LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE COUNTRY CLUB

t thing about the venue, her assistant Brent is the 3rd best thing to work with. Both of them are a true gem and made our special night that much more memorable. I had met with them countless time about the table linen and at all times they greeted me with nothing but warmness. On rehearsal night, they help placed this heart garland for my ceremony backdrop and I cannot express my gratitude. I swear, if it weren’t for them two, I wouldn’t really care for the venue. With that said, many of my guests brought to my attention (after the wedding) that during cocktail hour many of them didn’t have an opportunity to sample all of the hor dourves. I anticipated about 200 guests, but I would say 170 of them showed up. So I couldn’t understand why there wasn’t enough hor dourves going around. During the reception, many of my guests brought up to me that the waiters were a bit rude to them. They were slow and empty glasses were not being filled. One waiter even laughed in front of my sister-in –law’s face when she requested something. Overall, the service from the waiters was a bit disappointing. The food was delicious and so was the whole atmosphere in the LCF room. Outside of the window, you can see the lights of Downtown LA in a distance. Everything just came perfectly together that night for us.

or, which made planning easier. From the start to the end, Miki was always available to answer my questions and concerns. Miki is like the fairy-Godmother-venue-coordinator. She was organized, warm, and helpful throughout the whole process. She worked with us on the menu (we are very picky eaters!) and the food turned out great. Many of our guests told us they loved the food, which was important for us. Malinda was our day of coordinator and she took care of our throughout the whole wedding day and made sure we stayed on schedule. She was so sweet. Thank you Miki, Malinda, and Brent for making our day so spectacular and special!! We enjoyed every single minute of our wedding day.

n providing refreshing drinks and taking our guests down in the golf cart, our guests were very happy! Thankfully LeAnn and Miki pushed back the start time of our ceremony for the day to cool down, which it did! The price was very reasonable and the service was extraordinary! If you're looking for a venue with a spectacular view of the sunset and Los Angeles, tasty food and excellent service, this is your place! Don't look anywhere else! I am so happy we chose this venue to celebrate our special day!

ERYTHING else was pretty much up to us. That all changed when we met Miki. It was the only place that made as feel as though they were on our side. Her vendor list has professional people at a really great value. That mattered quite a bit to me with our limited budget. We really got a lot for every dollar we spent. Many of my guests thought we spent double and triple what we actually did. Brent and Miki were incredible on the day of our wedding. Brent was a late addition to the staff and really went the extra mile for us. I don't think he ever went to his office the entire time. He took the time to organize and put out our place cards. He noticed a few were missing and a few others didn't match our floor plan and brought it to our attention. It was an easy fix and was taken care of without any of our guests being inconvenienced. He put out our party favors and programs on every setting. Miki was there for my wife any time she needed anything as well. We did have some issues during our reception. Miki, Brent, and Carol(the banquet captain) were on top of it and fixed it without us knowing. I didn't even hear about it until afterwards. THANK YOU Miki and Brent for everything! Thanks for helping us save money for our honeymoon. It wouldn't have been possible without you guys.

t how great the service and value was. We had checked out 4-5 other venues in the Los Angeles area, and all were loaded with fees as well as several in difficult locations. LCFCC's proximity to the many Pasadena hotels as well as Bob Hope-Burbank Airport made it so convenient for many of our guests. The view from the prime side (southview) gives you a spectacular view of Pasadena, downtown LA and the surrounding La Canada Flintridge foothills. There is ample space for a live band and a sizable dance floor. We hosted a cocktail hour where a jazz trio played...it was a great spot for socializing prior to the dinner/speeches/dance. Our wedding accommodated 120 people with space to spare. I was particularly impressed with Mikki and the wedding coordinator. They made the event easy and pleasant and they're great people to have organizing the occasion! The food was incredible and received highly favorable comments. Do check with Mikki about the how well you want the steak prepared! In summary, our guest commented on the beautiful reception room and the view. Many guests said this was the best wedding they had ever been to because the venue complemented all the other factors that go into creating a successful wedding and reception. When we have the choice of venues again, LCFCC is tops on our list...it has set the bar high for weddings & receptions!

