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Aliso Viejo Ranch
4.7 ★★★★★ 158 Google reviews · Garden wedding venue in Aliso Viejo, California
Clean, pay-per-hour wedding venue featuring a barn, gardens, patio, and rustic, barn-like buildings, plus rentals and event classes.
Plan your tour
- Capacity couples mention 125–125-guest events in reviews — ask the venue for their stated maximum
- Rain plan an indoor or covered backup for the ceremony comes up in reviews and the venue's own info — confirm it holds your full guest list, since this is the one thing you can't reschedule
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- Phone +1 949-425-2550
- Website avcity.org — most venues book tours right on their site
Hours
| Monday | 7:30 am–5:30 pm |
| Tuesday | 7:30 am–5:30 pm |
| Wednesday | 7:30 am–5:30 pm |
| Thursday | 7:30 am–5:30 pm |
| Friday | 7:30 am–2:30 pm |
| Saturday | 8 am–2:30 pm |
| Sunday | 9 am–2:30 pm |
The setting
“Jess, the coordinator at the farm for the wedding events, showed us around the farm including the corner of the farm where they grow vegetables next to a koi pond.”
“Jess, the coordinator at the farm for the wedding events, showed us around the farm including the corner of the farm where they grow vegetables next to a koi pond.”
“The venue used to be home to a blacksmith business and therefore there are cool wood structures and old historic machinery on the premise that give it a timely feel.”
Amenities couples mention
“Jess, the coordinator at the farm for the wedding events, showed us around the farm including the corner of the farm where they grow vegetables next to a koi pond.”
“Jess, the coordinator at the farm for the wedding events, showed us around the farm including the corner of the farm where they grow vegetables next to a koi pond.”
“You can also rent the inside of the barn, which was reassuring for us to have a backup in case it rained on the day of our wedding.”
“Not only was the team great with communication, but they already have all the tables and chairs (plus in house linen rental for the tables) which helped with one less vendors.”
What couples say again and again
“Some of the space was beautiful and was well maintained but there were also some spaces that seemed to be left untouched regardless of there being a planned wedding event.”
“The staff are professional and attentive, ensuring every detail of your special day is seamless.”
“Jess, the coordinator at the farm for the wedding events, showed us around the farm including the corner of the farm where they grow vegetables next to a koi pond.”
“The outdoor areas are my favorites, from the stringed lights to the multiple beautiful backdrops that create the perfect variation in images.”
“There's a catering kitchen, barn, lounges, courtyard, bathrooms, and plenty of parking around the venue.”
From the reviews
It’s a beautiful ranch particularly for wedding events. However, what’s misleading from the social media photos is that the whole area with the huge red barn, the white barn and whatnot doesn’t belong to the renewable farm.
Aliso Viejo Ranch is a beautiful wedding venue with details that make an outdoor wedding a complete dream come true. I am a wedding photographer and was lucky to photograph my couple in this venue.
This venue is absolutely beautiful. The rustic atmosphere, with historic buildings, is surrounded by lush green landscape, large trees, fruit, and nut orchards, and the most beautiful flowers. There's a catering kitchen, barn, lounges, courtyard, bathrooms, and plenty of parking around the venue.
The Barn at Aliso Viejo Ranch is a hidden gem in southern Orange County. Not only is this venue a newly renovated facility, it is a pay per hour venue, allowing you flexibility if you are a bride looking for a little extra savings.
Getting married at Aliso Viejo Ranch
Aliso Viejo Ranch comes up for weddings, going by their listing and couples’ reviews. Two things make the tour worth it. First, see the garden at the time of day and season you'd actually get married — a garden that glows at golden hour in June can look very different at noon in March, so ask what's in bloom for your date and walk the path your guests take from parking to ceremony to reception. Second, bring your real questions: the rain plan (where does the ceremony move, and does it hold everyone?), shade and bugs for a summer afternoon, the catering and bar policy, the music curfew, and exactly what's included — tables, chairs, setup, and teardown are where quotes quietly diverge. Popular garden dates book 12–18 months out, so if the tour feels right, ask what's open in your season before you leave.
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