The Bridges Golf Club

h throughout this whole process, and helped keep us on schedule with planning during the year. The day-of coordinator was super helpful and made sure our event stayed on pace. Overall, great experience and I would 100% recommend Bridges.

is super responsive and professional. I found The Bridges on "here comes the guide" when I was filtering for "all inclusive" wedding venues--meaning they come with food, drinks, tables, chairs, etc. That already made wedding planning so much easier for me. The Bridges was also one of the more affordable venues we visited, which I sooo appreciate. We hired a different day-of coordinator, so they actually ran our ceremony rehearsal, but Emma from the Bridges was super friendly and professional also. She drove us around on the golfcart for all of our pictures, which was so nice! About the venue itself--it is beautiful and doesn't need too many decorations! The ceremony site is already picture perfect with the rose bushes, and the reception room is huge, with tall ceilings and 3 iron chandeliers. We ended up using two of their preferred vendors: A Loves in Bloom (florals) & Fantasy Sound Events (chandelier & custom initial light)--we were so happy with both. They are preferred vendors for a reason! We also got SO many compliments on the cocktail hour food and dinner entrees. One person told me "best wedding food i've had"!! We had the prime rib and salmon as our entrees and both were excellent. Thank you to The Bridges, Sandy, Emma, + the whole special events team for making our day so perfect! I can honestly say nothing went wrong the whole day (or at least I don't know about it :D)!

y. Could not have asked for a better venue and team, highly recommend The Bridges Golf Club if you're planning an event!

always available to either hop on a call or meet in person to discuss anything. The space itself was gorgeous! Not only did we have incredible views of the golf course for photos, but the ball room inside was also stunning with beautiful chandeliers and wood accents. The Bridges team made everything so easy for us and I would 10/10 recommend this venue to our family and friends! Thank you for making our wedding weekend so special and stress free!!

s but those deadlines are there for a purpose! Having those little details figured out earlier in the game definitely made the whole wedding process smoother. Our guests raved about the beautiful venue and thoroughly enjoyed the food as well! All in all a great experience and I am so happy we went with The Bridges for our reception venue!

s the main coordinator and who I communicated with most of the time. She is AMAZING!! Planning a wedding during the pandemic was a bit of a challenge but Sandy always answered all of my questions promptly. She is very professional and you can tell she has been doing this for a long time. I have never planned a big event so it was great having Sandy to help us. Our day of coordinator was Mercedes who was also great !!! She helped with the rehearsal and throughout our wedding day. We were able to enjoy our wedding day as she and the rest of the staff took care of everything. I would highly recommend The Bridges for your next event !

onsive) since the day we saw the venue late August 2020. Everything was initially planned outdoors (ceremony and reception) but when we saw potential colder weather/winds/rain in the forecast and it was getting darker earlier due to daylight savings, Sandy let us change our reception to the indoor clubhouse. I'm so glad we made this decision and that it was still available to us (while Contra Costa was still in the red tier). Colby was excellent during rehearsal and day-of and she chauffeured the bridal party in the limo golf cart to different locations for photography. She helped us make sure everything ran on time. We did run a couple grand over budget since we didn't realize there was a food / beverage minimum until reading the contract, but we were able to meet the minimum after buying a few bottles of wine to take home. I don't think our big day could have gone any better. I can’t wait to get our photos and video so that we can relive our special day! The venue really was lovely and it was a beautiful day to get married.

