About this vendor
The Villa Del Sol Spanish courtyard is a one of a kind historical building, welcoming al fresco oasis nestled in the heart of Downtown Fullerton.
This original Spanish Colonial historic landmark with its rich architecture and alluring center courtyard make it the perfect venue for an outdoor wedding and reception or any special event (quinceañera, birthdays, anniversaries, etc). Courtyard fees are for the rental time of 5pm to 11pm, which includes courtyard, 2 terraces, elegant lighting, security & limited parking. Other required fees are for catering, rentals, professional coordinators, day of insurance & the optional bridal suite.
Beautifully landscaped with islands of palm trees, bubbling fountain, greenery and flowers, the courtyard also boasts picture perfect archways, amidst the three stories surrounding the charming courtyard. There are many additional picturesque backdrops adjacent to the Villa Del Sol.
Venue Rental with high customization, 4 restaurants to choose catering from (Hidalgos, Fullerton Brew Co, Brownstone & The Cellar), an optional bridal suite rental, and a great fit for all events!
Please email vdsfullerton@gmail.com for more details and dates available!
Amenities + details
Ceremony Area
Dressing Room
Handicap Accessible
Outdoor Event Space
Reception Area
Covered Outdoors Space
Indoor Event Space
Liability Insurance
On-Site Accommodations
Wireless Internet
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
Settings
- Garden
- Historic Venue
- Trees
Venue Service Offerings
- Bar & Drinks
- Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Planning
- Food & Catering
- Planning
- Destination Wedding Planning
Awards and Affiliations
2013 'Best of Weddings'
Best of Weddings
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Unfortunately, my wedding experience here this year in May was HORRIBLE. Not only are they super unprofessional, but the wedding suite was dirty, & dinner was served super late! Di...
nner was supposed to be at 7, and the couple didn’t get the food until 8:30, and some guests barely got food around 9 pm. Fullerton Brew Co did not take accountability & now further legal actions had to take place due to them not wanted to refund anything for their mistakes!
Wedding 10-11-25. I couldn’t have asked for a better venue! The details were amazing and all the guests believe they stepped into a movie set. This venues had everything we wanted....
The venue had so much character that decorations did not have to extreme. We had such an amazing wedding and super happy we didn’t go anywhere else, however the venue was a little smaller so the amount of guests we had, we had to squeeze a bit but still worth it
Now that I’ve had some time to reflect (wedding was 9/28) I wanted to write an honest review. This review is only for venue management and not any vendors affiliated with VDS. I ha...
ve to say my feelings were incredibly hurt for months leading up to our wedding. The stress the venue caused made me question why we ever chose this place. From January to March, two venue managers were hired and fired. Which made everything unorganized. However my main issue was with Antonette who took over venue management. Our deposit deadline was coming up and so I emailed the venue on 7/18 at 8:39am asking them when I could drop it off. Antonette responded and had no idea who we were and didn’t know if we were doing both a ceremony and reception there. She also asked me that morning via email if I wanted to still rent the Bridal Suite. I said YES and Antonette told me that the hours are from 11 AM to 7 PM and that it will be locked at 7 PM and all our stuff will need to be out. I told her that Celina, the prior manager, promised me that the bridal suite would be open all night so that we can have our things secured in there. She told me that under no circumstances could the bridal suite be open past 7pm. She also told me to take a look at the promotional flyer on the VDS website for the suite info and that she would still give me the “2024” promotional pricing. Geez thanks, we were still 2024 btw! I did take a look at the flyer and the flyer advertised the bridal suite as ALL DAY, nowhere does it say 11-7PM only, I pointed that out to her but she still told me no. Frustrated by the empty promises, I sent an email back saying that I was disappointed in how VDS was handling everything, but that I still believed our wedding would be incredible and that YES, I would like to rent the bridal suite even for the shorter hours. I asked Antonette to send me the contract, she responded with this at 1:22pm, “Sorry, I have a photographer interested in renting it for an engagement shoot.” My issue with this is that Antonette asked me that morning if I still wanted to rent the bridal suite and when I said yes a few hours later she told me that it was unavailable because someone else rented it. It was rude and it felt very vindictive of her. I also found it weird that she would rent out a bridal suite to some random person on someone else’s wedding day. At that point my husband and I dropped everything and drove to her office with the contract for the bridal suite and the deposit to see if we could still get it. We had an explosive argument with her at her office. I kept asking her, Why would you ask me about wanting to rent the bridal suite and then tell me that it’s unavailable? All she said was that we didn’t have a contract on file, with an incredibly rude tone. I told her no one reached out to me until I reached out to you this morning. If I knew the suite could be rented out on my wedding day, I would’ve signed the contract in January, but no one told me this. I asked her why didn’t they check the calendar to see if there was a wedding when they booked this photographer? Her response was still there was no contract on file. A few days later, she emailed me saying that the photographer moved his shoot and that I can rent the bridal suite, this was nice to hear, but it still didn’t make up for the rudeness and vindictiveness that we experienced from her. I’d also like to point out that the food platter, water, and champagne was never delivered to the bridal suite.
