Don't let the word barn fool you, this is a lovely event venue. Less rustic than you might expect!…read moreI went to a wedding here last weekend but it could easily be used for a shower, family reunion, or work party. The grounds are well tended with flowers all over, and rustic touches like antique bicycles. The couple had their ceremony in front of the rock garden and the reception inside. This is a great location for a summer wedding as there is a balcony overlooking the hills of Naples (and plenty of room for drink coolers). There is a significant uphill walk on gravel from the parking area to the main entrance of the barn. The only thing that was semi weird is the door to the ladies' room kept swinging open and hitting me in the butt while I was washing my hands. Everything else was very nice!

My daughter was married here two years ago. Beautiful venue, beautiful decor and the owners have…read moremuch more you can choose to use. You really only need to bring your personal touch. There are no ridiculous rules. We had the barn from Friday to Sunday for a very reasonable price. You can have any cater or vendor you like. We hired a bartender and bought the drinks ourselves, which saved a fortune. We were allowed to stay the weekend in our RVs, tents etc. There is a beautiful bridal suite. Owners are fantastic, friendly, and helpful people.

Wrens roost in Naples is the perfect place for an outside wedding. The grounds are beautiful. The…read morebarn is where the dancing will be, a separate dining tent was set with tables and chairs for the main meal and an outside bar was available for drinks. Plenty of lawn parking. Barn was very quaint and great for dancing. The drive from Rochester was about 1 hour so not far at all. You bring in your own catering company for dinner. They venue had a few servers to keep up with your needs as servers and clean up. I would use this place for any wedding or party all was perfect

From the owner: Wren's Roost Barn Wedding and Event Venue is a rustically elegant location for weddings and other…read moregatherings and celebrations. Situated in the heart of the Finger Lakes region of NY, this custom-built barn sits on 23 private acres overlooking scenic rolling hills and valleys along with a picturesque 1-acre pond. If you are in search of an idyllic indoor / outdoor venue at which to say, "I do" and dance the night away then we can provide the perfect "marriage" of rustic elegance and breathtaking views. Wren's Roost Barn is the venue you never thought you would find. Our Wedding and Event Venue is located in Western New York in the Finger Lakes area between Rochester NY, Buffalo NY, and Syracuse NY. Scheduled Tours By Appointment Only.

My husband brought me here to celebrate my birthday. What a delightful stay! The inn in beautifully…read morepreserved and charming. The innkeeper was quite knowledgeable with the history of the inn, the owners and the area. I look forward to returning here. It is a gem.

My husband and I stayed at the Maxfield Inn for a weekend and greatly enjoyed our stay. We're super…read morethankful to have run into the owner as much as we did. An incredibly kind and knowledgeable person who certainly brightened our visit. We loved learning about the history of the now Maxfield Inn. The charm of the building was preserved through years of careful restoration. The location was also excellent for walking to Roots, Naples Brewing Co., Caruso's Cafe, and the other great business in town. Can't wait to come back and enjoy Komorebi kombucha on the front porch again!

Tucked into a historical federal style home Roots Cafe offers elevated home cooking. The best…read morebalance of comfort and sophistication. The host and server were friendly and helpful when it came to guiding me to the GF items on the menu. We enjoyed the specials that evening. They have outdoor seating in the front along Main Street or you can cozy up inside for a quieter experience. We will be back next time we are in the area. I mean just look at those views!

Oh my- food was decent but the wait was interminable…read more Seating was also super chilly as it's in a drafty old house Not sure it's worth the 45 minute drive to head there

