The Admiral on Clear Lake

Beautiful views & a beautiful wedding! HOWEVER, both fans in the bridal room (private room) blew out towards the end of the day & made the whole room smell of burning plastic. At one point, the whole wedding party was concerned there may be an electrical fire. Blinds were missing from the windows. There were random people walking in throughout the day to check out the venue while we were setting up and getting ready. The bride requested I lock the doors to keep them out. How rude is it to walk in on someone’s wedding day to look at a venue that they had paid so much money for?! To top everything off, the bride had $ 700 of their honeymoon money and a bridesmaid had $ 100 STOLEN FROM THEIR PURSES that were in the private room. $ 800 gone in one night! Of course this isn’t management’s fault, but with Sam’s Boat downstairs and the private room located right by the main door, it’s very possible that a wedding crasher simply walked in & stole it. We know nobody from the wedding would do such a horrible thing and the bride was in tears by the end of the night… which is NOT how your big night should be! I understand why management doesn’t have cameras IN the private room but they should consider installing one pointed at the doors. My advice to anyone that rents this place would be to lock the doors, keep the private room doors closed for the duration of the wedding, and hide your purses! It was a great time but the things that did go wrong, went wrong in the worst way!

This venue has become run down. I had an event and the tables were lopsided (of
Course no help from the coordinator I was working with). We had to put cardboard under the table legs in order for the tables to become stabilized.
There are no window coverings so if the light is hitting the room just right, you will not be able to see the front of the venue.

I bartended a wedding reception at this beautiful venue. Beautiful view from the inside, pictures just don’t do justice (unless taken by professionals lol)
Cool balcony that overlooks the water! Nice facility. If you need to hire private bartender, email

The venue is gorgeous and a great space, but the management (or lack there of!) makes me regret from having my engagement party there. They never returned my deposit and charged me for a police officer that never showed up. The sales team is not very helpful once the contract is signed.
Buyer Beware!

Sorry, the place is a dump, expensive for what you get and put up with. Bride had her heart set on using it so we did, but very disappointed, Staff we dealt with before were rude and rude aferwards too. No one available «day of» to solve any problems. Room was unbearably hot, lock boken on one of the doors to outside balcony so they had to just lock it which left us with one door to use for balcony. Power not turned on for DJ to use. No plugs in bathroom to use for dressing and doing hair. They charge extra for any and everything which we knew ahead of time but still amazing that they offer no refrigeration or have an ice machine (you can buy ice from them for 2.25÷10 lb. bag). Fortunately our caterer provided it at no cost. Noise, smells and from Sam’s Boat Restaurant/​Bar below were disgusting and inconvenient. When we asked prior if this was going to be a problem all were were told was that «it should not be».
Just nowhere worth what they are charging especially with the really bad attitude.

I went and visited The Admiral as my first place for my wedding reception. It has an amazing view of Clear Lake and is really nice on the inside. Danielle showed me around and was really accommodating and friendly. There is this really nice balcony area that would be great for pictures.
You can also do your wedding here so people don’t have to drive around. The dance floor is built in and I didn’t like its placement but I am sure many people are not that picky about that kind of thing as I am. They have a huge area for your catering people to get set up. When I visited they were turning their office into a bridal suite which I am sure is really pretty now.
There is also a separate room where you could set up your buffet or use as a kids room or a bar room which is great!
I had this great idea that instead of leaving in a limo after the reception you could leave in a boat taxi! And Danielle said that it could be arranged.
There is now a restaurant downstairs that has bands on Saturdays so you may want to go visit on a Saturday evening to see how loud it is. That could also eat up a lot of the parking that is there.
A great thing is you get the whole place for the whole day, no sharing! Makes everything run a lot smoother.
They have a list of preferred vendors if you want some help but I believe you can bring in anyone for your catering and DJ/​Band.
This was not the place for me but would be a great place to have a wedding and/​or reception! Definitely taking a look at if you want to get married in the Clear Lake Area with a water view.