Blomgren Ranch

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• May 2024 by Bob Fox
  Very pleasant and sheltered from the wind for the taste of the town fundraiser.
• May 2024 by Monique M Moreno
  We recently had the pleasure of hosting an event at Blomgren Ranch, and it was an absolutely delightful experience from start to finish. Elena, the owner, stands out as a shining example of hospitality and professionalism. From our initial interactions to the day of the event, Elena was attentive, responsive, and genuinely interested in making our event a success.
  Originally planned as an outdoor lawn event, unforeseen weather conditions forced us to change our plans and move indoors. When I approached Elena with this challenge, she immediately sprang into action, brainstorming ideas and solutions to ensure that our event would still be memorable and enjoyable for all our guests. Her proactive approach and willingness to go above and beyond truly made all the difference.
  Throughout the planning process and on the day of the event, I never once felt any attitude or negativity from Elena or her staff. On the contrary, everyone we interacted with was friendly, accommodating, and eager to assist in any way they could. It was clear that they all take great pride in their work and genuinely care about their clients' satisfaction.
  The venue itself is stunningly beautiful, with picturesque views and a rustic charm that sets the perfect backdrop for any occasion. But what truly sets Blomgren Ranch apart is the people. Elena and her team are not just venue operators; they are partners in making your event vision come to life.
  I wholeheartedly recommend Blomgren Ranch to anyone in search of a beautiful venue and a team of professionals who truly care about making your event special. I am already looking forward to planning my next event at this wonderful property, and I can't wait to see what magic we can create together. Thank you, Blomgren Ranch, for an unforgettable experience
• March 2024 by Evelyn Torres
  Beautiful
• December 2023 by Jeselyn Perez
  I would not recommend this venue to anyone. Although beautiful… the staff here are not who they market themselves to be. “Family ran”, personalized experience and helpful are how they marketed themselves to be. Due to very unfortunate health circumstances we had to change our wedding venue only 1 DAY after booking with them and they would not refund a $2000 deposit.
  
  Yes I’m aware the contract says it’s non refundable - but what cost or inconvenience is caused by literally ONE DAY of having something booked.
  
  In my humble opinion - If your marketing and pull to your venue is that it’s family ran and very understanding and considerate of your customers…. Your actions and decisions should reflect that and they absolutely do not reflect that.
• December 2023 by Julian Preciado
  The place is very nice, suitable for holding very nice events. The spaces reserved for different ceremonies are very nice, as well as everyone being close, their furniture is well cared for.
• November 2023 by Bridget Cantu (makeup_bybridget)
  Save the headache, don’t even bother with this venue. Even tho this is a beautiful place, the owner Elaina & Addison especially have the worst most unprofessional attitudes. They will make you feel uncomfortable any chance they get with side comments & constant attitude.
  I booked this venue last year for my wedding because of how beautiful it is & they were friendly… at first.
  Months passed & I called to ask about setting up a rehearsal there. They made snarky comments while I was on the phone , saying I’m stressing them out about my wedding & giving her grey hairs while the other one was giggling into the phone. Keep in mind , this is the first time I had called them……….
  They ask for the same information over & over.
  Give different information to you every time you talk to them which makes it even more confusing.
  After that phone call with them, i wanted nothing to do with them & no stress. I didn’t reach out. And had no contact until my final walk through which went well.
  But the day of my wedding, it was attitude to the max & side comments.
  The driver who took us to the venue the morning of my wedding warned me before I got out of the car about their horrible attitudes and told me to pay no mind and just enjoy my day. Which I did.
  My hair girl even had bad experiences there & the first thing she asked me when I sat in her chair is how my process has been here…
  I had a beautiful wedding day! I just wish these owners & workers had a bit of a brighter attitude & didn’t seem so hostile/bitter all the time. Just a PSA to all future brides, save yourself any non needed stress & find another beautiful venue for your special day.
• November 2023 by Shaunna Smith
  Beautiful ranch. However BEWARE- the owner and staff are absolutely horrible. I showed up twenty minutes earlier and we weren’t let into the gate till 20 minutes after the time they gave us. Tried to gaslight the bride on her wedding day regarding the contract. Weren’t going to let the father of the bride in for the first look. Weren’t letting vendors that the bride paid for to come in. Called the entire bridal party hostile bc we stood up for ourselves during the gaslighting. The employees and owner were hostile and rude. Do not book if you don’t want the employees to create absolute chaos during your event.
