Astin Mansion

The Astin Mansion seriously could not have done a better job for our wedding (5÷17÷14). Throughout the entire planning process they were attentive, had great ideas, and they never once caused us ANY stress or grief.
Stephanie took over the main coordination for our wedding and she did a stellar job. She always made sure information was passed quickly and helped make our day incredibly special. From pinning boutonnières to wrangling rouge flower girls, she was amazing.
We served caesar salad, lasagna, green beans, and bread. I have to be honest, we didn’t do a taste sampling (although it was offered to us), and I wasn’t expecting anything great. However, when we finally got the eat the meal on our wedding day, it was phenomenal. I truly believe it was the best lasagna I have ever eaten (don’t tell my mom that!). It was easily my favorite part of the meal. My very close second favorite part of the meal was the salad. MMM! Fresh, and just an overall tasty dish.
The Astin also supplied our cakes. In our package we didn’t get to choose anything that had to do with the cakes (which may be a negative for some people, but we were actually pretty glad it was done for us). The cakes were delicious. Soft cake and creamy icing on the brides cake and grooms cake.
Chris, the florist, did a great job with all of the arrangements, too. I had a bouquet of blue hydrangeas for a 4 o’clock wedding. I got my bouquet at 3 o’clock and even in the harsh sun, they never wilted. Around 5 pm, I stuck them in some water and they were still beautiful when we left for our honeymoon the next day.
Overall, if we had to do it again, we would choose the Astin every time.

I do not have enough good things to say about the Astin Mansion staff!
We hired Kristal as our day of coordinator for our wedding in February: she had a wealth of knowledge on how to best execute our big day, an impressive level of professionalism, and had the balls to keep our silly groomsmen in line.
I was SO impressed with the floral done by their in house florist Chris. He was able to listen to my ideas and make them even more perfect than the photos I had shown for inspiration. He provided gorgeous flowers of the highest quality. Our wedding guests were taking photos of them all night.
The catering was wonderful. The groom and I never got a chance to sample the menu ourselves before the wedding since we live out of state, but we were not disappointed. I had the roast beef for the rehearsal dinner and the chicken parmesan for our reception, both were well seasoned, warm, and delicious. The bread pudding served at our rehearsal dinner garnered many compliments as well.
The grounds as a whole were gorgeous and well manicured. The mansion’s interior provided the perfect background for photos. All the furnishings fit the architecture perfectly.
I can not think of anything the Astin staff could have done better. Exceptional service and venue. All our guests were impressed with how classy, well organized, and fun our wedding was, and for the I thank Kristal and the rest of the Astin event staff!