Cypress Ridge Pavilion

This place was the most beautiful setting for a wedding. It was amazing and made our day absolutely breath taking. Jodi was a blessing to me as well as my big day. She went above and beyond. I could not have asked for a better day. How I found this place, I looked up best food. Then we arrived to view it and there was no way that we could walk away without booking. It was perfect. The food was beyond my dreams and my guest actually said that they thought our wedding should have been on one of the wedding shows. If you are looking for a romantic beautiful perfect wedding location this is it. I also had the most amazing live musician Timothy Davis who definitely set the mood and our officiant Melodie Willey who had everyone in tears with the amazing vows written just for us. Jodi worked with all of our vendors and made our day more then we could have ever imagined. If Elegant and Breath taking is what you are looking for choose Cypress Ridge and they were great working with our budget.

We had our wedding there 08÷17÷14 and it was the most amazing day I could have imagined. Jodi and Bryan really helped make everything we wanted happen. Jodi was always so easy to get a hold of and she had all the answers to our problems.
From planning 6 months ago to the big day they where all so willing to help us. They gave us suggestions on vendors, and offered decorating ideas. Jodi connected us with the right people to get a chandelier and fabric for our big day and even helped us figure out how to mount it all. She met with us a couple times the week of to make sure we knew what was going to happen and did an amazing job guiding a walk through with us the day before. The morning of the wedding we arrived at 10am to see the chef picking fresh rosemary for the dinner that night and Jodi directing people how to set stuff up etc. I had a meltdown and she was there to help, we needed anything she was there all day and night she was just the best onsite coordinator we could have asked for.
I loved the venue and all of the staff that worked the event. Everyone was so professional and nice. We really loved the chef as she met with us several times to perfect our meal to our preferences. We had olives on the tables with bread while everyone was getting seated. A plated salad which was out of this world was then served and finally we had a buffet style dinner. The dinner had the most amazing fresh vegetables (the asparagus was perfect not mushy at all as most buffets tend to have mushy veggies) an amazing vegetarian option that guest where raving over, sweet potatoes and my favorite part the prime rib! I loved how the chef cut the prime rib to order and it was so juicy and delicious.
All of our vendors did a great job and raved over how well the whole day had gone. At the nights end they did the cleanup and we went off to our honeymoon. I didn’t lift a finger without someone being there to it for me. I couldn’t have asked for a better experience.

My wife and I had our wedding on May 31^st, 2014 and it was absolutely perfect. Jodi and Bryan were always immediate in their responses and provided everything we asked for on the day of.
Jodi’s flexibility schedule-​wise allowed us to visit several times prior to the wedding in order to measure the layout and ask pertinent questions.
We ordered the tri-​tip and chicken, and had garlic bread, beans, pasta salad, regular salad, and the sausage appetizers as well. All of the food was amazing both in taste and in affordability. Linens and set-​up were provided by the facility. The lighting provided by Cypress Ridge was great as well. We didn’t have the need to spend more to get additional lighting. Heat lamps were provided as well at night. The ambiance was perfect and you get to utilize the indoor and outdoor area.
Cypress Ridge provided us with an amazing once-​in-​a-​lifetime experience that both of us will remember for the rest of our lives. Thanks again for all the help we received!
–Matt and Nicole Giraldi

We just had our wedding at Cypress Ridge Pavilion on July 12, 2014. It was beautiful! The price was great, and Jodi was excellent! We only looked at two venues before this one and we knew this was the one. Everything turned out great and many people told us it was the best wedding they have been to. It is very nice that they have in house catering and they do the tables, linens, chairs, umbrellas, heat lamps, etc… It is nice to not have to go through other venders and Cypress did the set up and break down as well. We didn’t have any problems or hiccups at all. I highly recommend this venue!

