Flora, San Diego CA

Great Venue for a wedding! Good space and flow of service. Love the large open space with High ceilings.

Excellent venue.great service.best Wedding Venue ever! The wedding coordinator, Amanda is amazing! The bartenders are amazing and really know their stuff! Definitely the best Long Island Ice Teas I've had in year! Better than the bartenders in Hawaii and Las Vegas!

Flora, the exquisite venue nestled in the heart of San Diego, CA, truly captivated my senses and left an indelible mark on my soul. From the moment I stepped foot into this enchanting space, I was whisked away on a journey of elegance, beauty, and unmatched allure.

The first thing that struck me about Flora was its unparalleled architectural grandeur. The venue's design seamlessly blends classic sophistication with modern flair, creating an atmosphere of pure magnificence. Every detail, from the intricate chandeliers that adorned the ceiling to the meticulously crafted floral arrangements, exuded an air of opulence that simply took my breath away.

But Flora is more than just a stunning visual spectacle; it is a place where dreams come true. The team behind this exceptional venue understands the importance of personalization and goes above and beyond to ensure that each event is a reflection of the host's unique vision. Their dedication to turning dreams into reality is evident in the flawless execution of every event I have attended.

The staff at Flora are true professionals who excel in their craft. From the moment I arrived, I was greeted with warmth and genuine hospitality. The event coordinators displayed an extraordinary level of expertise, meticulously attending to every detail to create a seamless experience for both hosts and guests alike. Their ability to anticipate needs, address concerns, and handle any unforeseen challenges with grace and poise is a testament to their exceptional skills.

The culinary delights served at Flora are nothing short of extraordinary. The talented chefs create gastronomic masterpieces that tantalize the taste buds and leave a lasting impression. From meticulously plated appetizers to the delectable main courses and divine desserts, every dish is a symphony of flavors that showcases the artistry and culinary prowess of the team.

One of the most enchanting aspects of Flora is its stunning outdoor garden. As I strolled through the lush greenery, surrounded by vibrant blooms and fragrant blossoms, I felt as though I had stepped into a fairytale. This picturesque setting provides a captivating backdrop for outdoor ceremonies, cocktail receptions, and al fresco dining experiences that are second to none.

The attention to detail at Flora is unparalleled. The team understands that it is the little things that create an extraordinary experience, and they leave no stone unturned in ensuring that every element is flawlessly executed. From the ambient lighting that bathes the venue in an ethereal glow to the thoughtfully curated music that sets the perfect mood, Flora truly goes above and beyond to create a magical ambiance.

In conclusion, Flora in San Diego, CA, is a venue that surpasses all expectations. Its unparalleled beauty, unwavering dedication to excellence, and remarkable attention to detail make it a true gem among event spaces. Whether you're planning a wedding, corporate event, or any special occasion that deserves to be celebrated in style, Flora is the place where dreams blossom into reality. I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone seeking an unforgettable experience that will be etched in their memories forever.

My husband and I had our wedding at Flora, and it was hands-down the best choice we made. We looked at many venues, and though Flora was pricier than many, they had so much included that pricing was reasonable when we ran numbers for additional services (lighting, amplification, rentals, etc.)

The venue offers the convenience of a downtown venue, but such a unique ambiance in the heart of the city. It truly met our desire for location, city accessibility, but also a dreamy, natural experience. We did not want a traditional hotel banquet hall, and Flora offered a venue unlike any wedding we’d attended before.

However, the most priceless part was the professionalism of the staff. Where other venues casually toured us, Katherine created an experience that we could picture for our wedding day. Based on her preparation and presentation, we knew there would be no details ignored or mistakes made on our wedding day, and they absolutely delivered. Every single staff member we worked with was flexible, professional, accommodating, and provided 5-star service to all of our guests. Our day ran 100% smoothly (and even if it didn’t, we never knew!). We had an open bar, which wasn’t cheap, but you absolutely get what you pay for with Flora. Our guests were very well cared for, and we received the quality we were looking for through the whole experience.

Special shout out to Jill, who seems like she was born to coordinate weddings. I have planned and executed many large events and it takes a true professional to convince me to trust control to someone else. Jill is that professional. She never let anything slip through the cracks, coordinated and communicated seamlessly with us from another state, and was always kind and accommodating with our needs. We were stress-free on the day of our wedding knowing that everything was in her hands.

