Bridges Restaurant Wedding //

If you are planning a Bridges Restaurant wedding on Granville Island and still need a photographer I would love to hear from you. Please use the contact form at the top of the page or email me directly at mf@mathiasfastphotography.com. Bridges is my favorite restaurant venue to photograph at in Vancouver and one I am very familiar with. Below are images from a recent celebration along with Bridges Restaurant wedding pricing.

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Bridges Restaurant Wedding Cost

An exclusive buyout of Bridges Restaurant for your wedding ranges in price from $9,000 to $14,000 depending on the day and time of year. Included in the venue rental is white table linens & napkins, professional staff, microphone and dance floor.

Bridges restaurant can also host your wedding ceremony (in conjunction with the reception) for the cost of either $250 of $1000 depending on the setup requirement. The higher fee applies (+ 2 hour window) if the restaurant needs to to reset the room for the reception.

The food and beverage minimums are lowest from January to March ($9000) and highest on Fridays and Saturdays throughout the rest of the year. For those wanting a brunch wedding, Bridges also has a very affordable food and beverage minimum of $6000 for daytimes up until 3:30pm.

It is important to know that taxes and gratuities are in addition to food and beverage minimums and come to 18% for gratuities, 5% GST is applied to all food, beverage and a 10% PLT is applied to all liquor. For specific food and beverage pricing and to check availability for your date please contact Bridges Restaurant directly.

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I started writing out a description of how Katie and Carl’s wedding at Bridges Restaurant went and then realized I was doing the same thing she had already done, just not nearly as well :) So I’ll let her tell you how the day unfolded:

We wanted our wedding to be romantic and intimate, and we knew Bridges Restaurant in Granville Island, with its classic Westcoast views and elegant dining room, would be the perfect backdrop for our wedding celebration. From there, all the other little details just fell into place and reflected who we were as a couple.

It was important for us to incorporate traditional Chinese wedding elements to our wedding. We did this firstly with our locally designed wedding invitations, which we individually wax sealed by hand with a Chinese “double happiness” symbol. On the wedding day, Carl arrived at my parent’s house to find a series of tasks he and his groomsmen had to pass (including eating hot chilli peppers!) in order to meet his bride. I got to watch the entire process through a window looking onto the front porch. This was followed by a tea ceremony, where I had the opportunity to wear my mother’s very own red and gold wedding Cheongsam.

I then changed into my wedding dress, Hayley Paige’s “Lourdes” dress, which I loved for being both timeless and unique with its daring straps and champagne underlay. I wanted my bridesmaids to wear what they wanted, so they each designed their own dresses in varying shades of grey. Carl and I met in a nearby park for our first look, surrounded by lush greenery, and headed to our Bridges Restaurant for our wedding ceremony in our friend’s Lincoln ’64 as our getaway car.

We said our vows on the terrace of Bridges, followed by cheers and bubbles from our family and friends while a string quartet played classical and contemporary music. From then on, it was all about celebrating.

From our first dance beneath an incredible navy sky, to cutting of the delicious wedding cake made with love from my new sister-in-law, everything was perfect. For the second half of our wedding reception, I changed into a red dress by the designer Sachin & Babi, to toast our guests, toss the bouquet and dance the night away. As for the food… we couldn’t forget the incredible dessert buffet of mini cupcakes, macarons and fudge cookies catered by my talented second-cousin’s summer catering business (she’s in high school!) and Bridge’s midnight snack of blue cheese sliders and poutine.

When the night was done, we said our goodbyes and strolled through a quiet Granville Island to our hotel where we happily awoke the next morning, grinning ear to ear as husband and wife. We were so lucky to have a wonderful wedding celebration that was easily the best day of our lives. Then it was off to our first adventure as a married couple: our honeymoon in Morocco!

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A few words from the bride on her experience working with me: “I stumbled across Mathias’ work one night early on in the wedding process while looking for a venue. Every time I found an amazing photo, one that really capture the joy and love at a wedding, it turned out that he was the photographer. Mathias was the perfect choice for our wedding – he captured all of the moments on the best day of our lives, the big, the small, and the oft overlooked, in an authentic and truly beautiful way. His relaxed attitude made everyone feel comfortable, yet he exercised his authority when necessary to get large group shops together. The hard work he put in on the wedding day really showed in photos we received after. It was the perfect mix of candid, natural shots and beautiful portraits. We are incredibly thankful to Mathias for his work!”

Vancouver wedding vendors who helped make this Bridges Restaurant wedding happen:

Planner // Shawna @ Sweetheart Events

Second Photographer // Justine B

Florals // Garden Party Flowers

DJ // Beyond Sound

String Quartet // Musical Occasions

Hair // Anita Lee

Makeup // Margaret Lai

Ceremony and Reception Venue // Bridges Restaurant

Dress // Hailey Paige from Blush Bridal

Shoes // Valentino

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Bridges Restaurant shines as a summer wedding venue because of the massive outdoor deck and the ability to open many of its doors to the outside. On the flip side, this Vancouver restaurant venue is one of the best on those days when the weather is not so nice. To see what a rainy Granville Island wedding looks like take a look at Ali and Brendan’s rainy fall wedding.

To see another option for your Granville Island Wedding taking a look at Taylor and Georgia’s False Creek Community centre wedding.