Reviews for Cameron Estate Inn in Mount Joy, PA

After a recent death in our immediate family, we weren't ready to cook Thanksgiving dinner. We chose Cameron Estates based on... menu. For the quality of food served, I'd say it was overpriced. The meal for 3 adults and 1 child was $182. Nowhere wasanything noted about a tip. At that price I'm also not expecting to have to tip. Just as we were finishing up, the server askedif I had already left a tip on my card or if I was paying now. Keeping in mind, I had to pay over the phone when I called toreserve. Imagine my surprise and being put on the spot over a tip. I gave one but this really should have been included. While Iappreciated that others worked to serve on a holiday, my final thought is its overpriced, food was OK, it wasn't excellent andit wasn't horrible. There was prime rib offered too but it was too rare. The mashed potatoes and sweet were good. The turkey wason the dry side. The sides were okay. The keylime pie was tasty but given they were putting out pre-packaged other desert, Iwonder if this was too. The servers were nice. I also watched the staff near the desert area actually take little cheesecakesout of their packaging to place on a plate, which made me wonder how many other things were pre-packaged. Again, for the priceper person...I didn't expect to see pre-packaged food. I wouldn't go to Cameron Estates again to eat. All said... I spent over$200 (food + tip) for 3 adults and a toddler to eat. It was not worth that amount. Read more

The wedding was beautiful and the people were great. The only reason it wasn't 5 stars is because it was beautiful enough to... have the wedding outside but the chairs were left out in the rain from the night before and some of padding on the chairs wasvery wet. With people in nice expensive clothes they shouldn't be expected to sit on dirty wet chairs. Read more

We had a great time here. The grounds are beautiful. The staff was super friendly. The room we stayed in was very cozy. We took... a walk in the rain and had plenty to explore. My gf and I are already planning our next stay here. Read more

I hosted a bridal shower at Cameron Estate Inn because it is truly a beautiful venue. That being said, I am highly disappointed... on several fronts and would not choose this venue again in the future. I was asked multiple times to sign documents and acontract to make sure all details were correct including the layout for the event. Per the contract, client set up was at 8:00am, so my husband and I arrived shortly there after. We found the space unclean and not set up per the agreed upon layout. Thefloor was dirty and flower petals were everywhere, there were glasses, straws, and napkins left out on the window sills, and thebathroom was disgusting. Moreover, we were missing necessary tables that I had requested in the layout. It was evident thatthere was an event the night before and no one had bothered to clean things up and reset them for our event today. There was noone available in the venue space to greet us or double check that we didn't need anything, which I found odd, so I went to thefront desk and no one was to be found. I finally found someone near the breakfast area explaining I had an event in the ballroomwith setup at 8:00 am and I needed someone in there to clean as soon as possible. I stressed that the setup was not completedeven though I had to sign off on the event setup multiple times the week prior. Staff showed up around 8:20 am - I explainedthe space is not setup on their end and I have guests showing up for a 10:00 am event and I am now delayed nearly half an hour,as we could not do our set up until their cleaning was completed. The owner Cathi did then show up and I expressed mydisappointment and stress over the uncleanliness and lack of adhering to the contract. I felt very frustrated by her telling methat the event wasn?t until 10:00 am and they were still cleaning up after a wedding they had the night before. Though sheassured me they would take care of cleaning up and setting up prior to guest arriving, I am incredibly frust Read more

We spent two nights last week. Although we were impressed by the beauty of the place, our greeting was off-putting. The... restaurant wasn't open as advertised, so we got handed a multi-page list of area restaurants with no help. The room was verypretty (#11), but the closet door wouldn't open because the night table blocked it, the bathroom had towels hanging on the wallover the toilet, there were no foot traction strips in the tub nor any kind of bath mat for when you got out. The sink lightingwas inadequate. The wifi instructions didn't work. Thankfully, a staff member named Melissa helped us out in that and otherstuff. The breakfast was mediocre (keish) and the next breakfast we asked for scrambled eggs, which were awful. The one dinnerwe had was ok, but in decades of going to B&Bs the meals were the least inspired we've ever had. There were no snack machinesfor eating or drinking. Just water in a common fridge. They seemed more wrapped up in selling weddings to prospective familiesand prepping for one on the weekend. We get that, but we're still guests, and we would prefer to go to a B&B where theestablishment makes breakfast like an event and makes you feel like you're guests in their home rather than just another couplefilling a room. Even when we left, it was a dismissive experience--no asking how we liked our experience or anything.Disappointing. Read more

