Fantasy Farm

Just had my wedding at this place. Super affordable vs. Banquet halls.
Good food. Most of its fresh and our mains were in a fresh BBQ style on the outside deck by the pond. It was beautiful. Kind of like going to a cottage.
For people complaining its dated and blah blah blah. The place is like 100 years old.
Why would you expect a rustic place like this to be renovated like a banquet hall? Unreasonable expectations.
Jeremy was great. Gus was great. They really care and they dont treat you like a number.
if you want something people will remember then have your wedding here. If you want the norm, go to a banquet hall.

Our experience at Fantasy Farm was incredible! We had our wedding there in August 2014 and our guests are still raving about it!
The venue is breathtaking, with tons of spots to take pictures, and it’s hard to believe that this oasis is so close to downtown Toronto and has free parking. We love nature so this venue gave us the chance to be in a beautiful location but still have all the amenities without having to buy extra permits or book extra vendors.
Our food was delicious and the portions were large. Our guests enjoyed their meals and we kept getting compliments about the great food.
But the best part of our experience at Fantasy Farm was working with their awesome team. Jeremy, Gus, Brian and the other professionals obviously love their jobs because it shows! They took the time to explain everything, and on the day of the wedding, they took care of all the little details. They let us set up early, cut our cake for us and moved our event from outside to inside (due to rain) without any problems. All of their work happened behind the scenes so my guests and I saw none of the stress!
You can’t get that kind of dedication at larger halls where you are just another couple.
I couldn’t be happier with the service and the venue. Plus, the prices are fantastic!
Visit Fantasy Farm and book early! You’ll be glad you did.

I’m so glad I came here for their Wedding Open House tonight. Beautiful, cozy, cottage-​like venue with lots of food going around, free drinks (one free alcoholic drink!), and talented entertainers. Best of all, I get to meet and talk to many knowledgeable and very helpful wedding vendors — from décor to DJs, and limo rentals to circus performers! Every bride-​to-​be should definitely come here, you will learn so much during this event!
Fantasy Farm offers two very unique banquet rooms. It would be ideal if you’re having a smaller wedding.
The «Cottage» can hold roughly 100 people. It is accompanied by a beautiful pond and a deck where you can host a small wedding ceremony. It looks absolutely amazing during the warmer seasons with full bloom flowers all around! There is also an indoor fireplace where they can make your winter event warm and toasty!
The «Make Believe Ballroom» is gorgeous. It can hold roughly 200 people with a nice bar and a HUGE outdoor grill! I’ve been to a wedding here last September and I absolutely loved it: D The outdoor BBQ during the wedding recpetion was a very nice touch. We had a delicious 4 course meal with salad, lasagna, grilled entrée and dessert. Guests were able to walk outside to get their grilled steak/​chicken/​salmon entrée with unlimited seasoned veggies and potatoes.
This was probably the best wedding venue I have ever been to — simple yet elegant. Food was excellent, portions were huge, and open bar service was quick and courteous! This is definitely a hidden gem for hosting your special events in Toronto! Unfortunately, there is no way I can cut down from 300 guests to 200… and so, the search continues!

The food was okay (nothing amazing, but not terrible tasting). The one thing that stood out was the courteous staff from the bar, the servers, the manager — everyone.
Other than that, it was everything you’d expect for a wedding venue.

Terrible over done steak without asking me first and refusing to replace it. Yuck!

