The Woman's Club Event Center

My girlfriend was really happy with the turn out. The ceremony was beautiful and the banquet hall was the perfect size to fit her 100 guests perfectly. The dressing room was a plus, with its private restroom and closet space. Plus we all walked and got some beautiful photos at st. John

The Woman's Club of Orange was the perfect place for our wedding and reception. The venue itself was beautiful both inside and out, and Emily the coordinator for the venue was so great to work with. She was very flexible and helpful with every request we made of her.When the day of our wedding came, everything was in place as we had requested. What we really liked about this venue was we were able to bring in our own food and drinks (beer/wine, served by their bartender), which gave us a big cost savings over other venues. Everything went very smoothly and I can safely say that this was one of the best choices we could have made when it came to our wedding day.

Most of all this is a lovely non religiously affiliated venue for your wedding reception. You could even have your ceremony here, as well. Personally, since my fiancé and I met square dancing, as the bride (but not bridezilla!), I want to include some fun basic square dancing at our reception. That means a good sized quality dance floor, not just a little square of thrown up mini dance floor like at the Elks lodges. This fits the bill elegantly.

We had our reception here in June and everything was lovely. Emily is easy to work with, although a bit hard to communicate with because two of the three phone numbers associated with the Woman's Club are incorrect. If you want to get in contact with them, go to their website. Don't rely on the numbers listed on Google or Yelp. If you are an easy going bride and want a low maintenance venue that's affordable, look into the Woman's club.

I had my wedding here in August. It is a beautiful space with a lovely courtyard, however the service here isn't great and the people who run it are unprofessional. They told me I was not allowed to have champagne bottles on the dinner tables yet the service people who the Women's Club hired & recommended "forgot" to fill glasses during dinner for our toast so guests (including the bride & groom) were left toasting with water or beer. One of my guests even caught one of them eating the food before all guests had been served. They refused to cut the cake because they said they didn't have any plates so I, the bride, walked outside to get them from the buffet (?!?!) They stood around while my family and friends cleaned up afterwards and were rude to the other catering company and tried to take linens that didn't belong to them. The staff member who runs the events was rude to my mom and extremely unprofessional when asked for information after the event. For the money there are other venues. But if you do decide to have your event here, definitely don't use any of their "recommended" vendors or you'll be sorry. I gave it 2 stars for the space itself and the fact that they let you start setting up the night before, which made it convenient for us.

This is a beautiful place to get married, too bad they have an unprofessional management team. Fortunately, I put aside all their BS and had a lovely day at my wedding! And nice try on trying to keep all my deposit!

I would love to give 5 stars for the venue itself as it is STUNNING. The garden is beautiful and made the perfect backdrop for our event. We held a memorial service here for a funeral. While the event itself went relatively smooth, the reason for 1 star is due to the horrendous management of the venue by Emily. Getting her to answer our questions in the six weeks leading up to the event was like pulling teeth and made planning an already stressful event so much more stressful. She doesn't answer calls, texts, or emails. When you can get ahold of her, she's extremely curt, rude, and generally unpleasant. In dealing with planning significant life events like weddings and funerals, you'd expect someone with even the tiniest bit of customer service. You will not find that with Emily. She forgot the date of our event and the time, then said it was too late to get us ice anymore until we reminded her it was the following event. We paid cash in full and she had no record of it and tried to charge us again. She charged twice for the bartender. AC was off all day while we set up until we called her and begged her to come back and turn it on.. on an 80° day. No trash cans in sight and the bathrooms weren't stocked with paper towels or toilet paper until we asked. Bridal suite bathroom wasn't cleaned whatsoever. But the CHERRY ON TOP - we had the venue booked from 5-9 with an hour to clean up after so until 10. At 8:00, the security guard and bartender come find me to say that the bar is closing and everyone needs to leave. I called Emily to remind her that we had the venue booked until 9:00. This woman YELLED at me on the day of my brother's funeral - YELLED at me and argued incessantly that our event was 4-8 and I needed to end the party immediately. I tried to tell her how we confirmed 5-9, had it on the invitations, and hadn't even left the chapel service until 4:30 so why would we book at 4. I am in complete disbelief and utterly offended and disgusted that this woman has so little regard for her paying clients, especially considering the gravity of the event - knowing it is my brother's funeral - that she would choose to yell and argue with me. She completely ruined the night for me and my family on what was already one of the worst days of our life. I would like to recommend this venue to others as it is so beautiful but this woman does the venue a disservice with how horrendously unprofessional she is.

Last week was the first time I have ever either catered or been inside the women's club of Orange. I was totally impressed with the event center completely! It is a good size very pretty, clean, and the management. There is very easy to work with the biggest surprise was the kitchen! The kitchen is big, has refrigeration, and a great stove to work on!! Now, you are not allowed to cook there, but you can warm your food up there as long as there is no prep. They let you come in anytime after 9 o'clock in the morning and you can stay all the way to 11 o'clock in the evening and have everything out by 12 midnight. The parking is excellent. The location is great and it is fully air-conditioned! It was an absolute pleasure to cater my clients wedding on July 15. They were very very pleased themselves with the whole experience at the women's club. I strongly recommend this center and it is not expensive at all, which I was very very surprised at. Thank you again to the management and staff at the women's club. You made my catering company and Staff and all of my guest on July 15 very very happy! And I am so glad your staff enjoyed my food! I hope to be back soon! Chef Daniel Lyons!

I had my wedding here at the woman's club of orange. It worked out perfectly with the church being on the same block and turned out beautiful. I was so glad it didn't rain as the outdoor courtyard looked amazing with the lights and set up I did for the cocktail hour. Emily was extremely helpful and accommodated my schedule so I could come in on some days of to take a look and plan at the venue. I highly recommend this for a bride who is looking to DIY and bring in all her own stuff, you can make it really unique here!

I got married here last year. It is a beautiful and convenient venue. The management I would say is not organized or professional. My nephew got married here too and my sister warned me but I loved the venue so gave them a chance. The venue has a dressing room that my husband used to get ready. Nobody else was allowed in that room. After midnight when wedding was over we realized that he left his clothes in there along with the $800 watch I gave him as a wedding gift. When I called the manager the following morning she said there was church services going on so I would have to wait. So we waited and then went to check the room after church had ended. The room was empty and there was a new family setting up for wedding. My husband's clothes and watch were gone. I called the manager and asked if it could've been the security or one of the workers from the wedding. She said no as they have worked there for a long time. She then said maybe it was someone from the church. There was no solution on her part to further investigate. The head security does the last walk through to ensure we get our deposit back, so we found it curious that he would not have seen these valuables in the room. The other part was that they offered us to hire their staff to clean and serve etc., so we did. When my mom noticed some food was not out, she found one of the staff had hidden it away and nervously said they would bring it . They also were eating the food without ensuring there would enough for our guests. Getting my deposit back was also inconvenient with delays. I loved my wedding but feel that it was important giving any future bride a heads up on what to watch out for if they decide to use this venue. The history of the building, the twinkling lights outside and the large dance floor makes it a magical place.