Avion on the Water Banquet Center

Mary Daniels

We celebrated our daughter and son-in law's wedding at Avion and could not have been more pleased. From our first impression all the way to the end of our event, they really aimed to please. I would highly recommend the Avion. Delicious food and great staff. Thank you for making our experience such a pleasure!

Brian Hubert

Fantastic setting for your event. The food is fabulous and the staff does a great job.

Ginny Hardwick

Gina and her staff did an outstanding job with my sisters wedding. The food was excellent as well as the service. The staff was very attentive to our needs and super friendly. We had the ceremony outside and the scenery was breathtaking of course with the lake in the background. Prices were way more reasonable compared to local competitors. Overall, I would highly recommend this venue to anyone who is planning to have a wedding in the Youngstown area.

Salvatore Maiorana

Beyond disappointed with my experience with Avion. Last year my wife and I planned to have a baby shower for my sister, the day was set for May of 2020. Prior to this we had several events at this hall, and the one next door, including a wedding shower. I can say with full confidence that we will NEVER BE RETURNING. As the pandemic raged we called to see what our options were about the baby shower. We knew that we signed a contract that said we would not get our deposit back due to events outside the halls control. That being said Ohio was in a full shut down and gatherings were not permitted. We were told by management that our event was not part of the shut down because it was a “religious ceremony”, and we would not be able to collect our deposit. We questioned them about how this was a religious ceremony, but they would not provide us with an answer. We asked if we had any other options because we did not feel safe having the baby shower, and knew the baby would be born before it was safe to gather again. We were told by an employee that we could either reschedule an event within the year, or we could get our deposits worth in banquet food to go. We were unsure of what to do since the pandemic still had everything closed, and we knew we had a year to figure it out. Fast forward to this May, 2021, we finally felt comfortable to have a few people at our house. We called Avion to use our deposit to get food, but they refused. They told us that we were lying and that buying food was never an option. It is a shame that a local business would take advantage of people during a global pandemic, and make promises that they would later lie about. I would recommend anyone to look elsewhere before scheduling an event with such an untrustworthy organization.