Amazing wedding location in a timeless building on Lake Minnetonka. This historic club and golf course boasts lakefront golf and a wedding view with a gorgeous ballroom. It is very difficult to book and is a membership club but our event was fantastic too to bottom. I officiated the event and it is one of the classiest venues in our area. Their vendors are fantastic and you have the option of a boat ride for the bride and groom which was fun for the wedding party! read more

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Good food but pricey Nice venue for wedding reception. Will go again for special occasions read more

The club is under new management. I had a arugula and beet salad that was tasty. I had a prime rib sandwich with horseradish and arugula in a naan pita served with tots. I enjoyed it. They have a new drink menu. I had the Beauregard mule. It was filled with blueberry delight. The rose lemon spritz was very smooth with rose water vodka and pomegranate flavors. We ate in the 1882 pub, small and cozy. We had really good service. read more

Toured here for a possible wedding venue today, so TBD if we actually end up choosing it BUT the space definitely has a good flow with outdoor ceremony space, ballroom, cocktail hour room, and a deck. We're intrigued by it. The baseline price is cheaper than a lot of places downtown, but it's still hefty. Plenty of parking. read more

I was just there for dinner last weekend. They had half priced bottles of wine which rocked. I had the Walleye cracker crusted with a salad. They had 5 large anchovies on the salad, I loved it. The salad was very good as was the fish. It came with spinach and a rice mix. I really like the atmosphere at the club and it is very kid friendly, we had all 3 of mine with us for dinner. If you want a more formal setting hey do that as well. They have great buffets and around the holidays they always offer something special for kids and adults. My daughter has taken tennis there and the teachers are great. The pig roasts are superb and everyone who works there is very professional. One of my favorite things about the club is the view of Lake Minnetonka and that the swimming pool is never crowded. I would suggest it to anyone that lives on the lake. read more

Stayed 3 nights at the hotel as a guest of a member for business - nice, clean, old-style hotel rooms...great views of the golf course and/or Lake Minnetonka, and the staff couldn't have been any friendlier. You can't go wrong with anything in the dining room - the cheddar hash browns were really tasty. I didn't play the golf course (but I did walk it a couple of nights) - looked like a solid track to play. I'll be happy to stay here again in the future. read more

I don't golf golf so I don't know if I can give a proper review. I'd basically give my sandwich a 2.5, I could make it at home and I usually rely on Trader Joe for home meals. The kids who work the snack shack are all polite and very nice. They get a 5. Minnetonka lakefront property = 5. Their pools and portion of the facility I've seen seem old, like they haven't been updated in long while. The front desk woman was not the sweetest, but a woman who I think is an exercise instructor was super nice and insisted on helping me with the doors. read more

Lafayette Club - Arcola melt. Nothing to write home about. - Venues & Event Spaces Near Me - Wayzata, Minnesota

Enjoyed our dinner with a lovely view of Lake Minnetonka. Beautiful grounds and building. Everything was updated including bar and bathroom. Dining area comfortable and perfect for a quiet evening out. Wait staff very friendly and efficient. I like my wait staff to be efficient and unobtrusive, and they were. Chicken and waffle starter was quite good. Everyone at the table enjoyed their entrees (walleye, salmon, spaghetti and roasted chicken) and espresso was a great way to end the evening. We were there Saturday night and there was a wedding going on but I never heard or saw the guests. It would make a stunning wedding venue. read more

This club is situated on what I consider to be the best piece of property on Lake Minnetonka, and maybe in the Metro area. Of all the Country Clubs around, this one is far less expensive and as such draws younger families. It's also a club people join when they are trying to figure out if a "Country Club" lifestyle is for them. Serious golfers wouldn't be happy here, but it's a fun short course to play on occasion. It has a large tennis community. Now, while Lafayette isn't normally open for everyone, you can have weddings there without being a member. I've been to a couple and they do a really lovely job. They also host a great Labor Day party with tons of games for kids, drinks, food, and a fabulous fire works show and everyone is welcome. read more

The family I nanny for belongs to Lafayette Club. The kids do swim team there as well and it is a great program. The best part of the club (from a nanny perspective) is that they have an indoor and outdoor pool that are separated by sliding glass doors. Therefore even if the swim team is using the indoor pool, the outdoor pool is open! Also, on rainy days is a great option to swim inside! Some of the facilities are a bit outdated in my opinion, but the women's locker room was recently renovated and looks great! I also enjoy the cabana by the pool which has food ranging from hotdogs and chips to a Cesar salad. You can also order food from the dining room down to the pool area. Finally, though I don't utilize the work out facilities, they do over look the pool so you can work out while the kids swim! Very family friendly! read more

Very unprofessional attitude. Not a lot of accommodation. Not flexible. Did not want to show me the brides suite , I saw it by insisting . She even gave me the key of the suite and told me to drop it off at the front desk on my way out. Did not even bother to accompany me to the front door. Very snub, for somthing very cheap. read more

A beautiful club with so-so food. Excellent service everywhere. Employees are extremely pleasant.

