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    Castle In The Forest

    3.9 (22 reviews)
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    Beware. Especially for weddings. This place is not permitted to have events! The property manager/owner, Arsine Shirvanian is extremely difficult to work with and will make your family reunion/wedding/event a total nightmare. She is in trouble with the county and her neighbors. 6 different vendors had problems with this manager. 2 weeks prior to our wedding Arsine had listed a variety of requirements that were not on our contract. She monitors the cameras while you are there. She attempted to boot out one of our guests from their room so that she could spend the night at the house that we paid for so she can "keep an eye on the situation". She had her husband barge into one of our guests rooms while she was sleeping to make sure there wasn't any unauthorized guests. She couldn't keep the bathrooms maintained during our event. At some point our wedding guests needed to use cocktail napkins in lieu of toilet paper (photo pictured below) because that is all that there was left. Arsine called us all the time to "have a quick call" which quickly devolved into her threatening to cancel our wedding due fo last minute unreasonable requirements that were not on our contract we had for years. Here are some examples: - because she isn't allowed to have events we had to have a silent disco and end our wedding 1.5 hours prior to the contracted event time. - she insisted we shuttle 125 people onto the property with folks as old as 95 in 45 minutes (which is impossible). She said she would cancel the wedding otherwise. - she called us the day before our wedding (instead of our planner) because our event timeline lacked line items for loading in and etc. - she told us we needed to hire a professional florist and that we could not do it ourselves on the property's rented for 3 days. This wasn't on the contract and we had to lie to her and do our own floral anyways. - she wanted our vendors to have to move all of their vans out even though they would have fit. This place has no elevator, no ramps, no ADA access, no parking, no sound permits and is ran by a property manager that will be breathing down your neck to ensure that she doesn't get in trouble for hosting events. It isn't worth doing an event here I promise you even with the pictures. You can read my expanded review, email exchange and experience at castle in the Forest review dot com.

    Indigo B.

    My friends and I stayed here for new years and it was ammaaaaazzzing. There was about 15 of us and we had more than enough space. The grounds are beautiful the owners are so nice and it was peaceful and perfect. We had a dance off in the restaurant area, we played games, we did yoga and the kitchen was so big we were able to do a crab boil for 15 people. We also built a snowman in the backyard. Best trip ever we didn't even need to leave the castle.

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    We have been staying in Lake Arrowhead with friends yearly over the past 16 years staying in the most luxurious properties we could find. I've honestly never been so blown away with a property (even in Europe for our wedding) as I was with the his Castle. Arsine the owner and Collette were terrific communicators throughout the process and extremely accommodating. We comfortably had 19 friends and there was more than enough space. The detail of secret rooms, a fully wood paneled study, a pub in the basement with a wood bar, etc... If I had known this place existed earlier this year I would have had my wedding here! You really won't understand until you are actually at the property how beautiful and unique it is. I would give the Castle in the Forest 10 stars if it was possible.

    Rachel P.

    Our stay at the Castle in the Forest was simply magical. It was perfect for our large family celebration where there was comfortable and elegant space for everyone. We especially loved the architectural surprises that make the castle so unique. We got afternoon tea to-go from San Diego and brought it to the castle for a memorable feast fit for a princess. The hosts were lovely, accessible but not hovering. If you are looking for a memorable, unique, and very special location for your gathering, this is it.

    The inside was decorated for the holidays
    Ani P.

    Came here for a recent weekend trip and was extremely pleased. The house is absolutely beautiful and extremely spacious. It has plenty of bedrooms and sleeping areas. We were a large group and each person had a bed to sleep in (the beds were also extremely comfortable). The owners were extremely professional and helpful, they responded quickly to any questions we had about the property before and during our stay. The backyard was very spacious and was a great place to play in snow! The house is also close to the ski/snowboarding resort in Arrowhead, so that worked out perfectly for us. Overall was extremely pleased with the house, will definitely book it again in the future!

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