I've now booked five events at Bella Collina including my daughter's wedding ceremony and luncheon, a nonprofit gala for 180 people, and 3 high school basketball banquets. Working with Mia and her excellent team for each event has been a truly delightful and seamless experience. Mia goes above and beyond to meet your every need, and I appreciate the elegant yet laid back feel of the venue. The food and bar offerings and service are great, and I love how they take care of every details - from linens to tables and chairs to catering... and free parking! AND - Bella Collin is beautiful - from driving past the tall Tuscany-like trees in the tucked away location to overlooking a stunning golf course of rolling hills at sunset, we love having our events here and will come back! read more

Mia and the staff catered a lovely celebration of life event for 60 of our friends and family at Bella Collina. The food, service, and venue were excellent and I would recommend Bella Collina to anyone planning a luncheon or dinner/evening event... read more

Amazing experience arranging our wedding party at this place amazing management location, food service, and amenities !! Highly recommend !!!! read more

Bella Collina - Golf Near Me - San Clemente, California

After touring and debating between 20+ other wedding venues, we ultimately chose Bella Collina for our wedding this past April and are so happy that we did! It is such a beautiful place, being nestled in a valley with hills and trees surrounding. The tree-lined driveway feels grand and like you're being transported to another world. I also loved the tiered circular amphitheatre area for the ceremony. I appreciated how private the place was overall, being a distance away from surrounding neighborhoods and businesses and with the golf mostly ending by the time the ceremony started. Parking was extremely easy for guests, and the staff and coordinators were friendly and helpful, providing support and information throughout the planning. We appreciated the pleasant menu tasting experience, multitude of photo spots, delicious food, and overall service provided. We only wish there was a bit more support with the day-of coordination but overall the day turned out amazing! read more

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golf course has no signs btw holes. It's super confusing . Bathroom has no doors and no signs. The women's locker room is like a puzzle with no signs which door is toilet which door is shower. Also the bathroom on course has no sign of women and men. read more

We did a large team event for San Clemente flag football banquet and it was beyond successful! The communication as we did our planning was seamless and the implementation was more than we could have asked for. The staff was so helpful and the food was yummy! read more

Joining Bella Collina Golf Club has been an amazing experience. From the start, Brenda made the process incredibly easy, she was helpful, responsive, and made everything seamless. The entire staff is friendly and welcoming, and the members I've met so far have been just as great. The club itself is beautiful, well maintained, and offers everything you could want in a golf and social environment. I'm really glad I joined. read more

Staff is very competent and always cheerful tailoring to members needs. Food and beverage services are amazing which is conducive of their success. Golf course is always in pristine condition. read more

What a great course. The staff are friendly, the views are gorgeous, and I've always had a great round at Bella Collina. The course can be slightly unforgiving but it definitely forces you to play at a higher level than your average. When you get the chance, definitely golf here! read more

Bella Collina - View from one of the holes - Golf Near Me - San Clemente, California

Where to start?? Karen and Mia were incredibly helpful and outstanding when it came to helping us plan our big day! They had provided check lists for us (which helped us out so much with planning) and were always so sweet and quick in answering our hundreds of questions. The venue is absolutely beautiful and the food was delicious!!! They truly helped make our day so special and memorable. Thank you again, Karen and Mia, for everything you did for us! read more

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Bella is the best. A real life social community with incredible food and golf. The cultural tone is relaxed San Clemente family vibes, but with a high quality experience. An exclusive club with inclusive character...doesn't get better. The tone is set by GM, Jay Pesicka - Chef Leo is the guy making the food unmissable. And the snack shack is probably the best In town because of Gus and Francisco... but mainly Gus, cooking up bistro quality food and serving it through the window on the turn. Just be careful when ordering cocktails... single=double - double = triple, etc... Simply the best value private golf and social experience in South Orange County. And did I mention 3 or 3 31/2 hour rounds? Let's see you do that at any other local course! read more