. We just celebrated the big day this past weekend on October 18, 2014. The best part of this entire venue was the the amazing value we got for the quality of all of the services (including food, drink, rentals, coordinators - the list goes on). We received numerous compliments on the food, especially the quality and portions! The next best part of the evening was the spectacular view. For having mostly out of town guests, this was a treat to see and great for pictures. From the moment of the rehearsal on Friday to the end of the night on Saturday, LeAnn (our day-of coordinator), was there to assure everything went seamlessly. The entire team made sure we stuck to our timeline and not one step was missed throughout the entire evening. I felt completely at ease knowing we had such wonderful people there to make our day so special. I would highly recommend this venue and wonderful team to any brides-to-be out there!

t anything with your venue, this is the place for you. Plus, the views are unbeatable and the food is great. Big thanks to them for making our day so special.

ped my wife and I choose La Canada was the excellent customer service we received from Miki M. She is phenomenal and truly makes the wedding experience stress free and amazing! She helped us in many ways and treated us as if we were royalty. The LCF room is gorgeous, location is beautiful. Price was amongst the most affordable without any lacking of service or quality! Food was delicious, staff was polite, it was truly a dream come true the day of our wedding. Miki has numerous vendors to recommend, all the vendors we chose were great and affordable as well. If we can go back and do it all over again... We wouldn't change a thing!!! I highly recommend La Canada as a venue, you will not regret choosing Miki and her staff to make your special day one of the most amazing experiences you will ever have. ~~Anu Mcknight

we were done researching after we met with her. Miki goes above and beyond on everything she does! She's SUPER! I recommend all the brides to be to visit this venue.

he took full responsibility for making sure that all went well. She really took the stress away. I don't think we could have done this without her. I would also like to say that the La Canada Country Club is a beautiful wedding venue. The grounds are beautiful; the banquet room was great and the food excellent. Everyone at the club pitched in to make this an incredible night for us and our guests. We are very grateful to Miki and the Country Club for a memorable night.

we wanted to keep confusion down by sparing them the woes of Los Angeles traffic. Growing up in the area, I knew La Canada has a reputation for being a town of luxury and I knew it would add to my theme and the prestige I wanted for my event. Miki, the Catering Director, was an absolute dream. I could tell she was very experienced in dealing with stressed out Brides and managed to make the entire process easy. During the reception, Carole an employee at the Country Club was very attentive and polite to all my guest and vendors. I could not have asked for better support. At the end of the night, and even to date, people are still raving about the food and the view from the mountains- everything was perfect! Not to mention having your reception venue highly rated on The Knot adds extra bragging rights which is important to someone like me! Lol I would most defiantly recommend hosting at this venue if you are looking for a WOW factor! So, good luck, happy shopping, and congratulations to you and your Groom. Hope this helps… xoxo

your wedding will run so much smoother and you will be able to enjoy it! Miki you rock! We had the best time ever the guests were well taken care of the food was amazing. The view breathtaking. We had family come over from every part of the US and each and everyone loved it. I did visit calamigos Equestrian Burbank and one other location before this but the moment I met Miki I was sold. This location is the best! Thank you guys!!

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elieve me. All my family member and friends are still talking about how perfect the wedding went and couldn't ask for more! They made sure everything went perfect and were very professional! I did not have to worry about where my cake is, food and drinks were always next to me, how much drinks are being spent, how guests are, where my gifts are at and etc. Overall, THEY CARE ABOUT THE BRIDE!!! They truly made my life easier and I wish I can keep them with me at all times. Thank you for not making me turn in to a Bride-zilla! ( Trust me, I'm very picky and hard to please with regular services). Thank you thank you Miki & LeAnn for making my wedding a memorable place. -Leen K. Lee-

see if I needed food or water and making sure my parents were taken care of as well. The food is amazing! The chef is able to create just about anything you want and the best part is it didn't cost an arm and a leg like some of the venues that have a view. The awesome topping to this place is at night, you can see the city lights tucked between the mountains. Miki has a great preferred vendor list she can give as well if you don't have anyone booked. AWESOME TEAM!! :) THANK YOU AGAIN!

