Ocean Crystal Chapel

I attended the wedding of my niece here at 3:30 in the afternoon, and what a stunning place to have the ceremony! In the middle of the Hilton Hawaiian Village, the chapel had several weddings the same day, so we weren't allowed in the chapel waiting room (which is downstairs) until exactly 30 minutes prior to the wedding. If this happens to you, there is at least one place nearby that you can sit and have a drink while you wait. We entered from the ground floor, and once inside during our scheduled time, we were told to go upstairs. I did notice an elevator for anyone with issues with climbing stairs (i.e. wearing 4 inch heels or climbed Diamond Head this morning and can't face another set of stairs). There are probably a few other rooms tucked away for the wedding party, as my niece was hidden away somewhere prior to the ceremony.This is a pretty small chapel, occupancy about 50 guests or so, but for a destination wedding, it really is beautiful. I did some snooping to find out that for that hour or so rental of the chapel the cost is $2,500, but that also includes a rehearsal time slot and a wedding coordinator. I do know that my niece booked this chapel in January or February for the November date.After the ceremony, the guests all lined the exit down the back stairs (probably because the next wedding party was on the ground floor waiting for their time). The wedding party all walked down the stairs and off we went to another location for the reception.

[If you want to watch a wedding video highlight of the Ocean Crystal Chapel go here www.vimeo.com/165262275 ]I got married at the Ocean Crystal Chapel last year - it was a destination wedding from Australia. For anyone who is planning a destination wedding and is choosing this venue purely from the pictures on the internet - don't be alarmed. This chapel is BETTER IN REAL LIFE!!! The day that my bridal part showed up for the wedding rehearsal (which is included in the price) everyone was literally "WOWED" by how beautiful the chapel was. So elegant, romantic, gorgeous, bright it makes your hear skip a beat looking at it. It was the perfect size for our small destination wedding of 50 people - because it's a small chapel it made the place look full with our guests. The chapel is air-conditioned, and there is a waiting room also air-conditioned for the bride and bridesmaids to wait in before the wedding. We didn't use extra flowers - I thought the flowers already included were fine.The wedding coordinator we dealt with was very professional and helpful, great service, good communication by email so absolutely no complaints there. I think we dealt with Stevie Lynne Kumia who I can personally recommend.If you have hesitations about the price - please please just spend the money and have it at the chapel. I initially looked at this place and thought it was too expensive, but my husband encouraged me to have our wedding at this beautiful chapel and I'm so glad we did because it was my dream wedding, all the guests to this day comment on this beautiful chapel and it made me the happiest bride for my dream Hawaiian wedding.

Best Bridal is very professional, and the Ocean Crystal Chapel is a gorgeous place to have a ceremony. They assign a wedding coordinator to you, who will start working with you almost immediately after you book the venue.Because my husband and I put together our own ceremony and even had a friend officiate for us, we were so glad to have Best Bridal help us through the process. They reviewed our final ceremony program and walked us through the rehearsal. The ceremony ran very smoothly.My only complaint is that we requested that they remove the cross from the chapel, and they forgot to do so for both the rehearsal and the ceremony.

I absolutely loved this chapel! When it came to or actual wedding, it was absolutely perfect. It was a nice small room which was nice and cool with an absolutely beautiful view. The chapel was made to fit 50 people, but they were extremely accommodating and somehow we were able to squeeze in nearly 120 people or so (which we never expected that many to show up). I have absolutely no complaints when it comes to this chapel and I would recommend this for a wedding over and over again. My wife and I loved saying our "I do's" here and the video went beautifully inside as well.