Laurel Creek Manor

The best decision I made regarding my wedding was to get married at this absolutely gorgeous venue! From the very start, they were professional and answered all of my questions. The grounds are literally perfect. A lot of time and care is taken into making sure this place stays beautiful for every event. So many guests complimented us on our choice of venue. I toured a lot of outdoor venues in the area before selecting LCM and not a single one came even close to being as gorgeous. Even during high wedding season, they took their time to make sure I was happy and always responded to emails promptly. The bridal suite where we got dressed was spacious and relaxing. I loved every bit of it. So happy we got married here! I highly recommend it!

we love Laurel Creek manor! we had our wedding on 9÷7÷2013,
–kristen was so helpful and easy to work with! her father (al) was very kind
–the grounds are amazing and well kept,
–the tent was included in the price of the venue, we really wanted an outdoor wedding and every where we went, the tent was extra or very bare bones (no lighting for draping on the inside), Their tent is beautiful!
–plenty of parking
–the day of the wedding everything went incredibly smoothly
–the house is so beautiful and well kept
— kristen was so knowledgeable and really helped me better plan for that day
–they made our family feel so welcome!
Just the best day ever !

My son and his fiancée had an appointment to visit this venue and when they called to confirm, a very rude person told them they did not have a scheduled appointment. If they cannot be professional from the beginning, I can’t imagine how horrible they would be during the planning stages!

For all of you brides (and grooms) getting ready to get married here… i have to tell you that you truly couldn’t have picked a better place in the world! Laurel Creek Manor turned out to be the most magical place to have my wedding. Every picture no matter whether taken with an iphone or by a professional turned out beautiful! There isn’t a corner of this place that isn’t bursting with beauty. Not only that but the family that owns it truly touched my heart. This week there was a burn ban… Al went above an beyond and pulled soooooo many strings to get them to agree that we could do the firework show… and as it turns out that was alot of guests favorite part. Pictures can’t describe the aw factor that the fireworks provide. It’s like this huge moment after a fantastic day and everyone was walking around grinning like a little kid. And kirsten! Her happiness and joy make you want to be friends with her. Her words of wisdom made all the difference in the planning and even during the wedding she went above and beyond the call of duty to step up and make the day incredible. All of my family and wedding party were so impressed with her genuineness.
My advice would be the following;
–use the whole venue. Every nook is beautiful in its own right and people love walking around and looking at it.
–rent as much of kirsten’s stuff as possible. It adds so much to the wedding. The BAR sign and the barrels really added a lot.
–get the fireworks… TOTALLY WORTH every cent. Will leave your guests in aw. I took some of my budget for flowers and put it towards this and truely truely was one of my guests favorite things.
–Get to know al and kirsten. They have so much wisdom and are genuine, good people.
–If your worried about the rain… don’t be. It adds character and ambiance to this already beautiful venue.

Wedding: August 30^th 2013
Where do we start… We LOVE Kirsten and Laurel Creek Manor! It was the perfect place for our wedding, which made our wedding the most perfect day!
When looking through the millions of wedding venues in Seattle, we initially were hesitant to look at Laurel Creek, since it was so far away from where we live (Shoreline). I convinced my fiancé to head down for a visit with Al (one of the owners), and we fell in love with Laurel Creek! It was everything we didn’t realize we were looking for… English gardens (I was born in England) and an Italian manor house (my husband and I are planning on living in Italy for awhile) — it was almost like it was meant to be! We ended up flipping a coin between LCM and another venue we really liked — every time (against statistical odds!), it landed on the other venue, but it just didn’t feel right, so we went against the coin and went with Laurel Creek! And we’re so glad we did!
The grounds are beautiful, Kirsten is amazing, and we had the best day ever! Kirsten and her family suffered a loss this summer, but she still was professional, friendly, and always smiling. Throughout our year of planning, she was very fast emailing back, answered all my many questions, and on our wedding day, handled everything so smoothly, I had no idea anything had gone wrong!
So many of our guests told us it was the best wedding they had gone to, and that the grounds were perfectly suited for us. The word «family» was mentioned many times, and when we think of Laurel Creek, that’s the word that sums it all up — they have created a family business and treat their wedding parties as family members.
The contract is quite strict, but for good reason — it protects the beauty of the venue. We only wish we could have extended the time frame later, as we were having so much fun!
Our only issue was not towards LCM directly, but Act 3, one of their preferred caterers… We weren’t happy with their service throughout the year and had some issues that arose on the day, which was the icing on the cake. The only reason we mention this on our review of LCM is as a suggestion for a larger catering selection/​representation of the caterers from Laurel Creek.
Act 3 is the most popular caterer at LCM and the only one who showed to the Seattle Wedding expo and the Bridal Bash, hosted by LCM, so we felt it must be the «right» choice. We were pretty disappointed by their service.
We would definitely recommend Laurel Creek and Kirsten’s services to other bridal parties — it is worth the money! Just maybe use a different caterer to Act 3…
After our wedding, what made Laurel Creek more special in our eyes, was a lovely email from Kirsten, telling us her favorite memories from our wedding, and the final line saying «cheers again to a wonderful day, keep us in mind for family photos… our grounds are always open to you!», making us feel true appreciated as customers and as a couple!

