Spring Ranch Mendocino - Little River, California

Reyna M.

We had the most amazing wedding weekend at Spring Ranch Mendocino! It was absolutely beautiful and all of our guests are still talking about how amazing it was. Communication was smooth with the Spring Ranch team from the get-go. Everything from the venue and guest housing, to all of our vendors, turned out perfect. The grounds were absolutely stunning, and being right across the street from the ocean makes for amazing sunsets. We were worried about the unpredictable North Coast weather, but the great thing about Spring Ranch is that there are options for the ceremony and reception to be indoor or outdoor. We loved that everything was on site. We had our rehearsal dinner there, wedding ceremony and reception, and a separate bride and groom suite in addition to on site guest housing. It couldn't have worked out better! Highly recommended!

Marybeth B.

Our 6 month anniversary is creeping up so this review is obviously long overdue, but I can’t possibly end the year without thanking Spring Ranch and their team for their amazing support and communication through the year in planning for our wedding and weekend stay.

We chose this venue for its massive 40-acre property and abundance of magical nature surrounding the two vintage Victorian houses. My partner and I really wanted an outdoor wedding with eucalyptus trees as our ceremony backdrop and well, SR gave us that and more. There aren’t very many venues that can give both that enchanted forest and ocean side feel, but that’s the beauty of the North Coast.

The white Victorian house provided ample accommodation for our wedding party and parents while we enjoyed privacy in the red carriage barn before and after the wedding. And only 20 steps away was our ceremony site and reception—like the young Miley once said, it’s the best of both worlds. It saved us time and energy to have everything on site including photo and video opps… just beautiful!

Almost all of our vendors (coordinator, rentals, catering, DJ, cake, florist, transportation and bathrooms) had experience working weddings at Spring Ranch so it made it a lot less complicated to have to explain and train them up on the place. The event barn already had two restrooms, but we rented more just because we had a 180-person guest list. The venue can comfortably host around 400 guests, our rentals guy said.

We thoroughly enjoyed our venue tour with the owner, Derek Webb, who gave us the history of the barn and space. Spring Ranch’s awesome wedding coordinators Christine & Aubrey provided detailed maps to make it easy for our guests and vendors to get around as well as Victorian house room details for us to pre-assign rooms.

Oh and some more pluses: they have a jacuzzi at the Victorian house AND they’re pet friendly! Our two pups, a Sapsali Terrier and CKC Spaniel/Papillon, were able to partake in wedding shenanigans and photos! This made it even more special for us.

Only negatives that we’ve shared with the team are: no WiFi/phone service in the ceremony or reception areas and a few rooms in the Victorian house are lacking outlets. Aubrey acknowledged that they’re working on it. ❤️

Abi Q.

Spring ranch is a super cool venue for couples who want a spot to do a long weekend wedding with some of their nearest. It has beautiful tall eucalyptus trees on the property and the light streams in really pretty through the magic hour. The house is also gorgeous for getting ready photos. Definitely recommend! One of my favorites in Mendocino to photograph at. xx

Love T. W.

Spring Ranch, WOW, so many great things here. I am a wedding photographer and videographer and this place is a dream to document someone's special day. A huge plus is that Spring Ranch has enough space to house over 20 guest, which for me makes a great opportunity for a fun journalistic approach. For out of town guests, there are many things to do in the area, like hiking, secluded beach access, site seeing and local shopping with Mendocino just a couple miles away. This venue has it all and is truly a fantasy. Dramatic backdrops of the pacific ocean, golden honey colored grass fields for those gorgeous sunset pics, majestic trees in the eucalyptus grove, a large stone patio with a beautiful fireplace, well preserved historical buildings that can also add to the photo textures, and of course the 2 story barn which is just beautiful. Another plus is the private bride and groom quarters which is separate from guest lodging for privacy. What more can you ask for really. It's really all set up well. I hope this helps anyone that is looking for a venue from a wedding photographer's perspective.

Alla R.

What a delightful and magical place! Visiting Spring Ranch with family and friends during mushroom gathering season became a tradition for us. This property evolved in terms of comfort, modern appliances and amenities, yet retain its 1869 charm. Main house can sleep a large group of people comfortably. Guest house is available if you have even a larger group. There is a jacuzzi and large Weber grill. We always enjoy snuggling in front of the huge real fireplace after dinner. The air is filled with ocean and pine. On the property there is a huge barn converted for special events and it is filled with tons of agricultural artifacts - excellent place for kids to wonder. You can take a short ride to 128 or north to Russian Gulch park to walk into most amazing old redwood forests. Go for a stroll on endless beaches, listen to sounds of seashore and see the most amazing sunset. Mendocino is 3-minute ride or have a Bloody Mary at Heritage House few minutes south. Property is always clean, tons of tableware and management is friendly. There are many hotels around, but this place feels homey, laidback, private yet in minutes from so many things to do. We highly recommend Spring Ranch, especially if you have a big gathering.

Alex P.

Could not have asked for a better wedding weekend spot! We loved being able to have our guests at the same venue for the weekend and be able to stay onsite. Our guests were wowed by the natural beauty of spring ranch and it was a picturesque place for picture, cocktails, ceremony and more!

David W.

This is a beautiful location. We went for a wedding. The grove of trees for the ceremony was beautiful. The reception and dancing were held at the nearby barn. What a wonderful and rustic space. The bride and groom and family stayed in the house and said it was lovely as well.

James D.

My fiance and I booked this place on Airbnb to have our wedding there. It took over a week and a half to hear back from them to get our questions answered. For some reason the owners would not give us a call back or email but yet they called my fiance's grandmother and gave her information which was useless to us. We finally get on a phone call with the lady and she basically couldn't answer our questions either but told us if we went and had a tour of the property that we would be able to get all of our questions answered there. So we drove 5 hours one direction to get a tour of this place and the lady who gave us a tour didn't even know who we were let alone couldn't answer any of our questions. Then the next day we get an email saying we regret to inform you but we cannot have you host a wedding here due to covid 19 regulations. Even though the owner already told us that we could have it there. Now it has been over a month and we have still not been refunded our money, the money that we needed for our wedding that has already happened. This is the most unprofessional business I have ever dealt with. Not to mention on their website it is full of pictures of oceanfront property but yet the property is actually on the other side of the highway and it is a half a mile from the ocean and if you want access to the oceanfront property it's an extra $500. Plus the beautiful main house is about 50 ft from the main highway. It's false advertisement and this business is horrible.