Facility is a little dated, but members are all very friendly and the lodge offers cool events. The…read morepool is larger than ones found at most gyms and is heated. The fitness center, although it looks run down, here has all the equipment you need and never gets as busy as 24 hour fitness or equinox. I haven't tried it yet, but have noticed the bowling alley and tennis courts. The monthly Bingo events are always something fun to look forward to. I did not realize how intense the games can get, and am still hoping to win one day. They also offer affordable Wednesday night dinners that are catered and the drinks are cheap ($2 beers). If you want to become a member, don't hesitate!

I've been a member at the elks for the past 3 years and I wish I joined sooner. It's a great place…read moreto relax, meet incredible people, and bring the family to the pool for summers and events. I really enjoy the gym, steam room, sauna, and jacuzzi on a weekly basis. The people here always say hi and are very friendly. I might be on the younger side but don't mind learning from our older members. Everyone here is very respectable and great. I like taking my kids here over the summer to the pool to enjoy. They also have a cantina bar to enjoy a cocktail or beer under the sun. They also have Wednesday night dinners for a reasonable price. Also throughout the year they have many events to enjoy. I would recommend checking them out.

A very nice place to relax and have a beautiful memory with a special person. I really enjoyed…read moremyself here and I recommend it

Recently visited for epatt fundraiser dinner. Was a beautiful scenery, food was good and everything…read morewas very elegant great service as well

What a terrific venue for a smaller event. It is a lovely building with a high arch ceiling with…read moreexposed beam. It was the first church in San Carlos and you see it in the architecture. There is a ballet school that also uses the building so there are dance bars on two of the walls as well as mirrors. They melt into the background and during our event I did not even notice them. There is a cute little stage and a mini PA system which we adequately hooked up a table with Wifi and had some background music. The venue provided an LCD projector so we could show a slide show of pictures. Their equipment made everything so easy. The large, modern kitchen made it easy on our caterers. They remarked how easy it was for them. The venue provided and set up the tables and comfortable, padded chairs, set up per per our layout design. We have nothing but great things to say about this venue. The private parking lot made it very easy for our guests. This is a location we would definitely consider in the future.

I have been using the Civic Garden Club of San Carlos for events for the past 15 years. I have to…read moresay they really are very reasonably priced and they do a great job of maintaining the condition. It has beautiful wooden floors, vinatge chandeliers, huge soaring windows to let in the natural bright sunlight or you can pull the shades to darken the room. It used to be used as a church and it has beautiful vaulted ceilings and a stage and a loft.There is a spotless kitchen with a huge stove with multiple burners and a huge industrial size oven. They have a caretaker that will do table and chairs set up and take down exactly in the formation you wish for your event, customized to your specification. I have had nothing but good things to say about the club at 737 Walnut Street in San Carlos. There is three conveniently located bathrooms-one off the kitchen and another 2 bathrooms near the entrance. Of course being a garden club the landscape is impeccable and the fence is well maintained with a great parking lot. If you don't want to be disappointed, I highly recommend it for your events. Sincerely, Carol

This was a great experience. Every activity was incredibly well organized and well thought out and…read morethe coordinators, Charlie, Charles and Starr are very friendly and approachable. I made new friends and had a lot of fun. I even recommend this for my fellow introverts or anyone nervous about the social component. Everyone is super nice and you will have a lot of fun. You won't regret it :)

Super fun way to meet people. It was a good age range and everyone was really friendly and fun to…read morehang out with. The organizers do a phenomenal job of planning events - every event was well thought out and helped to meet different people in the cohort each time. I can't say enough how impressed I was with the event planning - I expected something less planned out, but every event was something fun and new that I on my own would have wanted to do in the Bay Area. I highly highly recommend this!

This place has so much promise but alas it's not for me. After a year I stopped and don't really…read moremiss it. The good is the view. Everyone is impressed with the location and the view. The 3pm coffee break is not bad. But pretty much after that it's downhill - the sales team promises a community but really it's a Coworking space with uncomfortable sitting for working and member predominantly prefer not to interact much from 9-4pm - cafe doesn't really need to try because they have a captive audience as no outside food is allowed. Food is okay unless you are unlucky like me and get myself and my friend food poisoning from their strawberry matcha latte $13.50 each. We got our refund but no word of apology. - cafe staff is more likely not to know how to process your member credit. More than 50% of the time using your member credit is an uncomfortable experience and they just like to blame another team for why they are not trained. - the space is closed or partially closed whenever they can get it rented. Members just have to deal. - for $3000 a year shack15 is trying too hard to be cool but it just feels pretentious and almost unwelcoming. The events. You don't have to be a member to go to the events. À la carte payments work. Some events are good. If you are looking for Coworking space and want ergo set up this is not the place. If you want to meet people it's not great at facilitating a true community. It is a beautiful space that unfortunately doesn't deliver on its promise for me.

SHACK15 is part coworking space, part social club, and part event venue, located on the top floor…read moreof the Ferry Building with views of the Bay. The space is stylish, modern, with lounges, work-friendly areas, meeting rooms, phone booths, lockers, a café/bar, and plenty of room to connect with people. It's a community space for entrepreneurs, founders, investors, creatives, and changemakers. They host events, talks, cultural programming, and networking opportunities; you can meet interesting people, get work done, or attend a curated event there.