Private club, which my Aunt & Uncle belong to, and the amenities are amazing! Short 9-hole golf course right on the waters edge and a beautiful course it is. read more

Were here for wedding. Lovely setting. Excellent food and drinks. Bathrooms need updating.

I just noticed that the last review posted was 9/2014 and it was negative- I agree with what that individual posted almost a year ago; nothing has changed. It is a beautiful venue for a wedding; the ceremony site, and the lakeview room/ballroom.. grand and old but management is unbearable, rude, and arrogant. If you are not a member don't bother to spend your money there- if you are not a member you are treated horribly for what you are spending to "use" their club. The rules and regulations that you can't do this and can't do that and can't walk anywhere except the hallway to the bathroom is ridiculous. There was no one in the main lobby room -sign posted members only private- we could not step foot in there to take a quick picture. Same with the grounds there are limited designated areas where you can step and take a picture, no where else. I have never meet anyone like Brenda- a horrible choice for one who is suppose to work directly with the clients to organize an event. She has no people skills, is arrogant, rude, aggressive and highly offensive- Every vendor that deals with the Lafayette confirmed what I was saying- honestly she is unbearable. Why would anyone go to a place where there is rule after rule and one is treated like we are inconveniencing them? Why does the Lafayette even bother to allow "outsiders" to use their club when it is so clear that we are not wanted. We had an issue where 2 couples decided that they wanted to change their seating and the dining room manager for that evening told me to move them myself- so we had to move the placesetting/chairs etc- They tell you there is a suite for the bridal party to get ready and them you have to be out -completely out before your wedding starts. The governors room for the guys is a hot box and no TV .... the guys couldn't sit up there and weren't allowed to be anywhere else in the club, they had to sit outside on a small patio. They were told they had to buy alcohol from the club, they could not bring in champagne etc. Yet when we wanted to offer our guests a drink before the wedding because we didn't want them to sit out in the heat; it was also a big issue. The whole evening felt rushed like we had to get in the ballroom to eat and then the event had to end at a specific time meaning people and all vendor rentals to clear completely out..... I would never recommend this "club" to anyone yet it is clear that these events bring in big money to the club-one would think that they would be going out of their way to please their "guests" as well as their members. Note the ballroom floor is super slippery- I fell twice as did other guests- we were just walking- we are lucky we weren't hurt worse than just a sprain- read more

I had my wedding there a few weeks ago. The place is beautiful, the food was great, but it was late, they ran out of walleye, and we had a 45 min break in between our salad and dinner. The management there is unbearable. I've never spent so much money to be treated like such shit. Brenda the event coordinator is a condescending snob and lied to us on 3 different occasions. She raised our food prices 10% after we signed our contract and didn't even have the professional courtesy to let us know, she just handed us a new menu as we were leaving a meeting. She repeatedly sent us invoices with services we never asked for and $5-6000 over our discussed budget. We were told they had a full bar and that drinks would be around $7 and beer $6 after our hosted beer ran out. They charged $8 for bottles of domestic beer, and $9 for the cheapest rail liquor possible. I wouldn't mind paying $9 if it was top shelf or even name brand but they served alcohol that was literally $9 dollars a bottle. They banquet manager used profanity in front of my guests and near children and when my wife asked her for the 3rd time to turn down the lights so we could start the slide show since we were running behind she made a snide comment to her. THE BRIDE! She was super unorganized and seemed really inexperienced. They also moved us from the suite we were promised to accommodate a member who's yearly membership is a fraction of what we spent in one night. It was really a big disappointment. If I had a choice to do it again I would have spent my money somewhere else. I hope others reading this will do the same! I talked to the General Manager after his secretary replied for him as you can see below. He apologized and basically told me that they would have given us money to keep us quiet but since we wrote a negative review there is nothing they can do. This place truly lacks class. Please avoid the headache and go somewhere else. read more