I have visited The Larimore several times, and every season it looks amazing! The staff are super friendly and knowledgeable as well. Really enjoy every visit and season here! read more

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The Larimore was acquired by a collection of wedding venues in September 2023, so it is under new ownership. The new owners have renovated and upgraded a lot of the spaces. It is beautiful and very inviting. The staff are lovely. I would recommend this venue to anyone! read more

Kindly, be advised: it is not my typical plan of action to update reviews with the same poor rating, but it wouldn't be fair not to update consumers about the same terrible experience I continue to have with the owners of this venue. I genuinely feel inclined to share this "experience" with other Brides To Be... Pointedly, the recent comment posted by the venue's owner in response to my original review - a MUST read. A) their first comment in response to my original review was even more immature and ridiculously false. B) getting to the falsity of their *second* response: I may have been the resort's Catering Sales Manager at the time, but I only emailed the venue from my Yahoo! account because, from the pictures, their venue is what I THOUGHT I wanted.... For my wedding on May 17, 2014.... 90 days away from today actually! And, as a person who coordinated weddings for a resort, I knew the smart questions to ask to ensure sanctity & safety for myself & my loved ones (aka... loved ones bank accounts). They got soooo threatened for asking for an inclusive proposal on paper for heaven's sake! C) speaking of an (re)act(ion) by guilt.... They found time to sleuth out the name my employer and CALL them to accuse me of stealing their material (on & off line).. Yet, the website still says 'call for information, packets currently being updated'. Its a marketing ploy to get the prospect on the phone with you to SELL them your venue! They also found time to creatively fabricate the story one more time, 11 months later, on another public forum. Shouldn't they be... I don't know... designing the event of your dreams instead?? You'd think by now they'd realize that finding satisfaction in being rather seeming, is the better way of business & life. D) sadly, while I'm no longer employed by The Lodge of Four Seasons, I will be turning the recent comment over to their legal team. Slander is never is a good thing. So, do you still want your wedding at the dreamyyyy Larimore Plantation? And don't worry, I found my venue. read more

Recently attended a wedding reception at the Larimore House. (We missed the wedding, so I didn't see what sort of venue they have for the actual ceremony.) The reception space was nicely decorated - felt warm and elegant. It was smaller than I expected, though, and tables were setup close enough to make it somewhat difficult to move around. We were seated in a sun-room type area off of the main dining room. I thought this was a nice addition, though the cold temperature outside definitely seeped through the windows. Fortunately, this is also where the bar was setup, so I found the location quite comfortable! Nothing spectacular, but definitely not a bad venue for a wedding celebration. read more

The biggest THANK YOU to Dena and Allen! Absolutely the perfect venue, I cannot gush enough about it! The whole thing was better than my husband and I could have imagined and we are so grateful for Dena and Allen making it the perfect day! My husband and I just renewed our vows last weekend after his return from deployment. This was the only venue I looked at for our wedding and I was vindicated in looking nowhere else. Dena was absolutely fantastic and she and the staff were prepared for anything, including a sudden rainstorm! Myself, my bridesmaids, and flower girls were able to make it from the mansion (great for pictures!) to the wedding chapel without getting a single drop of rain on us. The chapel is absolutely amazing and has a simple rustic feel that was just what the groom and I were looking for. During the ceremony they were able to transfer our appetizers and refreshments from the mansion - it was a downpour outside - to the room behind the reception hall so we could move right into our receiving line and start getting guests fed at 6:30pm. It is a smaller reception area, but with 90 guests the reception was just perfect as there was plenty of space for the groom and I to make our way between tables and speak to all our guests. Plus the simple decorations already in the hall were just wonderful. Everyone enjoyed the salad and dinner; we got so many compliments about the prime rib and potatoes, I don't think I saw a plate that wasn't cleaned off! They also did nice little kids meal for the children in attendance, which was great with two flower girls who can be a little picky. Service was prompt and no one waited long to be served. Allen, who is in charge of the staff, also made sure the groom and I ate, which I greatly appreciated because it was so easy to get caught up in conversations. We opted to not do a cake cutting ceremony as we really wanted to hit the dance floor and Allen made sure everyone got some cake (I recommend their preferred vendor, Wedding Wonderland Cakes). The DJ Joe Barrale, their preferred vendor, was absolutely fantastic! He triple checked to make sure he had all of the bridal party's names pronounced right and did a special announcement to celebrate my grandparents' 62nd wedding anniversary. He kept the dance floor packed and played all our favorite songs! Once the songs started playing the dance floor stayed packed (and the dance floor is super amazing with all the twinkling lights over it!). The whole place from the garden and grounds to the mansion to the chapel and reception hall is gorgeous. Dena was always helpful with any questions I had, the perfect professional. Again, thank you so much for what many guests have told us was one of the most fun weddings they have ever attended! read more

I went here for an outdoor wedding and then onsite reception. I thought it was really beautiful and perfect for a wedding and reception. The grounds are lovely and have an awesome old fashioned, two person swing hanging from a tree branch. There is also a stream that flows, some cute little bridges that go over it and it ends in a small pond with fish in it. Next to the pond is a gazebo with a hammock in it. Perfect. The reception room is small but for this wedding, it was perfect. It has a small dance floor and room for a dj or small band. I didn't get to go inside the actual mansion but that is where the bride and groom and their parties got ready and walked out of. The whole thing was lovely and it was easy to forget I was in a big city. read more

Dena and her staff were wonderful! Dena was so nice and helpful! We loved this venue! It is such and amazing and peaceful place! The venue is beautiful! We had an excellent and memorable wedding here!! read more

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I attended an event here and it was absolutely WONDERFUL! Highly recommend!!

We just finished hosting my daughter's wedding at the Larimore this past weekend and Dena was simply wonderful, she does work to bring a level of professional services to your event. I found her very accommodating. All of the wedding elements went incredible well and the outdoor settings were wonderful. I would recommend the carriage as it does provide a spectacular element to the wedding! When I did a site inspection of the Larimore, I had a discussion with Allen who boasted about the quality of service at his facility as I asked questions about service in the room which had a mixture of 70 inch rounds and 8 ft., 60 inch tables. He assured me that their service was on the same level as sit-down dinner service at the Ritz Carlton. Having prior experience as a banquet manager at the Frontenac Hilton, Doubletree, La Chateau and the Omni hotels in St. Louis, I took his word while excusing my doubts. The Dinner elements, while the salad was average, the main course was really good with an 8 oz. Parmesan crusted breast of chicken served with Russell potatoes and assorted vegetables. Sesame crusted sliced bread was placed on the table cold with a glob of margarine available for spreading. The room itself was served in waves, head table sections first, and followed by the main floor, saving the tiered section for last. As we were cutting the cake, which we elected to do to produce savings, we told to keep to an aisle open by Allen who seemed to serve as the enforcer rather than a service professional. I had two vegans in attendance and had to have a hard discussion with Allen about getting their two (2) plates as he stated that getting those two (2) vegan plates would slow down the dinner service. Normally I would not have made an issue about it if they had not been waiting for over 30 minutes to eat while others had already finished eating. Perhaps times have changed but I do remember the days when the customer was always right! Allen seemed rather defensive about everything! The average service standards are 1 per 20, The Larimore standards are 1 per 40. Due to the plating and service, dinner took over an hour. In an average service situation you have 2 servers working 4 table with 1 server serving while the other server is transporting items such as water, tea, bread, salad and dinners back and forth. The other server is also clearing items from the tables and maintaining service. This did not happen at the Larimore where the servers carried trays with two hands and six (6) people worked a room set for 240 people. As a meeting planner I would recommend this facility for smaller groups or make sure that the facility guarantees 1 server per 2 tables of ten people, this would ensure that the quality of service is provided. Overall every one of our guests enjoyed the event along with all of the elements of the facility. Euclid C. Strayhorn, CMP read more

This review was written on Wedding Project on the 31st of August. But it has now since been removed. I think it is important for ladies to know this. -Katie Wow!! I started looking for venues today. Your responses to brides are insanely rude, highly unprofessional, and lacks all sense of 'saving face' to the public - thank you for shortening my search!! It is evident you have no respect for your brides!! You fight with every bad review! You even titled one of your responses to an upset bride as "just impossible to please", on another website. While that may have been the case, who says that!!??? That is not in your 'defense' - you are ill-confident and have to prove them wrong - and who wants that arrogant of a person planning their wedding? This is incredible - how are you people still in this industry? The Vendor (venue, florist, entertainment, whoever!!) should always take the high road, thank the brides for their feedback, and take it as an opportunity to improve on!! You clearly do NO wrong. Thanks again for the insight... I am so glad I didn't waste my time saving the Larimore Plantation as a Favorite on this website!! Or to call for information! I don't need to know anything else beyond the negativity you possess!! Not something I want for my wedding day! I want to get married in the heat of June with ease and someone there to listen to my wishes... not to argue with!! In all my searches today, I did not see any other venue respond like this and it says ALOT!! #inthewrongbusiness read more

