Wedding Photographers & Videographers at Cheers Chalet, Lancaster

A wedding at Cheers Chalet puts you on a 70-acre estate in the rolling hills just north of Lancaster, with two banquet halls, a private lake, woods and colorful gardens to choose from. Cheers Chalet sits on top of a hill with wide views, and Lakeside Chalet sits down by the water at the edge of the woods, so your photographer and videographer can move from hilltop vistas to lakeside trees in one afternoon of wedding photos.

You can hold everything here. Each hall has a garden arbor and a gazebo connected to its large deck for an outdoor wedding ceremony, and in the colder months a hanging wedding canopy goes up on the heated, enclosed deck. For a ceremony in the trees, the small Chapel in the Woods stands beside a little lake, with birdsong and frogs for company; seating and tents can be arranged there, and the reception follows at Lakeside Chalet. There's a bridal changing room for getting ready, and the estate can host your rehearsal dinner too.

Cheers Chalet holds up to 250 for your wedding reception. Its two decks open to the air in summer and close in with clear curtains and heat in winter, and the upper deck becomes a dance floor strung with white lights and lanterns under draped Spanish moss, a lovely glow for your wedding videographer during the first dance. Lakeside Chalet has vaulted ceilings and a covered deck looking out to the lake. Food comes from the venue's own full-service kitchen, a hostess helps at the rehearsal and reception, and the staff handles setup and cleanup, which leaves more of your wedding day for the two of you.

• Call to tour both halls and the chapel before choosing.
• Walk the ceremony site you like with your photographer and videographer, and plan where to go for portraits.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines and your rain or winter plan.

A little about Cheers Chalet

For more than 20 years, Cheers and Lakeside Chalet has hosted weddings and catered events in central and southern Ohio. Besides weddings, its picnic grove, with lawns, two lakes and hiking trails, hosts company picnics and family reunions.