Allied Arts Guild

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4.1

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Allied Arts Guild is a beautiful venue and was perfect for our wedding. The entrees and hors d'oeuvres from their on-site catering Cafe Wisteria were excellent, the staff was very kind and considerate to our guests (e.g. attending to/serving our elderly family member during cocktail hour in a private sitting area), and the event director Tiana was very helpful, guiding us step by step from providing vendor recommendations to the tasting (which was an amazing experience by itself) to setup/floorplan options for wedding day. And to top it off, part of the proceeds goes to support Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford. Amazing wedding experience.

Li S.

5.0

A TRUE GEM IN THE BAY AREA - 10/10 THE MOST PERFECT PLACE TO GET MARRIED!!! It's true what they say, "finding the perfect wedding venue is like finding a great partner". We reviewed and visited SO MANY places to have our wedding and stumbled upon a rare gem in the Bay Area - The Allied Arts Guild. We discovered them on Here Comes The Guide (online wedding platform) and it looked promising! Independently, one of our really good friends also mentioned that AAG would be perfect for us so we finally decided to check it out. The second we walked onto the premises into the garden, we knew it was our place. The feeling it gave us, the wonderful weather, the local cats moseying through the rosebushes, the stunning wisteria covered trellises - everything about it was perfect. We met the venue coordinator, Tiana, that first day and we were pretty much sold. Working with Tiana has been such a wonderful experience while planning our wedding. She is massively accommodating, flexible, kind, welcoming and a true pleasure to work with. From the get-go, we let Tiana know that we wanted to have an unconventional wedding with unique aspects that were authentic to me and my partner and Tiana was so supportive of all our ideas. She helped us figure out cool ways to use the entire space of the Allied Arts Guild, let us explore unique seating arrangements, dream up a magical cocktail hour experience, fold in an live acoustic performance and dished up the most AMAZING food + cocktails for the evening. I just have to reiterate the food comment again - QUITE LITERALLY THE BEST WEDDING FOOD I'VE EVER HAD. The passed appetizers included mini beef wellingtons, lamb riblets and shrimp tostadas and our mains consisted of an incredible beef short rib & grilled salmon dishes that we could literally hear our guests raving about. As a bride, the biggest advice I kept getting was "make sure you remember to eat during your wedding". I mean, I already knew how good the food was from Cafe Wisteria (the restaurant at AAG who catered for our wedding) and when I say I cleaned my plate during our wedding dinner, I'm not exaggerating. It was DELICIOUS!!! Tiana and whole Allied Arts Guild team went above and beyond to bring our our wedding dreams a reality and we had the most magical day of our lives. We have so much gratitude for everyone there, especially Tiana - it was more than we could have every imagined. So professional, welcoming and wonderful to work with. Working with Tiana has been such a positive experience for us and not only did we have the most wonderful wedding, we also gained a wonderful friendship with Tiana through the process. Thank you to the entire AAG team for hosting our wedding. We had the time of our lives and can't thank you all enough for everything!!! xo Monica & Eli

Monica D.

5.0

Exquisite, lush gardens and historic Spanish Colonial architecture with lovely frescoes and sculpture. Welcome your guests to your perfect wedding and reception. Expansive patios and fountains and beautiful interiors of this serene setting offer indoor and outdoor opportunities. A treasure hidden in residential Menlo Park. Proceeds from AAG benefit Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.

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Li S

3/08/2026

Allied Arts Guild is a beautiful venue and was perfect for our wedding. The entrees and hors d'oeuvres from their on-site catering Cafe Wisteria were excellent, the staff was very ...

kind and considerate to our guests (e.g. attending to/serving our elderly family member during cocktail hour in a private sitting area), and the event director Tiana was very helpful, guiding us step by step from providing vendor recommendations to the tasting (which was an amazing experience by itself) to setup/floorplan options for wedding day. And to top it off, part of the proceeds goes to support Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford. Amazing wedding experience.

Christina P

8/29/2025

For those considering this venue, just don't. The site is stunning but the operations is poorly run and not trustworthy to run a special event. Tiffany, the events coordinator, wa...

s unresponsive the three times I inquired to learn more about the site offerings and availability. According to other reviews, Tiffany is very comfortable ghosting prospects. I'd avoid this all together! There are other gorgeous mission style garden venues to consider such as the Montalvo Center in Saratoga.

