Ruby Hill Golf Club

I have been a member at this club for nearly 10 years. When the club sold to the new owners they had a focus group — our biggest complaint was how bad the food is. Unfortunately, with the new owner’s the food is even worse. Multiple complaints — no change! For as much as we pay for dues and quarterly fees, you think we would get higher quality product. Seriously considering cancelling my membership. Strongly suggest people think twice before becoming members.
What is so very unfortunate that it is a such a lovely club and could have so much potential. Just needs to get into the right ownership/​management.

Writing this as a wedding guest. Amazing venue, classic romantic look with modern amenities. They have an upstairs area and a grand staircase down to the reception area. Although the outdoor garden area wasn’t used for the wedding I attended, a stroll outside revealed a beautiful garden and outdoor use area with benches, tables and fireplaces.

The venue is beautiful, my planning coordinator, Danielle Seuis was amazing and the other coordinators I briefly worked with Juliet and Melissa were all so very kind and helpful!
Overall, our big day went almost perfect. Everything from the linens, flowers and various arrangements we wanted set-​up were all done perfectly. Danielle was there every step of the way to ensure things were going well. Whenever we needed anything, we were able to find Danielle and she took care of it.
Our ceremony was outside on the patio. It was a pretty hot day, but they had water outside for the guests as they walked up the pathway (along with fans we provided). Our ceremony was quick and guests were directed to the bar area.
I’m truly sad to have to even write anything negative, but unfortunately, we had some bad experiences. I’ll start with the food. We had chose a duet meal — chicken and mahi mahi. At the food tasting the food was moist and everything tasted great. The food we received at the wedding was so dry I literally took 2 bites and didn’t eat the rest. The bread and butter was my dinner. After the wedding, I had so many guests tell me their food came out the same way. To be honest, I was pretty embarrassed as these were the same people I bragged about how good the food would be. Both the fish and chicken were extremely dry and the overall consensus was that the salad and bread was awesome. We got late night snacks — hot dogs, sliders and fries which actually came out delicious! It was a total hit and everyone loved it.
The most upsetting and unfortunate of all is how terrible the two bar tenders were. I wish I remembered their names to share. From the beginning of the cocktail hour, I could hear glasses breaking non-​stop from outside while taking pictures. My first thought was that it was guests dropping glasses and getting worried. Unfortunately, it was the bar tenders slamming glasses and slamming the tray of glasses so hard that they were breaking. Both were extremely rude and unprofessional to our guests from the very start. They were taking double money from guests after the hosted bar was over, they told my guests «I can’t wait until this Fu**ing party is over!» «my boss is riding my ass», cussing at our guests and the lists goes on. When one of my bridesmaids went to report it to Danielle and the boss went to have a talk with them, the bar tender later asked my bridesmaid «so you’re the one who got me in trouble?». We had the hosted bar for 2 hours and did a third hour as a tally. The most terrible decision we made. We ended up with a tally total of over $ 3K for ONE hour. If you do the math correctly, something doesn’t add up. There’s only 2 bartenders, roughly 180 adults (whom many don’t drink or was done drinking by then), and each person has to be present to get their own drink… I was appalled. RH only took off $ 200.00 and supposedly the bar tenders got suspended (I’m still in shock).
With that said, I’d likely refer folks to Ruby Hill because it truly is a beautiful venue, the coordinators are awesome, but to be cautious of those things. I’d hate for that to happen to someone else.

Ruby Hill Golf Club is such a romantic and fantastic venue! I fell in love with the staircase that leads down to the reception room. The staffs were just amazing — Melisa and Juliet were so great to work with and they made my big day looked just like the way I pictured it. Food was yummy and in good portions. Definitely recommend!

Ruby Hill Golf Club was a last minute venue we visited and so glad we did. Danielle, Juliet, and Melisa did a phenomenal job keeping me calm and on track, answering questions, making suggestions, and running the show on our wedding day.
Day of wedding the venue was perfection! The summer evening arbor ceremony was like a dream and the ballroom was stunning! The bar was in a adjacent super classy tent and there was a separate room for my photo booth and slow motion video booth.
The hors d’oeuvres, dinner, and late night snack was way better than «wedding» food — you know what I mean! Our guests to this day comment on how great the food was, how beautiful the venue was and how much fun they had.

This was a gorgeous venue for a wedding. They had a lovely area outside for the ceremony and a great indoors area for the reception. The food was delicious, albeit a bit heavy. Loved the fish and the beef, by the latter was fatty and heavy. The bread was also especially good. My only complaint is that there are no signs to guide you to the clubhouse once you’re inside. I wasn’t sure whether I’d missed a turn or needed to keep going. A few permanent signs would have helped.

Beautiful venue. My best friend’s wedding was here on 7÷3÷2015. Everything was very nice! Would recommend

Fantastic golf course. Everything was superior (food, club house, staff). I understand why my host became a member.

Beautiful course challenging holes… Make sure you bring sunscreen for the warm days! The staff is always so helpful whenever I come down here and I get lost or have questions.

Came here to attend a wedding and what a beautiful venue! Upstairs was the ceremony and downstairs was the full reception area. Awesome utilization of space, as there are plenty of areas to host the groups of people! From cocktail hour to dinner time to reception/​dance time, there was lots of space to do it all!
Not to mention the grounds are just beautiful. The staff was very helpful and from a guest perspective, it was all wonderfully executed. Seems like lots of creativity and room for possibility!

