We rented the Plaza Room for our 25th wedding anniversary celebration. Katie is a pleasure to work…read morewith: friendly, professional and easy to connect with. The plaza room is equipped with state of the art audio/visual equipment and very user friendly. The venue is located in a perfect location adjacent to the Greenway and Gateway Island, boutique shops and specialty food shops. Above all, the Plaza Room is family friendly venue with a play area, and small putting green. The Murfreesboro Parks and Rec. also shows Movies Under The Stars at this location, a great event for families. All this at an affordable price. My family will be using this venue again. Karen Whitaker Murfreesboro, TN

This place was great, from the first moment I contacted them to the last minute of my event. The…read morewalk through, Katie was so patient and very informative also helped me find vendors that fit my budget. Ginger was beyond helpful as well and was always In Touch with me to make sure my planning was going good. I couldn't have asked for better service. Any future event I will definitely be going back. The venue was clean, beautiful and had everything I needed . Thanks ladies for all your help and making this event possible.

MY BIG FAT SHOTGUN WEDDING…read more Well butter my buns and call me a biscuit...imagine my surprise when I git the results from my Walmart E.P.T. test. Another baby comin' all the way from the back seat of a Trans Am to our happy, inapprop-adjacent family! Daddy just git outta prison cuz he brung the wrong half of a sawed-off shotgun to a porch-pirate shopping spree. He come from a long line of bad decision makers one sandwich shy of a picnik. If you can't run with the big dogs, stay under the porch, am I right?!? Bless his pea-peckin' little heart. Anyway he git madder than a wet hen when he heard I git knocked up again. He was fixin' to shoot my baby daddy Bubba right thru the noggin. Bubba git scared and was all "don't need to pitch no hissy fit. I'mma marry my purdy-as-a-pumpkin-but-half-as-smart cousin". Happy as a clam at high tide, we takin this 2-week relationship to the next level! Next day we went to the Marry Me chapel. I got a punch card so the fifth time ceremony is practically free! Since its whatcha call a "formal" weddin, daddy bring his white shotgun named "Face McShooty". The one he uses to shoot the crows off the roof is "Dick McCheney". I gussied up in my purdy-as-a-peach dress, the one with the lace and puffed up sleeves and a veil that cover half the parkin lot. Bubba, sweatin in his 2-size-too-small britches, look like he was as lost as last year's Easter Eggs as he stood up at that there altar. Bless his pea-peckin' little heart. Daddy he stood by my side with a smile that looked more like the grimace he have when he gits stopped up. Well we plumb did the ceremony and we git hitched! Like they say... fifth time's a charm! And daddy give us a weddin present - a brand new pair of SHINY TRUCK NUTS!! Later we went off like a herd of turtles to celebrate at the trailer park down yonder. It was cold enough to freeze the balls off a pool table. We had so much Mountain Dew and dollar-store ketchup on Wonder Bread that I sit on my iphone and it become an ipad. Pro tip: great venue, reasonable price, and beautiful ceremony given by Mollie. Only place around that has a loyalty discount. Nice conversating with ya'll. Gimme a holler if ya need more details.

My daughter and new son-in-law were just married here, and it was a wonderful experience. The staff…read moreis wonderful and very attentive! They made us all feel welcome and they really do give the individual attention and care that we had hoped for. I'd recommend them to anyone in the area looking for a simple but beautiful ceremony. Thank you!

Attending a wedding there recently and it was a beautiful location. I was also able to take some…read morefantastic pics of the bride and groom on the property.

Our wedding was beautiful!!! The venue is gorgeous and is the perfect canvas to create whatever you…read moreenvision. Patsy and Russ, the owners, are a delight to work with and made the process stress free. I can't wait to post gorgeous pictures of the completed decor. Book your event here before they're out of available dates!!!

Great course & beautiful community to visit! I had a great time also taking a Pedego Bike tour…read morethrough the neighborhoods!

