TillingHouse hosts board meetings, offsites, client dinners, galas, holiday parties and weddings for up to 400 seated guests or 500 standing. The venue occupies a Tudor mansion on the historic grounds of Suneagles Golf Club in Eatontown, New Jersey, in Monmouth County, a few minutes from the Jersey Shore. It has four event rooms, garden terraces and an in-house kitchen.
Seminars and company events
The venue sells board meetings, offsites and leadership retreats, client and leadership dinners, galas, benefits, award nights and company holiday parties, from a department dinner to a party for the whole company. The Byron Nelson Room, with 75 seats, a private bar and views across the course, suits a board meeting or an offsite day. Large galas and award nights move to the Ballroom. The kitchen times passed bites, receptions and seated dinners to the event program. The website does not list audiovisual equipment, so this is a point to confirm with the events team.
Weddings and receptions
Ceremonies are held in the Parlor in front of its 1926 fireplace or outside on the garden terraces. Cocktail hour follows on the terrace beside the Ballroom, or in the Parlor and the Parlor Bar. Receptions take place in the Ballroom, or in the Byron Nelson Room for a smaller wedding. The Bridal Suite has an on-site hair and makeup salon with three chairs, a separate bridal station and two bathrooms, and a Family Suite gives relatives a place to sit. A Game Room with billiards, shuffleboard and a barber-shop service is open to the wedding party. Showers, luncheons and milestone birthdays are also booked.
Rooms and capacities
The Ballroom seats up to 400 or takes 500 for a cocktail reception, with a 52-foot marble-top bar. It opens onto a garden terrace with two built-in bars, a stone wall and a wishing well. The Byron Nelson Room seats 75 under cathedral ceilings. The Parlor, with its fireplace and deep lounge seating, serves client receptions, ceremonies and private dinners. The Parlor Bar handles welcome drinks and opens onto a private terrace above the sixth hole, near the putting green and the bocce court.
Catering
Everything is cooked in-house, from passed hors d'oeuvres to the cake, and outside caterers are not allowed. Ryan DePersio, a James Beard semifinalist known for Fascino in Montclair and Battello in Jersey City, is chef and partner. Executive chef Dennis Mathews runs the kitchen day to day. Menus follow the seasons and cover vegetarian, gluten-free and allergy needs. Couples are offered a tasting. Ember and Eagle, a steakhouse, operates on the same grounds.
History and setting
The Byron Nelson Room takes its name from the golfer, who won his first professional title at the New Jersey Open played at Suneagles. The 1926 fireplace in the Parlor is the oldest feature the venue points to in the house.
Getting there
The address is 2000 Lowther Drive, Eatontown, NJ 07724, with parking on site. Private tours are by appointment, and the events team answers requests within one business day.
