Tanilba House (1831)

We absolutely loved our wedding here last weekend. The hosts of Tanilba House are welcoming, accommodating and make you feel relaxed. The day was absolutely perfect and flexible. We would highly recommend this venue.

We had our Autumn wedding at Tanilba House and it was a fantastic experience. The historic house and grounds are lovingly tended by owners Dee and Glenn who went above and beyond to make our day exactly what we had envisioned. Tanilba House is a truly unique venue that will always hold a special place in our hearts.

Can’t thank Dee and Glen enough for all their hard work to make our wedding day at Tanilba House perfect. From our first enquiry, through to the last moment, they were professional, thoughtful and caring. A gorgeous venue run by wonderful people who go above and beyond. Highly recommend if you are looking for a venue to celebrate in!

Being born and raised in the Tilligerry Peninsula, having my wedding at Tanilba House was a no-brainer.After 3 postpones over 3 years due to Covid, we finally had our day!Dee & Glenn were nothing but helpful, transparent, flexible and sincere through the whole process. Their ability to meet us in the middle with every request to then provide us with the most incredible day was everything we could have hoped for.Our guests commented on the warm and friendly staff throughout our reception, little did they know, that was the owners going above and beyond with every request and need.We are so thankful for Dee and Glenn following us along on our wedding journey and so so happy we had our perfect day at the perfect venue.Thank you D & G !

We got married at Tanilba House last month (March 2023). This venue is so beautiful, I would describe it as magical, almost out of a story book. Beautiful garden, elegant shabby chic feel, twinkling lights, water just across.We had our ceremony at the Fig Tree Cathedral, an area enclosed by trees. Beautiful!Then we had a long table reception at the pergola- under the climbing plants and twinkly lights.Dee and Glenn are the owners/managers of the place and they work hard and seriously well to keep the place in order and pristine. Dee was accomodating, prompt with responding to emails, texts and phone calls from start to finish.Our food was catered by Flamingo Flare, the food was delicious. Everyone enjoyed it.They have an accommodation option, which we unfortunately was not able to book as we needed more rooms for family. But hope to one day get to stay in it to experience its beauty.Thank you Tanilba House for accomodating our wedding, truly the perfect venue for us.Layla & Ron

My husband and I got married here in November 2021, wonderful venue! Dee and Glenn were so lovely, very accommodating, happy to help with anything and everything, answer all our questions. We were after a mixed package with some DIY and some of their classic wedding package as well, and they were happy to oblige. Such a beautiful location, very unique with exquisite gardens surrounded lovingly tendered to by Dee and Glenn. If you're looking to get married somewhere steeped in history, absolutely stunning, and by the water, you've found the right place! Thanks again Dee and Glenn, Xx

Dee and Glenn are, in our book, officially superheroes. After initially helping us get our car out of a mud trap during our first visit, they proceeded to go and earn every appropriate superlative that one can imagine in terms of helping us make our wedding day happen.They worked with us to budget the event, organise catering, set up the locations of each part of the day, helped us find an astonishing cake maker whose work was breathtaking, and were able to assist in crowd control on the wedding day.Every bit of praise, every award, every kind word that has been spoken about their venue and the work they do is well-deserved and well-earned. They helped corral audiences on our wedding day, gave us our walking cues, kept us out of public sight, helped set up the fig-tree cathedral, all the seating, managed the drinks bar, the lot.I've already recommended them to several other friends considering getting married, as they took what is famously a Super Stressful Day and made it Fun. That, folks, is not easy.

Our wedding at Tanilba house was nothing less than magical!Deirdre and Glenn (the custodians/owners) did everything they could to make our day perfect and just what we had imagined. In fact it was so much better than we had ever dared to dream of.The garden and setting is stunning and one can easily see how they pour their love into making this place the perfect venue.Based on their knowledge of us as a couple, they were also able to give us recommendations for caterer, celebrant and photographer - all were absolutely spot on, and our guests could not stop talking about the amazing and quirky celebrant as well as the wonderful food - which all suited the venue and atmosphere we were looking for.In the lead up to the big day Deirdre and Glenn made themselves available to answer all our questions, and with their experience and knowledge it all came together without any stress or tears.If you are looking for a (destination) wedding in magical surroundings - we cannot recommend Tanilba House and Deirdre & Glenn enough!

I had the privilege of marrying my best friend at the beautiful Tanilba House less than 2 weeks ago. Not being local to Port Stephen's, my girls and I were able to stay in the Maid's Quarters the night before the wedding so that we could do all of our prep onsite. My husband and I then also stayed the wedding night in the Maid's Quarters and enjoyed waking up to the incredible views of the property.Dee & Glenn did a fantastic job of helping us rearrange our wedding plans when torrential rain was forecast for our wedding day, but still kept the bones of our plan in place, and somehow made it even better. They were also very accommodating of some of the different things we had at our wedding that they had never had done before!I greatly appreciated the staff clarifying with my family who were around to help instead of coming to me unless necessary, which gave me time to enjoy my morning getting pampered.As the biggest stress-head I know, my wedding day was one of the least stressful days in my life, and I believe a large part of that was due to having the wonderful Dee & Glenn taking care of things.All our guests commented on how beautiful the venue is and how welcoming they found all the staff to be, and we couldn't agree more. If you are looking for a beautiful venue for a smaller wedding, Tanilba House is the perfect place.