My husband and I just got married here on May 11, 2013 and had a GREAT time.
Pros:
— Gorgeous grounds
— The staff is friendly
— Good space for outdoor event
— Preferred vendors were familiar with the venue, so everything went smoothly
— Kirsten was extremely friendly, helpful and coordinated with most of the vendors which takes a lot of stress off the bride!
— Venue allowed you to store supplies a couple days before the wedding which saves time and stress!
— You get the venue for a long time and can pay for extra time which made our wedding very peaceful
Cons:
— There was only 1 hour budgeted for the wedding rehearsal and I definitely think 1.5 or 2 hours would be much better.
— Choosing an outdoor venue in spring is a little stressful since you don’t know the weather until the week of. We had to decide whether to rent an extra tent, walls and heaters for a lot of money. Thankfully the weather turning out to be 80 and hot!
Overall, our guests LOVED the venue and so did we. Thanks Laurel Creek Manor!

Laurel Creek Manor was the first out of nine venues that we looked at, and it was the only one that had everything that we were looking for. It was also versatile in a sense that it had the garden setting (landscape grounds), the traditional setting (inside the manor house), and the rustic setting (red barn, small pasture). It is beautiful both inside and out. You really don’t need to do much decorating at all, and they provide everything that you would need (ie. chairs, tables, arbor, parking) and even have other items for rent (tents, cocktail tables, shepard hooks, projector, photo booth). But there’s so much more that this venue has! The owners were so nice, friendly, and very helpful in answering questions that I had leading up to my wedding day. I would highly recommend this venue to anyone. It’s perfect.

Not easy to work with. Like the previous writer stated owner is very rude and concerned only about making money.

Amazing, caring people for any type of event. Their specialty is weddings and they do make you feel special

I called Laurel Creek to book an anniversary brunch for about 20 people on August 18^th. When I asked about pricing the event manager first told me that Saturdays are usually reserved for weddings and so we would have to pay the wedding rate, then went back and said they did in fact have a wedding that day. I then asked if the 17^th was open to which he said yes, but we would again be charged the wedding rate. I pointed out to him that on the website it clearly states a separate rate for social events for weekdays to which he laughed and said «every day in August is reserved for weddings so it doesn’t matter if you argue.» I have never been treated with such disrespect before. I checked and there is no policy stating that, he just decided to be horribly rude for no reason and completely went against the corporate information online. This institution is clearly pretty money hunger to block out an entire month from anyone not getting married, or they need to seriously reevaluate who they have doing their booking. I have never put anyone on blast before on Unilocal,but this was just ridiculous.

Wow.
My best friend got married here in July of 2011. She had a beautiful outdoors ceremony and the reception was awesome.
The whole place was beautifully manicured and there was a lot of attention to detail.
Although, this wouldn’t be the right place for me to get married– it had a lot of characteristics that I appreciate. Pulling up you’re blowing away by how pretty it is, and the parking was easy. The staff stayed out of the way but were on top of everything. Even when one of the ladies toilets broke, someone was on it RIGHT away. Everything was spotless and the landscaping flawless. Many girls would only dream of having their wedding come off so effortless.
Now I want to get married!