Knights of Columbus Hall Council 2498

Horrible management. if you go through bob you are for sure going to have a horrible experience

If I could give zero stars I definitely would by the way the management here has taken a toll for the worst. If your quinciañera event gets cancelled with no excuse or if they don't want to book your event because it's a quinciañera, know it's because these people are racists and they made us have the worst possible experience. One week prior to my event they changed management without even giving a heads up. New manager named Bob was really aggressive and unaccommodating. When I mentioned the horrible experience I was receiving by Bob nobody took the decency to give me a call back or follow up except for the bartender manager. When I mentioned to his staff how aggressive he was towards me they all mentioned how nobody was pleased of having him there because he is also aggressive to his staff members! The owner Ron knew exactly what was going on and never even had the decency to approach us and get our side of the story he only listened to what Bob had to say and obviously Bob was going to say whatever Ron wanted to hear. A day before the event he wanted us to cancel our caterer (previous manager had said it was ok for us to use whatever caterer we wanted to and that they could station themselves outside) when we confronted him and told him that's not what we agreed on he threatened to call the police department and after him "contacting " Ron turns out it was ok for us to use whatever caterer we wanted to. During the event he was drinking when technically he was working. At the end of the night he wanted to force us to clean up the hall when we payed for hall clean up . If there are some things that not included in the hall clean up service why not specify it in the contract? Since Bob was drunk already he approached us in a very aggressive way and threatened to take us to court if we didn't clean. STAY AWAY FROM THIS LOCATION UNLESS YOU LIKE TO BE MISTREATED IN FRONT OF YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS!!

Horrible experience with the new management BOB. If you are planning an event here with him and are Hispanic or LGBTQ be careful he will make your stay a living hell. Had no customer service whatsoever, said his been doing his job for 15 years, I don't know how he is still with a job. Uses profanity when speaking with his customers, will get in your face, is not accommodating, very rude to his own staff, all staff members would say he is the worst of the worst. Complaints have been made to upper management (RON) about him but looks like they enjoy keeping him. We have done multiple events at this location never had an issue, the moment we had BOB assigned to help us he was rude from the start. RON made it clear we are a problem (Hispanics) and will no longer be hosting Quinceañeras at this location when his staff member was the one being hostile and rude. We have videos and texts to show proof. So please be careful when planning an event here

Jessica the manager was amazing! She was so helpful and accomadating to our needs for our women's day event. She made setup and preparation for the event so smooth. I highly recommend her and the venue for hosting an event.

The event took place on March 5th 2017. And it was a great experience! Jessica was very helpful and went beyond to make sure this event went amazing!!!! Great!

We just had a women's day event for our church there and it was great! Jessica was amazing, helpful, and beyond to help us and accommodate us! Would use this venue again.

We recently had an event at this venue. Jessica was an incredible help and pleasure to work with!!! She was proactive, helpful and thoughtful. This venue is also incredibly affordable!!

Been to several weddings and other events here.

PROS--Cost. It is probably the cheapest hall to rent out in this area. For the size, this would be a fortune if it was at wedgewood or some other country club hall. Access to freeways is good too for out-of-towners, and it is by the beach and downtown for after hours stuff and after parties. The Buenaventura Mission is right outside for pictures and sight seeing.

CONS--The back doors literally open up to a sea of homeless people, vagrants, and addicts. They all sleep and hang out in the park behind the hall. It can stink of urine. Not too bad during the day, but don't go out there without a group during the night. Parking sucks. There is one small lot out front, but that is shared by everybody who wants to go downtown. If it's a busy weekend, you will not find parking and have to hike to the hall. (Be sure to go to your car with a partner at night) The bar is a rip-off, too pricey, and the few times I was there they didn't have anything on tap. No TV? Come one man, have to have a TV in the bar to watch the game or at least get the score.

I am not a person of means. So if I ever needed to rent a hall for any reason, I'd have no choice but to go here. It's the only place I can afford on my budget. I recommend this place to people like me. If you have $$$, find a better place.

My Recent Event was on 8-16-14......
I have rented this hall for the past 3 years and I need to tell you my family and I have had nothing but GREAT memories for our 3 daughters quinceneras.... DAVID, BUDDY, KEN and all of the staff have always been nothing but pleasant by assisting me with my events, weather it be refilling the punch machine, loaning me serving spoons or helping me arrange the seating... nothing but very helpful people ... I am so pleased with all my events that took place here... If your looking for a great price, helpful people this is the place.... Thank You David and ALL the staff here... I appreciate all your help and the lifetime FUN memories that my family and I have had here at the Knights Of Columbus ....... Thank You Corral Family

The Knights of Columbus is a great venue to have any type of event!! Recently my church had our annual women's day there and the space was perfect. Jessica, the manager, and her husband were so generous and helpful. Allowed us to use the kitchen the day before and the day of the event and they were even there to helping us with set up and cleaning. I really appreciate their generosity, consideration and diligence. I would definitely like to have another event there in the future!!