Black Gold Golf Club

ole process. On our wedding day everything ran so smoothly. The food was delicious and the staff was so attentive. Marco stood out to us, he went above and beyond and made sure we got appetizers and cocktails while taking post ceremony photos. Everything was set up exactly as we discussed and exceeded my expectations. I highly recommend this venue for events.

leasant and seemed to be in a bad mood, which is not something you want to be dealing with on the day of your wedding. As far as the food, we took the time to go in for a tasting 4 months before the wedding and selected meals we liked best, including a specialty vegetarian for me. On our wedding, the meal that was provided to our guests was NOT what we had ordered. I understand going in for a tasting, they want to present it the best, and having to prepare that same meal for many people is difficult, but when you are spending thousands of dollars, you should get what you ask for. The meal was not presented well and was not what we asked for. And my vegetarian meal was no longer a specialty meal, but appeared to be some re-heated, bland ravioli. We also had golfers eating our appetizers which is extremely disappointing. When we brought up these issues with the manager, we felt it wasn't handled properly. Your wedding day comes only once and we are upset that we had several issues at this venue. On the plus side, the venue is gorgeous. The wait staff was very sweet, especially Marco, who goes WAY above and beyond, to help with anything you need. This is not a bad venue, there just needs to be some major improvements and unfortunately, that's not something that will help us fix the problems we experienced on our wedding day.

t alot. The site is beautiful for a outdoor/indoor venue.

they loved the food and had more than 1 plate (We got the buffet).. The bar service was excellent and the bartender made sure i had a drink whenever i wanted one! Gina helped set everything up and answered all of my questions in a timely manner. They met with us numerous times to make sure i was completely happy with EVERY LITTLE THING! Katie is so personable, i felt like i had an extra bridesmaid! She was awesome. They are a great team and as a whole, we couldn't be happier that we chose Black Gold as our venue! Thank you!!

walking down the aisle, but Katie was quick to adjust and made the right decisions to make it seamless. Our guests really enjoyed the beautiful setting of the golf course. We loved the intimate ceremony site and the ballroom surrounded with windows. The tasting and the food that night was also delicious. We toured a lot of venues in OC, but this was definitely our favorite and after all was said and done, I know we made the right choice.

accommodating to our needs. Even with the changes we made just days before the wedding. We asked for a tent days before to shade our guests and it was up and ready to go. There were just some minor gliches that were remedied but nothing to sweat over. They even had a wedding party of 200 people the night before and were ready for our party of 60 the next day. One of which was a tournament that placed an exotic car where we were going to take pictures. No problem they moved the car. We never tasted the buffet food prior to the wedding. All of the guests loved the food, the omelet bar, and the desserts (No cake - our decision). We were visiting tables when the meal started and when we got back to our seats poof their staff made sure we had a large plateful. The venue has great site lines and great spots for pictures. The staff was great and very accommodating. The bridal room was kept cold which was great on the hot day. We were able to use golf carts to help shuttle our older guests. I did not get a chance to play golf but my son's did. If you choose this site, I do not think you would be disappointed. The price was very reasonable. Don't be afraid to ask any question or for help along the planning way. Well done Black Gold!!

and no one had to!!! Day of coordination was great and so was rehearsal .Thank you so much Gina and Katherine. Definitely recommend.

too! The things I loved most about this venue was the picturesque ceremony site and the location, since north Orange County was the most convenient for the majority of our guests. Overall perfect day!!

