Big Cedar Lodge Reviews

We had our wedding at Top of the Rock! Such a beautiful venue! Highly recommended this place! The view is amazing!

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It was overall a great experience. My only complaint was the difficulty of navigating the property . Everyone was very helpful and friendly.
Would of been nice if they gave us a newly wed welcome gift, something as simple as a bottle of champagne to make us feel welcome and thankful for choosing to have our wedding there and lodged there as well. Its not a cheap place by any means. Not a big deal but mentioning more for future couples getting married there.

I always dreamed of getting married at Big Cedar Lodge and I'm so glad that when the time came, I was able to! Every venue option is beautiful.

We did a tour with Esther in the Fall of 2019 soon after we got engaged and decided to book Big Cedar for our venue. Esther was wonderful, but ended up moving on from Big Cedar, so we were switched to Alison. Alison was great to work with as well, but we were later to switched to Ellie without any explanation. The week of the wedding, we were switched to Erin. The switches did stress me out a bit, as I felt I had to repeat everything that I had gone over with the past coordinators to ensure nothing would get mixed up.

Erin was wonderful to have the day of. She was super knowledgeable, professional and flexible. She even got down on the floor and fixed my mom and mother-in-laws corsages when they started to fall apart!

The food was excellent; Many of our guests said that it was the best wedding food they've had. I was too overwhelmed the day of to eat much, so I was disappointed that we weren't allowed to take any food home so I could enjoy it later. Catering through Big Cedar is pretty pricey, so I am glad that the guests enjoyed it.

There were some hiccups the day of, but Erin was quick to solve them. Any issues we had were resolved. The catering and bar staff were all excellent! Overall, we had our dream wedding at Big Cedar and all my guests had a wonderful time and great things to say about the venue!

We booked the Lady Liberty for our wedding ceremony and it’s probably the best boat wedding venue in the area (we looked at them all). The yacht is beautifully designed and you can’t beat the views on the lake. BCL wasn’t the most flexible when we started to look at specifics, not surprised given BCL is such a money-making machine. However we got the best bang for our buck booking a 2 hr day cruise for the ceremony (cake only) and buying out the dinner cruise for our reception. We wanted a unique outdoors wedding venue that matched our personalities and the Lady Liberty delivered. We and our guests had a blast!

Big Cedar Lodge was the perfect location for our destination wedding in September 2019. We are from Plano, Texas and had the most amazing experience with everyone at Big Cedar. Our ceremony was at Top of the Rock – Chapel of the Ozarks, reception at Top of the Rock Wine Bar & Event Room and rehearsal dinner at The Worman House. Erin Schroeter was our amazing wedding planner and go to gal for everything at Big Cedar. She is so knowledgeable about the whole process down to the very last minutes before you walk down the aisle. She also provided us with a vendor list that helped us choose an awesome photographer, cake baker and DJ. When it came to room reservations they have a whole team that is dedicated to rooms and reservations. Everyone was so nice to talk to and helped with deciding on how many rooms to block etc. Our wedding went off without a hitch. I would hands down recommend Big Cedar Lodge. The views and scenery are just amazing but the best part is also the people that help you make your day so perfect.

We cannot be happier with our choices for vendors! All of them were amazing! I highly recommend this business!

Can you believe we started planning our elopement the Tuesday before our Wedding? Courtney and Julia at Big Cedar Lodge Events helped plan my "Friday at 5" wedding and it would not have been as wonderful without them. It truly was stress free. Flowers were beautiful. Cake was delicious. Food was wonderful, too! Views were amazing. My husband and I were able to enjoy our special day without worry. Thank you, Big Cedar!

Big Cedar was beautiful. We knew this was a venue we wanted as soon as we drove in! The guests loved it as much as we did. So much to do and see, we loved Big Cedar

I recently got married on 5/6/17 next to the waterfall at Big Cedar Lodge. I chose to do one of their elopement packages because we decided on just a small wedding with only 11 guests. The elopement package included 5-7 different spots on the property to choose from, bouquet of half dozen roses for me and a boutinneire for my hubs, in the color we chose, bottle of champagne, cake and dinner voucher for the two of us.

