Venues & Event Spaces near Montverde, FL

“This is a relatively new private country club, a very rare hilly course in central Florida. It offers a very unique experience for Florida golfers and attracted many people moved in from the north. The community is beautiful. It is built around Lake Apopka. All luxury homes. The downside is it is not very convenient for grocery shopping, a good 50 minutes driving going to places in Orlando. The golf course is actually quite challenging. The blue tee is 6900+ yards and the white tee is 6500+ yards, but the slope is only 127 and 122 respectively. This is very odd, understated in my opinion. Course is in excellent condition, green is fast but not crazy, about 10 when I played. The green is not easy to read. Fairways are also sloped, hitting to the middle of the fairway often means aiming left or right. The course does not have much water, but many bunkers. It requires relatively calculated shots to avoid them. Overall, very enjoyable.”

“Booked for my best friend and I for a girl's date ? We made both Lipsticks and Lip glosses at our appointment. They turned out great thanks to Shalini guide and help throughout the whole process. She was very informative and friendly! I definitely want to come back to make foundation and concealer next time. My best friend also enjoyed herself and took lots of photos because this place is Instagram worthy!”

“What a great place to do a photo shoot! This property is on 80 acres. The mansion is amazing. There are 3 special bedrooms upstairs. Shoot in the Playboy, Prince, or Marilyn Monroe rooms. Check it out on YouTube.”

“Their sound system isnt great, their ppt isn't great, but I can't beat the location & prices of tickets. The ppl who works there is awesome. We've seen a few cover bands they were are fantasticI hope they continue to have great entertainers!”

“IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING BOOKING THIS VENUE FOR A WEDDING PLEASE READ THIS!

I'm a award winning Wedding Photographer based out of the Miami area, I have been shooting for over 9 years.

I just finished working a wedding at this venue, and I'm a person who never leaves a negative review for something because it's a Buisness and it can hurt them, but I have to be honest & transparent.

This review is to reflect my experience at the Howe Mansion.

This venue is gorgeous, has beautiful spots for photos and for ceremony. These are the only Positives I have about the venue.

Now the venue manager "Fran" is literally the worst Manager of a Venue I've seen in my wedding photography career.

She's rude, condescending towards vendors, the planner & the bride. This woman SHOULD NOT be apart of this venue, and honestly I don't know how with other countless negative reviews that have been left she is still working for the Howey Mansion.

I arrived to the venue early to scout and she open the door and told me to come back in 3 hours as a vendor I'm not allowed to go in to the Howey Mansion until 3 hours before the wedding starts.

Wedding photographers like myself capture days from early in the day, especially when the bride is getting ready at the actual venue, not a hotel.

She literally would not allow me to take my gear (my bag with camera & lenses) upstairs for photography because she said it can damage the floor of the property which has been standing for over 100 years. The planner had to get involved and explain that none of my gear would hurt the venue in any way.

She gave me a hard time for arriving to the venue a few hours early to try to get a head start on doing getting ready photos for the couple that she paid for. She almost didn't allow it to happen, and after myself, several bridesmaids and eventually the bride and the planner got involved I was finally allowed to do my job. She was difficult with the planner and the dj as well.

Do your research and look at the negative reviews of this venue. They are literally all about her.

I would not recommend this venue at all, and honestly I would not photograph at this place ever again as long as Fran is involved.

If you're looking for a wedding venue, stay away as long as Fran is involved with this venue.

Fran if you read this -- You are the sole reason why this venue is getting negative reviews. Please do better.

If the owner is reading this - Why haven't you gotten rid of Fran? She has been the worst wedding manager I have ever been in contact with in my career. You are in a hospitality/service based business, she needs to treat vendors with value & respect.

REVISION: I was contacted by the owner of the venue Brad in which he apologized for the experience we had with Fran, and let me know there would be some changes in the future. He welcomed me to come out again when these changes happen.

My change in stars is to reflect him making it right. Thank you for reaching out and making this right Brad.”

“Close to Orlando and yet VERY different. A small, nice main street invites you to take a walk, many small restaurants, brick buildings, no high-rise buildings, nice atmosphere, weekend farmer's market, spacious parking garage for visitors just a block behind the main street. There are also open-air concerts in the summer, just the charm of a nice small town. For ? connoisseurs there is also our own brewery not far from the town hall.”

“Response to the fake name that described The Oakland Manor as an ant invested, walls seeping, damage to property lady.. you are violating the true rights of people to leave a legitimate review about a place . You are not who you say you are and you are only trying to degrade an honest business only to gain some sort of notoriety or compensation for your own personal losses in your own lifePlease do not bring fake comments into an honest review area, you are insulting ALL of us who need a truth worthy commentary .Please consider this “whatever her name is” untrustworthy and very dishonest.ThankU”

“Awesome staff and environment. Loved doing the self guided painting canvas and my girlfriend loved painting the charcuterie board. Not a huge artist, but it seems like they have a great selection of paint! Rarely you see an art studio that provides an elaborate selection of refreshments!”

“Recently got married here. We had our ceremony out back behind Little Tanner Hall and our reception inside of Tanner Hall. Can't recommend this place enough. The staff was great throughout the entire process and so easy to work with. Also a great price!!”

“I'm not sure if I missed it, but I took the chance to change my baby inside the Lakeshore center. There were no handicap buttons to push open the doors and there was no changing table in the women's restroom. I do hope that maybe I overlooked it when I was in the building.”

“The Snickers restaurant that beats all restaurants within 60 miles for the very best Saturday night meal. I have enjoyed Saturday night dinners there for over a year. There are 2 restaurants on the property so be sure it is Snickers you are at. The dinner is buffet style with servers regularly checking on you with a smile. They serve Prime Rib, Alaskan King Crab Legs, vegetables, soup, salads and a 15 foot bar of Sushi and Sashimi which are both fish or vegetable, baked salmon, raw clams and oysters. The desert bar is 10 foot long and besides the many cakes, pies, bread putting there is ice cream with chocolate sauce. The restaurant has many soft drinks and a bar which your server will get you the harder drinks and wine. If you take my advice you will come back many many times. There hours are 5 PM to 9 PM.”

“Super friendly staff..Rooms very clean.Place smells sweet.Great location.Must say the breakfast gal is on top of her game. Delicious, cleaned tables and chairs after each family left. Food tasted great. Thank you management for training top quality staff.Walkability: Strip mall across highway that we were recommended to visit.Miller's ale house was great.Other stores too.”

“We had a baby shower there for 20 plus people it was it was nice A little tight for 20 plus people when you have food and everything I think if you maybe have 15 would be better but overall it was a great place the people were very nice yes we were a little late getting there and everything was cleaned and shiny by seven they couldn't say anything cuz it was spotless when we left”

“My daughter wanted to have her wedding a month after she got engaged. I had never done a wedding before! Gabbys is an awesome place we had the reception and wedding service in the same place the stuff helped to move the chairs back into place and the tables back into place after the service are used their caterer the food was absolutely delicious They allowed us to set up everything prior to the event very friendly staff very good service I recommend this place highly”

“A nice bowling alley to take kids to in the summer. They have a great Kids Bowl Free Program! 2 free games a day, just have to pay for shoe rentals. A fun indoor activity for a rainy Florida day. Will definitely be going back!”