The other night I learned to make my own Easter Pie in the kitchen of Love & Garlic ! I was…read morebaking with 9 other wonderful classmates in this clean, well designed kitchen while Nancy was sharing her family secrets of making a truly delicious Easter favorite . The other little essentials to a successful baking lesson were not held back! I learned so much & loved it. At the end of the evening I had 2 Easter Pies to bring home along with the recipe . I am looking forward to the next featured class that will be offered on a variety of Love & garlic favorites ! Dori G

We used to love and garlic for our son's wedding reception. Very good service, very good food…read more Recommend the mushrooms and beef entrees.

To preface, I have experience hosting events from 50-200 guests and have worked with numerous…read morevenues and coordinators. Vanessa is by far the WORST venue coordinator I've interacted with in terms of customer service, industry knowledge, and communication skills. If you read the other positive reviews, you'll notice they ALL paid additional money for Vanessa to be their wedding coordinator. If you do not pay this, she is a horror to work with (as corroborated by the negative reviews), and I recommend AVOIDING this venue. Another reviewer also stated the owner is her brother-in-law so there is no recourse for her behavior and there are no other venue coordinators available. Detailed below are just some of the negatives: - The wedding was actually for my sister. She was having difficulties with Vanessa so asked me to assist. I reached out to Vanessa explaining who I was but never received a response. Instead, Vanessa told my sister that she felt threatened by my contact and will only work with individuals that signed the venue contract. I never said anything negative, but she often overreacted and took offense over nothing. - Every response took 2 weeks. She would contradict herself in the same email, which added confusion. - She would use made up lingo and when asked for clarification, she would blame us for not understanding "industry language" and still wouldn't clarify. In my 10 years, I've never heard some of the terms that she used. - She didn't understand standard wedding requests. We asked for a cake table and Vanessa responded that the request was unclear because she didn't know what size a cake table should be. We asked to add 2 rectangular side tables for guestbooks, gifts, etc. On the proposal, Vanessa commented "unsure why the client requested". - Unless asked, she wouldn't disclose critical information. We asked multiple times if additional tables (sweetheart, cocktail, etc.) are free. Vanessa confirmed they were free, but once the proposal arrived, it showed free tables with each linen at an additional charge. I told my sister to confirm if the venue provided cake cutting utensils. They don't (which is fine) but this is all information that you tell your clients without prompting. Imagine cutting the cake with no utensils! - When asked questions, she rudely responded with "NO" or "YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE" - In the 1.5 years of planning, despite multiple requests, the venue proposal was only updated twice - once for the initial contract and once when full payment was due 30 days before the event. My sister had to withhold final payment to get her to update it. She updated it 1 week after with inaccurate information. We annotated and returned it next day saying that she'd pay once it was correct. Vanessa had the audacity to respond that making notes on the proposal made it seem like they were stalling payment. Granted, there were 1-2 new updates amongst many more corrections but it was because Vanessa withheld information, and new adjustments were required after seeing the revised proposal for the 1st time. - Vanessa never provided a table layout. My sister had to create it and then confirmed if 5 round tables per row would work. On wedding day, we arrived to a different layout of 4 rounds per row. Vanessa blamed it on a 2 ft. wide photo arch, stating that she had to make adjustments to fit the arch. However, it was evident that the room would have NEVER fit 5 rounds per row. We had to rearrange the seating chart and the chairs to accommodate for her mess. - Also on wedding day, Vanessa was surprised to find the timeline included a champagne toast. Mind you, the timeline was provided 30 days ago and toasts are standard in weddings. So, she gave us 30 mins to decide on the additional champagne cost. I asked to remove 1 champagne bottle charge as there was an entire table of kids, but she refused. So apparently, the venue includes children in the champagne count even though serving alcohol to minors is illegal. - There was also a safety hazard. About 25 chairs with wheels/casters were intermingled with standard dining chairs. I unknowingly sat in a chair with casters and almost fell. There was no visible difference between the standard chairs vs. chairs with casters, and the table linens prevent anyone from seeing the casters. I told Vanessa who saw no issues and argued that people falling out their chair has never happened before. Thankfully, we were able to get these all replaced prior to the wedding to avoid any older guests from getting hurt. To the owner: Not only is Vanessa horrible to clients, but since she never updated the proposal, the kitchen used the original headcount and cooked 40 additional meals (talk about a waste of money). Also, due to not providing a layout, the banquet captain Griselda set up tables once, and then had to come back 1 hr earlier to redo all her work, all of which was avoidable.