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On February 20th 2023 I came to eat with a friend of mine, I try the ribs and chicken ,I took a bite of the chicken but it was raw a few minutes later I start feeling sick ,I went to the restroom and I threw up couple times After that I decide to go home. I was feeling sick all night, cooks and management Should pay more attention to the food they serve, I'm really disappointed of the food ,the place is nice but I don't recommend the food unless you want to get sick ,for this reason I gave Bella Collina one star. read more

Bella Collina - Raw chicken - Golf Near Me - San Clemente, California

I love working at Bella Collina! The venue itself is absolutely gorgeous. As a planner & coordinator, it is always so amazing to see the venue staff working together with the whole hired team to ensure the Bride and Groom have a flawless day! Karen and Mia are fabulous to work with - very detail oriented, friendly and professional - front start to finish! Can't wait to be back! read more

The worst course I have ever played. Two to four feet of grass had been removed around every green creating six-inch deep dirt moats. We paid $75 to play 9 holes. I feel so ripped off. Not one staff member mentioned the course's poor condition. I will never play there again. read more

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Bella collina golf course used to be fun and playable about a year ago. I am not sure what happened but the staff got worse place started to get run down and to me right now the course is un playable the greens don't stop there jus concret. you basically have to labd ur ball the fairway and hope it kicks to the green. if your lookinh for a membership it's not worth it'll read more

We cannot thank everyone at Bella Collina enough for making our wedding day just absolutely beyond wonderful! The day was so magical and all of the guests loved the ceremony spot, the food and who would have known that this spot was hiding in my hometown the entire time I lived there! Karen and Elisa were absolutely phenomenal in making sure that every detail did not go unnoticed and answered all of our questions! They were able to set everything up so wonderfully and the whole day went on without any issues! We will forever remember our wedding day and can't wait to go back for their future events! read more

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Hello San Clemente neighbors, my wife and I joined Bella Collina several years ago for the golf and fun family activities. I have to say, we really love it. Wonderful friendly staff. Always something fun going on. This Friday four of our friends will join us for a "nine and dine" golf tournament with a yummy lobster dinner afterward. We are so sick of Covid and politics and bad news... Just nice to drive up here relax and breathe. read more

There's so many options out there for wedding venues and Bella Collina is without a doubt the best. The venue itself is absolutely beautiful with rolling hills and open spaces outdoors and a great ballroom with huge windows as the inside space. The food is great and the staff is the best. From start to finish, Karen Smiley and her staff were attentive, responded to any and all questions I had, and genuinely fun to work with. They definitely care about every couple that gets married there and it shows! Forever happy Bella Collina was venue for our wedding day - it was absolutely perfect! read more

We had our wedding at Bella Collina on 5/21/2022 and it was so BEAUTIFUL! I highly reccomend using Bella Collina as your wedding venue. Karen and Mia are so friendly, knowledgeable, and communicative. They made the wedding planning process so smooth. The food was absolutely delicious! You even get a wedding food tasting, which is so fun! The bartender Frankie made awesome drinks and they have such a great selection of alcohol. My guests were so happy with the food and drinks. The venue itself is absolutely STUNNING. The ceremony space outside is so beautiful not to mention all of the beautiful locations around the golf course where you can take photos with your new husband. The ball room is beautiful and the perfect space for dinner and dancing. You have access to the ball room, the board room, and the cocktail room. We made use of all three! The staff are so professional and provide awesome service. Book Bella Collina now for your wedding venue!! read more

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Words can't express what I feel when I think about our wedding day. It was beyond perfect and everything we wanted. Bella Collina is magical and all of our guests complimented the venue, food and service. Everyone had such a good time! It made my heart happy to see everyone out on the dance floor or chatting enjoying their drinks by the bar. Karen and Elisa went above and beyond for us. Karen even ran to Target for me for sticky tape to make sure I didn't fall out of my wedding dress. And Elisa literally put so much work into making our day perfect. I trusted her from Day 1. She's so organized and on top of everything. We had a large bridal party of 18 people and all of them have lively personalities and the fact Elisa was able to wrangle them she deserves an award. Bella Collina was the best decision I made for our wedding. I wouldn't change a thing. I highly recommend Bella Collina and Elisa as the coordinator for a wedding or any event. read more

