Orchardleigh Estate

We had the most incredible experience at Elmhay Park for our wedding, and we can’t recommend it enough! The entire process was so easy and seamless, from our tour of the entire estate by owner - Chris to the final details of the wedding itself and that’s largely due to the amazing Annamarie, our wedding coordinator. She is the ultimate professional and went above and beyond to ensure everything was perfect for us. Her support was invaluable from the moment we booked our wedding, to the final dance of our wedding. We truly can’t thank her enough for all of her help! The setting at Elmhay Park is absolutely gorgeous. We had the 3-day wedding package, which gave us the chance to enjoy the venue for a whole weekend. The night before the wedding, we had a beautiful dinner at the Peacock Restaurant with our wedding party, which was a lovely way to kick off the celebrations. On the day of the wedding, everything went smoothly, and we didn’t have to worry about a thing. The staff were incredibly professional and attentive, and it really allowed us to just enjoy every moment. The food was unbelievable and the bar staff were fantastic. The following day, we had a night in Church Lodge, which was the perfect way to wind down and reflect on the incredible weekend we’d had. All in all, Elmhay Park provided the most gorgeous, perfect setting (which was also mentioned by nearly all of our guests) and service for our special day. A huge thank you to Annamarie for being incredible throughout the entire process. It was truly a wedding weekend we’ll never forget!

3.5, better than average, just under good. This is a review of our wedding at Orchardleigh House. Firstly, the venue is spectacular, 5 out of 5. We found there was a real lack of communication in the weeks leading up to the wedding day. It felt like we may be missing something and although Heather did eventually make contact to reassure us, she then did miss the scheduled call a few days later due do a diary error. So chased again the following week. We did feel more comfortable after the call and we were promised a call with our ‘on the day’ organiser 7 days before; we only got the call 2 days before. Luckily there wasn't anything we had missed. Overall the communication was not great, with e-mails also lost, it was a little frustrating. The next major room for improvement and gripe would be the ‘getting ready room’. This hadn’t been properly cleaned and the bathroom floor was unvacuumed. We weren’t aware that this doubles as the bridal suite and when it became a mess albeit our mess, it wasn’t greatly pleasant to return to it at the end of the night. I would suggest a room created for the sole purpose of changing in would work well. It also happened to be on the list of rooms that can be booked out, so we did have a double booking which was embarrassing, but thankfully our guests were reallocated to a different room, lucky a nice one was still available. The room itself, as a bridal suite it is a little disappointing. A very basic set of tea and coffee and meagre selection of biscuits. On your first morning of being married you get a sachet of instant Nescafe and a bourbon. One of the curtains doesn’t actually cover one of the windows, so that guarantees an early start and operating the shower is like opening a safe with a multitude of turns to bring it to life and the same again for getting it to turn off. We didn’t get a chance to see the canapes beyond what we received in the drawing room straight after the ceremony, but we were told they were in short supply. Given the wedding breakfast was served shortly after, this wasn't a major issue, just an observation. Breakfast we were told is 8:30am – 9:30am, so when we arrived down for 9:15 we thought we were in time. No coffee cups meant us waiting around with other guests before they were replenished. Still, well before 9:30 we saw no eggs. We were told Chef may not be able to do them. Thankfully he did. Obviously it is one type of egg, which feels limited. The beans had run out also, and still before 9:30 we were told they would not be replenished. So would assume that breakfast is 8:30 – 9:30 ish, or whenever the chef decides to stop serving or runs out of food. We liked: The venue is stunning. The wedding breakfast is very good, loved the choice and the taster session. The night before, was great. Mervin was excellent on the day. Room for improvement: Communication – this is a massive day, what with chasing photographers, registrars, florists, bridesmaids, groomsmen etc

Recent stay at Orchardleigh house. On arrival first room had broken mattress and bed slats missing. Requested change of room, second room had curtains hanging off the rail, dirty toilet, dirty towels. For the cost of the room the standard of cleaning was disgusting. Such a shame as other areas of hotel are stunning. I would never ever pay for a room again.

Wedding venue was very good. Reception staff were helpful. The food was good. But conditions of the rooms were awful. We complained about our room, the shower was stinking. The sealant had open gaps and looks like its been applied by Mr Bean. Fair play to the reception staff they moved us to another room. But in this room then, there were used bottles of water left from previous guests. The drinking glasses had used white marks and lipstick on them. The cups were stuck to the saucers and they were dirty. Reception gave us fresh cups, drinking glasses and bottled water. The rooms could do with being rewired, walls could do with plastering and as for the shower rooms they could do with being retiled and resealed. It was like a room in the 1980's. I was disappointed with the rooms. I hope this helps for everyone reading this.

We held the wedding of our son at Orchardleigh House. I have worked in and around the hospitality industry for over 30 years and it is fair to say that the service provided at the venue was truly excellent. Suzy and her great team in the front of house operation worked like a well oiled machine and did not appear to put a foot wrong the whole (very long) day. Nothing was too much trouble for them. Thank you! Karl and Clair (Hope I remembered and spelt the names correctly!) produced some absolutely fantastic food ...and plenty of it; all was well cooked and served hot. Thank you! All in all a fantastic service that made it a great celebration for all that attended - I honestly cant thank you enough. Finally a note to the management of the business - your team did you proud! Well done everyone!

We did the 3 day wedding package and had THE BEST time! All the staff on the big day were amazing, but a particular shout out to Annamarie our wedding coordinator who has been nothing but spectacular from planning to the end. Orchardleigh will forever have a place in our hearts. The 3 day package truly made it a celebration