What more can you say about the beautiful beauty place. Everything is on point. Food-​view-​location– service. 5 star classy

Attended a company halloween party in 2011. The reception space was huge and classy. Staff was pleasant and nice. Didn’t spend too much time on the outside part of the venue, but the setting was gorgeous ideally for weddings.

Simply the Best! Golf, Food, Swim, Tennis and Events — no place like it in 50 miles

We had our wedding here August 2014. We are very happy with our venue choice. It is on the pricey side, but is a beautiful venue and many of our guests commented on how beautiful the venue was. It is so nice to have a beautiful outdoor ceremony and then to have a gorgeous reception in the same location.
Juliet Dorn was our wedding coordinator throughout the process and on our wedding day. Juliet was wonderful. She has been very responsive throughout the process. She has been so positive, professional, and pleasant since the first time we interacted with her for our tour of the facilities. We instantly loved her and wanted her to be the wedding coordinator for our wedding. She was awesome! Even in stressful moments she remained calm and positive and was perfect in every way. Juliet is wonderful and we are so glad that she was our wedding coordinator. Thank you Juliet!
Love,
Shirin & Justin

Very impressed with their staff and facilities. I recommend this location for anyone planning a small to large wedding.

We have lived and been members at Ruby Hill since 2007. The management and the staff at the Club go out of their way to make it a great experience for families and kids (and there are a lot of them). The golf course is a great course to play on a regular basis and is always in terrific shape (despite drought conditions in CA). Nigel (golf pro) and his staff do a terrific job of making members feel like they are getting a first class experience and treat kids and guests the same way (which is pretty unique in our experience). A pretty unique place to live and be a member of a golf/​tennis/​swim/​bocce club in the Bay Area. Highly recommend.

We recently attended a friend’s wedding here, and it was fantastic.
The setting is gorgeous, I loved the different areas to have drinks and apps, (patio, outside, inside.)
The weather was pretty perfect the day we were there, and the seating for the ceremony was lovely and comfortable. as well.
Every staff member i spoke with was pleasant and nice.
Each part of the evening seamlessly flowed: from cockatils and apps, to dinner, speeches, cake, and dancing.
The cocktails were better than some i’ve paid quite a bit for. The food was also fairlt good, for wedding food.
I also appreciated that the bathrooms were kept clean all evening.
The dance floor was big enough to accomodate those of us that danced all night (i.e. my hubby and I.) I liked that the DJ was totally unobtrusive. He played music, but didn’t do that smarmy schmoozy thing alot of wedding DJ’s do.
While this place is not an area I go to, and I’m already married, if you’re in the market for a venue, this should be on your list.

*** Long overdue review
We got married here about 2 years ago and it was one of the roughest process but we are very glad that we did.
Cons:
Our event coordinator changed 2 times before Melissa took over. This meant that once we were quoted a price, we had to repeat it to the next coordinator and they would have to confirm it which took a while. Emails were not responded to in a timely manner. On the day of our wedding it was a little unorganized as we had to move to different rooms for our Chinese tea ceremony because they did not know where to have it. Shouldn’t it have been planned out?
Pros: the venue is beautiful. It has a fairytale feel when you and your bride/​groom walk down the stairs at the beginning of the reception. There was a lot of open space. The golf course in the background was a plus. Though we were given the option of having our ceremony outdoors, we decided to have it indoors due to the possibility of rain. The food was great (even though we didn’t have time to eat it until the wedding was over).
In conclusion, I would recommend this place. At the time we had our wedding, there were many problems, but it was just bad timing. I am sure Melissa is settled in and running things smoothly now.

Words can’t explain how amazing our wedding was at Ruby Hills. Alfredo and I lived a dream wedding.
It was flawless. Melisa Johnson is AMAZING. Everything was stress free, décor was to perfection, and all our wedding vendors worked their butts off to make this day PERFECT. I have NO doubt in my mind that this venue was the perfect fit for us! We decided to set our ceremony up a little different than the norm, and it was beautiful. The reception room was so beautifully elegant, romantic, and everything I could have imagined.
Thank you so much for making our wedding day phenomenal, it was a dream come true!
Alfredo & Celina Flotte

3.75 stars
I had my wedding here in March so it’s time to write a comprehensive review.
THE UGLY
1) they have a preferred cake vendor. I knew this in advance and thought no big deal… boy was I WRONG! we had so much drama around the cake. we loved our Katrina Rozelle tasting but the cake we liked… not overly complicated btw, would have cost us $ 1600+ after tax ad service charge (since the cake is paid for through the venue). For 120 guests, that was just too much. We had a bad experience at Primrose bc the owners were arguing in front of us and our cake had hair in it! So one expensive bakery and one that we wouldn’t even consider, left us between a rock and a hard place! The cake cutting fee for outside vendors is 2.50 per person plus tax and service so $ 3.26/person!!! ours got lowered bc of our experience but I still hated the cake cutting fee charge given our situation.
2) communication at times was poor. We started with the old director Bernie and weren’t informed that Melisa took over. some things that were promised by a certain time, weren’t delivered.
The Good
1) Day of execution was great. My instructions on how to set things up was done to my satisfaction, hence I tipped Melisa.
2) the food was good. I got many compliments, hence I tipped the chef.
3) they are willing to negotiate or accommodate specific requests which was nice.
4) venue is gorgeous!