The venue is absolutely gorgeous - one of a kind feel for Greenville! Their staff went above and…read morebeyond to ensure that our family had an incredible event! I would highly recommend!

We just had my daughters wedding reception at Revel. We couldn't have asked for better folks to…read morework with! Absolutely a perfect night! Our guests have had nothing but positive things to say about the venue! Thank you!! Margarette Carter

I catered a wedding here and I have to say the venue is absolutely beautiful. The staff is amazing…read moreand the wedding director knows exactly what she's doing.. this has to be the easiest wedding that I have ever catered in my 10 years.

Attended a wedding here. Good venue. I really loved the pond backdrop. The only thing I would have…read morelike was a more extended patio cover. Overall, great location for a wedding!

I came here for a baby shower. It's a little hidden but I kind of like that. I didn't have issues…read morewith parking but the baby shower wasn't a huge crowd. The whole place is updated inside and out. Bathrooms were very clean. The inside is nice and spacious and the owner was the sweetest.

Excellent venue! Not only is it perfect for a wedding but also any of your other events. We have…read morehosted a few parties here now and it's just perfect!

Came here tonight for a YELP Event - Murder Mystery Elegant Night! Shout out to our master of…read moreawesome Yelp Events, Michelle P, Yelp Ambassador! David and team brought this connection together! This venue is absolutely gorgeous. From the moment you walk towards the door, you see at the corner of the building, the unassuming yet illuminating Zen sign presence. The foyer greets with such high beautiful ceilings (and walls) with the artistic lighting. There are two other space to enter. If you continue straight, you enter a much larger area that has on its walls, wonderfully large paintings of flowers evoking both energy yet calmness. I discovered that Jeff, the owner had painted the walls and can see the nice brushstroke patterns along with the majority of the flower paintings. We were for the most part in this area which is shaped like a gigantic "L" and you would go further in and to the bottom foot area find a large bar awaiting. There was also a table of desserts and a musician. There were the hors d'oeuvre standing tables yet with nice high seats along with the comfy chairs. We had our networking, food, drinks, and murder mystery here. I've been to Zen many times in the past for several different non-profit/charity events and always so well done. This room depending on the size of attendees is an ideal spot for these types of reception/activities. If you had gone over to the right from the foyer, you would enter a huge space that has on the complete opposite side some large screen that projector is displaying and lighting. There are tables with seats and this brings back memories of when the company I worked for held their holiday parties here and this would also double up as a dance floor! There's another bar right underneath the staircase, and if you walk up the stairs, not only do you have a great view of this room (and if you were trying to search for someone dancing, walk up the stairs and gently look for your man) it also has a private suite that can act as the bridal room since such great furniture, a kitchen and bathroom complete with shower (so if you start getting cold feet, you can turn the heat on your feet)! Not only does Zen have these different space and levels, they even have an exterior space, their own zen garden. I've never noticed it before since other times I've been here, it would be dark and couldn't see OR since it was December, they had tents with heaters. There are many different options to use this beautiful place and Jeff is extremely down-to-earth and inviting. Besides hosting such fancy events, he also has hosted various dance parties. If you or the organization/company/group you identify with have a need for up to 350 people, this would be ideal!

Thank you Zen! We…read morebooked Zen for our Wedding (Reception and Ceremony) and it was beautiful. Jeff and Samantha were so friendly and helpful throughout the whole thing. Any questions we had they answered and were super easy to get ahold of. Everyone loved our venue and couldn't stop talking about it. I would highly recommend this place for a wedding or just any event. The open bar was a great choice as well, and cool bar tender too.

We held our wedding ceremony and reception at Essentia in April and had around 150 guests. We were…read morelooking for an affordable venue with amenities, but couldn't find any we liked until we found Essentia. With the price, we also got dance lessons which were a BIG help for our 1st dance! Starlina was so helpful and professional before and during the wedding! She made the whole wedding planning process so much easier. Choosing this venue for my big day was the best decision I made. Essentia was absolutely perfect and I would recommend Essentia to ANYONE for ANY occasion. The staff is amazing, the atmosphere is wonderful, and the decor is breath-taking.

