping us execute our wedding plans more beautifully than we could have imagined. Kelsey and Brianne always made themselves available to chat about questions and concerns we had, even when we were a few weeks out and they were working their busiest fall weekends. We really don't know how they do it but we can't recommend them enough. The whole staff was incredible to work with - friendly, sweet, and accommodating. The food and dessert was amazing, and the fact that the venue provides nearly everything you need except music and florals is a huge plus. They were so easy to work with and accommodating and transparent at every step. Even when it came to the wedding weekend itself, Kelsey was always within earshot to help settle any issues that arose or answer any last minute questions that popped up. She guided us through our rehearsal, ceremony, and each event with ease and enthusiasm. We can't thank her enough for making our wedding weekend the most memorable and stress-free weekend it could be!

Brianne and Kelsey were phenomenal to work with, their attention to detail and professionalism through the entire wedding process was fantastic. We looked at many venues before finding Saugerties Steamboat and nothing compared for the vision of our wedding. They made the planning process and day-of easy and stress free, from coordinating with our vendors to making sure we had enough food on our plates and drinks in our hands all night, they are unmatched. Brianne even loaned us some items from her own wedding, going to show that she will go to any lengths to make your event is a success. They are truly the best and treated us like family!

Brianne is incredible! She is highly organized, knowledgeable, and experienced. Beyond her expertise, she is kind, easy to talk to, and reliable. Meeting with Brianne allowed me to feel confident that I had everything properly prepared for our big day. She provides her honest professional options and reminds you of small but important details that would otherwise be overlooked during the planning stages. Brianne really was a life saver throughout the whole planning process! I was certain everything would run smoothly on our wedding day because of her. Brianne, thank you!!!!! Kelsey helped us on our wedding day- she is great!! She made sure our night ran according to the plan and helped me greatly during a dress malfunction. Kelsey was readily available throughout the entire wedding day which was super helpful! Thank you, Kelsey!! Booking a hotel block was quite the headache. Some staff at the hotel are difficult to communicate with and were unprofessional at times. However, this would not take away from my recommendation of using Diamond Mills for your wedding day. The venue and property are absolutely gorgeous! We got married on the balcony overlooking the waterfalls. Our pictures came our gorgeous. We can’t recommend Diamond Mills enough for your special events!!!!

We couldn't have made a better decision than to choose Diamond Mills/Saugerties Steamboat Co. for our wedding venue! The boathouse is a beautiful and unique space, the food was amazing, and the staff really put in 110% effort. Kelsey went above and beyond and truly understood our vision down to the smallest details. Our guests were raving about the venue, the menu and the whole event all night long. We credit Kelsey and the rest of the team immensely for the success of our day and can't say enough good things about this place!

We just celebrated my mothers wedding here. And Brianna was just beyond phenomenal and the entire DM staff as well. The event went even better than expected. Highly recommended for either an event or even just a nice lunch with a beautiful view.

Our wedding at Diamond Mills was exactly everything we wanted! From the minute we walked in everything just fell into place! Breanne and Kelsey lead the way but the entire staff was amazing! They were open to our vision and any customization. The view, food and intimate space was everything we wanted! Our day was beyond memorable!

We got married on July 8th at Diamond mills and it was the best day ever! Brianne showed us the venue and we instantly fell in love. She was so attentive and helpful along the year long process. Kelsey not only showed initiative to plan the entire night, but came to a separate venue for our rehearsal to make sure everybody felt comfortable and prepared for the ceremony. The night of the wedding went off without a hitch. Everything including the food was amazing! Our family and friends raved about the party, food, and atmosphere for many days afterwards. Overall I could not of thought of a better spot to get married. The views along with the location to many hotels were one of a kind. I hope Diamond Mills continues to host great weddings!

My husband and I got married over Memorial Day weekend and it was perfect. At first I hesitated to look at a venue that was so far north, considering its distance from both NYC and Albany (the nearest airports), but when we got there we fell in love with the space. The venue was very affordable compared to anywhere else in NYC; everything was included on site: catering, cake, open bar, ceremony space, hospitality suite, and coordinators! Our coordinators Bethany and Brianne, and later on Kelsey, were utmost professionals and a big part of the reason why we went with this venue. They helped us find some local vendors and maintained communication throughout the whole process.
We held our ceremony and reception in the main ballroom which can double as a rain ceremony location. The terrace was our ceremony space which overlooks a beautiful waterfall and our guests loved the view. You also have an option of picking the Boathouse by the river for a more rustic feel, or the Tavern with its high ceilings and fireplace.
The second floor of the ballroom has a hospitality suite, a conference room, and bathrooms which our bridal party used to get ready the morning of the wedding. There was plenty of light and space, and we had even had champagne. My husband and I held an intimate Chinese tea ceremony for our core families in the early afternoon just before our full ceremony, and Brianne and our other vendors easily accommodated our needs to our specifications.
We had a menu tasting in the spring one year prior to our wedding and picked our cake hors d’oeuvres, and menu items then. We designed a signature cocktail and the bartenders did a great job with it! The guests loved all the food. We also had an afterparty at the Tavern just next door and had a great time.
I had planned out all our different vendors, but on the day of, I didn’t need to worry about anything because Brianne was the point of contact. We brought a lot of decorations ourselves and told them where each item went, and they executed our vision perfectly! I was swooning over how beautiful everything turned out.
In terms of hotel accommodation, all of our guests were able to get hotel rooms in the area despite it being a very busy weekend for the HIT Horse Show and several other weddings in the region. There are also several great Airbnb options near the venue as well.
All in all, a truly wonderful experience at Diamond Mills and I wouldn’t have changed anything about our special day there!