Absolutely fantastic place to reserve for your wedding (and very affordable too!) You have quite a lot of food options and the owners are always there for questions. Thanks!!
The Villa del Sol was the perfect venue for our Italian themed wedding. The arches, alcoves, and Mediterranean style of the place photographed beautifully and gave us a lot of crea...
tive inspiration. Shawna is great to work with and guided us through the intimidating wedding process! On a practical note, it still worked great for a summer wedding because it has a ton of natural shade!
Absolutely! Shawna was incredible to work with from the beginning and everything could not have been more perfect. We danced five hours straight. We had so much fun and the venue w...
as perfect. In total we had 80 guests, dinner was served buffet style, we rented the dance floor, the barn tables were perfect for our style and everything was just super easy! The greenery around the venue makes it easy to decorate for your big day and you do not need a lot of flowers. When the sun goes down it is even more beautiful. The lights hung across the venue create a beautiful soft lighting for your guests. I definitely recommend this venue.
Such a great venue! Shawna, the event coordinator, is fantastic and so helpful. The venue itself is beautiful, and we received so many compliments on it! I'd definitely recommend.
A dream come true! My heart was set on Villa Del Sol. We thought it would be way out of our budget but when we met with Shawna, it ended up being the best place for us. Our guests ...
continue to rave about our wedding. They had never been to a location like this before. The staff is unbelievable and make your day the best day of your life. We could no imagine anything better and truly appreciate Shawna and the staff. Thank you for making our dream come true!
Such a beautiful venue! Shawna was amazing to work with so easy to talk with/get a hold of and always there to answer any questions I had. The venue its self was incredible very ro...
mantic and intimate yet spacious enough for everyone to move around freely. We catered through Café Hidalgo the food was great! I got many compliments that the food was great not just as wedding food but overall. All of the rentals, caterers, security and valet were great! Our day went on without a hitch. Pictures do not do this place justice. A must see in person! Especially at night!
We used Stadium Tavern (aka Fullerton Brew Co) for our caterer and they knocked it out of the park. The employees worked so hard and Tom Dow was very accommodating whenever we nee...
ded anything. The food was soooo good. We had such high expectations for them and they delivered to the max.
Shawna was so professional and helpful planning our wedding at this venue. She made everything move smooth and even came into town from a family trip a few hours away just to make sure everything went smooth the night of the wedding. We were so happy with the venue and Stadium Tavern.
Beautiful venue! I'd call it an "outdoor garden" feel, except with a nice concrete floor instead of grass. There's palm trees and greenery around the courtyard, which makes you for...
get that the location is surrounded by shops. It's an old building, and the architecture is beautiful and very "old Hollywood." The restaurants (except for two) and all the shops are closed by 5pm on a Sunday, though, so when our reception started at 6pm, we definitely didn't feel like random people were watching our wedding!
The venue itself was a great size for our smaller wedding of 110 people. If you're having a bigger wedding than that, I wouldn't really recommend this place. It was a more intimate feel (people were sitting much closer and everyone was in the same space) and unfortunately some of our guests had to sit pretty close to the greenery.
Shawna (on-site coordinator) was incredibly kind and helpful throughout the entire planning process! She ensured that the day ran smoothly and I saw her there throughout the reception as well. If you don't have a coordinator, she was previously a wedding planner/coordinator, so she really knows her stuff. She's also very on top of emails and texts!
The bridal suite is AWESOME! It's very spacious and very air-conditioned. There's a bathroom with a tub and shower, as well as several spaces to be in front of a mirror to get ready. They also give you complimentary champagne and your choice of a veggie, fruit, or cheese platter to snack on. You can bring food there, too!
