The Sardine Factory

The Sardine Factory - Event Venue in Monterey, California

Restaurant · Monterey, California

701 Wave Street, Monterey, California, United States

About The Sardine Factory

The Sardine Factory is a celebrated Monterey restaurant in a historic Cannery Row setting, known since 1968 for award-winning cuisine featuring sustainable seafood and USDA Prime Aged Beef. It features an acclaimed “Best Wine List in America” and a lively lounge with live entertainment and daily happy hour specials.

Venue Details

  • Seated capacity: 250
  • Meeting rooms: 5

Ratings

Google Rating: 4.6/5 (1,741 reviews)

Guest Highlights

  • Room
  • Food
  • Ambiance
  • Celebration
  • Atmosphere
  • Service

Amenities

Facilities

  • lounge

Meeting Rooms & Event Spaces

Upstairs Wine Cellar

  • Type: Private Dining
  • Capacity — Banquet: 12
  • Features: Wheelchair accessible
  • Also known as the Original Wine Cellar; an entirely private, stone‑walled cavern with an 11‑foot banquet table near the restaurant’s oldest wine collection behind locked iron cages.

Downstairs Wine Cellar

  • Type: Private Dining
  • Capacity — Banquet: 28
  • Features: Wheelchair accessible
  • Lavishly opulent space carved into arched brick catacombs with wrought iron‑gated wine vaults and a 25‑foot Big Sur redwood banquet table; houses part of the 15,900‑bottle wine collection.

Conservatory Room

  • Type: Private Dining
  • Capacity — Banquet: 100
  • Features: Natural light, Wheelchair accessible
  • Glass‑domed garden‑style room with lush greenery, custom chandelier, candlelight, and an Italian statue of Venus; light streams through by day and stars are visible at night.

The Captain's Room

  • Type: Private Dining
  • Capacity — Banquet: 45
  • Features: Wheelchair accessible
  • Candle‑lit room paying tribute to California’s maritime history with oil portraits of sea captains, a fireplace, and blue and gold furnishings.

The Steinbeck Room

  • Type: Private Dining
  • Capacity — Banquet: 18
  • Features: Natural light, Wheelchair accessible
  • Room featuring local history decor with windows overlooking the Sardine Factory boat and a peek of Monterey Bay; adjacent to the bar area with live piano on select evenings.

Style

historic, fine dining

Contact

Phone: (831) 373-3775