This review is specifically for Vanessa Youngblood, who is the catering and event producer for The…read morePainted Table Event Center, a wedding planner, and our main point of contact throughout our wedding reception planning. The review is longwinded, but please read before booking an event through The Painted Table Event Center. My husband and I chose The Painted Table Event Center for our wedding reception because of its highly rated events, good reputation of food, and nice atmosphere. We were planning a destination wedding as we do not live in Fresno, which made planning more difficult. We originally decided to go with the Painted Table from talking with a different employee who soon left after we booked the date. We were then transferred to Vanessa, where all the problems began - especially after we declined to hire her as our wedding planner. We were extremely disappointed and frustrated working with Vanessa as she had poor and confusing means of communication. She always used her own made-up jargon that she called "event planning jargon" when communicating with us, which led to multiple misunderstandings. Vanessa would also contradict herself within the same lines of communication and then reply with attitude when we asked for clarification, which was extremely unprofessional. Communicating was complicated as she would take multiple weeks to respond to our questions. Because we booked the venue over a year in advance, we had discussed finalizing details as the date approached. Rather than updating the proposal as we finalized details, she refused to make the updates until the day of the final payment, then blamed us for delaying the process. When she did update the proposal, she would not correct the numbers which showed we had a higher price to pay. In consequence, we often sent line-item corrections to each draft of the proposal, essentially doing her job for her, to attempt to get the corrections. We also asked about our open bar package and ensured the champaign toast was included multiple different times. She did eventually tell us via text message that it was indeed included, but the day of the wedding, she told us it was not included and charged us extra for it. We unfortunately updated our phones a few weeks before the wedding and no longer had written proof of her stating this. We had tried working on the table layout on the Prism App prior to the event, in an attempt to finalize the layout. But she never corrected us on the dimensions of the floor and tables, so when we arrived to decorate, we discovered the tables arranged differently than expected. This resulted in trying to re-number the tables in a way that made sense the morning of, which was frustrating as we had certain guests seated to specific locations of the room for specific reasons. Vanessa was rude and unpleasant to work with for months and made the entire planning process much more stressful than necessary. On the morning of the wedding, during set up she also sat in the corner of the room, being standoffish and glaring at our family who were there to help us. As we continued with the planning process, we realized this is not the first time she's made planning difficult for others, and we won't be the last. In previous negative reviews she's received, the owner, who is also her brother-in-law, has come to her defense. This will likely happen with our review as well. We do not recommend booking anything through The Painted Table, despite the other positive reviews. These positive reviews are mostly from attendees rather than the people who hired them. It wasn't worth the unnecessary heartache. If I could rate 0 stars, I would.

We recently used Mattie's to cater an event. Communication was quick and easy. They arrived on time…read moreand were very professional. We had 4-5 different types of pizza and salad. Everything was great. We would be happy to use them again for a future event.

Mattie's catered our daughter's wedding and went above and beyond! The appetizers were so good…read more(bruschetta and meat skewers), the salad was fresh and tasty and the pizza was great (cheese, pepperoni and BBQ chicken) So many people came up to me and told me this was the best food they've had at a wedding in a long time!! Our daughter has a dairy allergy and they were able to accommodate her with no problems, I was very thankful for that. Jav was super communicative and helpful when I needed to decide on appetizers. He was willing to work with me to make sure everything was perfect! Will 100% consider Mattie's for the next event we have that needs catering! Thank you Matties!!

Great concept delicious had a last minute get together we needed something for it worked out real…read morewell very quick service. Had it ready for us right away thanks for the help.

I recently hired 559 Mini Delights/Lisa for an event. While the food/mini pancakes were delicious…read moreand the set up was cute... Unfortunately the staff/host was not particularly friendly to our guests, which was a bit disappointing. Additionally, the staff's attire did not match the level of professionalism I was expecting for such an event. I wish I took the time to do my research on booking this service. While the quality of the food and set up were great, the service left much to be desired. I hope they can address these issues in the future.

Lina is an amazing chef ! Her food never disappoints! She has catered multiple events at our…read moreoffice! Not only is she professional, but her food is always fresh and absolutely amazing!! Everything is made from scratch you will not find this with any other caterer! I recommend Lina to everyone I know!

Lina is amazing! I absolutely love everything I've ever ordered from her. I was introduced to her…read morefood by a friend and entered a contest to win a plate. I won and decided to try something I wouldn't normally. The fish and chips I got were so delicious! And I'm not even a seafood eater. Ever since, I've ordered from her consistently and never once been disappointed! Great food, great price, and excellent customer service! Can't wait to try more!

Our Thanksgiving Turkey was smoked to perfection, very tender & moist, it was done on time and…read morepresentation was perfect. We highly recommend Musicians Kitchen. Gobble Gobble !

Great food, service and on time. 4 Turkeys deliciously prepared for our church Thanksgiving lunch…read more 2 traditional, 1 herb crusted and my favorite 1 Apple Cider. Thank you!

Beef's Tacos catered our 250 person wedding without any hesitation or complaints. All guests were…read morefull and satisfied. I didn't have to worry about serving or purchasing utensils. Book them for your next event!

Best taco spot in Sanger ! The service is great and the cook is very funny. I hope to see them out…read moreat HoP more often. The food is bomb.

Five star shout out to Karsh' Catering. Andrew BBQ three different meats to perfection and the…read moresides were equally delicious. The food and service provided for my birthday/retirement event received so many compliments from those in attendance. I highly recommend Karsh to anyone looking to have their event catered. - R.T.

We have used Karsh's Catering/The Lincoln Pub for several catering needs. The food is great and…read morethe service is excellent.