Madonna Inn wedding venue in San Luis Obispo

Madonna Inn is at 100 Madonna Road, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405, just off Highway 101 at the south edge of town, below Cerro San Luis Obispo.

The Venetian Room and the Secret Garden each seat 250. Secret Garden ceremonies are priced for up to 300 guests. The Garden Room seats 150 and the Main Dance Floor takes a 160-guest ceremony. For very large events, the Alex Madonna Expo Center holds 1,000 seated or 2,600 standing.

There are two ceremony settings. The Secret Garden is an outdoor garden with canopy trees, a pond, stone paths and an arbor. The Main Dance Floor, beside the Gold Rush Steak House, has the inn's pink and gold decor, a stage and a spiral staircase.

A Secret Garden ceremony is $2,000, or $1,750 if your reception is also at the inn, and includes chairs for 200, set-up and take-down, one hour for the ceremony, an hour and a half of set-up time and one hour of rehearsal the day before. Each additional chair for 201 to 300 guests is $2. A Main Dance Floor ceremony is $1,250 with chairs for 160. Prices are before the inn's 22% service charge and sales tax, and the inn notes they can change without notice.

The inn publishes per-person reception packages. The Chic Reception Package, for meals before 2 pm, is $70 per person. The Deluxe Reception Package is $130 per person, or $140 with the Silver Service Buffet for 50 or more. Both include hors d'oeuvres, a champagne toast, a glass of house wine, wedding cake and linens, and waive the room rental for four hours. Prices are before the inn's 22% service charge and sales tax, and the inn notes they can change without notice.

The Venetian Room seats 250, with murals, iron entry gates, a water feature and a saloon-style bar. The Garden Room seats 150 under wood ceilings and chandeliers. The Round Room seats 60, the Gay 90s 70 and the Balcony 40. The Garden and Round Rooms can be combined for 200, and the Secret Garden seats 250 outdoors.

No. All food and drink must be bought from Madonna Inn. Wine corkage is $20 per bottle, and there is a $3.50 per person cake-cutting fee if you do not use the inn's bakery.

Yes. The inn has 110 guest rooms, each with its own theme, from pink suites to rock rooms, so guests can stay where the wedding happens.

Three banquet managers help plan the event, but the inn does not have an on-site wedding coordinator. It keeps a list of local coordinators, florists, DJs, photographers and officiants.

Yes. For the couple and up to 18 guests, Monday to Thursday only, the package is $3,000 and includes a one-hour ceremony on the Main Dance Floor or in the Secret Garden, a three-hour plated dinner in a private room, a champagne toast and a 10-inch custom cake. Prices are before the inn's 22% service charge and sales tax, and the inn notes they can change without notice.

A $500 security deposit is due when you sign the Facility Agreement, and it is applied to the final bill. All deposits are non-refundable. The final guest count and payment are due ten days before the event.

Some event spaces have ADA access, including the Balcony, the Gay 90s, the Main Dance Floor and the Expo Center. The inn has no elevator and many guest rooms require stairs, but it does have ADA-compliant rooms.

Yes. Use the inquiry form on this page. Share your date, estimated guest count and the space you prefer, and our editors will forward your inquiry to Madonna Inn's events team within one business day.

Use the inquiry form on this page. Share your date, estimated guest count and the space you prefer, and our editors will forward your inquiry to Madonna Inn's events team within one business day.