CaterMarin is a wonderful caterer! Although we had a small-ish wedding (under 70 people), we had complex dietary requirements (for me, gluten/dairy issues), several vegans, soy issues, and seemingly about 10 other allergies distributed across guests (including many kinds of fruit). I know this made things pretty challenging for CaterMarin to track but they were so careful and willing to work with us on everything. The vegans had tons of options, CaterMarin carefully shared a list of all the dishes containing any allergens, and we didn't hear of a single guest having an issue -- which was amazing.
They whipped up an Asian-inspired entirely gluten/dairy-free menu for us (Including a modified hoisin chicken entree that our guests loved)! My favorite things were the latkes with salmon or applesauce, the spring rolls, the chicken, the lentils, and the root vegetables mix :) Several guests remarked that the food was excellent and that they wouldn't say that about every wedding.
CaterMarin pitched a menu to us, but were very open to the kind of menu we wanted. We didn't have super specific ideas, so we ended up picking and choosing our favorite-sounding dishes they'd done from about 15 of their sample menus and came up with a semi-Asian-fusion theme, and discussed which things could be made gluten and dairy-free. We did a tasting just to make sure, and didn't end up changing anything :)
The service was also above and beyond. They brought special advance meals to a few people who couldn't make it to the buffet (like the bride and groom and the groom's parents), they offered everyone cocktail refills at their table, they made sure certain people got special refrigerated desserts based on their allergies/diets (which I'd purchased separately), they did things we didn't even think of like cut up our special gluten-free/dairy-free/soy-free brownies (from Crumble & Whisk) to make them last longer and serve off-menu cocktails on request (along with the usual good service like offering lemonade and champagne, making up the tables, bringing out the cake at the appropriate time - which needed to be refrigerated).
Terry also partners with a linen, glassware and silverware company that has great-looking rentals (Heirloom). Their website wasn't super up-to-date but that wasn't Terry's fault. After a little back and forth, they came through with some really nice colors that matched our garden setting beautifully.
Everything went incredibly smoothly and Terry was a delight to work with, and so sweet and caring (and chef Nick's recipes and cooking were splendid). In the time leading up to the event, Terry also advised us on what we needed to act on right away versus what we could take our time with. She's definitely a veteran of the industry. We only heard good things about CaterMarin from our guests.
Terry recommended an alcohol vendor as well who looked very helpful, though we eventually went more of the DIY/discount route with BevMo. She also recommended us our great event coordinator, Leslie at Dandelion Events, and the two worked beautifully together to set up and break down tables/chairs and all the many management tasks of an event.
At the end of the night they boxed up two meals for us :) So delicious! We savored them for the next two days. Would highly recommend CaterMarin for your next event! read more