Cecil Green Park House

6251 Cecil Green Park Road V6T1Z1 Vancouver (British Columbia) Map · Phone number

Cecil Green Park House is a Vancouver-based venue that specializes in hosting wedding celebrations and other special events. This heritage mansion boasts stunning views of the mountains and is set by the ocean. This property is ideal for outdoor garden ceremonies and receptions. The team behind Cecil Green has a list of preferred vendors for aspects like accomodation, catering, cakes, DJ services, florists and more.

Facilities and capacity

This venue's facilities include an exclusive and stunningly gorgeous private garden which can host a lovely ceremony, depending on the weather. A gorgeous covered terrace is available for the cocktail hour, ceremony or a full seated dinner of up to 180 seated guests. A reception can also occur in the house which fits up to 180 people and features a wonderful dance floor.

Services offered

Future newlyweds can choose from an extensive variety of services which include the following choices:

Ceremony/Reception (includes set up and clean up)
Bridal suite
Outside vendor referrals
Off-site exclusive catering provided by Scholar's Catering

Other facilities

In addition, they offer two more facilities for other types of functions:

The Library: This space once housed the former owner's large collection of law books and has a tiled Art Deco fireplace. This room is perfect for private meetings.
The Boardroom: What was once the billiard room is now a great meeting space or conference area that can seat up to 20 people.

History

This house was once owned by Edward Davis, a well-known Canadian Pacific Railway lawyer. Built in 1912, its name used to be Kanakla which is West Coast native word that means "house on the cliff". The house was donated to the University of British Columbia by the last owners, Dr. and Mrs. Cecil Green.

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22 Reviews for Cecil Green Park House

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4.1 out of 5.0

Quality of service 4.2
Professionalism 4.4
Flexibility 3.8
Value 4.0
Response time 4.3

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Vanessa Xavier Lau · Married on 23 of September of 2018

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Great Experience

We had such a great experience with the staff from start to finish. Everything went smoothly and we really can't think of anything to complain about! Beautiful venue and very helpful people. Food is great and atmosphere is great!
Sent on 22/08/2019
Sepp Sonntag · Married on 10 of August of 2018

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Look at the fine prints

We loved this venue in first sight. It looked exactly what we were looking for. We booked a date right away
Little did we know about the hidden fees associated with their exclusive caterer: scholar catering.
We asked for a meeting for about four months to go over the day and good options. They add a lot of labor services on top of food charges and other dependencies that we’re very unclear until the very end. Their food is below average and due to the lack of communication, terrible service and hidden fees we decided to cancel this venue last minute.
Sent on 11/09/2018

Cecil Green Park House's reply:
Hi Sepp,

We are sorry that you felt this way and we did work with you to get the resolution that you wanted. I want to take a moment to address the fees from Scholars', this can be for you or for anyone reading this post. Scholars catering, like almost all caterers charge fees for labour, rentals, food and beverage and gratuities. Labour can include the service staff, chefs, bartenders and supervisors. Scholars charges a flat fee of $10 per person for all rentals, this is just a cost recovery model once you factor in all the glasswear, tablewear, linens, and equipment needed to service large scale events. Food and Beverage is based off consumption and menu choices. Gratuities are at 17%.

All of these fees are industry standard for special event venues and catering companies. We include them in sample quotes in our sales package.

Restaurants and hotels are different, you are not charged for staffing or equipment as the business model has them running 5 - 7 days a week, with multiple users. What does happen in the cases of weddings or special events, is that a restaurant or hotel will impose a minimum spend or buyout fee. Almost always this fee is to cover the labour and equipment needed to successfully execute a wedding or event.

Scholars Catering is the caterer for UBC, we have union staff, that are paid a living wage with benefits we are proud of this.

We do wish you both the best, and hope have an amazing wedding

Sincerely
Nicole Caron
Operations Manager Cecil Green Park House
Alex Field · Married on 02 of June of 2018

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Beautiful location and great service

Obviously the venue looks great -- it's a very beautiful setting. We found that the staff were really friendly and did a great job on the day of. It really helped to have a co-ordinator to deal with our other vendors, we didn't have any stress at all on the day of.
Sent on 26/06/2018
Mae Boudreau · Married on 20 of January of 2018

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Winter Wonderland Venue

Thank you so much for making our wedding a delightful day to remember! We enjoyed the venue so much and our guests loved the scenery. We loved getting to know you as the coordinators and we thank you so much for helping us plan our wedding for catering and visiting the venue as much as we can. The couple's tasting is a wonderful idea and I would definitely recommend this as much as possible to couples. A great way to taste our future catering needs for the reception. Thanks again for the communication back and forth and making our day sweet! Cheers!
Sent on 03/02/2018
Cindy Chen · Married on 28 of May of 2017

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This venue is gorgeous, perfect for a spring floral wedding. There are separate rooms that you can dedicate to dinner, dancing, greeting guests, bridal dressing area etc. The staff is also very knowledgeable and friendly, though my coordinator was on vacation on my wedding day and only the student coordinator and proctor were there. I would recommend this venue for small weddings, because the dining room was quite cramped and there wasn't much room for people to walk around.
Sent on 18/07/2017

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