Your Next Holiday Party by the Sea

Private events at Pacific Coast Grill · Cardiff-by-the-Sea · Since 1995


Clink glasses to the season with the Pacific a few feet away. Pacific Coast Grill is one of a handful of restaurants from the top of Washington to the bottom of California that actually sits on the beach. Not across from it. On it! The ocean here isn't a view on the wall. It surrounds you. Sky and sea in every direction, salt in the air, and surf close enough to join in the laughter.

No dashing through the snow to get here. Gather on the covered upper deck with the heaters going and the ocean wide open in front of you, take the lower deck nearer the water, or settle in behind the glass. Your coordinator will put your group in the space that suits it, dress the tables for the occasion, and keep the cocktails moving. For a few delicious hours, nobody is thinking about work.

This year, give your holiday party a view they'll be talking about long after the last toast.

RESERVE YOUR HOLIDAY PARTY

The View Has a Few Surprises

The party starts before sunset. Pelicans skimming low over the water, dolphins playing in the swell, and from late fall into winter, gray whales spouting on their way south. On Cardiff Reef, surfers ride the waves as the light turns gold.

Then the room turns toward the water and the sun drops into the Pacific. If the marine layer cooperates, there's the green flash. Somebody always calls it out.

Candles get lit, the first plates arrive, and by the time dessert lands the stars are out. When the moon is up, it lays a silver line across the Pacific that runs straight back to your table.

Around the holidays, the Cardiff Kook usually turns up in costume. We take no responsibility for what he's wearing.

It all happens every night, always different, often magical.

Surfers in the Pacific Sunset

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Sushi Rolls chillin' by the sea.

Shrimp dumplings in port wine sauce. West Coast oysters on the half shell. Sesame-crusted ahi over coconut forbidden rice. Baby back ribs off the house smoker. Kennebec truffle fries. The Cardiff Reef Roll, named for the break you're looking at.

Fresh, local, and decidedly not banquet food. Since 1995, the reason we keep turning up awards in Ranch & Coast.

Plated dinners, buffets, or passed stations. Your coordinator will build the menu around your guests, not around a template.

See Our Current Dinner Menu →

Sushi sprinkled with spice

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. Or a very large one. We have room.

From an intimate dinner to a full-restaurant celebration, there's room to make it yours.

The beach deck and patio at Pacific Coast Grill, open to the Pacific.

On the Beach Deck and Patio

Downstairs Looking West/Northwest

Downstairs Looking West/Southwest

Downstairs Bar

Upstairs Private Room

Upper Deck

Upstairs Looking South

Upstairs Bar

Sunset

Space Seated Notes
Upper deck/patio 50 Open air, best sunset angle
Deck/patio on the beach 65 Closest to the water
Entire upstairs 100 Patio plus indoor dining, upper bar, Wine Vault Private Party Room
Ground level 120 Downstairs Bar, Oyster bar; every seat has an ocean view
Full restaurant / reception 200 Standing reception, full buyout

Dinner, late night, or an idea all your own. Tell us what you're imagining and we'll build the party around it.

What You Get.

  • A dedicated event coordinator from first email through last guest
  • Custom menus, plated or buffet, built around your group
  • Full bar service, with wine pairings available
  • Heaters and covered seating for comfortable late season celebrations
  • Dinner service or late-night buyouts
  • Parking

Not Just December

Holiday parties, corporate dinners, rehearsal dinners, birthdays, anniversaries, bar and bat mitzvahs, launch parties, weddings, or any excuse you can invent to get everyone facing west at the same time.

Sushi sprinkled with spice

Give your holiday party a view they'll be talking about long after the last toast.

RESERVE YOUR HOLIDAY PARTY

Lunch 11AM-3PM   |   Raw Bar 3PM-4PM   |   Dinner 4:00PM-8:30PM (9PM Fri & Sat)

2526 S. Coast Hwy 101 Cardiff, CA   |   760-479-0721


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