• November 2023 by Brandi Milligan
  This venue is beautiful! However, the staff(every single one of them) is rude enough to ruin your special event. The owner likes to not follow the contracts, change items you already picked out and definitely doesn’t like to open the gate on time. DO NOT waste your money on this venue. Everything turns into a disaster. SAVE YOURSELF AND RUN!
• November 2023 by Angel S.
  Let's keep it simple. You look at the other reviews and you weigh the pros and cons and you think well that won't happen to us right? I saw these reviews and I was persuaded to still book my wedding here because my in laws had an amazing 50th anniversary here. What I didn't know at the time was that fact that ELENA BLOMGREN AND ADDISON (SOON TO BE BLOMGREN) were now running things. They did not host my in-laws anniversary. The facts are - Elena would not let the bartenders and catering staff serve apple cider to each table and champagne for the toast at the bar. I wasted over $300 worth of untouched champagne and apple cider even though I followed Elena's instructions to the tee. They did not put a table upstairs in the barn even though I paid for that table and 4 seats. I asked Addison 3 times and she said that her staff would set it up after lunch. The wedding started and I looked up and there was no table so 4 of my guests who were also the photo/video team and DJ/MC (close friends) had no seat and had to eat in my bridal suite. Unbelievable. Elena did not let my guests in at the agreed time - 3:30pm so the guests were waiting in a huge line to get into the property. MY HUSBAND WAS NOT ALLOWED IN BEFORE THE GUESTS. HE HAD TO WAIT AS WELL. Elena will not let the groom in and additional family members who are walking in the ceremony in before the guests. So therefore you will not have time for family photos or like us BRIDE AND GROOM PORTRAITS or a first touch. Elena threatened my family who was decorating the entire event. Saying if they did not purchase insurance they would not be let in the front gate and onto the property and they only had 30 mins to set up if they do not purchase insurance. If I'm already paying over $14k for a venue why are my family members not allowed to help me decorate? It's beyond my comprehension. Elena wants to only deal with expensive vendors. I rented a huge moving truck to make the gate situation easier and came to the venue at 8am and was trapped on the property until the event ended because they said if I left they would not let me come in and out. So I couldn't even go out to buy food. Addison would come in and ask me questions instead of the lighting guy and other professionals that were there. Like "Are they going to gaff that?" How am I supposed to know. I politely told her to ask the lighting guy. She also came into my suite multiple times and counted each person so loudly. Idk who told her to do that, but it was very obnoxious. While I was taking pictures, Addison kept complaining to me that my niece was playing on the prohibited playground instead of telling her mom who was standing right there. Literally as I was posing for a photo. She did lend me her jacket so that was nice. All in all, I know Addison is just following the directions of Elena but Addison was equally as difficult. Also, please note I had multiple conversations and a plan in place that Elena agreed to that she did not uphold. I would not recommend this venue to anyone in the future. My event was beautiful by God's grace and despite Elena and Addison. Hector did amazing job with the food and Jesse was an incredible DJ/MC. SOS Entertainment with the beautiful lighting and our family and friends who did all the decorations and desserts. Elena did not care that this was our family's second event at the Ranch. She doesn't care because it's her family's ranch. All of this is just extra income. Please just find another venue. The complaints are real on here.
• November 2023 by Amber B.
  Beautiful spot, horrible experience. Heard horror stories from everyone I spoke to about the location. Staff laughs together and makes inappropriate comments on the phone calls as well as during rehearsal and the event. I am a people person - I can usually adjust when I just get the feeling we're unwelcome. However, trying to work with someone who continuously throws curveballs, works against your schedule, and acts like they don't know what's going on after a year of planning and regular communication is frustrating to say the least. Again, gorgeous venue (here's the BUT)- the gate isn't open on time, the call box isn't for the venue, there's no cell service, and if you reach the office you'll be scolded for calling the office because "they'll be out on the grounds all day". Grass is muddy, parking is in the dirt, and the hill will kick your butt if you miss the little trolly. DJ and Bartender were interesting choices. The DJ (sigh) he had a huge mishap and skipped an entire song (there were only 3 scheduled) took it amongst himself to target one small group of 4 kids the entire night and play mall cop, and tended to play the same song, on the same tempo the entire night. Spent very little time at his table actually DJ-ing and took no cues from the crowd to switch up the music when the dance floor was empty. Last 10 mins were his best. The bartender(s) announced to the guests that they'd be taking a break - from my understanding there are two of them so that their breaks are covered, totally inappropriate to tell the guests you're both going on a break at the same time. She, at least, had good vibes and a pretty good attitude with most of the guests. If this place and staff can really change their attitude towards people or hire a friendly coordinator, better DJ, more professional staff that would really change the dynamic of the venue. It feels as though they have a dusty pile of gold and don't care to dust it off and let it shine!!
