Cinnabar Hills Golf Club — Attraction in San Jose

We were supposed to have our wedding at Cinnabar in September, 2020, which of course had to be canceled due to COVID! So, we contacted Cinnabar to move it back a year to 2021 and they were extremely accommodating. Unfortunately, the wedding in 2021 got canceled due to the delta variant. So then we decided to cancel our wedding altogether and just make it a smaller anniversary celebration of our February 2020 wedding in India (which thankfully happened before COVID started). Cinnabar was extremely supportive throughout all these decision changes. Finally, our anniversary celebration took place last week (Feb, 2022) and it couldn't have gone better!! Bella and Christie were amazing! They made sure everything was set up the way we wanted it to be. For us, what made Cinnabar stand out from the other venues we visited were...

1. Beautiful location- the drive up to the golf course is sooo extremely scenic and of course the venue is really really pretty.

2. Beautiful reception hall- I mean the reception hall looks beautiful without any decorations, just as is! It is surrounded on two sides with glass doors and windows, which look out to the lush and undulating golf course!

3. Awesome food- the food at Cinnabar is awesome! They have a restaurant onsite for the golf course and we ate there when we went to the venue for the first time. So we knew right off the bat that their food would be good. They do require that the food be catered by them. But trust me, that's a great thing! Our guests were soo happy with the food. When we went for the tasting before our event, we were so happy with all the food that instead of choosing three appetizers from the four we tasted, we decided to keep all four. Same was true for the entrees. We tasted three and were supposed to choose two. Instead we kept all three!

4. Bella and Christie- awesome event coordinators. They made sure everything was seamless. We didn't have to worry about anything! They helped us choose the really beautiful linens, chargers and napkins. We had wanted blush table cloths with gold napkins. Bella suggested that we change to ivory napkins instead. That was a great choice, because the gold napkins wouldn't look good. Also, they were extremely helpful with our desserts, which were catered by an outside vendor. They made sure the desserts were kept in the fridge and brought them out at the right time to be served to the guests!

5. Bar- there's a bar in the reception hall and we chose to go for the pay by consumption option. So our guests got whatever it is that they wanted, which was great!

All in all, this wedding (rather anniversary) venue was just perfect! This is probably one of the best venues in the bay area as far as value for money...

I must say, while this location has its pleasant aspects, it simply isn’t a fitting choice for a wedding celebration when compared to stunning venues like Stanford Golf Course, with its breathtaking vistas, or Santa Clara University, featuring charming old Spanish architecture and exquisite botanical gardens. This venue, on the other hand, is merely surrounded by golf courses and offers a lackluster midsize private room overseen by someone who clearly lacks the necessary expertise.

It’s hard to believe this individual has any background in hospitality or formal training in the field. A properly trained professional would not overlook so many vital aspects of service and etiquette; they would take responsibility for their actions rather than shift the blame onto an 18-year-old manager-in-training, who understandably struggles with communication.

Given the rates they charge, I cannot in good conscience recommend this venue for any private event. It’s concerning to think that by the time your event date arrives, you may find yourself dealing with yet another inexperienced manager, as the current one seems to have a tendency to deflect accountability for her own shortcomings. For a truly memorable experience, I would advise exploring more...

Well we had such a poor experience here and luckily we were able to cancel our tee time through golf now a couple hours before. This was our final round of golf we had scheduled before heading back to LA and we got to the course earlier then expected. We checked into the pro shop and my wife then went back in to see if we could tee off any earlier. The guy in the shop said no and that they were pretty much fully booked the next couple hours. She even offered to pay the difference but they still said no since the tee time was prepaid.

So we say that's fine and I go to warm up, which is near the number one tee. I was there for about thirty - forty minutes and realized only about two groups teed off during that time. So I went on golf now to see if there were any times available and there were plenty of tee times before our tee time!! Out of frustration and not wanting to spend my money there due to poor customer service, we were luckily able to cancel our reservation with golf now and headed back to LA.

There's too many nicer golf courses to put up with this kind of service. I certainly will...