Highlands Country Club

Absolutely a dream come true! My daughter had her wedding reception at Highlands Country Club. From the moment we set foot on the property when we first visited, to the last time we were there to pick up belongings, it was amazing. There could not have been a more perfect venue for our event. Adrienne is unbelievable! She is such a pleasure to work with. Always positive, always treats you like yours is the most important event ever. It seemed as though everything we wanted was possible. The food was amazing. I am still hearing how much our guests loved the food. Everything was set up perfectly when we arrived, and the evening flowed beautifully. The entire staff was friendly and attentive to us and our guests. There isn't a single negative thing I can say about this place. It was spectacular and they deserve all the best reviews!

I got married at Highlands on 8/27/11, the Hurricane Irene weekend. As you can imagine, my Husband and I were devastated about the hurricane. All along we imagined having our ceremony and cocktail hour outdoors. We were also so stressed not just from the planning but also from the disruption of our plans due to the weather, and not to mention the inconvenience to guests and vendors. Adrienne, the event coordinator at Highlands, was amazing and pulled through for us. She kept us calm and made sure that our wedding was still a dream come true. Before we could even speak with her, Adrienne had put in a ton of effort to contact all our vendors and make alternative arrangements to ensure that our vision (and wedding) wasn't ruined and to minimize our stress. She found alternative solutions and each back up plan was just as great as the original. Not only were we so pleased but all our guests were amazed at how wonderful the evening turned out despite the weather. No one could even tell that our plan D for the ceremony and cocktail hour (ceremony inside the ball room with a ton of candles and cocktails in the tavern and solarium) was not the plan A (ceremony on the green and cocktails on the verandah). Everything looked astonishingly beautiful and romantic. My Husband and I, as well as our guests, appreciated the elegance and intimacy of the venue, and how Highlands is not a typical catering hall or country club. And the food was delicious! I'm fairly certain that every single one of our guests commented on how gratifying the food, drinks, cake and cookies were. A really nice touch is that a lot of the produce came fresh from The Garrison's farm or other local farms in the area (another aspect our guests were impressed by). We will make sure to return to the Tavern each year for dinner. Our family also greatly appreciated how attentive the staff was to their needs (our elderly family members were well cared for). In addition to Adrienne, the rest of Highlands' staff was very courteous and professional. We are so happy we chose Highlands as our venue; we could not imagine getting married any where else and we wish we could do it all over again. We were thrilled with the way the night turned out and our guests were wowed. Happily, everyone was able to relax and forget about the horrible weather and simply have a great time celebrating.

If you’re looking for something romantic, elegant, and classy the Highlands Country Club is for you! The pictures online don’t do it justice you must see it in person! The ambiance of the ballroom is absolutely stunning with its huge chandelier, fireplaces on either end of the room, the dark wood floors, the antique-looking furniture, high ceilings, and arched windows/doors. I was looking for something different – I don’t like those huge wedding halls where you are one of many weddings going on at the same time. I don’t like hotel ballrooms with their ugly carpets, wall dividers, and low ceilings. The Highland Country Club really stands out. Adrienne is so flexible and accommodating not to mention super organized and on top of everything! If you want something that isn’t available ask Adrienne. She really wants to make sure your day is perfect. The food is also amazing! You must eat at the Tavern Restaurant to get an idea. Their Farm-to-Table Philosophy makes the menu unique. I highly recommend the Highlands Country Club. I am so happy the way everything turned out. I wouldn’t have changed a thing.

