The views were pretty, and the manor house was historic and fun to explore. I just wish they had…read moreaccommodated everyone into the same room. Those of us on the patio couldn't hear any of the speeches inside. Not a great setup for bigger weddings. The food was delicious though! Especially the fancy charcuterie appetizer prior to attending the reception. I'm still dreaming of that garlic sauce!

Lovely location, historically a very nice event space. (Attended 3 weddings yrs ago and recently a…read morecelebration of life) WR really needs a good deep cleaning, updating. (Maybe there are plans?) The ladies room is functional, but that's about it. It can use at least another stall. There's only one! Sorta reminds me of an old church basement area. (Dirt in corners, etc)

We had our wedding here in September 2024. The restrooms did not work on our wedding day, so they…read moreprovided one porta potty for all of my guests. Every bride's dream! Andrea was absolutely wonderful and made the whole day run smoothly. This review is not a reflection on her. Since the day of the wedding, it has been impossible to reach any staff. I have sent emails, left voicemails, and have heard nothing. Our deposit has not been refunded to us even though it clearly states in the contract that the refund will be paid 6-8 weeks following the event date. We are currently at around 24 weeks. Please do not book your event here, as they will steal your money and not provide any sort of compensation for the inconveniences faced on the event date.

This review cost me $500. The venue is nice and so are some of the staff, but the office staff…read moreseems to be in complete disarray. We never received a contract in the first place after we paid our deposit. And, we never received a refund for a deposit that we were promised to receive -- even after following-up FIVE times. It almost feels like someone out there enjoyed a $500 bonus. TL;DR I waited and waited to write this, as I kept hoping that Megan in the accounting office would finally send us the refund check that was promised to us on three different occasions. We were never refunded our $500 deposit that we paid to Megan via Paypal on 1/24/24 for a birthday party we had wanted to have on 6/8/24. We hadn't even signed any paperwork or contract detailing their cancellation policy or deposit policy, but we assumed we'd receive that shortly after paying the deposit. Sadly, we had several deaths in the family as well as suddenly losing our beloved family dog all in the same month. The grief was too much for our entire family to deal with emotionally so we decided to cancel our party and reached out to them on 3/1. I spoke to Carl on the phone, and he was kind and understanding and said he would refund our deposit. I figured my cancellation was probably a good thing for them, as our party was a cheaper booking, but being able to book that date for a wedding would bring in so much more revenue for them. I realized I had never received the "check in the mail" as I was promised, so I reached out again on 3/11/24 and spoke to Andrea, who was going to reach out to Carl again. I waited and waited and then followed up again with Andrea on 8/4/24 when it occurred to me that again we had never heard back, but I didn't hear back. I wrote to the main office and Megan again on 8/22/24 and she responded on 8/27/24 saying she thought she had sent it already. On 10/10/24, I reached out AGAIN to Megan. I have never heard back. When I think about this, I get so upset, so I am finally posting the review I sincerely hoped I wouldn't need to write.

What a amazing night for a great cause. Live music, good drinks, friendly staff on a warm summer…read morenight. I was worried about social distancing, but iron works did a amazing job. The tables were spaced out and there was room to even dance by your reserved spot. Not grease or dirty dancing moves, but you could shake a tail feather. This summer they are hosting events and donating to local charities. I highly recommend attending. Food is provided by foods, and the foods and drinks were reasonable and delicious.

Wow!!! Just went to a wedding here and I can't say enough good things. The venue is Old…read moreHollywood Glam. So elegant. The service here was beyond amazing. I don't think I have ever enjoyed a wedding so much. Thank you for your wonderful event space

Perfect venue for my nieces baby shower. Breathtaking views from every angle. Highly recommended!!!read more

I love this venue, however they have a guy at the front desk doing bookings I think his name is…read morePhil. We are booking a End Of Life celebration for my daughter who died and the guy has about as much compassion and heart as a blank wall. I would suggest they replace people that are heartless with people that have some kind of emotion if somebody is coming in there to plan a memorial service.

We got married at Boettcher Mansion last summer and it was perfect. 90% of our wedding was out of…read moretowners looking for a chance to escape the heat so we were trying to find something mountainous without the drive. I loved how unique the venue was, easy to access from the highway for out of town folk, and tucked away it felt once you were inside. We got some gorgeous mountain photos! Shea was so lovely and answered any questions we had. Our guests absolutely raved and I am still getting compliments on how unique it was. I think the important thing to know with the Mansion - it is not a typical style venue and is not a good fit for certain groups. For context, we had a 120 person afternoon wedding in July (2-7pm). I did a tremendous amount of research and painstakingly picked each vendor, who all ended up working together and are incredible. If you are a bride looking for a more inclusive-everything-included style venue, this is not it. IF you are willing to do work on researching vendors, you can make the Mansion work for you at your price point and are rewarded in something more custom. It can really rack up cost wise if you use all the recommended vendors and do all the add-ons. We rented the entire space (highly recommend) so our wedding moved throughout the venue and guests got different experiences. I loved the outside ceremony and they have nice white chairs that look great in photos. Cocktail hour was outside in the gardens - so pretty still in July! The reception was inside. I loved the stone walls, very little decor is needed which is awesome. If you have over 80ish people and want a dance floor, we did have to flip some tables to make room, but our catering team did it so fast and we did the first dance outside - then conga lined the party back inside. Honestly I think more people started dancing since they already were up and moving, so it worked better than I hoped. I would pick this 10 out of 10, but like I said, I think it's good to know this is not the spot for a bride without a planner or who is willing to do her homework. Because it is a historical site, if you have a lot of custom built out decor or a large wedding or want to get ready at the venue, this is not for you. If you have under 120, want something special, and are organized (or have a good friend who is) you have found the perfect spot. Photography credit: Melina Massengill (melinamassephoto)