. They helped set everything up while I was stressing out about everything else. She stuck to our organized timeline and was a great day of coordinator.

itionally, the venue is a beautiful site. However, Liz left the venue for another opportunity a month before our wedding and while I would not say things went completely downhill after that but there was a definite noticeable detriment. There were a few things that did not get communicated downstream once Liz left or perhaps some of the policies changed. Overall, expectations that encompass the positive reviews previously posted were not met. A few day of issues: - Absolutely no day of coordination provided by the venue despite paying a fee for this in the contract. Any type of management oversight was non existent after a certain time as well. - The kitchen was behind in prep and serving the food thus impacting the schedule the rest of the night. No additional time was compensated. - The 3 hour bar seemed to end a little early on most guests watch. - Lack of water during the ceremony on a very hot day. No one clearly monitoring this on the staff. - Cake was not served to all guests - Reception room could sparingly provide space for 200+ people. - The staff made comments such as 'you get what you paid for' to our family. This is where some level of management oversight would have helped. Advice: - Hire your own coordinator! - Guests should be 150 people or less for the venue - Make sure all expectations are clearly stated and communicated in writing. Pros: - Food received a lot of compliments - Compliments to most of the staff who were not rude or did not make obscure comments. - Venue and scenery is still very nice - Compliments to Jim for trying to provide some order at the very end of the night. Lastly, I would like to apologize for taking out some verbal frustration on the staff that evening. I understand that they are not responsible for some of the downfalls. A complimentary drink could have gone a long way to calm down the groom! One of the upsells that was communicated prior to booking was that the bride and groom would drink for free through the night which proved to be untrue.

ave me a tour of the venue. I instantly loved the ceremony area, and I also instantly loved Elizabeth! She was warm, kind, and very passionate about her venue and her role. Every other potential wedding venue I had checked out up until that point (and believe me, I checked out a lot of places!) made me feel like I was being nickle and dimed for everything...but Elizabeth made me feel completely opposite. She made me feel taken care of instantly and was willing to work with me and my budget to make me happy. It was a very easy decision for me to have my wedding here, thanks to her!! Throughout the entire wedding planning process, Elizabeth was AWESOME. She was on top of it! She always happily answered any question I had, and got back to me immediately - sometimes even on her days off - and she definitely did not have to do that. I never felt like I was bothering her (even though sometimes I'm sure I was with the million questions that I had over the months). She allowed my vendors to contact her directly which made things so much easier on me as well. She always took the time to explain all the different options and uses I can have with the venue so I always knew exactly what was open to me. The venue itself is a great hidden gem. The layout is also perfect. The ceremony area has a beautiful arch of green leaves - and a bunch of white flowers bloomed right before my wedding all around it! The entire ceremony area (flowers or without flowers) is so beautiful that you really don't need to do much with it. I had some aisle flowers and two alter flowers in urns - and it was more than enough. The outside terrace that we used for cocktail hour wraps around the reception room and also connects to the bar. It overlooks the golf course and lake. It is a very green, scenic and beautiful. The food.. THE FOOD~~!!!! We received SO many compliments on the food. We chose to serve it buffet style and we had tuna on wonton appetizer, 2 different kinds of salads, scalloped potatoes, wild rice, chicken moldavian, and tri tip - and everything was out of this world and cooked to perfection. Not sure how they did that for 200+ people - but everyone was very impressed and went back for seconds and thirds. Even the dinner rolls were SO good... it had everyone raving about them. The entire day went PERFECTLY, and Elizabeth really held it all together for us. She went above and beyond her call of duty for us and we truly could not have been happier. She even surprised me with gold table covers for our cake table, sweet heart table, and guestbook table the morning of our wedding day! It was absolutely stunning and something that we did not even expect. I know even all of my vendors loved her such as the DJ, photobooth, emCee, lighting, etc.. because they all told me so! Elizabeth is a professional, and her passion for her work shines through in the results. She cares about your day and makes you really feel it too. THANK YOU, for making our wedding so perfect and special!

ing to everyone about how spectacular our wedding was. I can't say enough great things about Black Gold.

s to get right where we needed to be to make our dreams come true. The property is gorgeous. The ceremony law was my favorite. The staff was very accommodating and made us feel so special. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for such an amazing wedding.

