Cecil Green Park House

It’s gorgeous, yes, but try to plan your wedding there and you’ll regret it!!!
Customer service is atrocious. Actually horrible. I can’t get over how it’s taken months to just get a few things clarified!!!
Wescadia catering and their incompetent staff make up most of the reason it’s so bad. The rest of my wedding planning has been a breeze — wonderfully easy. Anything and everything that has included Wescadia has taken months longer than necessary and they have a long list of the stupidest rules, everything will cost you more money and you won’t hear from them when you need a response.
Avoid at all costs!!!

I guess the bias can go both ways if the wedding event goes bad. I gave it a 1 b/​c my bias is against the event & not necessarily the venue. My sister Karen got married here over 5 yrs ago & our family was stuck near the childrens table. Truly a sign of disrespect & snobbery on the grooms side. Nevertheless I found the whole event a disappointment & food was forgettable & I wasnt even drinking. Venue felt old & dated & unwelcoming but thats b/​c the participants gave us reason to dislike the event. 1.5 stars if I factor out the creepy family members.

A great venue with a great view.
However, dealing with them can be somewhat of a nightmare. We were passed off from person to person, who each decided to go on vacation during what you would think is prime wedding season — July/​Aug — so having to send 3 – 4 emails to get anyone’s attention and then wonder what slips through the cracks when the new person finally answers and is brought up to speed is annoying.
Also, watch for random people walking in and stealing your things or hire someone to stand out front. It’s an actual problem. Our ‘guests’ only got thru half a bottle of gin and signed the guest book before we threw them out.
It is a good location for a wedding. I recommend outside since it got really hot and stuffy with no AC or air flow inside. For the amount of money — having to use their so-​so catering and general lack of caring — even getting our names and info wrong after the wedding — there seems to be a disconnect or to many people ‘handling’ an account.
5 Stars for the view at sunset.

I always visit this place summer or winter every other year since I left BC for California. I rate this place, underatedly stunning. It doesn’t rival houses found on 17-​Mile Drive down Carmel, but nothing rivals it’s location atop the cliffs of Point Grey. Being an alumni of UBC, I could probably use this mansion, if I ever get married, as a reception hall — since that’s never going to happen, I will always visit this very gorgeous mansion.

I work at UBC, so I’m a bit biased. Cecil Green Park House is a gorgeous historic building on campus overlooking the ocean. It has a very interesting history and is surrounded by beautiful gardens.
It is an excellent place to hold a meeting or a more extravagant event, such as a wedding.

What a stunning place! My husband and I got married here last summer and the location was everything we wanted. The rooms and grounds were beautiful, the details were exquisite, and our guests had a fantastic time. It was perfect for our small (approximately 50 people) wedding. Ann Merling was helpful before, during, and after the wedding. The only drawbacks were that the catering had to be done through Wescadia and the price (for the venue and catering) were comparatively high.