Northfork

This place is absolutely gorgeous! It is by far the most beautiful venue in the Ottawa valley. The barn has an amazing ambiance. The drinks were amazing and very reasonably priced. Everything about this place is absolutely amazing, except how far away it is. It is a long drive home after a great night of dancing.

Very nice and cozy place. The room is clean with chalet style decoration. The owner is very charming.

Very nice people running it, and the home cooked meals they serve are just like grandma used to make.

The owners are really nice you have to meet them.

Fantastic experience all around.

Very lovely place

I do not recommend booking your wedding here as the communication between the current owner Devina and Event Coordinator Margaret is far from being on the same page. We were told we could have certain accommodations no problem, as others in the past have had these accommodations, which I tried to clarify with the owner before sending the deposit, but she again ignored that question. So, we went with what Margaret told us and signed the contract and sent our $1000 deposit over a year ago. Fast forward to 4 months until our big day, we had brought up the topic of certain accommodations to Devina and she replied with no, we do not allow that… well why wasn’t this discussed prior when we tried to bring it up again?!
So they then came back with the offer of, “we will allow these accommodations only IF you spend $1550 + tax and rent out the house as well, but if not, we cannot offer you the other accommodations”…
So we came to the conclusion that we needed to find a new venue, potentially. I brought this up with Margaret who said “you can get your deposit back if we are able to fill your spot” fair enough. But nope, that’s not what Devina said or wants to do.
In fact, Devina said to Margaret directed at me “don’t let the door hit you on the way out, hun”. That I have proof of.
Keep in mind, I had not yet cancelled yet, I wanted to discuss this further to see what our options were. So I emailed Devina asking if her and I could talk about this situation seeing as her and Margaret can’t seem to mutter the same line twice. And she replied with “we accept your cancellation”… well, I didn’t cancel yet? So, technically they owe me my deposit back if they’re cancelling on me, which I then replied to her with. And since then it’s been crickets.
$1000 isn’t much to her as the farm is now again for sale for $1.5mil, but for brides trying to pay for a wedding in 2023, $1000 goes a long way.
Also a previous bride from 2022 said her wedding day was extremely stressful as management was in the way, interrupting their day, and the cleanliness wasn’t up to par either with mouse droppings all over the table settings. People who lived in the main house came down and helped themselves to a plated dinner that they weren’t invited to? Yikes.

Save yourself the stress and money and look elsewhere. We’re not only $1000 out (and waiting for it to be refunded), but we had to reorder wedding invitations, envelopes, stamps and cancel other vendors amounting to a total of $2000…
Hopefully the next owner of Northfork can bring back the class and professionalism that the Flemings had when they owned it.

Avoid!! Very unprofessional & unpleasant owners/organizers. Check out Addie’s review. Wouldn’t want anyone else going through the same thing as wedding planning is stressful enough.

Avoid this venue. Unprofessional and and overpriced. Do not send a deposit. Owner does not care about meeting your personal needs just focused on getting her pay cheque.

Terrible Customer Service! Cancels on people and keeps their deposit. Can’t give clear answers and clarification! I do not recommend even trying to book with Margaret and Devina! Stay away!

Definitely would not recommend booking your event especially not your wedding here unless you want added stress!!

Very unprofessional staff.