About Pala Mesa Resort
Pala Mesa Resort is a gorgeous location with stunning views, perfect for weddings and special events. The resort features spacious rooms that are updated, clean, and beautiful, providing a comfortable stay for guests. With a variety of activities, including a golf course, the resort offers something for everyone. Guests feel safe on the property, with security guards available to assist. The resort is walkable, with easy access to the clubhouse. The breakfast is highly rated, and the food overall has received excellent reviews. Pala Mesa Resort is known for its exceptional service, with staff going above and beyond to meet guests' needs. The venue boasts beautiful backdrops for photos, including an opulent pergola and stunning waterfalls. The staff is responsive and supportive, ensuring events run smoothly and fulfill guests' visions.
My husband and I got married here and it was absolutely beautiful. The venue is gorgeous and looks just like the photos. There are plenty of beautiful backdrops for taking photos. We had our ceremony in the garden pavilion and it was absolutely magical. The food and service was excellent, and the whole event ran extremely smoothly. Our on-site coordinator Traillan was extremely lovely to work with. She was very responsive to any questions we had as well as accommodating to any requests we wanted. I highly recommend this location for a wedding!!
If you're considering Pala Mesa for your wedding venue... DO IT. My husband and I just got married this past weekend and it was absolutely perfect. I can't think of a better word. The grounds are beautiful and well kept, the scenery is unbeatable. With the opulent pergola at the ceremony site, 2 massive waterfalls as backdrops, reception space was stunning with chandeliers and beautiful uplighting. Tons of locations for beautiful pictures. I could go on forever. We had guests coming up to us telling us how beautiful the venue was and how blown away they were. They said they can absolutely see why we would choose this place. Staff was phenomenal. We couldn't have asked for a better team of people to help make our day flawless. Autumn was our venue coordinator, she was so excellent communicating with us on every question we had. Immediate replies, so kind and so supportive. She had an answer for every question and solution for any "problem" we ran into. She went above and beyond to make it the wedding of our dreams. I really can't even describe how wonderful and stress free she made the experience of planning. Something that really stood out to us was that we really wanted an opulent charcuterie grazing table for cocktail hour. And when I tell you they smashed it out of the park I mean it. This thing was incredible. They went out of their way to hire a whole separate team to make it for us and make the vision come to life. It was MASSIVE. Even bigger than we thought it was going to be which completely blew us away and showed just how much it mattered to them that our vision came true. Traillan was the catering manager in charge of food and WOW. She also was so amazing. She again was so communicative and made sure everything was perfect for us. She was so kind and attentive and on top of it all. We again had MULTIPLE guests come up to us all night and say that this was the best food they've ever eaten at a wedding, and same for our rehearsal dinner. Mae was also incredible, 90% of our guests were out of town. We needed some of the older guests to be closer to the ceremony site in handicap accessible rooms and she made it happen no problem. We had to switch a few names around, add rooms, take away rooms and she took it all in stride. It was so helpful and meant so much that she went out of her way to make our guests comfortable. We also had all our guests comment on how nice the rooms were. Updated, clean, and beautiful. They also had a Bridal suite to use to get ready that was incredible, tons of space, makeup and hair vanities, floor length mirrors, refrigerator for champagne and food, bathroom. It was everything you could ever need. The whole wedding went off without a hitch. I ran into both Traillan and Autumn the day of and they were so kind and so happy for us. We constantly saw them putting in work behind the scenes helping our coordinator. Which showed just how much they cared and effort they put into each wedding. All in all this was the best wedding and wedding planning experience we could have ever dreamed of. I don't think we could have done it if not for the help, attentiveness and attention to detail of the whole staff.
Stayed here very recently and this review is just for the resort/hotel/food as I did not golf though my 19 year old son did play 18 holes during a charity tournament and thought the course was just ok. The resort is older and has more of a camping/cabin/outdoorsy feel to it but our room was nicely remodeled and very modern. However, the slider door to the outside patio was not working correctly, the lock was broken and the fixed part of the slider window had a large gap in it that let in wind and bugs. There were also lots of ants. If you leave any food out, you will attract the ants in short order. No bueno! Also, the pool was shut down. The bed was very nice, as was the shower/bathroom. Everything was clean. Nice big TV and large mini-fridge. Fancy coffee-maker. No room service, you have to go pick up your food. The on-site restaurant has good food, though it's a bit expensive. On site snack shack also was good for breakfast. Staff was friendly/helpful, no problems there. They allow dogs but charge a $75 extra fee for that. Plenty of parking.