Candlewood Valley Country Club

Jennifer does an amazing job. You can see her heart in every detail. So happy to partner here again for our second Galentine’s workshop. It’s such a great space for events and celebrations. Looking forward to our next one!

I don't often write reviews, but I have to say that CVCC continues to be my favorite golf course in CT. Not only is it beautifully maintained and lovely natural walking course, but the staff is just very welcoming and kind. I had a 7:00am tee time this morning. As soon as I got there, the starter greeted me with small talk/pleasantries and told me about the issues with rain I might have. After 4 holes, the rain/thunder started coming down. One of the maintenance staff drove the mower over to me and told me about the course suspending play - again, wonderfully nice gentleman that gave me direc…

The course itself was fun, but I must say we didn't have knowledge the greens were aerated, prior to us playing which was a bummer. But the real highlight here was the clubhouse food! Wow! The burger, onion rings, and wings were fantastic!! Burger was cooked to perfection 👌 If I was to criticize anything, the slaw was delicious but I would add a little more vinegar, salt and pepper and then it would be out of this world!!! I will literally go out of my way to eat here even if I'm not golfing! 10/10

Never going back again! I've played there for years but NEVER AGAIN! The new carts are the worst, they drive and break nicely but God forbid you go too close to the Tee box as well as many other spots on the course. The cart shuts down and starts beeping insistently. So I think, OK, I'll back up a couple of feet and it will stop beeping-NOT I had to back up 20 yards away will the cart is berating me with these constant annoying beeping. My friend said you have to look at the screen above for a warning...When I'm driving through a severely damaged cart paths and terrain I"M WATCHING THE ROAD!!!…

I played here about a month ago and was extremely disappointed. The course was in very poor condition—rough was overgrown, fairways were chewed up, and drainage was terrible. Many holes had little to no visibility because of overgrown ponds filled with weeds and cattails. The cart paths were so broken down it felt more like off-roading than a golf course. The only positive was the new carts, but honestly, that adds no real value. Most golfers have GPS on their phones or use rangefinders, so GPS carts aren’t necessary. On top of that, the pricing was unreasonable. I had only one option: $90 whe…

Today (8/22/25) is the first time playing CVCC since 2024. Very friendly pro shop staff, starter has a great sense of humor. Fairways and greens are in terrific condition which is interesting as tee boxes have been well used. I like the new carts with top notch GPS. Overall playing CVCC was fantastic on a beautiful sunny summer day!

It’s easy to tell the new ownership truly care about this place between the upgrades to the course, enhanced customer experience and solid staff across the board. Course offers challenges and forces you to make choices but rewards accurate shots. Fun course, fun people, and I’m looking forward to seeing their continued progress.

Olivia works the restaurant. Super nice!!! Bob the GM was more than open to hear about the local golfers complaints and complements. This course continues to improve and look forward to the changes

Place used to be a good bargain for the conditions. They increased prices to rival nicer courses but the conditions don’t match. 6”-8” rough, not mowed, losing balls in long grass

For early spring in Northeast, and all the winter rain/floods, course is in fabulous shape. Greens running true and fairways lush. Great course that is walkable for pretty much anyone with plenty of challenges to stretch the best golfers, while not being too long to intimidate the rest of us!

Slow on every tee box, asked the pro shop about the slow play and said it’s red for pace of play everywhere on the course and that I have to be patient. There was no ranger that she mentioned that was out there, I even was playing with someone that works at the course and he said there’s no rangers at all. What a joke of a course for the money. Go else where

A solid 4 stars. Couldn't go the full 5, because I think it's $10-$15 more expensive than it should be; and because the layout is nothing special. Other than that it's an excellent course. It's in great shape, greens rolled very smooth and true. The pace of play was excellent, and I was a walking single on a picture perfect Friday for golf. The fairways and tee boxes were all full and lush. I will absolutely be back, but probably not on a weekend or holiday because of the rates.