So this is a really confusing story, but suffice to say I tried to visit this venue as a possibility for my wedding and it turned out to be a GIANT waste of time due to the incompetence of the site coordinator.
I’ll admit that I contacted her very last minute to see the venue for the upcoming weekend (I emailed Thursday night to try to see the Pavilion on Saturday). I asked if the short notice was going to be a problem, could we please set up a date and time for another Saturday (at this point Saturday was mentioned twice in the email). Here’s where it got confusing. The woman emailed me Friday morning (like a little after midnight Thursday night) asking me if I could come in «tomorrow» at 11:30am. I agreed thinking when she said «tomorrow» she meant Saturday since that’s the day I asked to come. I even wrote «see you tomorrow» in my confirmation email on Friday. My fiancé and I drive 2 ½ hours to Arroyo Grande Saturday morning to see the Pavilion and nobody is there. I try calling and emailing with no luck and after waiting around for 30 minutes we ended up turning around and going back home. I assumed she wanted me to come Friday instead of Saturday, but the timing of her email from Friday at midnight threw me off. Come Sunday morning I get two missed calls and voicemails from the missing coordinator. The first states that she had our appointment scheduled for Saturday, and even quoted my email from Friday stating that I would «see her tomorrow.» The second voicemail 15 minutes later then insisted that she thought our meeting was Friday and she was waiting around until 12:30 for me. WTH?!? I can make peace with her thinking the meeting was Friday and there was just miscommunication. But trying to cover her ass with contradicting voicemails is too much.
I know my story is confusing as hell, trust me I’m confused as to what she was thinking too. If she can’t even get it together to coordinate a date and time for a tour how is she going to keep a wedding date straight? I wasted over half the day and an entire tank of gas. I won’t call her out by name, but she’s the current coordinator and unfortunate because based on the other review the last coordinator was much better at her job.

I just had my wedding at this venue on 06/​01/​2013. It was amazing! Bryan and Jodi did an awesome job. They worked together with my wedding planner to make sure everything was perfect for my big day. They were super flexible with letting us come in for rehaersal and letting us drop stuff off early at the site. They let my wedding planner come first thing in the morning to start setting up. Bryan even jumped behind the bar for the reception. He is a man of all trades.
My only complaint is that when we first started working with the venue they had recently changed management. So some stuff was unclear and sometimes they would take a while to get back to my wedding planner via e-​mail. But they did always eventually get back and answered all of our questions. There was also a little confusion with the garlic bread at dinner. I thought it came with all meals but they didn’t have it listed on my final contract so we didn’t end up getting it. But that was it, all the food was amazing besides that!
I feel like they were honestly there just to make sure I had a great day. They never tried to up sell me and they even made helpful suggestions that saved us money. We had a big wedding so as the RSVP’s kept coming in they suggested we change from plated to family style for dinner. This would save me $ 2 a person and run a lot smoother and faster. We decided to try it and everyone loved it. They even brought more trays of food out for people who wanted seconds.
Overall I think it was a great venue. We had the cermony in the grass behind the bar. On the patio we had the cake table and dinner tables. In the lawn we had more tables and lawn games. We had a smores’ bar set up by the fire pit. (They provided someone to watch the fire all night!). We had dancing, cokctails tables, and a photobooth inside. And the venue is gorgeous which makes for great pictures!

This is an amazing venue to have a wedding in the Arroyo Grande area. Aubrey the Coordinator for the Pavilion was not only professional, but also impressive to work with. She made sure everything was taken care of for our wedding, was very knowledgeable about the venue and suggested an amazing photobooth vendor for our «Big Day». They were flexible and very easy to work with/​contact. The venue has an outdoor/​indoor set up which was perfect because our guest enjoyed their meals outside and enjoyed festivities inside!
Pros: The price is very competitive and included a wedding coordinator (who did an AMAZING job!!!), Delicious food (we still get compliments on how awesome the food was) our buffet included passed appetizers, four sides, two meats, lemonade and iced tea for all (we also had an open wine/​beer bar), cake service, ceremony site, reception site, a huge bridal party changing area, linens, china, silverware, glasses, tables, chairs, and outdoor heaters. We also were given use of four golf carts to ride around and take some fun pictures with.
Con: The pavilion is BEAUTIFUL, but almost hidden, guests could potentially get lost (we had a few guest lose their way) I suggest lots of maps (visually, listed, and GPS systems)
All in all– perfect wedding, perfect day, perfect venue! I’d definitely suggest this place for weddings or events!