Omni La Costa Resort & Spa

La costa was the perfect venue for a beautiful wedding weekend. Out of town guest loved their mini vacation. It was fun hanging out with friends and family at the pool prior to the wedding. Robin and jessica, the wedding coordinators, were organized and helpful! Great choice!!

My overall rating is actually a 3.5 but that just wasn't possible...I took 10 of my friends to the La Costa Resort and Spa for my bachelorette party. Although the spa / bachelorette party coordinator was somewhat uncommunicative, the location is so beautiful and relaxing that it made up for her lack of returned phone calls. We each received a massage (facial or scrub), lunch entree and alcoholic beverage (various Bellinis), and a gift (two travel-size favors and a bath-bomb) for $200. We also had use of the saunas, pools, whirlpools, and other amenities. Our server was very sweet and very attentive. If La Costa would have just returned my calls, they would have received a 5-star review.

My Fiance and I are planning a destination wedding for May 2012 to the San Diego area and we were super excited to visit La Costa and meet with someone in person to discuss having our special day there. We live in Houston, TX, so we booked a trip this August specifically to San Diego to visit venues and meet with vendors. We spoke with Megan Zemnick, the Director of Catering, 2 weeks prior to our trip and scheduled an appointment for 2:00 PM on a Friday. Megan confirmed this meeting herself in writing via email and even indicated for us to valet park and meet her in the lobby. We arrived at La Costa at 1:50 PM on Friday and informed the front desk we were there for a 2 PM meeting with Megan. 30 minutes later, still no Megan. We spoke to the front desk again and they told us they would call her and locate her. At 2:35 PM, the front desk was still unable to locate her and no one had any explanation as to where Megan was. At 2:45 PM, we were approached by Megan's assistant who told us she had no idea where Megan was and could she be of assistance. At this time, my Fiance and I decided that La Costa could not possibly provide the service needed to host our special day. If the Director of catering couldn't keep a 2:00 Pm appointment, how could we trust that her and her staff would be able to host our Wedding for 100 guests on time??? Please think carefully before considering La Costa for your wedding venue. Although it is a gorgeous venue, the resort is extremely large, with numerous events and guests as well as hundreds of staff. Even the upper management obviously finds it difficult for your special day to be kept special amiss the chaos of managing such a large resort. Megan did call us around 4:30 PM (2.5 hours after our original scheduled appointment time) and left a voice mail on my cellphone that offered a quick apology, but little explanation as to her absence. A simple "something came up that took longer than I expected." We were meeting with her to discuss booking La Costa for our Wedding (not a kid's birthday party), an event that easily can cost at least $20,000 minimum for 100 guests at this type of resort and for her to not call when 'something came up that took longer" is unacceptable. If you are a Bride to Be, I'm sure you can understand the frustration I experienced and I urge you to consider another venue. San Diego has so many beautiful options that you're sure to find a place that matches your vision perfectly!

from start to finish, everything was handled by them with such care. our coordinator went above and beyond in every aspect - including signing my new in-laws up for tennis on the day after and making sure every detail was perfect the day of. the surroundings were beautiful - the views from the terrace and the rooms excellent and the area in general is so beautiful and so classically southern californian - palm trees, birds of paradise and sprawling hills surrounding the sprawling, white spanish-style resort. the only thing that keeps me from giving 5 stars is the food. that said, the food was very good for wedding food and for catering - i've been to many weddings and it's always the same really. the food here was definitely on-par or above compared to any of those. but, had it not been for the package that we got which included the ceremony, reception, food, bar, etc, i would have gotten a different caterer. the package itself was incredible - such a good deal. as i said, everything was included and our coordinator even included many additional little perks. i couldn't have chosen a better location, especially due to the month and the weather. it was beautiful and i was so happy!