Gaynes Park Reviews Summary

Venue

Pros:

• "There's no question that Gaynes Park is a stunning venue for a wedding."
• "Beautiful gardens and selection of old lovingly restored buildings."
• "The venue itself is absolutely stunning on its own but on our wedding day it was more then exceptional."
• "The buildings are stunning, the surroundings are idyllic."
• "Gaynes Park is THEE most incredible setting for a wedding."
• "The Venue is simply the best and most delightful and tranquil place."
• "Gaynes park is one of the most beautiful venues you will find."

Cons:

• "They have a sound limiter on the dance floor which meant that the music cut off 5 times on the night."
• "The only hiccup we found was communication from the venue until 3 months before our wedding was pretty poor, we felt a bit forgotten about and so everything felt a bit last minute."
• "It was a very hot day, but the the air con was on in the orangery, so no problems, only thing I would say they need air con in the barn where you eat, it did get very hot in there."
• "Overall its a good venue but; the drinks packages are a rip off because they dont deliver what they advertise and they make no effort to make sure you get what you pay for."
• "A warning to take on is that despite how much it all costs, there isn't much wiggle room at all with Gaynes Park so make sure you have an idea of what things you definitely want on your day as it's more than likely a no."
• "Guests arrived the venue and left out in the cold, confused and irritated for well over an hour."
• "Cold! No heating in venues."

Food

Pros:

• "Our guests still talk about our food and how beautiful the venue is."
• "The food was unbelievable and all our guests said it was the best wedding food they had- the scotch egg went down a treat!!"
• "The food was outstanding, could not fault this place."
• "The food was incredible, the atmosphere was amazing, people have not stopped raving about the venue and what an amazing day it was."
• "The food was the best they had ever had at a wedding - it certainly was delicious."
• "The food served was absolutely fantastic."
• "The food is the best I have had at any wedding I have been to."

Cons:

• "Service was slow but food was excellent."
• "With the lack of time management the chef's presented dry dry dry chewy steak Babette and lamb to almost a 50 adults."
• "This one star is ONLY for the venue, I'd like to give ZERO STARS for the catering, the catering team and the ESPECIALLY THE CATERING MANAGER AIMEE COLEMAN!"

Staff

Pros:

• "Natasha and the entire Galloping Gourmet team helped to make the planning as stress-free as possible."
• "Our wedding co-ordinator Amy was amazing, so calm and professional, she kept us informed and dealt with all the final details."
• "A special mention to Victoria and Georgina who looked after us for the whole day."
• "Staff very good, attentive and friendly."
• "The staff were so helpful on the day, everything was organised and stress free."
• "All of the staff are very friendly and helpful with no query being too small for them to help with."
• "The staff are fantastic and everything about the venue is out of this world."

Cons:

• "The problem I had was I travelled up from Dorset and the staff made no effort to make us feel welcome in the hours we had to wait before the wedding started."
• "Be prepared the staff can not wait to get rid of you, They are not considerate to guests at all they are like dictators."
• "Not a single staff member was in sight to support."
• "The bar was closed for an obscene amount of time, leaving everyone annoyed."
• "Seriously not worth the money! we thought it would be lovely in keeping with the wedding venue but no, take your entertainment there is no television or no radio all you hear is sheep."
• "We asked for our deposit back as we had booked a prime slot next year, and with it at the time being 14 months until the day it was almost certain that this would be filled and no issue or costs would affect their business. They refused instantly and said it was non refundable under any circumstances."

Accommodation

Pros:

• "The bridal cottage was great to get ready in the morning of the wedding."
• "Stayed the night here too. Lovely rooms."
• "The coach house accommodation was so clean I could have eaten off the floor, super comfortable I didn’t want to wake up and so quiet and peaceful."
• "The quarters are beautifully and tastefully decorated and well equipped with everything you could possibly wish for - for a one night stay."
• "The overnight stay and breakfast at the Apple Loft and Coach House was impeccable too!"
• "We stayed overnight in the Coach House and that was the icing on the cake, rooms were beautiful."
• "The over night rooms were super comfortable and the room includes a free continental breakfast in the morning."

Cons:

• "The accomodation is overpriced, half the showers didnt work and breakfast is very cramped and rushed."
• "With a late check out of £75 per hour!"