The Ritz-Carlton O’ahu, Turtle Bay

57-091 KAMEHAMEHA HIGHWAY, KAHUKU, HI

300+ guest capacity

This venue can host 300+ guests

About this vendor

Prepare to be swept away by the breathtaking beauty of O'ahu's North Shore, where your wedding dreams become extraordinary memories. Nestled across 1,100 pristine acres and five miles of untouched shoreline, The Ritz-Carlton O'ahu, Turtle Bay provides a stunning canvas for creating timeless moments with your 'ohana. In the heart of the North Shore, where turquoise waves kiss the horizon, and golden sands meet lush tropical greenery that envelopes O'ahu's beautiful Hawaiian mountain ranges, The Ritz-Carlton O'ahu, Turtle Bay wedding venues transoform your special day into a dreamscape of romance and elegance. Choose from a variety of unique event spaces, from serene beachfront lawns and a grand ballroom with sweeping ocean views to hidden picturesque enclaves along scenic stretches of coastline, each designed to elevate your celebration to new heights. Picture a stunning oceanfront ceremony framed by swaying palms in the gentle breeze, fragrant flower petals sprinkled along a the soft sand aisle, and the soft whisper of the sea. Each detail is inspired by the island’s natural beauty and timeless allure, creating a magical backdrop for a love story as endless as the sea. The Ritz-Carlton O'ahu, Turtle Bay is a premier wedding venue and destination in Kahuku, HI, on the North Shore of O'ahu.

Amenities + details

Ceremony Area

Covered Outdoors Space

Dressing Room

Handicap Accessible

Indoor Event Space

Liability Insurance

On-Site Accommodations

Outdoor Event Space

Reception Area

Wireless Internet

Ceremony Types

Civil Union
Commitment Ceremony
Elopement
Interfaith Ceremony
Non-Religious Ceremony
Religious Ceremony

Guest Capacity

300+

Settings

Ballroom
Barn
Farm & Ranch
Beach
Waterfront
Estate

Venue Service Offerings

Bar & Drinks
Cakes & Desserts
Cupcakes
Other Desserts
Destination Weddings
Destination Wedding Planning

4.7

out of 5.0

12 reviews

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11/29/2021 • Dolores R

I have been in Such wedding bliss that I have not had the time to get on here and say everything I wanted to Say sooner. I wanna start by saying the Staff and Catering crew went above and beyond all my expectation. Megan our wedding coordinator went above and beyond for every little detail my New husband and I could not be happier. so if you are looking for that special place Turtle bay is your location. Megan Koehne || Conference Service Manager mkoehne@turtlebayresort.com

11/20/2021 • M M

FYI for future Bride who is looking for venue. Given it was the pandemic, as you all know during that time, it was very difficult to find a responsive venue that would email back or return a phone call in a timely manner. After hours spent on looking for a venue and endless phone calls/emails, we ended up settling with Turtle Bay after much debate of the location/high wind and waves. The responsiveness and comfort Sheri brought to me as a bride, made me feel important and special. After 1 month debate and with the reassurance from Sheri, we opted with Turtle Bay Resort because of how thorough Sheri was with us. Sheri was very responsive and I appreciated her for that. However, after being transfer to the care of Melina Patrick (catering manager), our connection and responsive failed miserably. My weddding coordinators and I had the worst experience to get a hold of her and didn’t start planning our wedding until a month before. Understandably, there are other weddings that were going on, she did a poor job of checking emails. Days have gone by and the wedding was getting closer and it was even more difficult to get a hold of Melina. It was the worse! The week before our wedding, we finally went over the small details and she falsely and confidently stated she will forward all the details to the people that needed to make our vision come true….it was not! The set up of tables were not as discussed. The layout was not customized as we spoke. The cake flavor was not what we wanted. The cake was not even passed out to all guests but left on the cake table, thus a lot of cake was wasted! Or..more like the majority, $550 to waste. I was so sad because it was a moment I wanted to see others enjoy a piece of happiness. The stress level was high and it shouldnt be. A feedback we got back from our guests was: the bartender was too conservative of the liquor, pour even less than the restaurant inside Turtle Bay. Thus my guests decided to purchase drinks inside vs at the bar area. Overall, despite the venue looking nice in a video, a bride needs to think twice before booking and anticipate lots of headaches of poor communication, where she will get dressed up because there are no bridal and groom area to get ready, and the overall service for a pretty penny being spent. 1 star is off for poor communication, 1 star is off for management service—could have been better in that a bride is fully invested in her judgment—which was absent. Book st your own risk.

