Mount Ida Farm Reviews

B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L! We stumbled across our dream venue and couldn’t have been happier! It was
important to have a great indoor rain option which we luckily didn’t have to use, but we had peace of
mind with the iffy forecast knowing the indoor option was beautiful too. The Grove Ceremony site was
unlike any other, enjoying the amazing mountain view just up the hill from the Lodge. The Lodge itself
provided the perfect space for cocktail hour, dinner, and then the ability for some of the older folks to
talk all night in the main dinner room while the others partied in the separate dancing room. The
outdoor space with deck furniture and a fireplace was also a nice plus for cocktail hour and late in the
night. Mount Ida has four venues, so take a look at them all as they each have their own unique
personalities. We almost didn’t tour the Lodge, and what a mistake that would have been! Mount Ida
also has many houses across the property available for rent making it very convenient for our immediate
families. You cannot get ready in the Lodge, so this was convenient to get ready in a house while still
having a view of the Lodge and all its glory including two staged Clydesdale horses.

Book Mount Ida now! We got married at the Event Barn and it is worth every penny (any more). It ended up raining on our wedding day and I am so grateful we had the indoor option at the Event Barn. I was sad we didn't get the beautiful gazebo photos for the wedding ceremony but luckily we did get a few pictures there for our first look.

Our guests loved how easy it was that our ceremony was in the Event Barn and so was the reception (seriously, don't sleep on an indoor ceremony, it worked out for the best). Everyone we worked with like Bronwyn and Rachael were so nice. The space photographs so well and caterers LOVE Mount Ida (if you want Exchange Events as your caterer, go ahead and book Mount Ida).

They have four different spaces to choose from (and pro-tip Event Barn does not require their wine/beer) so there are tons of options with Mount Ida. I am so grateful we had our wedding there!!

The Lodge venue is beautiful. The views are spectacular. Our event manager Matt was very helpful and easy to work with before and during the reception. The entire event went smoothly and all our decorations were packed and ready for us to pick up in the moring.
I would reccommend staying on the property if available. The only thing missing was a arbor onthe ceremony site so my son in law built on and set it up. I would reccommend this venue.

We loved having our wedding at Mount Ida! We got married at The Lodge and couldn’t be happier with our decision. We actually hosted two events there – a small ceremony in 2021 and a larger reception in 2022. Though this was not our original plan, we felt so supported by the Mount Ida team and they made a stressful planning & re-planning process significantly easier. They were very flexible with us when we had to reschedule twice due to Covid. Bronwyn was incredibly responsive to all of our questions and the whole team made sure our wedding was spectacular (once we finally got to have it!). The venue itself is just stunning, and all of our guests were blown away by the beautiful view. We also used the cottage on the property to get ready the morning before the ceremony, which was perfect for me, my mom, and 7 bridesmaids. I would highly recommend The Lodge at Mount Ida as a wonderful wedding venue!

Got married on 11/13 at the Thomas Ridge ceremony site, and had our reception at The Event Barn at Mount Ida, and it was absolutely stunning! The views of the mountains and fall leaves at Thomas Ridge made the backdrop of our ceremony out of this world, and only got better with sunset pictures! The reception at the barn was equally as gorgeous! We have nothing but great things to say about our wedding & the staff, and have heard glowing reviews from our guests! Would 1000% recommend checking out Mount Ida for your Charlottesville-area wedding!!!

Mt. Ida Event barn was the perfect venue for our May wedding. The gazebo ceremony site is simply beautiful and the property is immaculately well taken care of. We had to postpone our September wedding to May- adjust numbers and seating — and add a tent to comply with local guidelines. The team at Mt. Ida was accommodating and responsive throughout the process. While there are a fair amount of restrictions for the venue itself- they are ultimately very accommodating. Special shout out to Kim who was particularly accessible and awesome with my many many questions leading up to the big day and Matt who served as our venue coordinator ensuring everything to run smoothly.

We had such a wonderful experience as Mount Ida's Water's Edge venue. The venue was stunning, and the entire Mount Ida team was easy to work with. Planning a wedding during a pandemic is stressful, and the Mount Ida team was there at every step to answer any questions we had.

From our initial tour at Mt. Ida in January 2020 (before COVID19 came to North America) to our wedding in April 2021 (a year into COVID19), the team at Mt. Ida has been a dream to work with. Those 15 months were fraught with uncertainty and constant change, yet the team remained communicative, accomodating and flexible. We had a delicious rehearsal dinner at the Tasting Room & Taphouse, an amazing two-night stay at Mt. Ida Manor, a beautiful ceremony at the lakeside Gazebo and a wonderful cocktail hour and reception at the Event Barn.

