Roche Harbor Resort
Guest capacity
Up to 250 seated guests
About this venue
A destination within reach. Making moments into memories is easy at our quintessentially Northwest venue. A destination of unparalleled charm, our 134-year-old property is perched on the edge of our sparkling blue marina in the spectacular San Juan Islands - only a few hours north from Seattle. Accommodations ranging from quaint to opulent for parties both large and small, first-class amenities, and extraordinary service leaves nothing to be desired. Awarded Best NW Destination Venue by Seattle Bride Magazine 7 years in a row, you will be enchanted by our little piece of paradise and you will find yourselves drawn back to celebrate year after year!
Our event spaces
Pavilion Reception Space
A large 'blank canvas' with lots of natural lighting central to the ceremony venues
Our pavilion offers a custom-made indoor bar, beautiful wood floors throughout, and retractable glass doors to allow more natural light and a more fluid combination indoor/outdoor space. Newly renovated with an enclosed buffet room (with retractable curtain), air conditioning and full heat system, and a cozy indoor fireplace.
Guest capacity
50-250 Seated
50-250 Standing
Square footage
3,185
Ideal for
Wedding reception
Included in this room:
-Round or Banquet Tables -Wooden Vineyard Chairs with Cushions -White Linens (underlays, overlays, napkins) -All Food & Beverage Service Items -Wireless PA System & Microphone -Retractable Screen & Ceiling Mounted Projector for slideshows -White Baby Grand Piano -Retractable Awnings Over Deck
Courtyard Cocktail Hour
Welcome your guests to our outdoor courtyard for cocktail hour before your reception dinner!
Welcome your guests to the festivities with tray-passed appetizers and cocktails - your guests will get the party started! Your guests can enjoy our oversized wood-burning fireplace to ward off the evening chill, adding a cozy ambiance to your event.
Guest capacity
50-250 Seated
50-250 Standing
Ideal for
Cocktail hour
Included in this room:
-Iron & Wood Outdoor Highboy Tables -Market Umbrellas with Heaters -Wicker Outdoor Furniture with Cushions -Lower Bar -Banquet Tables (with linens)
Chapel Ceremony Location
Our historic little white chapel has beautiful marina views!
The historic Our Lady of Good Voyage Chapel sits on the hillside overlooking the harbor and is available as a ceremony option or back-up plan should it rain. This unique Roche Harbor gem has stood majestically on the shoreline for more than a century and is still used for regular services during the summer.
Guest capacity
50-85 Seated
50-120 Standing
Ideal for
Wedding ceremony
Included in this room:
-Wireless PA System with lapel microphone for officiant use
Sunken Garden Ceremony Location
Our carefully cultivated garden, in constant bloom with peekaboo marina views, is breathtaking!!
Centrally located in a lush flower garden that’s filled with vibrant colors and perfumed scents, it’s an ideal backdrop for your wedding! The garden shows its blooms from April through October, peaking with colors in May and June, however, our lush greenery is year-round, making this our most popular ceremony location!
Guest capacity
50-250 Seated
50-250 Standing
Ideal for
Wedding ceremony
Included in this room:
-White Folding Wedding Ceremony Chairs -Wireless PA System with Lapel Microphone
Shipwreck Beach Rehearsal Dinner
Casual seaside rehearsal dinner venue (seasonal)
What better way to spend the night before your wedding than with close family and friends at a laid-back, gourmet, seaside barbecue? Our casual welcome dinner venue has all the elements for a magical evening…tents, outdoor display kitchen, fire pit, and phone-ready music system. (Seasonal availability only)
Guest capacity
30-125 Seated
30-125 Standing
Ideal for
Rehearsal dinner
Included in this room:
-40x40 Tent -Firepit with bench seating and firewood for 5 hours -30" highboy cocktail tables -60" round tables (seating 6-8 guests each) -6ft banquet tables for catering (and all catering equipment) -All white linens (underlays & napkins) -PA system & wireless mic -Propane heaters with fuel -All Staffing (chefs, servers, bartenders, banquet captain, set-up & break-down crew)
Room cost
$1000 Venue Fee, $1000 Deposit
Pavilion Reception Space
A large 'blank canvas' with lots of natural lighting central to the ceremony venues
Our pavilion offers a custom-made indoor bar, beautiful wood floors throughout, and retractable glass doors to allow more natural light and a more fluid combination indoor/outdoor space. Newly renovated with an enclosed buffet room (with retractable curtain), air conditioning and full heat system, and a cozy indoor fireplace.
Guest capacity
50-250 Seated
50-250 Standing
Square footage
3,185
Ideal for
Wedding reception
Included in this room:
-Round or Banquet Tables -Wooden Vineyard Chairs with Cushions -White Linens (underlays, overlays, napkins) -All Food & Beverage Service Items -Wireless PA System & Microphone -Retractable Screen & Ceiling Mounted Projector for slideshows -White Baby Grand Piano -Retractable Awnings Over Deck
Courtyard Cocktail Hour
Welcome your guests to our outdoor courtyard for cocktail hour before your reception dinner!
Welcome your guests to the festivities with tray-passed appetizers and cocktails - your guests will get the party started! Your guests can enjoy our oversized wood-burning fireplace to ward off the evening chill, adding a cozy ambiance to your event.
Guest capacity
50-250 Seated
50-250 Standing
Ideal for
Cocktail hour
Included in this room:
-Iron & Wood Outdoor Highboy Tables -Market Umbrellas with Heaters -Wicker Outdoor Furniture with Cushions -Lower Bar -Banquet Tables (with linens)
Chapel Ceremony Location
Our historic little white chapel has beautiful marina views!
