Dove Canyon Courtyard

Great location for my daughters wedding! Very nice and professional staff. Gayle and her crew were incredible. The flexibility and options she offered us during the venue-​shopping made choosing Dove Canyon a no-​brainer for my daughter. Our caterers & the photographer worked well on the property, using its charming layout and décor to create some great experiences & memories. The cottage and it’s stone steps made for some memorable photos. One thing should be considered, only noticed in hindsight, was that 2 single bathrooms for 200+ guests and on-​site staff is insufficient when you consider that most people are drinking beverages. The long lines to use the restrooms were often times over 10 people long and tended to cut the courtyard in half, causing guests to cut through the line to get to the buffet and bar. At times it was sort of like a restroom line at a rock concert. The properties large canopy and LP heaters kept us warm on this 50 degree night and shouldn’t dissuade venue-​seekers from scheduling an event on a cold evening at Dove Canyon.

Found this little gem when we were looking for a venue to have our daughters wedding. And it was everything and much much more! We had a rustic shabby chic wedding theme and the venue was perfect for our theme.
Gayle gets all the credit for this fabulous wedding that we had there last weekend. From the first time we met her we ended up picking this place BECAUSE of Gayle! Her personality and enthusiasm for this venue just shines. She is why we chose this place. And it is beautiful too!
The place is just amazing. It looks like a little fairytale land when you go inside the entry gate. From the the little cottage at the top of the stairs to the wishing well to the gazebo for the cake table and the waterfall and beautiful fountain when you walk in, also, the beautiful silk canopy with the chandelier that hangs in the middle. Everything is just so amazing.
We had both the wedding ceremony and reception here and it was so great to not have to park and then go somewhere else to have the reception. There was plenty of parking and the venue is just beautiful when the tables and all the decorations are up.
I love the part where my daughter was greeted by her dad up at the cottage. He knocked on the door and she came out. They stood at the top of the stairs and then came down the beautiful stairway and down the isle to the front to get married.
After the ceremony we all went to the cocktail hour where we enjoyed cocktails and apps as they set up the tables where the chairs for the wedding were. Gayle had everything running smooth as silk.
Then the reception took place and she brought my daughter and her new husband some apps and then later brought them their plate of food. That way they didn’t have to get up and get their food.
Someone during the night spilled red wine on her wedding dress and Gayle was right there in a heartbeat to clean it up. I never noticed that she had spilled anything on her dress because Gayle cleaned it up perfectly. Then my daughters husband got red wine spilled on him too and she was there again cleaning him up. They were so appreciative of her taking such great care of them.
Also, Jerry was a wonderful announcer and DJ. He played all the bride and grooms requested music. And has a wonderful speaking voice and made the event so classy.
I highly recommend this venue of you have a wedding coming up. It is a wonderful place and we had soooooo many people at the wedding saying what a beautiful place this was and they didn’t even realize it was here.

We had our daughter’s wedding last weekend at Dove Canyon Courtyard. Leading up to the event we had a number of questions for Gayle which she answered on a timely and comprehensive basis. Gayle paid attention to the large aspects of the event, as well as the minute details. There was a lot for her to keep track of. She is very competent and a pleasure to work with. Her staff did a great job as well. It was an amazing celebration. Gayle went above and beyond to help us.
I would highly recommend this venue and Gayle to anyone looking to hold an enchanted event at Dove Canyon Courtyard.

Had our wedding here last year and have been meaning to write a review ever since because I was so impressed with the service we received from Gail. She is the venue coordinator and made our day as special as I’d always dreamed. Every time I went to meet with her, people would always just show up and rudely demand her time like she came with the venue. It was strange. Nevertheless I never felt rushed or unimportant-​so meaningful to me as I now look back and remember how crazy I was in the days leading up to the wedding!
During the event itself my husband and I were so thrilled by the comments from our guests about the level of professionalism and attentiveness from the entire staff and things couldn’t have gone smoother.
I’ve referred so many coworkers, friends and family because of the level of support and professionalism we received at Dove Canyon.

Beautiful venue. Our wedding was June 6^th right after they take the canopy down, which I think really opens up the courtyard and gives it such a great vibe with the lights strung from above. I love that the venue is a blank canvas where one can create their dream wedding. If you are looking for a beautiful and affordable venue, the Dove Canyon Courtyard is an excellent option. Definitely recommend!

