Rancho Wikiup

Rancho Wikiup is a beautiful venue in a fantastic location, with excellent amenities and proud owners who are friendly and super helpful. If I had to describe this place in one sentence: a unique experience of Sonoma countryside in a turn-​of-​century, spacious horse stable with a touch of luxury, creating a cozy and homey experience for your dearest friends and family.
We had our wedding there in August and couldn’t have asked for a better place to host our closest family and friends. First of all — it’s not just an event venue, it’s a beautiful historic building, fitted to accommodate about 15 people to stay on the premises in unique and charming combination of bedrooms, separate built-​in apartment and an incredible master suite with a vintage clawfoot bathtub. Did I mention beautiful rolling barn door that opens from your master suite into a hillside view with a lap pool and a hot tub just further up the hill? Yep! Photo opportunity galore! We had our family visiting from abroad and friends arriving from different parts of the country so it was truly special to have them stay with us on the premises for a couple of days leading up to the wedding. The large kitchen, equipped with everything you need to make family meals, was a nucleus for everyone to gather around in the mornings, sip coffee, hang out with all courtyard doors open, enjoying the fresh air of Sonoma county.
The only recommendation I would have for improving the venue would be an additional bathroom on the ground floor. There was a bit of line building up during the wedding night (we had about 70 guests) when our guests had to use the 1 bathroom on ground floor. A second one is available in the apartment and a third is accessible via quick ascent up to the 2^nd floor bedroom in the main house, but in such case you want to make sure you plan in advance for your party guests to know the route and have very reasonable friends who will be comfortable letting other guests go up to their bedrooms to use the bathroom.
Art, sculptures, books and architecture shows that owners truly put their heart and soul into refurbishing of this historic stable to create a unique, charming and comfortable experience for all guests. I highly endorse this property and the owners Nancy and Carlos. Wonderful people, creating true quality and sharing their labor of love with the world. I would love to return to Rancho Wikiup for family vacation or retreats with friends.

My husband I were just married at Rancho Wikiup. It is a beautiful venue for a wedding. The best part was that we had the venue for three nights and were able to sleep the entire wedding party on site. This allowed us to spend time setting up in advance. Throughout the planning Nancy was very easy going, we never had any conflicts with her or her staff. We understood and followed all of the venue rules, so this may be why everything went so smoothly. I haven’t gotten professional photographs back yet, but I can say this venue provided an idyllic setting for our ceremony and dinner reception. My tips if you are considering having a wedding here: Nancy is quickest to reach by phone, but does respond to emails. I would advise recapping information said in person or by phone in an email. Nancy is very reasonable, but she sees so many people, she often forgets what you’ve discussed. At least with an email, you know she can refer back to it if she forgets anything. If you want to hang lights outdoors, you can buy g-​clamps at Home Depot or on Amazon. This will enable you to hang them without nails or tacks (which are against venue rules).

I have lived in Sonoma County for over 20 years and have never come across a place like this. I rented Rancho Wikiup a couple of months ago with a small group and had an incredible time.
This place is so unique, beautiful and quiet. Our little group went to so many great restaurants and wineries and they were all within a short driving distance. And when we didn’t go out, we bought stuff at the great local supermarket (Molsberry? Something like that) and cooked in the amazing kitchen. I loved eating breakfast in the courtyard area.
The place was clean, comfortable and serene. A perfect getaway!

Went to a party at this place, and the owner walked around screaming at everyone to leave at around 10 p.m. She claimed that the neighbors were complaining, but no one was being loud. Later I witnessed her basically verbally assault the 18 year old birthday girl.
The party was broken up way before it was supposed to, wasn’t worth the pain in the ass owner at all.

We held our wedding reception at the Rancho Wikiup in June 2010. Jessica’s description is fantastic and accurate… the place is full of character and beauty, and it was a great discovery in this quiet corner of Sonoma County. We were primarily looking at venues where we could sleep 15 – 20 people, in order to spend as much time with our friends as possible, and cut down on people driving home after the event. We rented the venue Thursday — Sunday, which enable us to have a family rehearsal dinner there Friday night and the reception on Saturday, with lots of down time in between to enjoy the courtyard etc. We held the ceremony itself at Griffith Woods, about 15 minutes away.
The owner of the property has put many years of time and love into this property, and she is careful about what kind of events take place there. The property is, strangely enough, in the middle of a suburban residential neighborhood, so no amplification is permitted. Overall we had a smooth experience, although she did ask us to turn the music down in the middle of the wedding reception, which was irritating since it wasn’t very loud and I was in the middle of my wedding! I just advise being very clear about expectations going into the process.
Overall, we loved the Rancho Wikiup and were already making plans to hold a reunion there as we packed up on Sunday. A very special place!

To start this place is phenomenal. It truly can be a place to host any event, large or small and still feels like a home. A place that makes the world disappear once you are inside its wall and make you linger before you leave. It is a special place for you to create wonderful memories. Ours happens to be our wedding.
Rancho Wikup used to be a stable and has now been remodeled. There are 7 bedrooms with 2 additional sofa beds, and a little 2 room cabin with a futon that my now husband calls «the man cave», up the hill from the property. All my guests felt comfortable in their rooms.
The kitchen is stocked full of pretty much everything you will need (dishes, pots & pans, utensils, even some baking goods). It is a beautiful place to cook. The house is a square surrounding a courtyard and there are glass doors, so that you can always be looking outside into the common area. So you cook and relax and enjoy. There are a total of 4 refrigerators, very helpful for any event.
Now the courtyard is what won my heart, it is beautiful. Green grass, with a fountain in the center, lots of flowers and climbing vines, beautiful. You could sit out there and melt away. And it is a good size, our guest list only comprised of about 40 and we really on used half the courtyard for seating and hanging out, and that left everyone with plenty of space.
Inside there is also a dinning room, and a common area with 2 pianos and an excellent stereo system. It is designed to make whatever event you have go well.
Plus a hot tub and a lap pool. The hot tub is up the hill a bit which is perfect. A little walk but you can see more start and are away from the house, a little extra corner for some relaxation.
I must even comment on the owner and the cleaning service. Both very pleasant and flexible. We arrived a little early and they were still cleaning, no problem, they let us in to the areas they were done with. Some of the staff also was there at the beginning of the event to make sure we were all set up. Very helpful.
Oh and there is good parking, a little dirt lot on the property hold a good number of cars and the property is large so you get a good amount just in front of the house.
Well I think that is about all I can tell you. This was a wonderful weekend and the house was the foundation to it. If you have a wedding or a family reunion or need a special place for an event, this place should be on your list to check out.