Ranch at Little Hills

Ranch at Little Hills is something really special. My company hosted our summer picnic party and it was truly wonderful. I was a part of the planning committee and had a chance to work directly with the staff. Every person I interacted with was a true pleasure, professional, and extremely kind. The staff was really communicative and helpful throughout the process. I was extremely impressed on the day of the event. The planning team and the point of contact was always so responsive and thoughtful to the planning of the event. It really took away the stress and anxiety when it comes to planning a company event for 400 people. They helped us coordinate every step of the way. We got a chance to tour the facility, which it gave us a great idea of the layout and amenities. The day of the event was very fun and ran smoothly. We had someone help us with check in and also was there to greet each guest. She was a very lovely girl who was so helpful and welcoming to the guest by letting them know the amenities and schedule for the day. The staff all had blue shirts, which was easy to spot them and every one of them was so friendly. The food was really wonderful and we're so happy we chose the option we did. There was potato salad, hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken wings, salad, beans, pesto salad, and rolls. The staff was very accommodating at the venue, they made sure to have plenty of vegetarian and vegan options. To top it all off, we had yummy snow cones that came in cherry red and tropical blue. The kids had really seemed to love the snow cones. We opted to have an open bar feature at the event, which the guests enjoyed beer and wine options. The venue was really beautiful and the trees provided much needed coverage from the summer sun. There were plenty of picnic tables for people to sit in various areas of the park. There were activities that included, bocce ball, swimming pool, horseshoe games, rock climbing wall, inflated golf course, bouncy house, basketball court, and volleyball court. This was such an amazing event and we had so much positive feedback from guests. The staff was really sweet and sent us a gift basket during Christmas. We hope for the opportunity to work with them again. I highly recommend this venue for events!

We absolutely love Little Hills! The venue is absolutely beautiful. Not only are there gorgeous rolling hills, but the ceremony site up in the forest is truly stunning. It's a great place for photos, but it's also just a fun spot for a wedding. Love it!

Stopped by Ranch at Little Hills for a wedding and although the venue itself is great, did have some mixed feelings on this as a venue. +The area has a quaint outdoors feel overall and has several open areas that are great depending on the ceremony you'd like to have it seems (or various other events). Everything was also clean. +Parking was pretty plentiful. On the dirt just as a heads-up. +Definitely an outdoors area and although they are using portapotties, they are definitely modern and kept up well. +/- Lighting is a bit sparse in the parking lot but otherwise, at least wedding-wise, seemed like there was enough in the area. +/- Food/drinks weren't bad. Believe they were catered by the park if I was getting the right answers. Wine/beer and unsure if it depends on the package you get. +/- Depends again on the date that you go but shade became an issue on a hot summer day on the main lawn area where the wedding I attended was mainly situated at. -Note that this is a cell phone dead zone (which is probably a bigger social commentary on us than the venue but still - important to note if you do have important business). They do have very limited WiFi but only for specific times (and for this wedding, unfortunately, the noted time for WiFi never came as we were told or there was some sort of miscommunication).

We had our wedding here on Sept 29, 2019 and it was perfect. We took the tour and met Angela who became our guardian angel the whole time, clearly explaining every detail and being our eyes and ears on the wedding day, ensuring we didn't miss a thing. We picked this venue as it helped keep our wedding intimate and family-focused and because it reflected our California and Minnesota backgrounds. + Angela was amazing!! We read the reviews on here before even going on the tour. Whatever negative things you read on here, go see for yourself. I do t doubt others but we had a marvelous experience with everyone we talked to and wouldn't have booked it if Angela wasn't so detail oriented and supportive. + The location is really flexible for food, music, photographers, and more. We had The Booth Bus there and it was a huge hit. - We wanted an evening wedding but in the end, started too late. A 5:30 ceremony is just too late of a start and cut down the time we had to spend with people as everyone needs to begin packing up to leave the venue by 10pm. - I would second the lack of lighting in the parking area. Would be nice to have a few more lights but this is a minor quibble. Overall, amazing staff, excellent location, and great support for a wedding of any size.

I was here for my boyfriend's company picnic a few weeks back. It was both our first time there and we didn't really know what to expect. We were both nicely greeted at the entrance where we were given our band. There were two companies at the time so we got the pool view. We were also given a list of events we could do listing the hours. The food wasn't too bad, I didn't think there was anything special to it though. This place had numerous activities including swimming, basketball, archery, rock climbing, and table tennis. We played basketball and tried archery! Didn't expect one there but it was a great first time experience. Overall, the place was really nice, clean, and the staff seemed friendly. I would highly recommend this for those looking for a family get together or a company picnic. It's great for people who have families!

I was here for a company picnic last weekend. It had been a while since my last visit (like elementary or high school). I was nicely greeted and directed at the entrance and parking lot and that level of service continued at the check in table. I was directed to the location of our event and greeted with a smile by every staff member I passed. Our site was nicely perched on a hill that overlooked the covered event areas. The food, I thought, was really good for a picnic event and I didn't go hungry. The green salad in particular was fresh and a nice compliment to the usual BBQ/picnic items. I only participated in the archery activity and thought it was a good time. The staff member, Brandon, gave us a thorough overview of the rules and was very engaging and friendly with our group. Overall, I was impressed with the location, staff and quality. The grounds were clean and inviting. I would recommend it to others looking for a nice venue to have an event.

