The Lake House — Attraction in Wolcott

We got married at The Lake House on Saturday, June 10, 2023 and were VERY happy with our choice of venue! Our guests did not stop talking about how pretty the lake and foliage surrounding it were, plus the fountain in the lake (which was newly added just before our wedding). We held our ceremony outdoors in front of the willow tree and our cocktail hour split between the parlor room and the lakefront, and all our outdoor photos were stunning. One of the main reasons we picked The Lake House was because we didn’t have to decide until day-of where on the property we wanted our ceremony to be, so we were able to make a last minute call based on the weather. We lucked out on getting to go with the outdoor option, but unfortunately the way our ceremony was set up, all the photos of us walking down the aisle have cars in the parking lot in the background (there were no cars in the parking lot when we did our tour, so we didn’t even think about this in advance). This is just a note for your photographer, or possibly a reason to angle the chairs differently than we did. A solvable issue!

The Lake House’s team was very easy to work with leading up to our event and really helped us get excited about the day. They were prompt in responding to our questions, flexible with requests (such as signature drinks, adjusting the start time of our ceremony after booking, and allowing us to bring in almost any decor we wanted), and clearly experienced in wedding planning/execution. Two additional things that made The Lake House stand out to us were the fact that they had 2 bridal suites, which is hard to find but important for us as an LGTBQ+ couple with 2 brides, and a really high-quality speaker system that our DJ was able to plug into (for a fee).

One challenge we had was that despite providing an extremely detailed map of where we wanted our decor set up and going over it during an in-person meeting with the coordinators just 2 days before our wedding when we dropped it all off, the decor was not set up as we asked it to be when we arrived day-of. We were only allowed to arrive 1.5 hours in advance of our ceremony, so this was stressful, since we and our immediate family members had to run around adjusting things before guests arrived. At the end of the night, the staff did not provide much help packing things up either. We would recommend hiring a day-of coordinator rather than just relying on their staff, specifically for setup and breakdown.

The only other complaint we had was that dinner service was incredibly slow. Everyone at a given table was served at the same time, but half of the room was finished with their meals before the other half was served. This caused our post-dinner activities to be extremely delayed, and we ended up paying our photographer, videographer, and DJ extra cash on the spot to stay longer than they had signed up for. The food was good, though, and dessert was even better! We added the adult ice cream sundae bar as a second dessert option, and it was a big hit.

One last thing of note is that the venue is entirely handicap accessible and has plenty of parking, two things that were important to us and not true of all the other venues we considered. Overall, we would highly recommend The Lake House as a wedding venue with some proactive planning around the concerns we listed above. We had an...

My husband and I had our wedding reception at The Lake House on 9/7/24 and had an amazing time!!! The entire wedding planning experience was wonderful. We had looked at a handful of venues prior to The Lake House, but we instantly fell in love with its beauty at our very first tour of it. The original date we wanted unfortunately got booked, so we went to look at another venue, but ended up calling Paul afterwards knowing we would want no where else but The Lake House. Also such huge plus that you are the only wedding on site at your time! Paul was so great to work with; he was very quick to respond to any questions over calls or emails, made you feel very heard, and pretty much open to anything we had envisioned to create our dream wedding reception. His expertise and professionalism are unmatched. He was attentive to all the guests the day of the wedding and made sure everything ran perfectly! Carole, the banquet manager, was amazing. She made picking out all the details so much fun and made fantastic recommendations. She allowed me to drop off the decor a few days before the big day and we went through it all and allowed me to pick and choose where some things would go, but I knew whatever she wanted to do with everything would come out amazing and it did! The decor inside the Lake House is already so pretty and modern, so everything was just beautiful. I am Filipino and my husband is half Italian, so she helped us come up with an amazing custom cocktail hour featuring an Asian hibachi station and Italian pasta station along with the other passed hors d'oeuvres and our guests all could not stop talking about how good it all was! She made she to provide my husband and I a selection of every pieces of food from cocktail hour in the bridal sweet to indulge in as well which was much appreciated because everything was delicious! I also thoroughly enjoyed my salmon dinner and my husband enjoyed his steak. literally everyone could not stop talking about how amazing the food was as far as taste, quality, and quantity was concerned. Also hats off to the wait staff and bartenders. Everyone was very nice, attentive, and all the drinks were delicious! I can't thank everyone at The Lake House enough for making our wedding day so amazing!

It had rained the day of our wedding, so we took formal pictures out on the back covered deck which came out so beautiful, but guests were also able to take pictures out on the stunning grounds once the...

Do not waste your money at this venue. Like so many others we had a HORRIBLE experience booking with The Lake House. We fell in love with the sketches and Kelli's words and quickly signed a contract for July 2018. We were told they would be done in March 2017 and the first wedding would be in May. When my fiance and I arrived in May it was not even close to being done and they made no mention of the weddings being cancelled or postponed. We NEVER received any updates or were told there were delays in building. We based everything off of the one picture we were shown and when we arrived I pointed out to Kelli that already there were elements from the pictures missing on the actual building. She pretended she didn't notice and gave us a shrugged response of "oh I guess they changed their minds." This was not acceptable especially since we were again, not notified! When a month later no more progress had been made we realized we had to move on. The majority of our guests were coming from overseas and had started to book flights for our date and we couldn't risk them coming over for a wedding where the venue was not completed. When we asked for our money back (since we consider it breaking contract when you lie about timelines, aesthetics, and don't update your customers) they were incredibly rude. Kelli responded with more lies about how my parents had been over an hour late to their initial appointment (even though they have TIME STAMPED pictures on their phones from that appointment that clearly show they were on time), about how she had to go out of her way to accommodate my handicapped mother, and how if we continued to pursue getting our deposit back in other ways they would use legal force against us. It was by far the most HORRIFIC experience, especially when your wedding is supposed to be the happiest time of your life and they made the start stressful and miserable. Even though it is finally completed, I would not waste your time or money with these people. They lie and only care about money, not their customers. I wish I could...