About this vendor
Located in the heart of Newport Beach, CA, Newport Dunes offers a picturesque setting for waterfront weddings. We offer a variety of venues including sandy beach weddings, gazebo, garden, and pavilion settings. Backdrops include a marina or waterfront beach. Our unique location set along the Back Bay offers a calm, waveless bay. We can host weddings for up to 350 people.
We invite you to explore photos of our past wedding to see the gorgeous venues we offer. Our staff is highly experienced in planning and delivering stress-free weddings. We would love to host your most cherished day.
Amenities + details
Ceremony Area
Handicap Accessible
Indoor Event Space
Liability Insurance
Outdoor Event Space
Reception Area
Wireless Internet
Covered Outdoors Space
Dressing Room
On-Site Accommodations
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
Settings
- Beach
- Waterfront
- Garden
- Park
- Trees
Venue Service Offerings
- Bar & Drinks
- Bar Rental
- Destination Weddings
- Food & Catering
- Planning
- Se Habla Español
Reviews
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4
out of 5.05 reviews
Newport Dunes was the PERFECT location for our wedding. We used the gazebo and it was our dream beach wedding without all of the wind since we were in a bay! The gazebo area is ve...
ry well kept up...green grass, white picket fence, and beautiful flowers! The reception was at the Back Bay Bistro and I loved it! All glass wall, overlooking the water, nice flooring (no ugly hotel carpet here!) so you don't even need a "dance floor", and amazing food! Also, the staff was very helpful about making sure that my husband and I got food and drinks the whole night. The only reason I give them a 4/5 is because the coordinators didn't seem super organized. They were not very good about returning phone calls and emails, so you kind of have to be on top of them. But honestly, everything worked out so perfectly that it didn't really matter much. I would definitely recommend the Newport Dunes for a wedding!
The Dunes is absolutely gorgeous, the wedding looked amazing. However, the mechanics behind it were terrible. Our coordinator, whom I paid for to be there the entire night (part of...
the dunes wedding package), ditched my wedding. He lined us up and left.. My groom and I were in line with one another! We told him that we wanted the groom to see me at the alter and yet we were standing in the group lined up to the ceremony (which is also bad luck!) Then he did not put out our seating chart so no one knew where to sit. The rest of the evening he was gone! He placed my tossing bouquet on the GIFT TABLE and didn't tell any one so we couldn't find it until I got up and looked there, our evening dinner was outside and yet no one lit our table candles, lastly when it came time for cake cutting I had to cut my cake with a BUTTER KNIFE!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! The coordinator did not give the wait staff our cake cutting knife THEN the wait staff told me that I am supposed to cut and serve my OWN CAKE to everyone because the coordinator did not inform them that they had to do it. Oh I let them have an ear right there and the lady apologized and did the cake. I'm Thankful for our entertainment (which was not affiliated with the dunes) because he took control once he noticed there was no coordinator and had our wedding run very smoothly. The 2 stars I put on here is for the gorgeous scenery and the food. Food was to die for! As for the mechanics, the Dunes is not a place for a wedding, and you need a well organize planner to help you through the evening. A bride can't enjoy and time schedule her own wedding.
We had our reception in the restaurant so our cost was a little higher but they also do receptions on the beach outdoors which would be very affordable. Very helpful staff, excell...
ent food, and a great value for a beach wedding!
The Bayview Garden and Room was the prefect, personal spot for our recpetion for 65 people..The fairy lights in the pergola, the trailing bouganvilla, the spanish style bungalow, t...
he lush garden was the perfect setting for our rustic, romantic fairytale wedding. The set up was just as we'd asked, the food was absolutely fabulous and the chocolate fountains were a huge hit! Rob Decanter and the staff at Newport Dunes were so helpful and acommodating, they made it all possible and were so easy to work with.
Contact
1131 Back Bay Dr, Newport Beach, CA
Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort