wedding rehearsal dinner in Morgan Hill/San Martin/Gilroy/even San Jose area

[samsoon]

Bay area chowhounds, I desperately need help with a place for wedding rehearsal dinner. I am getting married next month in San Martin, and I am looking for a casual comfy place for early dinner (4 or 5) in the area.

I was initially looking at Italian, and the following places in Morgan Hill were suggested to me:

Mamma Mia (Morgan Hill)
Maurizio's
Sicilia in Bocca

The restaurant would need to accommodate ~35 people.

I am not particularly attached to Italian menu but looking for more of an overall feeling of coziness and good food on a reasonable budget (hoping for $15-25 pp). What are your suggestions?

Thank you in advance!

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Mamma Mia
1553 S Novato Blvd, Novato, CA 94947

[Melanie Wong]

There's a new restaurant in Morgan Hill called Odeum that was recently reviewed in the Mercury,
http://www.mercurynews.com/restaurants/ci_18847228

According to its website, it can seat groups up to 85.
http://www.odeumrestaurant.com/Odeum/...

Wondering if any 'hounds have tried it yet.

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Maurizio's
25 E 1st St, Morgan Hill, CA 95037

Sicilia In Bocca
25 W Main Ave, Morgan Hill, CA 95037

Odeum
17500 Depot St, Morgan Hill, CA 95037

[Melanie Wong]

You might want to give Lizarran in Gilroy a call. You could start out with drinks on the patio then move to the dining room. Here's my post on the pintxos (I haven't ordered much else from the Spanish/Basque menu.)
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/794664
You could arrange for a flamenco performance or live music! Here's the FB page to give you more of a sense of the ambiance.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lizarr...