Creek Haven Vineyard Estate

Horrible, I honestly don’t know why these people even rent their place out. Oh wait, maybe because their wine sucks and they have too many car payments to make, but that’s just a theory. The fact is, these people have no business catering to the wedding industry. My friends had a wedding here and the «staff» or people who live there, made them feel like they were not welcome. My friends were lied to, threatened and even kicked out two hours early! They did nothing out of the ordinary to deserve such treatment and were respectful even as their magical day crumbled around them. They were told the Sheriffs were called by the neighbors because of the music and they had to shut it down at 8:00 pm when they were contracted to 10:00 pm. The music was too close to the property line but exactly where the owners directed them to set up, and when law enforcement are called for noise complaints, they usually don’t shut you down until the second or third time they come out, but the owners did not have the proper permits to begin with and don’t get along with their neighbors. (I wonder why). I have never seen such rude and pompous behavior from anyone in the wedding industry. If you don’t want people in your home or on your property, don’t pimp your house out to make ends meet. My friends are good people and paid a lot to be there. In the end, they didn’t get any form of an apology or a refund. My friends didn’t sue or pursue the matter despite having plenty of grounds to do so, instead, they decided to live happily ever after.

My best friend got married here this weekend. When arriving to the venue it was very pretty. I was wondering why I hadn’t heard many people get married at this venue because I am from the area, however it was only a very short time after meeting the owners that I knew why. As I was greeted by the owner, I was drinking coffee in the upstairs Bridal Suite. As I mentioned, I was in the bathroom watching another bridesmaid get her hair done and the owner came in to tell me that she only allows clear liquids upstairs and absolutely no food. This was a little disappointing, given I am 30 years old and know how to drink my coffee without spilling.
When the hairdresser arrived, she brought a bottle of champagne that needed to be chilled. When she put the champagne in the fridge (in the kitchen, which was the only place we could have food remind you) the owner told us, «this isn’t a community fridge.» Weird considering the bride paid $ 3,300 to «rent» the property.
To make matters worse, I had forgotten something in my hotel room and asked my boyfriend if he could bring it to me. When he arrived the woman blocked the upstairs and said that no men were allowed upstairs like this was a sorority house and she was the den mother. I overheard this and told her to let him up, that he was not in the wedding party and I needed something from him. Of course she gave me attitude and said that she usually doesn’t allow this to happen but she would «allow» it this time.
I wish this was all I had to tell you but the list goes on and on and on. I wouldn’t let me worst enemy get married at this place and if I were the bride I would sue. No one deserves to be treated like this when you pay good money to rent the facility. I’ve been in plenty weddings and met plenty of wedding coordinators, photographers, and private owners of ceremony sites. I have NEVER felt so disrespected and met so many people that felt the same way I did. I feel HORRIBLE for my friend who had to endure this on the what is supposed to be the happiest day of her life.
The owner got in the mother of the coordinator’s face about plugging in her cell phone because it was too close to a «very expensive statue» which was located in the common living room area. Why would you have something you don’t want anyone near if you are renting out your house? She also got on the bridesmaids because the flower girl’s dress was made with feathers and in her words, «it was going to take forever to clean up.» Last time I checked $ 3,300 should pay for a pretty nice vacuum.
Once the ceremony started we thought we were done with the anal retentive owner but we were sadly mistaken when her and her husband told us that we needed to turn the music down at 7:30 pm. She said that the tent was too close to the neighbors property line (which they put up and it was there when they rented the property, not really sure how that’s our fault) and we needed to turn the music down. It was so low that no one was dancing and people were starting to leave. Miraculously after we ignored her request, the «neighbors» called the sheriff and we were told that we needed to leave at 8:00. Everyone was forced to rent taxis and move to the Holiday Inn. This was 2 hours shorter than her contracted time. She did not get any refund and when she went back in the morning to get her things didn’t get as much as an I’m sorry. Instead she got the cold shoulder.
BRIDES PLEASE BEWARE. DO NOT RENT THIS VENUE. YOU WILL HIGHLY REGRET IT. Creek Haven you should be ashamed of yourselves. No one should ever treat people like.

DO NOT HAVE YOUR WEDDING HERE! we had the worst experience with this place. Definitely a gorgeous venue but what good is the venue if your wedding gets cut short and you don’t enjoy your reception because the venue doesn’t have the proper permit to allow noise on the premises?!? We were told to turn down the music at 7:30pm to a nearly inaudible level and then the cops still showed up because the neighbors complain to the cops about noise anytime there is a wedding there and the cops had to break it up b/​c the Venue doesn’t have a permit! It was such an awful experience and the owners were of no help and very rude and condescending. Please avoid this place !

Talk about pretentious — it’s Chen D.‘s review!!! How totally unfair! I don’t know anything about the price, as I attended a wedding here last weekend. However, we and everyone we talked to at the wedding thought it was a fabulous venue and couldn’t believe it was right here in Chico (not a little ways out of town). It was a gorgeous venue and they are still working on making it better! We watched the ceremony in front of the pond and then strolled to the reception in the lovely shaded area under the trees. As the evening went on our kids played lawn games on the expansive lawn — bean bag toss & frisbee and our family strolled down to the pond to watch the Koi & other fish. We though the venue helped make a wonderful wedding even more wonderful!