I absolutely love this Festival. I remember coming here when I was younger and enjoying the food…read moreand the events. Fast forward 20+ years, and I introduced it to my wife. It starts off with a nice pleasant drive through some really beautiful country along scenic Canandaigua Lake. We come in from the North, and since we arrive early in the morning parking is plentiful. However, there is a 10-15 minute walk to get to the center of the festival area. Along the way, you can look at the small stores selling their wares (books, records, etc.) and peruse the many garage sales that pop up along main street. When you arrive at the festival, you are hit with a three-fold attack of (1) great carnival food, (2) lots of arts and crafts vendors, and (3) live music and the cacophony of thousands of people in one space. Aside from the typical kettle corn, fried dough, and sausage sandwiches, you can feast on anything and everything that can be made with a grape... pies, cakes, cookies, cotton candy, ice cream, etc. Frankly, it is a bit overwhelming but in a wonderful way. We don't usually buy too many crafts or artwork (and if you do, be warned that you will need to carry it back to your car somehow) but we do enjoy some things that are just necessary on a day like this: Carnival Waffles (which you cannot get outside of Western NY, and asking about them will just lead to blank stares), grape pie, and lots of bottled water. Who has the best grape pie? If you read the signs, that will narrow it done but I try a new place every time and seem to enjoy them all. Grape pie tastes like blueberry + wine... yummy! There are wine vendors too, and a nearby winery offers tasting and I think tours though we have never done it. This festival takes the best things in life and combines them. Carnival food minus the weird looking carnys; beautiful New York fall scenery with lovely, sunny weather; amazing arts and crafts with plenty of useless made in China junk and dozens of yard sales thrown in, and people having fun. Just watch the bikers that try and ride down Main Street every year only to get stuck in traffic. Even then they are having a blast. The local school gets involved too with various fundraisers. Hint: when you buy food from the area next to the school, make sure you get all the ketchup you need before you go and sit down on the grassy knoll. Navigating the crowds to get the small things you forgot with your food is no fun. I cannot wait until September when I can go again!

I have a love/hate relationship with the Naples Grape Festival. On the one hand you have a great…read moreopportunity to get your hand on some of the greatest Grape pies around. On the other, crowds of people, money trap, long waits to get in and out of the village. Here's what's lacking: *Not much (good)entertainment *Everyone is selling anything and everything (junk included) *Crowded sidewalks where people stop directly in the middle without regard to the line of others behind them. *A long drive from the city Here's what I love: *Views of the lake on the drive down *Views of fall foliage *Joseph's Wayside Market *Grape pocket cookies from the church in the center of town *Jeni's Pies are the best *Plenty of (paid) parking at Hazlitt *Wine slushies from Hazlitt YUM! In the past there seemed to be more artisans, but this year it felt like there were vendors just selling anything. It felt overwhelming with so many people crammed in in the sidewalks. I'll admit it's a great walk from one end of town to the other. Make your way to the south end to check out Joseph's. If you've never been, it's worth the trip, just be prepared for people to stop in front of you without warning because they can't text and walk at the same time!

I have always been very impressed by the food at Hollerhorn especially their extensive vegan…read moreoptions! Recently when ordering from there I was accidentally given a real beef burger and not the vegan one (which is the best vegan burger I've had!!) When notified of the mistake they didn't take it lightly. Like me they saw how bad this could be for so many reasons including allergies, religious, and moral reasons. Not only did they replace my burger, the manager Stephanie, wrote me a hand written letter that meant so much and reassured me that the Vegan burger have its own button so that never happens again. This is what I love to see in a business. Thank you so much Stephanie and Hollerhorn. You are not only amazing food but also amazing people.

We were told how horn had great food, and they certainly lived up to their name. We were glad to…read morehave a reservation, but wished that we had a reserved for outside. The staff were very welcoming and pleasant. Ambience inside is bar like because it is a bar! There were a number of young children here which says it is very family friendly!

Mark catered my son's Eagle Scout court of honor dinner. I am extremely happy with the dinner. The…read morefood was delivered and set up during the ceremony. It was hot, fresh and flavorful. The amount of food was generous. Prior to the event, Mark was flexible ( the number a guests change several time) and accommodating. If I need to catered an event in the future, this will be my first choice.

