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    Ellie Sent on 09/03/2019
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    Breathtaking

    This venue is beyond gorgeous, the whole site takes your breath away. The food and beverages is delectable. The service is top notch. I will always recommend it to anyone.
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    Ashleigh Sent on 12/07/2018
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    Amazing Venue & the Best Team!

    Once I stepped foot on Hidden Lake Winery I knew it was where I was getting married. They have multiple locations to choose from for your ceremony and reception so we were able to have the wedding of our dreams! Working with Ashley was super easy and she was always quick to respond to my (many) emails. She explained everything that was included in the package - which is a STEAL compared to other venues, especially those in St Louis - and allowed lots of flexibility for us to customize things like menu, bar, and decor. The staff was PERFECT the day before and the day of. We decorated ourselves and I was stressing about getting everything done in time. The day before, they already had all the tables set up and all the extras we needed in our reception hall so we were able to start decorating ASAP. The day of the staff was super attentive. Bar and appetizers were ready to go after the ceremony and the buffet line was flawless. They broke down our family table that sat in the middle of the dance floor quickly so that we could keep the night moving. And at the end of the night they helped gather our decor in one spot so it was easy for our wedding party to grab and pack up. I cannot recommend Ashley and Hidden Lake Winey enough!
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    Have no had the wedding yet but went and saw this place and is amazingly beautiful. Ask for Amy Peterson, shes awesome! Can't wait for my wedding to be here!
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    Michelle Sent on 12/03/2014
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    Ashley was very flexible and accommodating. It is a beautiful venue and was just as I wanted it to be.
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    Raven Sent on 09/10/2014
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    Ashley & Travis were beyond amazing, and catered to our every need. I will be recommending HLW to all furutre brides! :)
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    Alison Sent on 09/04/2014
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    Ashley went over and above the call of duty. She was visual and available during both events of rehearsal dinner and wedding. Her professional attitude and friendly, helpful spirit are an asset to the company. I thoroughly enjoyed working with her as she made our experience a memory to uphold. I will certainly recommend Ashley's services to all of my friends!
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    Megan Sent on 09/04/2014
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    Ashley was great, service was great, everybody was unbelievably nice and helpful! And the hall was beautiful! Thanks for helping make my day special!
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    Molly Sent on 11/09/2013
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    We were married under the Falls and it was extremely beautiful!
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    Brooke Sent on 09/04/2014
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    The staff was very inviting and responsive. The venue and service made my husband and I very happy!
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    Emily Sent on 06/27/2008
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    Wonderful reception site. Very responsive and works well with vendors in the area. Beautiful landscape and pictures! Also have wonderful ceremony sites. Food is good with a selection for vegetarians! Holds 500 guests!!!
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    Amanda Sent on 09/24/2014
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    This is the perfect location to have your wedding and the price was amazing. We looked around at some other venues and the price was around the same but did not include all of the set up and ambiance that Hidden Lake had. I would absolutely recommend this winery for any event you need to have. All of the staff was friendly and always ready to help in anyway possible. We will be back for other events and anniversaries.
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    Jillian Sent on 09/05/2014
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    Ashley was a dream come true for a bride-to-be. She was very easy to work with, was open to new ideas, and had every detail we wanted down to a T. Every request that I had she was able to make happen and more. She was a true pleasure to work with because of her honesty, integrity and passion for her career! Travis went above and beyond for us also! There were times he would come out to the winery when he wasn't working to help us and more. Such a great guy! We couldn't of had a better experience. Thanks for all of your hard work!
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    Jp Sent on 07/16/2015
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    The Hidden Lake Winery is a beautiful venue for both the ceremony and reception. It rained on our wedding day but the back up plan in the Champagne Ballroom worked out great. The staff was very friendly and helpful throughout the whole event. I would definitely recommend this venue to anyone looking for a great spot to conduct your marriage ceremony and reception. One tip is to make sure you record all the things that you discuss with your planner as you could potential end up with a different planner as we did and they may not have the information on things that were discussed outside of the contract. It will just make it easier on them and you will be able to receive everything you were hoping to in your initial conversations.
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    I LOVED this venue. It was perfect for us, as we had a small-ish wedding at The Vines and in the Estate. The broke a window the morning of the wedding when they were mowing and had it fixed before go time. Everyone was always quick to respond to our questions, we had a great taste testing, we were able to set up early, and everything was clean. My only complaint was that we weren't allowed to have our rehearsal on the Friday before so some people were unable to attend, and our food was NOTHING like we had taste tested previously. Otherwise, everything went very smoothly and I highly recommend this venue.
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    Hidden lake winery is a beautiful place to have a wedding or reception. The food is good, they are very accommodating to what you want, everyone is friendly, and the price was right! That being said they did run out of food even though we gave them a guest total. The wedding coordinator was supposed to be at the reception and we never saw her. We also paid $150 to have cake cut. No one cut it or knew who was supposed to cut it so family members ended up doing it. Overall very nice place.
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    We recently had a winter wedding with a reception at the Estate at Hidden Lake Winery. It was a beautiful venue and the servers and bartenders were wonderful. The food was great and reasonably priced.