is still talking about. The coordination was a success due to the on site coordinator Liz Mahler. She was on top of everything all night as well as the year planning process. My family is so pleased with the turnout and we look back at our pictures with such excitement. The staff, the view, and the atmosphere could not have been better. A big shout out to Liz and the Black Gold employees who made such a difference!

rning a stressful situation into a positive. This was a day that meant the world to me and liz recognized what needed to be done to make my day that much more special. The menu was delicious and every server always had a smile. The ballroom has a great view and the ceremony site was breathtaking. Much thanks to liz and Black Gold.

s an angel for putting up with me and helping me create a fabulous wedding. I will never forget this day nor will my guests and family. I am so happy I choose Black Gold as a wedding venue. The course is so pretty and there is an area without a view. Liz is the best to work with and her staff is trained better than any other staff I have seen. You will not be disappointed.

answer all my questions was so easy and everything went so smoothly. We were difficult to deal with but liz didn't mind a bit and not only answered all our questions but put together a great wedding. I can't get over the food, it was almost the best part. The fact you can take awesome sunset shots was another +. Overall best experience ever.

that kept me calm and laughing throughout the entire year of planning. The servers at Black Gold greeted my guests with a warm smile and everyone recognized how wonderful the crew was. It was such a joy to see my guests having such a great time. I wish we could do it all over again. The venue is beautiful whether you golf or not. The ceremony site is amazing. Thanks to Liz and her staff for everything. I honestly had the best day of my life.

ate and fun. The food was a huge hit. I don't know what I would have done without LIz and the great staff for always going out of their way to make things happen. I will recommend Black Gold to everyone!

er Liz was an absolute joy to work with. My hectic schedule and crazy in laws were a lot to handle and Liz took care of every little detail whether it was her duty to or not. I am so grateful to the Black Gold staff and Liz for making my wedding the best ever!

the venue and wedding planner Liz. She is the best and made sure my wedding day was by far the best day of my life.

ut then I met the wedding planner at Black Gold, Liz. She held my hand from day one and went out of her way every chance she could to make my special day simply amazing. She is super good at what she does and I will never ever forget my wedding day because of her. The food at Black Gold is to die for. We still to this day get compliments and go back as often as we can. I can thank the staff and Liz at Black Gold for a one of a kind night. The service is top notch! Thanks, Jake Owen!

fit into the reception area. Megan was our contact person from the beginning. She took her time with responding to questions throughout the year leading up to the wedding which was pretty frustrating for a bride. Later it turns out a bunch of her emails got returned to me and there was something wrong with the email address. I was trying to confirm a rehearsal date and time but unfortunately they couldn’t do that too far in advance in the case of another event etc. This made it very difficult to plan a rehearsal dinner when you didn’t know when the rehearsal would be. Megan was nice but she wasn’t the most helpful person and did not go out of her way to help you with any concerns you had. Luckily, our day of coordinator was Kathy and I met her about a week or so before my wedding. She was very nice and very detail oriented which for a bride like me is a huge relief. We discussed all the details that was going to happen at the rehearsal and the wedding day. People always say every wedding day doesn’t go perfectly and my wedding day definitely fell into that category. The groom ended up showing up at Black Gold when my bridesmaids and I were supposed to be taking pictures outside and this stressed me out like no other because I did not want the groom to see me in my dress. Kathy made sure he walked straight pass my bridal suite and was inside the bar area facing a direction that was not looking outside while we did our pictures. About 40 minutes before the ceremony, we realized my veil was not there and still at the hotel in Costa Mesa. Kathy found someone in our family to leave right away to go back and get the veil. She also got me a shot to calm down and some cheese and crackers since I haven’t eaten. She also brought us champagne in the bridal suite. It was stressful because the ceremony was now late and we only had the venue until 3PM. It was now 1 something and we still had ceremony and pictures to do. Luckily the veil came and the ceremony finally started. During the ceremony, I realized I lost my engagement ring and it was not on my finger. Right after, I walked down the aisle I told Kathy about it and her face dropped. She immediately rounded up some staff to go look for it. Luckily it was found. Because the ceremony started late we didn’t have that much time for photos and were pretty rushed. Kathy drove us around the golf course and made sure we got pictures at some really pretty spots. Did I mention I got married in August and it was about 95 degrees that day? Everyone was running around sweating like crazy but thank you so much Kathy for all your hard work that day through all the chaos. Our wedding was beautiful despite all the chaos and we are glad we had our wedding ceremony there.

