The Great House At Sonning

I will try and keep this succinct, but we had our wedding at the Great House in September 2024 and overall it was one of the best wedding supplier decisions we made! Every detail was so thoughtful and imo they went above and beyond: - There were a few dietary requirements in our guest list, which were catered for without having to compromise on the overall menu (our sole GF guest was approached with her own canapé platter, she was overjoyed to say the least) - I stayed the night before in the clocktower suite with a bridesmaid and our venue coordinator arranged for food to be brought over from the restaurant so that we didn't have to bump into our guests who were also staying over. - They gave me late checkout at the clocktower suite and moved all my things from the suite to the wedding couple room for me. This meant we didn't have to book it for 2 nights, as we didn't have any use for a big suite on the wedding night itself. - There were a number of DIY elements which the venue set up perfectly for us. Especially, our bud vases with faux flowers, which I handed over in boxes with some instructions, but the real detail I left to the venue and they nailed it without needing to check in with me. They also packed everything away at the end of the night and left it to be picked up in the morning. Just generally, the venue is fantastic: - The food was legendary, months later all my family is still raving about it, like I said everyone was catered for but the quality and taste of everything was excellent. We had a complimentary food tasting in November 2023 but you also get to try the canapés if you go to one of their wedding open days. - Being on the river is so special and unique, we made the most of it by chartering a river boat during the cocktail hour. Our photographer took us down the footpath for golden hour photos and they are lovely. - The layout of the venue is perfect for us, there were different places for people to gather or hang out, but you never felt cut off from the party (even when in the igloo, which was another unique touch). - Cocktails were delicious, we chose 4 from the menu (as there's too many for the staff to make otherwise), and they wrote it up on the blackboard for our guests to see. - Might just be our good luck, but my husband's family loves Guinness, and between us booking the venue and the actual wedding date, it finally made its way onto tap in the venue... A happy coincidence, but if it wasn't on tap then the staff would have gone to the other bar to pour then brought it back to us, so no problem really. Only a couple of things went awry: - They were painting the hallway outside my suite and I had a huge wedding dress... The decorator got a telling off by the coordinator so I think this was a miscommunication internally. - The sound system cut out during my aisle walk, and the microphones were cutting out during the speeches. I have been assured that they have/will replace the whole system, and we were compensated for this after our wedding and are satisfied with the outcome. (If you're concerned about this, just ask them!) Overall we were blown away with the thoughtfulness of all the staff we communicated with, it really made the whole process special and stress-free.

We just wanted to reach out to both of you to say a massive thank you for all your hard work on providing us with the most perfect day. It was a really smooth process to get everything planned in and Charlie you were so helpful with sorting all the small details and helped keep me worry free in the planning! The handover to Emily was very easy and the day ran perfectly. All the staff on the day were very attentive and helpful and helped the day run so well. A massive thank you again to you both.

The team on the day were incredible, Enya was our team leader and went above and beyond to make sure it went smoothly and we felt looked after which we really did! She helped solve dress problem, took control of the day which is exactly what I needed, the whole bar team were so happy and efficient, I could not ask for more, they really were incredible, all our guests felt well looked after

I hope you are well 😊 We just wanted to thank you for all of your hard work on Sunday and the work of your staff, you were all amazing and we had the best day ever at your venue. Everything about it was beautiful, and the rooms were set up perfectly. Thank you again and it was lovely meeting you. Kind regards, Sally and Jon Holroyd

We had a truly magical day, thank you so much for all your help right from the start. Honestly, the team at Streatley are fabulous, everything went exactly as planned - right down to the surprise of the singing waiter! Everyone was amazing and super friendly and helpful.we were both quite sad when it was all over, we would have loved to do it all over again! The ceremony was just magical, the food was perfect and the drinks reception was wonderful. Hennes nailed it! Once again, thank you all

Can i just say what an absolutely fantastic day we had, and how helpful you all were, everything was lovely and the events team from Hennes and Laura to Will and all the others that i didn’t catch names, couldn’t do enough to help, big big thank you.

Hi All, Just wanted to drop a quick thank you note for our wedding last Sat! We thought things went really well and our guests had a great time! Thanks again!!

Sorry it has taken us all week to write to you, we’ve been on cloud 9 after the best day ever!! We just want to say a huge thank you to the whole events team who were amazingly organised and so friendly. Also a big thank you to Charlie for all the preparations and answering my endless questions! You guys are awesome! Thanks a million, Love Lizzie & Kurt

I just wanted to say, you, Laura & the whole team at the Great House honestly made mine and Mat's Wedding on Saturday - it was incredible for us.  We are so happy and I just wanted to thank you, to all of you.  Please pass this onto the relevant managers as you & Laura made the whole process so relaxed, organised & could not have done any more for us both. So I hope you get some form of praise from this, as you both are incredible and an asset to the Great House!  We are very grateful!

I would first like to thank you for the exceptional job you and your team did for J & G's wedding. It was simply stunning and could not have been more organized or welcoming. Thank you SO much for all of the effort that you put in to make it so special for both the bride and groom and all of their guests.