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There's a thief here.....Our company had a golf tournament here in October. Towards the end we headed back to the cart/bag drop off area. We took our bags off of our carts and placed them on the bag rack in front of the pro shop/employee garage area. I asked one of the many younger course employee's hanging around that area if our bags were to be okay there during the time we were at the closing ceremony since our car hadn't arrived yet, we had no choice but to leave them outside since golf-bags aren't allowed inside. The course employee said "ya, no problem". I figured since it was a Private country club, closed to the members, only people there was our group and course employees. Most importantly I noticed a CAMERA right above the employee garage pointing right in the direction of the cart drop off and metal bag stands, i figured that it would be okay. Long story short, we came out later and loaded our bags in the car and I had noticed that my Scotty Cameron putter was stolen out of my bag. I returned the next day, pro shop manager told me that the specific CAMERA WAS NOT WORKING. I found it convenient that the only camera that didn't work was that one and the only people hanging around that area were the young course employees screwing around since we weren't members, just a group attending a tournament. I gave it a few days for them to investigate, with no Results and said that i was on my own. Shortly after they called me and offered me a putter from the pro shop at their wholesale price. I declined. After spending a ton of money at the course that day the last thing i wanted to do was spend another penny at a place where my putter was stolen from. My thoughts are that my putter going missing was an inside job. Person who took it knew that the camera wasn't working. read more

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I'm a member, invited 3 guests for Cigar Night after 9 holes of golf. My guests talked about the dinner for days after. Absolutely perfect, our server Karen was super attentive from cocktails through dessert. Appetizer were among the best chicken wings I've ever had, great salad and the New York steak was seasoned and cooked exactly right. So much food we took half home. And the price is great as well. Highly recommend. And of course the golf is a whole other great story read more

We booked Bella Collina prior to the Covid debacle of 2020. We had to reschedule from our original date to another date and then finally another date which came to fruition. Karen Smiley was extremely helpful at helping us navigate the wedding venue through a global pandemic. She had lots of ideas, was very friendly and very organized. We ended up using our own wedding coordinator, but we did work a lot the last month with Mia to help ensure the venue and our plan were in sync. I can't say enough about the value in having This beautiful venue to utilize for the wedding, ceremony cocktail party and reception. There are so many options since you have the whole venue to yourself and they have so many rooms to help your guests transition from one part of the event to the next. If you have someone looking for the feel of Temecula but the ease of orange county, this is the venue. I got so many positive comments about their stellar service, delicious food, natural beauty of the venue and ease in utilizing all that it has to offer, that I was extremely happy with everything. I feel that it is a very good value for your dollar. After finally waiting from delay after delay from government shut downs and military restrictions from traveling for our family, we feel this was the perfect day and highly recommend this venue. read more

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Bella Collina Review: Sept 1, 2019: Congratulations to our daughter Jessica and new son in law, Garet Augusta of San Clemente. We were so pleased with all the arrangements at Bella Collina! Our guests were very impressed with the venue, location, ambiance and staff. We were also surprised and delighted to discover that Bella Collina was more affordable than we had expected. Compared to other wedding venues we had previewed for our daughter's wedding. Bella Collina offered the best value and provided more inclusions than any other venue we previewed. Many of our guests said it was the one of most beautiful settings for a wedding they had ever attended! Everything from start to finish went so smoothly, Karen Smiley & Elisa Victa were so helpful, organized and friendly. This made the planning process of our daughter's wedding almost effortless! We have so many beautiful memories of this special day, memories that will surly last a lifetime...Bella Collina and the entire staff exceeded our expectations! We couldn't have been more pleased. We look forward to hopefully hosting more special events in the future at Bella Collina! Thank you Bella Collina for providing such a beautiful location, certainly one of the nicest venues in Orange County. Pairing this with savory ambiance and outstanding services from start to finish provided us the best experience we could have ever imagined. I end my review with this thought in mind: "Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but rather by the moments that take our breath away..." This was such a day! -Rose Webber Hawke read more

