B & B’s Country Garden Inn

My wife and I booked the B&B Country Garden Inn for our son’s high school graduation party. Our first meeting with Beth, Tom, and Linda was wonderful as we talked about the property, the services Beth could provide, timing and responsibilities. Our second meeting was even better than the first as we planned out when the food was arriving through cleanup. I can honestly say there were no suprises. Linda let us drop of most of the supplies off the day before and we were given access to the property a few hours before the party to setup. The party was a huge success and things could not have gone any smoother. It was a pleasure to work with this great establishment and our guests had a wonderful evening. I couldn’t have ask for more.

The B&B Country Garden Inn is a breath of fresh air! From the initial contact until the time we departed in our limo, we were treated as if we were their family and it truly was whatever they could do to help make our experience the best. We stayed overnight in the Rose room the evening before our wedding on-​site. It was the little touches like the complimentary bottle of wine, and the amazing breakfast that we were treated to that made it so cozy. It really is a beautiful place, and we are extremely happy that we had our intimate wedding at the arbor overlooking the water. They coordinated the event and were able to fill in where I didn’t even realize we’d need support! And that was without asking. Thank you to everybody at the B&B who made our wedding day perfect. If you are looking for an extremely personable visit, with attentive staff — you’ve got the right place. They are easy to work with and want to make you happy. And again, it made for a beautiful setting! I’ll use them for other events we may come across, their inn (you have to check out the sunroom!) is set up perfectly for any special occasion.

I read the previous review and felt compelled to Unilocal.I was married and had my wedding reception at the inn five years ago. It was really important to me to have my wedding and reception in the same location. I also wanted everything included in one lump package (I did not want to worry about finding a caterer, planner, pastor, and so on and pay them individually). So on September 8 of 2006 my best friends, my mother, my grandmother, my aunt and uncle, and I all checked in B&B. We rented the whole inn for the entire weekend. We had free reign of the inn, drank wine, and hung out in the hot tub all evening. Saturday morning I woke up with my friends and we ate breakfast that was provided by the owner. The food was delicious. As I was leaving the inn to go get my hair and nails done the event planner was busy setting up for the event. The wedding went as planned for the most part. The inn did have a bit of problems with the AC and September 9, 2006 was a very hot day. Luckily by the wedding time the AC was back working, but my cake did melt a little bit (it had been there since early that morning). My husband and I spent our first night as a married couple in the Blue Bonnet Room. The downside is that 540 is now destroying the lovability of the inn. I wouldn’t want to stay there or get married with all of the new road construction going on. The other thing that stinks is that they took away the hot tub. Oh well. It was a lovely wedding location, but I would not get married there now dues to the new road.

Please beware of this business. We had our wedding reception here over 6 years ago and I am still upset regarding how I felt we were misled. My new hubby and I also stayed overnight. Weeks in advance, we asked the owner, «How long can we have the reception?» to which she responded we could have it as long as we wanted because it’s the «saddest thing in the world» to cut someone’s wedding reception short. Well surprise, at 9pm the night of the reception, while dancing outdoors, the owner informed my mother that we had to turn off the music due to an Apex noise ordinance. We later found out from Apex police there is no such ordinance (my dad called). Also, this inn is on a huge piece of land, and the music was not that loud. When we asked to move the dancing inside the inn, the owner told an elaborate story of how a honeymooning couple had been dropped off, checked in, and they immediately went upstairs to their room. Of course this sounded fishy; why would a honeymooning couple be dropped off at an inn in the middle of nowhere while a wedding reception was going on? We found out later there was no such couple, but the owner planned ahead with her story and had even put a «do not disturb» sign on the «couple’s» door. We should’ve been told upfront, when we initially asked, that we could have the reception until 9pm instead of being manipulated by such unethical tactics. We could’ve planned things better. It still doesn’t make sense to us. If the innkeeper wanted to go home for the night, aren’t there nicer ways to plan this ahead instead of not being truthful about multiple things? It was embarrassing to skip over many planned songs and suddenly announce that we had to play our last song. Our guests (and we) were shortchanged. They traveled from across the country to be with us, and our time with them was awkwardly cut short. I want to warn future brides to get every detail regarding your wedding planning in writing so things like this don’t happen to you; we were too trusting. Also, some food served at dinner was tasteless and unacceptable. Six years later I still remember that dry beef. Future brides, you would be wise to take your business elsewhere! Sure, the suite we stayed in was comfortable, but how can we recommend a place run in such a manner?