iki not only makes you feel relaxed about the process she is a wealth of knowledge and can recommend different vendors if you are in need of one. She recommended by DJ ( Kendall Roberg) and Flowers ( Flowers by Dan) both of whom I loved. Not only was Miki and the other staff great, the food was amazing and they really work with you to help make your dream day become a reality. I also loved that unlike other venues they do not make you pay extra for every little thing ( Cake cutting, the bridal room, chairs and linens for example). For cocktail hour they kept making food until the hour was up. A lot of other venues only gave you a set amount and when they were gone they were gone. The chef even turned a cantaloupe into a wishing well just to make the table look nicer. Part of the fee was a day of wedding planner which came in handy. You may not think you need one but trust me ladies you do! As for the view well it was amazing as well. I got married at the gazebo. I was worried at first that it was so close to the road but Miki re-assured me that it was very quite and the road lead to a hand full of houses. Not a single car drove by. When Miki and Brianna say they are by your side they really mean it. My day turned out amazing and it is in a big part because of Miki and Briana. Thanks to them both and to LCFCC!

be, you want others (vendors) to share your excitement and show interest in their business. Once we saw the venue, we loved it. Then we met with Miki and she basically changed the wedding package to accommodate all of our wishes for our budget. We were sold. Fast forward to our food tasting, OMG, the food was delicious and they let us choose what side dishes we wanted, whereas most places will not allow that. Me being a foodie and chef myself, that was very important to me. I tried not to be high maintenance but when I had questions, I would just email Miki and she would respond back in a timely manner, which is also extremely important, especially the closer you get to the wedding date. Miki through in a lot of extras for us and both my husband and I really appreciated it. We had no doubt everything would go smoothly on our wedding day. Since our wedding on Aug 3, 2013, I have heard nothing but wonderful comments from all of our guests on how much they enjoyed themselves and how GREAT the food was and beautiful everything looked. I would HIGHLY recommend this venue to have your wedding at. The view and surrounding area is beautiful and Miki and her staff will take good care of you. If we ever have an occasion to need a venue, La Canada Flintridge Country Club will be the first place we look. Thanks Miki and every one at La Canada Flintridge Country Club for helping to make our wedding day WONDERFUL! Sincerely, TnT

makes it seem as though she has all the time in the world for you and really does want to help you out. We went with all three of her recommendations on flowers (Flowers by Dan), DJ (Dean Henderson- Royal DJ), and cake (Porto's) and could not have been happier. Mikki and La Canada Country Club are true gems!!! To top it off everyone was RAVING about the food. The chef is GREAT!!!

view of Los Angeles on a clear day. We planned our wedding from the Bay Area so had limited opportunities or desire to coordinate more vendors than necessary. LCF provided the ceremony gazebo setup, reception room setup, including linens and chair covers/sashes, sound equipment, golf carts, etc... Not to mention the food is excellent (way better than hotel fare) and reasonably priced. We celebrated our wedding in January with 180 guests and reserved the large ballroom with a standard size dance floor. Brought in a 3-piece live cover band, set up a candy bar, and hosted bar (with set maximum). Miki at LCF was exceptional to work with, and we even got to practice our first dance in the ballroom. We found LCF to be flexible and willing to work within our budget. Book them quickly; then you can breathe a little knowing you have a great team behind you.

coordinators treated us like we were just another party renting out a room. La Canada Country Club made us feel like our wedding was special! The staff was amazing and we ended up using all the recommended vendors from the Country Club too. We were very scared since we did all the wedding planning and coordinating ourselves but, Miki Mootsey and her team took care of everything! Thanks for the amazing memories!

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do. They definitely made planning easy and fun. I would recommend this venue not just to any bride!

autiful ballroom and an awesome event planner/Director of Catering. My daughter's wedding was held here on July 28, 2012. The week following the wedding we received many emails and cards on how beautiful the wedding was and what a great time everyone had. The food was fantastic, our guests raved about all the choices. The service was exceptional, the servers were polite and very responsive to our guests.The most important person in making my daughter's wedding perfect was Miki Mootsey. Miki from the day we booked the country club was available for any question or concern. I would email her with a question and within a very short time I would receive a reply, regardless how trivial the question. She took a personal interest in all our planning for the reception. The service we received was far beyond our expectations. The pricing is also very reasonable for what you receive. There is ample parking. The ballroom has a large separate bar which is really a nice amenity. We were able to access the ballroom the day before to set up all our tables and special areas. Overall we could not be happier with our choice of venue, the wedding reception was perfect!! If you are planning a wedding in the Pasadena area you MUST check out La Canada Country Club, it's amazing!!! Was this review …? Useful Funny Cool

