Sherilyn was great to work with and made our wedding ceremony special. Highly recommend

The Stone Chapel was perfect for our private ceremony of 12 guests. Everyone felt comfortable and we were all very well taken care of by Sherilyn. Her communication with us leading up to our wedding was excellent. She is very well organized, accommodating and professional. Ben our photographer (arranged through Sherilyn) captured our day beautifully, including some outdoor shot in the gazebo that turned out adorable. The price was very reasonable and location was not far from Cannery Row where we had a lovely reservation for dinner at The Chart House. See the owner Jimmy! He helped everything go smoothly for our group. An overall absolutely wonderful day. Would highly recommend. A By-The Sea Wedding!! :) Thank you Sherilyn! read more

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My wife and I were just recently married by Sherilyn. She was wonderful in every way and so helpful. We initially were thinking on having the ceremony oudoors at their gazebo or nearby but the weather was not quite on our side at this time of year. So the chapel worked out perfectly. Cozy and warm and beautiful set up. Sherilyn was the best and even helped my wife get ready with some details on her dress, etc. She was patient and sweet, and provided a professional and cost effective service! Highly recommended from us!! Jeff and Liz Raney read more

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My husband and I recently got married by sherilyn. She made it such an amazing and stress free process. She is super patient and sweet would definitely recommend to others ! If you're looking into getting married here definitely do it! read more

We used Sherilynn to renew my parents 50th vow renewals this last June. Being from LA, we found her on yelp. She was very sweet and professional and had a great price. Thank you for being part of our family's monumental celebration! read more

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Very responsive, very communicative, had done a wedding at this location before and we actually changed the time of the wedding based on his recommendation on the tides. So kind and professional to us and our guests, even though it took a little bit of time to finish up the photos when he first arrived. read more

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Sherrilyn was amazing! She is super easy to work with and very accommodating. My sister held her wedding at the chapel this past weekend. The ceremony was short and sweet. We used most of the time inside the chapel taking pictures. Sherrilyn was gracious enough to take a group photo. We took more pictures at the gazebo. The bridal changing area is small but there is a private restroom that can be utilized. read more

We got married in February of 2020 and we were provided with amazing service. Sherilyn was so patient and helped us with everything we needed help with especially our accommodations. Sherilyn was very kind and made our ceremony feel very personal. I would highly recommend! read more

We couldn't have been happier, we got what we wanted when we wanted it and Pat was simply great. We saw a sign that warned us of unstable cliffs and were grateful that we staying up on the grass by the rocks and didn't get swept out to sea. Seriously I would recommend "A by the Sea Wedding" to anyone thinking of a by the sea wedding. Pretty Cool. read more

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All I have to say is that Pat is one of the sweetest people ever. She's great and she was available on short notice! Great communication and very professional. Thanks again Pat! read more

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My husband and I had a small elopement ceremony in Carmel last month and were looking for someone to officiate our ceremony. We found A By-The-Sea Wedding on YELP and worked with Pat although she was busy that day and we had Cheryl. Cheryl was amazing. We had a small ceremony on the beach and were worried where we had never met Cheryl how she would be. She was absolutely lovely and a true professional. We couldn't be happier with how the day turned out and would highly recommend them to anyone looking for an officiant. Thank you for making our day even more special. read more

The place is really nice, Patt Thank you for making possible our ceremony in Spanish for us and our family we really appreciate it.

Wanted to surpise my wife with a renewal in September at Point Pinos during our roadtrip! I tried to organize everything from germany. Patt told me after several e-mails and talks on the phone that I'm all set! When we arrived lighthouse was closed! So we went into an old gazebo at the beach. Patt even didn't know our names! We had to choose in a hurry (2 Minutes) the text she just read out of her book. She forgot the promised certificate in the office. When the ceremonie was over she got her money and drove directly away. We also booked the photographer - and our photos are horrible. All are extremly overexposed because he tried to photograph directly into the sun. So our faces are all in shadow and the background is extremly bright. We can't use one of the photos! If you want to have a special moment for your love - choose another ministry and photographer. Otherwise you will have a special memory for your live, but not in the expected way! read more

