Weddings At Schnepf Farms — Attraction in Queen Creek

I will start by saying the venue I got married in, The Meadow, is and was breath taking on my wedding day. It was exactly what I pictured for my wedding, however for the amount of money we paid to get married there, the service we got was far far lacking. First and foremost, the cost is very very pricey, which they do give pricing sheets, however, I still felt a little blindsided by a few things. We went with one of the cheapest food options and we still ended up paying about $30 per plate for each guest and that does not include the 20% gratuity they add on. For drinks we paid about $6 per person, and we got ice tea, lemonade and water. They tagged on a 20% gratuity for that too. The lemonade is made with powder and tasted like literal water. I understand things cost money but it’s far over priced for the quality you get and the 20% gratuity added on literal hundreds for both things, when the drinks are put in jugs and the food is scooped buffet style to guests. Again, I personally feel it was overpriced for the quality. Now, I understand the cost may not be an issue for some people, which is fine, however the reason I would not recommend Schnepf was the service. It would take me reaching out multiple times to my coordinator before I could get a reply 9/10 times. I am a patient person and would give days before following up again, but it would be a ridiculous amount of time to get a reply sometimes. Again, for the amount of thousands we paid, I felt very upset at times because I felt like I was taking care of everything on my own. Also, we paid our catering cost for food over the course of a few months and it was a few thousand dollars. One thing that made me very upset was the drinks were a separate cost, and I was initially under the impression it was paid off when the catering food was paid. I was not upset that I had to pay for the drinks, but rather that they reached out 30 days before my wedding to tell my I had a balance of around $800 to pay still due to the drinks. $800 isn’t just something I had sitting my account and the fact that they waited literally 30 days before my wedding stressed me out as I was paying for last minute things. The day of the wedding was no better. I spoke to a coordinator only twice the day of. Multiple of my guests complained that they felt the staff was rude and that they saw the staff eating from our snack table, which they thought was unprofessional. I seen a lot of the staff called by the bar or far away from my guests during my wedding. My sister was my maid of honor and she was off preparing and then giving a speech during part of the dinner. When she was finally done and ready to eat (everyone was still eating dinner btw) the staff turned her away and told her dinner was done so she could not get a plate. I was not made aware of this until after the wedding but for the $30 we paid PER PLATE, that is so ridiculous. We did a walk through of the venue a few weeks before our wedding and discussed that we would have seating for the ceremony and tables at the reception reserved for our immediate family. We mapped out the seating and table arrangement but the day of the staff did not assist with informing my guests of this info. I didn’t expect them to hold my guests hands but again they didn’t even do the bare minimum. The venue was beautiful, that of the only thing that was good about our experience with Schnepf. If I had the chance to get married again, I would not chose Schnepf and I would not recommend to anyone...

Unfortunately if I could give 0 stars I would! It personally was not my wedding but it was my sisters. She got married at the meadows. When she did her walk through in October of 2021 it was all she could dream of. She was told they would provide the tables , chairs , linens and what ever decor they had to pick from. Well fast forward to the last few months she never had the same wedding coordinator. It was constantly changing and she was always being told something different. When she did her walk through with the photographer the grass was literally up to your knees and someone actually got married there the night before. She asked them to mow the grass around where the arch was and maybe trim Some branches were the bar is because the tree branches were so overgrown, literally falling over the bar and the coordinators response was I’ll make a suggestion, but I can’t guarantee it will happen. Well here we are rehearsal day and we had to practice in the field across from the meadows because we couldn’t walk on the grass what the mud grass you can call it that. Now I understand It’s not the coordinators rule for us not to be able to walk on the not so grass. But she was very rude and she had an attitude and I personally don’t feel like any bride should be treat that way that. So wedding day rolls around and the tables were set up and linens on tables the chairs at the alter but my other sister spent over 45 minutes cleaning the chair’s because they were dirty. The glass center pieces she had asked from them were dirty and then was told well there is two other weddings and we need to share between the 3 weddings. Well okay then maybe let them know when signing the contract hey you may not get all that you want because we don’t have enough to go around. As we were complaining to the one of the many wedding coordinators she was rolling her eyes and walking away from us. Then comes back with some ones else who had a nasty attitude. As we expressed to her how we been cleaning everything that they provided to us she goes what do you not realize you have a wedding coordinator. We said we did and as we were talking to her she walked away. She said okay well you cleaned everything what else do you need/want. It’s sad because no bride should be treated like this on there wedding day. They also decided to water the mud grass the day of and were the sweet heart table was it was all muddy. Then the shed they had us get ready in the air stopped working so we had to do our hair and make up in a sauna. I mean I wouldn’t really call them wedding coordinators because they couldn’t be bothered and had attitude the whole time. I mean from reading all the other reviews she/we did not get that kinda of experience. My sister is not to complain and she never became bridezilla so I couldn’t understand why she was being treated so poorly. Maybe new management needs to come in and clean out all the negativity. For how much money this place makes from all the activist they constantly have going on you would think they would maintain it a little better especially the grass and the trees. Also get a better A/C uint in the shed because all of us getting ready in 100 degrees was not okay. Do better Schnepf...

Great venue at the Meadow! We did a 4pm ceremony on April 11, and unfortunately the angled sun was right on 2/3 of the seating, placed in their usual location as seen in the pic, and on the celebrants. If we waited till 5 pm, the trees out of view on the west side would have shaded the entire seating area. Perfectly timing the sun would require better attention than we paid to the time of year and perhaps a scout the week-of. Unfortunately the most useful shade tree, on the west edge of the ceremony seating, has had its lowest branches trimmed off, letting in the angled sun. An extra tree or two, placed in the vicinity of the standing tables in the pic, would help afternoon shade a lot but detract from the "meadow" feel. Apologies I don't have a picture of everyone seated during the ceremony time, but linen suits were smart for the heat. However, once the sun set it cooled quickly, and the strung up lights and outdoor dance floor were wonderful! Excellent outdoor location for an evening reception! The tables and archway were easy to theme and...