It's with much regret that I have to give Jim one star because he's a nice guy and his chef, Jeff, seems like a great guy. It all started out great, the food we had at our first tasting was delicious, Jim was super responsive and helpful, but after putting down an $1800 deposit and having our second tasting we were forced to fire Amalfi Catering. We had invited 4 our friends to come to the second tasting and we were horrified/embarrassed by the food that was served. We asked to have the same dishes that we had tried at our first tasting but none of the dishes were the same. Instead of a chicken Tuscany we were served a poorly made bland Chardonnay chicken with raw spinach (not sautéed like it had been before) and over cooked rice. The salmon was also over cooked and so dry. The herb crust on the salmon was horrible. Lastly the vegetarian lasagna that we had requested with marinara sauce was served, and to our horror it had ground beef in it and had Alfredo sauce over the top. The salad and hors d'oeuvres were just OK. Jim had served cocktails at the tasting and had completely ignored our request for a dark and stormy and mojito. Instead we got two very similar bland drinks, one with Southern comfort and tea and the other with something ginger but still was not a dark and stormy
Jim was apologetic about everything and offered to give us stuff for free in our package by we feel like we could not trust him at all any more. We cancelled the second deposit check and when we requested a partial refund of the first deposit, we got no response.
I warn anyone considering having Amalfi Catering work their event. Jim is forgetful and messy with his work, haspoor communication ALL around; between us and Jim and between Jim and his chef. We feel like we dodged a bullet here. And if it cost us 1800$, I'm okay with that as long as I can have a different caterer who will actually serve good food at my wedding.
We've hired West Bay Gourmet now and are very happy so far. read more