The views and setting is amazing. However, everything else is simply subpar…read more
I attended a wedding at this venue and pulling in I was impressed with the natural beauty. Pulling in I saw a "check-in" area, but no one manning the station. I walked into the building and found a friendly woman who found someone to lead me to my villa.
As we drove up to the building, again, it was attractive. My first inclination of things descending towards a negative experience was that there were no keys, we simply left the doors unlocked. I understand that it was isolated and all, but we had some expensive things that we were expected to leave to the wanderings of any person with less than honorable intentions.
Another issue was that the villa was cold, like in the sixties cold and the thermostats were locked (I guess they did not trust their guests to set a proper temperature).
The biggest issue that they simply would not correct, even after four separate complaints, was that there was a wasp nest directly outside of our door. Literally a foot from the front door. The wasps were swarming us as we tried to enter. Finally, after the fourth attempt to get this resolved, a man told me that we were in nature and this was part of nature. They claimed they sprayed it, but these wasps were perfectly fine to continue their harrassment of us. Fortunately, no one was stung.
As for other things, my son's bathroom was missing a light cover for the ceiling light in his bathroom (I am sure a code violation) and the wall was cracked.
There was a nice veranda, but when I placed my hand on the wood, it was rotted and crumbled under my hand. What if I learned against it? Well, fortunately, I didn't or I might have fallen down a considerable distance.
The walking railings throughout the property had been pulled up by age. All they would need would be to be tightened down, but, again, they were left in neglect.
Now for the wedding service. The church on property is beautiful. The minister my cousin flew in was wonderful, but the organist that the venue provided was not well versed on the organ. She literally butchered the wedding march. My son, who is a music teacher, and I discussed it and she played the song at the proficiency of perhaps an eight month student. I will say that she played better with the band at the cocktail hour, but my son even wondered if she was the only keyboardist in Clayton, Georgia. She did sing a lot better and did a decent job handling the pop standards with her singing, but her keyboard prowess definitely needed work.
The wedding reception started off with the D.J.'s playing the wrong song for the couple's first dance.
The food at the reception was simply awful. It was served buffer style. The tenderloin was nervy and tough, the shrimp and grits were more grits with a minuscule amount of shrimp chopped in (the shrimp is supposed to be placed over the grits), the chicken and waffles were below a standard I would hold for frozen TV dinners. The ranch dressing that was with the salad bar was pretty good.
My niece also seen a big on the floor (I guess more of that nature thing).
Again, the place is beautiful, but it is the lack of attention and concern for the guests that made me give it one star. Honestly, if I could give it minus stars, I would, it was that bad.
