Big Water Grille 341 Ski Way • Incline Village • NV 89451

At Big Water Grille in Incline Village on Lake Tahoe's North Shore, your event comes with event coordination, reception tables and chairs, 20 ceremony chairs, linens and silver, a dance floor and cleanup. Food and drink are handled in-house by the restaurant's chefs and staff, priced per person on top of the rental fee. There are no dressing rooms or AV equipment on-site, so plan to get ready elsewhere and bring in any audio-visual gear you need.

Yes, you can do both at Big Water Grille. Exchange vows on the outdoor deck, framed by pines and the lake, for 40 seated or 60 standing guests, or indoors in front of the massive stone fireplace for about 80 standing. Then move inside for butler-passed hors d'oeuvres in the bar and lounge and dinner in the two-level Dining Room, which seats 100, plus 20 more in the lounge.

Food and drink are in-house at Big Water Grille, and that's the draw: the chefs design custom menus around fresh, seasonal, California-inspired flavors, and the bar team can create specialty cocktails for your celebration. Alcohol is served in-house too, from a wine list with selections from around the world.

At Big Water Grille in Incline Village, the rental fee runs $1,000–$2,000 per event, depending on the time of year and your guest count, and there's a food and beverage minimum of $7,000 and up. Meals run $60–$99 per person, and a 20% service charge applies. Your guest count and menu choices will move your total the most, so share your exact count when you request a quote for the most accurate number.

Events at Big Water Grille can run as late as 1am, and since the restaurant is in Nevada, there are no restrictions on when your music ends or when last call happens. Amplified music is welcome indoors and outdoors, so you can keep dancing under the stars or wind down by the fireplace in the lounge.

Big Water Grille sits on the edge of Lake Tahoe with unobstructed views of the lake and mountains through soaring glass walls, and it's a fine-dining restaurant first, so the food is the star. Because it's in Nevada, you can party until 1am with no music curfew. It works for a whole wedding weekend, too: host your rehearsal dinner in the private wine cellar for up to 18 guests, then hold your ceremony on the deck and your reception in the two-level Dining Room. It's wheelchair accessible, with a large parking lot.