June 3rd, and the club’s catering coordinator, Miki Mootsey, was amazing from the planning stages all the way through our big day. She has a lovely personality and was communicative, very helpful, and flexible. The club has a wonderful menu—our appetizers and dinners were absolutely scrumptious. Our band, florist and bakery all had ample time to set up. The bridal room was perfect for getting ready! Miki, her assistant Briana, day-of coordinator Annie, and the rest of the staff made sure our special day went smoothly and flawlessly. Thank you!!! Dawn and Jim

edding cupcakes for me and my husband instead of giving them all out to our guests as they left...there were none left for us!

get. They made my day spiecal and the FOOD was AMAZING. I still have people coming up to me let me know they loved our food. The day of my wedding i did not worry about anything i new Miki and her crew were taking care of for me .

can't say enough great things about her and the other staff. =) The food was amazing. The location is beautiful at night, the gazebo was a perfect place to get married and the LCF room had unforgettable views! =) Not only was the value for the cost reasonable, but we had an amazing wedding day and planning process with everyone had the country club!

ded, but not the toasting glass. The catering manager was helpful with hand-full of useful ideas and information, but she and her assistant are not detail-oriented, math is not their best, suggest to re-calculate before the payment. They said yes to everything before the wedding, but they will forget on the wedding day.

e our final payment, the story changed to, "oh everything have to stop by 11pm or you can pay $500 for extra hour." Don't you think that's something she should have told us in the first meeting? Now here's the REAL DRAMA: On the day of rehearsal, the catering director broke the “unexpected situation” news to us. A couple had booked their wedding reception next to the room where we will be having our ceremony. Yes, WE WERE NOTIFIED TWO DAYS BEFORE THE WEDDING. Don't you think she should notify us about this situation sooner? She has our email addresses and phone number, but she didn’t bother to inform us. And we booked the venue SEVEN MONTHS AGO. So, so much for all the schedule and logistics planning, the catering director "suggested" us to move our ceremony schedule forward to start at least 15-20 minutes early to avoid the noise from the crowd next door. We accommodated; after all, I don't think anyone wants to hear someone laughing and giggling next door when your biggest "I DO" moment comes at the altar. However, she didn't take into account that this change of moving our ceremony schedule forward would also mean that everything scheduled after the ceremony is also pushed forward. So this is what happened: After the ceremony was over (which was about 40 minutes ahead of schedule), our guests were supposed to be heading to the cocktail room for cocktail hour. Guess what?! Their staff blocked the entrance and refused to let our guests in but kept on saying, "The room is not available and open until 6:00 pm (which was when it supposed to be IF we get to stick with our original schedule)" and told our guests to leave. What's worst was that the catering director, when we needed her the most to sort out the chaos, was NOWHERE TO BE FOUND! We asked her assistant and other manager and the only answer was "Oh She stepped out and will be back." So the chaos continued -- Some of our guests ended up in the other couple’s cocktail room that was next to our ceremony room and their guests ended up in our cocktail room when they finally opened up our room. I don't have a doubt that the catering director of the country club is a capable person, but the fact she hid the information about cocktail/reception will be next to our ceremony room till our rehearsal day made me question about their business morale. We were giving no choice but to take whatever she suggested was quite upsetting. I just think this is VERY NOT cool. The nightmare continued. The day after our wedding, we got a call from the catering director telling to pick up our stuff. It was all fine except later in the evening, just when we were on our way to the big thank-you dinner with our family, the catering manager called again and told us that they gave us the wrong left-over cake. It belonged to the other couple. Yes, we could be just one of the few unfortunate couples. Yet, lesson behind the whole ordeal is, to all future brides-to-be, have the catering director write down everything she tells you and ask for a copy. Be sure to tell her, IF SOMEONE'S BOOKING THE ROOM NEXT TO YOUR CEREMONY, YOU WANT TO KNOW IT IMMEDIATELY. All in all, I thank them for the chaos they created and this unpleasant experience.

n negotiating even when you are buying top package and bar. I attempted to reach coordinator prior to event to discuss details and even eluded that I was willing to pay her for additional time in planning and taking care of some items in the days prior to the wedding. This would be a good add on if they decided to offer it.

rtain type of personality and certain skills to be in that type of position. she had neither. fortunately, i believe she no longer works there.