Photos courtesy of: Keira Lemonis Photography

Working with Bethany, Brianne, and Kelsey was a pleasure, they made the whole process so easy and flawless. We started our planning in January 2020 for Memorial Day Weekend in 2021. We all know what happened then. They worked with us to re-schedule for Memorial Day Weekend 2022. Brianne and Kelsey thought of everything and delivered an absolutely amazing day for us. The venue, The Steamboat Company, was an absolutely beautiful location, the staff were very accommodating and wonderful and the food was undeniably amazing! We couldn't have asked for a better place to host our wedding! Can't wait to go back for our 1-year anniversary at The Tavern.

One of the best venues in saugerties, food was beyond amazing and all the workers did an amazing job! All of our guests loved it. Choose Diamond Mills as your venue and you will not regret it!

We immediately fell in love with this venue on our first visit back in 2018. Bethany and Brianne were a delight to work with throughout all of our meetings and visits. We were two weeks from our original date when we were affected by the pandemic shutdown. Throughout the years, we were able to re-plan and re-schedule everything. They had us back for another menu tasting and were obviously very understanding with all of the postponements. We were finally able to celebrate in their beautiful reception hall a month ago! All of our guests had a wonderful time! We both are very excited to see our photos by the waterfall!

Oh my goodness, there is so much to say about how wonderful Diamond Mills is!! We were married at DM on Saturday November 13th 2021 after working with them for around 30 months (what a time lol!). From our initial meeting with Brianne, we were in love with the space and how amazing and helpful she was. DM was the first venue we looked at and after looking at three others that weekend we knew DM was the perfect spot. Just from how knowledgeable and how friendly Brianne was and how she anticipated questions we didn’t even know to ask! As we were traveling from out of state, I loved the fact that everything could be in the exact same location. The Venue, Hotel and Tavern being so close sold it for me, who doesn’t want to be able to just walk over to the ceremony instead of having to figure out timing or travel.
We were one of the wonderful couples who had to postpone due to Covid and never at any point did we have an issue dealing with DM. At every point Brianne and Bethany were so helpful and so caring in dealing with the problems many of their couples faced. We had our tasting during the point of not knowing if we would postpone or not and they worked with us. My MIL was actually there and thought Brianne and Bethany were our friends from just how lovely they were to talk to! The wait was worth it because our day was absolutely incredible!! Even planning through a pandemic and through distance it was never a hassle. I asked the most random questions and was always given a timely and helpful response, it was such a pleasure every time I had to communicate with someone at DM.
The space is absolutely amazing from our initial arrival at the Hotel everyone was in love with the view of the falls. The rooms are gorgeous, the ballroom is spectacular, the staircase was incredible for pictures. Everything came together wonderfully even though we had to move our ceremony inside due to rain. I was worried since I had loved the outside terrace, but the inside ceremony was so intimate and beautiful I think I loved it even more than our original plan.
The staff, oh my goodness, the staff is amazing! We had never been to a wedding where so many people complimented on how amazing the staff were! Seriously every server and bartender I interacted with I was amazed with how helpful and caring each of them were. We knew we had loved Bethany and Brianne, but to know that each and every member of the staff and the banquet manager, Ryan, were just as lovely and amazing to deal with as they were made me so relieved and happy that we had chosen DM.
The food… oh boy don’t get me started on how amazing the pumpkin ravioli is! We had our tasting in July of 2020 and I dreamt of the food since then. Our cake was amazing! Cocktail hour was great, everything was so good and wonderful. One of our groomsmen was a chef for years and he was insanely impressed by the mashed potatoes!
Every single detail was perfect. Every part of the process of wedding planning with DM was stress free. I loved the homework packets and checklists that they gave us, it was so easy and helpful in making everything come together. They were amazing in creating the most amazing wedding for us. Only regret is I cannot do this every year lol!
If you are looking for the most amazing venue, I would absolutely recommend DM. Everything was absolutely perfect. Everyone was amazing. Everything was delicious. I could go on forever about how perfect my wedding was and it is thanks to the wonderful people at DM and I cannot thank them all enough!

