We held our ceremony and reception at the shrine center, it was great just perfect, the location is beautiful, garden areas also beautiful,(great for pictures)The staff was very helpful, the only thing I would say to improve on, is keeping ever...yone on the same page, when we picked our date we originally went with a Saturday. We then found out, its cheaper to have it on a friday, so we changed dates. When it came time to choose the meal though, it seemed the station buffet would suit our needs better, then found out we wouldn't receive the discount. Big bummer! The day of the wedding I kept losing my flowers, I had them on one of the halls carts right outside of my bridal suite, except every time I needed them, I had to track them down, which as a bride can cause alot of chaos and on your wedding... well you'd rather not worry about trying to find your flowers all day long. The food was delicious, the staff very helpful, and as I said before very beautiful. I would definetly, recommend this venue. Also, there is a hotel in the same parking lot,so convient.