Flint Hill

My daughter and new son in law got married at Flint Hill last weekend. My dh and I are from out of town, we were not involved directly with them pre-​wedding, so the review is solely based on day of event.
The staff is VERY professional, and know how to run a wedding. We were kept on time, and never had to worry about what to do next. Our on site coordinator, Brenda, was excellent and easy to work with. The provided floral arrangements, bouquets, and wedding cake all were great– glad my daughter was able to get it all in house.
The grounds and house were impressive, especially for our family of «northerners».
The food was excellent, I highly recommend the whole salmon– what a delicious showpiece. The bartenders were personable and kept the lines moving– and they remembered what you were drinking.
The only thing I would have maybe changed was renting the space for a longer time, I hated to leave, but we were all exhausted!
All in all, I highly recommend this venue, and felt that it was an overall good bargain for a wedding.

This place is simply gorgeous !!! I attended a wedding there over the weekend. I felt like I had been transported into a fairy tale. From time you pull into the driveway and get out it was very tranquil. It was an outdoor wedding as the sun was setting, breathe taking !!! The cocktail hour was inside the house which had the same vibe, LOVE!!! Reception was just as romantic !!! I would recommend this place to anyone who wants a day to truly remember !!!

Flint Hill house and grounds are pretty, but don’t be fooled! I recommend Founders or Naylor Hall in Roswell because they offer a similar look (old southern antebellum homes) but with more flexibility, value, and customer service. I will mention that the food at FH was good and the only good value with Magic Moments (the parent company). BUT you must use their SUPER EXPENSIVE décor studio for flower and décor, and their in house caterer, Divine Events. The designer I met with was difficult & unresponsive. He consistently told me how busy he was as an excuse for not getting back to me for days at a time. None of the staff we worked with seemed happy or took any ownership for their responsibilities. It was impossible to get timely responses from anyone. I feel like it’s a combination of not enough employees and booking too many weddings. I think it’s something like 8 weddings a weekend! Magic Moments will nickel and dime you for everything but not provide the high-​end service to back it up. Even simple Christmas lights cost $ 300-​$ 1000, b/​c FH says they take them down after most of their weddings for landscaping. FYI I couldn’t find one photo on Google under «Flint Hill Wedding Photography» where the lights were not on in the bushes ($ 300 for their basic pkg). This tells me they are always up, they just want to take advantage of brides and parents who are not paying attention. Naylor Hall and other facilities include the lights at no charge. With my first collection of issues, I contacted the 1^st owner who ended up providing decent customer service and including the lights because she found my point valid. Beware: Flint Hill will not let you bring ANY outside «extras». I had a huge struggle with them to bring in a personalized $ 50 Etsy sign because they wanted the studio to do it for $ 200! Our $ 77 table arrangements (just for the floral part) were completely wrong. No coral or peach flowers, only cheap white hydrangeas (the one flower we did not want) and cheap greenery. These were worth $ 15 at the most. When I emailed the 2^nd owner after the wedding about the flowers and some other issues she admitted Magic Moments owed me a refund (b/​c I provided the designer’s notes and actual photos as documentation) but would not pay it to me because she claimed I was not being a «mature adult.» Apparently she felt the need to insult me because I would not schedule a phone call with her subordinate and wanted only written emails for documentation purposes. One issue that was very shady was buying additional expensive bottles of wine. FYI it is Magic Moment’s policy you can not take unopened, paid-​for bottles home. Their staff either takes them home, sells them to someone else, or sells them back to the distributor (I don’t know b/​c no one would ever give me a straight answer). They claim this policy is documented, but it was never brought to our attention until after my complaint. It is not in the contract that we signed and is only on the last invoice. Our planner should have had us initial it if we had gone over it! We ended up not drinking 8 bottles that they made total profit from. Also, do not bring valuable personal items. 3 or 4 of my husband’s original family photos were thrown out (make copies and use cheap frames!). They claim they are not responsible for your stuff (which I understand) but also claim to have an inventory process. There was no process! After our departure they shoved a box at my mom and said «here’s her stuff» as if they had diligently collected everything. Then they had her sign a random paper (not the inventory checklist they required I provide at drop off). She felt uneasy so she decided to check some smaller rooms in the house where the STAFF had distributed our photos. She found several additional family photos but sill missed a few of my groom’s family. I contacted them from our honeymoon via email a couple days after because I was worried about not having personally collected our stuff. The new planner there (mine had gone on maternity leave) responded to my email very dismissively…“don’t worry your parents got everything and signed for it.” They still have not provided the requested copy of the paper my mom signed. It was at this time many guests witnessed rude staff giving my parents a hard time before everything could be accounted for. Beware of this company and any of it’s facilities! They are all about sheer volume and zero customer service… every bride is just a number. The staff and management are cold and unemphatic. It appears they are trying to be the fast food chain of weddings… if that’s the case I would like to congratulate them. They’ve succeeded!

I didn’t get married here, I only sat back and pulled up to the open bar for a friend’s wedding.
It’s intimate. It’s a former plantation, a little blemish on the southern historical character. But no worries, the back fields were sold off long ago. All that’s left, a tight southern charm that’s sweet in the teeth.
From old colonial trimmings to a well décor’d banquet hall, the venue can play host to smaller weddings and gatherings best. Couple that with a nice Atlantan summer day, and you’ll be sure to bring that tear to a white-​dressed madam.
Also, the quaint downtown of Norcross is nearby and sure to please any of the pastoral elite.

