Foxwood Tea House - Newport

The venue was perfect. The home itself is off limits to guests but is open to the wedding party. Although this seems sad, it's not; it provides an intimate experience w your girls and guys while primping up for the ceremony. The grounds are immaculate and have everything you'll need, and your guests will stay busy. It's turnkey. All you need to do is bring food/drink and speakers or DJ. I was afraid it would take us hours to set up, but it really only took about an hour w the wedding party's help. Jeannine and her husband took care of every little detail and were so gracious. They hung out in the background, invisible-like, to ensure we had everything we needed at every moment throughout the event. We had about 55 guests, and it was almost too much space, but it gave the kids a wide breadth to run and play. The dance floor on the patio is plenty spacious enough and provides nice sound quality. We did our ceremony in the gazebo. Without microphones or yelling, everyone could hear us clearly, and we were nice and shaded from the afternoon sun (no squinting or sweating during vows was a plus! . Jeannine allowed us her dock at her nearby lakehouse for the formal pre-ceremony pictures, which was a perfect accompaniment to the venue. Everyone that attended loved the place and all its unique character! Thank you, Roger and Jeannine, for showing my friends and family such a beautiful day and providing me a beautiful memory!! It truly was perfect!

Foxwood house is one of the best wedding venues in the area! Janine is an incredible host with a lot of experience running a wedding venue. When my fiancé and I came to look at the venue our schedules changed and she let us show up last minute, super flexible. She also allowed my mother to view the venue when she was passing through town with very little warning and gave her a lovely tour. Anyone can see how stunning the property is and the opportunity to choose your own catering and drinks was a big part of us choosing this venue. Unfortunately my fiancé and I got hit with some big expenses and couldn’t do the big wedding. We decided to elope and when we called to cancel she agreed to refund our deposit, which she did not need to do! Janine is incredibly accommodating and a kind person to work with. Any rules she has for her property are very clearly communicated from the start and out of respect for their beautiful home. It’s a shame we didn’t get to do our special day here but my experience was wonderful from start to finish.

I was recently in a bridal party here. I can say that the place is beautiful, it has a very picture-esc setting.But their rules are so ridiculous! And I honestly found the woman who owned the place to be a bit rude. For one she scolded us like we were her employees or children, she was insistant on respect for her property, which was fine. But what wasn 't okay is that she herself had NO respect for our personal property. We were instructed to take our shoes off while going to get ready in the bridal room, and by get ready I mean just get dressed. We were NOT to do our hair and makeup in there. And none of us even had our makeup or hair products on us and none of us were wearing shoes. We were CARRYING them. But NO SHOES so she grabbed them from us, as we walked up the stairs, while also spouting off no mascara, no lipstick, no hair spray, nothing! After we set our dresses in the room, we went back to retrieve our BRAND NEW shoes that we bought for the ceremony, she had clearly tossed them carelessly onto the ground. Absolutely not okay, especially when being so demanding of our respect for her property.We went to do our makeup in our cars, and as we were headed out to do so, she started asking us about some decor that we didn 't know about or what to do with. And then started in on how since there wasnt a coordinator that we were responsible for it, which was fair but she was talking to us like we were her employees. At that point, I was absolutely done with her. I said nothing more to her and avoided her as much as I could. Made sure not to do anything disrespectful to her property, and that 's that.I DO NOT recommend the place though. They were apparently really difficult to work with for a lot of things, outside of what I experienced as well, and a lot of the guests in attendance also noticed. ?I 'm also confused at all the 5 star reviews. With the way we were treated, I can assume they treat everyone that way.Edit: since the owner responded.One I am an adult, which is why it was so weird that you treated me as a child. I worked in customer service for many years. This is NOT the way. Lol.We were made aware of the makeup and hair rules before hand. And we were fine with that rule. We were fine with all of them, and we were following them. It was the way you were enforcing them, and TREATING us like we were misbehaving children that was the problem.We planned on doing our makeup in the car. I only mentioned it because WE DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING ASIDE FROM OUR DRESSES ON US. And yes, the way our shoes were positioned it was very very clear that you threw them to the ground. Nobody disrespected your property in the first place, the point I made was if you want to be insistant on all of your rules, the respect goes BOTH ways. It was wrong of you to toss our shoes like that. Which is why you 're denying it.I have no reason to lie and barely make reviews. With how defensive you are though, I feel like making this one was a right decision.

It's a great wedding menu and the owners are so nice an accommodating

What a beautiful venue love the indoor outdoor options. will definitely consider you for future events