This place is absolutely amazing, I had the pleasure of touring the compound recently and decided to write a review about it. You cannot visit without an appointment or a tour taking place, the grounds are closed off. If you have the money, and enjoy the finer things in life you should host your events here. The castle exterior is astounding and is perfect for any photo session. The interior is well taken care of, as you can see in most of the pictures the decor speaks for itself. The grounds are well taken care of and there is an arch walkway perfect for engagement or wedding pictures. I hope to one day host an event here in the future. The service staff are pleasant and respectful, they respond to your inquiries fast and are ready to get things going for any of your requested events. If you want your special day to be here I would book in a year or so in advance because their calendar fills up quickly. Even just walking to the venue itself is like an adventure since you have to go through a small walkway trail and then head to the gate, and entrance. That being said, great venue for it all.

The energy here takes you back to another time and day!! The magnitude and quality of perseverance is still at its height of Excellence and the Employees are Genuinely informed and caring... A visit that is unforgettable...

My wedding was the most beautiful and perfect day I could have ever dreamed. Meadow brook goes above and beyond for everyone, the details are impeccable. The most extraordinary place in Michigan to visit, have a wedding and enjoy. Thank you to Alexis our wonderful wedding coordinator and all the staff!

Gorgeous day and wonderful time walking the grounds and interior of Meadowbrook Hall during the Art in the Elements exhibit. We will visit again. So much to explore; such a lovely place. Well worth your time!

Excellent little gem. Staff was friendly, knowledgeable and fast. Food was great, They make the Greek sauce in house from scratch. Gyro was awesome. Service was great and attentive but not pushy.

Outstanding home. Helpful guides. Very safe for the times.

Beautiful historic home. Great living museum. Gorgeous views. Well preserved.

Very cool wedding venue and tour of the mansion was great.

Very good location to visit, neat & clean nice mansion like palace. We could not have round as there are only guided tours on specific time. This is not open as per timing mentioned in google. This is also open on weekends with more guided tours. Fees are 15 usd per person. Plan visit in summer so one can enjoy beautiful gardens around

I really love the beautiful events that they have here.

I honestly thought this place would be rather boring, that Id go inside, see some history, and thats that. But it was so much more than that! It was beautifully decorated in every room. It had a scavenger hunt and free hot cocoa, and it was not only enjoyable but also educational. I highly recommend this place to anyone who enjoys the feeling of another time, wonderful architecture and amazing displays.

Beautiful wedding venue. Staff was professional and careful regarding Covid. Id love to go back and do a tour after things open back up.

Came here for an outdoor wedding on a beautiful Labor day weekend. The wedding was gorgeous at the mansion and the after ceremony bar outside was gorgeous. We then moved into a tent for the reception which was not as nice but was good. The views here are gorgeous, the mansion is amazing. Missed the tour unfortunately.

Very unique experience. The wedding was beautiful!

It is such a treat to visit this historical landmark, especially in Christmas. Every year designers come in and decorate each room with the same ornaments but different themes. Meadowbrook was built with extreme detail and every time you go you see something new and fascinating.

Loved the self-guided tour; staff (especially James Wolfe) were wonderfully helpful and patient with my many questions!Highly recommend a visit!

BEAUTIFUL! Absolutely stunning! This place is a piece of history captured in time. From the woodwork to the satin wallpaper, to the gold silk sheets. This place is memorizing.

Very pretty venue with lots to see and learn the history of the estate. We were there for a wedding which was a good space for 80 or so people. Staff was always kind and helpful. Before dinner appetizers and the meals in general were fantastic. Probably some of the best wedding food weve had. This is a perfect place for anyone looking for a unique wedding experience.

Beautiful grounds and mansion. Their events are wonderful.

We loved this event. We had Valentines day dinner. This was one of the best evenings we have had anywhere in Michigan. Food was the best. Service was over the top. We also walked around the building and had each person along the way tell us the history of that area.

Movie night in the tent at Meadowbrook was great.

Beautiful home. Be sure to check out the door knobs and the engravings on the doors such amazing craftsman ship. If you take children/teenagers fing game to have and them do while touring the house is to have them find the heat vents in each of the rooms. The home was very modern for the time that it was Built

The annual holiday walk was simply stunning. Beautiful history and wonderful decor throughout.

