This place is beautiful. I photographed my friend's wedding here and it had a lot of great places…read moreto take photos. The house where the brides gets ready is beautiful, the barn is ready for photos, the dining hall was spacious. The property is huge! As a photographer, I loved taking photos here.

I want to share my experience as a Drakewood bride…read more Initial meeting: My introduction to Drakewood Farm was an absolute dream. I was shown around and I instantly connected with my host. Her energy and excitement throughout the entire tour made me excited and I could truly picture myself getting married there. Six months before wedding: The planning meeting. My fiancé and I met with our assigned wedding coordinators. This was a seamless experience. We felt heard and they knew exactly when to jump in and support us with decision making. This two hour meeting felt like five minutes because we were having such an enjoyable time planning the most important day of our lives. We left the meeting feeling extremely excited and ready to go. They also assured us they were able to make changes, talk through any worries or add to our original plan. We could email or call any time! After this meeting I was able to communicate any small changes, detail questions, or concerns via email. They were quick to respond and instantly made changes to our planning sheet as requested. This entire process was seamless and I was never left hanging. Two weeks before the wedding: I sent an email that was left unanswered for several days. I finally received a response from the owners, not the coordinators who I had been communicating with since day one. Then the owners began asking me questions that had been gone over in detail in our planning meeting. Instant red flags started popping up. I sent another email asking why I was no longer communicating with my coordinator. I received the response: "when you sign with Drakewood you sign with our team as a whole." This is completely reasonable, but not a single person introduced themselves or offered any sort of explanation as to why I was all of the sudden moved from one person to the owner. The owner, assured me that I would be working with her most experienced coordinator and that she herself would be supporting us the day of our wedding. Frankly I wish the owner had not been there. Day of: The owner did not once welcome me to the venue or introduce herself. The groomsmen, father of the groom and the groom were unloading cars due to no staff there to help. They stacked bar stock in the venue. They were even asked to move the bigger boxes behind the bar once they were already placed inside, to which my husband responded "you can have your staff move them to the correct location. We are here to celebrate our wedding not work for you." The owner had no clue what was going on and was walking around asking questions that had been gone over when I was working with my original coordinators. This was extremely unprofessional and very upsetting. During the rehearsal, the owner told everyone how they would walk in when we had already explained how we had planned to do it. She said we don't usually do it this way and was met with my mother and sister telling her this is how the bride wants it done. Finally an experienced coordinator showed up who actually had her act together. I am absolutely positive if she had not shown up, our day would have been a disaster and a complete disappointment. This coordinator was professional, dressed appropriately for a wedding (unlike the owner who walked around in a bright pink T-shirt for the entire day) and made sure to check in and keep me in the loop from start to finish. They were completely understaffed and it was evident. I am grateful for my new coordinator and all of her help. She truly pulled the entire day together and turned it around. I would hope that in the future, the owner would make sure to communicate with the bride and the families when big changes happen. The entire staff that I worked with leading up to the day was no longer there and I was left in the dark until I started asking questions. This is not how any bride should feel especially when you are spending a LARGE amount of money. In the end we had a beautiful day surrounded by everyone we love! Shout out to our photographer Alyssa Flake who made sure to keep the energy high and was just an absolute dream to work with! Some key moments that I will give Drakewood major kudos for: -Our new coordinator actually did have her act together and I'm glad she was able to step in and make my day come together -The florals were out of this world beautiful! (Although they forgot to give the men boutonnieres so most of our photos have no florals for the men) -The table settings looked incredible (we picked them out but they were executed properly) -The DJ was great and communicated with us in a very timely manner -Food was great, cake was awesome -The setting is stunning and everyone could not stop talking about how beautiful it was

Rustic & scenic setting sets the backdrop for this hybrid indoor / outdoor venue for special events…read more& weddings. The owners are hands-on and supportive throughout an event. The large property boasts barn-like structures including the main open air pavilion designed for level seating (dining etc). The grounds are perfect for an outdoor ceremony with river-view vistas. Based on the recent wedding we attended -- it appears that a capacity crowd / guest list of under 200 people is ideal.

We attended a wedding here. It is a very beautiful spot. It is nice that the ceremony and reception…read moreare in the same general area. The food was delicious that we ate at the reception. The only negative was sitting in the hot sun during the ceremony. There was plenty of shade at the reception spot though. I would come to a wedding here again but I would bring some bug spray next time. I got bit up pretty bad.

