Host a romantic ceremony in the outdoor garden-side gazebo of the University Golf Club, located in Vancouver, British Columbia. This unique venue offers ceremony, reception, banquet, and photography services. Enjoy beaches and parks that are situated in close proximity to the venue. Lovely trees, a pond with a stream, and enchanting and magical gardens enhance the beauty of this club.
Facilities and capacity
The 4,000-square-foot club is ideal for hosting both intimate and large gatherings. Each of the two brilliant banquet rooms features its own private patios and a built in dance floor. The 2,400-square-foot Salon can accommodate 100-200 guests for a seated dinner and 250 for a cocktail reception. The 1,600-square-foot Westpoint Room can entertain up to 50-90 guests for a sit-down meal and around 100 guests for a cocktail reception.
Services offered
With over 21 years of experience, the wonderful event coordinator will assist you in customizing your event to reflect your unique style and personalities. Complimentary wedding services include:
White table linen for all tables
Coordinating linen napkins (choice of 14 colour options)
Cutlery, dinnerware, and glassware
Skirted gift table, DJ table, guest book table, and cake table
2 Complimentary candles per table, use of a cake knife & toasting glasses
The venue partners with a list of preferred vendors for services such as:
Decorators
Photographers and Videographers
Florists
DJ's
Wedding Planners and Day of Coordinators
Accommodations
Cuisine
Couples can choose from sit-down, buffet, or cocktail reception packages offered by the club. The Executive Chef is happy to work with couples to customize a menu according to their preferred taste and style that includes mouth-watering appetizers, salads, desserts, entrees, taco bars, slider stations and more.
Other services
Apart from ceremonies and receptions, the club is also ideal for hosting other wedding-related events. Consider celebrating your engagement party and bridal shower here. For the golf lovers in the family have our Event Coordinator book some pre wedding golf with apres golf reservations in our Westward Ho! Public House and Grill room.
Location
The University Golf Club is centrally located just minutes from downtown Vancouver and is approximately 18 kilometres from Vancouver International Airport. It is near the sandy beaches at Locarno & Spanish Banks.
Big “thank you” to Joni and the staff at UGC! Our April 2018 wedding was absolutely perfect! We couldn't have chosen a better venue. All of the staff we dealt with were so helpful and friendly. We can't thank them enough for making our wedding such a memorable day!
Joni, the event coordinator at UGC, was so helpful, and she was so organized when we met with her a month and a half before our wedding. She answered every question that we emailed her, and she responded in a timely manner every time. Joni was very accommodating with any requests that we had. We appreciated this very much. She was an absolute pleasure to work with!
In regards to the venue itself:
- We loved the gazebo, and the beautiful path/walkway down to it, and the bridge. It was a very picturesque and romantic spot to get married. The red carpet was a nice touch as well.
- The Salons room made for a beautiful reception room.
- The whole venue was very well kept and maintained.
- The food and beverage menus were impressive and well priced. It was nice having many meal options to choose from, and the variety of dishes was excellent!
- The food was excellent! A lot of our guests commented on how good it was.
- It was really nice to attend their annual tasting event as well.
We can’t say enough good things about UGC, and we will be sure to recommend them to anyone and everyone. Thanks, again!
Sent on 28/08/2018
University Golf Club's reply:
Thanks so much for the review Sarah & Derek! University Golf Club appreciates that very much and are super glad you had a great time on your wedding day! We hope your 1st summer as a married couple has gone well and wish you all the best moving forward! It was great working with you to plan your special day! Take care, Joni, Event Coordinator, University Golf Club
Rebecca Liu
· Married on 14/07/2018
5.0
Quality of service:
5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0
Value:
5.0
Flexibility:
5.0
Professionalism:
5.0
Professional, Flexible and Great Value
We had a really short 3 months to plan our wedding for ~100 guests and because UGC has their venue availability posted right on their website, we didn't waste any time communicating only to find out the venue isn't available for our wedding date. Joni's professionalism, responsiveness and high level of organization skill made the coordination extremely stress free and efficient - we were in and out of her office in 45mins without even seeing the venue beforehand! Then the food - not only were they flexible changing up some of the items, EVERYONE commented on how great the food was and was impressed with the quality of everything that was served. The design and location of the ladies' locker room are semi-private, making it perfect for the grand entrance.