I most definitely would give 4 and a half stars if allowed. We dined here for a birthday, we were…read moretreated so well. We had a toddler with us who wanted mac and cheese, we asked for it to come out first and it was there in a jiffy. The grown up food was so delicious, we had steak frites, Westhaven salad, and a special caprese gnocchi. Plus a birthday brownie, everything was cooked to perfection and delicious. We have heard that the chef is somewhat new. Doing a great job as far as we can tell. We look forward to returning.

I had my wedding at The Lodge this past June. They had just opened this venue up as a wedding venue…read morea few months before. Let me first say the venue is gorgeous! When my now husband and I visited The Lodge for the first time, we knew this is where we wanted to get married. We loved that it was a completely open venue and we could use any caterer, bartender, florist, etc. that we wanted to use. They also offered a day of coordinator. Brandy was my day of coordinator, and she was awesome! She kept us on time and made sure we did everything we wanted. My florist didn't leave my toss bouquet so she picked flowers from their garden for me! She was awesome!!! Why the 3 stars? Everything between when I have them my payment to when Brandy took over was not fun. Before booking, we were constantly in contact with Holly. She answered our calls, she met with us, etc. Once I have them the payment, she went completely ghost. She never returned or phone calls and barely returned our emails. Maybe something was going on in her life, but she should have told us to contact someone else. We literally drove to the site unannounced so that we could talk to someone. The staff there was extremely friendly, including Holly when we could talk to her. They always accommodated us when we showed up, but it was stressful due to the lack of communication. Overall the experience was positive, and the venue is gorgeous! I hope with a several more months under their belt as a wedding venue will help them with the lack of communication issues.

Our wedding was a destination, so we worked very closely with Kayla Jolly our coordinator, as well…read moreas some other contacts at The Lodge. From the beginning we (bride and groom) fell absolutely in love with this building and the grounds. However, being from out of town it is a little hard to find as the venue is not well marked and actually sits on the land for the YMCA. It also functions as the Nelson Andrews Leadership Lodge which led to some confusion at times. We worked with Kayla for 15 months planning every detail of our outdoor ceremony and cocktail hour, indoor reception, and sparkler send-off. Needless to say on the day-of, a late bus pickup and poor weather basically sent our plans into chaos and Kayla worked very hard to give us an equally beautiful event from what we had planned. She really held it all together, and held me together too! The Lodge works only with Dream Events catering, and at first we weren't thrilled to receive this news. However, Kayla and her team made sure Dream knew about our concerns and when we were able to meet with them, they were sure to go above and beyond for some dietary needs, and the many changes that occurred. Since this was a destination wedding, Kayla helped me to select a vendor for rental items, and then she managed the relationship for me, which I appreciated as well. I am thankful that The Lodge selected such reliable partners for us to work with, another example of how well this venue is managing their business. Overall we did have some ups and downs but we are so thrilled with our friends at the Lodge, and can't wait to receive our wedding pictures back. We highly recommend this venue.