We originally thought the outdoor gazebo would be the place to get married, but after viewing it we changed our minds to the indoor chapel. The gazebo is a beautiful setting, but it has a road on one side, a parking lot on the other, with the third side being taken up by tables from the restaurant. All of them immediately adjacent to the gazebo area. We were having a tiny wedding and short ceremony, but we did not like how public that area was. Add to that the noise of the planes flying over, and we were glad we went with the chapel. Everything was perfect. The photographer first took pictures of us standing in front of one of the big windows in the chapel, and I couldn't understand why he was doing that when it was a beautiful sunny day outside with lots of photo opportunities outside. Trust him -- he has been taking pictures there for years and he knows. Those pictures turned out to be my favorite of them all, and there were lots of good pictures. Don't forget to step across the road to the pond and waterfall and get pictures there. The photographer also agreed to meet us later, so we could have photos taken along the shoreline with the ocean in the background. Loved those pics too! We had our own vows and Pat did a great job of reading them slowly and clearly, and she took care of all the paperwork for us. Convenient and easy with a set of great pictures at the end. I'd recommend this business for anyone wanting to be married in Monterey. read more

After our engagement, my fiancée and I decided to marry as soon as possible. I found A By-The-Sea Wedding/Monterey Weddings online and thank goodness I did. I spoke with Patt by telephone a few times. She was very patient and kind, yet clear about the cost and steps I needed to take to arrange the wedding ceremony. She sent me information by mail as she said she would, and promptly called me upon receiving our deposit. I told Patt that we did not have a definite location-this was not a problem. Patt penciled us in for the date we wanted and told me to call back once the location was determined. I scouted the Monterey Bay for perfect locations and was torn between Marina State Beach and San Carlos Beach in Monterey. I called Patt three days before the ceremony and told her I was undecided between Marina State Beach and San Carlos Beach in Monterey. Patt told me she could not perform the ceremony at Marina State Beach, however she would ask her partner (Sherilyn) to do the ceremony for us. Patt gave me Sherilyn's phone number and asked me to call her for further arrangements. I was pleased when Sherilyn called me before I called her! By then we decided on San Carlos Beach in Monterey. I told Sherilyn of the location, and that there would be a few additional family members present. Not only was the location NOT a problem, but neither were additional family members/friends. On our wedding day, Sherilyn was prompt, efficient, and helpful as she completed the paperwork and explained what we needed to do to get a copy of our marriage license. Sherilyn waited patiently as we all gathered on the beach for the ceremony, and she then proceeded to perform a simple yet outstanding ceremony. I do not exaggerate when I say that our experience with this wedding service was hassle-free, painless and quite honestly a pleasure. From beginning to end it was a great experience. Both Patt and Sherilyn were very personable, and eager to accommodate our needs. They truly simplified the act of marriage - in a very welcoming and pleasant way. Thank you A By-The-Sea Wedding. Thank you for making him my HUSBAND!!! I am truly grateful! :) read more

Not a fan of "A By The Sea Wedding & Monterey Stone Chapel". My then-fiance and I found the company online while searching for a beach wedding package (we live in Colorado and flew out to Monterey to elope). Our Officiant, Patt O'Brien told us we would have many options for sandy beach wedding spots in the area and said we could pick a spot and let her know where to meet us. Unfortunately, once we had picked the perfect private spot, we discovered Patt was absolutely terrified of the water! She was so upset about the waves behind our beach spot that she threatened to leave with our deposit and leave us shanghaied in the area with no alternate to marry us! To appease Patt, we agree to get married in an alternative spot -- crowded with people playing on the beach -- but Patt nonetheless tried to convince us to get married in a grove of trees instead. Sadly, our very-public wedding photos didn't turn out much better with all the gawking people standing around in the background. The one upside to the wedding was that Patt was able to notarize our marriage license and did a good job with the paperwork. Just don't go with 'A-By-The-Sea-Wedding' if you actually plan to get married on a beach!!! read more