Casa Bella 11984 Main Street • Sunol • CA 94586

Your 8-hour evening rental at Sunol's Casa Bella includes setup and breakdown of tables and chairs, janitorial cleanup for up to 200 guests, up to 20 round tables, six wooden farm tables, a sweetheart table and up to 200 gold Chiavari chairs. Casa Bella's catering, which is required, brings waitstaff, white or ivory linens, napkins, china, glassware and silverware. The covered front patio has a wooden bar and seven built-in propane heaters. You'll pay separately for your menu, the required beverage packages, a DJ from the approved list, the ceremony garden fee and any overtime at $750 an hour.

Yes, both happen at Sunol's Casa Bella. Ceremonies take place outdoors on the brick patio under a grand wooden pergola, with a 30-by-45-foot tent for shade. The ceremony garden fee is $495 May–October and $695 November–April, and covers 200 white resin chairs, bistro lights, four crystal chandeliers, ceremony coordination and a 1-hour rehearsal. Then guests move into the reception hall, which seats up to 250. If you only need a ceremony, there's a ceremony-only package at $3,000 for 10am–2pm with chairs for up to 100 guests.

Casa Bella's in-house catering is required at Sunol's Casa Bella, and outside catering is considered only for cultural and multicultural events. The bar is in-house too, with required beverage packages. You'll choose your DJ from the venue's approved list, and live drums and bands aren't allowed, though mariachi, acoustic guitar, string quartets and jazz quartets are welcome with special instructions. Everything else is your call: the venue shares a preferred vendor list, but only the DJ is required.

At Sunol's Casa Bella, an 8-hour evening rental runs $3,000–$4,500, with Saturdays at the top, plus a catering minimum of $7,500–$13,500, for a contract minimum of $10,500–$18,000 depending on the day and season. Weekday and daytime rentals start at $2,500, with minimums from $5,000 for 50 guests. Sit-down entrées run $47.95–$54.95 per person, and every guest is covered by the required beverage packages: $10.95 per person for nonalcoholic drinks and $12 per person for beer, wine and champagne. Events under 75 guests add a $250 chef fee and a staff fee, and weddings over 200 guests add extra fees.

Your evening rental at Sunol's Casa Bella runs 8 hours. On Fridays that's 2:30–10:30pm or 3:30–11:30pm, and on Saturdays and Sundays it's 3–11pm or 3:30–11:30pm. Music and bar service stop one hour before your event ends, and the front and side doors stay closed while amplified music plays. Extra time is $750 an hour.

If it rains at Sunol's Casa Bella, your ceremony stays under the 30-by-45-foot wooden-framed tent over the patio. From November–April, the tent comes with clear side walls (the front stays open) and four propane heaters. On a rainy day, the tent seats 160–180 guests instead of 200, which leaves room for your wedding party and DJ. If you need more space, the venue recommends renting additional tents.

Sunol's Casa Bella has one on-site suite: the upstairs bridal room, which doubles as your honeymoon suite after the wedding. It has a full kitchen, full bath, bedroom, private deck, living and dining area, internet and an espresso and coffee station, and late checkout is available for an added fee. For out-of-town guests, the venue recommends the Pleasanton Marriott, The Rose Hotel, AC Hotel Pleasanton, DoubleTree by Hilton, Homewood Suites and the Sunol Chalet.

Sunol's Casa Bella sits in downtown Sunol across the street from the historic Sunol train station, so your guests can take a cocktail hour on a vintage train along the Niles Canyon Railway. The team has deep experience with Indian weddings, from a baraat with the groom arriving on horseback to a havan during the ceremony, and staff pass fresh naan at dinner. Your ceremony on the pergola patio and your reception for up to 250 happen in one place, with the bridal suite right upstairs.