Is it true you can dine and drink at a country club as a non-member?

[Anonymous]

If you're dressed appropriately, they don't really care. And also, country club restaurants typically need the business anyways. If true, do you call ahead or just show up?

[Anonymous]

Clubs we’ve belonged to are in house charging to the member account only—no other way to pay.

[Anonymous]

I have never heard of that before. Isn’t the entire point of country club is that it’s members only?

[Anonymous]

They often welcome banquets, weddings receptions for nonmembers. I don't think walking in and having dinner is done.

[Anonymous]

At a smaller club they know who you are and who to charge. If they see people they don't know they send the GM over to find out who they're with. At a larger club you need your member number and/or a reservation if it's an event.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you're dressed appropriately, they don't really care. And also, country club restaurants typically need the business anyways. If true, do you call ahead or just show up?

How would you pay? It's always charged to the member's account. You can't pay cash or bring a credit card.

[Anonymous]

Why on earth would you do this? CC's are not known for their excellent restaurants, lol. Growing up we had to eat dinner at the club once in a while because they charged for a certain amount of food whether you ate it or not.

[Anonymous]

Only if you're invited (and accompanied) by a member.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only if you're invited (and accompanied) by a member.

Not true. Most clubs offer reciprocity. And OP isn't asking for a prime weekend tee time, she's asking to eat bland food in their likely empty bar & grille.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They often welcome banquets, weddings receptions for nonmembers. I don't think walking in and having dinner is done.

+1 We were members at Kenwood when I was a kid, then when my kid wanted a bowling birthday party I was able to rent that space for an afternoon as a non- member. I do not think - and would not based on the food - I could wander in and eat dinner at the grill room.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only if you're invited (and accompanied) by a member.

At my club it's this. Also if you belong to a reciprocal club - although, I've never used this when I travel, so I don't know how it works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They often welcome banquets, weddings receptions for nonmembers. I don't think walking in and having dinner is done.

+1 We were members at Kenwood when I was a kid, then when my kid wanted a bowling birthday party I was able to rent that space for an afternoon as a non- member. I do not think - and would not based on the food - I could wander in and eat dinner at the grill room.

Really?!?

At our club you can only reserve if you are a member too. Therefore, your guest are accompanied by a member by design. Guests stay with their hosts - they aren't free to wander off, although no one would stop them. It would just be awkward.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you're dressed appropriately, they don't really care. And also, country club restaurants typically need the business anyways. If true, do you call ahead or just show up?

Lol.

No.

[Anonymous]

"We're in town visiting family, do you have any space for lunch [or dinner]?"

Unless it's an ultra exclusive club, no GM is going to turn you away.

[Anonymous]

The club my grandparents used to eat at had one night a week that they opened to the public so we would often go there for dinner that night.