Gray Gables Estate

Hands down THE BEST! Jennifer is so organized, kind, and ran things smoothly. Everything about our experience with Gray Gables was quality. Honestly I had no further need as the bride to look elsewhere for a venue once I got my impression of this place and I was not disappointed on our wedding day, my expectations were far exceeded! The in house catering, flowers and DJ company were also just as easy to work with and delivered exactly according to our expectations.

At Gray Gables you just get to enjoy your wedding day without having to worry about anything else. Many of our guests came up to us saying this was the best wedding they'd ever been to! Plus the staff respected our desire as a couple and our guests' individual decisions to not wear masks, (this was last October when it was so wonderful to have our individual free choice respected). An October wedding here was so amazing- the foliage was still around for the photos!

Also when a last minute problem happened with our wedding Mass start time (our church wedding), Jennifer helped us so well and easily to bump back our reception start time. This place just really helped take worry and stress away from wedding planning and made it a wonderful, unforgettable time!

I'm writing this review on the first day of our honeymoon because that's how amazing Samantha, the wedding coordinator at Gray Gables venue, and her entire team were, both during the planning process and especially on our wedding day. Top 3 reasons we loved Gray Gables for our wedding (1) Samantha, wedding coordinator extraordinaire. We planned our wedding in 4 months, and Sam was always ready and available to help and guide us.

In short, she's the worlds best wedding Sherpa. She worked seamlessly with our outside vendors and her in house team flawlessly executed the services GG offers. (2) The beautiful outdoor and indoor spaces. This natural beauty and landscaping, and classy indoor decor, was ideal for our weddings for two reasons. The first, we had a great indoor backup plan option for the ceremony in the case of rain (it's Portland). Secondly, we only needed to provide minimal decor and some flowers to make it wedding ready. (3) The food was incredible.

This is not only my opinion - this was the resounding opinion of all our our guests. We selected comfort foods (ravioli, chicken, mashed potatoes, fried mac and cheese) and through a combination of talent and magic, the chef and gray gables team made the presentation of comfort food beautiful and remarkable (I literally heard remarks about this). I'm writing this review on the first day of our honeymoon because that's how amazing Samantha, the wedding coordinator at Gray Gables venue, and her entire team were, both during the planning process and especially on our wedding day.

Top 3 reasons we loved Gray Gables for our wedding (1) Samantha, wedding coordinator extraordinaire. We planned our wedding in 4 months, and Sam was always ready and available to help and guide us. In short, she's the worlds best wedding Sherpa. She worked seamlessly with our outside vendors and her in house team flawlessly executed the services GG offers. (2) The beautiful outdoor and indoor spaces.

This natural beauty and landscaping, and classy indoor decor, was ideal for our weddings for two reasons. The first, we had a great indoor backup plan option for the ceremony in the case of rain (it's Portland). Secondly, we only needed to provide minimal decor and some flowers to make it wedding ready. (3) The food was incredible. This is not only my opinion - this was the resounding opinion of all our our guests.

We selected comfort foods (ravioli, chicken, mashed potatoes, fried mac and cheese) and through a combination of talent and magic, the chef and gray gables team made the presentation of comfort food beautiful and remarkable (I literally heard remarks about this).

Gray Gables Estate in Portland is one of my absolute favorite venues to shoot at! I have to say it's a rare gem with its one of a kind timeless style! The staff was was so helpful and kind and the food was delicious too! If you want a classic style with your wedding, this is such a good item!

What a great experience from start to finish. They handled the pandemic very well. Jennifer is so professional and great at what she does. Highly recommend this venue! Well worth it!

Like many others who had wedding planned during COVID-19 I was STRESSED, however, Sam was absolutely fantastic! She calmed me down, helped me to see the light at the end of the tunnel and helped us recreate our dream weeding. The venue was flexible and so accommodating. Everyone was GREAT! We had a blast and created life long memories. We loved it so much we've already recommended it to family. Fantastic space and great staff, this place is the total package!

Wonderful place for a special event! I'd highly recommend. Jen is a wonderful, patient coordinator.

We had booked Gray Gables estate, and everything was great up until Covid19. We're scheduled for 9/3/2020, and the Venue didn't even bother to contact us to reassure us or check in with us if we wanted to postpone or anything. I had to reach out to them to see what can be done. The Venue is not canceling or giving any refunds. They told me to wait six weeks before my wedding, which I can't do that as everyone is coming for another state and Country all 90 guests.

During this pandemic, they are not even allowed to book any travel, so don't know how I'm going to have a Wedding that no one can come to. They wouldn't also let me postpone as an option. There was no act of God clause in the contract, so I still lose out. You would think they would want to work with their brides. I guess not. Don't book here; trust me on this. I've spoken with other local Venues, and they are letting their brides postpone some have even given them their deposits back.

I have had the honor of photographing a number of weddings at Gray Gables Estate and it is always a wonderful experience. Sam and Jennifer do an amazing job keeping everything moving and on time. Most recently I was there for Linnea and Matt's Wedding and they said they had a great experience and that Sam was beyond helpful.