d-19 shelter in place orders, Sandy (Director of Catering Sales) contacted us and gave us a choice to postpone or move the reception to the Garden Pavilion (it had not been reserved yet) to allow for more social distancing. We chose to move to the Pavilion. As our date got closer, and indoor dining was not allowed, Sandy let us know if we were to continue with moving forward for 9.18, our reception would be outdoors and our guest count would go down to 30. We let her know that we wanted to wait to make the final decision of moving outdoors til September 1 (ideally hoping indoor dining would open back up) and she was ok with that. Through the whole process, questions, and concerns, Sandy was very helpful and responded quickly. We did end up having to cut our guest count (as indoor dining still had not opened) and were allowed 50 guests at ceremony and 30 at reception. Due to this cut, our total food & beverage minimum went down. It did however make the cost/person compared with the total food/beverage minimum more expensive, but due to the circumstances, we understood. We were able to add the amazing short ribs late night snack and our guests raved about it. Due to the reception being outdoors, we worked with A Grand Affair to have tables with umbrellas for our guests. For the rehearsal ceremony and day of coordinator, we worked with Colby and she was amazing! She helped with the timing of everything and was very flexible with our storage of decorations. We didn't feel worried about anything during the day! There was even a miscommunication with our 6 inch cake and sheet cake with the delivery and staff. She contacted our baker and figured out the details right away. Colby also drove us in the golf cart to our picture destinations before our ceremony and during twilight hour. We felt so taken care of with her! It definitely was not what we had pictured our wedding to be like when we first chose & started planning with Bridges, but how it ended up was absolutely perfect for us. We would highly recommend this venue for a wedding, whether it's indoor or outdoor!

ked at and from there we knew this was the place we wanted. Celena helped us the rest of the way with planning and making sure that everything was the way we wanted. She was very professional and kind. She answered all our questions. (We had a lot of questions all the time.) Her response time to emails was great. Jaime did our food tasting and was super helpful in helping us pick what we wanted to serve. The day of the wedding he was amazing. He made sure that my husband got to try all the passed horderves because we were taking photos. Our day of event captain, (I forgot her name) was amazing. She made sure that everything ran smoothly in the ceremony and through out the day. I would highly recommend having a wedding at the Bridges. The event space is beautiful.

) - the clubhouse & garden pavilion are gorgeous (if only the green window/door frames were a darker brown color instead). The head chef Jaime is GREAT & super accommodating/kind/humble - both during our tasting, and also even during the wedding. He was our favorite staff at the Bridges. However, we weren't the biggest fans of the wedding/catering sales managers Sandy/Celena. The positives were: responses were quick & detailed (they are professional and do follow through- so that's a "pro"). However, personality-wise, we would've preferred a warmer, more genuine personality. Out of all venues we toured, they were the least enthusiastic/helpful compared to all other venues' wedding staff.. and many things in their contract are non-negotiable (where other venues are WAY more flexible). I remember being initially sad choosing Bridges over some of the other venues primarily because I enjoyed corresponding with the other venue's staff so much more. Ultimately, things worked out. The venue is beautiful, food was good, guests were happy. Just don't expect warm fuzzy enthusiasm or a ton of flexibility in creating your dream wedding when working with them.

ided updates to us throughout the year and we always felt in the loop. Our wedding day was seamless and we got many compliments from our guests about how smooth the night was. The food was amazing and they offered many options to enhance the event. Would recommend this venue to anyone in the area!

redibly smoothly!

ful hints and listened to our specific requests. I would highly recommend this venue for a beautiful wedding.

the wedding was really well-planned and Celena was in constant communication to make sure that we had everything taken care of leading up to our big day. We enjoyed the food tasting, and working out all of our details. We were very at ease knowing The Bridges had everything taken care of. On the day of our wedding, everything was great. Everything was set up to do a flip of the fireplace room since we had the ceremony and reception in the same room. Also, they left a plate of hors d’oeuvres and glasses of champagne in the bridal room for us to enjoy immediately after the ceremony before taking photos. They even put our gifts in a safe place during the reception and had all of our toasting flutes, cake knives, and personal things packed up and ready to go for us at the end of the night. It made the whole night effortless for us. We are so happy we had our wedding at The Bridges, and the day after wished we could have done it all over again the exact same as the day before since we had so much fun!

ating and assisted us any time we had any special requests. I can not thank the staff enough for such an amazing day!

ons as they walked up to the venue and had their breath taken away, but I was hiding in the bridal suite! We knew we wanted an outdoor ceremony and indoor reception in a venue that was beautiful enough without many decorations - and The Bridges provided that exact experience. In addition to the beauty, every staff member we worked with throughout the planning process and the day of were wonderful and great with communication. They were quick to respond and answer questions and made us feel supported and at ease. Special shoutout to our day of coordinator, Colby, who warned me about the chandelier before my bouquet toss and then promptly watched me throw it right into it! Still one of the moments I replay in my head and laugh over and over. I couldn't recommend The Bridges enough. We are still beaming with joy and can't wait to get our photos back so we can share the day for years to come!