It has been well over a month since our wedding reception at Bella Collina and I am still dreaming about it. The staff, food, venue = amazing. My husband and I live in Nashville, TN but decided to get married in San Clemente because it's my hometown and where we met. We immediately fell in love with Bella Collina because it reminded us of the rolling hills of Tuscany. We had a long-ish engagement (2 years) so there was plenty of time to visit and plan before the wedding. We worked primarily with Karen and Elisa. Both were very communicative and responsive to any questions that we had. Planning a wedding from 2,000 miles away is no easy task but they were there to help whenever possible. We ended up hiring Elisa to be our Day Of Coordinator and she was AWESOME. Her and her team handled the set up, guiding our vendors/guests, and tear down. It was so nice to not have to worry about anything venue-related on our wedding day because I knew it was all in good hands. The food at our wedding was excellent. We had several guests comment on how delicious it was. Usually, wedding food can be hit or miss but the chef at Bella Collina really knocked it out of the park for our wedding. It was so wonderful to get texts from family members and friends the next day complimenting the food! Overall, our experience with Bella Collina was an excellent one. Our wedding day couldn't have been any more perfect. If you're considering getting married in the San Clemente area, definitely check this place out! read more

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My girlfriend recently had her thai-hawaiian themed wedding at Bella Collina. It's a beautful venue within a posh golf course. Very foufou. Loved everything about the venue with exception to their bridal suite. It was very cramped, with poor lighting definitely not a great place to capture bridal memories. Staff here is friendly and accommodating, especially the bartenders. ;) Overall wonderful experience. This venue is surely romance-inducing. read more

I have filmed a reception here. The property is scenic and is a perfect location for sunset and outdoor shots. The staff was also extremely helpful. jfvideography read more

Bella Collina - scenic place for wedding photos - Golf Near Me - San Clemente, California

I think the pictures myself and others posted are worth a thousand words. One piece of advice (as price ranges can be hard to find without going through the process of getting an official quote), although I'm sure their prices change from year to year (and by season) you can probably expect to spend around $15,000 (give or take a couple grand) to have a plated dinner for around 200 guests. We provided steak, chicken Marsala, salmon, and a vegan Asian infused pasta dish. Wine with dinner and champagne for toasts. Open (?) bar and 2 tray passed appetizers, including a cheese display. Food was really good and the staff can give you a taste test. The staff also worked with us to try and stay on budget... Honestly my parents had a budget of $10,000 (for the entire wedding ), but splurging on Bella Collina was WORTH EVERY PENNY (I just don't know how long it'll take us to pay it all off.... luckily both my parents and in-laws helped out financially ). read more

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Highly recommend! Karen & Elisa were absolutely incredible to work with. Beyond friendly, promptly answered our questions, and showed us that they really cared about our special day. From day one they did everything they could to help us wherever needed. If it wasn't for Bella Collina and their amazing staff our wedding would have gone down hill before it even started. I can't say enough good things about Bella Collina & their staff. They were such a joy to work with and we are forever grateful. XOXO Rachel & Torin read more

Bella Collina - Golf Near Me - San Clemente, California

Stunning views of the mountains with a nice breeze and cold beer on tap. I was here for a wedding, and it was top notch. From very friendly staff, to great food, to amazing coordination and instruction; everything was in it's place. There was about 200 of us, and we all had such an amazing time! I would highly recommend this little hidden gem. There is a lot of great areas we all had to get ready as well, I know that was very important to the bride. #brookejoewedding2014 read more

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I've had the great pleasure of providing flowers for events on a couple of occasions and each time I've found the staff attentive, friendly, and professional. The onsite coordinators, Karen & Elisa, are both easy to work with, warm, and personable. The clubhouse has terrific views. The ceremony site is unique and can accommodate larger bridal parties. The food is outstanding as well. I've eaten here a number of times (as the guest of a past member) and have always had an excellent meal. Great food, great service........great choice! read more

Courses and club are fantastic! Great atmosphere and the nicest staff around.....This is my first ever private Golf Club and the experience has far exceeded my expectations! read more

Such nice view and ambience!! We love this place for their brunches and social events.

