Newark Pavilion

I called to get a quote for the facility rental and spoke to Mary on the phone. She was incredibly RUDE and it seemed as if I was wasting her time. She quoted me $ 3,000.00 for the #4 hall but told me she «doesn’t like to quote prices over the phone». Basically she wanted to sell me the hall, but i’ve been there countless times. She was incredibly unprofessional and should seriously consider taking a class on properly conducting business. Very disappointing.

Don’t book this venue just rude people trying to kick out everybody security were being as* wipes no alcohol aloud so beer is $ 5 but they don’t card so I seen a lot of drunk minors this lady with blond hair kinda fat was real rude treating us to clean don’t book it spend your money else were #ripoff #fvckboiiiz #moneyhungryHoooooo #chowmain #aint #no #party #like #the # fvckboiiiz #party #cause #the #fvckboiiiz #party #dont #stop

The owner and the manager are very rude and don’t care about their clients. Everything about this place is horrible. If your looking to have a good time DO NOT CHOOSE THIS PLACE. They will ruin your night and even close down your party. Great way for them to make money, I’m guessing that’s how they stay in business, by stealing your money when they shut down the party early. I hate this place. Never coming back here again. Rip Off!!! Take your money elsewhere! Wish I could give it zero stars!

Horrible owner and management, very offensive and rude! Not worth it even if it’s for a family event.

This is a horrible venue. Wish i would’ve known this before. The owners and managers are horrible people. They are so rude and dont care about the people. DO NOT BOOK THEM FOR EVENTS. Beware of these people. They rip you off and steal your money!!! STAY AWAY and go elsewhere!

I don’t know how to really put this nicely.
I came here for an event. The event itself was great with a good amount of attendees. With the venue we would assume it would be ok to walk around the other buildings and take photos. No. That is not the case. At first the staff at this event said it should be ok just taking pictures since… well we are just TAKING PICTURES. After 10 minutes into shooting photos, the security kicked us out and told us we were only able to use the Hall that our event was being held at. This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard and done. We were pretty much being watched not to wonder off to the other halls.
Honestly the venue itself was already bad. What made it worse was that they limited us to where we could stay. If I was the event coordinator… never book this place please.

Worst fucken place ever fucken bartender is a ripoff!!! And very rude and disrespectful !!! Don’t waste your money … He plans the bullshit he does… He says there’s no more beer and starts selling his and then the mother fucker calls the cops makes a big seen so they can shut the party down !!! Nobody come here!!!

I have been attending camera shows here for several years and recently became the owner of PhotoFair. I held my first event at the hall as owner a week ago. The people who run the hall did a nice job of setting up our vendor tables. The hall is priced reasonably and the people I worked with are pretty nice. People should expect to leave a message and have a return call later that day. This has been consistent and I can work with that. If I have a complaint it would be that the bathrooms (men’s room at least) are of marginal quality (Hall 4). None of this deters from the combination of good parking, nice large hall with a fair price and a friendly face to greet me at 5AM when I setup.

Bingo here sucks! The games are not explained on the sheet and when you ask almost everyone who works there they don’t even know.
The workers are super rude, especially the red dyed haired lady that sells flash games.
The games are literally TWICE as much than any other bay area hall. And there are not many regular games. Total ripoff.

This place is home to many Portuguese in the area, it is a very large space which is great to host parties and other events. However, a lot of drama happens here so be very careful. I have seen people get in some fights and I am not talking about the ring wrestling that they host here! Why can’t we all get along? Be very careful when choosing this venue for your wedding or any other special event! That being said some great events have been hosted here, from Portuguese events to Weddings! Try to come see an event to really decide for yourself, if this is the place for you! As a highly experienced event planner, that’s what I recommend!

We rented the Newark Pavilion for our wedding earlier this month. I’ve been to this hall many times and since they last renovated it, the hall looks beautiful and is well kept. It’s very spacious and the décor is neutral, yet elegant.
We had 350 people at the wedding and everything went smoothly.
Overall it was a great experience for all the accommodations we needed.

This place is part of my family history. All kinds of Mexican and Latin bandas and grupos played there back in the day (and still do) so when my dad and his cousins and his friends danced there when they were young. My cousin got married there some years ago and yesterday another cousin was married there. It seems remodeled since the last time I was there. Now it looks much nicer.
It’s too bad other patrons have had bad experiences. My cousin and his bride hired one of our favorite Peruvian restaurants to cater so it was a treat to watch the chefs flambeeing chicken in the kitchen.
At one point, the bar offered free Modelo beer to the guests to finish out the keg.