I've been writing this review in my head for the last month because I knew I had to make it as amazing and I felt towards our venue and the owner, Samantha. My now-husband and I looked at 6 venues and none could compare to Gray Gables Estate (GGE). Besides swiping yes to my future husband, choosing GGE to be our spot was the best decision I could have made!

The venue itself is breathtakingly gorgeous, serene and just beautiful. We wanted everything outdoors - and it worked magically. But - the very BEST thing about GGE was Samantha. She is the owner and wedding coordinator, and by the end of our wedding, I wanted to marry her instead! She was flawless in every step, she knew what myself and my bridal party needed before we even asked.

She literally anticipated every single thing you could imagine. She facilitated all the rentals we would need, so that I only had to work with her. She suggested tons of great ideas which were all perfect. She was accommodating to my random requests (brought in baby goats!) and politely dealt with some unruly groomsmen during rehearsal. Day of wedding was so stress free for me, and all because of Sam!

She wrangled the cake delivery, musicians arriving, DJ coming, GOATS!, photo booth, and allll the rental deliveries! I was able to relax with my girls in the awesome house and just enjoyed every minute of my day. DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND CHOOSE GRAY GABLES ESTATE FOR YOUR WEDDING!

We have shot at this venue a couple of time already and have loved it every single time! This venue has so many beautiful spots for photos around the venue both inside and outside! We can't wait to keep working at this amazing venue in the future! We highly recommend it!

The venue is terrific. The wedding coordination? Not so much. I should have known when we did the tour and got a canned, rehearsed overview of the garden that Sam would not be the best in the business but we were so enamored by the gardens. Between not getting back to us or answering in short, uninformative emails, adding in services into the bill that I expressly said we didn't want and leaving some out that we said we did multiple times, confusing details of our wedding with someone else's, not being able to give us specific information about menu items.

If you are type A and very organized you will be driven very crazy by having to recheck the details. If you are not on top of details, hire a wedding planner who is. Or go somewhere else. The day turned out to be wonderful, but that was not without A LOT of checking and back-checking on my end and a list I generated and passed out to everyone on the day to make sure all were on the same page.

My son hosted.his wedding in here. They were so attentive to the bride and groom's needs they did everything we have asked for and went above and beyond anything anyone could ever imagine. The food was amazing, the bar service was 5 star and the ambience was wonderful. My son and daughter-in-law said it was the best night of their life's. I would recommend this venue to anyone. The pricing was very reasonable.

I chose Gray Gables as the venue for a surprise birthday party for my wife. Probably the best decision I've ever made! What a gem. To begin with, the place is simply gorgeous, especially when it's all lit up in the evening. So much so in fact, that when a little rain unexpectedly fell, no one sought to get out of it - it just added to the charm.

Now with that said, there was a separate and very good reason for guests to want to go inside now and then: the bar keep is the most charming person you could ever want to meet, and he also pours generously! And lest I forget: I notice that some other reviewers have mentioned something about traffic noise? Perhaps it's all in how you plan, but I can say that it certainly was not an issue for us, and we started during peak evening drive time on a Friday.

And just as important as the facility: Jennifer and her staff are **stellar**. I had some. well. let's call them "unusual" ideas and requirements around how the serving should happen, how the grounds should be laid out and used, what the menus should be, and the timings of the evening's events. Everything was handled to perfection! And yes, I said "menus" plural.

We had five separate food stations, situated all around the grounds, each one serving a different international cuisine, and the chef and service staff handled it all beautifully. I only wish that I had it all to do over again - and not change one single thing!

Gray Gables Estate is a wonderful wedding venue. I'm a photographer and have shot hundreds of weddings over the last 12 years. I've seen it all, the good, some bad and a few great. Gray Gables Estate in the last few years with the new owners, falls into the great category. The owners take pride in the service and experience they are providing. The venue is a hidden treasure in a somewhat odd location.

You would never expect it to be there. Once you walk onto the property though, it's a beautiful garden setting with a historic house and a newer ballroom offering the needed amenities for small or large celebrations. I love that they have dedicated getting ready rooms for the couple. The Bridal Suite has amazing light in the sunroom for makeup and gorgeous photos.

The guys den has a pool table and roll up garage door giving the guys something fun to do and also great photo opps! The food is delicious, the staff friendly and so helpful, visually it's stunning and provides an overall exceptional experience for the couples and their guests. I've photographed weddings there in both the summer and the winter months (when it was raining heavily), and the venue is wonderful in any season. Obviously, I highly recommend it for those looking for an all-in-one venue featuring a garden style with historic charm and the option of a large ballroom!

Gray Gables Estate is a wonderful place to have an event. The amenities provided by the venue make their pricing incredibly competitive. The grounds are beautifully maintained and offer a surprising respite from the surrounding area.you'll feel as though you've been transported to a beautiful garden out in the country, but really you're only a few miles from downtown!

This venue was an absolute delight for my wedding. Samantha was super easy to work with and gave a lot of good suggestions for different wedding arrangements. The food was really good and they even heated up a vegan burrito for my mother-in law. We had to change our plans last minute due to weather and this venue has a lot of good options for both ceremony and reception areas. Got a lot of compliments on how pretty everything was.

