Gilchrist Club

"I have hunted, stayed and eaten at the Gilchrist Club many times, I consider it one of the premier places on this earth. Overall rating is outstanding."

"Absolutely an amazing place. Hunts are spectacular, lodging and food is amazing. Lodges are clean and well appointed. Guides and dogs are the BEST !!!!!!!! You will not be disappointed!!!!!!!"

"One star is too much for the Gilchrist Club. The staff are kind. The leadership, Bob Edwards, has no idea how to treat people. Having traveled world wide and have never been treated with the amount of disrespect from this man has shown group. Before booking any event at this location I recommend you check it out. If you want to talk to me I will be more than happy to share our most disappointing experience."

"I recently had my wedding at the Gilchrist Club and was highly unsatisfied with the services that were provided to me. I would NOT recommend this venue to anyone planning a wedding! I thought at first that their prices were very expensive, but after talking this over with a coordinator she explained to me that although it seems expensive up front, the Gilchrist Club would in fact not nickel and dime me throughout the rest of the wedding process. It seemed that every few weeks something new would come up or be tacked onto my bill. I was told over and over how the chef was amazing and her food was incredible. My menu was very simple (chicken fingers, fries, mac n' cheese, and pizza). I was charged $62/person to eat. I was shocked by this at first, but figured it would be the best food I had ever had. We were never given an opportunity to try these foods or the cake that was made for us prior to. I was served frozen chicken fingers, the mac and cheese was dry and cold, and the pizza was as hard as a rock. This was not at all worth what I was charged. I was horribly disappointed with this. My food was thrown away (which contained an engraved fork that I had purchased). I was under the impression I would be given a to-go plate at the end of the reception; however, this plate was never given to us. I had about 5 bites of food, and my groom did not eat at all. I also asked for a vegan plate for one wedding guest- we had talked about a pasta dish with veggies. This was completely forgotten about and our vegan guest was served a thrown together salad after waiting 45 minutes for her food- $62 for a salad with no protein?! That is absolutely absurd. My cake was not anything like I had spoken to the chef about, I told her I wanted a light naked cake, vanilla flavored with white frosting and blackberry preserves on it. I was given a dense, almost cheesecake like cake, with a thick cream cheese frosting. Not anything that my husband nor I would eat. I won't go into detail about the groom's cake, but that was another disaster in itself. These cakes we couldn't really enjoy cost us $671... Again no tasting was provided. At one point an 18% gratuity was charged on the FACILITY RENTAL fee, which was added to our bill later. When asked about this we were told this was required. My husband spoke with the manager who said they would return half of this fee if things went well after the wedding. On top of that, there was a 22% gratuity on all food items (this I understand. I was a server for 8 years -the food gratuity was about $2,200). Guests were required to buy their own drink tickets if they wanted to drink alcohol ($5/each) this included the drink, tax and a tip. When I was leaving the night of the wedding, I saw that the staff had a tip jar sitting out for guests to put cash in next to the drink ticket station... At this point I was infuriated because in my eyes the staff was "double dipping." That seemed petty after the large amount of money we had already spent in gratuities. After the wedding, I wrote their general manager, Bob Edwards, asking for the refunded gratuity and explained the above issues, as well as other issues that arose during the wedding. In my email to him, I mentioned I wanted to clear up these issues above before posting any reviews. I suppose this did not matter to him. I was told I would not be getting the refunded gratuity, and after another email of mine explaining that there was no just cause for him to keep this, he told me that he did not see the point in us bickering back and forth. EVENTUALLY, 2 months later after fighting tooth and nail and almost filing a small claims court case, I received a check for the gratuity and missing fork. I'm writing this to give them credit for that- and honestly only that. Yes, their facility is beautiful; however, it is definitely not worth the money and headaches. This facility puts on a facade that they are well trained at putting on weddings- after having mine there I can say the exact opposite. Honestly look elsewhere- please take my warning and learn from my mistakes."