Alan and Annie's Wedding in Scarborough, North Yorkshire

Our Real Wedding

I am not from Scarborough but I managed to find local hair and makeup artists from Whitby who came to the venue on the morning of the wedding. Colour me hair and makeup by Gabriella jones. Our photographer Melly from Dark Peak photography captured our day so well. We were looking for a budget wedding with a bit of a twist. Our main requirements were that the food was good, and the wedding area wasn’t too big so that it felt like a huge room without atmosphere. We definitely got what we were looking for!!!We could not have picked a better venue. From start to finish the staff and the hotel were wonderful. Gemma originally took us around the venue to show us how beautiful the wedding areas were. Ben then took over the wedding planning, and managed to organise the perfect day for us which was then executed perfectly by John and all of the staff on the day. You can tell everyone who works at the hotel loves their jobs, as they will go above and beyond to make your stay just that little bit more memorable. On the day, we had breakfast brought to the bridal suite (lodge), followed by some of the pre wedding brunch bites. The weather turned sunny the hour before the wedding, we couldn’t believe our luck! What great views to look out onto whilst you say your “I do’s” Post wedding drinks reception was orchestrated so well with all our guests saying how amazing the food was. The wedding breakfast was served very quickly, my grandma (97) said everything was “very hot and tasty”. The other guests said how lovely the beef was and the vegetable wellington was delicious and very different from the usual risotto vegetarian option. I loved the fact we had HUGE Yorkshire puddings and silverskins in the gravy, yum! The transition into day and evening shift was seamless as we held our evening reception in the “chapel”. This was decked out ready for the guests after the meal. Guests couldn’t the dance floor, chat at tables or relax in the private bar. Some guests with children even started to play big jenga in another room of the hotel away from the noise. We had a perfect day and have absolutely no regrets thanks to the venue and all its wonderful staff! We will hopefully revisit on our anniversary next year!