Cosmopolitan Hotel and Restuarant in Old Town San Diego

It was awesome!!! The best day ever!!!

My fiancé and I were thrilled to get an amazing price at a restaurant on the bay and everything was set-until the restaurant went bankrupt! After many agonizing calls to different people telling me my deposit was lost and nothing could be done, Bob Ross the owner of the building (not the business) graciously allowed us to have our wedding at one of his restaurants in old town. Lynn the events coordinator is very friendly and flexible and she helped us to have the wedding that was everything we could ask for and more! The guests adored the atmosphere of old town and our photographer took amazing pictures of us in the parks nearby. By far the thing that impressed me the most (as well as all of our guests) was the Mexican food. The weddings I have been too in the past have never had anything particularly memorable ,usually some bland variation of grilled chicken. It made me happy watching our guests smiling as they passed by me with their plates in hand. I would have my wedding here all over again, and I want to recommend everyone looking for a nice affordable venue with a fun atmosphere to consider working with Lynn at the Cosmo.

The best decision I made in my entire wedding planning process was my first one: choosing the Cosmopolitan as my reception venue. I don't even know where to begin my praise. My now husband and I came to the Cosmo for our first site visit. Lynn was friendly and fair and drafted a proposal we both thought was more than reasonable for our tight purse strings. But green as we were, we wanted to see what else was out there since the Cosmo (as charming and perfect as it was) wasn't DIY enough for us. But after a venue search adventure that took us everywhere from San Diego to San Luis Obispo to Pioneertown in Joshua Tree and pretty much everywhere in between, we ran straight back into Lynn's loving arms at the Cosmopolitan. And never looked back. First of all, getting married in Old Town is the single best thing you can do. Something about getting married in a place where vibes are positive and teetering on celebratory is a wise choice. People are just happy in Town...whether it's the Mexican food or all that tequila...it's just a rad place. Add to that the historical appeal and beauty of the Cosmo with its gorgeous outdoor courtyard and old-timey charm. There's no better place for a festive celebration. I opted for my ceremony to take place at the nearby Temple at Heritage Park as I felt I wanted a proper transition from ceremony to reception. It worked out great and the Cosmo was more than accommodating with this choice. Steal this idea: have a mariachi band lead your guests in a procession from ceremony to reception. Magical! And so Old Town! My guests absolutely loved the Cosmo. I've been told since my wedding by many of them that my wedding was the "best ever" and that the venue was "perfection". They were also over the moon about the food served during cocktail hour and for dinner. The size of the courtyard makes a wedding of more than 100 feel intimate enough but not crowded. Although I'd imagine a much bigger wedding may be too much. My advice to any couple getting married at the Cosmo is to really take the time to get to know the venue and the people who work there. It's truly a special place with such rich history. And the employees of the Cosmo are some of the best people you will meet. Can't wait to come back!

I had the pleasure of having my wedding at The Cosmopolitan Hotel. We are so glad we did! We easily got an appointment with Lynn and when she met with my husband, parents and I she was so knowledgeable and personable. She was excited to hear about us and what we wanted. Then she took us through the whole hotel and walked us through what could happen and what our options were. It was great, I could actually envision it all. All of the staff and the managers were great to work with as well. They were very helpful and quick to reply to any of my emails. We ultimately picked this venue for a few reasons: 1 - we could have the ceremony and reception in the same place 2 - we could reserve all 10 rooms and block out the hotel for our event 3 - the courtyard outside is beautiful on it's own 4 - they provide the food, beverages, tables, linens, dance floor, everything, so the only vendors I had to deal with were the flowers, DJ and cake (so much easier) I always wanted Mexican food for my reception, and where better to get that than Old Town?! The food was absolutely yummy! Carnitas, pollo, chile rellenos and all of the fixins! The drinks were good too! We opted for the Cosmo Mule as our signature drink (Moscow mule) - yummy! The alcohol and beer selection was great too, they even had sculpins! The house champagne for the toast was great too, not too sweet and not too dry. The day of the wedding us girls got ready in the wedding suite, room 4/5. It had great lighting and air conditioning. And it made for some absolutely beautiful pictures. We even had sandwiches and house made chips delivered for lunch. The chef delivered the tray himself and it was so good. The ambiance for the reception was beautiful! We had market lights hung over the fire pit and I asked the hotel to hang mirror garlands over the dance floor. The lighting and the foliage was just beautiful! Because there is so much foliage you only need minimal center pieces. All this positive stuff being said, I have 2 semi complaints. One is that the Cosmo does have marked saved parking for hotel guests only. But because it is old town and people are rude, there were people parked in the spots who weren't staying at the wedding. Unfortunately, since it is a state park, there isn't really anything that can be done. I don't know that the hotel can do anything about it other than really blocking out the spots and having an attendant there. Some people just don't abide by the signs. Not really the hotels fault just an annoyance. Parking is something to consider and this hotel being in old town makes that a little more difficult. I don't think my guests had too hard of a time finding parking but I'm sure it wasn't the easiest thing for some of them. Guests can also park at the Cal Trans building. My second complaint is that when the staff went to cut the cake, they cut way too small of pieces. I feel like the pieces they served were only and inch wide by however tall the cake was. This is such a minor complaint. In the end it made us have a lot of cake left over, which was both good and bad. They did box up the cake for us and keep it in the refrigerator until we could take it the next morning so that was great.

