Nobu Hotel Los Cabos does not publish an entertainment curfew. For a sangeet and a reception that is the single most important missing line, because it decides how late the dancing goes and in which room. Everything else about the property can be planned around once that answer is in writing.
Getting the answer in writing
Put the question to the resort early, before you fall for a room. A reply that arrives after the deposit is not much use. Ask for the curfew venue by venue and night by night, and ask what an extension costs. We will not guess at the hour. On this coast outdoor spaces tend to be capped earlier than indoor rooms, so the reply often settles where the two late events can go.
Morning is easy. A haldi or pithi at 10am never meets an evening noise rule. And for every outdoor event, have the named indoor backup written into the same line of the contract as the venue.
The six spaces on the published list
The resort lists 6 wedding venues in Los Cabos, Mexico. Shiawase Terrace is the largest at 700 guests and Yakusoku Garden the smallest at 30. Five of the six hold 150 or more.
| Venue | Max capacity | Suitable for |
|---|---|---|
| Shiawase Terrace | 700 | Wedding, Cocktail, Reception |
| Beach | 700 | Wedding, Cocktail, Reception |
| Umi Terrace | 500 | Wedding, Cocktail, Reception |
| Tsuki Ballroom | 480 | Wedding, Cocktail, Reception |
| Aozora Ballroom | 220 | Wedding, Cocktail, Reception |
| Yakusoku Garden | 30 | Wedding, Cocktail, Reception |
Fitting four events into them
Guest count is rarely the problem here. Planning for 150 guests gives you 5 venues to choose from, enough for the mehndi, the sangeet, the ceremony and the reception to each have their own setting. Go to 300 or more and 4 spaces still hold the whole list. Shiawase Terrace at 700 takes the reception, with no need to split the family across rooms.
Read the table like a timetable. Aozora Ballroom works for the mehndi, and it is also about the right size for the sangeet, which needs a dance floor and stage as well as seating. Shiawase Terrace is the reception.
For the ceremony, go small if you like. A mandap needs the right setting and chairs for those who will sit through it, not square footage. The 30-guest end of the grid is there for that.
What Nobu has not put in writing
Venues and capacities are published. A mandap specification is not. Neither is an open-flame policy for the havan, a baraat route or animal policy, or a named South Asian certification for the planners. We have not invented any of them and nobody else should either. These questions have answers, and you should hold them in writing before you sign.
Costs that sit outside the package
The package price is not the final number, for two reasons. Vendors come first: the package pays for setup, ceremony structure, dinner and bar, but never the photographer, videographer, DJ, dhol player, dance floor or uplighting, and bringing your own adds an outside vendor fee to whatever the vendor quotes you. Then there are guests who stay elsewhere. We priced both in what an all-inclusive wedding package does not include. For a side by side across resorts, see the true cost of a South Asian destination wedding.
So the four figures to request here are the entertainment curfew per venue, the outside vendor fee, the day pass rate and the legal ceremony fee. With all four you can compare quotes properly. With the package price alone, two weddings that seem the same end up thousands apart. We ask for all four every time, and our planning is free to couples because the resorts pay us. Send us your dates and guest count and we will get them in writing.
Sources
The venue names and capacities above are the resort’s own wedding venue details, republished on our Nobu Hotel Los Cabos listing. Where the resort publishes nothing, we have said so rather than put in an estimate.
Three questions worth asking early
What guest counts does Nobu Hotel Los Cabos handle?
Nobu lists 6 venues, with Shiawase Terrace the largest at 700 guests and Yakusoku Garden the smallest at 30. Five of the six hold 150 or more, and 4 spaces still hold a list of 300 or more.
Does Nobu Hotel Los Cabos publish mandap or baraat details?
It does not. Venues and capacities are published, but there is no mandap specification, no open-flame policy for the havan, and no baraat route or animal policy. Hold those answers in writing before you sign.
Which costs fall outside the Nobu Hotel Los Cabos package?
The package pays for setup, ceremony structure, dinner and bar, never the photographer, videographer, DJ, dhol player, dance floor or uplighting. Your own vendors add an outside vendor fee, so also request the day pass rate and legal ceremony fee.
Still choosing a resort? See the best resorts for an Indian or South Asian destination wedding: all 30 we have vetted, ranked by their largest published room.
