Los Angeles Athletic Club

We absolutely LOVED our venue. It has an old, Hollywood glamour feel to it that we knew we wanted. Not only is this a beautiful site but the staff are incredible. We worked with the catering manager there, Smiljana, who was absolutely wonderful and accommodating.

On the day of the wedding, we were blown away by the professionalism, service and food. The dinner captain, Victor, has been there for over 25 years and it shows. Everything went smoothly, the presentation was beautiful and the food was delectable. Our guests are still talking about it! I would recommend this site to anyone who is looking for a venue with an old, Hollywood feel and with staff who know how to run a wedding.

This was the most beautiful, classiest wedding I could have hoped for. The wood-paneling and stark chandeliers along with the beautiful trim set off any color scheme -- the venue is great because there is this awesome old school wood bar and you can have your ceremony, your cocktail hour and your reception in the same large area (which is divided up, spacially). The roof makes for excellent cityscape pictures and the rooms have tons of natural light for pre-ceremony photos.

What I should really rave about is how wonderful Kelly is. Kelly is absolutely fantastic - we had a gay wedding and there were no questions asked (we got a lot of that at other venues) - just tons of " how can we make this wonderful, awesome and affordable" Kelly kept our cost in mind and she worked well with all the other vendors - recommending reasonably priced vendors that worked with our budget but whom also knew the club really well for our flowers and our DJ. She was a star - when we were having cake issues - she actually went to Hansen's and drove to get cake samples for us because we were running short on time! When there was a minor glitch day of with seating, she fixed it like a pro. She ran the rehersal perfectly and had the wedding set really well - she worked well with our friend, an amateur musician for the ceremony music - proving that she doesn't need to just have experts for it to be amazing. She was so dedicated - and able to accommodate nearly every request we had, from changing the vegetarian option to creating a really neat seating plan for the ceremony. She had our wedding on top of the timeline and it was really a wonderful experience. When we asked for two bridal prep rooms - no sweat - and she got a mirror in a room that didn't have one for the big day - without us even reminding her.

This place is wonderful. We are members of the club, so we had a nice discount. The bar package is quite reasonable and as members of the club, I can tell you that the bar tenders for events are truly wonderful. We closed the bar for an hour during dinner, which saved us some money and we really appreciate being able to do that.

The package is a really wonderful deal - the place is wonderful - and the service fantastic. LOVED my experience.