Ok now that those details are out of the way, I worked closely with Courtney and Julia and could not have been more pleased!! They were so responsive and answered all of my questions promptly, sometimes even more than once...sorry Courtney! The officiant called me about a week prior to the wedding and we discussed what we wanted for our ceremony and then he met us at the door the day of, so it was truly stress free!

The property is absolutely GORGEOUS!! I actually had a friend's husband ask if we got married in Ireland when he saw a picture I posted on FB overlooking the lake. I can't wait to get my pictures back because there are so many good spots to get an amazing picture at. Even though there were more than one wedding going on the same day as mine, I never encountered them personally, just from a distance, and it still truly feels like it's your special day and you're the only one there, that's how vast the property is and how many wedding location choices you have. We did our reception dinner Osage restaurant at Top of the Rock and it was stunning! The food was amazing, the service was impeccable, the ambience, the views...oh my gosh I cannot say enough. I highly recommend Big Cedar Lodge to anyone, and wouldn't think twice about doing it all over again!!

We had an April 2017 wedding at Integrity Hills Chapel and Stables. As we are out of town, I relied heavily on Erin in Big Cedar's event planning department. Erin was outstanding! If you can request to use anyone, use her. Obviously Big Cedar is gorgeous and you really don't have to do much with the venues, as they are great alone. Erin provided us with a list of approved vendors and was very responsive to answering my many frequent questions. The day of ran flawlessly, with much thanks to Erin. She even ran the bridal party bottles of water because it was much warmer than we all thought taking pictures. She was on top of everything. While the cost is high to book a Big Cedar venue, it's definitely worth it if you want a very memorable wedding for your guests.

We had our wedding at Integrity Hills in December 2016! Everyone at Big Cedar was a joy to work with! Our wedding coordinator, Julia, was awesome - she always had an open line of communication to help with the planning process in any way possible. She was extremely organized and so much fun to work with! The wedding day was perfect thanks to all of our wonderful vendors and the fantastic staff at Big Cedar. My wedding day was an absolute dream! I can't wait to visit for anniversaries in the future! I highly recommend Big Cedar Lodge/Integrity Hills for your wedding and reception venues!

If you want an easy, low-stress, no hassle wedding venue with a beautiful view, and delicious food, Big Cedar is for you. We loved working with Erin and the views at the Worman House were breath-taking. Our day was perfect, better than we ever dreamed it could be. We are so thankful that we chose Big Cedar!

The BCL Integrity Hills Chapel/Stables were so incredibly beautiful and picturesque (and unlike anything we had ever seen) that we fell in love with it right away. We knew this would be a wonderful location to ask our friends and family to travel to for our wedding. This was a destination wedding for us, too, and since we were not familiar with the area, I loved that BC provided a list of top vendors in the area which made it quick and easy to book a florist, decorator, cake baker, and band (and they truly were the best of the best)! Erin S. was our wedding coordinator and she was beyond wonderful to work with from Day 1. I was totally overwhelmed by the thought of planning a wedding and she helped ease my mind with her calm and patient demeanor. She was sweet and professional all the way through, answering all of my questions timely and diligently and taking care of all the important details on the BIG DAY. She worked with us to create a food and drink menu exactly like what we wanted and coordinated with our vendors on arrival/delivery, allowing me to not stress and really enjoy the day with our guests. At the time of the wedding, they were doing updates to the Stables and we were the first wedding in the space. I was nervous not knowing what it was all going to look like or what to expect, but the updates took the venue/reception to a whole new level- the addition of the outdoor patio being the cherry on the top! The staff was wonderful and the food impeccable- our guests couldn't stop raving about the service, quality and overall beauty of the location. I truly felt like we gave our guests the one-of-a-kind and unforgettable experience we were looking for. This place was worth every penny (my dad even agreed! ;). Thank you Erin and BCL for helping to make our wedding dreams come true!

