Jenny L.
Yelp
We had our wedding here in Fall 2023 and it was not a good experience. I really loved the concept of the buyout of the hotel, but the experience that we ended up having was that Wylder had lots of rules - despite the property being "ours for the weekend" as they originally sold it to us - from not being able to turn up the music at our indoor after-party, to guests having to dump out the champagne they got at check-in as they walked to the outdoor crab shack because they were "separate businesses".
I also found that Wylder was not well organized nor particularly open to providing a customized experience for their weddings. They changed pricing and rules multiple times for basic things like wine service (increased wine service a few months before our wedding to $20 per person, on top of the unlimited open bar package we paid for, just to have servers pour wine for guests during dinner), where the tent could go, and seating capacity for the ballroom rain backup plan - all things that you would assume that a wedding venue would have very much pre-determined. We had SO many mess ups by reception staff as our guests tried to book rooms and the rooms felt very overpriced for the accommodation they provided, which lacked basic staffing and maintenance (see photos outside of our ~$700 per night "bridal suite").
Ultimately, my biggest complaint was that the attitude from the staff was that having a wedding weekend there was an annoyance and burden, even though we paid Wylder alone over $100K for the venue fee, rooms, food & beverage (not including any of the tent rentals, band, florals, linens, etc.). We had rain during our wedding weekend and yet the only complaint that I received from any guests was that the bartenders and some of the staff were rude to them, and I felt this negativity as the bride as well. The General Manager gave us huge attitude throughout the planning process, was specifically rude to me and my husband during our wedding weekend, and she clearly lacked very basic attention to detail when responding to our questions or requests.
Our experience at Wylder was that requesting anything outside of Wylder's canned wedding brochure, was met with resistance and an overpriced estimate on what it would take to deliver it, and I feel we could have put our money to much better use elsewhere. For anyone considering wylder as their event venue, I'm happy to answer additional questions and share my experience, feel free to reach out!