Cavalier Resort Reviews

My husband and I were married at The Cavalier on 10.22.22 and had a wonderful experience. It was the wedding weekend of our dreams. The staff at The Cavalier are top-notch; all are polite, friendly, and accommodating. We stayed in the bridal suite for three nights which was absolutely beautiful with lots of space. Being able to settle into a beautiful room took the edge off and set the stage for me to enjoy the weekend.

Leading up to the wedding, I worked with a combination of Jocelyn, Jessica, and Gina and all are true professionals. I am a very detail-oriented person who dabbles in events professionally, and every meeting resulted in detailed notes, photos of place settings, runners, flatware, etc that we had discussed and clear next steps. I live four hours from Virginia Beach, and these ladies made it a breeze to plan from afar; I only had to be on-site four times throughout the process.

On Friday night, we hosted our rehearsal dinner and welcome party at The Cavalier Beach Club. The space was beautiful and modern, and the service was acceptable. My only complaint is that the only option for food was a buffet. After the dinner portion which was reserved for the bridal party and immediate family, the venue was opened up to all guests for a welcome party. The deck was lined with outdoor heaters, and we had a beautiful evening mixing and mingling with guests.

On Saturday, our timeline started at 8AM for hair and makeup. We had an early morning delivery of scrambled eggs, fruit, and yogurt for the bridesmaids with two bottles of sparkling wine. For lunch, we had a spread of roasted veggies, hummus, and cheese delivered that was absolutely delicious! The quantity per person ensured that no one went hungry; we even had enough to share with our hair and makeup stylists.

Weather had been beautiful early in the day, but it was clear a storm system was blowing in while we were doing our first look photos. I noticed how windy it was, not knowing the temperature was dropping rapidly. Had I known, I would have made the call to move our cocktail hour indoors to our backup location. My only regret is that no one forced that decision on me. Otherwise, our ceremony was perfect, and no one was stuck waiting in line at cocktail hour since we had requested 100 orange crushes be passed to guests to cut down on wait times.

Our reception was amazing - I've had several guests tell me it was the most beautiful event they have ever attended. The ballroom was glowing, and everything was set up exactly as designed. The only complaint I have is that the dinner service was...leisurely. With our event starting at 630PM, we were already eating late. I wanted to see plates go down more quickly than they did. It is impressive how the banquet staff works - servers will serve an entire table at once simultaneously, and then work their way to the next table doing the same. However, it is a PROCESS. Note to brides and planners: expect two hours of dinner at this venue. At first, I was shaken up regarding this because it was wrecking my timeline, but only me and my coordinator noticed. We were able to get toasts, parent dances, and cake cutting out of the way while guests ate and still opened the dance floor by 10PM which was only 30 minutes later than planned. We danced the night away, and had a beautiful exit that brought us down to The Hunt Room for an after-party. It was a beautiful day, and The Cavalier will always hold a special place in my heart.

Beautiful building and grounds and staff was phenomenal ! They can accommodate large weddings but ours was just an elopement on the beach with 8 people so we didn’t utilize the large wedding accommodations.

My husband and I got married here in April and everyone was so nice and accommodating throughout the pandemic. Our coordinator Lia was SO amazing and worked with us on changing our 150 person wedding to a 40 person wedding. It was so beautiful! They have so many options on where you can have your ceremony and reception. You can’t go wrong!

We were one of the first weddings at the new Marriott Virginia Beach oceanfront on September 4th 2020–but you would have never known! Because of covid, our wedding planning was an absolute nightmare BEFORE we found the marriott. We weren’t able to have our original May 23rd 2020 wedding at the lesner inn. We cycled through three different wedding dates in the process and we moved our wedding to this venue and planned it in 8 weeks because the seaside terrace was just so beautiful and we wanted an outdoor venue because of covid that was also more budget friendly for a smaller guest count. Lea gust was just the best. She listened to us throughout the whole process, was always ready to brainstorm, and was so patient with us and a great communicator. Our wedding went from 70 people to 35 people and the venue didn’t hold us to a minimum guest count—which was amazing!! Lea helped with everything from organizing our wedding to be more covid friendly to making sure our zoom link worked, to arranging our decorations beautifully. She held our hand every step of the way and made our wedding planning process fun again! This is hands down the most beautiful venue in the area and the best kept secret! -Megan and Vinny Mercogliano

Oh, how I love the Cavalier Hotel, and having a wedding there did not disappoint. I find that sometimes places that are beautiful and seemingly high-class rest on their laurels too much and have lacking customer service, but this is NOT the case at the Cavalier. From the moment we contacted them about getting a venue tour for a wedding up to our actual wedding day, we had the most kind, professional, and helpful crew of people that made my husband and I feel wonderful, understood, and ecstatic about our wedding. I cannot speak any higher of them, and would recommend a wedding at the Cavalier to anyone. Joslyn was our main point of contact and she is an absolute gem to work with. Now that the wedding is over, I am actually sad we won't be working with her anymore! The Cavalier catering and entire banquet team also deserve the highest accolades. My husband and I wanted a vegan wedding menu, and when we asked if they could do this, we didn't get a flinch but an enthusiastic yes! Emily our head chef said she was new to vegan cuisine, but man did she knock it out of the park. Our non-vegan guests were raving about the food all night and they still do. I am forever thankful for this. I also want to mention that the bartender was such an amazing, kind, helpful, professional, and talented gentleman who impressed all of our guests. Plus, our menu tasting day was done so beautifully that it was one of my favorite moments I've had with my now husband of my life!