Big Cedar Lodge was the perfect venue for our destination wedding. We had our ceremony at the conference center which is beautiful, and then our reception at Top of The Rock which is a spectacular location. Everyone at Big Cedar was willing to help make it a day of our dreams. We were able to have both an amazing location and amazing food!

Definitely hire a separate wedding coordinator/planner.
If you are having a small wedding with few guests, I would highly recommend bringing an outside vendor for catering.
Very beautiful place with many opportunities for amazing pictures!

When preferred vendors were provided to us our florist was not on the list even though he has done many weddings at Big Cedar. A fabulous florist can make or break the atmosphere of the wedding and reception. Our florist was The Flower Merchant from Springfield, MO, and if it were not for our wedding planner, Martha Wright, we would have missed him. Please add him to your preferred list!
Also cannot say more about Erin Schroeder, she made the wedding and reception go as planned. She went the extra mile to make sure our experience was the best.

Big Cedar catered our wedding at Dogwood Canyon. We didn't have a choice as it was required, but we had no doubts that the food wouldn't be outstanding. They say that the bride and groom doesn't get to eat at their wedding, but we both had a HUGE plate of everything that was catered. The food & service were both amazing! We thought the pricing was a little high, as we could have used a different caterer for half the price, BUT when all was said and done, it was worth the price. The meat was a little cold, but I think it was because my plate sat at my table for about 15 minutes before I actually sat down to eat it, since I was busy catching up with some of our guests. All in all - very worth it.

We stayed at the Knotty Pine Cottages at Big Cedar resort on our honeymoon and had the best time! The resort was beautiful and a great get-a-way. There were so many activities that we did not have to leave the resort. We would highly recommend!

I had the Big Cedar salon do my hair for our wedding Melissa was awesome to work with and she played with my hair til we got it perfect. I had one picture that I showed her and she spent 2 hours the day before figuring out how to make it work. The day of the wedding, she met us early so we wouldn't have to rush for our morning wedding.

Without a doubt best rehersal dinner ever.

Booking with this vendor was a bit of a nightmare. They changed wedding planners on me 3 times without notice. Whenever I had a question it would take them at least 10 days to get back to me with an answer, no matter what I had inquired about. I had to reconfirm EVERYTHING numerous times with each planner. The last planner that we were assigned was a complete idiot. She had no idea what she was doing and spent more time flirting with my fiancé than with actually caring about doing her job. Because of this, we changed our $5k wedding into one of their elopement packages so we wouldn't lose all of our deposit. That way, we wouldn't have to deal with their staff. The venue is gorgeous just make sure you have a ton of patience when booking! Their only redeeming quality was that they allowed us to modify our contract on short notice when we wanted to change from the normal wedding to an elopement. That's literally my only positive feedback.

The place is gorgeous and I'm so happy we decided to get married here. I was working with Leah, who was the wedding coordinator. She was amazing and very helpful with the planning process. She made it very easy to plan an out of town wedding. About a month before the wedding she left Big Cedar. I got stuck with a different coordinator, Allison Pettit, and she was horrible. It was hard to get a hold of her the day of and she was very VERY little help during the wedding. The food and everything else was amazing. The only thing that I was disappointed with was Allison.

Big Cedar Lodge is amazing. We will spend weekends up there occasionally, he proposed there, and we were sure we would have our wedding there. The staff is incredibly nice and the day was perfect. Couldn't have asked for more.

Big Cedar was the most wonderful place that I could have ever chose to have our wedding! The staff was kind and helpful. The location was beautiful, wedding planning staff were very helpful, restaurants were great, and of course the weather was amazing on our wedding! Overall it was outstanding and I cannot wait to have our anniversary's celebrated there for years to come. Thank you so much everyone at Big Cedar Lodge!