I had the best experience Celebrating my Wedding with an amazing staff. I want to thank Dana Valdez for allowing my vision to come to life, she made my wedding feel like a dream come true. The Catering Sales staff made sure all my request were accomplished. I can honestly say I was able yo enjoy my very special day thanks to each of them, they each made all of us feel at home! Honestly this is the best team to have in your corner during such an important event in your life.
Thank you all!

On August 01, 2020, My wife and I were married in Miami Lakes. We live in the area and wanted our reception and wedding night stay to be special and elegant AND local.

Don Shula's is a beautiful venue. Their courtyard/lagoon/gardens are beautiful and well-kept. There is a lagoon/river, fountain, tropical gardens with tasteful and cute bronze statues. There are flowering tropical plants and deep green foliage around the perimeter. The ballroom opens through a glass wall of doors a with a majestic view of the courtyard. The ballroom itself is well-laid out with respect to food service and a foyer to receive your guests.

We had a small, intimate wedding because of the pandemic, but I'd say Shula's can easily handle 250 ppl or more. The team we had was outstanding. This year has been filled with strange circumstances. My mother was ill earlier this year, the global CoronaVirus pandemic, and that weekend Hurricane Isaias decided to pay us a visit and rain down winds and water with considerable force.

If not for Dana Valdez and the team at Shula's, it might have been a 'wash'. They were able to quickly and efficiently move the event from being a beautiful outdoor tented garden reception to a swanky ballroom wedding reception.

We stayed in the Governor's suite, a well decorated two-story, double wide loft room overlooking the gardens and pool with wrap-around balcony, bathrooms upstairs and down with kitchenette, connected with a spiral staircase. Our stay felt a like a cross between staying at an upscale place in the keys and a mini Caribbean/ Hawaiian vacation. I don't know about the regular rooms.

The restaurant was absolutely delicious, the food, catering and service in general were very good. This is a great venue, conveniently located on Main Street, Miami Lakes, it's comparable to any other hotel/chain, but with a 'ma and pa' personal touch. I really have to stress that our positive experience was entirely shaped by the great attention and care of Shula's Director of Catering, DANA VALDEZ.

She did magic, pulled rabbits out of hats, rolled out the red carpet, and made our day so very special. So THANK YOU!!!!

I work in the event industry and I've seen over 400 ballrooms, hotels and corporate/social venues. Don Shula's, Dana Valdez and their entire team stand toe-to-toe with any of the best venues available.

I recently had my wedding reception behind the ballroom area of Shula's hotel. It was perfect with just enough shade to avoid the blazing sun. Their food selection for my guests was diverse and delicious. Dana Valdez in catering was very easy to work with and helped make my event perfect! The staff were attentive and professional. I stayed in the Lester Collins suite the night before and night of my wedding and it was so convenient and comfortable. I would definitely have another event here!

Ellioth Duran is the epitome of what it means to be a professional. He helped us plan and coordinate details for our important day and everything turned out flawlessly. Everyone at Shula's Hotel was amazing and we are forever grateful for them and Ellioth for making it beautiful and special.

We are so happy to work with Martha for our wedding. Everything went well and she really took care of us. Our guests love the food and enjoyed the venue. Thank you!!!

We celebrated our wedding on 6/29/19 at this beautiful Don Shulas Steak House. I don't have a single complaint. The food from the bread to the drinks to the main meal to the dessert was superb. Everything went smoothly. The wait staff were right on point. Great place for a 👰
This venue just doesn’t quit and continues to reign as one of the best. The grounds and the Golf Club are a perfect backdrop for pictures, Don Shulas is the most exquisite-day to lit up the night. The staff is utterly professional and wearing the crispest uniforms, everyone make us feel special. The management Alicia Bloom is truly a pleasured to partner with, she is the most organized, caring and lovely person you will ever meet, she even to her time on her day off to make sure everything was right on point, she is a blessing and it was an honor to have her part of our union. The food is frankly, consistently over the top, offering everything imaginable, the ribeye 🥩, salmon and the Filet Mignon was delicious. You can’t go wrong here for a wedding, social function or corporate event. Thank you to all the staff, photographer,manager, coordinator and everyone that made our day a dream come true an especially to the one and only Queen of Perfection, Alicia Bloom-Business Development Manager thank you, thank you we are eternally grateful. To completed our night we stayed at Don Shulas Hotel suite, it was beautiful with a Golf Club view and beautiful. We definitely recommend again and again.

I would like to highly recommend the Shula's Hotel on Mainstreet for any occasion big or small! I had an excellent experience with my team planning our event on May 11 for our Charity Zonta Club of Miami Lakes! We had Dana Valdez the Catering Director and her staff truly help us in every detail from food to room details and everything was fabulous! Dana and Elliot did everything from suggesting the perfect reception appetizers to arrangement of the room with the most beautiful in house centerpieces! Also Manny the head chef was absolutely wonderful making sure everything tasted amazing and the carving stations were delicious! Overall a great event BIG thank you to the Shula's staff we look forward to having our event there next year! All the Best! Maria Crowley, Zonta CLub of Miami Lakes President

We were planning our wedding from Chicago, but the staff at Shula's completely put us at ease. They went through my extremely long emails, answered all of my neurotic questions and were flexible enough to meet with us when we came to town to visit. The end result was phenomenal! Our guests were talking about how amazing the food was and how beautiful the venue was weeks after the wedding was over. We also need to stress how much value we got for our money! Very reasonable for the quality of food and service we received. If we had to do it all over again, we would do it at Shula's!

I don't even know where to begin to describe how amazing our experience was with Shula's Hotel's venue and staff. First, Dana is fantastic. She is warm and super easy to work with. She will work with you as much as possible to make your vision/dreams come true. Oliver was also amazing! He went above and beyond for us at our wedding to feel comfortable, special, and taken care of. The catering department as a whole was awesome as well; everyone complimented our food and the service was very speedy (which was nice since we wanted to get on the dance floor ASAP!). We also loved the conference room for the bridal party to get ready in & the suite we were able to stay in the night of. Overall, we experienced the wedding of our dreams and it was all thanks to the amazing staff at Shula's. THANK YOU AGAIN! :)

Amber Brown, the event/catering coordinator was a DREAM to work with. She was responsive, upbeat attitude, quick on her feet, and I enjoyed every interaction with her. Everything was perfect and everyone complimented us on the wedding and they LOVED the food. Shula Hotel and Amber worked with our budget and made our dreams a reality. The day of the wedding, Amber made everything flow smoothly and made sure we had what we needed, were comfortable, brought my husband and myself a drink after the ceremony during pictures and made sure everyone was where they needed to be. I was even able to have my dog be a part of the ceremony and they booked my complimentary room down the road at their dog friendly sister hotel in order to have a place to keep my dog during the reception. I had everything I wanted and I’m beyond grateful! Thank you Shula Hotel and a HUGE THANK YOU TO AMBER! ♥️♥️♥️