e food was really good too! When we came in for the tasting we were very impressed with the food, but thought that there was no way that the chef could make 160 dinners taste as good when he had to cook in bulk for the wedding day. To our surprise however, everything tasted even better then at our tasting! The other surprising thing is that we actually had time to eat during the reception because Callie and Megan, our coordinators, did an amazing job helping us organize our time line and keeping us on track the whole night. So our evening was quite relaxed and enjoyable! We got so many compliments on the food, atmosphere and location for our wedding reception. And the best part is that Black Gold totally worked with our budget and was absolutely on the up and up the whole time we were working out the details of our contract. Also, whenever details were updated, like guest count and bar tabs, Callie and Megan quickly sent over an updated order form so that I was always aware of the total cost of the event. It was so seamless and organized! That definitely relieved a lot of the stress around planning the wedding. Callie and Megan were also really generous by letting us borrow so many things for the day of the wedding: cake cutting set, table numbers and holders, projectors, easels for our engagement photos...We interviewed a bunch of other venues before selecting Black Gold and are very aware of how many venues charge extra for these items. So I never felt like I was getting nickel and dimed when I was working with Black Gold. Callie and Megan were also so flexible even down to the wire. We loved the outdoor cocktail space that Black Gold has available but were afraid the heat would make all our guests wilt! But the Black Gold team was so creative that they found a solution for us and we were able to rent large umbrellas which looked gorgeous and helped to keep everyone cool. We loved getting married at Black Gold!

day. The food was delicious, we had multiple compliments from guests. Overall, it was a beautiful venue and day. I would recommend this venue to anyone who wants a beautiful venue in the hills of Yorba Linda.

e our day so special!!

t she graciously took my call and fixed the problem in minutes. The day of went fabulously even when we were behind. The staff adjusted seamlessly and none of the guests knew any difference. I would highly recommend using black gold and especially Kathy for any event. Oh and the food is amazing! So great!

kind, caring, accommodating, able and genuinely excited for us!. She was able to meet or needs of a Christmas Eve wedding. IN one location we had a gorgeous ceremony site looking over the city and a gorgeous reception hall. The food that was served was delicious and gave us and our guest a feeling of having that holiday feast with loved ones. The staff was kind, accommodating and had a smile on the whole day and let their eagerness to help be known, felt and shown despite having to work on Christmas Eve (which I am so appreciative to them making the sacrifice to be away from their families to ensure making our dreams come true and our special day!) What Black Gold did for me and my husband I will never forget, you all are apart of our past memories and will surely be apart of our future memories! Black Gold Golf Club deserves more than just a consideration, but to be your choice! They go above and beyond what you will ever expect or dream!!!!!!

rganization of the day of, and having everything important to me out on display, it was all taken care of. Makes for a Beautiful wedding venue and happy experience!

ie and she was SOOO helpful and pretty much said yes to any idea I had (popcorn cart, wooden wagons, and all of my other ideas) The staff at Black Gold was so amazing and helpful before the wedding and so much more so during the day of the wedding from set up to clean up. I could not have been more pleased. There were a lot of little details we asked them to help us with and they were more than happy to do so. I was very happy and my guests are still talking to me about how beautiful the scenery was and how great the food was. I would highly recommend getting married at Black Gold Golf Course.

discuss all the details, and put everything together without any problems. The day went so smoothly, they helped keep us on time and had everything planned so there were no questions about what to do or where to be. It helped me to not worry about all the details since I knew Madelon had it taken care of. And the location itself is gorgeous too. We had a great time!