After looking at multiple venues, my husband and I made an appointment to visit Highlands Country Club. We wanted to have a small, less than 100 person wedding, in a simple and elegant setting. The moment we walked in there was something special that struck us both. Between the beautiful views, the stunning ballroom and the charm of the Tavern Restaurant, we were hooked and had to book that day.Our coordinator Adrienne Madama spent over an hour with us talking about the things we could alter or change (anything seemed possible), how the ceremony would lay out, the food, even exchanging tableside wine service for italian cookies during dessert. Our wedding dreams were coming true! When we visited other venues they weren't nearly as nice or accommodating as HCC or Adrienne!When our wedding was approaching, we had a problem with our DJ's relability, Adrienne stepped in and made sure to call him with all the details so that it wouldn't be a stress on us.On our wedding day, everything that we spoke about with Adrienne was perfect! From the ceremony to the cocktail hour to table arrangements and dessert, it was everything that we hoped for! Adrienne was there for every moment, she made sure things ran smoothly and correctly. She even made sure that husband had his jacket for pictures when he needed it and that our special champagne flutes were out, filled, taken away, washed and put back in the box.From beginning to end we knew that we had made the right choice with HCC. We recommend this venue to anyone looking for a simple but elegant and romantic venue. I also can not say enough nice things about Adrienne who was so completely unbelievable and organized! She was able to make our wedding dreams come true!!!

My husband and I had both our wedding ceremony and reception at the Highlands Country Club on July 3, 2011. We cannot say enough about how happy we were with how the wedding and reception turned out! From the beginning, Adrienne was wonderful in helping us plan every detail of our event. Adrienne was extremely organized from the start, and helped us make decisions about many of details of our ceremony and reception which I would not have even considered on my own. From the start of planning to the end of the reception, she was extremely attentive, and made us feel very comfortable that everything would go as planned...and it did!As for the actual venue, we could not have asked for a more beautiful, charming, and unique location. The country club has so many areas for guests to wander and enjoy including a garden area with fire pits, an old-fashioned tavern, a glass-enclosed solarium with golf course views, a covered verandah with furniture, and a gorgeous ballroom with lovely fireplaces, hardwood tables, and a chandelier. It is an absolutely ideal location if you are looking for a unique and intimate location for your wedding. Lastly, I must say that the food was probably the best I have ever had at a wedding - and many of our guests have said the same. We chose shrimp and filet mignon as our entrees, and both were delicious!Overall, we did not have a single negative thing to say about the country club. We would recommend this venue to anyone, and we absolutely LOVED having our wedding here!!! Thank you!

I absolutely loved the Highlands! The space is fantastic, our wedding felt like midsummers night dream. All of the staff was friendly and extremely helpful. Adrienne was a pleasure to work with. The food was the best part. All locally grown, and the facility practices sustainable catering. I couldnt have asked for anything better.

Where do I begin? I'll start with, FABULOUS!!!!! What an outstanding job Adrienne did. Her assistants, the wait staff, chief etc. at The Highlands Country Club did an unbelievable job. It was a fairytale wedding, to use the words of my guest. Elegance! We chose the Highlands because my daughter Jamie wanted an elegant wedding. It is not only classic elegance, but it has such a warmth about it. When my husband & I exited the limo there was a lovely woman standing just outside the white gate greeting guests as they arrived with a glass of wine. Very impressive! As we entered and walked down the brick path lined with beautiful lanterns, I looked out and saw our guests sprawled out across the lawn standing and seated in wicker chairs. Some were sitting by the fire pit, other on the veranda on the lounge furniture, It was picture perfect. When we entered the reception area we just stood there speechless. The gleaming chandler, the fireplaces filled with candle light, everything was perfect and more than we could have ever dreamed of. Adrienne was so attentive and detailed. She did everything she said she would. We can not THANK her enough. Adrienne made everything perfect. The staff was exceptional. From Adrienne's assistants that were also pleasant and professional, to wait staff that couldn't do enough for us and our guests. Thank you to the chiefs. The food was unbelievable! From cocktail hour to dinner. The filet and shrimp were both cooked to perfection. My husband and I love cooking, quality ingredients and making everything from scratch and there was absolutely no disappointment in anything served. Thank you again to The Highlands Country Club for an elegant, warm, over the top experience. My daughter Jamie and son in law Ricky were so HAPPY and LOVED EVERYTHING! And that's what truly matters.Mr. & Mrs.Hogan

