The Lakewatch Inn

My cousin recently had her wedding here. My husband and I drove 15 hours from Atlanta to attend, so we arrived a bit tired. Our exhaustion was immediately cured by the gorgeous views of Upstate NY.
It’s kind of a rustic venue, which I think is part of the appeal. The ceremony was help outside on a hillside, which I believe overlooks the lake, but I never did verify that. As the ladies said their vows, a gray, dreary Ithaca day gave way to sunshine beaming upon them. There wasn’t a dry eye in the place.
Later, we moved inside for dinner and the reception. The lights they have strung around really give it a cute feel. There was plenty of room for a wedding around 50 guests. We had some really great wedding food here. I generally think wedding food is crappy, but I loved the vegetarian pasta dish I had. My table mates all had steak or chicken, and everyone enjoyed their food.
I was a little disappointed that the «cash bar’ was quite literally that– they didn’t have the ability to take cards. As someone who never carries cash, that was a bit of a downer. Also, 2 bathroom stalls in the ladies room just doesn’t seem like enough with that many people in one place.
All in all, a lovely place for an intimate wedding.

I can’t tell you how dissappointed I was with this venue. We rented the hall for our end of the year gathering for our student group. The food was horrible and over priced, the management was extremely rude and the bar tender fed so many drinks to one of our underage members that we wound up having to get her a taxi home when she got sick. At one point the manager spilled water into the purse of one of our members, destroying her Blackberry and Iphone and then refused to apollogize.
I will say that the view they have is very nice, but there needs to be a total shift in management before I will ever go back. I would not reccomend this venue to anyone who is trying to hold a professionaly staged event.