I cannot say enough amazing things about Mark and his food! We hired Mark for the private chef…read moreexperience as part of a bachelorette party at an airbnb. He arrived and took over the kitchen effortlessly, making the house smell amazing!! The ladies of the party all wanted steak entrees. I opted for eggplant parm as I don't eat much red meat. We were served Caesar salad and a cucumber tomato salad family style as starters. Fresh bread accompanied our meals and a delicious mixed berry dessert followed. Mark even cleaned up the whole kitchen, leaving it better than it was when he arrived! The prices were appropriate. He does add a travel fee which is completely understandable (we were 40min away). I wouldn't hesitate to hire Mark again for a special event!! Thanks for making the brides night spectacular :)

I continue to love Hazlitt Red Cat Cellar.. I recently went and was delighted to see the addition…read moreof the Wine Chalet- it feels like a speakeasy vibe.. a great place to grab a glass and relax instead of the tasting room.. the service was quick and the whole experience was relaxing. Hazelitt in Naples needs to be a stop for anyone near Naples!!

This was unfortunately a low point on our trip and a reminder to me to stop picking places based on…read morethe name (which I'm probably going to keep doing, if we're being honest). My cousin chums and I kicked off our mini winery tour here this past Labor Day around midday/early afternoon-ish. There was a small batch of wineries in the Naples area that were conveniently located within a short drive of our Airbnb, and this one logically made the most sense to kick off the adventures. The first issue is the location/atmosphere. The best wineries for me are comfortable and have a nice, pleasant view to look at while you sip your wine. This just doesn't have that all - the winery is located directly behind what looks to be an old factory building, so your view is of that building or at best, the picnic tables to the side of the winery which are sort of in an enclosed outside area that also doesn't offer any real views. The other problem with this situation is that it's a bit DIY - when we ordered our wine flights, we were instructed to bring them outside to wherever we wanted to sit. That's fine, but to even get to the aforementioned picnic tables, we needed to navigate down one or two flights of stairs and another seating area - you're just begging for an accident to happen here. We probably would have opted for the picnic tables if it were an easier trek to get to them. Instead we went with a narrow high-top situation in the area right outside the building on an enclosed porch which did not have a lot of room for our three wine flights. The fire pit/Adirondack chair situation closest to the door of the wine/gift shop is probably your best bet at least in terms of comfort, but again, it's just a view of the back of a factory building. We each got a $10 wine flight. It was a little annoying to get the little booklet/menu of options indicating we could choose any six, only to be informed verbally and in writing within the actual shop that it was now four. That kind of discrepancy shouldn't be reflected in your paperwork that you're handing out to customers - it looks unprofessional and feels like a holiday cash grab. And a very easy fix; that's a quick trip/order to your local printer at some point, assuming that's a permanent change and not a temporary one to take advantage of Labor Day Weekend visitors. Given that you're drinking booze by definition, what the winery offers for snacks/food is one of its more important qualities. And again, they fell short. At least they DID provide free popcorn, but it was stale and almost inedible. It also wasn't entirely clear what the water situation was; one of my cousins came out with a bottle of it but wasn't sure if it was being offered gratis or not; it didn't end up being an issue, but it was noticeably not good either, which is an odd thing to say about water. But the container it was in had a noticeable smell of dirty dishwater so it didn't seem like they were cleaning their cups/bottles well. Not great. The big problem overall? The wine isn't good, and you kind of know it going in when they're literally selling the wine by the pouch in addition to bottles. It's difficult to take a winery seriously when they're packaging their product in a container that's understandably associated with cheap, mediocre (if that) wine. I ordered the 2023 Gewurz, a Bubbly Reisling, the Schooner White and the Red Cat, which was arguably promoted more heavily than any of the other wines (not surprisingly given the name). The Red Cat probably IS the best of the wines I sampled but like a lot of the varieties, was super sweet and didn't have a lot to offer, palate-wise. I actually tend to like the semi sweet more than the drier wines because for me it's typically a smoother drink and easier to distinguish the notes, but there just really isn't anything here - I hate to say it, but it tasted like fruit juice, which I can just grab from the supermarket if so inclined. The only reason this isn't a one-star review is because the young women inside were very nice. I don't think any of the issues we encountered were because of them; they warmly greeted us as soon as we came in, and were helpful in directing us to the tasting area. They didn't have a lot to work with, and did what they could - that's a tribute to the winery's hiring practices at least. Avoid this one. If you need to drink wine out of a pouch, your local liquor store has them in the clearance section.

