Willow Brooke Farm — Restaurant in Hay Creek Township

My wife and I just had our wedding at Willow Brooke Farm in early June of 2023, and we cannot speak highly enough of our experience with them. From our first moment touring the property, the planning process, and to the wedding day itself, they impressed us and far exceeded our expectations at every turn. For the sake of being specific, we’ve created a short list of highlights that made our experience the true dream of what a wedding day should be.

The WBF staff was absolutely incredible to work with. Paula was perfectly on top of invoicing (that’s a big one!). Eva was great to work with to coordinate beverage service. Karna was amazing to answer every little detailed question that we had. Even if she didn’t know the answer, she quickly found out and got back to us. Becca also frequently checked on the girls in the farmhouse during the wedding day to make sure everyone was taken care of. All around, the WBF staff was HIGHLY communicative, approachable, and easy to work with at every turn. Becca has assembled the dream team of venue staff and it shows! Nothing was forgotten, slipped their minds, or fell through the cracks. They worked hard to make sure everything was perfect.

In addition to being excellent communicators, another thing we absolutely loved about WBF was their flexibility throughout the entire process. In a nutshell, their staff are “yes” people and are willing to make every reasonable request from the bride and groom happen. They aren’t inflexible and set in one way of doing things. They were very open to our ideas and requests to perfectly curate our wedding day to exactly what we wanted.

They also gave us early access to the venue the day before for no charge. Now, keep in mind we had our wedding on a Thursday, so that likely made Wednesday evening access much easier than a weekend wedding. But the fact they didn’t charge us anything to come in the night before to do table setup made both us and our mothers VERY happy. It allowed everyone enjoy the day without the extra step of table setup needing to be done.

They had a bunch of caterers to choose from. One of the annoying things about venue hunting was the fact that most venues have a list of 1-2 caterers you’re required to choose from. As most couples know, this can lead to a serious chunk of the wedding budget going to food. While WBF requires you use a caterer from their list, they have an extensive list of approved caterers that work with all kinds of budgets, diet, and preference options. (They also have extensive lists of other vendors, but we only worked with a recommended caterer. We cannot speak to any other vendor on the list).

Finally, the property itself is absolutely beautiful. My wife and I both work in the architectural and interior design fields, so having a well designed wedding venue was very important to us. Every place you look on the WBF property has been thoughtfully designed and made beautiful. The vineyard, the pavilion, the barns, etc. are all very well done. Even our photographer said this is a dream venue to shoot at. We could not be happier with how the property looked on the day of our wedding.

All in all, Grace and I don’t have a single ounce of regret with choosing Willow Broke Farm to have our wedding at. From the property, to the staff, and even the weather, they didn’t fail to deliver. We HIGHLY recommend them to any future couple looking for the...

While the venue itself was very beautiful, we did not appreciate working with the owner, Beccah. When we first toured the venue it was in the Winter time and when we came back in the summer, we were very disappointed in how the vineyard looked with the gravel and dead grass patches. My now husband and I came up with the solution that we would just get married in the courtyard instead of the vineyard. While it is in the contract (not very clearly) there are specific months that are dedicated to where the ceremony is held, we did not think it would be a big deal to have the chairs moved. We proposed this to Beccah during our call the week before our wedding and she said her staff would not do it. Although we should not have to, we offered to have our groomsmen move the chairs the day of the wedding and come back the next morning to move them back. She said we either needed to come back from 2-4 AM the morning after our wedding to do it or hire a moving company. This really frustrated us because 1. We are already paying a large amount of money to host our wedding here and should not have to spend more to hire a moving company when we have 12 willing and able groomsmen 2. It should not be our job to move chairs in the first place 3. How can we be expected to come back 2 hours after we just left our own wedding to move chairs? After offering other options and trying to work this out, she had me reach out to the bride who was having her wedding there the next day to get the OK to have our groomsmen there moving chairs at 8 AM. Again, it is not my job as a bride to be talking with other brides having their wedding at the same venue, but I did and got her OK. However, Beccah then called this bride the next day and talked her out of it. In the end we could appreciate some of her reasonings when she finally explained them, but the whole situation was handled very poorly and unprofessional. After all of this, when we arrived to the venue to start setting up for our big day, Beccah saw us and barely said hello to us. She never came to talk to us or direct us to where we were supposed to set up, etc. and we never saw her again. We only heard from her a week later telling us they will be giving us a fine after digging through our trash and finding outside alcohol. In the end we had a beautiful and wonderful wedding but the whole experience behind the scenes...

I attended a wedding here and was shocked at the enormous expense the bride put out for this venue. To each their own but here is what I saw. An old dusty barn with uneven floors and cobwebs hanging from the lights and under the chairs. There was an old wedding bulletin on the floor covered in dust. I picked it up and you could see the outline left by the brochure in the dust on the floor. This made me swipe my hand across the empty chair next to me to see if this was aa dusty as the floor. Thankfully it wasn't. I was bothered by two bees and a wasp during the ceremony; as well as, countless lady bugs landing on me and in my hair. The people behind me kept picking them off of me. I sat in the 2nd to the last row and had to strain to hear the preacher because of the lousy sound system. The water is well water so, it has that funky taste. I couldn't drink it. They do not provide food so you have to have it catered. The acoustics in the reception hall made it hard to hear the toasts cuz the sound was bouncing off the walls just terrible. No coffee provided because like the food you have to bring it yourself. The soda was 2$ a can. First time I got a cup with ice with pop in it with 2 inches of foam on top and the next time I got a can. I was worried the bathrooms were going to be outhouse buy they do have a working bathroom inside. They don't provide people to serve you your meal so it is buffet style complete with plastic plates, cups, and silverware. No one came and bussed any tables until well into the dance and there was one solo lady doing all the work. No tray or container to put dished in just bsck and forth a million times to the garbage can. I was told this family spent 15,000 on renting this venue.

In my opinion, not worth it. Way overpriced for a country wedding. For that price you would think the food and servers would be included and the water would...