Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa

We want to give a shout-out to Alexis and the entire catering and bell staff of the Monterey Plaza Hotel. Alexis, the wedding planner, was available anytime we needed to speak to her or via email. The staff was very professional and responded to our every request with speed and creativity. The wedding ceremony went off without a hitch and it was beautiful. Everything about this hotel was five star. Scott & Regan...

We just had our daughter's wedding at the Monterey Plaza Hotel, and it was gorgeous! Sunshine, blue water, sea otters and sailboats added to the atmosphere during the ceremony. The photos are stunning with the blue water and blue skies. Carly was wonderful and made sure everything went smoothly. We and our guests were treated like royalty - from the front desk staff right through the valet and bell captain! The waitstaff at the reception was great, the cake was beautiful, and the food delicious - it tasted like it was prepared for one order - not one of one hundred! Thank you to everyone who made the day so special!

It was so great having our ceremony right out over the Monterey Bay! The staff is so professional, and our reception was perfect. Everything worked out so well!

Very classy and very professional!!!!!! Having a destination wedding and not enough time to plan for it, the crew made our wedding a breeze.

The bride and bridesmaids stayed here the night before and all got pampered by the staff. They were relaxed and happy the day of the actual ceremony!

We had our wedding ceremony and reception at the Monterey Plaza in July 2011. We planned this as a destination wedding from our home in Colorado. We wanted an oceanside wedding, and this is the perfect venue for it. We were able to have the ceremony on a terrace overlooking Monterey Bay. The background was amazing! Everything about the planning process was very smooth, and Alexis and Kui in the events/catering department were so helpful. Our wedding was perfect and everything was taken care with the most amazing service. Also, the food and cake were delicious. We got many compliments on everything from our guests. Staying at the Plaza was a treat as well; their oceanfront rooms are beautiful. I highly recommend looking into the Monterey Plaza as an all-in-one wedding venue.

Our wedding was held here in August 2008. I can't say enough good things about the wedding staff and the Monterey Plaza. They were a pleasure to work with from beginning to end. Sarah and Jamie were so helpful in planning everything down to the littlest details and I knew my wedding was in great hands. Our guests loved the food; from the cocktail hour to the dinner and wedding cake. The venue and location are unbeatable. Anyone who is looking for a gorgeous venue in Northern California should definitely check this place out.

The Monterey Plaza was a GREAT venue. We just had our ceremony and reception there this July. The weather was gorgeous, and everyone commented on how beautiful everything turned out. The only thing I would advise to someone planning their wedding here is to get ALL of your (verbal) agreements in writing, in order to minimize any later headaches or embarrassment in front of wedding guests. We had agreed with the hotel on a couple of things which did not pan out 100% because we could not show our agreements on paper. Overall I was very satisfied with the hotel and would (still) recommend this venue to anyone looking to host a classy, beautiful + 5-star level of service, wedding in the greater bay area.

What a great place, right on the water.

I will admit that the location was beautiful. Everything was set up wonderfully and Alexis was very helpful throughout the planning process. However, there are some words of caution that I will throw out to other brides. If you book here, do not let your guests have the option of ordering fish. I did, and everyone who ordered fish got violently ill a few hours after the reception, including my husband. Mild food poisoning - completely embarassing and unexeptable. Our reception was hosted outside on the patio, hotel workers got lazy throughout the reception as random people began walking through it. If you are looking for privacy this is not the place. Random people stood on their balconies and in the resturant (lots of people) and took pictures of us throughout the whole ceremony/reception process. Other than those few things, as I said in the beginning, it was a beautiful location and the set up was perfect. I did have guests tell me that it was the most beautiful wedding they have been to.

We started out with a different wedding planner provided by the Plaza. We had difficulties with communication between the Plaza and ourselves after the first planner left the Plaza(out of office replies, information not relayed in a timely manner, information not passed on to pastry chef, scheduling of appointments with both the wedding planner and pastry chef).