Aliso Viejo Country Club

We loved working with the staff at AVCC for our wedding reception! Our event in April went absolutely perfectly, and our guests were extremely complimentary of the food, drinks, service and venue. Our coordinator Mackenzie was a dream to work with - extremely communicative and helpful throughout the process. She worked hard to accommodate some of our unique requests - using our champagne bucket to chill drinks, procuring mini diet coke cans to be tray passed during cocktail hour, and more. She worked closely with our event coordinator in developing the schedule and flow of the evening, and everything went according to plan. The event staff, servers and bartenders were all excellent. Our guests were well attended to, and servers/staff continually checked on myself and my husband to make sure we were drinking water, had enough to eat, and always had a drink in our hands! Everyone stuck to the anticipated schedule and was extremely helpful. Food was delicious, and much better than your standard wedding vendor catering. We really enjoyed our menu tasting appointment, where the chef made full portions of the entrees we selected. The appetizer display was really beautiful too, and it was great to see what everything was going to look like too. We did two signature cocktails that our guests really enjoyed as well, and looked beautiful too. Pricing was extremely fair for the level of service and quality of food/drinks prepared! Our vendors had about 30 - 40 minutes to sit down and enjoy their sandwiches, salads and some sodas - they all said the meal was great and appreciated the opportunity to take a quick break. All of the amenities were clean the whole time we were at AVCC, including the bathrooms. Would highly recommend AVCC to anyone looking for a wedding venue locally! We had a great time, and thoroughly enjoyed our special day!!! Thank you Mackenzie!

We had our wedding at the Country Club and we could not recommend it more. Mackenzie & Claire made sure that everything ran smoothly and all of our requests were met. They made sure we had scheduled meetings to go over our list of things we wanted and did not want. They made sure all our vendors and guests knew where to go for the day of the wedding so no one was lost. The food was absolutely incredible as well as the incredible views. We absolutely recommend picking this as a wedding venue as all your wishes and requests will come true here.

While our wedding was amazing nonetheless, and the venue grounds were beautiful, the banquet coordinators left me in shock and disgust. During our wedding, there were several hiccups and errors made with items we paid extra to ensure we’re there. We hand selected three appetizers. At the tasting, the Brie wellingtons were 3 times that what came out on our wedding day, and the chicken skewers were completely forgotten about and not served until guests were seated for dinner. However, the venue finds substituting the appetizer with an appetizer of their choice without my consent an appropriate solution. The cake that I paid for and had brought in from my own bakery was only served to seated guests in the middle of open dancing, leaving little guests actually seated. When asked why cake was not put at all seats, the venue coordinator responded that they did not want to “waste” the cake that I paid for. This is not their decision to make. The tenth tee ceremony that was an additional $1,500 also had golfers interrupting and yelling in the middle of my husband and I’s vows, despite the coordinating staff assuring us at our venue tour that golfers would be redirected and the space would be ours to use without interruption. When attempting to address this issue with the venue, their response was simply that they’re sorry if the previous employee misrepresented information and that they do not close down the entire golf course and it was unreasonable for us to expect such a thing. The bathrooms were also filthy and overflowing with trash at all times of the reception, yet the coordinating staff fails to accept this and says they were in pristine condition. In fact, the staff went as far as to say it was our guests fault for the unclean bathrooms. Throughout the night, my wedding coordinator had to go on a man hunt to find the wedding coordinator that was supposed to be our point of contact for the night, who was nowhere to be found after the brief moment I saw her during the ceremony. The venue tried to blame my mother in law for this and accused her of having an altercation that led to our point of contact needing a “break” even though she was nowhere to be found during an entire 6 hour reception. No altercation ever occurred either. Not only has this venue failed to take accountability for their mistakes, they then proceeded to make false statements in an attempt to place blame on their paying customers. During the planning process, any questions I had were often answered in different ways by different members of staff making it extremely confusing and unclear. This is not how I view quality customer service at a private country club that deals with high-volume functions such as weddings on a weekly basis. Please save your money and go to a venue that will actually take accountability and be there for you when you need them.

My name is Eric and I own an entertainment company by the name of Extreme DJ Service. Aliso Viejo Country Club is a preferred venue that we have had the privilege of working at for many years. If you are looking for an beautiful space with a great view of the Golf Course and south OC for that matter along with great food and professional service... look no further, AVCC is the place. We highly recommend the venue and their staff. Eric Morales Extreme DJ Service