Bona Allen Mansion

This place is totally awesome! Price reasonable. Very courteous people. I got married there in April and received more than I paid for that day.
The food was excellent! The staff extremely professional.
I was a little skeptical after I saw some of the reviews but I realize most people use Unilocal when they want to say bad things. So I took my chance and they made me feel like Cinderella.
The ambience was great! The place was beautifully decorated. I couldn’t have imagine anything better.
T. Jones

I got married here last fall. The venue is gorgeous but the service from the beginning was lackluster. We had to pay for an «event manager» but what’s the point of one when she doesn’t do anything during the wedding? Not only that, she was extremely difficult to get a hold of whenever I needed her.
This venue changed ownership a few weeks before our wedding and the new owners didn’t honor our previous contract. There was no way we were able to find another venue so we were stuck with having our wedding here. If I had known that they were in the works of changing owners before we committed to this venue, I would have never have signed the contract.
Despite all the bumps we encountered, my big day ended up being ok. The weather was perfect and the place was set up beautifully.

Gee, I’d love to say I could review the Bona Allen Mansion… turns out I called their main phone number probably 30 times over a 3 day period. Left messages the first two days requesting a call back to make reservations. No one ever called back. No one ever picked up the phone. I’m not sure I know any successful business that refuses to answer the phone. Ridiculous. Their website listed another number, and I tried that one, and it was out of service.
****UPDATE: I finally was able to get reservations for Mother’s Day, they said they were having phone trouble. Ok, fair enough.
We were hopeful as we all arrived, dressed up, ready for a lovely Mother’s Day brunch. The mansion is beautiful and in one of my favorite areas, Historic Buford. When we walked in, we were kind of confused and waited a while to be greeted and sat. We sat down at a large round table with nothing on it but a table cloth. We sat for a long time, probably 30 minutes as we watched two ladies trying to do everything — bring out food for the buffet, seat people, etc. I believe they were the only two people working at the whole place — who knows? Maybe they cooked the food too? We FINALLY got to get in the long buffet line, and there wasn’t a large spread, and much of the food was gone before we got to it. It took forever before food was refreshed, and sometimes not at all. The quality of the food was just ok. I could make better at home. The crazy part was that we noticed a table near us had been sitting around for a long time after they finished their meal, so we promptly asked for our bill as soon as we saw one of those two ladies. (Which we rarely saw.) Then… we sat there. And sat there. And sat there. We joked about leaving. We had kids with us, so most of us did go outside to let the kids run. After maybe 30 more minutes I was extremely irritated. We FINALLY tracked down one of the ladies, and gave her a credit card, terrified we’d never see it again! Our worst fears were nearly realized!!! We were getting visibly more and more upset and could not understand what was going on. Then, she started ignoring and avoiding us!!! We just wanted our darn card back! In retrospect, we really should have left without paying. I think we waited around to leave for over an hour — along with everyone else. It was awful. As new people came in through the door, we joked about warning them to run — not walk — RUN fast and find another place to eat!!!
Overall — the food was just ok, service was horrendous and we will never ever go back. I know they do a lot of events, weddings, etc, but I pity the poor bride who decides to go with Bona Allen for her wedding! YEESH!!!

Beautiful place for a special event. The staff and their service is impeccable. Food was great and every event I have been to there was wonderful.

Christmas office party here was awesome!
I was pretty bummed about having to drive all the way up to Buford for our little soirée, but when we pulled up to this gorgeous structure, I was stoked about going inside.
It was lit up beautifully for the holiday — outside and in. The front of the house was bathed in spotlights, and a large Christmas in the far back room was a sight all on its own. The architecture has been very well preserved and I’m sure has all sorts of history behind it.
The servers were super sweet and the hors d’oeuvres were yummy. (The beef empanadas and shrimp cocktail pastry thingies were the best.)
One thing that stood out to me was the odd way you have to flush the toilet. I mean… I understand that it goes with the whole «old» feel, but for heaven’s sake, people, if there’s one place to update, it’s the bathroom.

Had my wedding reception there & it was superb! Everyone really enjoyed themselves. I love the character of the mansion. Cindy & staff were very helpful. The price was reasonable compared to a lot of
other places that I looked at.
Want to do another nice party there!