What great place to play golf, it's like family here.The GM Jay Pisicka has done the impossible with this golf coarse and all his staff is incredible. A 5 star rating to Ashely. She gave us the complete tour of the club house and golf coarse. We love it! read more

I had my wedding back in November. I just attended my first wedding since getting married and it made me even more grateful and appreciative of Bella. My wedding was handled so beautifully, the ladies that work there, Karen and Elisa, are so helpful and accommodating. They worked with me on everything and everything went according to plan and how we wanted our day. I would recommend Bella to anyone looking for a venue! read more

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Join. The staff, the people who are members and the overall ambiance is fabulous. This club has become like family to us and we love it here! Not your typical golf course and ps my hubby LOVES to golf here, it's challenging without being boring! read more

This course is in over its head. They pump up the Gary Player link and I'm sure that he would want nothing to do with this place now. The course is somewhat unique with some nice holes and the vistas are really beautiful but its condition is horrible. The driving range is a spotty grass/mud field with no real targets, crappy old balls and mats although there is grass we couldn't use. The greens have a ton of sand blotches and ball marks and weren't cut the days I played there. Tee boxes were uneven and you could be standing in a depression or a slope most of the times. Bunkers either had no sand (most), or maybe too much, and a few of their rakes will give you fiber glass splinters (they need to be replaced badly). The areas around the greens are generally burnt out and rock hard. There is no water on the course (to drink - coolers), and the snack bar wasn;t open when we played one day. As the lady posted back in March, I shouldve taken pics but why do I want pics of a badly maintained golf course? There are pics of the course in the clubhouse from way back and those look pretty nice --- Mr Player don't come back now you'll cry! The clubhouse is okay but needs a makeover for the 2020s. I spoke with a couple of members and I don;t think they have belonged to another private club. What they think is great is below par at most private golf clubs --- pro shop, course, practice facilities. I'm just moving up here from SD and I can scratch it off the list read more

Absolutely LOVE this place! My husband and I got married here in 2011 and it was the best decision we made. I'm a wedding planner so finding a "hidden gem" was at the top of my list. Not only was the venue absolutely gorgeous, but the food was amazing! I think it was actually better than what we had during our tasting. They customized our entire menu and our guests still rave about the food to this day. If you're looking for a beautiful venue with great food and service, you've found it! We also received tee times as a concession for booking our wedding. My husband and his groomsmen really enjoyed golfing there as well. All in all a great find! read more

I've been here twice for two separate non-golf occasions and each time was a spectacular and beautiful visit. Bella Collina is right off of the 5 south off one of those Ave exits. It is easy to miss the exit and the best way is to really get back onto the 5 north and exit the right way. So you're driving up the hill, past power lines and slightly bigger business buildings, and you might just be thinking to yourself... "wow.. where is this place." Well, don't worry. It's on your left side, at the top of the hill, with a simple but nice sign of "Bella Collina". The first time that I arrived here, I came with my ex's mother. She works for Coto and for our particular night out, it was pasta night! The clubhouse was quiet and very few golfers were around and probably less than 20 heads in total for the pasta dinner, but it was very innovative. I loved how they arranged it and the chef creating our multiple pasta dishes was very innovative. I later tried to assemble and duplicate it at home; it was just as perfect! This second time was this past Saturday, before Easter Sunday. My family and I came by to celebrate the wedding of a face that's been in my life for a while. While it may have been a number of factors that made this wedding perfect, I believe it may have been the beautiful and simplistic attention that Bella Collina gave. From the first step to the wedding ceremony to the last step out of the dance floor, the service was top notch from day one. As a guest of the wedding (and of many, in the past!), there were no visible hitches. I have no complaints. This place is beautiful once you park. I'm also no golfer, but I would be tempted to play if I still had the pull to play here. read more

Me and my husband got married here 7 months ago. It was amazing!! Everything turned out perfectly and the grounds and inside are gorgeous!! We had a budget and worked with Karen smiley on everything. She made our special day affordable without looking like it! I would definitely recommend this for a wedding venue for ceremony and reception. read more

Bella Collina - Amphitheater decorated for our wedding - Golf Near Me - San Clemente, California

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