Diamond Mills was the perfect location for our 10/30/2021 wedding. As a covid couple, both Bethany & Brianne were amazing throughout the whole process and were accommodating when we had to postpone in 2020. The staff was great throughout the pandemic ensuring all protocols were followed and reminding us that their number one priority was keeping their guests safe. Our wedding day had no issues and Bethany & Brianne’s wedding day timeline was seamless. They are truly amazing at their work and could not recommend Diamond Mills enough to engaged couples! Thank you Diamond Mills team!

WOW! Diamond Mills is absolutely worth the five star rating. Our wedding was on 10/23/2021 so all the details are fresh in my mind. I will start by saying that our original wedding date was May 8th, 2021, but due to covid, we had to push it back, which looking back was a win-win for us. The venue at Diamond Mills is situated right on the Esopus creek and during the fall, you can see the leaves changing, Our pictures came our beautifully at such a gorgeous venue. Secondly, Bethany and Brianne are Heaven-sent. Literally every single question I had was answered so efficiently via email or phone. Bethany was always accessible and always kind. I'm sure I was overwhelming her with questions and concerns in particular about covid precautions, but she never showed any frustration. The point is...planning a wedding is not easy in general, but with Bethany and Brianne, it IS easy! I truly admire their work ethic and I'm so thankful for every thing they did for us. At our rehearsal dinner and the wedding =, we had guests comment on how well-run the entire event was. We even had friends there who were getting married elsewhere a couple of weeks after us and the first words out of their mouths were, "I hope our event coordinator is as amazing as Bethany!". The attention to detail had me feeling cool as a cucumber on my wedding day, when in reality, I am usually one to be anxious. Bethany and Brianne utilize a "homework packet" that makes sure that everything is set up the way you want it on the day of your wedding. I knew going into it that we were all on the same page, including the vendors. Another reason why I loved having our wedding at Diamond Mills is because it is right in the village of Saugerties and close in proximity to many other hotels if you have a lot of guests coming from out of town. Bethany and Brianne can definitely suggest hotels, shuttle companies, and other vendors as they have worked with many and are extremely familiar with the area. We had our wedding in the Grand Ballroom, which is a beautiful room and can be decorated any which way you choose. Though we decided on the ballroom, we also checked out the Tavern and the Steamboat and I loved both. Diamond Mills can work for any style wedding for that reason. The food was INCREDIBLE. Our guests were blown away and so was I. I know that often times, brides and grooms miss out on the food because we are so busy chatting with guests, but there was a server there who let me know that he would personally make sure I got every single hors d'oeuvre and he did not dissappoint! Lastly, the rooms are just gorgeous and we stayed in the tower suite after the wedding. It was easily the nicest hotel room I have ever had the pleasure of staying it - plus, the view was breathtaking! I just felt so cared for every step of the way and I cannot explain how much that meant to me. It was a beautiful experience every step of the way. Bethany is such an asset and perfect for her role at Diamond Mills. I would also have to say the same about Brianne and Ryan as well. These ladies are on top of their game! If you are looking for a beautiful wedding in the Hudson Valley, then the Diamond Mills is definitely your place! Love them and can't wait to head back for our 1 year anniversary!

I don't even know where to begin with Diamond Mills. DM was maybe the third venue we considered and saw after we got engaged and it was instantly the obvious choice. Being from Saugerties, this was the favorable option as far as being close to home. My husband and I both agreed that Diamond Mills would be the perfect venue, but it wasn't until the planning process that we truly saw the worth and value in what we'd chosen.

Bethany and Brianne are the backbone of a wedding at Diamond Mills, and if they aren't the strongest backbone you'll ever find!! I don't know how Bethany does it - she fielded and responded to e-mails from me consistently - usually riddled with questions or worry - and she did it with such grace. Having her there the day of was an absolute blessing and pleasure. When it came time for her to leave at the end of the night I didn't even want her to! I'd rather she stayed and joined the fun!

The beauty of Diamond Mills is above and beyond, but the operations and the ebb and flow of everything truly stands out and will leave a mark on our wedding day memories. The food was fantastic, as expected, and we kept the tavern bar open after our reception for people which was a huge hit! The bartender was incredible and the option to continue the fun in a more intimate way at the end of the night was perfect. We stayed at the Hotel that night, as well, which was incredible and the front desk girl that night, Sara, was an angel!

I could go on and on and I want to, but I'm afraid I'll get carried away. All in all, we've been wishing to go back all week. Diamond Mills is the place for sure!

My wife always imagined getting married at Diamond Mills. After visiting the venue, we both instantly fell in love with the place. Brianne and Bethany from start to finish both were amazing to work with; they went above and beyond to make our day special. Everything went off great and we couldn't have imagined it any better.