We had scheduled a time weeks, if not months in advance to visit the venue from out of state while…read morelooking for location. After repeatedly confirming the day and time, we arrived to find the gate locked and no one around. After reaching out, we were rudely told that "the owner didn't have time today and no other staff was available". We planned the entire trip around the visit, and it was highly disappointing.

Just had my daughter's wedding this past weekend at Briar Rose Hill Event venue. The venue was…read moreperfect in every way. The attention to detail by Nita and all the vendors was outstanding. They were all very attentive and very helpful. Anything that we needed, they provided. The night ran smoothly thanks to the staff. I would recommend this venue to anyone looking for a beautiful venue, reasonably priced, with a lot of extras included!

Scheduled my mom's elopement ceremony here. It was exactly what her and her man wanted. The staff…read morewere super responsive and clear communication. They were also accommodating and informative. 100% would recommend.

I recently went here for a friends wedding. The place is beautiful, clean, and in a good location…read more The reason why I gave it 4 stars is because it really reminds me of a funeral home more than a wedding. It might be the decor, or the physical space but nonetheless a pretty nice place to get married. Parking was also a bit confusing but everything worked out. The staff was also very pleasant.

This is an incredible location, highly recommend for weddings, corporate events, video production…read moreshoots, etc. We filmed three live stream concerts in their beautiful scissor truss barn and it turned out amazing! The owners are extremely kind and helpful, very handy parking both at the venue site with a larger lot 1/4 mile away.

worst place for a wedding, they are horrible people to deal with…read more specially if you are gay. they did not honor their word about helping us on the day of the wedding. it was a mess, and we got all our wedding gifts stolen from our basket; the most convenient is they do not have cameras. please think twice before getting in touch with them we have lots of our guests complain about them. it was one of the worst days of my life, being surrounded by people full of hate. also, if you have anything against gay marriage, say it instead of getting our money and being a bigget. be real and just don't do it, as many other venues could have hosted our wedding and been nice to us. instead, you were both just looking at us, and rob was just yelling at me; he was done.

Due to Covid 19 we had to cancel the wedfing Explained to…read morethem several times that due to the military orders we can not reschedule a destination wedding. This is no fault of ours and they are insisting we reschedule and that the prices after 2020 will be higher Every other vender has returned deposit and has been very understanding. Very disappointed with this establishment that they are keeping our money. It's upsetting enough that the wedding is not taking place and then to have to take legal action to get the deposit refunded. I would not recommend them to anyone. This is terrible customer service

Such a cute place for my brother in laws wedding. Everything was simple and beautiful and the staff…read morewere all very helpful. Loved all the rooms available for the wedding parties. The reception was beautifully decorated. Great scenery for photos and memories.

My daughter had her wedding here today. Such a wonderful place, they are experts at weddings and…read moretake care of most all of the details. And the place is beautiful!. They recommended a number of expert caterers and they did a wonderful job. The food and cakes were outstanding. The only real to-do for us was that we had to supply the 'adult beverages'. This wasn't really much of an issue as they gave us great advice and then with a trip to Costco. Easy cheesy I'd highly recommend this place for weddings! We were so glad we choose this as our wedding venue.

Rating this one just for the parking, though I've been to conferences and events in the space…read moreitself which is fine. I just appreciate that the city still has at least 1 downtown adjacent lot they haven't sold out to private companies who gouge the citizens of Nashville and hurt local businesses by forcing customers to pay something like $45 for an hour of parking. While an event, like a Preds game, might spike the price to park here at MCC up to $20, it's typically just $15 to park here for an entire evening or day. You can walk pretty much anywhere in downtown from here if you like. So rather than pay the highway robbery of those other PNC and Metropolis lots (companies who regularly face lawsuits for price gouging and unethical business practices, including a recent Nashville settlement by Metropolis) I always opt for a spot here to walk. Just think, in another world/time/era, this would just be the standard with the city owning lots at reasonable rates and using that money for city improvements rather than private companies charging astronomical fees to line their own pockets.

I needed to be here a couple of days for a conference recently. The location is very central and…read moreclose to the Lower Broadway area, which has become a touristy mess over the years... It's nice that Nashville has more of a touristy attraction to it, but the majority of stuff, places, restaurants, and bars are NOT COUNTRY, they're simply pop to cater to all the silly bridal showers and other parties that come here. That being said, this convention center actually looked great and was laid out nicely with parking close by. It's a decent size, for most medium conferences and conventions.