Marines' Memorial Club And Hotel - Union Square

he wonderful, thoughtful, gracious, and always-cheerful Lisa Jimenez. She is a treasure. Although the MMC is a military venue, we are not affiliated with the military and did not feel that the military ambiance was predominant (or even noticeable) during the reception. The MMC provides a variety of inclusive options for a wedding reception in various price ranges, and also provides facilities for a ceremony (though our daughter's ceremony was held at another SF location). Package fees include a Day-Of Coordinator, cocktail hour, dinner, entrance hall with grand piano and coat closet, attractive linens, lovely china, crystal and silverware, silver candelabras, comfortable chairs with linen covers and sashes (chiavari extra fee), tables, dance floor, risers, LED up-lights (reasonable fee), A/V system, place cards, attentive, professional and well coordinated food service staff, excellent bartenders, labor, tip, and a large, comfortable hotel suite for the couple (which includes king bed, three roomy closets, full length mirror, spa tube, mirrored dressing area with separate sink/counter area, city views, Wi-Fi, refrigerator, bar/sink area, coffee maker, wide screen TVs, couch and chairs, 2 counter height chairs, fresh fruit, after ceremony bottle of champagne, buffet breakfast). Block of rooms set aside for guests at reduced room rate. Lisa was always supportive, responsive to our questions, very communicative, and helpful. Day-Of Coordinator, MaryAnn Hatlan was fantastic: discrete, flexible and simultaneously attentive and low-key throughout the reception. MMC's Lisa and MaryAnn accommodated our talented family friend, Mike Rao, who played guitar during the cocktail hour, by providing a safe storage place for his equipment and a well-chosen place for him to set up. We ordered the "Nob Hill" 5-hour reception package with Platinum Bar Service and enjoyed an hour-long cocktail reception in the Regimental and Heritage Rooms before dinner, with an open bar and our choice of 5 delicious hors d'oeuvres served by attentive wait staff. Sit-down dinner included salad, two entrees (filet mignon and grilled salmon were excellent), wedding cake (serves 100 guests), coffee/tea, wine (white and red) and champagne, followed by 2 additional hours of open bar. DJ, Allison Peck of Hearts of Gold was fantastic; attractive wedding cake by Jill Branch of Branching Out Cakes was delicious; all floral arrangements by Carol Antracolli of An Added Touch were magnificent. Photographer Hannah Arista of Hannah Arista Photography (of L.A.) operated throughout the ceremony and reception in a discrete and personable fashion. Make-up and hair by the incomparable Toni Marion and Chris MacDonald of The Dream Team of Marin. Our guests really enjoyed themselves and we received so many compliments about everything. MMC was sensitive to the special culinary needs of guests, including providing gluten and dairy free meals, as well as vegan/vegetarian selections. (MMC provides vendors' meals, and also a children's meal at reduced per person costs.) MMC's champagne and wines were very good and its bar tenders excellent (hired 2). We expected the event would be well handled and beautiful but in every instance MMC's staff exceeded all of our expectations and has given us the most wonderful memories.

hemselves available to us all the time via email and also offered to set up as many phone calls when we needed. They were also flexible with us visiting when we traveled to San Fran to tour the venue and meet with our coordinators. Marryann and her team were so great to work with and talked to every detail as often and as in depth as I wanted to. The ballrooms are gorgeous and they were very flexible with our personal touches. They are the experts, and gently told us why they thought an idea wouldn't work as we thought and even offered modified suggestions. The restaurant was good to us as well and the staff helped us sit together for a brunch during our stay there. Our room was so pretty and they even left us a gift which was above and beyond. I would recommend a stay here at the very least, but go ahead and also plan your wedding there too!

and helped us plan the day of our dreams!

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d my husband is a US Marine). Everyone said the wedding was gorgeous--the staff made the event seamless. The long term planner, Jennifer Chin was OUTSTANDING. The only reason I gave them 4 stars and not 5 is because I had multiple issues with my DOC and I am an easygoing person, so this was a big surprise. Day of, she made others comfortable (I assume, as they loved the wedding), but she literally made me cry. Also, if either or both of you are active duty military, they give an excellent discount for non-Saturday weddings.

k with them and I had 120% confidence in the ability of their staff and service going into our our wedding day. I was blown away by the effortless nature that they made the setup, clean up and organization of the day appear. I would do our wedding all over at the Marine's Memorial Hotel in a heart beat! All of our guests commented on the hotel as well and how beautiful a venue it was. All in all our wedding could not have gone any better thanks to everyone at the hotel.

ok at the details. The main ballroom does not have a bathroom on that floor and people would have to go around this corner then downstairs. BUT around this corner is this memorial wall of passed on soldiers (which would have to be covered during the event) and that just felt depressing. Then the carpet was comming up from the floor in ripples, the room had an odd smell, the lights looked dusty and uncleaned, and the honeymoon suite had military stuff all around the entry way. It's nice if you remember it's a MEMORIAL place. It just felt like it brought the cheerful event down... oh and the lady who we met with kept trying to correct our english when we would talk. Annoying.

justice, you have to see the place in person. Both their ballrooms are beautiful and have different character that will suit your event.

turned out to be a fabulous reception. Forty years later, I found myself in the position as a widow engaged to a widower, preparing for another wedding. Having already had the best weddings, it was hard to choose the sites for this one. My fiancé and I finally agreed to select the best from each of our first marriages. For him, it was the church. For me, it was the MMC&H. I did not make a mistake. The service and attention that Cheryl, Tippi, MaryAnn and other staff gave were incredible. The attention to details and the responsibility they took in helping me plan made the entire process effortless. The evening of the event went as nicely as the planning. My guests are still raving about the beautiful and elegant reception provided. Many of my local, as well as my out of town guests, took advantage of the convenience of the hotel accommodations with complimentary happy hour and breakfast. Future brides, give yourself a wedding gift by having your reception at the Marines' Memorial Club and Hotel.

ace to all my friends. A lot of people we talked to said this was the best wedding they went to.

ave planned every portion of this wedding.... One Word... S-P-E-C-T-A-C-U-L-A-R!!!

came out overcooked and tasteless. Definitely did not appear as it did at the initial tasting.

y candles and twinkly lights on the foliage with great views of the City (we had an evening wedding). The hotel has a glitzy feeling of another era and has recently been given a bit of a facelift. We loved it!;The catering manager was very difficult to work with. My wedding planner had to intervene. The rest of the staff was amazing but we had problems with the manager that drove us crazy right up until the day before our wedding. It was pretty disapointing and certainly unexpected. We have heard the same from others about this venue. Nonetheless we loved our wedding day and everything worked out beautifully with the help from the rest of the staff and our planner.

uests who stay there do not get regular hotel accommodations (ie get v-mail instead of live person at desk). The ballroom looks more upscale than the outside of the building.

detail was missed. They had the timeline down and ensured all of our major events were covered.

imeless, lovely building and the service is excellent!!

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