7/11/2020 • Laura K

Turtle Bay is a breathtaking place to get married. Margie was our conference manager, and she was wonderful to work with for our 22 person wedding. She really went above and beyond to help us plan our wedding from afar, and she was very responsive with so many of our last minute changes (hello, pandemic 2020). We also worked with Mikilani early on, and she was lovely & super useful in helping us choose our Turtle Bay ceremony & reception site. We chose Turtle Bay because we wanted a more remote location for our wedding, and as much as we love Waikiki, we just couldn't see ourselves being married with so many people around. I also love the North Shore! Turtle Bay has many locations to choose from for your ceremony & reception, and we really liked this flexibility. We chose a toes in the sand beach ceremony & an outdoor tented reception; due to the rain we ended up having our ceremony in their beautiful oceanfront pavilion, and our reception was moved indoors. We knew having a wedding on the North Shore in March could come with rain so we weren't that surprised about the shift, and we were lucky to get plenty of beach photos when the rain stopped. I do wish they could have done our reception in the pavilion (we had seen it 2 nights prior and it was gorgeous with string lights), but the resort felt the rain would be too heavy and they moved the reception into their banquet hall. The funny thing is the rain passed quickly and we were able to get beautiful sunset photos! The servers and bartender were also so wonderful at our wedding. Our guests loved exploring the huge Turtle Bay property with beaches and hikes. We also did our welcome party/ rehearsal dinner at nearby Roy's which was amazing. Now for the not so good: I was disappointed in the fact that the bell service charged a delivery fee for each guest's wedding welcome bag. Margie was awesome in helping us negotiate this price, but I was surprised Turtle Bay would charge for this considering we brought so much business to the hotel. Also be aware that vista level rooms come with continental breakfast each morning; I'm not sure if the room block includes this level, but if so I really would have preferred this for our guests. This is a beautiful outdoors property with great conference managers. It is a big hotel so be prepared to speak with different departments in your planning process, and I highly recommend a day of coordinator. And don't worry, Turtle Bay makes everything come together within 1 month of your wedding date. This was such a magical, amazing day, and I want to relive it! If having a gorgeous venue is important to you then this is your place!

7/28/2019 • Marika D

My husband and I celebrated our wedding and reception at Turtle Bay, and everything about it was perfect. The location was breathtaking, and the people were so accommodating. The staff worked diligently to make sure that everything was taken care of before, during and after the event. I can honestly say that the day was very carefree. Our family and friends had a great time, and we can't wait to go back! I would highly recommend Turtle Bay for any event, or even just a vacation. You will not regret it.

2/27/2019 • Suzy G

If you are considering a wedding on Oahu and looking at Turtle Bay Resort.... book it now! My now husband and I had the most magical 3 days’ worth of celebrating our wedding there with our 18 guests. Sheri Chang was my first contact when enquiring with Turtle Bay Resort and was flawless in answering all my questions (there were many!) and preparing contract drafts before finalising our booking. Audrey Noyes from then on managed the bulk of the organising of catering, venue set up, day of schedule etc. Audrey was great to work with, she was able to accommodate our small wedding and made us feel just as important as another couple paying for 200 guests! Being from Australia and dealing with constant currency conversion rates we were really worried that there would be unexpected costs that landed on our bill after the wedding day was done but this was not the case. Everything we had to pay for and how much it costed was as initially agreed upon, we even got some money back as the drinks consumed were less than the deposit! We got married at Kuilima Point on a beautiful, wind free sunny day in January. The view on Kuilima point is stunning and the surrounds of our ceremony and reception were immaculate. We decided to upgrade to a clear top tent which I think was worth it, we even had an eclipse! All of the included furniture, lighting, dance floor and décor that Turtle Bay provided was perfect. We took some amazing photos on the beach, near the pool and on the rocks as the sunset. You couldn’t ask for a better view of Hawaii. I think it is important to keep in mind most of our vendors charged extra to travel to and from the North Shore as the majority were based in Honolulu or the south of Oahu. All of our vendors knew of / or had worked with Turtle Bay previously so we had no worries about them finding it. We never even met or saw our florist as she just set up and had my bouquet delivered to my room which is perfect because you have so much else to worry about as a bride on your wedding day. All the food served during the cocktail hour and dinner was amazing. It incredibly fresh and tasty and no one went without. Turtle Bay also made our cake, which was equally as delicious however we asked for fondant icing which I don’t think we got. Or we did, but the heat melted it somewhat. With that said, I would not change ordering a cake from there as the filing was delicious and the cake vendor we had looked at was going to cost double with transport fees. We had our welcome / rehearsal dinner at Roy’s Beach House which was divine, I highly recommend eating there as it was by far the best restaurant at Turtle Bay Resort. Our farewell breakfast was at Kula Grill which was a buffet so catered for all adults and kids cravings the day after the wedding. As far as the hotel itself, it has the most spectacular view from every angle. We made the right choice to book a Junior suite which was the size of a small apartment. Perfect for all the entourage that joins you on the day of your wedding. I do wish they had put us on the top level considering the occasion, but when we asked at check in we were told in was booked for the majority of our stay. The view was still beautiful on the 3rd floor and the sound of the waves crashing was so relaxing. As a couple, we will never forget the magic of Turtle Bay Resort and will no doubt return in the future xx