people to work with. They did not try to sell us every available package, but rather they worked with us to make sure we got the wedding we wanted and were very accommodating. We emailed quite often with new questions and requests to change our order, and they were always very patient, responsive and helpful. Working with them was a very pleasant experience and made the wedding planning go much smoother. The venue itself is gorgeous. The ceremony location (the garden terrace) has a beautiful view and is very close to the clubhouse. The clubhouse itself does not require a lot of decoration, as the interior looks very nice on its own, and has great ambiance. We also enjoyed the accompanying areas, like the bar room and the balcony overlooking the golf course. The surrounding green also provides great locations for photos. Colby was our wedding day event coordinator, and she was fantastic! We met her at our ceremony rehearsal, and she was very helpful and patient to answer all of our questions about the big day. She walked us through the ceremony multiple times, and was happy to let us rehearse as many times as we needed. She was very kind and easy to work with, and was particularly good on the day of our wedding. She worked closely with our vendors to make sure our wedding timeline went as smoothly as possible. On our wedding day, she made sure to periodically check in on us to see if we were on schedule and comfortable. She even made sure we had some appetizers and champagne for ourselves before our grand entrance into the reception! The ceremony at Bridges went perfectly. We had no problems getting our own arch set up prior to the ceremony. Some of our vendors had also worked with Bridges before, which helped. Our guests really enjoyed the view and complimented us on a beautiful ceremony. The reception was so much fun! By the time we got the head table, there was champagne set out for us, and we were independently waited on by the serving staff (a nice touch). We chose to pay for the open bar, and our guests enjoyed having wine on the table and cocktails during dinner. When dinner was served, we received our food first, but we noticed that everyone received their food shortly thereafter. Everyone enjoyed their meals, as the prime rib and salmon were very tasty! The food actually exceeded my expectations, despite having gone to our free tasting. Everything following dinner, including the first dance, cake cutting, etc. went off without a hitch, and we credit the Bridges staff. Small touches, like making sure two new glasses of champagne were set out for us at the cake cutting table, made the experience so wonderful. We were even impressed with how the staff cleaned up by the end of the night, as they saved every last decoration item that we brought and returned them to us in baggies. Overall, we can’t say enough about how great the night was! We highly recommend Bridges Golf Club.

most pleasurable event for all who attended. The best venue with breathing views.

I would like to book the Bridge Golf Club again in next event for my husband birthday Thank you for helping us to have a blast at our daughter bridal shower

he ran everything for me! I didn't have to worry about food, set up, room lighting, timelines etc. I also found the pricing to be very competitive, and you are getting so much more for your money compared to other venues. It was nice having my tables, linens, chairs, coordinator etc. all come from Bridges so I didn't have to hire other vendors and saved money! I highly recommend the Bridges Golf Club to all my friends and family to host any type of event!

e amazed at how beautiful our reception was. Bridges did such a great job setting everything up where I wanted it to go and having everything done on time. I had zero stress on my wedding day! I highly recommend the Bridges Golf club. We can’t imagine choosing anywhere else!

nd comfy. I recommend this to any bride looking for a beautiful venue and pleasant people.

ng at different venues, we knew that we wanted to find somewhere that would be convenient for our guests coming in from out-of-town, let us host a late-night party, and provide as much as possible onsite and The Bridges nailed all of that. The venue is gorgeous and I love how our photos turned out, the staff (especially Celena) were wonderful to work with, the food was good and overall our experience was exactly what we were hoping for. In terms of value for money, The Bridges was by far one of the best in the Bay Area and I would highly recommend as a venue to anyone.

whenever new information was needed and gave us advice whenever we asked. All of our guests raved about the food and the beauty of our indoor ceremony with the fireplace backdrop and the reception in the Garden Pavilion. We could not have dreamed of a better place to have our wedding!