Lions Park

e to answer questions during the planning process and has a great team of day of coordinators and bar staff! We loved the spacious bridal suite to get ready in and utilized the bbq area the night before our wedding for the rehearsal dinner, which was great! All of our guests raved about our venue, calling it perfect and beautiful!

on area looked great inside with all of the wood and the beautiful light display on the wall. I wish I could give 5 stars but some things need to be addressed. Initially, the event manager was very helpful and quick to reply to emails and questions. But as time went on she was slower to reply or did not reply at all. Eventually my wedding coordinator had to get involved and event manager stated she had not seen my emails. Event manager was very apologetic and nice but it is stressful tying to plan a wedding from 3 hours away not to hear back promptly. Also, we paid for day before wedding access to the park so we could set up our venue/reception. We had our catering staff delivering linens at a specific time but none of us could get in as the doors were not opened for us as promised. We were waiting around for a while hoping the staff would come but no one arrived. We contacted the bar manager who was able to give us the code to let us in the building and thank goodness because no staff ended up coming to let us in. On the day of the wedding the bridal suite was cute and spacious but had no toilet paper in bathroom, hand towel in bathroom or paper towels in kitchen. I searched the premises and found some toilet paper in a storage closet but it would have nice to have been stocked. The white couch was very dirty/stained and we placed a sheet over it so we felt comfortable sitting on it. The main thing was my wedding turned out great, the park was beautiful and the lodge area was rustic and charming. The groundskeeper came the morning of the wedding and made the park look wonderful. I would like to say the bar manager Dave is so helpful, friendly and quick to reply to all emails and calls. The bar staff was very friendly on the night of the wedding as well. Overall I would recommend this beautiful park if the communication issues improved.

chairs for an additional $400 and brought in our own snacks and non-alcoholic drinks for the appetizer portion of our meal. We had the reception at Arnoldi's in Santa Barbara and used Jump on the School bus for the transportation. Lion's Park has a beautiful tree we were married under.