Crossed Keys Estate

I want to state initially that my review has nothing to do with the bed and breakfast, it is only for the catering service this hotel forces on you if you have a wedding there, and whatever role the hotel plays in the tent setup.
I came here for a wedding this past summer. A few days in advance I called ahead, and requested a vegan meal from the caterer. When I got to the wedding, when I tried asking servers during cocktail hour if certain items contained eggs or dairy, they said they’d get back to me but never did, they still weren’t able to answer me when I asked second and third times. This is concerning because eggs and milk are common allergy items, and servers should at least know about things like egg, milk, nuts, wheat, soy and shellfish, or be able to easily find out if they don’t remember. When dinner was served, I was given the same meat filled plate everyone else got. I sent it back, they offered to make me a new meal but I declined as I wasn’t feeling well that night. I can only guess that it would have been as bland as the wild rice (that looked like it would have been good, but wasn’t) on the plate everyone else got. Later on in the evening they brought out coffee, but no tea. Unfortunately for myself, I can’t stand coffee. I would’ve gladly accepted hot water without tea just to have something warm, but they didn’t have that either.
My main issue with the hotel, (or whoever was in charge of the tent), was that the night turned out to be cold and rainy. Even when they brought the flaps of the tent down, it was still really cold. They should have brought out space heaters, I know they have them– I read blogs people wrote about having chilly autumn weddings there with space heaters, but they weren’t brought out. The valets were also not quite awake, when we left we walked right past the valet to our car and we know he saw us, only to realize we had to get the valet to take the car out, he never said anything to stop us and didn’t really have a reason when we asked him why.
The two positive things I can say is that the portable flush toilets they have were actually really nice, clean and not unpleasant to use at all. And that the bride and groom were happy (which is really what matters). But I know I sure as hell will not have my wedding here, and that I’ll be stuffing myself well in advance if I ever have to attend a wedding at this location again.