A delight. Inspire Moore was the last stop on my cousin chum mini winery tour last weekend, and it…read morewas a high note. The exterior of the buildings caught my eye as we drove by a few times a day or two beforehand, and this was a rare instance where judging a book by its cover paid off. This was a very pleasant experience and a rare recommend from the area. Inspire Moore...looks a little kooky, and it is. It's rare in my experience for a winery to sell anything other than wine, food and maybe some wine-related merch, but there's a significant chunk of the establishment devoted to other products; the first room or two by the entrance is more cluttered/intimate and sold, for instance, leather-bound journals with motivational quotes and honestly items I associate with alternative tourist traps, the kinds with candles, dreamcatchers and zodiac shizzle (if you've ever been to New Hope, Pennsylvania, it reminded me a lot of the stores there, along with the 90s shopping mall institution The Nature Company; RIP). Not an insult by any means, but definitely different from the average bear. Full disclosure - I bought one of the journals. There's a much larger room in the back that I assume houses some legit events and it's got a pretty wild view of the vineyards in the back of the property. I didn't spend a ton of time there other than to access the adjacent bathroom (which also boasts that view), but a marked departure from the other areas of the building. The wine we sampled here was significantly better than one of its counterparts down the street, with complex flavors and just overall tastiness. I decided to bouge it up a bit with the $15 reserve tasting (there's a $10 tasting for the common man), which was the right call. Far and away, I thought the best wine I sampled was the 2022 Bourbon Blend Red, which I ended up buying a bottle of for the road (it's hanging out proudly on my wine cart now in the other room). I'm MUCH more of a white wine drinker than a red so this one was a surprise for me, but I was legit impressed with the different notes on the palate, notably the charcoal mixed with the plum, which bizarrely worked. And hanging out in some bourbon barrels for months? Sold. Really interesting nip and I'm planning to bring it out for a good time in the future. I loved the woman assisting us on this visit. Susan was in many ways the perfect host - very self-effacing (was upfront about her lack of wine knowledge after a career in teaching, and in a roundabout way it felt like we were discovering these wines with her) and sweet. She knew enough about the wines to still give us a bit of an education without ever coming close to preaching or condescension. Very pleasant addition to this winery and they should try to keep her around; it's unusual for that kind of personality to be at a winery, but it works. Markedly improved the experience, and I don't think you can really give a higher compliment than that. The atmosphere here was pretty good too; we didn't have an AMAZING view from our vantagepoint (we were placed on the porch toward the front of the building facing the street, with mostly a view of the restaurant next door), but we did have some pleasing vineyard optics off to the side and understandably lingered a bit at this stop. My youngest cousin chum was getting antsy but the photo opportunities helped in that regard. Her day will come. This was probably the only place in Naples I'd recommend; unique winery with interesting wine - grapes with a dash of quirk.

Beth always gives everyone 5 star service. She is so knowledgeable on all the wines. As busy as the…read morewinery was this day, we never felt rushed. This is such a fun escape for us every time we visit.

BVT is a gem of a summer stock theatre company located in Naples, NY! It's about an hour drive from…read moredowntown Rochester, and provides a wonderful day trip opportunity, given the proximity to the finger lakes, wineries, and gorgeous views. The theatre itself a repurposed church, replete with pews for seating (gorgeous on the eyes, less kind on the tushy if you're settling in for a longer musical or play.) Like any good summer theater company, they turn shows around within a week and the sets are always top notch. In addition to their summer season, they offer a reading program for emerging writers where plays can be previewed by the Naples community, AND a summer education program for Naples students. The staff is wonderful and welcoming. BVT is my go-to for all things Finger Lakes entertainment, and I am looking forward to seeing what they have in store for summer 2019!

From the owner: Bristol Valley Theater produces a six show Summer Season, featuring artists from all over the…read morecountry. Join us for tales of unrequited love, unlikely friendships, book club squabbles, and family road trips!