• November 2023 by Brianna C.
  Beautiful venue! But like the reviews said beautiful disaster. My sister got married here, I had worked a wedding here a couple years back as a vendor. Didn't have a problem but once we were the people having an event I couldn't be more disappointed. Planning special life events should be fun! Getting to help a bride and family on their special day is something I absolutely love and not seeing that makes me wonder why they are even in this business. No service, okay fine but when you get there the call box is an absolute no and then I was told to not bother calling the office cause they won't be in there. Okay fine. Less attitude and just come open the gate cause we are here and I had no other way of getting in contact than the number right in front of the gate with the one area I was able to get one bar of service? Wi-Fi is only given to the bride and groom, they didn't get it until I had to ask 3 hours being there and then being told she texted it to my sister with attitude. How was she going to get that text with no service? LOLIt's not even about the not getting it, it's the attitude you get when you ask anything. Like they try and belittle you. So inappropriate and unnecessary. They then told us they won't be available to anyone cause they are going on lunch off site.....When you have an event, someone needs to be available to the bride, I'm sorry that's part of your job right? Also the security is excessive, I get it better save than sorry but the bullet proof vests was a bit much. The rest of the staff was okay to me but I didn't love being told by multiple guest how rudely they were treated that night. I mean come on people!! When you have other vendors and the guests and personal experiences that are negative, something isn't working...I don't like writing negative reviews I just hope they can fix what obviously is an issue and if they don't I hope people read the reviews before booking cause we didn't.
• November 2023 by Bridget C.
  Save the headache, don't even bother with this venue. Even tho this is a beautiful place, the owner Elaina & Addison especially have the worst most unprofessional attitudes. They will make you feel uncomfortable any chance they get with side comments & constant attitude. I booked this venue last year for my wedding because of how beautiful it is & they were friendly...at first. Months passed & I called to ask about setting up a rehearsal there. They made snarky comments while I was on the phone , saying I'm stressing them out about my wedding & giving her grey hairs while the other one was giggling into the phone. Keep in mind , this is the first time I had called them..........They will ask for the same information over & over from you.Give different information to you about the venue every time you talk to them which makes it even more confusing. After that phone call with them, i wanted nothing to do with them & no stress. I didn't reach out. And had no contact until my final walk through which went well. But the day of my wedding, it was attitude to the max right when we showed up & unnecessary side comments. The driver who took us to the venue the morning of my wedding warned me before I got out of the car about their horrible attitudes and told me to pay no mind and just enjoy my day. Which I did. My hair girl even had bad experiences there & the first thing she asked me when i sat down in her chair is how my process has been here....I had a beautiful wedding day! I just wish these owners & workers had a bit of a brighter attitude & didn't seem so hostile/bitter all the time. Just a PSA to all future brides, save yourself any non needed stress & find another beautiful venue for your special day.
• October 2023 by ivan villarreal
  Great outdoor venue for those summer events
• October 2023 by Julia L.
  The venue is beautiful and has a lot of potential to be great. Most of the staff has a huge stick up their ass which ruins it for a lot of people. There is a girl that works there named Addison that is god awful and should not be working a wedding industry or be able to speak to a bride on her wedding day. My bridesmaid works in the wedding industry and was astonished about how they speak to everyone. At the end of the day, everything happened the way I planned it to in terms of food, decor and timeline so I have to give them some stars for that. I probably would not recommend someone having their wedding here again solely because of how unkind the staff is.
• October 2023 by Kyle B.
  The venue is nice, and with good weather is an excellent spot for a wedding. The DJ that the facility will recommend for your party is the reason this is a one star review. He would not have been picked, but Blomgren Ranch recommended him, so they get the bad review.Unless your party is gangster rap and Wet A#$ P()*&y crowd, the DJ will not be able to play anything you want. The dance floor was EMPTY the entire night and people left early strictly because the DJ sucked so bad. When asked to play more party, dance, anything to get people on the floor, he didn't have any with him. He never once looked at the crowd, but wore his headphones and gangster rapped to himself all night. He was terrible. The DJ can make or break a reception.