We are so glad we chose to get married at Big Sur Lodge - it was one of the few venues we found that allowed all of our Guests to stay on property together for the weekend. We were able to host a Friday night welcome pizza party for everyone to get to know each other, which was one of our favorite parts of the weekend. Our ceremony took place in the peaceful "Redwood Grove" just outside the restaurant, and we used both the indoor and outdoor spaces for our reception.

Best of all, they agreed to partner with us on an all vegan wedding. We had a taco bar and brought cinnamon rolls in for dessert.

Worth noting that the Lodge overall has very poor cellular and Wi-Fi service, which made it challenging to reach vendors. We also had some challenges with the responsiveness of the venue contacts through the planning process.

Overall we LOVED having our wedding here, our guests had nothing but wonderful things to say about their weekend, and the flexibility we were able to have made for the perfect wedding :)

Holy cow! Dana at the Big Sur Lodge was the most kind, patient, and understanding vendor we worked with throughout our whole wedding. We had a very small, DIY-style day in mind that Dana got immediately. She’s got decades of experience in Big Sur’s wedding industry as a caterer and it showed. Her wealth of knowledge of the area’s vendors, caterers, parks, and other locations was a crazy bonus for us folks from down south that fell in love with the beauty of the central coast. Seriously, when we told Dana we realized our ceremony site was not going to work she immediately suggested the perfect place that we would’ve never found on our own. It made our big day perfect, we’ll forever be grateful for that. After the ceremony, we returned to the Big Sur Lodge for our reception on the Redwood Patio next to the river. We were blown away by food, it was incredible, people are still telling us they can’t believe how delicious dinner was. Dana’s giant special salad is not to be missed. Dana herself was there and helping us as well as guests to make sure everyone had what they needed and was having a great evening. Seriously, we can’t thank Dana enough for going above and beyond what anyone ever could for our wedding. If you get a chance to celebrate your big day at Big Sur Lodge, you won’t be disappointed.

Our rehearsal dinner on the Big Sur patio turned out just great! The food was good. The help was nice and responsive to our group. Dana, the event manager, added some flowers from her garden, which was a nice touch, for our out of town group. Prior to the event, email communication was not quick, but we had time and got all of the details worked out. The setting was lovely.