Rasta Rita Cantina

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The venue will provide the space, plus a few extras.

Full wedding (ceremony and reception) pricing

Starting at $1,500 for off-peak dates, and $2,500 for peak dates

Guest capacity

Up to 200 seated guests

About this venue

Rasta Rita Cantina + Venue -- The coolest cantina in the desert! - Fully Renovated 1924 Building - Original Adobe Style Structure - Minutes for Joshua Tree - Private Venue and Cantina. Can be rented out separately or together. - Ceremonies at the Cantina - or in Joshua Tree National Park - Indoor / Outdoor location - dine + dance outside + move the party inside at 10pm - On Site Food Service - All You Can Eat Tacos - Rasta Rita Margarita Service Available - City Approved Administrative + Conditional Use Permit for Private Events and Weddings - Alcohol Beverage Control License Type 47 for On Site Sales - RV Parking with Hook Ups (Water, Gas, 35 Amp Electric, Cement Pad) for overnight Stays - Permit for Outdoor Live and Amplified Music till 10.00pm - Ample Parking - Ample Restrooms - Outdoor Fire Pits - Largest Outdoor Dance Floor in the High Desert - Partners to Major National Hotel Chains offering discounts to our clients

Seated guest capacity

  • 2-200

Venue type

  • Ballrooms, Banquet Halls
  • Farms, Barns, Ranches
  • Historic Estates, Mansions
  • Industrial Spaces
  • Lodges, Retreats
  • Parks, Gardens
  • Urban Locations

Venue setting

  • Covered Outdoor
  • Indoor
  • Outdoor
73662 Homestead Dr Joshua Tree, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277

Our event spaces

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Cantina Inside + Outside - upper campus

Best Little Cantina in the High Dez!

Rasta Rita Cantina has over 4500 square feet of indoor and outdoor event space. Air-conditioning and heater available. Outdoor dining shade cloth covering and bistro lights. SOON COME! --- Our lower event space now in buildout will feature the largest dance floor in the upper desert, with lounge spaces, firepits, and cantina food service.

Guest capacity

2-50 Seated

2-75 Standing

Square footage

4,500

Ideal for

Wedding ceremony, Wedding reception, Rehearsal dinner, Wedding shower, Welcome party, Farewell brunch, Couples luncheon, Cocktail hour, Engagement party, After party, Elopement, Other

Guests often feel this space is

“Surprised and delighted”

Included in this room:

- restrooms - styled lounge seating vignette - custom 12 foot hand carved bar - juliet balcony - roll up wall - chairs for 50 - 8 dining banquet tables 8x30 - 8 task tables 6x30 - bose bluetooth speaker system for playlists - bistro lighting - shade cloth for outdoor dining - drive up food truck space for service - refrig + freezer

Room cost

Cantina Rental varies on day and season -- $1500 to $5500

Available services that can be provided by Rasta Rita Cantina

Services & amenities

  • Bar services
  • Catering services
  • Clean up
  • Dance floor
  • Event rentals
  • Event staff
  • Liability insurance
  • Lighting/Sound
  • Pet friendly
  • Service staff
  • Set up
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Wifi

Reviews

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3.0 out of 5

2 reviews

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  • Amazing Venue 5 Stars

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    •Nicholas C.•Dec 25, 2023

    This is one, absolutely, wonderful place. My wife and I had our wedding here...Let me tell ya. It was magical. The owners are exceedingly nice and helpful. Setup day of...there was plenty of time and the onsite staff was beyond helpful, I mean above and beyond. The bartenders were stellar, we had such a blast at the bar. They were so absolutely lovely and jovial. The venue is so gorgeous. I mean it really is the perfect desert oasis. It is well lit and well setup up. It's cozy and warm and just simply wonderful. We elected for the tacos and they were freakin awesome. They also did my favorite with grilled onions and peppers. I loved getting married there. We had a native/western ceremony and it was the perfect fit. I couldn't have imagined a more perfect place. I highly recommend!!!!!!

  • I do not recommend this venue.

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    •Jessica T.•Jul 24, 2023

    My husband and I got married here recently and the venue itself is beautiful and well set up for a wedding. However, the venue and its management kept our 1,000 deposit on false pretense and without providing sufficient evidence as to why, citing stipulations not covered in our signed contract. We gave Rasta Rita Margarita a 1,000 security deposit as part of our drink contract. We also paid a 1,000 administrative fee to the venue that stated it covered cleaning. Upon messaging the venue after the wedding to ask about this deposit, Mario (the owner of Rasta Rita Cantina and Rasta Rita Margarita) stated that due to pampas grass debris, vomit in the toilet, and some trash and cake on the floor, it took 4 people 6 hours at 25/hr to deep clean the venue 600. No receipts or proof of this was provided. No proof of distinction between what was routine cleaning and what excess cleaning was provided. No proof of actual damage to the venue. When we decided to not fight him on the 600 but requested the additional 400 back, Mario refused. He then stated that he would not return the 400 because we allegedly went over our allowed rental time at a cost of 400 an hour. This simply isn’t true. Our event ended at 10pm with the music fully off, and all guests were to be out of the venue by 11pm, with all remaining vendors out by 11:30pm. This was per our agreement and wedding timeline. Mario states that our guests were supposed to be off the premises at 10pm. Nowhere does it state in our contract, or anywhere, that the event end time is 10pm and guest exit is also 10pm, as this wouldn’t be physically feasible. Our guest exit time was 11pm. Around 10:30pm, Mario contacted our coordinator stating that we must exit the venue immediately and he was already charging us “overtime”. Despite us having 30 more minutes, we cleared everyone out right away. This venue also did not hold up their end of the bargain in terms of setting up decor, which was something we paid 400 extra for and was shown in our invoice. Our wedding coordinator and Jeri (Mario’s girlfriend) had discussed us dropping off the decor and it would be taken care of by venue staff. When our family arrived on site to drop off the items, there was one woman on site to set it all up, and she knew nothing about it. This was not sufficient staff to set up an entire wedding. This caused it to fall on our friends and family to set up last minute, which was not originally anticipated. For these reasons stated above I recommend seeking a venue and drink vendor elsewhere. (Mario also tried to tell us we couldn’t write a negative review and this is ILLEGAL per the Consumer Review Fairness Act)

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