Also an original concern was that the traffic from McLoughlin would be too loud and we didn't even notice that we were next to a busy road. The cost of the venue was affordable the only downfall for some is that you can only use their in-house catering however everything was high quality and worth the price.

This venue really is the most unique that I have seen in Portland - and I have quite literally never seen grounds this beautiful. The entire space is incredibly beautiful inside and out, and the entire experience of planning a holiday concert here was so easy and inspiring. I always got a quick response from Sam, one of the owners, and let me tell you, as a professional Event Designer, when I wound up getting there early and found the entire place set up immaculately - it was a huge stress relief.

They also were incredibly accommodating when we wound up having way more guests than planned. Overall, we heard some thrilled reviews from guests and I walked out having a very successful event, and quite a bit of that is due to the amazing staff and space at Gray Gables. Absolutely loved working with them, and I can't wait to do it again.

We chose this place to get married because we thought it was beautiful, however I am even more pleased with the service. I don't think there is another place that would have set up decorations, help with guest questions, make sure the guest book is on an empty page, and help pack things into cars at the end of the night. We went with their food option because we didn't want to pay extra for an outside vendor and were very pleased.

The food was perfect and our guests cant stop talking about how delicious it was. We also chose to have them provide the alcohol because it ended up being less expensive and they had many options to choose from. Their attention to detail was flawless. They made our day even more special and we can't thank them enough. I would highly recommend Gray Gables for any event.

What an extraordinary Venue and Staff. My brother and I hosted a 50th anniversary party for our parents at the Gray Gables March 2016. Samantha and the rest of her staff were so incredibly flexible with our ideas, as well as offering helpful designs. The vendors that the Gray Gables has on hand are absolutely the best around. The food, the flowers, the music, and decorations were superb and our parents were blown away with happiness and gratitude.

I am recommending Gray Gables to anyone who wants to have a special party, or reception with the elegance of a 5 star venue and still manage to stay in budget. My brother and I want to extend our sincere thanks to the Staff and Venue to the best party that our parents have had in 50 years. Thank you!

My partner and I just got married at Gray Gables and are so glad that we chose this venue. It's not just the beautiful buildings and architecture that enhanced our day, it's more so the people that own the place and work here. Quickly on the architecture - because that's what sold us initially - the outdoors and indoors are just lush and incredibly grand.

We picked the spot because if we were rained out and had to forego the beautiful courtyard outside, we'd still have an elegant indoor space. Every corner of Gray Gables Estate - again inside and out - is photogenic. In combination with an incredible professional photographer, our party and our background just looked so good. Okay, now on to the real value of choosing Gray Gables Estates. You'll get to work with Samantha, Jennifer and Andrew.

Our primary contact was Samantha and she really made it her priority to ensure our big day was as special as can be. She even did all that she could to reduce our stress and ensure things went off without a hitch. Some details? We had family Skyping in from the other side of the world and she made sure that happened - even when I forgot about it! And Andrew helped me with a last minute surprise to display a video toast over their projector. They just made it happen and it made all the difference. No complaints - check out this place!

New ownership is fantastic. Jennifer was very helpful and our event went off without a hitch. Food was delicious and the presentation was beautiful. Staff was just outstanding.

I was married here last September and it was the most beautiful wedding venue I could have ever imagined! The grounds were gorgeous and my pictures turned out amazing. I really felt like Cinderella. The wedding planner was very helpful and made sure to pick up the slack where we needed it, very knowledgeable! Barb made my special day an incredible experience!

The only disappointing thing was the food. The price for the venue is pretty high and includes food, unfortunately I was not impressed with it at all. Very mediocre, some dishes too salty and for that price it should have been outstanding. Other than that though I couldn't recommend this venue more, it was SO breathtaking!

Wow, our friends recently got married here and for a relatively small to mid-sized wedding, this place is immaculate. It has a very storybook type feel to it with it's Portland type architecture, ponds, and classic landscaping. It's very picturesque. It's tucked away and you could drive right past it cause it just looks like a neighborhood house.

The banquet room has very rich colors and has a very classy upscale feeling to it. The staff felt helpful to me. I can't really say because I wasn't involved in the planning, but they seemed nice and organized. I feel they did a great job in making my friend's wedding a memorable one. Parking may be a problem. Their actual lot is very small, but for the wedding they open up a lot around the corner on the main street for overflow parking.

The venue is absolutely gorgeous - timeless and classy. The staff are friendly and very willing to answer any questions you may have. The cost is a downfall, especially being right between a car dealership and a U-Haul lot. The parking lot is very small and street parking is narrow and kind of a pain. The food is wonderful! The bartenders are friendly!

The wait staff is decent, although during my reception cake was slammed down in front of my guests, they weren't able to choose the cake flavor of their choice and we were VERY rushed during our reception so they could prepare for the next wedding that same day.

This is a beautiful venue. The ballroom and entry are huge, ornate and feel very classy. The outdoor gardens are beautiful. The staff is very well organized. I love the seperate house that the bridal party gets ready in. THe garden features are great for photos. THe layout is very accomodating. Parking: not great Service: excellent Ambiance: very nice