HollyHedge Estate

Great Staff + Facility for Wedding Reception - - - - - - - - October, 2023 Visit Our family visited Philadelphia for a family wedding. We had a good time. The wedding Mass was at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, in Doylestown, and the reception was at Hollyhedge Estate. The bride (our niece) and groom, and the families, found a fantastic location with a great staff, at a wonderful location… so good that even a light rain throughout the day could not dampen the event. Hollyhedge and The 1740 House have the same owners, and they offer a shuttle bus from our room to the reception… we were able to socialize on the ride and not worry about driving home… three bus times were available. - - - The Arrival - - - Our first impression was a strongly positive one… it was still raining lightly as we arrived and as we stepped off the bus, there was a sizeable team of Hollyhedge team members holding umbrellas waiting to escort each of us / each couple inside… not a single raindrop fell on our clothes, thanks to “The Hollyhedge ‘Umbrella Brigade’.” (my respectful term) - - - The Food - Hours d’Ouvres - - - Some fantastic hours d’Ouvres were served, and if there had no been a site-down dinner, another couple of rounds of these would have filled us nicely… each and all were fantastic! - meat and cheese and fruit trays - bacon-wrapped shrimp - salmon fish tacos - grilled cheese and tomato soup - Philly cheesesteaks bites - Hamburger sliders - fried chicken on a waffle - - - The Food - Dinner - - - VERY good steak, and potatoes and veggies; and the person who ordered the chicken shared approval of her dish, too. And wonderful desserts which disappeared, fast. Good wine at the table, and the bar, which is a full bar. - - - The Basket at the Sink in the Restrooms - - - In both men’s and women’s room had baskets with anything you could think of… perfume, band-aids, and more… thankfully barely touched, but they thought of anything… to get you cleaned up and back out on the dance floor. - - - The Reception - - - The reception was in a Hall accessed via a short walk from the main building. It has high ceilings, and a bar and comfortably seated the ~200 guests. And the dance floor was the place to be. - - - The Ride Home, back to The 1740 House - - - After the main room was closed for the night, we went back to the front building for more socializing and a snack and then the buses got us back to the 1740 House, safe and sound Thank you, Hollyhedge Estate ----- ----- -----

We are just back from a wedding and overnight stay. To be fair the venue is beautiful and the wedding, event coordinator we’re both wonderful. Having said this we made reservations 9 1/2 Mi the ago when the room block opened up. Paid for a larger room and tried to check in around 2:30, The woman at the front desk informed me that she did not have a room in my name, I pulled up the email confirmation and showed her that we indeed had room 2. She was extremely rude, luckily the event coordinator came in ( I felt bad,y as she had a zillion things to take care of with the wedding, she was kind and reassuring, took quite a bit of time but eventually we were out in the room. Rooms are VERY rundown, dirty carpets,wallpaper and paneling com8ng up, hubby looked behind the bed for an outlet and found straw,extra room key etc. would nit recommend staying there.