The only reason I gave this four stars was because of the catering situation. You can only choose from four different restaurants (but really, only two of them consistently do weddings at the Villa: Cafe Hidalgo and Stadium Tavern), and the positive is that you can try all 4 restaurants for free. We went with Stadium Tavern. Food: Served buffet-style Pasta Bar with a dinner roll and salad for $28/PP. Slightly expensive for pasta, but it was pretty awesome. Only negative was that they did not have the champagne ready for the champagne toast, which mixed up the schedule for the entire evening (had to change the order of first dances, cake cutting, etc). It wasn't a drastic negative, though, and I believe they did a great job anyway!
Overall, really awesome venue and I HIGHLY recommend it if you're a local and looking for a less expensive, vintage-style venue.
The Villa Del Sol was the perfect setting for our April wedding! We love the intimate setting, the bang for your buck, especially in OC, and the proximity to Disneyland for our out...
of town guests. Shawna was an absolute pleasure to work with and was extremely helpful. I had at least 2-3 2-3 hour meetings with her, and she never rushed or got frusturated with me when reviewing Options. She is very patient, understanding and helpful. And fun and funny! :) I recommend getting the bridal suite for your convenience on the wedding day. I had 6 bridesmaids and it was plenty of space for all of us to get ready, not to mention a beautiful room. Only bad review I have is that they kick you out of there at 7:00pm which is very inconvenient considering that's in the middle of your event! My bridal party had to clear everything out and therefor it delayed our whole event before the grand entrance. Also, we were told this as we were walking towards the aisle before the wedding. Not the greatest time...at 9:00pm, one of our bridesmaids noticed that no one had even Locked it or cleaned it so not sure why we had to be out by 7, which was frusturating. Other than that, we loved everything else, and Shawna is wonderful.
The Villa is absolutely stunning!!! Our guest were stunned with the beauty of The Villa. Our pictures came out so beautiful and captured the beauty of the venue. Thus venue also ha...
s a bridal suite that's every girls dream. It was fun getting ready and enjoying the venue. Shawna was great and works closely with you. We could not imagine any other place for our wedding. Highly recommend The Villa.
We received so many compliments on how beautiful the venue was the day of our wedding. The Villa Del Sol is located in the heart of Downtown Fullerton on Harbor Blvd. It used to ...
be a Hotel and they have transformed the outdoor courtyard into a beautiful and unique space to have an outdoor event. Al fresco lighting hangs from above and the courtyard is bordered by colorful flowers a lush trees and foliage. If you are going for a rustic, romantic, and outdoor venue type of event check out The Villa. The only down-side is that there is no backup space indoors if it rains or the weather takes a turn for the worse. June - September book very quickly!
I loved this venue...it was beautiful and just what we were looking for. That being said, I was not happy with the communication with the staff there. Communication prior to the ...
wedding date was frustrating. We felt like they did not want to meet with us in person, phone calls were discouraged in lieu of only texting. I was told I could text anytime - day or night -- even the middle of the night, which was nice, but we would have felt better with face-to-face or phone communication. Conversations and promises seemed to be forgotten. Getting the details on the furniture, seating arrangement, timing on things, etc, was challenging. We had no one to lead us through the rehearsal. The only interaction we had with the staff from the Villa Del Sol on the day of was that we were lead to our starting place for the ceremony. I think they left after that. It would have been so much easier with a coordinator to manage these things. I recommend the venue because it is beautiful and well priced, but if I had it to do over, I would have either hired someone to help or gone somewhere else. I thought they would be there the day of to make sure things ran smoothly and on time, but that did not happen. Make sure to (at least) hire a day of coordinator. I'm sorry I can't give a more positive review, but I wanted to be honest about our experience in the hopes that it will help you to be better prepared. Happy Wedding Planning and best of luck to you!
This is a great venue! Ruth, venue coordinator was absolutely amazing. She was always there when I had a question. She responds promptly to emails mad text messages. She was an abs...
olute pleasure to work with. The venue itself is exactly what we wanted for our wedding. It's an outdoor courtyard with brick flooring, Spanish tiled roof and my favorite was the alfresco lighting. We loved this venue and we received a lot of compliments from our guest.
The Villa del Sol was amazing! Especially once lit up at night! We had our ceremony and reception there and both were beautiful! It was also perfect for pictures!
My wedding was wonderful and I couldn't have asked for a better venue! You won't hear a complaint out of me! Ruth was great to work with! I also worked with Dena from Cafe Hidal...
go and she was amazing! This is such a picturesque setting! I would recommend this venue to any bride!
One year later and I'm finally writing my vendor reviews. I have always loved the Villa del Sol and love it even more now that I had my wedding there. Having a wedding at the Villa...
is easy. You have to choose from their food vendors ... which are all wonderful restaurants. You have to use their table/chair people. I liked all that because it made it easy to make decisions and get things planned.
