The Wimbish House — Attraction in Atlanta

Venue is an excellent value as far as the facility fee & bringing in your own alcohol. They recently increased their "outside caterer fee" to $2k which was $1k when we booked, already ridiculous. They are not friendly to outside planners/coordinators and want you to use their facility manager but do allow it. The facility manager is rude, unprofessional. inflexible, and had racially biased overtones to both my fiance and many of our vendors who were minorities. That was upsetting and even when the documentation for outside vendors was provided in full, the facility manager continued to question their professionalism, despite the fact that they had done large reputable events in the city. Clearly they want their vendors used for kick-backs. The facility manager's comments and attitude reflect poorly on the club and would be the only reason we would not recommend other couples book this venue, especially Black or interracial couples. The security guard provided dressed unprofessionally like Dirty Harry/Clint Eastwood with his revolver in a shoulder holster. Items we approved moving out of view in advance, such as their ugly wicker furniture was not moved for the wedding. An ugly flower arrangement was placed on the dining room table where our decor needed to go (an arrangement that was not there the previous 1.5 years during our visits) that we did not authorize. We paid for the facility from 12pm-midnight contractually and a Wimbish rep approached me on my wedding day while getting ready and asked if a photo tour group that was 4 hours late arriving could still go through and tour/take photos during the time we paid for. That was so socially unacceptable and violated our contract. We told the venue absolutely not. The club also has ugly topiaries in the ballroom you will want moved, but they will be up in arms about you moving them (just need to be permanently replaced with attractive silk flowers or nothing). You will need to drape the hallway to the ballroom because photos lining the entire wall of deceased female members of the club are there, not conducive to weddings. The club has recently undergone some renovations to items like mantels. floors. and reupholstered furniture. However. they really need to find a member or hire someone with a design eye to change up some of the decor that's dated and tacky. They don't allow sparklers so we did them on the sidewalk. which is city property, and still dealt with flack from them. We also placed wine bottles on our tables for family style service where our bartenders still served the wine, not guests and the venue became upset not understanding guests were not serving themselves and delayed our wine service at dinner. This is a common method of service at weddings. Bottom line, great value, but they need to hire a new facility manager or provide her with more customer service & unconscious bias training. Otherwise they will not compete with other top venues and it is a great liability...

We've lived in Midtown for years and had always walked by The Wimbish House but never had the opportunity to go inside. It's absolutely picturesque, so when we got engaged, I immediately added it to my list of venues to tour. Truthfully, I knew this venue was "the one" from the moment I walked down the stairs into the ballroom...instant tears! During this walk through, I also hit it off with Karin and knew she had to be the one to coordinate our wedding. You can tell how professional and buttoned up she is, plus she truly knows and loves the house and property.

We were initially supposed to get married at Wimbish in May 2020, but then COVID had other plans for us. When everything shut down at the end of March 2020, Karin was an absolute lifesaver. She was quick to act and communicate with our vendors, and was so patient and understanding with us. I know that she was dealing with a ton of brides at this time but constantly made us feel like we were her priority.

We ultimately had to reschedule twice, but as they say, the third time's a charm. We were finally able to be married at Wimbish in August 2021 and it far exceeded our expectations. Karin and her team were on top of EVERYTHING: from managing vendors, to keeping things on schedule and anticipating our every need. They made it all look easy, and we KNOW that it was far from easy. Beyond the incredible service we received, the venue itself was absolutely breathtaking. Many of our guests were local and very few had every been to Wimbish before. They were all completely blown away by the space -- it truly is somewhat of a "hidden gem" in the city.

I highly recommend this venue and vendor team! I promise you will...

We just had my daughter’s wedding at the Wimbish House, and it was wonderful! Karin made the whole process, from initial tour to the final goodbye, go so smoothly. But first, the venue. The Wimbish house has multiple areas to use. The main ballroom downstairs was used for the ceremony (we had almost 100 guests), then switched over to dinner seating and dancing. The main level (elevator available) has a cocktail area, the lobby area, a formal dining room where we displayed a cake and had a slide show, and the porch outside. Plenty of space for people to mill about. The house is already beautiful without having to add decorations, which is a huge money saver. Having the main level area was especially nice after dinner when the music was going strong, so that my husband and I could chat with guests in a quiet area. The second story has multiple spacious rooms for the bride to get ready, another for the groom, and a few more for whatever needs you may have. Even though the area is large, it was cozy to be up there with my daughter. Karin, our wedding coordinator, was amazing! I cannot say enough about her skills in controlling the many aspects of a wedding. She is always level headed and calm, no matter what is going on, and she is so good at corralling everyone and getting them where they need to be. She was extremely responsive to any questions or concerns we had during the months leading up to the big day. She also had so many great suggestions that made the wedding day so much more special. She’s been doing this a long time, and has a wealth of knowledge concerning anything wedding related. My daughter made the best decision ever when she booked the...