I had my wedding this Fall at the Larimore. If I wasn't trying to plan for an accessible wedding for my out-of-town guests, I would have chosen another venue. It was nice that it was close to the airport, as we were out of town and trying to plan the wedding from another state. One other nice feature was the pure convenience of having our wedding and reception all at the same place. The plantation house is beautiful from outside--which made for nice pictures. However, it is in need of a serious face-lift inside. There were outdated furnishings, dolls and old fake floral arrangements inside which made for awkward backgrounds. The temperature was also pretty warm (80 degrees) in both the house and the reception hall. Dena acted put out when my now Mother In Law asked if we could turn it down for our guests' comfort. As far as a wedding coordinator, Dena was very stand-off and not very personable in her overall demeanor. I primarily reached out as questions arose and found Dena to work with me on things, but only if I would pay extra. On the day of my wedding, she really didn't approach us (except to say when we were cutting the cake) and never congratulated me during the entire event. My wedding party kept asking if she was ok or mad. I guess I'd just expect someone a bit more approachable and bubbly to work in the wedding industry. Even though there were no events before my Saturday evening wedding, she was unwilling to move the time for the rehearsal from noon on Friday to something later in the day. This posed a bit of a problem for some of the wedding party. Also, we asked to arrive an hour early and paid $200 extra for that time. As for the decoration packet, words of warning- don't do this. At first, I thought it would make the planning easier, and once I looked at what was involved I asked to take this off our contract--primarily for the tulle backed chairs that really didn't go with my theme at all. She charged me $150 extra dollars to take these off the chairs, even though they were included in the decorations I specifically didn't want. These are already on the chairs, but they make you think you're getting all of these "extra" decorations for the $600. They also recommend using their preferred vendors. I would warn against this as well. Dena gave me a floral arrangement price list, but Jenny at Stems wanted the extra amount in another check written out to her. So, instead of getting any savings, it ends up being more of a hassle by writing two checks to Dena and the florist with no real "deal". We also were told at the beginning of our wedding venue search that, if we had less than the 155 guests for the minimum per plate pricing, they'd offer an extra entrée option. This was another empty promise- we didn't receive any extra selections and ended up paying more than $600 extra due to the smaller guest count yet still paying for the minimum 155 headcount. For all of the extra nickel'ing and diming the Larimore did, we really should have looked elsewhere for someone who would be willing to work with me and make my day as stress-free as possible without all of the hassle. read more

I emailed them about my upcoming wedding and in the email I was up front with my budget. I felt they were unwilling to work with me.

The Larimore House plantation provided my daughter and her fiancé with the ambience that they had always dreamed of. The grounds and the carriage ride were wonderful! The Lord God smiled on us by giving us a day hello sunshine of my day and a lovely breeze-weather that was atypical for June! The owners of the Larimore House plantation Dena and Allen assured us that their service could match or exceed any hotel wedding venue. Allen told my husband that they could seat up to 250 in their reception hall. He also stated that they were able to serve a large group quickly and efficiently. My husband asked Allen about the type of tables did they use (60 or 70 inch rounds, 6ft or 8ft). He responded defensively. I asked my husband to let the conversation go. Well, after our experience I had to acknowledge that my husband saw through what Allen was saying from the beginning. After the ceremony, the photographer and the videographer were taking pictures of the bridal party. Once the guests were seated, I asked Dena how things were going. She dryly said that they were ready to serve dinner. I'm encouraged the photographers and videographers to wind things up. After the bridal party was seated, The salad came out immediately. As the mail came out, I noticed that the servers were not using the large trainings. They were bringing the plates out 2 to 4 at a time! That concerned me. I know that it would take quite a bit of time to serve over 200+ guests in that manner. One of the servers told the guests at her table that she had not ever seen this many tables in the room! It was clear that the servers were NOT professional servers. They were definitely family and friends. It took the servers well over an hour to serve our guests. Some of our guests told us that their servers were curt, and responded to them with disdain when they made requests. Some guests also told me they thought that the staff had to wash plates after some people were done eating so they could serve other guests! I was embarrassed by that. We paid way too much money for anyone to receive anything but exceptional service. By the same token, there were a couple of servers who did their very best to accommodate some of the guests requests. Additionally, we have several guests who requested vegetarian meals ahead of time. One that I know called personally to ensure that their needs could be accommodated. Each of those guests were served while the cake was being cut! Two would not have been served, if my husband had not confronted Allen and insisted that they be served a vegetarian meal. The owners also made no accommodation for the amount of time it took them to,serve our guests. They told the DJ to ask our daughter what we could eliminate to get out of the facility without going overtime. I did find Dena and Allen difficult to work with. I must admit Dena is definitely better than Allen. I do agree with some of the reviews that state that they are cold and distant. My brother who was in from out of town, found them difficult and unfriendly. Another one of my brothers, who was responsible for the wedding music prelude told me that Allen asked him why was he on the porch of the house. They would do well to learn how to greet people respectfully. Also, if you don't work with all cash, this is not the venue for you. They do not take any credit cards at all. I understand the disadvantages of credit, but if you prefer credit card option, keep looking. This venue may work for you if your wedding guest list is less than 155, you want them to handle all details, and you have cash. read more

We were married here 2 weeks ago and had an amazing day! We were able to come 2 hours early to get ready and take pictures and both of the owners were very helpful in all of our special requests. Dena is the wedding coordinator and she saved the day with a couple things that I forgot to prepare (There is So much to remember on your wedding day!!) We had two ministers and Allen was able to put cordless microphones on both of them for the ceremony. The parmesian chicken was delicious and even some picky guests gushed about how good it was. We used their House vendors for dj, cake and flowers and had absolutely no regrets with any of them. My only complaint was 4 or 5 guests who RSVP'd but didn't show up.....oh well. I hope this place is still around when My kids get married! read more