THE CITY CLUB BAR…read more John treated me ! Thanks Johnny boy!! I started with a Gin Martini 2 olives & a twist on ice ... Unfortunately the ice wasn't in cubes so the flavor was so watered down that I couldn't taste the gin at all...We then were served some great little warm breads with delicious butter YUM! The split mixed iceburg lettuce salad arrived which was a generous portion & well dressed with some notes of tarragon ..nice! John ordered the braised short rib & he subbed out the mashed potato/roquefort for the fried potato disks that came with the rib eye. Good spuds! My beef bourguignon had wonderful toothsome wide egg noodles but weirdly, chunks of green pepper & undercooked pearl onions? The beefy gravy was perfect on the pasta BUT the beef's texture was terrible.. mushy without a smidgen of bite! YUCK! When John had me taste his beef the resuts were much the same... too soft & textureless.. then the opposite...the pretty split carrot halves were too hard & undercooked on his plate to bring out their sweetness....I assume these 2 long cooked meats styles had been sitting for god knows how long I left most of the dinner to take home & see if I could repair the dish... (I'll probably eat the noodles and use the beef in a taco?). so my suggestion is to order the rack of lamb (if I return....which John had had & recommended) & stay away from long cooked items (except beans)

An absolutely stunning venue for an intimate wedding. My husband and I had the pleasure of…read moreattending a wonderful ceremony and reception here. The outside space for a wedding ceremony is so beautifully designed with all the plants. The historic interior added such a timeless look to our friends' reception and we really enjoyed the food provided too. Would definitely recommend as a venue!

This review is for the main dining room. My friend is a member of this club and she invited me to…read morehave dinner with her at the main dining room. Two of us shared 3 appetizers, each of us had a main (so 2 main dishes), total of 3 glasses of champagne, and 2 desserts, total ~$390. Almost $200 per person. Champagne, I did splurge and got the most expensive glass they had ($55). It's a blended champagne with different years of champagne and the staff member explained all the back stories about the champagne offered during the evening and this one intrigued me. If you do come in early, you will see a staff member doing a sabrage. I have been cutting alcohol consumption but I got persuaded to give this a try! It is a very very delicious champagne. Now into the food. Hamachi crudo - it is a very delightful and well-executed starter. The thickness of the hamachi is just right and the caviar and apples are definitely the perfect compliments highlight the flavor of hamachi and balance the richness in hamachi. Steak tartare - it has a lighter fare to it. The meat was cut into a micro dices/cube rather than finely minced in a traditional way. The crostini is super thin as well. I personally prefer a more rich and decadent steak tartare but I also think this lighter version will have their supporters too. (Honestly, I think if you are in GLP-1 and need to increase your protein intake but not having a large appetite, this would be the perfect dish to have. lol!) Octopus - I highly recommend this appetizer, especially during the June Gloom time when you want a warm, hearty, and flavorful starter. Not only the octopus was grilled to perfection, it has this delicious roasted potatoes, chorizo mash(?) , and one of the best chimichurri I've ever had. I can see myself coming back here just to get this dish. My friend got the black cod - she had it over the weekend and enjoyed it so much that she had to have it again. Risotto - this is the one that I just think it's just OK. I love the idea - using the spicy flavorful cioppino as a stock to cook the risotto. But I'm quite disappointed by the amount of seafood served in this $40 risotto. The portion, honestly, feels like a primo rather than the main course. If you have a small appetite, yea, you can get around with it as your main. But this is the same price as the black cod - I expect to get more rice and get way more seafood since mussels, clams, and shrimps that were placed on the risotto are on the tiny side... so I honestly don't think it's worth the price. It is delicious - don't get me wrong. But I just won't pay $40 next time again for it. Dessert, my friend got a scope of ice-cream. I was recommended to have the strawberry cheesecake and it was definitely a very solid dessert. At first I thought it's just a slice of cheesecake topped with strawberry. But the staff explained the dessert to me and I gave this a try. It is a deconstructed strawberry cheesecake but I do think the pastry chef did a great job celebrating strawberry cheesecake! The cheesecake was formed into a chocolate bon bon with a shape like a strawberry. It's served with this roasted strawberries sauce and the graham cracker crumbs tie everything together. I am a little bit surprised to see this type of dessert as I wouldn't think they would hire a pastry chef... they might just keep it simple with ice-cream and sorbet, or source really well-made dessert elsewhere. But it seems like they do have a pastry chef in-house. So definitely save room to give the dessert offering a try as well! Was the service great? Yes. Was the food good? Yes. But I just don't think it's enough to justify paying $2K of initiation fee + $3K of annual membership fee in order to have the delicious food here at the main dining room. There are other places in the city that offer attentive services with delicious food out there for the similar price range. I'm rounding up the rating to four because I see the staff here doing their best to make this dining room to provide this low-key luxurious dining experience for their members. However, if you do need an access to a venue to host parties/gatherings within your social group, or to be part of a social club to build your professional and personal network, I can see the value to joining this club. But I just won't pay $5K just to come here for food/drink unless I see a bigger discount at the restaurant. For now, I think the price is fairly comparable to other expensive steakhouse/high-end restaurant in the city that doesn't have a Michelin star. At this point, I just hope my friend who is a member will continue taking me out there for dinner in the future ;)

We love to visit the battery when we are in San Francisco. It's a private club that has reciprocal…read morelocations in different parts of the world also... Why do we like the battery? There is always something fun going on... While we were there in March we were able to attend a free comedy show... Standing room only. After it was on to the secret room for drinks and dinner downstairs in the renovated dining room. The weather was stellar during our visit in March at 80°! So sitting outside at one of the garden tables was a must. The food here is excellent in the dining room and outside. The service is also top-notch.... The art changes, but my favorite is downstairs in the basement! ".... And then they came." how can you not love that?! Even the bathrooms are fun in this establishment! Dark, bohemian and somewhat sultry. We love the changing entertainment and always feel welcome here.