The Turnip Rose

Grand Newport Plaza

(949) 645-4050

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Overview

Grand Newport Plaza, offers you and your guests the warmth of old-world Spain coupled with the elegance of Turnip Rose. If an outdoor wedding is your fancy, then the dramatic double stairway in front of the bell tower is the number one choice. As a special touch, nestled inside the ballroom are a beautiful bridal suite and handsome Tommy Bahama style groom's lounge.

 The indoor ballroom at the Grand Newport Plaza is truly a work of art. The elegant marble foyer opens to a beautiful room accented with rich floral and tapestry prints. The lighting is warm and inviting as is the large dancefloor set in the center of the room. There are even twinkle lights on the ceiling to help set the romantic mood. You can choose to dine "cocktail style" with unique food stations set in the room and adjacent Margarita Courtyard. Or if a more traditional menu is your wish, then why not select our elegant silver-dome Served Meal, complete with white glove Maitre'd service. Whichever you choose, our award winning cuisine will be sure to please both your palate and eyes.

 

What Type Of Bridal Couple Would Like This Place?

This place will appeal to any couple with great taste!  If you like things simple and easy, want an exceptional venue for your wedding, this is one of the best in Southern California.   Of all the food we've tasted at all the venues we've visited, The Turnip Rose consistently ranks among the very best.  The venue is very clean, very modern without looking trendy.  The staff is amazingly friendly and work their butts off making sure they everybody is having a great time.   The service is exceptional, and ranks among the best white glove service that we've seen at places like The Ritz Carlton.  This place isn't a low budget venue, yet they seriously earn their money.

Photographic Potential

Their is nearly an unlimited potential for great photography at The Turnip Rose.  The grounds are gorgeous, the room is gorgeous, even the staff is gorgeous!   We've been here many times and we always find a new spot or two that we hadn't noticed in the previous visits for near photos.  The cover of the 2008 and 2009 price list was taken in a room at the Turnip Rose.

Possible Distractions/ Work Around

There are a very, very few distractions that the Turnip Rose has.  The only one that is of significance to us is that the ceremony site in the outside courtyard is a little tight.  We've figured out how to work around this issue and it can be no big deal with a little work.

Overall Evaluation

I wish I could send about two dozen event coordinators from other venues around Southern California to The Turnip Rose so that they can learn how to do things right.  Objectively, this is simply a large room in an office complex on the outskirts of Newport Beach which ironically is nowhere near the water.  Taking these things into account it has the potential to be just a very average venue.  However, it's exceptional!  There are a lot of things going in its favor.  The facility manager for the Newport Plaza has been doing a good job keeping the property in great shape.  Of course, the Turnip Rose has been reinvesting into their facility, and we've notice the improvements year after year for the past seven or eight years we've been working at this site.

We give the Turnip Rose two thumbs up!