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Why Bonita Golf Course Is the Perfect Wedding Venue in San Diego

Why Bonita Golf Course Is the Perfect Wedding Venue Bonita, CA

Looking for a wedding venue in San Diego and overwhelmed by all the beautiful options? There are so many things to consider – what’s included? What’s your budget? What are the food and beverage options? And so much more.

If you’re in search of a wedding venue to do the heavy lifting during the event while you focus on all the fun and personalized details, look no further than Bonita Golf Course – the best wedding venue Bonita, CA!

Ceremony Site Down the Aisle at Bonita Golf Course

Location – Wedding Venue, Bonita, CA

Bonita Golf Course is conveniently located right off the CA-54 and CA-125 in Southern San Diego. Less than 20 minutes from Downtown San Diego, 15 minutes from Chula Vista, 25 minutes from the Mexican border, and 30 minutes from La Jolla, Bonita Golf Course is easily accessible from any part of San Diego!

All-Inclusive Wedding Venue, Bonita, CA

Included in your meal purchase are many elements of our venue:

  • Four-hour use of the venue (all party time!)   
  • Soft drinks, coffee, and tea
  • Over 200 spaces of free, private parking
  • Accommodations up to 300 guests
  • Linens and colored napkins
  • Tables and chairs
  • Stemware, flatware, and China
  • Time for setup and breakdown
  • Microphone, podium, and screen
  • Easels
  • Permanent dance floor
  • Dedicated service team
  • Full-service bar and bartender (no “bartending fee!”)
  • Executive Chef
  • Professional planning with our Events Venue Manager

There are also additional elements available for purchase such as Additional Event Time, Ceremony Site Access, customized Hosted Bar, Appetizers, Late Night Snacks, and more!

Build Your Own Event

With these additional elements that are available for purchase beyond all those included, clients have the ability to BYOE – Build Your Own Event! Want to party longer than four hours? Add additional event time! Want to host drinks for your guests? Let’s talk about your budget and parameters (P.S. check out How to Host the Bar at Bonita Golf Course for more information)! Looking for a venue for your wedding ceremony and reception? Perfect! Add the Ceremony Site Access, which also includes up to 150 white folding chairs and an additional hour of event time!

Excellent Customer Service

Bonita Golf Course offers dedicated, highly trained service staff, committed to ensuring the smoothest chain of events between your chosen elements of service as well as knowledgeable on our offerings, flow, and policies.

While some venues hire temporary staff, differing with each event, Bonita Golf Course offers its own trained staff, proud of their consistent service and commitment to the success of each event at Bonita Golf Course!

Wide Angle - Ceremony Site - Bonita Golf CoursePersonalized while Streamlined

Clients can choose how to personalize the space by choosing their own decorations (or hiring a decorator), DJ, live music, and more! Clients are always welcome to choose from our Preferred Vendors List, or if you already have someone in mind, use them instead!

Outside desserts are also permitted and are often part of the vision as a whole!

All of these aspects are points of conversation during our streamlined planning process, set 90 and 30 days prior to the event date.

Bonita Golf Course is the perfect blend of all-inclusive with the freedom of customization, making it an excellent choice as a wedding venue Bonita, CA and San Diego, CA!

Outdoor Ceremony Site

Offering a panoramic view of our green fairways, tree line, cart bridge, and mountains beyond, the Bonita Golf Couse Ceremony Site is a beautiful location to say, “I do”! At Golden Hour, the sun sets opposite the San Miguel Mountain Range, offering gorgeous color and texture for your post ceremony photos.

As a wedding venue in Bonita, CA, Bonita Golf Course has all the benefits of an outdoor ceremony location with a large, air-conditioned Ballroom, just steps away! 

Spacious Accommodations

Our Ballroom is over 5,200 square feet and can comfortably fit large parties of up to 300 guests any day of the week! From parties of 80 to 300, clients can choose to utilize the space that best fits their vision! Every floor plan is unique, and an aspect discussed and created during our structured planning appointments! 