Where do I start? We chose Boettcher Mansion as the venue for my son's wedding on May 4th, 2024…read more What an incredible result. We had family and friends converge from all over the world to experience the best of Colorado. The weather behaved itself as well as can be expected in early May and the venue and its recommended vendors were the best that they could be! Boettcher Mansion is in a beautiful setting, allowing for an outdoor wedding with the woods as a backdrop, and cocktail hour and pictures with the sunset emerging behind the mountains. While we had just a sprinkle or two, the clouds made for a perfect vista, and if a downpour had occurred, the wedding could be quickly moved inside. We visited many potential wedding venues across the front range, including some beautiful options in Estes Park. We visited Boettcher Mansion first, and it inevitably remained our top choice as it offered several perquisites while also checking off the Bride and Groom's event venue expectations for the wedding. Ultimately, Boettcher Mansion's facility with its iconic outdoor colorado beauty, ample preparation accommodations for both the bride and groom and attendants, beautiful outdoor patio and reception space, and the ability to fully customize the event won us over. This venue provided a remote location with proximity to the Denver for out-of-town/country visitors to stay, and ease of access for all involved. As an added bonus, their fee supports Jefferson County Parks. The ability to customize every aspect of the day at first seemed daunting, but ended up being important to the special day. Boettcher Mansion hosts an annual wedding show where you can talk to all their recommended vendors. If you veer from these vendors and go your own way, you can do so for an extra fee. But by sticking with the recommended options for the major items, you will find they are very familiar with Boettcher policies, allowing you to have an efficient event on the day and secure the return of 100% of your $500 damage deposit! We chose Roots for our catering, which deserves its own special review, but for now I will say that the food and service were spectacular. The food was prepared, plated, and presented beautifully, with delicious options for everyone. The caterer also handled the sparkling toast and cocktail and wine service with their trained and certified servers, but the offerings were provided by us. We could have hired Applejack (or whomever) to deliver what we wanted, which is a huge cost savings over other venues who require the customer to use in-house service, and permits customization to personal tastes. In this case, Applejack will accept returns for any unopened bottle at the end of the night. In our case, however, the Bride and Groom selected the unique dinner wines and champagne toast from their parents' cellared wine libraries, adding a nice touch to the experience of their special day and helping to control costs even further. The Grand Piano in Boettcher Mansion's reception hall offered a special moment, when, at the Bride's request, the brother-of-the-groom played Debussy's Claire de Lune as the processional. Boettcher Mansion offers a D.J. You can provide your own music, but we found the D.J to be helpful in announcing what was to happen next, etc. He also offered a Photo Booth, which provided the Bride and Groom with a thumb drive of all their guest's funny pictures throughout the evening. Other exceptional vendors for whom I should write a separate review include Jessica Shipman, the "Day of" planner. Can't have a wedding without her! She, incredibly, planned and coordinated everything throughout the entire day, allowing all the guests and family to enjoy the event and focus on the Bride and Groom without having to be worried about actually doing any decorating or coordinating leading up to, and on the day. TeeLee Florist put together a one-of-a-kind Tower of Flowers for the alter, while we secured a beautiful and cost-effective flower package from Costco for the bulk of the floral decorations and the bouquet/corsages. We hired a shuttle service to offer for people to go up and down Lookout Mountain, for those who found the drive daunting, or out-of-towners without a car. Berg Berg Photography captured special moments throughout the event, including the sunset, and even provided special lighting for effect. Special candles handcrafted by the mother-and father-of the bride, and table number placards artfully drawn by the sister-in-law of the bride represent additional custom touches permitted by Boettcher Mansion that made the day incredibly special. In the end, our happy couple was forever touched by the gifts family and friends provided in memories we carry away from the wedding, indelibly amplified by the ambiance, staff, vendors, and personalization afforded by this incredible gem in Golden, Colorado.

Attended a stunning wedding here…read more The space really has so many gorgeous little details. From the small welcome area that can serve as a bar for welcome drinks, to the ceremony area, which truly is so magical feeling as it surrounded by trees, and the sound of a bubbling creek, to the actual house, infrastructure that has bathrooms for guests, as well as respective dressing rooms for parties, this is a unique and gorgeous venue. During the reception that I attended here, we dined under their large, heated tent, which had plenty of room for everything that was needed. There was also WiFi available on site. I'd love to attend another event here. Really lovely spot.