5.0 star rating11/5/2014 I had the pleasure of having my wedding at The Cosmopolitan Hotel. When we were first looking for a venue I wasn't sure about this place because the pictures online and on The Knot weren't that great, but we figured that since it was in Old Town and it looked like there was a courtyard we should check it out. We are so glad we did! We easily got an appointment with Lynn and when she met with my husband, parents and I she was so knowledgeable and personable. She was excited to hear about us and what we wanted. Then she took us through the whole hotel and walked us through what could happen and what our options were. It was great, I could actually envision it all. All of the staff and the managers were great to work with as well. They were very helpful and quick to reply to any of my emails. We ultimately picked this venue for a few reasons... 1 - we could have the ceremony and reception in the same place 2 - we could reserve all 10 rooms and block out the hotel for our event 3 - the courtyard outside is beautiful on it's own 4 - they provide the food, beverages, tables, linens, dance floor, everything, so the only vendors I had to deal with were the flowers, DJ and cake (so much easier) I always wanted Mexican food for my reception, and where better to get that than Old Town?! The food was absolutely yummy! Carnitas, pollo, chile rellenos and all of the fixins! The drinks were good too! We opted for the Cosmo Mule as our signature drink (Moscow mule) - yummy! The alcohol and beer selection was great too, they even had sculpins! The house champagne for the toast was great too, not too sweet and not too dry. The day of the wedding us girls got ready in the wedding suite, room 4/5. It had great lighting and air conditioning. And it made for some absolutely beautiful pictures. We even had sandwiches and house made chips delivered for lunch. The chef delivered the tray himself and it was so good. The ambiance for the reception was beautiful! We had market lights hung over the fire pit and I asked the hotel to hang mirror garlands over the dance floor. The lighting and the foliage was just beautiful! Because there is so much foliage you only need minimal center pieces. All in all I had a perfect wedding and would not change any of it for the world! Everyone did such a wonderful job and all of my friends and family loved the food and the venue! And now for our anniversary we have a place we can come to and relive the night! Cosmopolitan Hotel and Restaurant - Martinez/Hotaling wedding - San Diego, CA, United States Martinez/Hotaling wedding Martinez/Hotaling weddi