My husband and I just got married at Flint Hill last month, and, honestly, I can’t say that I’m without complaints. First of all, every time we scheduled an appointment with the people at Flint Hill, no one was there to greet us, and we were left wandering around the lobby for a long time before anyone acknowledged our presence. Even when someone came down to greet us finally, they were usually a little perplexed by the fact that we were there. Also, I didn’t think there was anything that special about their cakes. To me, they tasted like the cheap cakes you buy at a grocery store, and the people who were with me at the tasting agreed. The actual cake was too dry and the icing was way too sweet. We ended up going to another place for our cake because for me, it was very important that the cake not only looked good but tasted good.
I think, though, my biggest complaint about Flint Hill has to do with their lack of organization. Weeks before my wedding, I was asked to schedule an appointment to drop things off for the wedding day (bubbles, pictures, guestbook, etc.). I drove all the way out to Flint Hill on the day of my appointment, filled out all of the necessary forms, and then left all of my things with them, trusting that they would take care of putting them out and not losing them. Boy, was I wrong. On the day of the wedding, I of course was much too caught up in being the actual bride to make sure that the guestbook and the pictures for our wedding were put out upon my arrival. Due to the fact that I came at my appointment time and made arrangements with my wedding coordinator, I assumed that all of this would be taken care of. However, when it came time for the groom and me to leave, I asked our coordinator where the bubbles were for our exit, and she looked like she was completely clueless. «What bubbles?» she asked me. This is when I realized that the guestbook and the pictures had not been set out for the entire day. She went on a mad rush to find the things and eventually was about to get everything together, but at that point, many of our guests had left and so very few were able to sign the guestbook. That guestbook was very expensive, and I went out of my way to make sure that the guestbook, pictures, and bubbles where there for my wedding day. For the amount of money that I was paying them to organize my wedding, you would think they would have been able to keep track of these things.
Due to the aforementioned problems I had with Flint Hill, I was very conflicted about whether or not to give this place three stars or four stars. However, in the end, I have to think about my overall experience on the actual wedding day, and I have to say, looking back at my wedding, I have never been happier. The venue is absolutely gorgeous, and whether your wedding is outside or inside, you will end up with beautiful pictures. Besides the guestbook and bubbles mix-​up, the wedding coordinator was very professional, friendly and helpful at the rehearsal and on the actual day of the wedding. I was comfortable knowing that I was in good hands and that everything (well, almost everything) would be taken care of for me. On the day of my wedding, even if the venue would be hosting another wedding later that night, I was made to feel like Flint Hill was my home and that my guests and I were the only people they were concerned about. Based on conversations I’ve had with the guests at the wedding, it seemed like they only had positive things to say about their afternoon at Flint Hill as well.
Other things I loved about the place:
1. All of the food (wedding cake aside) was delicious. People were raving about it. I do not eat fish, but everyone else seemed to especially love the salmon. There were plenty of menu options to choose from, and everything was reasonably priced. I feel like we had a good variety of food at our wedding and that everyone was able to find something that they wanted to eat.
2. The design department was very friendly and good at helping me get what I wanted. I love flowers, but I’m not by any means an expert on the subject. But the design department was very helpful and by just asking me questions about what I envisioned my wedding looking like, they were able to come up with design ideas that seemed customized to my exact wishes. On the day of the wedding, the flowers were almost exactly what I had imagined in my head. The only way they could have come any closer would be if they actually were able to read my mind.
All in all, I feel like our wedding was as perfect as any wedding can get. Sure, I did have a few problems with Flint Hill that cannot be ignored and that prevents them from getting a five star review from me. However, at the end of the day, Flint Hill gave me my perfect wedding day, the day that I always dreamed about. If I had to do it over again (which, hopefully, I never will), I would still go to Flint Hill.

We got married here in July 2006. They were FABULOUS. And they did it all: flowers, cake, reception, everything except the DJ, minister, and photographer. All we had to do was show up. The staff was familiar with, or knew really well, our DJ and minister. The photographer was just starting out, but he said they were exceptionally easy to deal with, because he had to sign some kind of agreements with the facility. There were absolutely no problems with anything – every step of the way, they were professional, friendly, and knowledgeable.
It can get expensive (however, I do believe this is the wedding industry’s motto), but on your wedding day? All you have to do is remember to breathe… they do the rest. And that’s important.
Also, we didn’t take it, but they give you the option of eating in the bride’s room after your ceremony/​pictures, while your guests are downstairs enjoying hors d’oeuvers. I wish we’d taken that option, looking back.
They have 2 buildings: the house and a more contemporary building that’s good for smaller weddings. We had a very small wedding (60 guests) but did it at the house anyway. I’m glad we did – I love our pictures there.
Just like Robert M. said: our guests still talk about how this was one of the best weddings they’ve ever been to. I highly (highly) recommend the chocolate table in lieu of a groom’s cake…2^nd only to the wedding cake they made us, it was gorgeous.
**I added some photos. They’re not professional, so you won’t get the full gorgeous effect, but it’s a start. Go take a tour – it’s a great place.

On the verge of marriage? We heard so much about Flint Hill from friends, family, co-​workers, all wonderful reviews on how smooth everything was, and how good the food was. Well everyone was 100% right.
Everyone still talks about our wedding. The staff is incredible at Flint Hill, everything went so smooth we had absolutely nothing to worry about. Not only that, but the food was excellent! I LOATHE wedding food, and everyone gobbled this up.
Pay extra for their cake too, I’ve never tasted cake so moist. Everyone was going back for 2nds and 3rds… we had a very large cake and it was all gone, AND we let them cut into our top layer as well! It was so good that even one year later we can’t wait to defrost it!
The flowers were perfect, the grounds looked wonderful, I can’t say enough about Flint Hill. The only negative is there is a train track close by, and we got the train whistle in the middle of our ceremony (outdoors)…but it was actually quite funny and everyone got a laugh. It was part of the charm of it all.
High recommend!