If you’re considering Flora for your wedding, consider the cost of all the extras you pay elsewhere, as well as the peace of mind knowing your event will be executed to perfection. It was definitely worth the cost for us! Thank you for hosting our perfect wedding!

My husband and I held our wedding here and oh my gosh, best venue ever! We are based in L. A so we were nervous about not being local, but the staff, and especially our coordinator Amanda, made the planning process seamless. They answered all our questions and gave us amazing vendor and decor recommendations that we loved. I promise that you won’t regret booking with them!

My partner and I recently had our wedding at Flora. Flora is a hidden gem, tucked away in the middle of downtown historic San Diego. Flora’s owner, Katherine, did an amazing job of marrying historic with modern, urban with the outdoors. The entrance has a moody, speakeasy feel that leads to a bright, ethereal urban greenhouse, adorned with preserved moss, ferns, and mushroom accents and houses 150 live plants, including an indoor tree. The white wainscot walls and skylight are a perfect combination to reflect lightning comparable to overcast skies that photographers love. Our photos were breathtaking. The venue also has cute little details, such as a bookcase that pays homage to the building’s original 1922 owners and a fireplace. Flora also has an aviary-inspired bridal suite with gorgeous blue and white wallpaper that harmoniously brings out the brass bird cages and furniture, natural wood, and greens from the plants. The bathroom gets all the love. The bathroom is every Instagram influencer’s dream with a floral print that was blown up 500x, and where many of my guests, namely my bridesmaids, took bathroom mirror selfies. There are so many eye-catching details in this space, you really do not have to do too much when it comes to decorations. What sold me was the tech. Flora’s speaker system features zoning so that the music can be bumping on the dance floor while being low enough for guests sitting at tables to continue to have conversations. Flora also has their own lighting and the hues can be customized to complement an array of wedding colors and themes. Flora also has a built-in projector for video montages as well as displaying names of the bride and groom or company logos. What is super convenient about Flora is that they provide chairs, tables, bar coordination, security, as well as their own wedding coordinator.
The planning process was so easy with Flora’s team. We met with Katherine, the owner, about a year before our wedding date. We also had to move our wedding forward due to a medical reason and that was really easy to do as well. Jameson and Jill, the wedding coordinator took over 90 days out. We also finalized our bar choices with Erin, the bar manager, 90 days out and she was so great with the back and forth until me and my partner were able finally make a decision based on projected guest count and budget. Jill was the absolute sweetest person to work with. My partner and I are in school and were in the middle of exams during the latter part of wedding planning and Jill took over the correspondence and relieved a lot of the stress that can come from wedding planning, especially since I was kind of a DIY bride in some aspects. I even had some of the oddest requests fulfilled, like asking for plant cuttings from some of the plants at Flora and she coordinated with Jeff, the horticulturalist that takes care of the plants, and now we have a piece of Flora to remind us of our wedding day. Jill and Amanda did such a phenomenal job taking care of me and wedding party and my family and guests. There are so many things that happened during the wedding that we were unaware of until after the wedding once we got to spend some time with some of our guests, which goes to show the level of professionalism and hospitality that Flora’s team displays. For example, my dad’s girlfriend had an adverse reaction to something she ate because she has an immune disorder and Amanda took care of her and Jill checked in on her as well. Flora’s team truly goes above and beyond to take care of their couples and their guests. I actually loathed wedding planning so much, but Flora’s team made our big day so special, I’d do it over again in a heartbeat. Highly recommend Flora for any event!

I cannot rave enough about Flora. Long post incoming because there is just so many positive things to say. Flora is an incredibly beautiful venue, but the people who work here make it all the better.

My (now) husband and I had a very specific vision in mind for our wedding, and we only began planning less than a year out due to our circumstances drastically changing. From our first initial tours with Flora (with Katherine the owner), we were blown away with how much we were treated with kindness and respect. Flora not only listened to our vision, but told us it was possible with our timeline. We immediately knew Flora was the venue for us.

Leading up to the wedding, we also coordinated with Amanda on wedding details as well. Our day of coordinator was Jillian, who took over at the 90 day mark. Everyone on the Flora team is amazing at anticipating needs and helping you to plan an amazing wedding for you and your guests. Special thanks goes especially to Jillian, who truly handled so much leading up to our wedding and pulled off our vision the day of with grace. She was very kind to every one of our vendors and family that she met, and we wouldn't have been able to have the wedding day we wanted without her help. We really felt her dedication and care. We did not feel like "just another couple" ever in the process, as the Flora team really went all in on making our wedding day as special as it was to us.

