Review of Catering service:
We hired John to cater our wedding in our home on Saturday and here's the bottom line-
Good:
-Food was excellent. Everyone loved it.
-The two girls who were hired were amazing and perfect and so hard- working.
Bad:
-Initial contact with him was unreliable and that should have been our first sign. Lesson learned. Two of my friends who hired them said they had a similar experience but the food was worth it.
-Although we met with John at our home 3-4 times prior to our event, he still showed up the day before and the day of not clear on the start time or program. (Party started at 5 and up until 3 hours before our guests arrived, he continued to get the timing wrong asking cocktail passing at 4pm???, despite several conversations and him "taking notes".)
-The day before our wedding, he came to deliver tables right as we were getting ready to leave for our rehearsal dinner. Again, unclear about where to place the tables and timing of food, despite several meetings and conversations I walk out in my robe and he says to me IN FRONT OF MY HUSBAND, "ARE YOU NAKED UNDER THERE?" My reaction, "ew, gross" and had to ONCE AGAIN go through the program with him. Other times he spoke to me called me honey, and could not FOR THE LIFE OF HIM remember my name until I corrected him. Same with my husbands.
-The BARTENDER we hired through him: Danielle-
1. She put out a tip cup for our guests to tip her. Thankfully, that was caught early and taken down. Tacky.
2. She got SMASHED off the alcohol we purchased and told our guests we were out of certain beverages. She loaded up a garbage bag with unopened alcohol and brought it to the front of our house presumably to throw out or take with her, she was totally incoherent by the time she was asked to leave.
3. Several of my guests alerted me to her state and when I told her to call someone to pick her up and leave she told me (the bride) I was making her uncomfortable. SMH. She also gave people beer and due to her crappy pour, blew the "Head" off with her mouth. many times.
4. The other girls could not get a hold of John while this was going on and were left with cleaning up after the bartender once she left.
When John arrived the next day to pick up his remaining items at our house he apologized for Danielle's behavior, NOT his own, and said he would give us a deal the next time.. uhh.. no. There will be NO future business with KJ Catering and I HIGHLY recommend you avoiding this catering business. read more