The historic Our Lady of Good Voyage Chapel sits on the hillside overlooking the harbor and is available as a ceremony option or back-up plan should it rain. This unique Roche Harbor gem has stood majestically on the shoreline for more than a century and is still used for regular services during the summer.
Guest capacity
50-85 Seated
50-120 Standing
Ideal for
Wedding ceremony
Included in this room:
-Wireless PA System with lapel microphone for officiant use
Sunken Garden Ceremony Location
Our carefully cultivated garden, in constant bloom with peekaboo marina views, is breathtaking!!
Centrally located in a lush flower garden that’s filled with vibrant colors and perfumed scents, it’s an ideal backdrop for your wedding! The garden shows its blooms from April through October, peaking with colors in May and June, however, our lush greenery is year-round, making this our most popular ceremony location!
Guest capacity
50-250 Seated
50-250 Standing
Ideal for
Wedding ceremony
Included in this room:
-White Folding Wedding Ceremony Chairs -Wireless PA System with Lapel Microphone
Shipwreck Beach Rehearsal Dinner
Casual seaside rehearsal dinner venue (seasonal)
What better way to spend the night before your wedding than with close family and friends at a laid-back, gourmet, seaside barbecue? Our casual welcome dinner venue has all the elements for a magical evening…tents, outdoor display kitchen, fire pit, and phone-ready music system. (Seasonal availability only)
Guest capacity
30-125 Seated
30-125 Standing
Ideal for
Rehearsal dinner
Included in this room:
-40x40 Tent -Firepit with bench seating and firewood for 5 hours -30" highboy cocktail tables -60" round tables (seating 6-8 guests each) -6ft banquet tables for catering (and all catering equipment) -All white linens (underlays & napkins) -PA system & wireless mic -Propane heaters with fuel -All Staffing (chefs, servers, bartenders, banquet captain, set-up & break-down crew)
Room cost
$1000 Venue Fee, $1000 Deposit
Available services that can be provided by Roche Harbor Resort
Services & amenities
- Bar services
- Catering services
- Clean up
- Event coordinator
- Event staff
- Liability insurance
- On-site accommodations
- Pet friendly
- Service staff
- Set up
- Wheelchair accessible
- Wifi
Transportation & access
- Self parking - free
Accommodations
- Bedroom suites
- Luxury suites
- Room blocks offered
- Single king rooms
- Single queen rooms
Reviews
Write a review5.0 out of 5
4 reviews
Stellar Experience
I cannot recommend Roche Harbor Resort more for your wedding! The space is gorgeous and incredibly flexible. We had our ceremony in the garden, but there's a chapel for rain so there's no need to worry about what you're going to do in the event of it. The patio and reception pavilion were really open (so thrilled to have found a venue with an indoor-outdoor reception space), but still felt really intimate. Their team were so friendly, kind, patient, accommodating, and creative. Seriously, I could not have pulled this off without them. The help they gave me when planning (such as weighing in on signature cocktails, talking through menus, and coordinating linens) was invaluable. You don't have to worry about knowing all the little things for the venue because they are going to know them already. So many of my guests did not use the block code, but they still managed to provide me with a list of everyone. They got us exactly the kind of rooms we needed (we did a lot of DIY decor and brought our pets so we needed a room with space) and the condos were a really lovely home base for our group. And they were able to make changes and provide us with pack n plays and have everything ready for us early when we got in. Which we did not expect, but were so thankful for! They really work with you and your vendors to make sure everyone is on the same page and the day-of really shows that. The service was SO seamless and impeccable. They sent a golf cart about 6 times because I was running late on my schedule without complaint (I am so sorry about that, y'all!) They let me wait in the lobby while we setup the first look. They held me up and strapped my heels on once I got to the garden. They brought me a plate of appetizers and a cocktail as soon as we walked to the patio and then for the rest of the night I never even had a chance to think about needing something. Someone always beat me to it. I spent no time at all coordinating once the event got going, which is such a rare thing for events in general let alone weddings. The staff knows exactly what they're doing. The signature drinks were spectacular, I wish I was drinking a strawberry rhubarb margarita right now. The restaurant staff is incredible, the front desk crew, baristas, shop cashiers, housekeeping are all the best. The bartender and drivers were incredible troopers who were somehow more energetic than me by the end of the night. There is too much to mention that I can never list it all or thank everyone enough! I will always think of here for any event in future, since the wedding was a one time thing. haha TL;DR: Unbelievable value and incredible wedding experience. Book here.
Epitome of PNW -service makes experience seamless
I work with Roche Harbor frequently as an island vendor. What I like best about working with them is their approach that service is based on relationships and when it comes to their weddings, everyone on the team, whether its their events team or outside vendors such as myself, are ALL on "team wedding". They go above and beyond to ensure your experience is perfect and tailored to you. They have a consistent core team that knows their role and how to implement it seamlessly so your day unfolds as it should. Yes, the setting is phenomenal, the views are unparalleled but its the people that make your day special.
Oliver Strasser - DJ / Guitarist
Roche Harbor Resort is the undisputed leader in Weddings in the San Juan Islands. Their superior experience and facilities make pulling off the perfect wedding as smooth and effortless as possible. Highly recommend!
Best day of our lives!
We absolutely loved working with Roche Harbor. It’s a place that is very close to our hearts and our experience working the wedding team made it even more so. They were so helpful through the planning process - we did not hire an outside planner and definitely do not feel like we needed to. (We had a few extra timelines/planning checklists for our own purposes, though.) They made our wedding a magical day. Absolutely recommend!!
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