The Barns at Cooper Molera - Monterey, California

Stephanie Coleman

It is so difficult to make this a short review because there are so many great things to say! The moment we stepped foot onto The Barns at Cooper Molera property, we fell in love. This is a gorgeous venue with so much natural beauty and special history.

Frankie was originally assigned to us as our event coordinator for our wedding. She was amazing to work with, and it was clear from the start that she knew her stuff. Unexpectedly, just a little over 2 months before our wedding day we were informed our wedding was being reassigned to Jen due to restructuring of the company. If I’m being honest, the communication started off a little rocky, and it was a lot of back and forth to get a call set up, which initially made me nervous. However, with patience on both ends, we made it through. We felt confident after meeting with both Jen and Frankie at our rehearsal to discuss potential layout changes due to the weather. My husband and I were pushing to stick to our planned outdoor ceremony, and Jen pulled through and made the buzzer-beater call. It felt so magical, with rain dripping from the trees and the sun coming out during our vows. I’m unsure what we would have done without Jen, the staff, and the rest of our vendor team. There’s no doubt that Jen and her team worked their butts off to make the vision for our special day come to life.

I have to add that the food and drinks were AMAZING. We are still getting compliments from our guests that this was some of the best food they’ve ever eaten, especially at a wedding! We had around 170 guests, and every single piece of salmon and steak was cooked to perfection. It was one of the most memorable meals that I wish I could go back and eat again. Also, the petite desserts table!! YUM! Everything was just so good.

To sum it up, this was the best day of our lives. It was beautiful and fun, and the Barns/Events by Classic team knows what they are doing. We’re big fans and highly recommend The Barns for your wedding or large event!

Traci Barisciano

We got married here on 8/23. It was everything we hoped for. Food was great. The venue came together perfectly. Makenna was such a great coordinator. Everything went so smoothly. Great value!!

Eric Rhind

We had our wedding here and could not of been happier with our experience. Franke was our day of coordinator and she was the absolute best to work with. She was so helpful and communicative and really helped us bring together our vision for the day.

The venue was absolutely beautiful and all of our friends and family could not believe how amazing it was. We loved the intimate garden setting and it was so romantic.

The food at the venue was also absolutely amazing, many of our guests said it was the best dinner they have ever had at a wedding.

The bartenders were also amazing and were able to re-create many of our favorite drinks and were so flexible when we had last minute changes.

I cannot recommend this venue enough. We could not of imagined a better day here.

Michael Dadula

I photographed a wedding at this venue in October 2022 and can't say enough amazing things about my working experience here. The barn itself is beautiful and rustic and the actual space has plenty of room to accommodate a large wedding, yet the "enclosed" area can still make it feel intimate, the best of both worlds! Definitely a really cool location tucked in the heart of downtown Monterey

Dawn Y

Beautiful venue for our wedding in October. While there were a bit of difficulty getting responses from our venue coordinator leading up to the day, it’s definitely because they work their butts off! We got several compliments on how good the food was (and that was our top priority) so don’t you worry about how the food will be. It’s centrally located in Monterey downtown, so it was accessible to get last minute things done, and plenty of things for the guests to do around the area! Would definitely get married again at Barns 10/10! ?

sarah white

Our wedding day was everything we could have hoped for and more. We have SO many positive things to say about The Barns it's hard to sum up our positive experience in a single review!

Our venue coordinator was Frankie and to say she went above and beyond feels like the understatement of the century. During the planning process Frankie scheduled several phone calls with us to go through every day-of detail imaginable. She made sure we covered it all, and really helped bring our vision to life. For example, instead of a cake, we really wanted a champagne tower. Frankie set it up during our reception (picture below) and it made for such a fun moment and pictures. On the day of Frankie made sure that us and our guests were well taken care of. One of my favorite moments was walking into the barn post ceremony to Frankie waiting with champagne for myself and my (new) husband. She also made sure the staff brought us passed apps since we'd be busy taking photos during cocktail hour.

We had multiple guests tell us the food was the best wedding food they've had. The Barns did a great job managing multiple dietary restrictions and allergies and every.single.person got exactly what they ordered. We also got MULTIPLE compliments on the bar especially the spicy margaritas! During the planning process we had expressed to Frankie not wanting long lines for the bar. She (and the Barns staff) made sure cocktails were ready, and had passed beer and wine to keep the lines down during cocktail hour. I don't think we ever saw a line longer than a few people.

We had the day and night of our life and are so grateful to The Barns staff and especially Frankie for everything!!

Nicole Chrislock

Beautiful venue. My friend had her wedding here this week and it was so beautiful. I use to come to this historic site all the time as a kid back when it was owned by State Parks and still had roosters running around the old gardens and sheep in the back. It was special to be someplace so historic and with so many memories (children in the adobe's etc.). The venue has a a beautiful old barn with a cute upstairs that is decorated very nicely for getting ready and for the bridal party etc. The grounds are beautiful and the historic adobe walls make for a beautiful backdrop for photos.

Stephanie Ormond

Words cannot describe how incredible and special of place this was to have our wedding at this past weekend. We were one of the couples that had to prolong our wedding due to COVID and honestly, we couldn’t have asked for a better team to navigate through those waters with. They not only continued to be extremely communicative when everything was still very up in the air, but after changing our date 3 times they also gave us back our security deposit per contract because we had postponed it so many times and technically didn’t have to pay until 90 days before hand. If you ask me, this shows how they went above and beyond to be loyal, follow their contract and provide the most incredible customer service.

Now for the aesthetics and location. PRIME!! It is nestled right in downtown making it so easy and convenient for your visitors to walk around during the wedding weekend and made it so easy for everyone to find something to do. You can get food, drinks, Cannery Row, hotels/motels and farmers market all within walking distance. You never felt like you had to entertain your guests while you were busy with your own wedding because the options were unlimited! Also, in our opinion the convenience of place to stay after the wedding was extremely important to us because we didn’t want to worry about Ubers at the end of the night. There are at least 5 hotels within walking distance from the venue.

Aesthetically, Cooper Molera gives you all the feels and encompassing even more than we could have asked for. It is a huge piece of California history, it is thoughtful, unique and special in so many ways. It was the only venue both my now husband and I LOVED and after this wonderful weekend, solidified that we truly picked the best one.

Food was unparalleled to any food we have ever had at a wedding. We had a guest list of 160 people and every single person got the correct food they ordered, it all came out hot, cooked perfectly and at the same time. Every single person raved about it being the best food they have ever had at a wedding and we couldn’t agree more. The steak was cooked perfect, and the salmon was crispy on the outside and medium on the inside. Hats off to all the chefs and servers that made this possible. Once again it exceeded my expectations. Drinks were some of the most fresh and delicious we have ever had as well.

Amanda, Cassandra, Francesca, Nicole as well as the rest of the staff, thank you for making this day absolutely PERFECT!! We would do it all over again times a million and truly made it the best day of our lives!

XX,
Steph and Alec