After looking at 15 places in the GTA for our perfect wedding venue, when we finally visited Fantasy Farm, I knew this was it. Nestled in the heart of downtown, off the Don Valley Parkway, it’s hidden away in almost a forest, in a myriad of greenery with flowers and weeping willow trees everywhere. For someone that loves nature and the want a beautiful outdoor ceremony, look no further.
We had our ceremony in the Back Garden, on top of a rock landing, with a bubbling stream in the background. This is not your cookie cutter wedding venue, and it was perfect for us.
Under new ownership, they renovated their medieval themed ballroom (which was liked too!) into a modern and elegant design. The Main Ballroom doesn’t need a lot of decoration if you want something simple (we didn’t have) but you can also add lots to it as well.
Our favourite part of the venue, is that there are so many picturesque points that you do not need to go to another place for your wedding photos. I’m sad that we didn’t have more time here for photos!
On the wedding day and leading up to it, we dealt with the owner Jeremy — which I highly suggest you do. During the entire process, from the sell to the week before, we would get inconsistent messages from the other employees, and responiveness was not always there. As a person who needs to know exactly what needs to happen and when, who wants to plan out the details asap — he was not helpful in this respect. I was never at ease before and after meeting with him as I was unsure what will happen next, and if he understood our requests. I understand that he deals with lots of wedding couples, but I would think that there would an effort (or pretend) that we were remembered.
We told him 3 times about our schedule and details, and when It got transferred to Jeremy we had to over it again a 3^rd time. When we asked (the week before) about cake cutting and we were told that it would be $ 1.50 per slice or guests would need to cut the cake themselves. Appalled, we asked Jeremy again, who, without hesitation, says that it would be done — and on the day did it himself.
Food was very good. We got the charcoal bbq option which our guests loved. Unfortunately during our tasting, I wasn’t sure. My family and I got wilted and brown tipped leaves in our salad, the appetizers were dry and over cooked, the tomatoes were not fresh. When confronted about it, the coordinator was taken aback and insisted everything was fresh — but my dad would take none of this nonesense. This is just one of many instances during the planning.
As for the price, it’s really good for somewhere in the city. The Open Bar option per person was one of the cheapest we saw. This place is built for weddings, not the other way around.
On the day, and during the rehearsal, he was on site at all times. It was because of Jeremy on the day, the event went smoothly and any hiccups was easily recovered. I couldn’t have asked for more, and I thank you.

We had our wedding at Fantasy Farm this past Friday night (Aug 5^th 2011) and we couldn’t have been happier with how our big day turned out. We had our ceremony outside and fortunately the weather was amazing.
We had never heard of Fantasy farm before finding it on line in a google search and we were amazed at the beauty of the grounds that they have. It really feels as if you are in the country but you are in the Don Valley. We decided to go with the bbq option for dinner and the salmon, chicken and steak were all delicious. Everybody had plenty to eat, nobody left hungry.

Gus and Jeremy had plenty of advice on how to run a successful ceremony and everything went according to plan. If you are looking for a big box banquet hall type of place then this is place is not for you, however if you want a smaller more intimate setting with beautiful grounds and delicious food, then I would recommend fantasy farm.

Truly a fantasy. Recently had our daughters baptism in the «Make Believe» room and it was an amazing hit. We had the BBQ menu and our guests loved it. Gus booked our date and walked us through the whole event, Jeremy was a great host and Joy made sure our linens and room looked fantastic. All our guests loved their food and the service was very good. I highly recommend Fantasy Farm and as an owner of a large Re/​Max office plan to do an event there soon. The grounds would be perfect!

I was at a baptism reception there on Saturday. I knew about it but had never been there. Both my partner and I were very impressed with the venue, the food (all of the courses were excellent) and the service. Great place! I highly recommend it.

I had my wedding ceremony and reception here this past weekend and it worked out beautifully. There were a few negatives but let me start off on a good note (I don’t know what the reasoning behind the order of that is because leaving a review on a bad note would lead you to believe that overall, it was shit but maybe read the beginning again to make yourself feel better if you’re thinking of booking this place. it’ll be like watching a feel-​good movie in reverse).
The location of Fantasy Farm is really convenient, although riding a bike down pottery road can be challenging and terrifying. The grounds itself is beautiful. There are many good photo opportunities there (unless it’s pissing down).
If you’re having a large wedding (125+), I would go with the «Make Believe Ballroom». quel fromage! we thought so at first and I have to admit, it was always difficult to say «we’re getting married at Fantasy Farm» without snickering because it sounds like «Medieval Times» but everyone was pleasantly surprised when they saw the place on the day of the wedding.
If you’re having a large wedding ceremony outside, it’s held at the front. They set up chairs and you have the choice of walking down stairs or entering from the parking lot. Naturally, I chose the stairs. The noise from the DVP wasn’t too distracting.
The bridal suite is what really sold us. It’s magnificent. Red carpet, white stucco walls, a black hot tub in the floor, a bar that looks like it’s out of an 80’s porn, A-​Ha looking portraits and a giant portrait of a persian cat on the wall. Wonderful!
The «Make Believe Ballroom» was transformed into a really classy place! We had chair covers and yellow napkins to match the yellow flowers arrangements on the tables. Even though there’s a moat and two armored knights, the place looked really elegant. My very-​hard-​to-​please-​mother even almost had tears brought to her dried up tear ducts because she was so happy with the look of the room.
The food was plentiful. Everyone had way too much in fact. The wedding cake didn’t even get touched. We ordered the combination plate (chicken/​steak) and I think it was too much for the older folk. With the meal, you get salad, pasta, bruschetta, roasted potatoes, grilled vegetables, spanish rice and chicken/​steak (or in the case of vegetarians, a stuffed pepper). Everyone really enjoyed the meal. I found it much better than some of the other meals I’ve had at weddings (usually, as a vegetarian, you get stuck with the leftover overcooked vegetables from the meat plates). The dishes were all brought out in a timely manner. The staff seemed pretty attentive (at least to the head table they were).
As for the negatives now, we ordered hors d’oeuvres to have with cocktails and they forgot. They gave me a refund but friends have told me, it should’ve been much more. A few people told me the women’s washrooms weren’t maintained. There was no paper towels, no kleenex, one stall was out of order (for such a large wedding, that’s a real nuisance) and the garbage was overflowing on to the floor. Some of the organizers are really rude. One lady harshly spoke to my mom on the phone. My mom told the lady who she was in relation to me. and she said «how do I know who you say you are». Yes, my mother’s a russian spy who will sell all her knowledge about Fantasy Farm to the KGB. They were really rude to my photographer too who wanted to just see the grounds so he could get an idea of what kind of shots he could get.
I didn’t mean for this to go on this long but I know when I was looking for wedding halls, I wanted as much info as possible so hopefully this helps someone out! I would highly recommend this place overall!
edited: I took out a couple lines. I actually just received a response just minutes after posting this and they’ve offered to compensate us by giving us gift certificates for a very expensive meal! He also said he would look into the bathroom situation as well. Good customer service from him but I know not all of them are that friendly!

