So our choice for our wedding venue was limited we were trying to keep our entire wedding budget at about $5,000. I checked out the yorba linda community center, and while it was also nice, it was outdated and would need a lot of décor to make... it feel like it matched my theme. The brea community center on the other hand, was modern, clean, and beautiful without any contrasting color themes or ugly wall dividers some community centers have.
They charge less if you are a resident of Brea, which I was not, BUT they let a friend of ours sign with us to get the discount! I thought that was extremely helpful and flexible of them!
We had our wedding on a Friday Evening (it was a little cheaper than choosing a weekend day and I liked the date)
They let us use any vendor we wanted. Alcohol did not require a liquor license and depending on the number of people, only an extra fee for security. We were able to hire a friend of ours to serve drinks which saved us a ton of money and she got some good tips from our guests!
Melissa was extremely helpful and responded quickly to all my numerous questions and emails! Originally we were going to use the Arts Garden for our ceremony (it was beautiful) so we had signed up for that and the Patio Room for our reception. When I, the bride, decided I didn't want a big ceremony, Melissa was more than willing to put my deposit towards the reception hall instead and was so kind about me changing my mind. She even said I could still use the garden for pictures (if I kept it to a minimum time).
She also, let me add on the partial use of the kitchen and portable bar pretty close to the date. She let me use the nicer white folding chairs that are normally for a ceremony in my reception hall so that I didn't need to rent chair covers for the uglier folding/stacking chairs.
Overall, I felt like it was the perfect place for our small and intimate reception of 75 people (although it would most definitely have room for more people too!)
Brea Community Center is clean, modern, beautiful and affordable! The staff was accommodating, helpful, kind and flexible with my wants and needs!
I highly recommend this center as venue especially if you are looking for beauty and style at a great price!
(with the venue, cake, dj, photographer food etc all included we didn't go over $5,600 and I think it is in huge part to us saving money by using the Brea Community Center)