In particular, we would like to give shout outs to Bronwyn and Kim. Whenever we have questions, Bronwyn was incredibly responsive (ie we would hear back from her within a day) and professional with her communication. In addition, Kim served as an excellent intermediary between Mt. Ida's owner, the management team and us. She proposed feasible and reasonable solutions to problems posed by changes in the state's gathering recommendations/restrictions. In all, we couldn't ask for a better or more beautiful venue for our wedding weekend, nor could we ask for a better team to handle it.

This wedding venue is absolutely beautiful! Tracy was great to work with and made everything so easy!

When our original wedding venue cancelled on us two months before the big day citing COVID, my now husband and I scrambled to find a new venue for a micro wedding while postponing our big celebration to next year. I was thrilled to find Mount Ida was offering elopement packages and it was truly the best experience we could have possibly had. We selected the Aventador House and Thomas Ridge ceremony site. All of our guests were blown away by the beauty of the property and ceremony space. It was a weekend we will never forget. Special thanks to Matt who was so helpful and gracious throughout our stay! This venue will always have a special place in our hearts.

Mount Ida is a great vendor and a well oiled machine when it comes to weddings. Our wedding was supposed to be September 2020, and they worked with us to be as flexible as they could be within their means to have the wedding day we dreamed of. So we split up our wedding- had the ceremony September 2020 at the absolutely gorgeous gazebo among our immediate family, and then planned and replanned our wedding reception until we finally pulled it off this past weekend. They were so accommodating the whole time and we had many calls and check ins during those 2 years. The reception was absolutely gorgeous. So many raving compliments about how dreamy the Event Barn was!! We did a grand entrance into cocktail hour where we played a short video of our ceremony on the 2 flat screen TVs that flank the stage, and then opened up the curtains that unveiled the grand ballroom and my husband and I walked out to meet all of our guests. They went wild! It was a magical moment that we’ve been waiting a long time for! Thank you so much for an unforgettable night!!

I was married at the Lodge and I couldn't have asked for a better venue! Not only were the on site staff extremely friendly, but they were available for our entire weekend stay. We did the mini destination package and our families rented two additional houses for a 3 day weekend. Tracy was available for any of our questions that weekend and Matt was phenomenal with any maintenance or on site help we needed as well. Mount Ida also has remote staff that worked with us and were available during the entire planning process. I did not have to set up, take down or put away a single thing the entire weekend and especially the day of. Mount Ida is worth every single penny and then some. We will forever be getting compliments on how relaxed the staff was day of as well as the horses and exceptionally gorgeous property. We can't wait to continue to visit and drink wine at their taproom too!

We had our wedding here in October 2019. It was like a setting out of a dream! The staff definitely has some rules that you should be familiar with in the contract, but nothing that hinders a good party! Easily accessible by busses from central Charlottesville. Worth the spacious insides and gorgeous views.

We had a beautiful setting, beautiful view, and spacious area. The separate dinning, dancing, and out door area left enough space for guests to spread out and find their own little nooks. We got compliments from so many guests that this venue was the perfect Charlottesville venue!

My husband and I got married at Mount Ida on 9/21 and it was absolutely perfect! We fell in love with the venue the moment we first walked into the Event Barn. Then when we saw the Gazebo we were sold. We stayed the weekend at the Manor House with our parents and bridal party. It was so fun spending the whole weekend together. All our guests loved the venue and talked about how beautiful everything was. I highly recommend Mount Ida.

We visited The Lodge Mount Ida about a year before our wedding, and not only is the property absolutely stunning, but the people were so sweet and welcoming they had a big influence on our decision to choose Mount Ida! They were very sweet, and allowed us to visit a couple of times so our parents could see, and were very easy to work with. The wedding couldn't have gone smoother!

Everything about this venue is stunning! It was the first and only one we looked at because we fell in love with the Event Barn right away. From the stone fire place, to the beautiful ceilings and bridal suite. The staff was so helpful and made sure everything went off without a hitch!

