Stillwell House & Garden

Address:	134 S 5th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85701, USA
Phone:	+1 520-623-9123
Site:	stillwellhouse.com
Rating:	4.5

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Rebecca Perrera

Overall, a beautify venue located in the heart of Tucson. The staff are professional and well organized. The food is delicious, and I don’t think you will find a better deal for such quality in Tucson. I highly recommend Stillwell House and Garden! Here are some of my experiences: We had two priorities for our reception, good food and a good bar, and Stillwell house delivered on both! We chose the prickly pear BBQ chicken and green chili mashed potatoes and it was a hit. Even the picky eaters in the family loved it. We served two signature cocktails and some varied liquor, wine, and beer. We loved that you provided the alcohol so you are paying for what you want to serve, and not for things your guests won’t drink! The bartender got both our signature drinks perfectly (whiskey sour and cranberry margarita) even though I forgot to give him a recipe. He even through in cute garnishes. We loved that Stillwell house serves all drinks in glassware, no un-classy clear plastic cups here! Other bonuses to having your wedding at Stillwell house is that they have a wide variety of tablecloth colors for you to choose from at no extra charge. They also have items for your centerpieces such as vases, containers, picture frames, and mirrors. All you need to do is provide candles, flowers, etc. I forgot to order flowers for the guest book table, and Wilma made sure that the table didn’t look empty. Other than a few items for the tables, I loved that the venue needs very little decoration. My mom was delighted that they do so much of the set-up and tear down for you! We did not have our ceremony at the Stillwell house, and I would agree with some previous reviews that this venue has wedding receptions down to a science. If you want to deviate from their set path, you will receive some push back. Honestly, in the end I would say push for what you want, but remember that Wilma and her team had years of experience and they are really trying to make your life easier you your wedding day perfect. I also read some reviews about sales and different price quotes. I was concerned with this as I was getting married on a holiday so they would be charging an additional “service fee”. Additionally, the 1 week promotion for signing after you visit fell on a holiday, so they said they would extend it to 2 weeks. Hold your ground and learn to negotiate and you will get a fair and excellent deal! Finally, we were also a small wedding, and some things were forgotten like serving cider to the kids for the toast. Oh well, nothing is perfect. I notice this, but my guests were non-the wiser. One downside I found in planning was that the since it is a wedding venue, most weekends are slammed with events. Therefore, you will need to schedule most of your meetings during the week, during business hours. This was a challenge for me as I had a fulltime job in PHX. Even when I was able to schedule a meeting, my meetings were often interrupted by another client. One last work of advice, don’t miss out on their open houses!

A Private User

As a recent bride of the Stillwell House, it was a nearly seamless wedding. Every single guest told us how blown away they were. They are incredibly organized and coordinated, a big plus for a bride without a wedding coordinator. With some of the discounts they offer, it can fit into almost any wedding budget. However, there are two major cons. First, because they do so many weddings, they basically have a formula. If you try to deviate from that formula for any reason, they will fight it every step of the way. Second, our wedding was fairly small and many times we felt like we werent a priority to the staff. Staff showing up late to meetings and the rehearsal, meetings running over because of interruptions or multiple meetings scheduled, being told differing prices, and only serving half of our wedding party the toast during the reception. So if you have a large, traditional wedding, I would recommend the Stillwell House.

Judith Mueller

Its a very nice place to have a wedding and reception or just a reception. Only one thing bothered me and that was that 2 of the 3 available toilets werent working. I went in right after someone had just used it and it was ready for use, but after I used it it wouldnt flush because the tank took forever to fill. In fact it was so slow I couldnt flush it, nor could the next person who also tried. We both had looked in the tank while we were in there and it hardly had filled at all. We attended a wedding and reception here in February and the toilets were fine. The attendant that I talk to yesterday said she would make sure they were fixed as soon as possible and she was very nice about it. They are unisex bathrooms, single person use.

A Private User

Although it is beautiful on the outside, I agree with everything Carolyn said: the whole operation makes you feel like you are less of a person than a paycheck--with varying price quotes. Although we signed up for a sale, they forgot. They also forgot to feed the bridal party, set the highchairs, and frankly forgot about us. If you do go with Stillwell House, you will have a pretty wedding, but be prepared to fight for everything and to focus more on the venue than your own ceremony. If I could do it again, I would have gone somewhere else. I would recommend to all brides to go somewhere else.

A Private User

I was a guest recently at the Stillwell house and I just wanted to comment how cordial and professional the whole staff seemed to operate without fault. I was a co-owner of a similar establishment in South Carolina and am very familiar weddings and the hectic situation that it is and was left impressed with the food and the service. Thank you again

Joan Roco

I was at Stilwell House for a wedding reception... they provided a wonderful space, catered a decent meal and served us nicely. My only complaint was the unevenness of the dance floor they put together in the outside patio, though I doubt few besides myself noticed. All in all I would love to be in this space again.

Joshua Schaa

Nice enough venue. I have been a few times for different weddings and it is nice enough. I think it is crowded, lots of street noise and parking is stupid. For this last wedding we had to walk about 1/2 a mile. That was great in our nice clothes with two young kids. I hope my friends stop getting married here.

Carole Russo

Spectacular setting. I love being invited to events here -- I use these events to buy new jewelry! Love the service, the food is always excellent. Choose this place and invite me!

A Private User

Wilma and the crew are fantastic. As a wedding Vendor, I really enjoy working for my clients at the stillwell house. Very Nice and these people are pros.

Katie Diaz

Got married here and it was the best time! Staff took care of everything like it was their own wedding.

Benjamin Crabtree

Its a nice place to hold big events. It has great services and is a very beautiful place.

Marissa Shaffer

Beautiful venue for a wedding, though parking seemed a tad confusing unless you do valet.

Christopher Summerhays

Great, intimate venue for special events! Great service by the staff!

Carbomb Dave

Great event venue. Great for special events. Perfect for weddings.

betsy rockel

This site is beautiful, had an amazing party