AMAZING!!!
Maravela's was my favorite vendor to work with, Maria is wonderful and treated us with outstanding service. Personal and professional!!

Maravela's set up a lovely buffet lunch for my wedding. The food was good, the staff was very attentive and friendly, and they really kept things running smoothly. They were great about being flexible about needing an extra table, or shifting the tables around to accommodate a band. Really really great experience, and reasonably priced. I would ABSOLUTELY hire them again for any event requiring smooth service and tasty food :)

Maravela's was a pleasure to work with and did a fantastic job at our wedding. From the very beginning, they showed genuine interest in our desires and were open to customizing the menu to meet our needs. We had a pig roast, teriyaki and sweet and sour chicken as main course (luau buffet menu). Maria was helpful with selection of the food, quantities and very flexible to changes. Maravela's has an extensive selection of table linens, and Maria was extremely helpful in offerring us options that fit our theme and venue. On the wedding day, Patrick, the head server, lead a very professional and courteous staff. The set up was smooth, and their experience with catering showed throughout the event - they aniticipated our needs and the needs of our guest and we never had to ask for anything. Our friends and family gave many nice compliments on the delicious food and the service - which was also a very good value. We were very pleased with every aspect of the experience and highly recommend Maravela's catering.

Would definitely recommend. Food was really good at a really reasonable price. We had an appetizer buffet, no sit down dinner, and they were totally flexible with us. Only critique is that they stopped butler serving our appetizers when we asked them to do it the whole time we were at pictures.

Maria and the Maravela's crew are absolutely WONDERFUL!!!
She took care of so much and went out of her way to do some things!
The food was amazing!!!
I am very happy that i booked my reception here

We decided to have an outdoor "do-it-ourself" wedding. It got very overwhelming until we met Maravela's. It was almost like having help planning the wedding. Maria had all of the details covered, had simple answers to all of my questions. Maravela's has EXCELLENT food, great pricing, and perfect service. Everything went flawlessly (even the things I didn't think of ahead of time)!

Where to begin!?
Maria became my mentor while I undertook planning a huge wedding by my lonesome.
The food was superb, the service unmatched (go Patrick!). I want to hire Maria as a life coach, she's got it together!
Nothing but quality, empathy, understanding, ingenious attitude, and a MUCH needed calm to weather the wedding storm!
Such a pleasant experience!!!

They were so wonderful to work with! They took all of our questions and concerns and answered everything and put our minds at ease! We were very pleased with the service, the food (which was amazing!), the decorative touch, everything! The staff were very polite and friendly to our guests.

Overall, working with them was a good experience. Maria was helpful, but their other coordinator was a bit flighty and scattered. It made getting accurate costs and estimates difficult. However, they did answer my many questions and were fine with my last minute changes.

The food was good and well priced.

What made this experience was the catering staff at the event. They were WONDERFUL! So friendly and responsive. They really helped things go off without a hitch.

We had our reception at the Byron Colby Barn in Grayslake. Stan the Barn contact provided us a list of recommendations. Maravela's was one on the list. After speaking with Maria I knew this place would be my caterers. Maria is very nice and easy going. She goes over everything and even helped us save money while going over our contract! She does her job very well and truely makes you feel like you're the only bride who's having a wedding!
Maravela's has a taste testing dinner for brides and family before your event to help choose what foods you want for your wedding. The Chicken with Mushrooms is possibly the BEST chicken I've ever had. The buffet we had at our wedding was set up perfect. The staff memebers were great and kept the trays full. They were able to break down the buffet table very quietly. I can honestly say they were so quiet, I don't remember hearing/seeing the transition of buffet table to dance floor! All of the food was incredible. From the salads, to the veggies, to the meats, to the cream puffs: everything was perfect!

While we felt the administrative/planning staff could have been a little more helpful, the staff at the event could not have been better. Any fears we had were eased immediately after meeting the coordinator and the servers.

They were on top of everything and polite and hard working. They took care of everything wonderfully.

Food was surprisingly good for the price as well.

Maria and Maravela's are the best and so affordable too. I researched a ton of Chicago area caterers and none came close to the value and delicious offerings they had to offer. They are one of Byron Colby Barn's recommended caterers and after I talked with Maria I didn't bother with calling the others. I would recommend them to anyone, not just brides on a budget (which was me). Catering is one of the biggest expenses that can make or break your event. I was so lucky to find them. I got a lot of bang for my buck by going with Maravela's. We went with two apps (we brought in an ethnic appetizer as well, which was fine with them) and a three-entree (pasta, chicken marsala and sirloin) buffet plus salads, starch and veggies for about 90 people and only spent slightly less than $3,000. We also were able to offer kids meal (chicken tenders) and vegan meals (eggplant parmesan). We also had some special foods needs that they attended to quickly and professionally. A huge bargain in the Chicagoland catering biz! They are extremely flexible and will pretty much work with you on whatever you want and within budget. I told her of all my needs, wants and concerns and she had a question for everything. She is always accessible through e-mail, even when you send that frantic message in the middle of the night. I would get married again just to have Maravela's food. Everyone raved how great it was. Thanks for making the wedding so fantastic!

Maravela's was amazing. Their costs are cheap but the quality and quantity of the food is incredible. I would recommend it to any bride. We catered from them - and they were so helpful and responsive to all my questions. They arrived at the reception hall on time and set up the linens and food in a beautiful arrangement.