Spring Ranch Mendocino — Attraction in Fort Bragg

Our 6 month anniversary is creeping up so this review is obviously long overdue, but I can’t possibly end the year without thanking Spring Ranch and their team for their amazing support and communication through the year in planning for our wedding and weekend stay.

We chose this venue for its massive 40-acre property and abundance of magical nature surrounding the two vintage Victorian houses. My partner and I really wanted an outdoor wedding with eucalyptus trees as our ceremony backdrop and well, SR gave us that and more. There aren’t very many venues that can give both that enchanted forest and ocean side feel, but that’s the beauty of the North Coast.

The white Victorian house provided ample accommodation for our wedding party and parents while we enjoyed privacy in the red carriage barn before and after the wedding. And only 20 steps away was our ceremony site and reception—like the young Miley once said, it’s the best of both worlds. It saved us time and energy to have everything on site including photo and video opps… just beautiful!

Almost all of our vendors (coordinator, rentals, catering, DJ, cake, florist, transportation and bathrooms) had experience working weddings at Spring Ranch so it made it a lot less complicated to have to explain and train them up on the place. The event barn already had two restrooms, but we rented more just because we had a 180-person guest list. The venue can comfortably host around 400 guests, our rentals guy said.

We thoroughly enjoyed our venue tour with the owner, Derek Webb, who gave us the history of the barn and space. Spring Ranch’s awesome wedding coordinators Christine & Aubrey provided detailed maps to make it easy for our guests and vendors to get around as well as Victorian house room details for us to pre-assign rooms.

Oh and some more pluses: they have a jacuzzi at the Victorian house AND they’re pet friendly! Our two pups, a Sapsali Terrier and CKC Spaniel/Papillon, were able to partake in wedding shenanigans and photos! This made it even more special for us.

Only negatives that we’ve shared with the team are: no WiFi/phone service in the ceremony or reception areas and a few rooms in the Victorian house are lacking outlets. Aubrey acknowledged that they’re...

My fiance and I booked this place on Airbnb to have our wedding there. It took over a week and a half to hear back from them to get our questions answered. For some reason the owners would not give us a call back or email but yet they called my fiance's grandmother and gave her information which was useless to us. We finally get on a phone call with the lady and she basically couldn't answer our questions either but told us if we went and had a tour of the property that we would be able to get all of our questions answered there. So we drove 5 hours one direction to get a tour of this place and the lady who gave us a tour didn't even know who we were let alone couldn't answer any of our questions. Then the next day we get an email saying we regret to inform you but we cannot have you host a wedding here due to covid 19 regulations. Even though the owner already told us that we could have it there. Now it has been over a month and we have still not been refunded our money, the money that we needed for our wedding that has already happened. This is the most unprofessional business I have ever dealt with. Not to mention on their website it is full of pictures of oceanfront property but yet the property is actually on the other side of the highway and it is a half a mile from the ocean and if you want access to the oceanfront property it's an extra $500. Plus the beautiful main house is about 50 ft from the main highway. It's false advertisement and this business...

What a delightful and magical place! Visiting Spring Ranch with family and friends during mushroom gathering season became a tradition for us. This property evolved in terms of comfort, modern appliances and amenities, yet retain its 1869 charm. Main house can sleep a large group of people comfortably. Guest house is available if you have even a larger group. There is a jacuzzi and large Weber grill. We always enjoy snuggling in front of the huge real fireplace after dinner. The air is filled with ocean and pine. On the property there is a huge barn converted for special events and it is filled with tons of agricultural artifacts - excellent place for kids to wonder. You can take a short ride to 128 or north to Russian Gulch park to walk into most amazing old redwood forests. Go for a stroll on endless beaches, listen to sounds of seashore and see the most amazing sunset. Mendocino is 3-minute ride or have a Bloody Mary at Heritage House few minutes south. Property is always clean, tons of tableware and management is friendly. There are many hotels around, but this place feels homey, laidback, private yet in minutes from so many things to do. We highly recommend Spring Ranch, especially if you have a...