I cannot recommend this venue enough! If you want stress free wedding planning and a beautiful, fun wedding, this is the venue for you. Mariana makes everything so easy and truly transforms the venue into the prettiest and coolest wedding venue. She was always available to answer questions and was super helpful. For example, we decided kind of last minute that we wanted a jazz quartet to play our cocktail hour and with one email to Mariana with all of her connections, she had a fabulous group booked for us. All of our guests loved AvantGarden. From our friends who enjoyed the taco truck and the DJ upstairs, to our parents and older family members that were very appreciative of a quieter more relaxed place to talk and catch up downstairs. I truly do not think there is any other comparable venue in Houston. I think you would be hard pressed to find another venue this unique, fun, and beautiful for the price. Plus, AvantGarden comes with the best planner and day of coordinator around! Seriously, just book it! You will not regret it!

Our friends and family keep raving that our wedding was the best wedding they've ever attended! Maybe we're a bit bias, but can't help but agree. Our wedding day at AvantGarden was truly enchanting! We had a vision for a vintage art nouveau-inspired celebration, but finding a venue in Houston that matched are style proved to be a challenge. That is, until we discovered AvantGarden. From the moment we met Mariana, we knew we were in good hands. She understood our vision and brought it to life. The venue itself is stunning, and has a unique charm that we fell in love with. Mariana and her team were incredibly professional, knowledgeable, and attentive to every detail. She ensured that everything on our special day was executed flawlessly, and we had an absolute blast celebrating with our friends and family. Also the taco truck was the icing on the cake, best wedding food ever! Thank you Mariana and the AvantGarden team for making our wedding day truly unforgettable!

My fiancé and I got engaged in August of 2023. We live in New York City and were planning a small wedding for December 2024 in Brooklyn. In January of 2024, my mom got diagnosed with a very aggressive stage 4 cancer, and was admitted to MD Anderson for treatment. We wanted to try and get a wedding together as soon as possible so that my mom would be able to enjoy herself and we could bring our families together to celebrate. I met with Mariana at the end of January to see if we could pull off a wedding in just 2 months, and she was confident we could get it done. She told me “I do weddings every single weekend and we take care of every detail. If you told me “I need a wedding next weekend” we could get it done.” I was nervous to take such a hands off approach and trust Mariana with everything, but decided to take a leap of faith and embrace the mindset that even if everything went horribly wrong (which thankfully nothing did) we would still have both our families together celebrating and my mom would be able to be there. Mariana planned and executed an INCREDIBLE day and we could not be more thankful. We got rave reviews on every aspect of the wedding from our guests. The two things I was most worried about were flowers and food (especially since we couldn’t find the time to try the food with such a short timeline). The food was absolutely incredible and I scarfed down those tacos as quickly as I could! I sent a PDF with inspiration of the kind of flowers I liked and the bouquet and centerpieces matched the vibe so perfectly I was completely shocked. For scheduling and flow of the event, Mariana and her staff were completely on top of it and the day flowed smoothly. The DJ was excellent and followed all our instructions perfectly, and picked great songs for dancing that got everyone up and moving. We had around 125 guests and it didn’t feel cramped or crowded at all for ceremony or reception, and it was enough people for a true party vibe. Even though we planned quickly and the wedding followed the usual wedding formula, the day felt so personal and we were able to find the time to add some small touches like custom wedding programs, table assignment cards, and some fun games at the end. I also had some unusual guest care requests - a couple of my guests are Orthodox Jews and I needed to get separate kosher food for them. Mariana understood and made sure they were taken care of. It was just perfect. We can’t thank her enough for this day and the memories that we will cherish.