Dinner for 60?

[johnder]

So I am attending a conference at the end of October that is being held for 3 days at the Ritz @ Laguna. I am on the team trying to come up with places that can accommodate a group of 60 people for dinner. Right now most of the places we looked at are asking for a complete buy out for the night and in the 20-25k range.

While we do have a big budget, the 20-25k per dinner is a little too much. Does anyone have any thoughts or ideas on place for dinner in the 200-250 per head range?

Thanks in advance,

John

[hzrt8w]

So I am attending a conference at the end of October that is being held for 3 days at the Ritz @ Laguna. 

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How about the restaurants at the Ritz itself?

They have a very lovely beach-front restaurant at the end of the golf course, accessible via their guest carts. I haven't dined there but had seen their menu. Certainly within the $200-$250 pp range if dined as a small family. Do they want to charge you over 20-25K for your party?

[hzrt8w]

Some more thoughts:

Club 19: it's a small club house restaurant overlooking the golf course towards the Pacific Ocean. I think they are owned by St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort & Spa Hotel now.

The St Regis Monarch Beach Resort & Spa Hotel - Dana Point California

They do private parties.

Or Salt Creek Grille Restaurant?

Salt Creek Grille Restaurant

Or the lovely Mosaic Bar and Grille inside the Montage Resort (Laguna Beach), overlooking the Pacific Ocean from the bluff?

Montage Laguna Beach

And there is also Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort & Spa in Dana Point, overlooking the Dana Point Harbor.

Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort & Spa

Not enough? There are a few restaurants at Dana Point, such as:

Cannons Seafood Grill

or

Chart House

which are overlooking Dana Point Harbor from a cliff.

Or:

Wind & Sea Restaurant

or

Harbor Grill

or

Beachcomber

which are at the Dana Point Harbor.

[johnder]

Wow thanks Ah Leung! I will make some calls!

John

[hzrt8w]

How about the restaurants at the Ritz itself?

They have a very lovely beach-front restaurant at the end of the golf course, accessible via their guest carts.  I haven't dined there but had seen their menu.  Certainly within the $200-$250 pp range if dined as a small family. Do they want to charge you over 20-25K for your party?

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My wife thinks that this restaurant I was thinking of belongs to St. Regis Monarch Beach Hotel, not Ritz Carlton. I think she's right. Sorry.

From reading the following web page from the St. Regis Hotel:

http://www.stregismonarchbeach.com/index.c...rt&navGroupID=6

The description:

The Monarch Bay Club, our exclusive, private beach club, is available to registered resort guests, and offers California char-grilled meats and seafood, just steps from the ocean;

I think that's the one. It is lovely. I hope they will open it up for your party.

This would be my personal choice #1.

The second choice would be the one at Montage Resort at Laguna Beach.