We had our wedding reception at the Ferrantes room in May of 2011.
It's an excellent place to have a reception.
Everyone loved the view and the food was amazing.
(Even the bride's French family loved it, and that's saying something :).)
They were really flexible in accommodating what we wanted, including special requests.
Tara, our wedding coordinator, did an excellent job and was very professional.
Everything was extremely well organized and went off without a hitch.
We would recommend the Marriott to anyone.

THIS is the place!!! I did lots and lots of research on a different venus, esp with my budget and let me tell you i hit the jack pot with the Monterey Marriott. Im not the richest lady in the world,(nor is my hubby) my parents arent wealthy either so being on budget was really important to us, as well as location & service. Lindsay Bays is the sales rep for Monterey Marriott and she did everything in her power to work with my budget! she made my dreams come true! after i signed the contract, Tara Quashnick was assigned to be my event manager, and let me tell you she was soo pleasant :) and very very easy to work with.She would always answered my emails, never ever left me hanging. As a new bride i had many questions and changes and she was more then happy to help me. SO let me jus tell you that my Ceremony was at Berwick Park over looking the pacific ocean!! Monterey Marriott has ceremony packages and they do all the permit paper work from the city so i didnt have to worry about any of that. My ceremony was picture perfect!!! MY reception was at the Ferrantes Room at the MOnterey Marriott...it was on the 10th floor with nothing but windows all around the room! over looking the beautiful town of downtown Monterey, fishermans warf and the of course the ocean!!! ALL my guest were soo amazed on how beautiful this room was! NOw let me tell you about the food!! OMG the food is the BOMB! boneless short rib that just melt in your mouth! yum!!! and also a choice of a chicken plate which was also yummy! Our guest were amazed! EVEN before the main course we had some appitzers for cocktail hour and everyone was pleased! THE SHrimp with the truffel oil and Palenta was to DIE FOR!! my husband (awww my husband now ) doesnt like seafood but he ate up all his shrimp! they were soo fat! they looked like chubby legs :). ALL the staff at Monterey Marrioitt was sooo friendly and accomedating they took care of us and all our guest! whatever they needed they helped them! Everyone from the employees working the front desk, to the bellman, to the door men, to valet workers, to housekeeping...everyone was sooo friendly to all of us. MY guest were soo amazed! alot of my guest had traveled a long ways to attend my wedding and they had no hassels with anything. Tara had upgraded me to a suite and all i can say is WOW! i was able to have my bridesmaids join me in the morning for some champagne and snacks out by the patio just enjoying the day. P>S. if your looking for a Rehearsal dinner venue and dont have allot of money to spend, you should have it at Characters Sports Bar located in the Marriott on the same floor as the lobby. James was soo accomadating he even set up the WII station in the corner for the kids and it worked out great! while the adults were mingling, the kids were occupied. We had lots and lots of finger foods but there was soo much of it that we were able to even offer food to outof town guest and we STILL had food left over. They even had little bowls of chicken ceasar salad, some pasta for some of our guest who wanted more of a MEAL then just finger foods. THe atmosphere was truely amazing!! i will post some pics of my ceremony, reception & rehearsal dinner. I was never ever stressed or worried about anything!! MONTEREY MARRIOTT RULES!!!!! :) THEY MADE MY WEDDING A DREAM COME TRUE!!!!!

Do not think twice about having your reception at the Monterey Marriott! The venue we had booked pulled out 2 weeks before our wedding. We called the Marriott to check their availability (our wedding was scheduled for Thanksgiving Day) and they invited us in the same day we called and worked out all of the details for our reception. All of special cultural requests were taken care of without any issue. We were brought back in for a tasting within a few days (remember the wedding was only 2 weeks away) and the food was incredible. During our tasting the chef came out and treated us to a special meal that wasn’t on the wedding menu (boneless ribs...we went with it for the wedding). Michelle, Amanda and staff met our every need above our expectations. We dropped of the personal items for the reception the morning of and were completely blown away by the presentation of the reception room when we returned from our beach wedding in Carmel. We had to completely rely on the Marriot to put together a reception in less than 2 weeks and it turned out better than we had planned from the very beginning. The Marriott has a working relationship with the vendors in the area and do not force you to pick from a list if you want someone from out of Monterey. What was turning out to be a nightmare event became the perfect wedding day for my wife and I, thanks to the experienced staff at the Marriott.