Beautiful auto baron mansion. The docents were very informative on their tour, and we saw many of the rooms. The house has been very well maintained, and you can wander about the grounds to see the cottages built for the Dodge children.

The house was dressed up beautifully for the holidays, and the staff was knowledgeable, friendly and pleasant. The grounds are neat and clean. The house is full of opulence and history. It was an impressive and informative tour. Is even say it exceeded my expectations at the Edsel Ford estate. It was an enjoyable excursion.

Wonderful Historic Venue for Weddings and Special Events

Nice adventure with older kids. Beautiful home, cool to hear the history.

Beautiful location for my nieces wedding. Staff was top notch

The Christmas at the Meadow Brook Hall exhibition was great fun for all ages. I would recommend this event to anyone who is up for a couple mile walk.

Nice tour of a beautiful Manor!

A really interesting place to visit. I enjoyed the history of the mansion. The woodwork is amazing! Inspirational for any artist. I was overwhelmed by the details. I was however, disappointed in the fact that Harry Potter was not home.

Only went to gardens. Very nice . Only need an hour to see all the grounds

Enjoyed this Holiday walk with a group of dear friends. Took many pictures to scrapbook

The venue was amazing, our event planner Stephanie was attentive, knowledgeable, and professional. The Ballroom was lovely and historic.The food was excellent, and our event was perfect from beginning to end. Recommendation is 100%

Was here for a wedding. Beautiful place!

Beautiful at the Holidays! Nice having knowledgeable persons in each room rather than having one person on a tour. We could move at our own pace.

Stephanie from Meadowbrook is one of the best hospitality people I have ever encountered. I travel for business and have the good fortune of experiencing venues and food around the country and nothing compared to Saturday. I blown away at the staff and effort at my wedding last weekend. Looking at the event on paper,seemed it great, but the actual experience was 1000X more than I anticipated. The helpful person named Melissa could not have been better and the food, the bartenders, staff at every juncture were spectacular. If you for one second hesitate about having an event here, dont, there can be no better place.

It was a fantastic experience. All the rich culture & exquisite Christmas Decor. Also, the food was Amazing & all of the friendly staff was very attentive

Nice. #merryChristmas

This is a wonderful place for people to find the old time nostalgia. Walking back time in history, try to imagine a life far far away from us. Its very soothing and relax. Our tour guide is Kevin. Hes a great young man with tons of knowledge about this place. Thanks!

A lovely place with lots of history. It was well worth the time to visit. Just be prepared to be warm inside the hall, but the fireplaces burning are great to see.

This place is absolutely gorgeous. Ive been here to do the tours and also for my bridal shower. The service and food were excellent!

Went here for a holiday party. This is a must see place. It is fascinating to see the type of construction from the past. They truly dont build them like this anymore.

A not so well known local gem. 4th largest private home in America and 33,000 square feet large than the White House, Meadowbrook boasts impressive, professional seasonal decor and an impressive story of the owner which youll tell all the female family members in your life.

Gorgeous doesnt even describe this place. All the dark woods and eligant appeal. The wedding we attended was on the lower half it was beautiful, then cocktail hour on the main floor with the reception out in this large tent. ( Shown in photo) . Food was delicious.

It was an astounding sight to behold. I can just imagine being a kid back then. They were well cared for thats for sure.

Wonderful place to visit. I am always happy to bring family there.

The home tour was super informative and interesting. Had a really great time.

If you like historical homes this is a good one to visit. My wife has been here three times over the last 40 years and has loved it each time. They have three separate tours and the place is really quite amazing for a house built in the early 1930s.

Went around Christmas time. everything was decorated for Christmas. Absolutely beautiful. Definitely worth it.

Good for a walk.

Definitely worth the visit. Fascinating building, with unique details. Plan to spend the better part of the day here to take in everything. Bring your own food though because they dont have a cafe.

What a surprise to find this 88,000 sq. ft. mansion so close to my home. The enormous wealth is staggering as well as the rich history. No one should miss this.

