Melissa was GREAT!!! Our wedding was so beautiful. The staff was so amazing!! They helped us set up and tear down. Everyone at the wedding was so impressed with them. The grounds are so pretty. I would recommend Ravina to anyone!

We had our reception at Ravina and it was everything I hoped it would be! I feel in love with the place as soon as I saw it for the first time! The service was outstanding and Melissa was awesome to work with! We have gotten so many compliments on the food. My aunt even said, "The best wedding reception food I have ever had." I would highly reccommend Ravina to anyone around the Peoria area.

Beautiful reception in the lower level, open-air building, but it was an unseasonably chilly day in October. Keep that in mind when picking your venue. After we started dancing, it was not an issue, but guests were definitely chilly at dinner.

EXCELLENT!!!! The entire process was wonderful and very stress-free. Thanks again!

We worked with Melissa Hinton at Ravina on the Lakes. She was great all around and made everything as easy as possible. The venue is fantastic, and it was the perfect day!

The lakeside ceremony site was absolutely beautiful. The grounds are well cared for and there are tons of places to take pictures. The site coordinator was very friendly and responsive. However, there were quite a few instances of the coordinator promising one thing and then later on completely forgetting about it. Before we booked, we were told that if it was raining the day of the wedding the ceremony would be held inside by the double doors that look out onto the lake. The day of the rehearsal we were told that if it were to rain the ceremony would be held on the middle of the dance floor. We were also told that there would be a chef on site to do our pasta station. There wasn't; everything was served buffet style which would have been fine if we had not been told otherwise. Our signature drink was not included on our first bill, even though I later found written evidence that we had agreed on it at an earlier date. Our champagne toast was not put on the table until after the meal was served. There was no water on the tables for guests and the drinks were served in disposable plastic cups. One of the most upsetting things to me was that the bartender served alcohol to some under-aged guests.

Overall, as much as I loved the site itself and as much as I loved our wedding, I don't know if I could recommend the Ravina to anybody in good faith. If future brides to decide to go with them, I would suggest that they get everything in writing and check and double check everything before the big day.

My daughter had her wedding at Ravina on the Lakes in May of 2010. The event director promised that the floor and inside walls of the lower building would be painted prior to my daughter's wedding. This was never done - even though it was repeated several times that it would be done. Buyer beware - get EVERYTHING in writing!

Melissa was an absolute delight to work with during the reception planning and the day of the reception. She was prompt with replies, very thorough with everything she did, and she was also willing to let you bounce ideas off of her. She provided honest and helpful opinions when asked. The room was perfect when we arrived! She made my dream come true.

The serving staff was also very helpful and appeared to be happy to be there the day of the reception. It didn't appear as if this was just a job for anyone involved. I would recommend Ravina to anyone!

Overall, our experience was good. However, the plastic in the lower building is not worth the $200.00 that they charge you for it and it is something that they do to winterize the building any way so charging that much seems a bit extreme. Other than that our wedding was beautiful and I would recommend them to friends. It was bad weather on our day and they were good about the last minute changes to accommodate the weather. The food was wonderful and all of the vendors that they recommended were wonderful as well.

Melissa from Ravina was very helful, she came up with new ideas and made the planning worry-free.

wonderful and beautiful right on the lake. would recommend it

Wonderful, beautiful place to get married.

beautiful place

Ravina on the Lakes was beautiful! We were very lucky and had awesome weather, they have a wooden arch and a beautiful water fountain in the background. It made for awesome pictures! They have a wide variety of food from cold buffett to hot meals. We paid a lot because we added the open bar option. I absolutly loved this place and staff was wonderful with helping. We also were able to decorate on the Friday before, which helped a lot.

very nice reception venue. the people were very friendly.

I loved how clean this place was. The service was exceptional. Everything just came together really nice.