I had my reception there on Nov 7. The reception went very well. The staff attending to my guest during the reception were great and accommodating. They had a great band there that Friday night, whom I had spoke to before my wedding and they agreed to play 3 special songs for my wedding. The place is beautiful and very clean. We stayed there for 2 nights and it was pleasant. Some of my guest complained that they didn't sleep well because of a lot of outside noise, but I slept well. The beds where very comfortable. I could only give them 3 stars because I had a few issues. I orginal had 80 people and in the end it got up to 90 people. I was sent a floor plan my Lynn the event coordinator that stated the area that we where seated in could seat 120 people and I was never told I could not go over my 80 people. We'll first I was told I would have to rent out the whole courtyard for over $1,000 extra. Then Lynn sent me a email stating that managment came up with a $300 extra fee charge on top of the $24 taco bar price and 20% service fee because they would be placing our buffet table, gift table, sign in table, and cake table in a lower level away from our guest seating 10 extra people. After all this she sends me my invoice and it says $500 charge for the extra guest fee. I was so frustrated. At the reception there were 2 exrta tables that were in our area that I could have put my extra 90 guest at easily without having to add the second long table and I could have had my buffet table in our seating area. All 90 of my guest showed up and two extra tables were there with out table #'s that weren't suppose to be there. I feel that they pretty much just did that so they could get extra money from me. Which is really bad business ethics. I communicated with Lynn via email because I lived a few hours away and did not have easy access to the place. There were lots of times that she would not anwser all of my questions that I was asking her. I am not sure why that was. She seemed to be overwhelmed or not there a daily. Lynn booked a Mariachi band for me at my ceremony on the beach and they showed up not dress appropirately for a wedding. Two of them had pirate bandanas on their heads. They did play very well thank god and they did play the wedding march for me, which I apperciate but come on guys you are at a wedding and good thing half of my family is White, who didn't really notice it. The other half are Mexican and were effended by it. Than they wanted to over charge us. Lynn told me $250 and they wanted $300. I wish we would have just booked a band ourselves, but not being from the area. I trusted Lynn's recommendation and judgement. There was a issue also with the room prices. Lynn held the rooms for us 8 months before our wedding when we booked the place. She did not give us the prices for the rooms, which I had asked her for via email and never got the answer. Than a couple weeks before our wedding I get a email of the cost of the rooms, which was a lot higher than there normal rates. One room was $209. Their rooms are nice but not worth $209. Brandon the manager did change the prices and give us the discounts that were told we would be getting. They also charged the card that was on file that was given to the 8 months ago and we were not made aware of this. I thought this was stange. I really wish this place the best. It is a great place. They just need to get their act together.

Everything was lovely in the beginning. The staff was friendly and on top of it. We went for a second meeting about 3 months before the wedding. The attitude of everyone involved had changed. Lynn, the so-called "wedding coordinator" let us know how "lucky" we were to have the date we had, and the pricing had changed, and we were "lucky" to sign our contract when we did because now we couldn't afford a wedding there. Keep in mind, we didn't negotiate a lower price than they offered. We signed a contract for what they led us to believe were their standard rates. If this wasn't insulting enough, Lynn then had the audacity to call me 2 months before my wedding, which had already been scheduled at the Cosmopolitan for the last 5 months, and asks if I could CHANGE MY DATE! I can't believe a professional in the wedding business would ever ask a bride to do this so close to her wedding day. Lynn made it seem that her and her boss, Brandon Ross (the owner's son), felt that our wedding was a big inconvenience to their restaurant, and, despite the fact that it's not that cheap of a wedding for 60 people (plus I've never seen the restaurant busy), they were losing money because of our wedding. Though none of this hostility towards the date came up when we signed our contract, and they first took our money. At our final meeting about a month before the wedding, Lynn produces an event order that is different from the original with additional costs and less services, and now mentions that we can only have 60 people max. Anything above that and we will have to rent out the entire restaurant for $14000 for just the space, and we cannot move the tables around unless we want to be charged for it. Talk about a last minute nickel and dime game. Now, we are very near our wedding date and they won't let us pay off our remaining balance. Lynn states she will give us the final banquet event order, and then we can pay off our balance, but that was 3 weeks ago, and no word from Lynn. The contract states that we have to pay off the balance at least 3 days before the wedding, which we would love to do if they would let us. Now we are left wondering if they are trying to edge us out at the last minute through their contract. Anyway I see it they, they have added unnecessary stress to an already stressful day, and their shady dealings leave their business practices to be questioned.

We got married at the Cosmo last September and it couldn't have been a more perfect spot for us. We wanted a space that felt intimate, but didn't feel like we were in a traditional restaurant setting. The courtyard at the Cosmo worked perfect for us and our 100+ guests. Plus, you really can't go wrong with the Old Town area. Most of our out of town guests stayed in Old Town and loved it! I also have to say that the staff at the Cosmo was great! They went above and beyond in catering to our needs and giving all-around great service. I highly recommend this hidden gem of a venue. I have a feeling it won't be so "hidden" for long.