    Throughout our wedding planning at times it was difficult to get in touch with the event coordinator. This was probably due to that is was offseason, but none the less a little frustrating. Despite this issue, the event went off perfectly and everything was in place at the right place and the right time.

    They were overly accommodating both before and after the reception. They set everything up for us to include tablecloths that we brought in ourselves. After the wedding the took down all of the decorations for us and it was consolidated for us to pick up the next morning. They also coordinated a brunch in the morning for our wedding party and guests.

    Great venue, great service, and all reasonably priced.
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    We had our wedding reception at The Estate. The venue is so lovely, and we were very happy with it overall. The dance floor is fairly small. Also, I think they should've dimmed the lights after dinner was over. That said, the service we received from servers, bartender, and everyone was just fantastic and friendly in every way! They really went above and beyond to make sure we had an awesome day!
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    Mallory Sent on 09/04/2014
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    Everything was great. Only drawbacks was it was pretty hot all night in the champagne room. Also we were supposed to have our good in the barrel room and be caste it rained they moved another event in our room. So the food took too long. Other than that it was wonderful.
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    Krystle Sent on 03/10/2018
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    Beautiful location with the offer of a few cabins to rent and multiple locations onsite with multiple price ranges. Multiple landscape opportunities for photos. Offers standard tables and lines for decorations. Plans for indoor ceremony indoors incase of weather.
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    Amanda Sent on 09/12/2014
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    Ashley did a great job with our event. The only two cons that I have are 1. the price of the venue, which I thought was pretty steep, especially if you're on a budget- however, Ashley worked with my and tailored my invoices and showed me what worked and what didn't work with my budget. 2. At the end of our reception, all the leftover food got thrown away after we had requested it to be saved. That was really disappointing because the food was really good and we had tons of leftovers.
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    Alissa Sent on 09/10/2018
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    I loved the venue we used (Majestic Falls) for our ceremony and reception hall. We really chose this venue for the view. If you use this venue, BE VERY CLEAR on what you want and are expecting.
    1.) FOOD: The first tasting we went to we were not served the food we requested to try. They let us do a second tasting that went much better and we tried the food we wanted and picked what we wanted for our wedding day.....
    ---THEN on our wedding day we were not served what we tried! We had sampled a ravioli in a cream tomato sauce and were served a beef ravioli lasagna? We had no idea there were multiple ravioli options as we were only ever served one, so I was unaware I needed to clarify. None of the guests realized that this happened, so it was really only us who were disappointed.
    ---We were told we would get to take leftovers home, but on the DAY of the wedding they said there was a policy change, no heads up or anything, it wasn't a huge deal but an email would have been nice.
    2.) BAR. The bar was nice, just be aware they may not ask you if you want more mixed drinks or not. We pre-ordered 4 containers and they made 2, but never asked if we wanted them to really make up the next 2, so at like 1030 they made 2 more huge containers of drinks when if we had been asked we would have not had them made up so that was about 200 dollars wasted. Be aware that the price of alcohol is HIGH at this venue compared to some others, and they do NOT refund you on any kegs, if I could go back i would have set a dollar amount and just served bottles and mixed drinks.
    3.) VENUE/RECEPTION. The venue for the ceremony was exactly what we wanted and I have no complaints on that.
    ---The reception hall was beautiful as well, and I was able to come in the Thursday before my wedding and decorate, which was wonderful. My main complaint here is that it got up to 90 degrees and we were told we couldn't lower temp..so it was HOT, it wound up cooler outside in Aug.
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    Rachelle Sent on 11/03/2010
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    We had our reception at Hidden Lake Winery's Champagne Hall. In the year from which we booked the hall to our wedding day we dealt with 5 different coordinators, which was frustrating. No one would get back with us when we called or emailed. Towards the end, we did find that Ashley and Missy were the best one we dealt with (so ask for them if you have your reception here). We were not able to taste the food and we HAD to use their food service. The food was just average but the cost of it was twice as much more than other catering companies in the area. The bartenders were pretty good except for one tall blond lady who was really rude every time I was there. The hall is beautiful and the outside is even better. The reason we planned to have our wedding there was for the exterior for our guest to enjoy which worked out great since the weather was perfect on our wedding day. Their wines are very good too. My final thoughts are if you are patient and easy going, you can handle having your reception here.
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    Anne Sent on 09/02/2008
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    Make sure to get everything in writing, that you want for your wedding. Very nice place to have a wedding. Few mistakes but overall was very nice.
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    Sydney K. Sent on 10/31/2023
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    Do not waste your time