Working with Ruth was wonderful. Even when I was in super-crazy bride mode and emailing or texting her five times a day, she was still patient, kind, and quick with responses.
I had the best wedding ever and a LOT of that had to do with my amazing venue. :)
The Villa del Sol is a beautiful place to have an outdoor wedding. We had to provide minimal amount of decorations due to the lush vegetation surrounding the courtyard. After sunse...
t,the courtyard is transformed into a warm romantic atmosphere with the overhead Al Fresco lighting. The venue provides so many beautiful photographic opportunities. Our photographer was able to get so many beautiful and unique photographs. I would highly recommend this venue for a wedding.
after searching and searching for a wedding venue, i was growing tired of seeing all the same types, golf course, gazebo, etc. Once i found the Villa, it was love at first sight =)...
Beautiful location, great ppl. i got nothing but great complaments on our wedding. Would use this venue again and again!
I loved the Villa del Sol! I got married on a Friday in August and it quite possibly was the hottest day of the summer. Venue is gorgeous. There is a lot of space to work with. Th...
e balcony areas are awesome if you or your guests want to get away from the main event. The service is amazing, Ruth the venue coordinator is really involved and will answer all your questions. It was super important to have someone who was very responsive to all my emails. Ruth would reply within 2 hours to all my concerns. The one thing is that she is never on site unless you make an appointment. I would recommend to save the trip and not "stop by" because she won't be there. Email her or text her and she will be there when you need her to be. She will also be there for the beginning of your event. The fee for the venue is cheaper on Fridays and Sundays unless it is a holiday weekend. I had a Friday wedding and it was fantastic. I had about a 180 guests with all banquet tables and it was really quite lovely. The complimentary valet parking is super nice to have for your guests. There are no hidden costs. You do have to get the rentals (tables, chairs) from their provider, which are not competitively priced. But with the reasonable cost of the venue it still ends up being more affordable than other venues. We did save a considerable amount of money on providing our own linens instead of getting it from the rental company. For the catering you have to pick from the on site restaurants. We chose Cafe Hidalgo and it was AMAZING. The food was excellent. The staff and service was beyond our expectations. We were on a tight budget planning this wedding and even with those restrictions everything came out wonderful. If you want to see different weddings held at The Villa check out the Cafe Hidalgo Facebook page as they post the majority of the weddings they cater for.
The Villa del Sol, located within the same area as busy Downtown Fullerton night life, is a great nested away outdoor venue.
Beautiful courtyard for a wedding
I had a beautiful early April wedding at the Villa. Ruth Davies was an absolute pleasure to work with and was always quick to answer questions and offer suggestions. We had the al...
fresco lighting which was gorgeous. The Villa a terrific venue if you're not having a huge wedding. We had about 75 guests and it was the perfect size venue for a wedding of that size (although they have accommated much larger parties too). There are also some great photo opportunities in the Villa and surrounding areas. I would reccommend this venue to future brides.
The Villa is a perfect location for a wedding and reception in one stop! It has natural beauty and charm which lowers your costs on decorations and flowers! It is quaint and cozy a...
nd provides an intimate party with your guests. Everything was made easy...valet was included, I didn't have to shop around for rental vendors. Their rental packages are reasonable as well. The service from all the staff was wonderful! I LOVED my wedding! Catering will be your biggest price tag no matter where you go and affects the total cost of your wedding...I used a vendor at the Villa and did an appetizer reception for apprx. $3200
We just had our wedding at the Villa Del Sol......and it was awesome!! I can't think of any better place to have a wedding. The courtyard looked amazing with the al fresco lighting...
, and our guests are still talking about how beautiful it looked. If the beautiful venue wasn't enough, working with the staff at the Villa Del Sol, made the experience even better. The venue coordinator Ruth Davies, was such a pleasure to work with. She was extremely on top of things....quick to answer questions, offered lots of useful advice, and never made us feel like we were bothering her with the all the minor details. We thoroughly enjoyed our experience working with the Villa Del Sol, and highly recommend it :)
The only thing that could make the Villa del Sol better would be having more bathrooms and making them easily accessible for its guests.
The Villa is absolutely gorgeous and had a mezzanine level for cocktails plus we were able to take photos on the balconies around the building. (Old hotel built in the 20s now of...
fices and available for rent.) Perfect area in downtown Fullerton.
Contact
305 North Harbor Blvd, Fullerton, CA | Orange County, Fullerton
The Villa Del Sol