Orange County Wedding & Banquet Venues
A guide to wedding, banquet, and event venues across Orange County, CA
Newport Beach
Balboa Bay Resort
The only Forbes Four-Star, AAA Four-Diamond waterfront resort in Newport Beach, on 15 acres directly overlooking the yacht-dotted harbor. Couples can marry on the Beachfront Lawn, gather for cocktails in the glass-walled Lighthouse, and reception in the Grand Ballroom, with its 18-foot ceilings and crystal chandeliers.
Harborside Grand Ballroom
A Victorian-era ballroom on the second floor of the historic Balboa Pavilion, with floor-to-ceiling windows on three sides framing sweeping views of Newport Harbor. A huge dance floor, two bars, and a photogenic staircase entrance handle 50 to 500 guests.
Hyatt Regency Newport Beach
A resort-style hotel on 26 acres adjacent to the Upper Newport Bay Nature Reserve, with palms and succulents throughout the grounds. Couples can marry in the Amphitheater and reception in the Garden Patio, with its string lights and gas fire pit, or in the versatile Pacific Ballroom.
Lido House, Autograph Collection
A boutique Cape Cod-style beach house hotel on Lido Isle with 15,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor event space. The Boathouse Ballroom offers a contemporary coastal aesthetic, and the Topside Roof Deck gives couples panoramic city-and-water views for a reception.
The Resort at Pelican Hill
A 504-acre Mediterranean-style resort atop a coastal bluff, styled after 16th-century Palladian architecture. Weddings take place in the exclusive Mar Vista estate, where couples exchange vows beneath a dome-topped Italian rotunda with sweeping Pacific Ocean views — only one wedding is held per day.
Dana Point
The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel
An oceanfront bluff-top resort with three ocean-view outdoor ceremony sites — the intimate Monarch Lawn, the 550-guest Bluff, and the garden-and-ocean Pacific Promenade Lawn — plus a chef-driven culinary program experienced with South Asian and multicultural weddings.
Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach Resort & Club
A Forbes Five-Star, AAA Five-Diamond resort on 175 acres of seaside blufftop, formerly known as the St. Regis Monarch Beach. The Pacific Ballroom hosts grand receptions while the Grand Lawn, Botanical Garden, and Pacific Lawn offer distinct outdoor ceremony settings.
Laguna Beach
Montage Laguna Beach
A Craftsman-style oceanfront resort on 30 landscaped acres above the Pacific, with three distinct lawn ceremony sites — the Ocean Lawn, Seaview Lawn, and the panoramic Pacific Lawn — each holding up to 250 guests.
Surf & Sand Resort
A Mediterranean-village-style hotel directly on 500 feet of Laguna Beach sand, with panoramic 180-degree ocean views. Couples can marry on the sand itself, or on the Pacific or Catalina Terraces perched just above the surf, before moving into the Laguna Ballroom.
San Juan Capistrano
Franciscan Gardens
A 5,000-square-foot Spanish courtyard venue steps from Mission San Juan Capistrano, with vine-wrapped pergolas, fountains, and bistro lighting in the garden, plus a 1920s brick-and-timber ballroom. Owned and catered exclusively by 24 Carrots, and rented in its entirety for up to 350 guests.
Serra Plaza
A Spanish courtyard venue next to the historic Los Rios District, booked exclusively for one event at a time. A bubbling fountain anchors the ceremony space, with fabric-draped loggias, market lights, and a French-inspired bridal suite; the courtyard holds up to 350 guests.
Costa Mesa
The Harper by Wedgewood Weddings
A 13,000-square-foot modern-industrial venue minutes from John Wayne Airport, with a Mediterranean olive-grove ceremony garden and a skylight-topped Atrium reception hall. Floor-to-ceiling accordion doors connect indoor and outdoor spaces, and Wedgewood’s all-inclusive packages handle the planning.