Southall Meadows ruined my wedding, made my bridal party cry right before the ceremony, and caused…read moreme to need therapy to recover from the trauma they caused me. PLEASE view the photos I've shared to see how horrible, penny-pinching this place is. Impressed by all the 5-star reviews? They make you sign a contract saying you'll only give them a 5-star. They claim to be "an open vendor venue." But in multiple areas, they penalize you hundreds for not using their preferred vendors. It was cheaper for me to pay their $800 penalty AND hire my own two bartenders to provide the same service than to use the ones Southall tries to force on you. Their preferred rental company was so expensive that I had to DIY my decor because I couldn't afford another $400 penalty. In the walkthrough, they say chairs are included. But "if you need them for the ceremony too," they charge an extra $350. They gave me a price sheet, then increased the DJ fee by $500 a week later. What could warrant a random 39% increase? If you or guests leave something at the venue by accident, they forbid you from coming back to get it. We left a whole table here and were so anxious they'd keep our $750 security deposit that we didn't even ask for it back. The contract says the Security Deposit will be refunded within 30 days of the event, but we didn't get it back until we emailed them multiple times past the 30 days. They make you pay for meals for THEIR staff. It's standard for other vendors, but I worked in the wedding industry for 3 years and never once saw the VENUE make the bride pay for multiple meals. I didn't rent their $500 optional tables. So they shoved all the furniture I didn't rent beside the barn and tried to hide them with the open barn door. This was so humiliating as ALL my guests walked past and had to see this carnage during my ceremony. Completely unacceptable. You can't arrive until 10 AM. In all the weddings I've worked, the bridal party could arrive at 7-8 AM. The late, strict start time made us so rushed and stressed. If you arrive before 10 AM, they charge you $150 for every 15 minutes you are early. The most catastrophic failure was that their DJ (DJ Pete) played the wrong song THREE times to start our ceremony. He panicked when he realized it was the wrong song and stopped it so my grandma and brother had to walk down in SILENCE, started the wrong song again so the parents had no choice but to walk down, then played the wrong song again for the bridal party. It was so chaotic that my sister was crying, the entire party was upset, and I had to physically get out of my own wedding lineup to show him what to play. I fought not to have a complete meltdown, but the anguish shows on my face in all the photos/videos that I spent $6k on. I blacked out from stress during the ceremony and don't remember the union with my sweet husband, which is by FAR the most hurtful part of all the ways Southall sabotaged my wedding. I can't look at our photos or talk about the wedding without crying, and I am in therapy to cope. I cried on my wedding night and honeymoon the next week. I asked Southall for DJ reimbursement and help with what I lost on photo/video- and they told me the DJ's unpreparedness was all my fault. Imagine hearing a song with your parents while they're in town for your wedding that brings you all to tears- so much that you want it in your wedding. So you send the change to the DJ the night prior & he agrees, but ultimately can't swap out one song. If an 8-year seasoned DJ can't accommodate ONE song change 13 hours before showtime, they have bigger problems. I've seen successful song changes 15 minutes before a ceremony. Yet- the venue used my one change to shift the blame off of them for butchering our wedding. Southall ruined the happiest day of my life and showed no remorse for what they did because brides are business transactions to them. Including an email from them for when they reply to this and try to paint me in a bad light and pin their failures on me instead of owning their mistakes.

My wife and I got married at Southall Meadows and it was the best experience ever! The staff was…read morewonderful and so hard working. Anytime we had any questions they were very easy to talk to. We were reassured anytime that we felt like we did not know what we were doing by Bri & Leah in the office as well as the awesome property manager Mike who took great care of everyone on wedding day. The grounds are just beautiful, with so many different options for ceremonies and have the ability to spread out between the land and the buildings. Our DJ experience was fantastic! It was the party we wanted from day one. Our signature drinks were amazing and their BYOB service is top notch. We even got a refunded for left over alcohol. Such a win. Southall Meadows really cared about our experience from the very beginning by pointing us in the direction of really good vendors that took care of everything to making sure we did not lift a finger on wedding day. It really is awesome to see a small business put on such a beautiful production and we could not be more excited to tell everyone about it! If I didn't know where to start with wedding this is exactly where I would go.

Beautiful wedding venue. This day and place will always be close to my heart. The wedding officiant…read moreand photographer were great!

I have lived in Nashville for eight years and would never use anyone other than A Catered Affair…read more They have catered our huge parties of 200 or more, our intimate dinners for just several couples, and everything in-between, including our son's wedding reception. From the stunning presentation to the wonderful food quality, everything is always first rate. No wonder my guests always ask for their contact information before they leave. A Catered Affair is the best caterer in the Nashville area.

They did the catering for our wedding last year, very nice people and guests where happy with the…read morefood, service ran a little late but I didn't even know until the following day. all in all the price was good and everyone had a good time.