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Monica D

9/11/2024

A TRUE GEM IN THE BAY AREA - 10/10 THE MOST PERFECT PLACE TO GET MARRIED!!! It's true what they say, "finding the perfect wedding venue is like finding a great partner". We revie...

wed and visited SO MANY places to have our wedding and stumbled upon a rare gem in the Bay Area - The Allied Arts Guild. We discovered them on Here Comes The Guide (online wedding platform) and it looked promising! Independently, one of our really good friends also mentioned that AAG would be perfect for us so we finally decided to check it out. The second we walked onto the premises into the garden, we knew it was our place. The feeling it gave us, the wonderful weather, the local cats moseying through the rosebushes, the stunning wisteria covered trellises - everything about it was perfect. We met the venue coordinator, Tiana, that first day and we were pretty much sold. Working with Tiana has been such a wonderful experience while planning our wedding. She is massively accommodating, flexible, kind, welcoming and a true pleasure to work with. From the get-go, we let Tiana know that we wanted to have an unconventional wedding with unique aspects that were authentic to me and my partner and Tiana was so supportive of all our ideas. She helped us figure out cool ways to use the entire space of the Allied Arts Guild, let us explore unique seating arrangements, dream up a magical cocktail hour experience, fold in an live acoustic performance and dished up the most AMAZING food + cocktails for the evening. I just have to reiterate the food comment again - QUITE LITERALLY THE BEST WEDDING FOOD I'VE EVER HAD. The passed appetizers included mini beef wellingtons, lamb riblets and shrimp tostadas and our mains consisted of an incredible beef short rib & grilled salmon dishes that we could literally hear our guests raving about. As a bride, the biggest advice I kept getting was "make sure you remember to eat during your wedding". I mean, I already knew how good the food was from Cafe Wisteria (the restaurant at AAG who catered for our wedding) and when I say I cleaned my plate during our wedding dinner, I'm not exaggerating. It was DELICIOUS!!! Tiana and whole Allied Arts Guild team went above and beyond to bring our our wedding dreams a reality and we had the most magical day of our lives. We have so much gratitude for everyone there, especially Tiana - it was more than we could have every imagined. So professional, welcoming and wonderful to work with. Working with Tiana has been such a positive experience for us and not only did we have the most wonderful wedding, we also gained a wonderful friendship with Tiana through the process. Thank you to the entire AAG team for hosting our wedding. We had the time of our lives and can't thank you all enough for everything!!! xo Monica & Eli

Ali G

10/21/2022

Took several requests to get an appointment for a tour. The tour itself was very brusk and the coordinator left saying they would send us a proposal to look over within 24 hours. W...

e never heard from the Allied Arts wedding coordinator again. It looked like a beautiful venue, but based on our interactions with the staff we knew we would rather partner with a more responsive venue.

Brittany T

8/26/2021

My partner and I were looking for an outdoor garden venue in the Bay Area with lots of flowers and foliage. From the moment we visited Allied Arts Guild, we fell in love. The groun...

ds are beautifully maintained and we loved the different areas for the ceremony, cocktail hour and reception. The venue feels intimate, but also large enough for guests to roam freely. Tiana, the venue coordinator, was so wonderful to work with. She was extremely flexible with any requests from allowing us to hang up string lights in the dance floor to letting us visit the venue several times prior to the big day. I always knew everything was under control and Tiana always had our back. We decided to use Cafe Wisteria (which is also managed by Tiana) as our catering for dinner, and even though there are not that many reviews online, we thought the food was delicious! We thought the beef short rib was amazing, both at the tasting and the wedding! Several guests commented that the lamb appetizers were some of the best they ever had.

Rebecca L

7/26/2021

Allied Arts guild is such a magical venue! We had our wedding there in June and it was such a lovely place with all the flowers in bloom. Tiana was incredibly responsive throughoht...

the process and very supportive with changing our plans due to covid. Couldn't recommend them highly enough!

Jeri C

10/20/2020

Allied Arts guild was the absolute perfect venue for our mini-wedding. The guild itself is so beautiful and quaint, and the little shops are so charming. Every time we visited, we ...

were transported into a lovely oasis. During our search for venues when we first got engaged, Allied Arts Guild was one of our top choices, but we eventually settled on a winery. But when the pandemic hit, our original venue closed down and we went back to Allied Arts Guild, since they were safely operating their businesses outdoors. The stars aligned and they were available on our date, and they offered the perfect setting to our downsized mini-wedding. Everything about the whole process was amazing, and Tiana was such an angel to work with. She accommodated all of our requests and offered her expert opinions on making our dream visions come to life. On the day of the wedding, everything was executed flawlessly and we had a perfect day thanks to her and the entire staff. We had an 11am ceremony and brunch wedding and the food was spectacular. Plus, since it is during COVID times, the staff performed all the proper safety protocols and measures. Plus, some of the proceeds benefit Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital! Our wedding was everything we hoped for, and so so much more!!