I did not even want to give 1 star and this is why!:…read more The only things that this vendor provided were the two dance lessons included with the wedding contract and the initial consultation! When trying to pay for this venue, we hit some snags financially since I was in between jobs. I would call at least a week in advance to let her know if a payment would be delayed. (This only occurred twice) Even with the notice Starlina was very rude and not flexible at all. We tried to let that go, and we did. We did notice that she only seemed concerned after we paid. She was not friendly at all until she was paid in full. Then we wanted more dance lessons to show off. We forked out for those lessons too! When we realized our budget was getting out of hand we tried to reason with her. Now full disclosure here, yes in the venue contract it says no refunds. But here is our problem with that. We just let her know yesterday about our change in plans because of budget. Our wedding was not even going to be until October 2016 and we booked her in August of 2015. Well over a year in advance and we cancelled well in advance as well. She did not even want to do a refund even on the dance lessons, which no contract was ever signed saying we could not get our money back. (We only did 3 out of 10 lessons) What seemed so outrageous is that anytime we tried to schedule lessons, she was ALWAYS BOOKED!!! I would get off work at 5pm but we had our dances at 7:30pm. Then every time we talked to her or other customers it seemed she always had some kind of event going on almost all week! So we knew she had plenty of time to fill the day with another event and fill our unused lesson days with other people. The thing about all of this is that we were not even asking for all of it back, at the very least we only wanted half back. Plus, the 2 times I met her mother she would be rude to her in front of me. Be family and do what you do, but be professional in front of customers, no speaking down to your mother! Now she is mad about the review on Wedding wire and disputed it. Good luck because I will just do this every where else! Oh and before she tries to say she offered to help us with the dance lesson money back, she only did so after I told her I would post a review and let people know our experience! (I have the email to prove it!)

This is a nice event space, but improvements are needed. The layout is nice downstairs with an…read moreindoor air conditioned area, a patio, and then a grassy space down the steps. With the Edison bulbs strung overhead, a wedding here would be very nice but be sure to ask about how long and how loud you can play music. There are clear garage doors that separate the indoor space from the covered patio area. They can't be opened without a city permit, so if you want to use them you'll need to look into this. The bathrooms are large. There is no refrigerator, but there is what I think was a warming cart, a sink, shelves, and a rolling cart in the kitchen area. Parking is tight. When we arrived, the tables inside and out as well as the chairs were covered with pollen. They don't provide any cleaning supplies so we had to get our own and do the cleaning ourselves. When we viewed the property the day before, I thought for sure everything would have been cleaned as part of the price. Wrong! As we were cleaning the chairs they also had grease buildup so they hadn't been cleaned/sanitized in a while. We actually needed more tables but didn't find out until later that there were plenty of them in the upstairs area. The worst part of the evening was the person on duty. He was visibly unhappy to be there and unfriendly. He would only look at us but not speak. When my husband asked about trash bags (you might want to bring those, too) he threw a couple of them his way. As we were cleaning up, I apologized for the delay and he didn't even look at me. And then as we were leaving and I asked if we had gotten everything, he nodded and slammed the gate in our face. We were dumbfounded. I hope the owners realize this doesn't make for good business. I don't like leaving mediocre reviews unless they are deserved, and this one was.

Modeling at Greenville Fashion Week powered by THE SOCIETY…read more Designer // Jon Pierce Fashions Photographer // Scott Thomason Photos Models // Leslie Hickum, Ryan Moore, Kathleen Greyhame, Kelly Calhoun Hmua // Anne Stock Gallagher, Jessica Pasqualicchio, Sheri Gaffney, Kaplan Michelle, Jessi Hambi Location // The Rutherford, Greenville, SC

The ladies were decorating for Christmas but they said we could look around. One was kind enough to…read moregive us a quick tour to give us some history. Very cool

Great Tour!! and beautiful house and garden. Super friendly volunteers…read more If you love old homes, worth a stop.

Fabulous venue, the dunburks team made all my dreams come true for my wedding. They took care of…read moreall details and kept me informed every step of the way.