I attended a wedding here this past July. They decided to do an outdoor ceremony, and if you are looking for the same sort of thing this is a good place.
They have have lots of areas outdoors for photos and its just a good location overall if you would like a bit more of a nature side for you wedding.
Now indoors is where this place loses the stars for me. The décor was very outdated with low ceilings. Glass colored windows really did not match with the brown tiles, it looked like the décor inside had been done with whatever they could find on sale.
The food, to my surprise was delish, great portion sizes and perfectly seasoned and cooked.
Be advised, this place has the smallest washroom ever seen in any location, at any time. You have to close one door to open the other, that’s how much space there really is.

If you ever wanted to marry in Cinderella’s castle, Fantasy Farms is your best alternative this side of the Rhineland.
The event space is nestled in the Don Valley conservation area, near the Brickworks. Unless you notice the horse statues at the gate, it’s an easy place to miss as you zip along Pottery Road.
It’s been known as ‘the celebration place’ since 1943 (news to this born and bred Torontonian) with two main rooms: the Cinderella Cottage and the Medieval Ballroom. There are private patios, fountains, lots of green space where wildlife are known to mix with the guests. There are plenty of photo opportunities, however I didn’t get to take advantage of this.
I was hired to shoot my friends’ wedding. Both the ceremony and reception were held in Cinderella’s Cottage. It’s a quaint space; large enough to hold 75 guests with access to a large private patio. The décor, well, it’s a bit dated with thick stucco ceilings and walls, and stained glass windows depicting Medieval characters. But it does have a certain charm to it, which suited my friends’ sense of humour perfectively.
On the day of the wedding we were not blessed with great weather, as it rained all day long. The patio was too wet and slippery to organize any photo opportunities. From a photographer’s perspective, the interior was too dark and we had very limited places to do the post-​ceremony pictures of the bride and groom. However, you’re given the hands that you’re dealt with, and luckily I was prepared enough for any situation, so we had great shots in the end.
Since banquet halls are a bit hit and miss for their food, I have to say that the food was quite good here. I had chosen sirloin steak as my meal preference. Originally I was given one that was over-​cooked. I mentioned this to one of their servers, which was replaced, no questions asked by just seared sirloin steak. It was delicious. In fact, their appetizers, their veggies and their desserts were all delicious and flavourful. I’m not certain about the rest of the attendees but everyone at my table did not leave a single morsel on our plates.
I think Fantasy Farms is nice alternative from the typical, cookie-​cutter type banquet halls, where the majority of wedding receptions I’ve attended were held.
Despite enjoying a great meal and having an excellent time celebrating my friends’ big day, I’m giving my review 3 stars, in fact, a 3 and a half stars. I found the interior to be poorly lit and while the venue had no control over the rain, I couldn’t enjoy the beautiful green spaces to do my job. However I do think it deserves to be given more than just an ‘A-​OK’ rating. It’s quaint space and a part of our city’s history, so let’s all celebrate there more often.