The grounds are beautiful. The staff AT THE WEDDING that I interacted with were nice. There were some minor and major issues. I... would have given a 3 before the interaction with one of the managers on the phone. If you book, pray you don't have any issuesyou want to talk about after the wedding. When you pay this much for the venue and food, you expect so much but to be ultimatelydisappointed is terrible. Yes, I had to have a good time at the wedding because who wants their guests to know it was not great?I can't just sit in the middle of the floor crying eventhough I could have but you put on a smile and go on with the show anddeal with matters later. It is not worth the money. The food was good for the tasting so we had high hopes but quality felldeeply during the wedding. Some cocktail hour dishes were good, but the main meal itself was disappointing. Minors were servedalcohol with no substitute (sparkling apple cider) like we were told there would be. My gluten free guests were almost sent tothe hospital due to the ignorance of the staff not knowing what gluten was. Which is fine gluten can be confusing, but we weretold before hand that the venue takes gluten allergy very seriously. Therefore, we put our trust in them to keep our loved onessafe. For example, my one guest was served the Italian wedding soup which had pasta in it (pasta generally is made with flour).Yes, there were various notes and signs saying certain guests had allergies yet somehow they were still served their allergylaidened food. Did my guests have a good time? Sure, they didn't know the expectations that the people paying for the weddinghad. Overall, not worth the stress, time, or money. As a guest, you see the beauty, but as the couple you see the problems, andultimately, we were not pleased with them during or after the wedding. EDIT: just found out my sister in law who we thoroughlyexpressed was highlighy allergic to gluten was served gluten in the little food she believed t Read more

These are some of the photos from what we experienced at Easter Dinner. Our server told us she had to be reminded as she forgets... a lot. Drinks weren?t refilled, they ran out of dessert and when asked they added a snickers pie that was dug up quickly to putsomething out. When I called to speak to a person in charge 2 days later, I was transferred to Emily Good?s voicemail, I calledback and GM Larry took the call. This was the same GM that was in a chef coat slicing meat and did not clean, refresh or managethe dining properly the day of Easter, BUT decided to hang up on me when I rebutted everything about our experience. I am notsure what is happening with Mgt here or how they got to this point, but it will go downhill really fast. Edit: to your reply.Where was I to go with my guests after 3:30 on an Easter Sunday to feed them. After your reviews online, we decided this wouldbe a very nice place. Unfortunately, after having a wedding the evening before and all your staff being exhausted and talkingabout it to us, was no excuse for the dining experience we had. We did eat, meagerly as there was not much to choose from. Notone person left with a full belly. As for a refund, a compensation should?ve been given without ever mentioning anything. Wewere served like peasants with leftovers for when we had expected a fine dining experience. I?m still waiting for Judy to returnmy phone call. Read more

My now husband and i had our elopement here a few days ago. From the very beginning that we had our tour with Lisa it was... exceptional! she was amazing and very kind. Our coordinator Cathy was also great and worked with us to make our experienceamazing! Yannie at the front desk was wonderful and upgraded our room for us to make us happy, she is so sweet and also allowedme to check in my wedding day very early to have enough time for me and the girls to get ready! Katrina went above and beyondfor us! she truly made our wedding day special! she was so attentive and constantly checked in on us. She made me a beautifulbouquet and made our reception set up very beautiful! The whole estate, even the occasional run in with maintenance workers madeus feel welcome. We are a happy couple and our marriage was made perfect thanks to the wonderful staff and extravagant property!We cant wait to book our next stay at Cameron Estate. Breakfast the next morning was delicious also! We 100% recommend gettingmarried here or even just for a getaway! Read more