but the coloring was amazing. The service was top notch too. They exceeded every expectation. The food was fantastic, I loved every bite. The cake and coordinator were included which was a bonus in cutting the cost.

ry positive experience.

ator was amazing the whole engagement process, until the day of the wedding, when we needed her the most. The Bridal Room (which can also be a conference room) had a huge table in the middle, which we were told that would be taken out the day of, and it was a HUGE inconvenience, very much so in the way. There was supposed to be a hard white runner down the isle, and there wasn't. So myself along with our whole wedding party had to walk down on the grass (ladies in heels) and now my yellow wedding shoes have stained black on the bottom form them sinking in. The shed doors were supposed to be shut down so golf carts had no access, but they were wide open with people coming in and out. Our coordinator said she would be with me the whole entire time, but when it came time for me and my husband to take our pictures, she was nowhere to be found. And we needed her to drive the golf cart so we could go to certain areas. So we had to wait, which just wasted time. She left the reception early, which resulted in nobody telling the best man to pull the car around for the grand exit, she didn't gather all our belongings like she said she would, i wasn't happy. None of these things were huge deal breakers to where it ruined my wedding day, at all. But when we're paying as much money as we did, I expect when we get told things will happen, they should happen. If it wasn't for the service on my big day, they would be getting 5 stars.

SUCH a sweetheart! The only bummer is they do not allow sparklers. I had numerous people (young and old) tell my family and I that the food was the best food they've ever had at a wedding.

the families and other vendors on track before, during, and after the wedding. I want to thank Julie and Madelon and the entire staff for such a wonderful experience.

e five stars was because I felt the service wasn't what they promised. Our consultant hadn't been at that location for that long and wasn't the one we booked the site with. She was the sweetest person I have ever met, but I think she got overwhelmed. Things were forgotten about and fell through the cracks. I felt rushed through some of my picture taking and reception. She even forgot to have us sign our marriage license. :( Our DJ was never contacted by her, when she told us she would call and touch base with him. I would recommend this site to other brides, but I would recommend telling the site EXACTLY what you are looking for and what you need from them, and get everything in writing.

is there too. I can say that Black Gold's service is impeccable. Every memebr of the staff that I worked with was truly amazing. From being on their knees cleaning dirt off my dress to making sure I sat down to eat during the ceremony to making sure the bridal party's champaigne glasses were always full...etc etc I could go on and on. There was never the, "no we can't do that..." What the bride wants is what the bride gets! I received SO many compliments from guests on how wonderful the food was too! And I agreed, the dinner and appetizers were AMAZING! Black Gold was hands down the easiest part of the planning. They took care of everything perfectly. I didnt need to stress at all!

ation wedding, to a winery, to an Armenian hall and now a golf club. I wasn't sure what to expect, although driving up to the place.....a really good vibe came over me. I remember it was a Sunday afternoon and it looked like the restaurant area was just finishing up their Sunday brunch. We walked around and a nice woman (I believe her name was Kathy) approached us and asked if we needed some assistance. We informed her that we were interested in getting some information on having a wedding at this location. She toured us around and as we walked out to the golf area we see the beautiful lake and the 18th green water fall. It was truly majestic. We then walked over to the ceremony site. We reached the top of the stairs and saw the whole layout....it was love at first sight. The alter opened to a view of the rolling hills and the natural beauty of the earth....it was definitely divine! Kathy informed us that Julie Spencer (the coordinator) is the person to get in contact with in regards to pricing and any other information we may need. You can bet that the next day, we left a message and the rest is history. Our first meeting with Julie was fantastic! From the day we decided to have our wedding at Black Gold, it has been a fabulous experience. Julie suggested great vendors and got back to us in a timely manner any time we had questions. The staff has been great to work with too. Always provided us with great customer service. Since our wedding, we have had family & friends compliment on how much they enjoyed Black Gold and our wedding was just simply BEAUTIFUL!!!