One minor thing that I would feel remiss in not mentioning (that, BTW, has nothing to do with the Cavalier itself), was that one of the residences around where we got married in the Sunken Garden started playing music incredibly loud during our ceremony. From what I gather, the person who was playing the music had no idea there was a wedding going on. The Cavalier resolved it quickly and the rest of the ceremony was absolutely beautiful. I'm not sure if the Cavalier has put in place any sort of "heads up" before a wedding or event to the residences around it since our wedding, but that would help a lot! I just wanted to let future brides know that this happened to us and hopefully it will never happen again! Still, absolutely NO regrets of our venue, and I highly recommend this place to anyone. Photo Credit @angelaelisephotography

My daughter's wedding was located at the Cavalier on the hill in the ballroom. Diana was great and easy to work with. If we ever had a problem she was there to help us thru it. The Cavalier is loaded with history and that makes for a great time.

Thank You Diana.....

The Cavalier On the Hill was a tremendous and wonderful place to get married and have a reception. We were very pleasantly surprised to find that we could afford to have the wedding there, thinking initially that it would be out of our price range. But we found one of the rooms, the Pocahontas Room, to work very well for that. We had several visits to the venue and a menu tasting, and Diana Pollock, the event/catering manager was especially accommodating and very friendly and customer oriented. There were numerous changes up to the wedding, menu choices, number of actual meals, etc, and the venue and Diana made it very easy to get everything done. We did have a wedding coordinator, CMT event planning, that was very familiar with working with Diana and the Cavalier so that helped a lot. The food was excellent, wonderfully plated and tasted fantastic - everyone was pleased with their meals. There are some restrictions at the Cavalier for small things like no bubbles at the reception, etc, for obvious reasons and we managed to work with all of their idiosyncrasies - not too painful. Bottomline, it was beautiful, and the venue made it all happen as they said they would. It was a great experience and I can't wait to see the photos to see how the place looked that day!

My husband and I had our reception at the Cavalier Oceanfront in Orion's Roof. We had an absolutely exceptional experience with Diana, the coordinator at the Cavalier, and all of her staff. Diana was available at all times to answer questions, soothe nerves, and to help make our day the best day ever. We met with her formally twice, and we talked to her about once or twice a week as the wedding grew closer - intense, I know, especially since she had my father, mother, and I calling at all different times. Diana worked with our price points, and she didn't make us feel crazy for being on a budget or not wanting to spend over a certain amount of money. Diana was graceful, poised, and relaxed - and she helped my family and I relax and truly enjoy the time as well.

Orion's Roof, on the top floor of the Cavalier Oceanfront, is amazing. The view from Orion's Roof is phenomenal - I cried the first three times I visited it. Three sides of the room are floor to ceiling windows. It was a lovely, lovely setting for our beach themed wedding. The food was incredible the night of the reception. Diana saved plates of food for my husband and me to eat later - which we did, and we were so grateful. The staff was incredibly accommodating, and they were super friendly, even bringing us drinks and a plate of appetizers from the cocktail hour when we first got there. Another bonus was that Diana's staff lit all of the candles in our centerpieces so we didn't have to worry about assigning someone to that task.

Our guests were able to book rooms at great rates in order to stay for the weekend. Ryan, the front desk/reservations manager, was accommodating and friendly. The room my husband and I stayed in was lovely, and we had a beautiful view of the sunrise the morning after the wedding.

Without a doubt, you absolutely MUST book your reception at the Cavalier Oceanfront. You will not be disappointed.

It's a month after the wedding and we are still marveling at how perfect everything was! We love, love, love the Cavalier and the wonderful staff there!

We could not have asked for a more wonderful location! Every detail in every space evoked exactly the mood we were looking for--elegance, romance, history and an experience that would be out of the ordinary. It was so great to have the wedding and the reception in one location and everything really flowed from one space to the next as we moved from the wedding on the porch to cocktail hour in the Raleigh Room and finally to the reception in the Pocahontas Room. It was just so beautiful. I was surprised at the number of local guests who had never been to the Cavalier before. Why, why, why are you not the number one wedding venue in Virginia Beach?? I think you should be!

Your staff was so wonderful to work with. They worked hard to accommodate every request. As the number of people attending the wedding grew and grew as the date approached, Diana made the necessary adjustments to make sure everyone would have a table to sit at! Diana spent numerous hours with us as we walked around the various spaces and got a real feel for the place. She also uncomplainingly spent more than three hours with us during the bridal shoot just prior to the wedding, which was certainly above and beyond what we were expecting. Tino, you provided one of the key elements of the wedding when you set me up with Julie Morgan from As You Wish Weddings and Events. She was an absolute dream to work with and it really helped that she was so familiar with the location.