I had the pleasure of attending my moms work party here for Bridgelux. It took a while to get here from where we were coming from. This place seems as if it really is in the middle of no where in San Ramon. As soon as you reach the place, you automatically get the elementary school Science Camp feel.You really do get the camp feel here, even when driving here you are mainly surrounded by all tall trees and it's forestry like! When you finally arrive to, you see the sandy type parking lot remind you of Science Camp yet? Haha.From the parking lot, there were no signs directing us where to from there. They should have had some signs saying Bridgelux Picnic enter here or this way, something like that. They didn't have any signs...The inside the place is really Science Campy like feel, it looks similar to the one I went to in Santa Cruz for 6th Grade Science Camp. You cab see all the cambin like buidlings and get the real outdoor feel. This place has a few aminites to offer.Swimmming Pool, Rock Wall Climbing, Archery, Dunk Tank, Fishing, Jump House, and other Sport and Recation Activites.The food here could use some improvements, I'm not sure buit I don't think the food is made on site, but it needs work in my opinion. They lable it as barbeque, but to me it doesn't seem at all much barbeque. They had Tri-Tip and Barbeque Chicken (as they claimed). They also had some side dishes, such as cold noodle, bread with butter, salad, and hot dogs for the kids. They didn't prepare anything for the vegetarians of the group, which i'm not sure if it's the company's fault for not telling them we had vegetarians, or them just not making any items for the vegetarians.While, I liked the Tri-Tip, the so called Barbeque Chicken was not good. It to me was dry, even though yeah it had Barbeque sauce, it was still sorta dry, but that's just my opinion. They need to work on the Chicken to make it more juicer and just overall better. The italian noodles that were cold, had okay taste, but I would have prefered it rather to be served hot, warm and fresh rather than cold.The drinks they were okay, they served alcoholic beverages, soda, lemonade, water and some sort of hot tea...they offered Pepsi from the dispenser, but they didn't have Mountain Dew!?The Ice Cream selection was kinda really small and sparse. They didn't have a wide variety of Ice Cream to choose from and it's not real Ice Cream either it's the fake kind they sell at the Dollar Tree and 99 Cents store that you seen in a blue container with sliding doors...usually for a $1.They had 2 kinds of Ice Cream Sandwiches (regular and Mississipi Mud Chocolate), Twin Pops (Cherry, Grape and Orange, Sundae Cone, Oragne Dream Bar, and Vanilla Bar. Very limited selection, when you go to the store, they offer way more, kinda odd that they only had that limited selection....The staff and employees here were very friendly and helpful. They were also welcoming and assistful. They made sure everyone was having a good time and ran each event according to schedule and even earlier upon request for the dunk tank.There are many, many and I say many flies, bugs and bugs all over the place!! Too many if you ask me, but I guess we are outdoors so...OH and lastly, no Wi-Fi or phone service here, so you truely are outdoors with no social online life for a day! HA-HA.

Planning a wedding during COVID was definitely a challenge, but Angie and her team were amazing. When we needed to push our wedding out a year, Angie worked with me to update the contract. Angie was an amazing day of coordinator. She kept the event on schedule, brought us drinks and snacks during photos, and made sure we had plates to eat for dinner. Unfortunately, the park is changing management companies at the end of the month, but Angie and her Basecamp team were wonderful for our wedding!

The ranch at little hills is a picturesque venue with a rustic feel. We chose it because it was outdoors, but still protected from the elements, with the semi-permanent tent. The management and grounds team were amazing and made our wedding beautiful. Our guests felt covid safe at every comfort level, and still had an excellent time partying. The food was tasty and the price point was right for our budget.

*** due to yelp length limitations, this review will be a three part review. ***So, we don't usually give reviews, but the experience we had at The Little Ranch on the Hills has prompted us to do so...not to bad mouth anyone in particular, but to warn others against potential unnecessary wedding stress. When we originally signed our contract, it was with Gillian...she was amazing, and 100% on top of it. From the first meeting, she made us feel so comfortable, and confident that we were in the right hands...not to mention excited for our big day. Not surprisingly, Gillian was promoted within the company, WELL DESERVED. Unfortunately for us, we were passed along to a new coordinator, who we were assured would contact us asap. Weeks later, we finally reached out to Gillian for the new coordinator contact info since we had not been contacted. She responded immediately with contact info for Angela...and that's when our drama began. I don't know where Angela came from professionally, but I believe she's picked the wrong career path. When you think of a wedding coordinator, you think of Gillian (warm, excited for you, pleasing and easy to work with, and very knowledgeable). Angela, on the other hand, was almost a complete 180. After our first meeting we were concerned, and debating getting our deposit back and going with another venue. She was not warm, didn't seem excited about her position, and had no clue what she was talking about regarding the package we signed for, nearly 6 months prior. We kind of chalked it up to being new in her position and getting settled in, but as the months passed, that wasn't the case. Every meeting leading up to the event had to be prompted by us, and then when we did reach out to coordinate a date/time, days past before a response. To be fair though, her response time got better a couple months leading up to the wedding. There just wasn't any consistency with the communication, and sometimes(especially when we were initially handed off to her) we felt completely in the dark.