So here's probably the most important thing we discovered on our hunt for a venue: holding your reception at a restaurant is an amazing budget-friendly option. Therefore we looked at a lot of restaurants in San Diego. The problem, however, is that most restaurants cannot host the ceremony AND the reception. But having your reception at a restaurant means you are almost guaranteed to have amazing food and a fun atmosphere.
Anyways, here is one of the first restaurants we checked out...and one that was a major contender:
Bleu Boheme in Kensington
The Bleu Boheme is extremely French countryside chic and extremely delicious. It is gorgeous on the inside, full of chalkboards and candlelight.
Pros:
Affordable (as long as you don't have it on a Saturday night)- It would have been a little over $5,000 to have it during the day on a Saturday.
Beautiful interior
Delicious French food
Great Kensington location
Chalkboard wall!! How great would this wall be to set up a photo booth in front of? Guests could write fun messages on the board for you and then take a picture for your guestbook.
Cons:
No outdoor area, which I suppose would have been fine since it would have to be during the day anyways in the middle of July, but I've always imagined an outdoor wedding since San Diego has the best warm summer nights. Which brings me to the next con...
Daytime wedding- along with the aforementioned, the amazing candles throughout the restaurant wouldn't be as romantic
No area for dancing or a DJ
No room for a ceremony
If we had gone with this venue, I took this picture for a French countryside-inspired table setting:
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While we were considerably leaning towards this venue...the cons just outweighed the pros and I felt like we were settling.
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