The food provided by your catering staff was delicious and beautiful to look at. The displays during cocktail hour in the Raleigh Room were truly impressive and the staff seamlessly kept everything refilled, used plates and glasses cleared and just generally made sure that everyone had plenty to eat and drink. During dinner, the staff moved quickly to get everything to the tables piping hot and managed to be both unobtrusive and on-the-spot when refills were needed. Special kudos to the gentleman who ran the chocolate fountain and was so kind to the younger guests at the wedding. They thought it was a truly magical event!

I really can't say enough good things about our event at the Cavalier! Thank you so much for making all of our dreams a reality.

Outstanding venue. Timeless in beauty. Would highly recommend this venue for any bride's ceremony and reception!

I could not have imagined a more perfect wedding! (Well, ok, there were a few snafus. ; ) ) The Cavalier was absolutely beautiful the night of my wedding! We rented the Raleigh room for the cocktail hour, and with the breeze blowing in and my brother-in-law playing on the piano, it was so nice. The ballroom looked fabulous. I highly suggest hiring a lighting company (I used Blue Steel Lighting, and they were great!) to do pinspotting on each of the tables, the cake, and the candy bar if you have one. I think the special lighting really enhanced the charming, elegant ambience. With the pinspotting an the Cavalier's gorgeous chandelier, the ballroom looked amazing. Many of my guests said that it was the best, most beautiful wedding they have ever been to!

Everything I wanted and more! Beautiful site and great food! I got many compliments on choosing The Cavalier.

Cavalier was great. The view for our reception was amazing.

I had the best wedding at The Cavalier Hotel! My ceremony was on the lawn above the "Cavalier" on the grass---we used the tree as our backdrop. My reception was in Orions on the 11th floor. The view was incredible---there was a storm coming in and we watched lightning dance on the water...magical. Diana and her staff did an amazing job and the food was wonderful. I highly recommend this venue to anyone who wants an unforgettable wedding! Thank you, thank you, Cavalier!

Diane was amazing with working with my Mom and I through my whole wedding planning process, always there for us and all our questions! LOVED IT!! ORIONS ROOF AMAZING VENUE!!!

Having our wedding at The Cavalier was a dream. The wedding team was with us every step of the way coordinating with our wedding planner to make sure every detail was perfect. We didn't have to think about anything the day of. We knew we were in great hands with Gina! The food was excellent, and the ambiance was amazing!

Everyone at the Cavalier did an outstanding the job, the food and service were exceptional and Rick, the catering manager, went out of his way to make me feel special and to provide planning help. They were more than accommodating when we had to move our ceremony indoors because of rain.

The venue is beautiful. The wedding was held in the Pochantas Room, which is surrounded by a wrap around sun room, and an outdoor porch.

It rained on the wedding day, so we had to re-group and move inside, but the people at the Cavalier were great, they offered up a wonderful alternative, swung into action to help us re-group and went out of their way to accommodate us. Also, because of all the light and the enclosed porches, it didn't even feel like we had to move inside. It was wonderful.

Also, the venue is so pretty, that it required very little dressing up, which saved a bundle on flowers and decorations. Food was god, people were nice, I can't say enough good things about the place.

The Cavalier was the only spot I ever dreamed about having our reception and I knew it would be great. All of our guests loved the food, service and venue. Not much decorations were needed because it is gorgeous inside the Grand Ball Room anyways. With the money we saved on decorations we could put back into the food and alcohol. Rick was great and walked us through every step of the way. Great picture opportunites as well. Definately recommend this spot.

The Cavalier was an awesome venue to use. It was so convenient for all of my guest staying at the hotel. The food was amazing and the service was wonderful. Diana was very easy to work with. She was so helpful to all of my needs and worked with Julie Morgan for every detail to make sure my wedding was amazing.

We loved everything about the Cavalier on the Hill. Our wedding reception was amazing, Rick made sure we had everything we could possibly want and was so easy to work with. The food, the day, the venue, the room, nothing could have been better.

We would definitely recommend The Cavalier to anyone interested in getting married right on the ocean. The service was excellent.

Staff was very helpful and flexible throughout the whole planning process including a change in employed officers. Took some time to work out the details (expected) but being able to do so via email helped greatly. The event was beautiful beyond our expectations - food was exceptional, and event spaces were just perfect and required very, very little additional decor!

The contract is very unclear and confusing. The drinks are included but the mixers are charged the next business day. Kids meals are very expensive and you have to be out by 10pm.

The food was amazing, the room the reception was in was beautiful (including the lobby going into it), and working with Diana P. was a wonderful experience. She is so willing to listen to what you want and does her best to make it happen on top of being one of the sweetest people ever. The only negative was that some guests said their rooms were not quite worth the price. Myself and the groom, however, loved the honeymoon suite that was included in our package.