Garden Party attended for first time. Was absolutely amazing ! Beautiful car show. Some of the best food Ive ever had! Wine sampling too, nice selections. Wish was longer. Will be back, especially for The Melting Pot chocolate covered strawberries

So interesting! Beautiful! Greatly enjoyed our holiday tour afternoon there. We will be back for the summer tour!

We came to see The Christmas Carol, it was so good. Highly recommend seeing it this holiday season

Great venue for the Antiques Road show! Always beautiful to walk the grounds and gardens.

Beautiful grounds and historical mansion hosting weddings and receptions, tours, indoors and outdoors. Enjoyed my great nieces wedding and reception there on Sept 21st.

BEAUTIFULLY decorated for Christmas, sled guided tour was great, and all the people there to give bits of information and the story behind everything was really nice.

Just wow! Amazing architecture!

Excellent evening presented by ABB.. the house and grounds represent the era. How so much great craftsmanship has been lost over the centuries. We need more apprenticeships in this country to help bring back this kind of quality workmanship. Just a lovely home.

Well run tour with very knowledgeable staff at a great historical location.

Meadow Brook Hall is a National Historic Landmark, built in 1929 by the Dodge Wilson family. It is preserved to this day as a museum by the Oakland University. The weddings conducted at this beautiful mansion constitute one the main resources to maintain the property.We visited around 8-9 wedding venues in the metro Detroit area and picked Meadow Brook, because it offers unique royal ambience enriched with history. It also offers exclusive use that means there would not be any other wedding or event during your wedding. Finally, it has in-house four star catering services and both ceremony and reception can be held at the venue.After the initial booking, as we neared the wedding season, we were Stephanie as our wedding day coordinator. She further strengthened our view that we made the right choice in picking Meadow Brook as our wedding venue. We picked most of our other vendors from their preferred vendors list. She reached out to them and arranged the logistics of their arrival, set-up and pickup. She was very attentive, patient and went above and beyond in answering all our queries. We could not happier with all the work, she did for us.There is only one downside of Meadow Brook. Since it is an old property, there is no air-conditioning there except the dining hall. Hence, the months of October – April are ideal for an indoor reception. For the months of May-September, you may use the tent outside and get it air-conditioned on a short notice if a warm weather is in forecast. However, a tent does not offer the same ambience as the mansion.

Extremely interesting historical info for automobile folks. The house is also interesting in its own light for architectural reasons and as an inside look at the wealthy lifestyle these folks had.

Lovely mansion & grounds!

We thoroughly enjoyed our full day tour of this magnificent Mansion, Meadow Brook Hall, which is a Tudor Revival style mansion that took 3 years to build (1926-1929). It was by Matilda Dodge (Wilson) the Dodge Automaker Heiress and her 2nd husband, Alfred Wilson, a lumber baron. This huge home has 110 rooms and is the 4th largest historic mansion museum in the United States. Plan plenty of time to tour the grounds and building. You must purchase a tour ticket and follow your guide. Public Restrooms and plenty of parking available. The Mansion is also available for special events, weddings, etc.Too add to my above comments: There were two Dodge Brothers, both contracted Spanish fever and will die from it. John Dodge in 1920. Well Johns 1st wife had died from tuberculosis, so he secretly marries his maid then divorces her couple years later, then marries his secretary Eleanor and he dies. His wife Eleanor and sister-in-law sell the Dodge auto company for todays equivalent of $ 2 billion! Eleanor remarries a lumber baron Alfred Wilson and will inherit his fortune as well when he dies! They build this 110 room mansion and its a doozey! Eleanor was making $ 40,000 PER DAY in the 1920s from her investments! Check out the Tiffany lamps, light fixtures. Uranium based glassware that glows in the dark, liquor cellar with all bottles from Pre-Probition. So much wealth! Got to meet the President running the place. Neat. A lot going on here! A must visit!Kindly click the like button if this review or my photos are useful.

Amazing place. Must see.

The Christmas tour was awesone !! It was so much more beautiful than I imagined it would be house is amazing!!!

A fantastic museum. The garden is beautiful. The workers are very well educated about the family that lived there.

Golden. Wow, a classic American family success story all on display in this beautiful mansion. The Dodge family rose to prominence in the golden era of the auto industry. Their stories along with the Ford family and others are fascinating and a great part of our heritage in the greater Detroit area. We were there around Christmas and the mansion was dressed in its holiday finest.

