Blu Bungalow

Really lovely meeting space for those without offices for wedding and event planning. Very comfortable, a lot of light, and well styled. Great place to go over ideas and view set-​ups from local vendors.

If you haven’t joined this group on one of their site tours you absolutely should! Blu Bungalow took the time and care to create the most spectacular evening for their guests. Detailed site tours pulling out every stop to showcase the facilities and participating vendors. The food, the beverage, the chosen venues to see and the décor was incredible. What an exciting new way to tour sites for your next event!

This is a review of the venue.
Thanks to Hazel and Mark for a great party last night (12÷7÷2013). We had my wife’s birthday there for about 30 people. She was instrumental in helping me plan and getting me hooked up with the right vendors.
The venue is a short staircase down from the sidewalk, on one of the hottest streets in SF: Union. It had been a few years since I’d been up there, but dang. It was jumping. But what about parking you ask? Hazel has an arrangement with a garage across the street which is very reasonable. It worked out beautifully.
Speaking of beautiful, let’s talk about the space (I see some pics below so I won’t spend too much time here). Suffice it to say I felt like could spend a lot of time there. The floor is the thing I noticed first, a dark gray which is very relaxing. You can tell that a lot of thought was put into its design. It’s also got a professionally designed AV system, replete with 2 42″ LCDs in the back room, and built-​in speakers throughout.
Logistics:
* They have a kitchen too, so prep of hot apps is a possibility. We had La Coronetta deliver (look them up; they’re great).
* Parking – see above.
* Capacity? We had 30 people, but I’m guessing you could have 60 – 70 people and not get a cramped, bar feel. (Please check with Hazel for the hard number).
Side note – We were lucky to have Giggle and Riot set up photo booth (I highly recommend them!). Hazel has their contact info and can help arrange this fun activity for your guests.
Back to the party and then wrap: One of our guests suggested we do this every year, even if we’re not having a birthday, it was such a good time. I agree. Hazel (and Mark!) helped make this a memorable, wonderful event.

I love this place and I adore the owner Hazel. I hosted an event there and Hazel was so professional, warm, helpful, and the whole experience from start to finish was one of the best experiences I’ve had so far with event hosts.
I am engaged and if I lived in SF, I would deffffinnnniiiteeelllyyy go see her for all my needs. She knows her stuff, is fun to talk to, and makes our lives as brides to be much much easier. Go check out Blu Bungalow if you’re a bride to be or if you are a vendor in the wedding business, you will want this woman representing you.

My fiancé and I just attended the venue tour in Napa/​Sonoma hosted by Blu Bungalow and it was absolutely fabulous! It ended up being all ladies on the trip, but my fiancé was a great sport about it and was welcomed by everyone.
I don’t want to give too much away about the trip since there are still two tours scheduled for San Francisco venues and I do not want to ruin the fun surprises, but I HIGHLY recommend going on the trip if you are just starting your wedding planning! It is a really fun way to familiarize yourself with different venues and vendors in the Bay Area.
I signed up for the trip shortly after my fiancé and I got engaged in November. By the time the tour came we had visited at least a dozen venues and I was a little paranoid that we would be visiting places we’d already gone. Hazel (the owner and organizer of the venue tours) was SO sweet and quick to respond to all of my crazy e-​mails and I am so glad we ended up going on the trip.
If you are like most brides you are probably so excited about the wedding that you’d love nothing more than to talk about it for hours on end. (It happens to the best of us) On the venue tour with Blu Bungalow we got to do just that! All wedding talk all day long! The best part was that each and every vendor that we met with on the tour was genuinely excited to hear about our wedding. You can tell how enthusiastic they are about what they do.
If you are not able to go on an upcoming venue tour (though you really should because it is DEFINITELY worth it), I believe you can just visit the Blu Bungalow studio on Union Street to start your wedding planning fun. They truly just want to help you in the planning process and it’s great to be able to get information on a variety of multiple vendors all in one place!