    Do not get married here. They are extremely rude and make excuses for everything. My fiance and I only had a 6 month timeline from the beginning, we booked Hidden Lake right away. We had our contract signing scheduled for the following week after we toured, which we were also supposed to go over the timeline, the coordinator, Lily, cancelled the day of and rescheduled for a day that worked for her so we made it work for us. She was late to the meeting and then basically told us she did not have time for us that day but gladly had us sign the contract and pay the deposit. We never heard anything back to reschedule the timeline meeting. Both my mom and I reached out several times to both Lily and the owner and got ignored. We were finally able to get our timeline meeting scheduled and the invoice was promised to us by two days later. We never got it, I emailed Lily later in the week and it was again promised to me the next day, I had still never received it. Two weeks went by so I reached out to the owner again who was very rude in her response. I had talked to multiple other people who chose this venue and were also extremely unhappy so we decided to change venues. After telling them we were cancelling, that is when the owner finally decided to step in and offer her services opposed to Lily's. She also told my mom "I have never seen a mother of the bride be so upset over their daughter's wedding." and refused to give the deposit back even though they never upheld their responsibilities expressed in the contract. Please do not waste your time, money or memories of your most special day on this place.

    Hidden Lake Winery's reply:

    Dear valued guests, potential brides, and grooms. We apologize for this odious review. The Couple excitingly booked our beautiful venue severa weeks ago for a March wedding. We've shared countless emails and have had two meetings. Suddenly they became upset with us. They canceled the wedding and insisted on the return of the nonrefundable deposit As with all reputable venues, a legal contract is signed at the time of booking. This is to protect both parties. They stated if the deposit wasn't returned they would "Smear us on every social media [platform] possible". We then found out they had decided on a different venue. We believe the change of heart was not due to us but the decision to change venues. Our amazing wedding coordinator, Lily, has assisted many brides who have experienced a wonderful wedding. I have worked with well over 500 couples. Our couples return to our wineries yearly to celebrate their anniversaries. This past weekend a couple stated, "Coming to the winery is like coming home". We provide the best possible service to the wedding couple on one of the most important days of their lives. We are so proud of the service we provide and love what we do. Many of our brides would be happy to share their experience and tell you about us. If you would like to hear from them please email angel@hiddenlakewinery.com or call 618-228-9111 x 3 Please come by the winery and take a tour, talk to us about your dream wedding, have some award winning wine created by our winemaker, who won the Illinois Stated 2023 Winemaker of the year award. Try our farm-to-table dishes. We'd love to share our experience with you and are proud to be a small family owned business.
    Peace, Love, & Wine
    Angela Gorazd, Co-Proprietor and Event Manager
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    Jennifer L. Sent on 04/04/2020
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    Tried to ruin my friends wedding

    They did not provide all services promised for my friends wedding. One of which was the cake cutting:
    Only a small portion of the cake was cut for guests, and everyone was asking for more cake but it never showed up and then when asked why all of the cake wasnt cut up we were told that no one wanted the cake and a bridesmaid told them to stop cutting cake, which is completely false. They then demanded payment for the cake cutting and told the bride she was rude for bringing it up and complaining about it.
    We paid for food to be given to the groom when he arrived before the ceremony, however when he got there and notified staff that he was there, he did not receive any food until several hours later. he was very hungry at this point.
    The winery denies any wrongdoing and while my friends wedding was still very beautiful, it was not because of the event center's staff. it was because of the work of the bridal party. The wedding coordinators at this winery are frequently quitting and rehiring new ones. My friend went through FOUR coordinators for her wedding. That is a disaster waiting to happen. This is a nice looking event center but the staff is terrible and i would never recommend them again, they made the wedding WAY more stressful than it needed to be.
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