When we started our search for a wedding venue, we knew that we wanted something elegant and simple. Highlands Country Club was exactly that! The setting is beautiful, the food is excellent, and the staff is very accommodating. We worked with Adrienne Madama from start to finish, and could not be happier with her advice and coordination. Everything, from the ceremony, to cocktails outside, dinner and dancing in the ballroom, and s’mores(!), was perfect, and we had an amazing evening!! We consider ourselves very lucky to have had our wedding at Highlands, and can’t wait to celebrate our anniversaries with meals at the Tavern!

Our wedding was October 2010 and it was PERFECT. Adrienne was the ultimate coordinator- she had someone more or less follow us around all night checking that we were ok-- she had separate meetings with my florist on her own-- she spent I dont know how long talking on the phone with my mother :) She even distracted our rude photographer at the end of the night and kept her from sulking in the corner! Amazing venue and everything went so smoothly-- If I could do it all over again I would go right bak!

I couldn't have asked for a better location of staff to work with. They event manager Adrienne and her staff were on top of everything the day of our wedding and throughout the whole planning process. Adrienne alleviated any fears or stresses I had and made sure I felt confident that everything would be perfect, and it was! The food was great. Our friends and family are still telling us how the filet mignon we had at the reception was better than any steakhouse filet they've had.

The Highlands the perfect place for our intimate wedding. The entire staff met our every need and the food was amazing. The event coordinator, Adrienne Madama was particularly helpful. We can't wait to have another excuse to have a party there.

I was married at the Highlands Country Club on June 19, 2010 and I cannot stop talking about how flawless, beautiful, organized, and WONDERFUL the entire wedding was!!Just a note about myself: I am THEE most organized person I know. I'm extremely detail-oriented, and the thought of putting someone else "in charge" of the details of the day was hard. Once we began to work with Jennifer O'Toole, I realized we were in good hands. My husband and I worked with Jennifer from day one—she answered every question (no matter how insignificant), she alleviated all of my fears, she turned our wedding day into an organized work of art, and she did everything with a smile on her face!Before the day of the wedding, I had worried: When would the ceremony chairs be removed? How would everyone know where to go, and when? Who will make sure the rabbi has a table for the kiddush cup, etc? And all of those worries were for nothing. In the almost 2 months since the wedding, I've had family members tell me that everywhere they turned, Jennifer or another Highlands staff member was there to help. They made sure my 92-year-old grandmother had a seat when she needed, they kept my husband and I hydrated the entire night, they brought us hors d'oevres after the ceremony so we could actually eat something! They packed up our untouched dinners and gave them to us before we left for the night. They even walked around the grounds to find my father (who was on a smoke break) so we could do our Father/Daughter dance.Now on to the other stuff:The Highlands ballroom is GORGEOUS. I spent so little money on flowers because that room needs so little. If your taste is natural and elegant, this is the place for you. The beauty of the Hudson Valley came across in every way. And don't even get my started on the food! Of course we didn't eat anything that night (because who has time for that on your wedding day?!) but we've eaten there numerous times before and everything is finger-licking amazing. My guests' plates were CLEANED. Some people said it was the best steak they've ever had--let alone at a wedding.We had 114 guests and there was more than enough room for everyone, and a giant dance floor in middle.I am still blown away by how perfect of a venue the Highlands is. Choosing the Highlands is the best decision you could make--for real.

Everything at the Highlands was wonderful. The ballroom is beautiful. The food was perfect. The service was amazing. They handled everything. Our contact, Todd, did an amazing job making sure everything came together, and that we had the perfect day.