Mount Ida Farm (The Lodge) was our first choice for our December 1, 2018 wedding before we even visited, and we are so happy we got married there. Tracy was absolutely incredible and so accommodating. The property is stunning and so many of our guests told us or our families that it was the most beautiful wedding they had every attended. We also rented some of the homes on property for our families and bridal party, and everyone had a blast. Our wedding was an absolute dream and it's all thanks to the Lodge and the amazing staff!

Our wedding at Mount Ida Farm was absolutely perfect and everything we could have hoped for! The outside ceremony location at the gazebo is just beautiful. It was truly a fairy tale entrance walking down the staircase and the aisle! Multiple people at our wedding said it was the most gorgeous wedding they had ever been to. The staff and everything run so smoothly during the entire process. With their list of vendors, their excellent communication, and their incredible location, they made our wedding absolutely magical! We are so happy we chose Mount Ida Farm for our wedding!! Thank you again, from the bottom of our hearts!

Mount Ida Farm (The Event Barn) was the PERFECT venue for our wedding! While it is incredibly expensive by our standards, when compared with other barn and vineyard venues in the area, it is properly priced. Savings with Mount Ida are that you don’t have to buy alcohol from them (vineyard wine is more expensive than buying from your caterer or on your own), and the venues (ceremony and reception) are so beautiful that centerpieces and decorations can be more minimal. There are some specific rules that Mount Ida does require, and I recommend you ask questions and read closely. For example, they require you to have a day-of coordinator (I HIGHLY recommend you do this even if you do not choose Mount Ida), events are required to conclude by 11pm (county laws), and rehearsals have to take place before 12pm if it is on Friday-Sunday I believe due to other weddings (we just did ours at a restaurant). Besides being absolutely stunning and a warm, welcoming place for our wedding, Mount Ida has a fabulous team. Kathryn and Kathleen in the corporate office, Bronwyn for pre-event coordination, and Tracy for day-of management were all super friendly, helpful, and organized. Bronwyn was especially a gem when our original day-of-coordinator did not show up for our walk through. She was calm, collected, and un-phased by the snafu and was willing to walk through paperwork and timeline with me and my now husband. She reassured us that everything would be perfect and that there was nothing to worry about—she was right! She also made sure we had time to practice our first dance in the space, which made us way more comfortable for the day of. I am sure I am missing many details that are amazing in my review, so if you think you like Mount Ida from the pictures online—go visit! The venues book up quickly, so I recommend you ask for available dates during the months you’re thinking about in the same note that asks for a tour.

Outstanding venue, gorgeous, impeccable quality, outstanding customer service. Book it for your fairytale wedding.

My husband and I had our ceremony and reception at the gazebo and barn, respectively, in July 2018 and it was amazing! It's very secluded, peaceful atmosphere, with mountains, hills, lakes, Clydesdale horses in the surrounding area. The owners and staff onsite were very helpful throughout the entire wedding planning process. They provide a preferred vendors list, which we found very beneficial since we were not from the area. Although they require a day of wedding coordinator, I honestly felt like the onsite staff member, Tracy, was more organized and helpful during the rehearsal and the day of the wedding, than our wedding coordinator. Overall, our wedding turned out beautiful, we got so many compliments from friends and family asking how we found this amazing place, and we will definitely come back for anniversaries to the visit their vineyard at the lodge location. Our only complaint was that the toilets were not open down at the ceremony and my husband almost had to go back to the barn minutes before the ceremony began, and the groom, groomsmen, and father of the bride had to stand outside in the July heat for almost an hour before the ceremony started. May consider having the gentlemen stand inside the air conditioned house down at the ceremony and keep the bride and bridesmaids in the air conditioned bus until the gentlemen need to walk down the isle?

For anyone looking for a classically beautiful wedding venue right outside of Charlottesville, look no further. The Lodge at Mount Ida provides a stunning canvas for couples to create the wedding of their dreams. With their breathtaking sweeping mountain views to their exceptionally friendly staff, it's a no brainer for my couples when they make the decision to have their weddings at the beauty that Mount Ida truly is. I always look forward to my next event there!

It rained on our wedding day this past weekend and even with plan B in place it was absolutely beautiful! Everyone at Mt. Ida was amazing to work with and went above and beyond! Perfect venue...it was a dream come true!!

We got married at The Lodge and were one of the first weddings to take place there. None of our guests had been to The Lodge before and everyone was in awe of it's beauty. There is so much you can do with the venue to fit your personality and can accommodate a large number of guests - one of the few in the Charlottesville area. We also rented out several of the houses on the property for the wedding party and our families. It was a magical day and would highly recommend it.