Maria S

5/20/2019

We had our wedding at Allied Arts in late April and we are so glad we chose this venue. Everything was in bloom and it was beautiful. We had our ceremony on the Merner Green, cockt...

ail hour was in the Blue Garden, dinner was in the Dinning Room, and dancing and desert was in the Sunset Room. We also had an outside bar and games on the Sunset Patio. Our wedding rehearsal at Allied Arts wasn’t great. I booked the Merner Green for our rehearsal the night before the wedding but people set up lawn games where the rehearsal was taking place before we arrived. I was very confused because I booked the garden months in advanced. Also the other people looked mad and upset that we moved their games. Even though, I booked that garden for the rehearsal because that’s where we were getting married the next day. Luckily I had a wedding coordinator (Marian from Joshua Charles Catering Company. I highly recommend her and the catering company) who sorted things out and handled everything. Overall I recommend Allied Arts Guild for a wedding venue.

Clarissa C

1/10/2019

I desperately wanted to get married outside, during the autumn, so I had to have a venue with gorgeous trees and outside, as well as a place for a back up plan in case of rain. I a...

lso wanted to have the reception inside, because it would be getting colder as night fell. Allied Arts Guild had it all. I was skeptical at first from the pictures I saw online. But I was blown away in person. It is an old Spanish style mansion, with luscious gardens areas, and a BEAUTIFUL oak tree with multiple locations for the ceremony, both inside and out. They also allowed us to bring items to set up on the day of the rehearsal because there were no other events that day, so we could have everything ready to go easily the next morning. We also had our catering done through them, and they had amazing options. My husband does not like tomatoes, and we ordered two appetizers with tomatoes because he agreed they were THAT good. Our dancing area was in a separate room from the dining area, and I think that helped keep everyone moving and dancing, which was super fun! I also loved this venue because all proceeds goes to the Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital, which I think is amazing. I loved getting married here, and recommend it for anyone looking for a beautiful venue.

Aya M

6/11/2014

The Allied Arts Guild is a hidden gem in a formerly gated residential community: an au naturale setting, rich historic Spanish colonial architecture, lush gardens laden with surpri...

ses around every corner, and locational convenience for visiting guests. Given that my husband and I wanted to avoid sterile hotels or fake golf course venues, we could not have asked for a better wedding venue. AAG was bit pricier than the average wedding venues in South Bay, but I knew the moment I stepped foot that it was what I was looking for. The natural beauty of the setting also helped to cut down costs on florals and other periphery decorations, which ultimately helped in staying within my overall budget. Portions of the venue proceeds will also go to benefit the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, so I felt my investment went to a worthy cause overall. The event sales coordinator, Tiana, is excellent at her job, and is on the ball with general correspondence and follow-up. She is quite busy juggling all forms of on-site events, but was very level-headed and available when needed. She responded to most email/phone queries within a day or so, and was much more accessible/available in person (especially after I committed to the contract), which is what I'd expect from any professional. She also has a lot of sway in keeping order within her realm and making sure all vendors do their bidding, which was really a godsend when we had a catering glitch during our reception. Overall she's an excellent alley to have on your side. The onsite restaurant, the Blue Garden Cafe, is independently operated by JW Catering, but does a phenomenal job with food and service. Otherwise, AAG has some quirks given its residential location (ie. no outside vocal amplification, no brass bands, wedding ends at 9pm and all guests must leave premises by 9:30pm, etc) but none of this detracts from its intrinsic beauty. Our guests raved about the venue, and I know I will be going back again to stroll the gardens along with a Saturday brunch.

Janet L

9/06/2012

The grounds and structure are beautiful! My wedding day was perfect. I cannot be happier with how everything turned out. The events coordinator Tiana was so kind and patient w...

ith her assistance and expertise in making our wedding planning process much more enjoyable. We didn't have enough in our budget to hire our own wedding planner but Tiana stepped in to guide and assist whenever we needed her even though it was not part of the rental fee. That really meant so much to us that she helped us plan such a unforgettable day. All our guests were very impressed by the lush gardens and structure and everyone was shocked to discover Allied Arts Guild in such a hidden residential area. It is truly a hidden gem! We cannot expressed how happy we are that everything turned out perfectly on our wedding day. The only downfall of the property is that music has to end early at 9pm but by that time most of our guests were already tired. Overall, we give Allied Arts Guild two thumbs up!

Sachie Y

9/05/2012

It's a gorgeous venue with beautiful gardens. However, it'll be very difficult to plan a wedding here without your own wedding coordinator. The event coordinator at Allied didn't r...

espond my emails and phone calls after we signed the contract. She is not helpful at all. It was VERY frustrating. I'd give 5 stars for pretty gardens and buildings but no star for the event coordinator.

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