Blackstone Rivers Ranch is an out of this world venue! It was magnificent. It was our first venue…read moreto tour and our last because we really didn't want to go to any other venue. It was love at first sight. Cheryl gave us the tour at Blackstone Rivers Ranch, she has a beautiful soul as did everyone who works for this venue. Each one of them were so kind and helpful. This venue has years of experience and a preferred list of vendors that make this process much easier and more relaxed as they work so well together (and as a bride you feel comfortable and confident that everything will go well). This is very important working as a team to create such a special day for two people. None of our family or invited friends knew about this place. We had guests from Minnesota, Mexico, California, Spain, Colombia, Panama, and other countries. We knew that they were making a huge sacrifice to be here on our special day. The time for the wedding arrived and when our guests arrived at Blackstone Rivers Ranch they were stunned and delighted, our guests did not stop commenting that it was the most beautiful and fun wedding they have ever been to. We had compliments about the venue, catering, DJ, coordinator, photographer, EVERYTHING from our guests. As a bride I was afraid of having the same problem as the other brides, who always had some complaint or something that did not go the way they wanted on their special day, BUT NO I was not one of those brides (YAY)! My wedding was the best and the most perfect thanks to Blackstone Rivers Ranch and their list of preferred vendors. Without the help of BRR my wedding would not have been possible to plan as perfectly. Every penny invested in this wedding was worth it to the fullest. My husband and I are more than sure that it was the best decision we have ever made in having a big wedding with 100 guests and not a small wedding with only 15 or 20 guests. My guests fell in love with our wedding and the venue and they couldn't stop talking about it. They all told us that it was worth the sacrifice they made to travel from far away to experience the beautiful views of the mountains and the river at the venue, the big and beautiful white tent. EVERYTHING was romantic and unique. My husband and I will always be grateful to BRR, our words and gratitude will not be enough for the enormous satisfaction and happiness we had on our wedding day. Laura & Nathan Lehman

Overall our wedding was a day we will cherish forever! There are definitely a couple of things that…read morewould have made it a lot better though. To start off we had no air conditioning in the bridal suite. We had two small fans that did nothing but push around the hot air. My mother over heated right before my wedding time and it was awful. One AC unit was downstairs and one in the groom suite. People (including John) assured me that things would be cool and that was not what happened at all. Also no A/C was moved to the basement after being used in the groom suite and after we requested it to be moved. It was blazing hot in the basement and we ended the dance early due to people getting overheated. Second Sylvia, who was supposed to do the elevators and anything else we needed, did not reply promptly to our requests and made it seem like we were an inconvenience to help us. We had to go find her more than once and we had to search for her. We had several people leave before our first dance in the basement because they didn't want to wait on the elevator and hold up the wedding. It was very very disappointing to myself and my husband. It was his aunt and uncle and others who left because his uncle had a stroke and can no longer walk. It took us over ten minutes to find Sylvia. My brother and stepdad had to clear an entrance for the elevator to be used. I would have loved to actually meet my organizer Katie face to face but instead she sent a lady named Aspen in her place (Aspen was wonderful but didn't know anything of what Katie and I had already discussed). I didn't let any of that ruin our night. It is a beautiful venue but definitely some things need to be improved. Catering was wonderful!

Beautiful grounds and venue. Unique and has tons of potential. It really is a great venue for a…read morewedding or party.... However, Rita, the event manager, is an insufferable petty tyrant. While caution may be indicated during a unique period in our society, Hurricane Rita represents the worst kind of creature this pandemic has produced. This venue should be avoided until she finds another job. It's one thing to ask that guests wear masks, it's another thing to attempt to require the attendants AND officiant to wear masks during the ceremony. Spacing? Sure....not allowing the attendants to walk side-by-side but they can stand next to each other? Huh? Attached is an honest to God seating arrangement. Who is at that single table? The officiant....and father of the groom! No matter, he can come sit with us! Not allowed suggests Hurricane Rita! She threatened to stop the party, to which I laughed. Her next move? She yelled at and pointed her finger at the server, Sandy, who moved the place setting from the single table to our table. Dancing? Sure, but only at your table with other people at your table. And you can't leave your table for anything. This petty rule can't possibly extended to the father/daughter dance? It sure does! What option do you have? They can dance outside....but no one can view the dance. Hurricane Rita and her overlords are the worst type of person. They are given a modicum of power and use it to make up rules that no rational person would come up with or attempt to enforce. Sic semper tyrannis. Hurricane Rita and the rest.

BOO! It turns out this place isn't open to the public to see in any capacity, even on days when…read morethere aren't any events going on, and the gate that blocks the road to this place is heavily surveilled. Such a bummer.

What an amazing wedding venue!! It is absolutely gorgeous! The property is kept up so extremely…read morewell. I am a wedding photographer and there is not one bad view on this property. The staff are amazing and very kind. I highly recommend this to any couples looking for a wedding venue!