Shadowbrook 1750 Wharf Road • Capitola • California 95010

Booking Shadowbrook in Capitola gets you your own dining room for the reception, with ivory tablecloths and napkins in ivory, burgundy or forest green, plus the venue's event coordinator to guide your planning. Every seated menu package includes hors d'oeuvres, a salad, your entrée choices, a vegetarian entrée, a children's option and one dessert. A $250 ceremony fee covers your ceremony location, setup and a rehearsal. You'll pay separately for the room's facility fee, your bar (hosted, limited host or no-host), coffee and tea at $3.95 per person, an officiant, and a 23% service charge plus California sales tax.

Yes, your ceremony and reception both happen at Shadowbrook, just steps apart. You can marry on the Creekside Patio along Soquel Creek (up to 100 guests) or the fully heated Redwood Patio (up to 26), then move into your private dining room for the reception. From October 15 to May 15, Monday–Thursday, the Rock Room Lounge offers an indoor ceremony seating 50, with standing room for 100. The ceremony is a $250 add-on to your reception booking.

Food and drinks at Shadowbrook come from the in-house kitchen and bar, but you can bring your own wine for a $30 corkage fee per bottle ($35 per magnum). No other outside alcohol is allowed. You can bring outside desserts or a cake for $3 per guest, or $5 per guest if you also order a dessert from the menu, and The Buttery Bakery is the recommended baker. DJs aren't permitted. You're welcome to bring your own wedding coordinator, and the venue shares a preferred list of officiants, florists, photographers, videographers, musicians and makeup artists.

At Shadowbrook in Capitola, your total is built from a room facility fee, a food and beverage minimum and your menu. Facility fees run $150–1,200 and minimums $850–6,000, set by the room you choose: the Redwood Room for up to 22 guests is $500 with a $1,750 minimum, the Wine Cellar for up to 37 is $600 with $3,000, the Green House for 55–60 is $800 with $4,000, and the Green House and Wine Cellar together for 61–100 guests (Monday–Friday only) is $1,200 with $6,000. Seated packages run $74.95–99.95 per person, depending on how many hors d'oeuvres and meat entrées you choose, and a 2-hour hors d'oeuvres reception starts at $55. Add a $250 ceremony fee, your bar, a 23% service charge and sales tax. Your deposit equals your food and beverage minimum and is due within 7 days of booking.

Weddings at Shadowbrook run between 11am and 5pm, and they're semi-exclusive, so the main dining floor isn't part of your booking. A typical day starts with guest arrival at 11am, a ceremony at 11:30am, hors d'oeuvres at noon, lunch at 12:45pm, dessert at 3:30pm and departure at 5pm. Capitola doesn't allow amplified music outdoors, so ceremony music is acoustic. Indoors, you can play music from a small speaker as long as it doesn't disturb other diners; DJs aren't permitted, and a speaker with a microphone rents for $75.

Shadowbrook is a historic Capitola restaurant set on a landscaped hillside above Soquel Creek, so your ceremony and reception both happen in a garden setting with patios beside the creek. You can say your vows on the Creekside Patio along the water or the heated Redwood Patio overlooking the Chef's Herb Garden, then dine in one of the private rooms. Guests arrive by cable car or a palm-lined path, and the restaurant has been serving the area for more than 75 years. Rooms are sized for smaller celebrations, from 9 guests up to 100, and you can bring your own wine for a $30 corkage fee.

Yes, Shadowbrook is built for small weddings, with private rooms sized for nearly any intimate guest count. The Owner's Private Reserve seats 9–16 at one long table, with a facility fee of $150–300 and a food and beverage minimum of $850–1,500, and your ceremony is on the Redwood Patio just above it. The Redwood Room seats up to 22 with a sweetheart table, and the Wine Cellar seats up to 37.