Huntington Beach
Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort & Spa
An 18-acre oceanfront resort with Spanish-style architecture and over 110,000 square feet of event space. The Lighthouse Courtyard runs straight to the sea past a mermaid fountain, while the Grand and Huntington Ballrooms open onto ocean-view terraces.
Irvine
University Club by Wedgewood Weddings
A polished venue on the UC Irvine campus with twinkle-lit trees, a garden gazebo ceremony site, and full-height windows overlooking the grounds. Wedgewood’s all-inclusive packages and central Orange County location draw couples from across the county.
Yorba Linda
Richard Nixon Library & Museum
A one-of-a-kind venue on 9 manicured acres, with Orange County’s largest public rose garden and reflecting pool for the ceremony and a replica of the White House East Room for a candlelit reception beneath crystal chandeliers. Holds up to 400 guests on the lawn.
Anaheim
Disneyland Hotel (Rose Court Garden)
The premier wedding location at the Disneyland Resort, a secluded garden with a white gazebo surrounded by more than 500 seasonally blooming rose bushes, hosting up to 350 guests. Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings team handles planning, with options like Cinderella’s Crystal Coach exclusive to this venue.
San Clemente
Casino San Clemente
A historic 1937 seaside building with Spanish-style architecture and ocean views, featuring a Rose Garden, Grand Ballroom, and Rock Garden. A versatile setting for both intimate and large weddings, holding up to 300 guests.
San Clemente Shore by Wedgewood Weddings
A Spanish-style estate less than a mile from the beach, with a brick-lined aisle leading to Spanish steps under rustic beams and a trickling waterfall. The vaulted ballroom with exposed beams and a wrap-around balcony holds up to 200 guests, with Wedgewood’s all-inclusive packages.
Aliso Viejo
Aliso Viejo by Wedgewood Weddings
A Mediterranean-style estate perched above the valley with sweeping views of Saddleback Mountain. Ceremonies begin on the Fireside Lawn beside a tall stone fireplace, and the grand ballroom’s floor-to-ceiling windows frame the scenery for the reception.
Fullerton
Summit House
A restaurant-based wedding venue tucked in the Fullerton foothills, offering panoramic hilltop views over the surrounding valley. A longtime favorite for both the setting and the flexibility of its wedding packages and upgrades.
Orange
The Vintage Rose
A Paris-inspired wedding venue with five distinctive spaces, including a rustic ceremony barn with 100-year-old pews and a speakeasy-style cocktail room. All-inclusive packages are designed to keep planning simple and stress-free.
Tustin
Tustin Ranch Golf Club
A palm-tree-lined golf club voted “Best OC Golf Course” by local readers, with a clubhouse that doubles as a sought-after venue for wedding receptions and banquets against a backdrop of manicured fairways.
Mission Viejo
Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club
A 240-acre golf club set amid Trabuco Creek and the Rancho Mission Viejo Reserve, with an outdoor Wedding Garden and Reception Patio overlooking the hills. The 5,600-square-foot Trabuco Ballroom seats up to 240, with a private bridal suite and California ranch-style catering.
Santa Ana
The Hacienda
A historic Spanish-style ranch dating to the 1900s, once part of a working orange and avocado farm and hosting weddings for the past 50 years. The flagstone Inner Courtyard has a three-tiered fountain and ivy-draped balconies, leading into the Southwest-styled Taos Room ballroom for up to 400 guests.
Buena Park
Los Coyotes Country Club
A Mediterranean-style clubhouse on a hilltop with lake and fountain views, hosting ceremonies of up to 350 guests beside flowering hibiscus and a small lake. The Grand Ballroom’s terrace and the lake-view Cypress Palm Room give couples both large- and mid-size reception options.
Seal Beach
Old Ranch Country Club
A 128-acre private club with lakes and tree-lined fairways, open to non-members for weddings. Couples marry beneath a handcrafted wrought-iron pergola with fairway and lake views, then move to a stone-and-wood clubhouse with floor-to-ceiling accordion doors opening onto the terrace.