From recommending vendors, to troubleshooting ideas, there's truly so much to say about this place. I will always be able to treasure the memories of my wedding day because of the team that works here. I cannot recommend them more highly, and when you do choose them, just know you will be in great hands no matter who you talk to.

Thank you again to everyone on the Flora team, from the bar staff, to the owners, to our day of coordinators and assistant. Because of you all, my husband and I were able to celebrate our love in a way that was authentic to us and have the wedding of our dreams. The compliments from our guests about how gorgeous the venue is is just a small fraction of the joy I got from my wedding day because of this team.

Thank you.

As a longtime wedding officiant, I love it when my couples introduce me to a venue that is new to me, especially when it makes me smile as much as my recent wedding at Flora did! The living wall, the skylights, the many live green plants, the mixture of mirrored and clean white walls, the bookcases and shelves, and the space flexible enough to hold the whole event (ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception) - all help transport you into this oasis in the middle of downtown, creating what felt like such an intimate experience for my couple and their guests. And the communication with Jill and the team ahead of time, along with their professionalism on the day of, allowed us all to feel taken care of. I greatly look forward to getting back to Flora for more weddings and suggest that you check it out for your wedding or event!

If you're on a journey to find the perfect wedding venue, you can stop your search right now. I can't say enough amazing things about Flora. We toured 14 different venues (I know, it was quite the experience), and Flora outshined them all.

Our first tour was with Katherine, the owner, and she was bubbly, personable and accommodating. She spent lots of time with us explaining various floor plans, showing us the different lighting options and the drop down projector for seating charts (you can change your seating chart at the last minute when inevitably a few guests get sick). She helped us understand their bar packages, and we loved how they source all of their alcohol from local breweries, wineries and distilleries. That said, they still were able to accommodate a bottle of Titos for my dad:)

Once we signed with Flora, they introduced us to Erin, the beverage manager, and Amanda, the event director. They were both SO thorough, hopping on the phone with us multiple times to make sure we understood everything and had what we needed. We live in Brooklyn, so this was all planned 3,000 miles away, and they made it feel easy.

Once we were 2 months out, we were introduced to Jillian, our day-of coordinator. GUYS - best decision we ever made to use her. She's positive, buttoned up, so so sweet. I didn't feel an OUNCE of stress on our wedding day. She made sure to coordinate with all of our vendors, and handled EVERYTHING. Our ceremony was a traditional Jewish service, and she had to roll with the punches a bit, but didn't skip a beat. Jillian was by far one of my favorite people to work with.

10 out of 10, would recommend Flora to anyone. Have fun planning your event with them!

POST-WEDDING BRIDE DETAILED HONEST REVIEW

Contract-wise: Flora has a very, very, very strict contract with absolutely no wiggle room. You have to put down 50% of the cost of venue (about $5000) to hold the space, another $1,000 security deposit, and 50% of the cost of the bar (~$2500) at the very beginning. Many things we thought wouldn't be a problem ended up being a huge nuisance. Additionally, it's best to use their recommended ‘in-house’ vendors because there are less requirements. Otherwise they'll make your vendors fill out a tedious ‘vendor approval packet’ and require insurance (even for drop offs). All of our outside vendors did not have a good experience communicating with Flora prior to the wedding.

Staff: (8/10) Generally friendly people but they were unprofessional at times, as nobody was on the same page when it came to things. Many people 'misspoke’ on items that the owner herself said would be okay. One example (out of many) was when I told my team that the video montage must be sent to the DJ since he’s wired up to the sound system, as per my conversation with Katherine, the owner. The Flora coordinator corrected me and said that’s not the case and we would need to send it to Flora. But on the actual wedding day, I was told by Flora staff that it needed to be sent to the DJ.

Venue: The venue itself is quite unique. You would never expect something like this in the middle of downtown San Diego. We did the ceremony and reception, but I recommend reception only because of how cramped it was. My bridal party could barely fit and the tree was blocking a couple of the girls. Ceremony + reception, will run you about 10k off the bat (for 6 hours only). And they mean 6 hours… they literally will have your guests waiting outside 30 minutes before arrival time. There's no reason for this as vendors stop setting up by 2: 30pm.