WARNING!!! DO NOT USE THIS PLACE!!!
My wife and I were married this past summer and I would have to say that the workers here came very close to ruining our wedding day! There is this lady who is a real b — h who we had never met when we booked the hall, yet come the day of the wedding here she was with this big head and stuck up attitude saying that she ran the place. This lady and her crew do not know how to treat people and were very rude. Can you believe that on the day of our wedding this woman was arguing with us, the wedding couple!!!
It is a good thing that we had our contract with us because this lady in the morning refused to open the side room to the hall for the caterers to setup in, at the hall when our guest were first arriving she also refused to open the bar at the time that was already agreed upon, and to top it off this lady turned on the lights and tried to kick everyone out at 10:00 pm when the music was suppose to stop at 11:45 pm with our venders having all the time they needed to clear out! I was told later that the reason the lady tried to end our party early was because she wanted to get her people in so they could setup early for a baptism that was scheduled the next day! It was only when we showed this WITCH our contract that she would shut up and storm off without so much as saying sorry!
Now, my new wife and I are pretty laid back and are not like other couples who feel entitled to special treatment, but I must say that on this day there was no reason for the treatment that we received!!! So if you want your bride in tears and more stress added to an already stressful day then this place is for you, if not then save your money and more importantly the headache and go somewhere else!!!

WORST SERVICE EVER! I tried to over look the comments other people made regarding how rude they were and trust me when I say listen to the bad comments… I agree 100% that they are rude and don’t know how to run the hall properly. I would NOT RECOMMEND this hall for any event. Especially for a wedding. All arrangements were made with the director at the time of booking and we followed every rule. Even before the day of my wedding, I contacted the direct who handled my contract with the hall to double check all questions my vendors had; what time can they enter to setup, what I need to provide that they didn’t [ice, water, beverages (sodas), etc], what time is everyone to leave (as long everyone is out at 12), do my vendors have to be rushed at 12 (answer NO, they can take they time to pack up), and other questions. The lady in charge and the care taker did not care what so ever regarding my contract. They were rude since the moment I met them. Not once were they nice to me and my husband. We were the bride and groom at least a congratulations or nice attitude. NOPE… nothing. Even the vendors got hassled. She kept asking for the contract and when proof was shown she was still upset and rude. They kept accusing us of breaking the contract and threaten to shut down the party because they need to set up for tomorrow’s event. Here is an example: Its 10 pm the music is playing, lights are off because we had special lighting with the DJ, my guest are dancing as was I and they turn the light on. We question what is happening and she tells us the party is over. My contract says 11:45 stop the music and when I show her my contract, she gets madder than ever and does not apologize. Also, we had special arrangement with the director to buy more kegs the day of the wedding and they charged us more than agreed. This place is not worth the money even if you need a place to seat up to 500 people… Definitely not worth the hassle or money.

The Pavilion has always been a great location for whatever you needed it for. Whether it be a wedding, a quinceañera, or any large gathering, the staff has always been great to work with.
I have been to many events there and will always continue to go

JUST RUDE!
I’ve been here plenty of times for concerts, and other functions that involved alcohol and large crowds, however, what happened there on Saturday, June 12^th is just horrible.
Let me get to the meat of my post… Ok, so I was invited to a wedding there, and as a former bartender I fully understand rules and regulations owners have to abide by in order to maintain a liquor license. This is NO excuse for demeaning behavior of the owner, security and police officers towards wedding guests.
Someone attending the wedding thought that paying $ 5/​beer was too much so he decided to bring in his own 24pk of Buds. while not respecting the contract’s specific rules about not BYOB, they shut the party down completely.
I mean, I was getting ready to put my dancing shoes on! They never offered guests an explanation of what was going on, they also never offered the wife and groom time to let their guests know what was going on… NO GENERAL WARNING went out.
All of the money that goes into planning a wedding for some idiot to ruin it, and to add insult to injury the owner, and the security had nerve to call cops and flat out lie and say that everyone was drinking in the parking lot.
UGH, I really can’t stand when people take advantage of others.
I can, and possibly will– call ABC myself and explain how Myself and a few others were being served alcohol and were never asked to show our id’s. Even the teenagers were getting beer at the bar. If they really were concerned about keeping their license they should have practiced better procedures…
Really though…

Great location of an event as it has two options on site to choice from depeding on your price point and plenty of parking. Management is easy to deal with and flexible.
Plus — great festas!

Amazing venue and always a good time.
The Newark Pavilion is a staple in the Bay Area Portuguese Community. Go here for Festas, Portuguese folk dance, sagres, sopas, linguiça, oh and of course bingo. And did I mention you can rent the Hall for your event?

Great venue for Portuguese Festas!
Beware…a lot of older Portuguese Biatas talking a lot of smack… but that is any festa… Porta-​te bem!

Portuguese Central! I have to give it 5 stars just for that.
Don’t forget to check out the Festa/​Holy Ghost! It usually happens around the middle of July. And stuff yourself with sopas.