My husband and I just had our incredible wedding reception at the Highlands Country club in May 2010. We were married down the road at the Chapel at St. Basil's Academy. The Highlands was actually the very first location that we looked at for our wedding. We thought that we should keep looking, so we did, for 3 more months, only to realize that we knew all along that we wanted to have our wedding at the Highlands! So, let me start by saving you some time--if you are thinking about booking there, DO IT! And make sure that you work with Jennifer O'Toole. She is the on-site wedding planner and she was really incredible. I quickly realized that she was very different then all the other on-site planners that we met at the other locations--she really cared and did all that she could to make our day special. I had quite a few unusual requests, including some incredibly time-consuming table set ups and Jennifer bent over backwards to make sure that all of my requests were met. I feel truly blessed to have worked with her and my husband feels the same. As soon as we arrived, Jennifer met us with two glasses of champagne and she made sure that the staff kept finding us and bringing us food at the cocktail hour. So, as soon as the reception began, I felt like I had nothing to worry about--everything was under control. It was an incredible feeling to see our vision come together--we really relaxed and enjoyed every single moment of our wedding. We actually ate our entire meal (which was amazing) and enjoyed our wedding to the fullest! The location was absolutely perfect. We had our cocktail hour outside on the North veranda and dinner in the ballroom. Dancing was in the new south veranda, where we had both a DJ and a Greek Band. Having use of The Tavern (the restaurant at the club that is attached to the ballroom) was really great too. We used it as a separate room for candy, sweets and spirits. It was a HUGE hit with our guests. The staff were incredibly nice and accommodating. Service was excellent and the food was unbelievable. Hands down the best wedding food I have ever had. The Chef, Eric Gabrynowicz, is incredibly talented and the food on our wedding night was even better than when we ate in The Tavern months prior. We have received so many compliments on the setting, service, food, location,....One of the greatest compliments was when my best friend, a woman who has had her wedding planned out since she was a little girl, told me that she would have her wedding at The Highlands! That warmed my heart! It was truly the greatest day of our lives, and I really need to thank Jennifer O'Toole, Chef Eric and the entire staff at the Highlands for making our wedding day magical.

What an amazing venue in every way... My husband and I got married in Cold Spring in October of last year, and had our reception at the Highlands. We were looking for a place with an intimate, rustic yet refined feel - as soon as we stepped foot on the property, we knew we'd found a gem! The setting is so beautiful, from the covered veranda to the classic ballroom, the place just oozes charm and class. Our event manager, Todd, was absolutely the best - he really went above and beyond to make our event personal and handled every aspect of the planning with an amazing attention to detail... it was an absolute pleasure working with him! Last but certainly not least - the food. My husband and I are real foodies, and this was #1 on our list of priorities for our reception site. Eric, the chef at Tavern (adjacent to the Highlands ballroom) was nothing short of a genius. We still talk about the amazing food we had at our wedding... and yes, we actually sat down and ate! If we could go back and experience our wedding all over, we wouldn't change a single thing - except maybe to make it last a little longer.

This was the most perfect place. It was the first place we went to visit and when we were there, I knew it was "the place" for our wedding reception. Highlands Country Club is such a comfortable, charming, absolutely perfect facility. We wanted an intimate place that didn't come across like a reception hall and that's exactly what we got. Our wedding was absolutely perfect and Jennifer and her staff made the day flow beyond my expectations! Highly regarded facility and staff!

Finding a venue for the wedding reception was difficult because of the small party we were trying to plan. Fortunately, Highlands Country Club was more than happy to accommodate our vision. The staff was wonderful to work with throughout our planning. Every small or large request we made was followed through and fulfilled. The club was extremely helpful with advice about how they think the room should be set up as well as extremely informative about the menu. It was actually difficult to choose the menu because everything sounded delicious. However, items that we didnÂ’t choose for our menu we look forward to trying out one day because the club has a Tavern where the public can dine for dinner. Unfortunately, due to the unusually cool weather we were unable to use the beautiful veranda that the club had set up for us for the cocktail hour. Therefore, we moved our cocktail hour inside the main hall. The club provided exceptional service and most importantly made my groom and my vision a dream come true.