We chose White Bear Yacht Club for our June 28th wedding and were absolutely blown away.
My husband and I have a sailing background and met at a yacht club in Chicago, and hoped... we could have our reception at a yacht club in Minnesota. White Bear proved absolutely perfect, the building and grounds are breathtaking and not like any other lakeside clubs i have seen in the midwest. The history of the building combined with the recent renovations make it a lovely and unique venue.
The staff was incredible. An example of this was how impressive they were in executing a rainout plan. Twenty minutes before our cocktail hour, a large rainstorm moved in and the club staff seamlessly moved everything inside before anyone arrived. Our guests loved that they were greeted with beverages and appetizers and had no idea that the plan had changed.
We also loved that we and our guests could walk around the grounds during the reception to admire the building and lake.
The service and food were perfect, our friends are still raving about the walleye and prime rib. The staff reached to meet our every request including smores by the lake, our special playlists for cocktail hour and dinner, an area for the girls to get ready, and flying the WBYC sailing burgee for us on the pole.
Pete the bartender was fantastic, his experience shows! He helped us come up with creative drinks, making sure we had ample choice in local beer (even offering to order beer/wine that wasn't on the list) and giving our friends overall a great experience with no lines, ample options and great personality.
The club made all of our wedding dreams come true and gave us and our friends and family a wonderful celebration. Would highly recommend!