I luckily got the chance to work with Blu Bungalow this last December in the helping of planning a corporate holiday party for a local San Francisco business. And boy was I blown away by how professional, detailed, kind, and innovative Hazel was as the planner. The small details (along with the large details) that she was responsible for taking care of were executed with such precision and creativity.
As the in house Private Event Planner of Infusion Lounge, I can honestly say that Blu Bungalow was probably the easiest company to work with in 2012. They not only completely impressed their clients and guests, they made us look good too :)
I only hope they choose us to work with again in 2013.
Thanks Hazel!

Stopped by after recently getting engaged to see what to do to get started in the wedding process. My fiancé and I met with Hazel the owner who was so amazing and friendly. We talked for over an hour about the process to get started and how to find a place. Hazel was super helpful and there are so many great resources here and ideas it was the perfect place to get started.
I highly recommend coming here for event planning and talking with Hazel, I will be going back to utilize the resources here and attend the workshops they have.

Looking for an exciting, hip and trendy place to throw your next get together (whether it be a wedding shower, baby shower, birthday bash or any get together in between)? Look no further, BB is your party headquarters! Located right in the middle of the vibrant Cow Hollow, with plenty of street parking for your guests, BB certainly went above and beyond to make my party experience one of the best party experiences ever.
Okay, so I may host the occasional house party or cocktail party, but for my partner’s 30^th Birthday party I wanted to throw him something a little more special.
Picture this… we had a themed «Barbie» party and we were looking for a place that was exactly what Barbie signified. Cool, young, hip, trendy, energetic, creative, vivacious, and fun! Low and behold we found everything we needed and more at Blu Bungalow! Everything you need is under one roof at BB which made my party experience a lot more enjoyable.
The facility rental rates are a deal, compared to other private rates you’d get if you go elsewhere in SF, and better yet, the owner will customize your party to your hearts content!
Furthermore, if you’re looking to spice up your party with a DJ, customized lighting and even catering, you get exclusive rights to the top-​notch vendors represented by BB. Everything is possible at BB!
The facility itself was amazing. We easily fit my party of 50 with much more room to spare for additional entertainment, including a «picture room» where we set up a «Barbie Box» for our guests to take pictures in, a food area where all our treats were displayed nicely and an entertainment area equipped with a mounted projector where I was able to show a slideshow that I had made specially for the party. The space also has an iPod dock where you can play music through BB’s sound system to keep the party going. Needless to say, BB was very open to how we wanted our party set up, with a «client comes first mentality.»
This was certainly one of the best parties I’ve ever thrown all thanks to the help and beautiful space of BB!

Wow, what a great party space! Hazel and the team at Blu Bungalow are fantastic. It’s an event planning studio, but they also rent out their studio space for parties of any kind.
I wanted to celebrate my 40^th birthday with a boat cruise on the Bay yesterday with about 60 of my friends and family. The boat ride was terrific, but I also wanted to be able to gather together on solid ground somewhere where we could mingle, laugh, celebrate, eat, drink, and eat birthday cake. Blu Bungalow’s studio was *perfect* for this. I got so many compliments from my friends about the party space and the party. It made quite the impression.
The studio space is fairly large and it has a lot of opportunities for a party of any kind and size. It’s long and skinny with a few different areas. They have some high tables and chairs for eating and/​or food placement, and there are several different comfy couches and other seating areas for relaxing where different groups can gather and co-​mingle. They have speakers in multiple areas that are hooked up to an iPod connector so you can play your favorite playlist. We didn’t do any dancing, but now I kind of wish we had. =)
I chose to cater the party myself, but you could also have your event profesionally catered. As a self catered event, Hazel and some of her staff were on hand to help out. They are generous, thoughtful, warm, but also unobtrusive. We had about 40 people at our party, and although there was plenty more space for a much bigger crowd, we didn’t feel lost in a big room. It’s really flexible that way. (Also, I love her decorating style and wish I could get her to design my house, hahaha. Especially check out the vase sconces for the bathroom signs!)
There’s a small kitchen that has a sink, full size refrigerator/​freezer, and a microwave. There’s no oven or stove, though, FYI.
So now I have to ask myself if I can wait until my husband’s 40^th birthday next year before I can host a party there again…