The architecture, history, the elegance and luxury of the mansion. The playhouse is a little girls dream come true. The gardens and trails are a great place to breath in fresh air while holding the love of your lifes hand.

I was there for a wedding, from the outdoor service to the reception I an air conditioned tent, everything was perfect. The food was absolutely wonderful, fantastic appetizers, salad, main course, was to die for, to the dessert table, everything was on point, delicious, beautiful, happy event. It also helps that I was with the most wonderful woman, who made sure my night was the best......

Always a beautiful place to visit.

Lots of fun here, bring your kids. I need to go again.

Amazing to see the life of these early tycoons. Magical in winter.

Beautiful Place Home to the Dodge Family

What a beautiful home. We had thoroughly enjoyed the holiday walk. Would love to go back and see the rest house when open for tours.I love that the staff explained photo policy well: you are allowed to take pictures but no flash and do not photo any paintings.We will definitely be back!

Best Holiday walk around! A truly magical place full of beauty and history.

Some of the back of the furniture was extremely tattered and in an public area and couldnt be missed. Place looks rundown. Temperature in the rooms was comfortable... not too cold or hot.

It wasnt worth the fee not that they dont have a lot of history there but we went there for the Easter egg for Easter whatever with our daughter and they had no Easter hunt and they were really chintzy about the Easter eggs they were handing out. It appeared they were setting up for another event while they were running this event which was somewhat distracting they had no coffee or anything for the adults I actually dont think that yall should be charged a fee to bring their kids here and I think it needs to be much better. Honestly I could have run it better Easter egg hunt or holiday in my own backyard than they did their. At $20 a had they should provide a lot more for the money thats $20 for every adult baby child. Ridiculous

Attended a wedding here. Its a great mansion with lots of craftsmanship. Not a great place for a wedding reception - there isnt one large room nor a great place for dance floor.

Beautiful look at an historical home

We went to the butterfly event and it was really nice. It was free and they had activities planned. They made bubble wands and went on a little hike.

Always a joy. Great parking and always a new and different to hear.

Such a gorgeous place to tour! We did the house tour, but wish we would have gone for the behind the scenes tour because there were lots of things we didn’t get to see. The property has been well preserved and it’s definitely worth the cost of the tour to go visit. Such a fun afternoon!

What a beautiful house! I am so glad I went on this tour. Not only was it interesting, it was fun. Come explore the house of an auto baron widow and her family after the tragedies they endured. This turn of the century family built their own wonderland hidden deep in the country, filled with all the modern conveniences, including secret passages and a movie theater. I cannot decide if the grounds or the house interior is more beautiful. The interior is filled with carved dark wood and handmade plaster details. And the children each had their own secret playrooms up in the attic. Definitely worth seeing. Dont pass this up. Its very inexpensive too. I did a double tour, and it was only $15.

What a nice walk through history! The house is wonderful, as are the gardens. We just did the basic tour. Perhaps next time we will do the extra, behind the scenes tour. There are several spaces you dont see on the regular tour that we think would be worth a return trip. If you love architecture and/or history, this is a must-see!

Great!

Its an historic homestead and some beautiful gardens. Perfect for when youre in the mood.

Outstanding. An 88,000 sq. ft. MANSION expertly detailed in every corner plus outside. A must see. Well worth the trip.

Attended a wedding here. Beautiful building, attentive staff. Gets warm in the summer - the building has heat but no AC.

Beautiful Historical Landmark! A must see. Omg! The food was beyond Delicious!

We love the Holiday Walk. The volunteers are so great!

A wonderful piece of history. The mansion is gorgeous inside and out. I went on a self-guided tour during the Christmas season and was amazed at how much history this mansion holds. This is a great option for a wedding venue although Im not sure what the going rate is.

Wonder piece of Michigan history. Highly recommend.

Its interesting,and our tour guide was awesome.

Its nice place to spend 2 hours. Guided tours start at specific times. Check website before going there.

A lot of America n history beutifull .

Its beautiful and the event I attended there was great.

Amazing house. Must see in this area