Let me start by saying that Gayle was an absolute joy to work with. My now husband and I initially had a really hard time planning our wedding. We weren’t sure whether or not to have one at all (we were thinking of eloping). Until we stumbled upon Dove Canyon Courtyard and Gayle. She was instantly warm and welcoming to us. Gayle took her time showing us around and discussing options. It didn’t take us long to decide that DCC is exactly where we wanted to get married. The venue itself is gorgeous and exactly what we didn’t know we were looking for. We picked a date (March 28, 2015) and Gayle helped us every step of the way. From suggesting caterers, setting up an appointment with DJ Jerry (the wedding DJ who is also AWESOME) and overall just keeping my head above water, which, for all of those brides out there who have been through planning a wedding, you know exactly how valuable a person like Gayle is to have in your corner. She was always quick to respond to a text, phone call or email – even if it was just to calm me down because I was so stressed out.
Like they say, picking the venue is the hardest part of wedding planning, but Gayle helped us put all of the smaller pieces together as well. We went with our friend’s food truck company the Lime Truck and Gayle was always available to help coordinate. After we hired them, she coordinated exclusively with them so I didn’t have to worry about it. She went over time lines with us, helped order ice, coordinate the liquor insurance and kept me on track with the planning process making sure everything was taken care of prior to the wedding. The week before the wedding aka crunch time, Gayle was more than accommodating.
Day of, Gayle helped set up our entire event. At this point, everything was entirely in her hands and I was completely comfortable with that fact. She helped us hire all of the bartenders and clean up crew. And she even helped spruce up my decorations since mine were rather sparse. She set up the centerpieces, table clothes, everything. She assured me that everything would be fine. And she was right – everything went off without a hitch. If something went wrong, I had no idea because the night was absolutely perfect! I couldn’t have planned a wedding that we wanted/​needed to (we all have budgets, right guys??) without her. Gayle always made sure we always had a beverage in hand and that my husband and I were taken care of. After all it was our night!
I would recommend Dove Canyon Courtyard for a wedding or any special event. The venue speaks for itself, but the real gem is Gayle and all of the hard work she puts into it!

I don’t understand the negative reviews on here. Our wedding was 11/​08/​2014 and everything regarding the Courtyard was wonderful. The only negatives to my wedding were some unruly guests on the groom’s side. The DJ was great and let’s you pick all of your music so any negative reviews on that should reflect on the couple. We chose to use the Courtyard’s bartender because Gayle advised us that it is preferred and I am glad that we did. He maybe should have cut off those unruly guests a little earlier, but I also assumed adults could take care of themselves.
We had a church ceremony around the corner at 2pm and had our guests go straight to the venue after for cocktail hour while we finished our photos. By 10pm I was ready to go home anyways, I don’t think that it is too early.
As for Gayle, she was nothing but helpful for us. She and my mom talked frequently and I could email her with any concerns and expect a response back that day. I have to wonder if the brides who didn’t get along with her were «bridezillas».
In response to the woman complaining her mariachis couldn’t play their horns, I would like to point out that this is bordering residential neighborhoods. There is almost nothing as obnoxious as mariachi music and if I lived there I would have been pissed to hear that all night too. The sound carries for days! (And my family is half Mexican so don’t even start with me)
All in all, our wedding was damn near perfect and I am so happy with our choice to have it at the Courtyard.