12/16/2018 • Tammi N

We hosted our wedding Welcome Brunch at the Oceanfront Pavilion & based our out-of-town guests at Turtle Bay (wedding was at Sunset Ranch). Originally from Hawaii & now living in New York, I had never stayed at Turtle Bay before. We were blown away by the beautiful resort, amazing hospitality, great restaurant & activity options, & overall exceptional experience throughout our entire stay. Upgrade yourself to a Beach Cottage, it's absolutely worth it! Oceanfront Pavilion (Welcome Brunch): This was the most effortless part of my wedding planning. Turtle Bay made it so easy - you pick from their options, which are all good, & you've got yourself a wonderful little party. We had the Sunset Beach Brunch + deluxe hosted bar + custom cake (surprise bday cake for my husband). The weather was beautiful & the location was perfect. It was such a fun way to welcome our out-of-town guests to Hawaii. The Point: We all met up at the pool bar the night before the wedding. Great spot for large groups, incredible sunset views, & everyone was raving about the live entertainment. Roy's Beach House: Had dinner here on our last night at the resort. BEST restaurant at Turtle Bay! Had a table of about 10 of us & the manager Keith was so sweet to us & really made us feel welcome & taken care of.

11/03/2018 • Rachel P

My husband and I had such a hard time deciding on a venue. We visited several of them during a trip to Hawaii, and couldn’t choose because they were all so beautiful and all had their pros and cons. We ended up settling on Turtle Bay because, for everything we wanted, it fit well into our budget. It also offered the conveniences that come with having a hotel wedding (e.g. not having to rent a ton of equipment and not having to hire a separate caterer) while still allowing us to have the wedding we wanted (i.e. aside from the food, they didn’t have required vendors, just preferred, and we could book whomever we wanted). We ended up choosing the pavilion at Kuilima Point for our ceremony, and the Kuilima Point lawn for our reception (under a tent). Overall, I was definitely happy with the fact that we had our wedding at Turtle Bay, but there were some things I would have liked to have known beforehand. For example, I knew that our guests would have to make a special effort to stay or make it to the North Shore, but for whatever reason it did not occur to me just how much the travel fees for all of our vendors would be. I totally understand vendor travel fees, and why they are necessary, but man, I really wish I had factored in the travel fees to the North Shore (which were generally more expensive than to, say, Honolulu) when trying to decide on a venue because boy did they add up. I think someone in some of the other reviews mentioned the funky way Turtle Bay does their hotel block. We ended up not doing the block because we didn’t have a guaranteed count of how many people were planning on staying at Turtle Bay, and because of that there was the potential for us to be on the hook for a lot of money if we did go with the block. I honestly felt super bad about this though, because it would have been nice to have had to offer to our guests. It would have been nice for the room block option to have been realistically more doable. Also, we ended up having out wedding in September to accommodate some of our family’s schedules. I was prepared for the fact that it would be windy in the North Shore, but when we checked in to Turtle Bay a few days before our wedding it was pouring. Honestly, the weather was pretty terrible until the day of our wedding. I don’t know how we lucked out, but I was seriously preparing myself for the worst. I think the rainy season starts even later in the year in Hawaii, so this was probably just bad luck on our part, but I do think that it would have (possibly?) been less likely to rain if we had planned our wedding for late spring or summer. All I am saying is definitely consider the weather on different parts of the island too before making your decision (for example, we drove to Aulani on one of the days it was pouring at the North Shore, and the weather was beautiful). But, with that said, did we have a beautiful wedding? Yes. The sunset during our reception was so beautiful that everyone started getting up and taking pictures. I was worried about the food too because we hadn’t had an opportunity to taste it beforehand (there is a complimentary tasting included with your package, but we could not fit it into our schedule), but my worries ended up being totally uncalled for. The food was SO GOOD and everyone was raving to us about it. Food is so important so we were very pleased that it turned out this way. In the end, we were extremely happy with our wedding, so overall I would recommend Turtle Bay.

8/03/2018 • Alison W

Turtle Bay was everything we thought and more. This was a destination wedding and everything turned out perfect and effortlessly. I worked with Audrey as our conference manager and she was a pleasure to work with. We had the clear tent at Kumilia Point and it was dreamy and beautiful. The food was out of this world and all my guest absolutely loved the resort and thought the wedding at Kumilima point was exceptional. Definitely check out Roys while you are there!

6/08/2018 • Benjamin M

The resort was by far the best I have ever been to !!

11/13/2017 • Amanda G

Wonderful experience. Our manager was awesome from beginning to end with the planning and the actual event. The staff was great making sure people did not interrupt our ceremony on the beach and took excellent care of us and our guests at the reception. Overall a very nice day for our wedding

8/12/2015 • gloria v

Great place to stay in! They have live music nightly and Polynesian show every Wed. and Sun. If you're like me who likes to work out whether at home or away, well, this is a place for you. They have spin class, yoga etc. and if you prefer weights they have that too. Another added plus is their vegan menu. Yeah! Mahalo Turtle Bay!

8/09/2015 • Brooke R

Turtle Bay Resort will always be a special place for my husband and I. This is where we stayed on our wedding night and after the wedding. The grounds are stunning and immaculate, but the service is even better! We had some leftover food from our wedding reception, which was not at Turtle Bay, and they heated it up and brought it out to us poolside! Thats pretty awesome and impressive! This is why you pay the extra money to stay at this resort. They will go above and beyond for you, to make sure your stay is truly unforgettable and amazing. This place is beautiful, but the service and the employees that work there is what sets this place above the rest. Its the people that make the place.