Value - UGC included just about every wedding necessity: sit down tables, stand up tables, tablecloths, flowers & candles for table decorations, sprinkles, microphones, red carpet, chairs for the outside gazebo area (and even a sofa set for the reception room!) so we really didn't need to coordinate with many other vendors. The outdoor ceremony area is amazing - the trellis and bridge leading up to the gazebo and the stream all around, made this the perfect venue we didn't know existed.
Joni and the entire staff (Patrick was our banquet captain) were attentive and made sure we had food (I think in just about every photo that I was in, I had food in my mouth/hand) and kept all our guests happily fed and in high spirits.
Looking back, I would've asked my day of wedding coordinator/friend to make sure the microphones were set up in both the reception room and the gazebo area and test out the sound system beforehand, the music at the gazebo area was a little quiet so we were a bit hesitant to start walking down the aisle not knowing if the processional music had started or not and have the drinks menu printed separately so guests can see what drinks' options they have easier. We probably should've also asked to have two bartenders instead because it was so hot.
Overall, we couldn't be happier and considered ourselves extremely lucky being able to have our wedding and cocktail reception here. Lots of thanks to Joni and the team at UGC!
Sent on 20/07/2018
University Golf Club's reply:
Rebecca and William! It was great working with you both and your enthusiasm for the fun day you planned for you and your guests paid off! It was a lovely wedding and I'm sure your guests will be commenting for years to come! Great idea to have outdoor games and our Chef was happy to make your requested food for your wedding day! All the best as you settle into married life! Cheers, Joni, Event Coordinator, University Golf Club
Novia Liu
· Married on 29/07/2017
5.0
Quality of service:
5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0
Value:
5.0
Flexibility:
5.0
Professionalism:
5.0
Once I engaged I began to look for the wedding venue for our big day; like most brides, I researched intensively before I made my final decision. University Golf Club offered more than we could expect for the budget we have, and our guests were so amazed in all aspects. The minimum cost, rental for ceremony site & banquet room are reasonable, the ceremony site is so beautiful, meals are delicious and comes with lots of variety, and staff are so responsive, professional and do their best to meet your needs. I was so happy that I chose University Golf Club for the most important of my life and I strongly recommend it to all brides & grooms-to-be!
Sent on 24/08/2017
University Golf Club's reply:
Thank you so much for the kind review Novia! It was a pleasure working with you and Greg and I am so happy you enjoyed your University Golf Club experience. I wish you all the best as you continue into your married life. Sincerely, Joni, Event Coordinator, University Golf Club.
Charlene Fung
· Married on 04/05/2019
5.0
Quality of service:
5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0
Value:
5.0
Flexibility:
5.0
Professionalism:
5.0
Great experience!
Joni accommodated all of our requests and was very quick in responding and updating our function plan for our wedding and everything was arranged how we wanted. Tom the banquet manager was amazing before, during and after the entire reception - and he was always around whenever we needed to ask him anything. The chef and his team made spectacular food, salmon was cooked to our liking (and we are picky!) and all of our friends and family loved the food! The venue is gorgeous on its own, but the staff made our night top notch! Thank you!!
Sent on 13/05/2019
University Golf Club's reply:
Charlene and John it was a pleasure having your family and friends at University Golf Club to celebrate in your nuptuals. We wish you all the best and are so pleased you have a great day! Joni, Event Coordinator, University Golf Club.
Gloria Mak
· Married on 18/08/2018
5.0
Quality of service:
5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0
Value:
5.0
Flexibility:
5.0
Professionalism:
5.0
Gorgeous venue, and fantastic team
Had our wedding at this venue and what an amazing place! Joni Martinson (Event Coordinator) and the rest of the UGC staff were an absolute delight to work with! Venue is stunning to say the least (we got married outside in the gardens, by the gazebo) and the food was beyond delicious! I had several wedding guests remark to us as to how delicious the food was! Hats off to everyone at UGC for making our wedding day that much more perfect!
Sent on 04/11/2018
University Golf Club's reply:
It was more than a pleasure working with you both on planning this special day! I am so glad everything worked out as it did and you had a perfect day! That's what we strive for at University Golf Club and couples like you make it easy! Best wishes to you both, Sincerely, Joni, Event Coordinator, University Golf Club