The venue itself is very beautiful! However my review is going to focus on the so called coordinator Gayle. We had booked our wedding in January and had our wedding here in December. Every time I would go to the venue with questions or just go to see the lay out of such things so we can visualize how everything is going to come together, Gayle was super busy. I totally understand that she may have had other events to coordinate, but when it came down to a few weeks approaching my wedding I had to email her several times to get a response to such things. She said that she can order the linen through signature party rental for us, it took her 3 times to finally respond as to whether or not she was going to take care of it. 3 weeks coming down to the wedding she said no horns for our mariachi band could be played, yet a month prior I went down to the venue and she said it would be ok, so I booked them. This venue has a noise variance from the city I guess. Had we have known that from the beginning we wouldn’t have chosen this venue. We hired our own DJ, as we heard their wedding DJ isn’t the best. I was concerned if the horns couldn’t be played then how about the music?
We had no bridal party and I specifically told her in an email the time we would arrive to start bringing all of our decorations, and drinks two days before the wedding. She called me asking where we were. I thought she apparently didn’t look at the email. Well it took several trips to bring our items, and she was rushing us out stating she had to be home at a specific time. Although we didn’t have a bridal party she could have asked us how we would like the ceremony to go. I had to inform her that info. (As far as where to stand, and if we had any questions/​concerns).
The day of my wedding, I arrived with the decorations not being fully set up. We had guest arriving, and Gayle appeared to be stressed out! It showed the entire night that she was irritated about something. She snapped at my bartender, and my mom. She was irritated with the kids at our wedding. It was very unprofessional of her to show that on our special day.
Gayle mentioned to one of our vendors how she wasn’t our coordinator and that she never sets up anything for people like this. In addition, she went on to say that they haven’t paid me my $ 500 for the night!
Again we had discussed a price for her workers and the day of the wedding, she said we owe them more $$. Her services weren’t not on the contract nor her workers. She stated that people usually tip her $ 500. Well I got news for you. We planned our entire wedding, and we had to pay thousands of dollars to rent this venue. As a couple if it’s not in the contract you shouldn’t feel pressured to tip someone a certain amount because that’s what they recommend. Also when you tip someone you usually don’t give them the money until the end. So for her to tell my vendor that we hadn’t paid her is rude.
I want to let future brides and grooms know make sure you get everything in writing! As things constantly changed with Gayle. I feel that the courtyard needs to hire another coordinator to assist her as she isn’t organized, and appears to be stressed out!
FYI at the last minute Gayle told us we must take all of the alcohol home! If you have no family/​friends to assist you taking it home, count on doing it yourself. My husband had to load all the alcohol in the car because her workers stated that they aren’t aloud to load alcohol. As my husband had to load the alcohol our guest had to assist. This was never discussed to us by Gayle. I’m glad we didn’t leave for a honeymoon that night.
Two days before the wedding Gayle called and texted me that she feels it would be best for me to get my hair/​makeup done at a hotel and not the venue. She stated that their will be too much going on, ya I bet because nothing was ready. In our contract it stated extra hours. As a coordinator if the wedding is going to start at a specific time. Everything should be ready to go.
We look back at our special day, and what stressed us out the most was her! Lesson learned to get everything in writing.

I feel as though there aren’t enough positive words in the English language to express how wonderful our wedding was and it was due in part for the beautiful courtyard and it’s amazing staff. Gayle is the hard-​working Coordinator for the courtyard who from our first phone call was the most wonderful woman caring and loving and willing to go above and beyond to make our day as special as it was in our minds, and she truly did just that. It was a fantasy, she managed to wrangle all of our guess that didn’t feel they needed to follow any sort of directions and all of our vendors that were coming from all of the place. We are young couple on a very tight budget and she was able to give us suggestions and hints to keep on the budget and always made sure to put our needs, wants and dreams first.
I have nothing but wonderful things to say about the courtyard. From the moment we stepped through the gate we knew that this was the perfect setting for our dream wedding but what really made it was the amazing staff and unlike most places the feeling that they really want to make your dreams come true.
Every single aspect about our wedding was perfect, the DJ worked tirelessly with us to create the perfect playlist that had me dancing all night and did a wonderful job of rallying people to the dance floor as well as setting the mood for the entire night. He too went above and beyond.
I could never repay all these wonderful people for all that they did for myself and my husband on this day so I will leave it at this, the courtyard is a wonderful place to get married, and thank you so much Gayle and all of your staff for all of your support and for making our dreams come true. If there’s anything we can ever do please let us know.
Thanks again for the most wonderful day of our lives, and please know that we noticed and appreciated all of your hard work down to the most small details and we thank you for that.

I have to agree with one of the reviewer’s comment about this venue’s terrible customer service. My maid of honor and I have been trying to schedule a walk through appointment with one of their coordinators, Priscilla, for the past month. We left multiple voice mails, e-​mails and finally when we did reach her (twice), she ensured that she would call back the next day, which she has failed to do both times. If a venue is unable to establish initial contact with its clients, I can only imagine how difficult it’ll be to plan an entire wedding with them throughout the year. I’m disappointed by their lack of communication and efforts to meet the minimum requirements for customer satisfaction. I guess I won’t be using or recommending this business anymore.

