White Bear Yacht Club

We hosted our rehearsal dinner and Sunday brunch at the White Bear Yacht Club during our wedding weekend. They were both fairly large events, over 100 people, and both were done beautifully! The location is beautiful and for our rehearsal dinner we were able to have cocktails on the lawn near the lake and then enjoyed beautiful views for the dinner and brunch from the clubhouse. At both events the food was delicious and service was wonderful as well. Great venue, service and food!

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!

We had our wedding and reception at the White Bear Yacht Club in early June. The day could not have been better. Under a white tent on the shores of White Bear Lake the ceremony was idealic. We had approximately 200 guests sitting in flower-lined white chairs. After the ceremony the guests had cocktails and hors d'oeuvres by the pool and the wedding party took a spin around the lake. The WBYC staff ushered our guests up to the stunning lakeside dining room for dinner after about 45 minutes. Dinner was perfect. The lakeside dining room requires very little decoration - we had minimal flowers and let the Yacht Club charm take care of the rest. Once again the service was top notch as was the meal. We did not have a wedding planner, but the yacht club's dining manager and general manager really ran the show and did a phenomenal job. We can't recommend the WBYC highly enough for your wedding and reception. The setting, staff and food will be fantastic, guaranteed.

The White Bear Yacht Club was the perfect venue for our daughter's wedding. The tasteful nautical decor of blues and whites worked well with all of the details of her wedding. We chose food stations so our guests had a variety to choose from and we didn't have to worry about special diets. The food was delicious! We took advantage of the beautiful outdoor space by the pool for cocktails and appetizers an hour before dinner seating. With White Bear Lake as the backdrop to the venue, sunset pictures by the water turned out beautifully. The staff was exceptional, accomodating and kind. My daughter said the next day it was everything she envisioned. The only downside for us was seating in the "patio room." While beautiful, our guests that dined in that space could not see the bridal party.