Experienced Executive Chef

Our Executive Chef of over 12 years takes pride in his work and quality! Many of our top reviews rave about his food and his ability to create such an abundant offering at a fair price!

Not only does his menu range in culinary selections, but his presentation is top notch, sure to have a garnish on every plate and even creative flowers cut out of vegetables to accent his buffet dishes.

Late Night Party

Due to our somewhat rural location (yet highly accessible right off two freeways!), our events can party until as late as midnight, a time frame that can be hard to find across San Diego venues!

While there are many beautiful and excellent venue options across San Diego, Bonita Golf Course can be your perfect wedding venue Bonita, CA!

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Plated vs. Buffet…What’s the Difference?

Plated vs Buffet...What's the Difference?

Across our extensive meal selection, Bonita Golf Course offers a range of plated and buffet options, all priced around the same dollar range, and all take about the same amount of time in an event’s timeline. So, plated vs buffet meal service… What’s the difference?

What is the best fit for your event?

Everyone has an opinion, but this article is meant to lay out the pros and potential cons of each, specifically to how we operate here at Bonita Golf Course. Check out this article from The Knot for even more generalized information.

Here are a few elements to consider if you’re in the air on the meal service that would best benefit your event and vision. Rest assured, no matter your selection, our experienced Executive Chef takes great pride in his work, and you and your guests will leave with full, happy bellies!

Plated Meal Service

plated vs buffetPros:

  • Elegant and structured two-course meal
    • Guests served directly without having to get up
  • Everyone receives the same amount of food
  • Upgraded meal selections (petit filet mignon and Chilean seabass anyone??)
  • Frees up the guests’ attention for another element of your program
    • Entertainment, video montage, speech, etc.
  • Helps facilitate meal service for large 240+ guest parties
  • Offering guests a selection of up to two meal choices on the menu give the element of personalization
plated dish
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Potential Cons:

  • The entire service team is involved with meal service, therefore not available to serve beverages during this limited time.
    •      Servers do everything in their power to let their guests know they will be unavailable during meal service and try to offer refills and next rounds to prepare their tables of their absence; however, this is not always fully understood by the guests.
    •      During meal service, our team is focused on serving the room as a whole so that the flow from the kitchen to the guest is as seamless as possible.
    •      Guests are welcome to go to the bar for service; however, we’d love the opportunity to serve them as soon as meal service is complete.
  • Guests arriving late, not willing to stay seated during service
  • Meal service is an active element of your timeline, meaning other elements (i.e. photobooth, calling people for photos etc.) create obstacles for efficient service.

Buffet Meal Service

Pros:

  • Large offering and portion considerations
  • Allows for seconds (thirds, fourths… no judgement here!)
  • Beautiful display – the Chef takes great care in his presentation while our Events Team decorates the buffet line, creating a beautiful meal service.
  • Each buffet offers two main proteins/entrées, allowing guests to pick and choose their preference, whether they like one more than the other, or want to try both! The choice is up to them, making the buffet offering an easier logistics choice, in general.
  • Servers are available through meal service to retrieve beverages, refills, and buss, allowing “big drinking” events to be better served.
Chafers on buffet
Paloma Blanca Photography

Potential Cons:

  • Guests must get up to get their plates.
  • More action in the room during meal service (can sometimes work well, depending on if your guests are mobile and socializing)
  • Buffet table and space to queue will need to be accommodated when designing your floor plan.
    •      Buffet lines usually cannot be accommodated for large parties of 240+ (some exception when events do not require the dance floor – celebrations of life, for example).
    •      The buffet line remains in the room throughout the event.

So, plated vs buffet… What’s the difference and which is the best fit for your event? After weighing each category, only YOU can decide the best fit for your vision for meal service! Regardless of your selection, you and your guests will leave raving about your delicious meal from Bonita Golf Course Events Venue!

Bon appétit!

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