Terrible service to the guests. I went here this past weekend for a friend’s wedding and was one of the last people to leave. Gayle, the woman in charge, came out and asked if I could take a couple boxes that the bride’s family left behind (with important things like the bride’s veil, the wedding candle, toasting glasses, etc.) because they «had no place to store them and THEY WOULD BE THROWN AWAY if no one took them home.» I was visiting from out of state for the wedding, but did not want these precious keepsakes to be thrown away, so gave them to my parents to hold onto and contacted a bridesmaid to get them.
In the process of making sure all of this other stuff got back safely, I left a brand new shawl of mine behind. I tried calling the venue multiple times the following day (they had another wedding there, someone had to be there) and only got the answering machine. I explained my situation in a message and no one returned my calls. My mother went to check on the shawl for me at the venue and brought up the fact that I had to bring the bride’s items home and the woman told her that she never said things would get thrown away. REALLY? To add insult to injury, you’re going to call me a liar? Shame on you, Dove Canyon Courtyard!

this is a beautiful establishment. i was an assistant coordinator for a lovely couple who had their ceremony and reception here. the venues coordinator was wonderful to work with. they were very professional, super friendly and wonderfully helpful. there was definitely high expectations and many changes made even moments before the big event but everything ran smoothly.

We had our wedding here a couple months ago and were blown away by how beautiful everything turned out. We had looked at a couple venues in Southern Orange County that we loved but they all came with a price tag that we didn’t. DCC allows you to bring in outside vendors which allowed us to have our dream wedding without going over budget. Gayle was with us every step of the way on the day of the wedding and made our vision come to light. We got so many compliments on how beautiful the venue was and how amazing everything looked. We had the night of our lives and wouldn’t have changed a thing. Gayle was amazing in getting everything set up and prepped before the guests arrived and was readily available to help with anything that was needed. She was particularly outstanding during the rehearsal and had great suggestions on ways to set the ceremony and reception up. If you want to have a wedding your way and not break the bank, this place is perfect. Aside from the prices, it’s gorgeous! I would highly recommend it to any bride!

Dove Canyon Courtyard was a potential venue for my wedding reception. I went to a local bridal expo and was SOLD on having my wedding reception there. They made it sound so good! I was so excited.
When we went to tour the site? Not so excited.
We are expecting 200+ at our wedding and although the venue can accommodate the amount of guests. The venue is outside and they have a house type area where they put a dance floor, weird. When we were touring the site, the lady told us they would close the door to the house so it wouldn’t disturb the neighbors. You can only have your wedding until 10pm due to the location. OH and there is only 2 restrooms, a men’s and a women’s restroom. NOT ENOUGH for 200+ people just saying.
This venue is nice but not for us. If you were to have a ceremony and a reception for about 50 – 100 this is your place. If you have a vision and want to be able to control every aspect of your wedding, this is your place!

What an amazing place. From the hillside waterfall to the gazabo and the little house on the hill. They have thought of everything. Leslie is a great help to make each event a personal experience. I love this place.

Beautifully Magical. You must visit this venue at night. They have thousands of lights you will miss during the day. Besides the ambiance, the rates they charge are very reasonable. We were able to bring in our own catering and bar service. You will not find a better deal for an upscale wedding venue in Orange County.

Initially I was wary. The entrance IS in the corner of a strip mall, after all. If you tend to judge by appearances, get over it (I did!), cuz this place has photo ambience to spare. The camera doesn’t lie. We easily fit 150 people in here, with catering on site, a dj, dancing, and photo booth. They’ve covered so many photo pleasing items, you really can decorate as little or as much as you like and the pictures will come out great! We were glad to have a venue rep on site during the setup, event and takedown. She was extremely helpful. The place was very clean for us even though they had an event the night before. The only wrinkle was the rehearsal. We had to be out by 7 p.m. to avoid a surcharge. With some people coming a distance and some from work, that presented some challenges. Some tight timeframes for setup and stuff, but reasonable, really. So, the 4 stars. Otherwise a 5! Recommendation: if you are having a summer event, bring lots of ice water for the workers!

this is like a blind date… no, more like an online date*. you saw the pictures, thought he/​she was cute, started to talk on the phone and exchanged emails back and forth. then one day, you met him/​her in person, and all you could think was, «d*mn, is this the same person?»
people, pictures are deceiving!!!
people, put at least one REAL (meaning UGLY) picture on the profile/​website!!!
this place is rather small and too expensive for a wedding ceremony/​reception site, considering that it is located inside a shopping mall (
). at least the coordinator was willing to negotiate and help with other wedding related stuff.
* i have never done an online dating, so don’t let this deter you from doing it. just be prepare… don’t rely on pictures!!!