Bar: (6/10) Haha, actually theeeee worst, most painful part of the entire wedding process was figuring out this bar situation. If you're doing an open bar OR a dry wedding, you'll be fine. Cash bar will be your biggest nightmare. First, you will be required to pay up front $27~ per guest and you get refunded if your guest make that amount of money back. For a cash bar, they required us (again no wiggle room) to hire their 4 bar staff at which we paid a rate of $375 pp plus 20% industry fee and sales tax. That’s about $2,000~ to simply STAFF the CASH bar. If you're trying to save money on the bar this is not the place for you. The director of beverages was also very unpleasant throughout the entire process. Partly to blame by miscommunication with things we could/couldn’t have… and partly was just the attitude. I will say the owner Katherine helped us reconcile these issues and offered one or two accommodations to make up for it. (which we didn’t end up taking because it wasn’t even worth talking to the bar director ever again lol)

Post-wedding: A generic email was sent out asking me to fill out a review. Other than that none of the staff bothered to contact us post-wedding. Not even about our security refunds. Or taking accountability/explaining things that went wrong with my caterer (in which they were CC’d on those emails). It felt like it was because they were done draining us of our money. Luckily, we ended up getting all our deposits back in full a month later after they sent it to an outdated address.

Overall, I would rate my experience here a (6.5/10). I just wish the staff/business was more flexible and cared more about easing the bride and groom’s then just the rules. While I understand it’s to protect the company - it comes off as cold and not a fun time. Not how I wanted to remember the venue of one of the biggest milestones of my life but oh well. They treated us like just a money bag from beginning until the end. Do I think it’s worth $10k+ after all the headaches from their team? Sorry but probably not.

My experience working with Flora was fantastic! As an event industry professional, I look at a venue’s ability to put all the vendors in a position to succeed in order to deliver a positive client experience. Flora definitely checked this box with their clear & friendly communication style, and a well thought-out layout for the DJ (me). I’d definitely recommend couples consider this beautiful space for their big day!

Jill and the Flora Team are an absolute dream to work with - they have an extremely friendly demeanor, are very professional, and have a great sense of urgency and care, and ultimately provide beautiful end product. I'm really looking forward to working together again soon!

From the moment I saw the photos of Flora online, I knew it was going to be our wedding venue! I reached out to schedule a tour and spoke with Katherine and from the moment I set foot inside the venue it was a sealed deal! Not only is Flora a BEAUTIFUL venue, their team is just as fitting. Working with Flora was an absolute pleasure! I couldn’t have asked for a more friendly, prompt, professional, caring group of people to facilitate my dream wedding! Katherine, Jameson, Erin, and Jillian all deserve recognition for making the day perfect! Walking into Flora, guests really have no idea what to expect until they walk through the doors and see the beautiful greenery and unique picturesque venue. We received so many compliments on the venue and the staff. My wedding was everything I ever wanted and more because of the team at Flora! This venue is a show stopper; it has such an amazing ambiance and vibe. My wedding was perfect! Thanks, Flora Team!

Flora is a stunning venue and no detail goes untouched! The staff is very detail-oriented down to the lighting settings you want throughout your event to set the mood. As a planner working here for the first time they are very on top of it and so much fun to work with. I would love to work here again soon!

The bride and groom absolutely fell in love with the venue the moment they stepped inside! It just felt “right. ” Jill and her team made everything a breeze for the bride and groom on wedding day! The venue looked breathtaking and reflected the couple perfectly with the couple’s own touches and the venue’s timeless and modern taste. Thank you, Flora, for helping them host a truly unforgettable night of moments that they will treasure forever.

(This review is written by an eternally grateful maid of honor who spent the night enjoying dance and food, never once worried about wedding snafus).

Hosted a business mixer at Flora and everything went swimmingly well. Tons of compliments on the venue, the decorations, and the ambience Thank you to Kat in particular for making our experience perfect and handling everything during the event itself!

I coordinated a wedding here and everything went so smoothly! Working with their team was great! Everyone was knowledgeable, efficient and really easy to communicate with. Not to mention fun and sweet on top of everything else! The venue was clean and their decor and greenery was so dreamy. It really was the perfect wedding venue!

My band BIG LUCKY performed a wedding, our first time at Flora! We have worked dozens of venues and were very impressed with how fluid and organized the system is there. The staff is professional, helpful and most importantly - cheerful! Everyone there is committed to teamwork, which made it easier to do our job. I know the couple was thrilled. Thank you Jill and your staff!