Yank Sing Rincon Center
One Rincon Center
101 Spear Street
San Francisco, CA
www.yanksing.com

We choose Yank Sing Rincon Center because while we wanted a traditional 10 course Chinese Banquet, we wanted a contemporary location and a large space. Many Chinese restaurants tend to be cramped and people don't have room to move their chairs, walk around, or see beyond the pillars. Our guests loved the atrium setting as well as the five story rain column that starts from the skylight ceiling to a pool of water on the ground. Yank Sing Rincon Center can accommodate up to 740 people. Even though Yank Sing does charge you to rent the Rincon Atrium and pay a cleaning fee, the cost is a lot less than renting other venues. Since we had an auspicious date, we booked a year and a half in advance (the earliest Yank Sing allows you to reserve).

Some of the things we did to make it more contemporary was to have chair covers & sashes, centerpieces, candles, dee-jay, "Father & Daughter" dance, and cocktail hour (wine bar & hors d'oeuvres- Dim sum & Asian appetizers).

Some of the traditional Chinese things we did were family introductions in English & Chinese, multiple dress changes, Chinese wedding games and table to table toasting.