Marcus and his staff did a terrific job of doing our special "occasion" this past weekend, they were professional and the food was delicious. Certainly will be looking to book them for work events and such. Great experience and I highly recommend them! read more

Occasions catered my daughter's wedding last week. The food was fantastic. They went over & above to provide one of our guests a gluten free meal, by tracking down dinner rolls & preventing cross contamination. Their Mac & Cheese is to die for! Don't hesitate to let them cater your next big event! read more

It was truly a pleasure to have Occasions Catering to cater my daughters wedding on June 1, 2019. The staff was very attentive to every detail and gave excellent suggestions. The chicken, roasted turkey, pasta station, salad with homemade dressings, roasted potatoes, green beans and those delicious rolls were a hit with all the guests. The presentation was so beautiful, all the food was constantly restocked so it never ran out. We also had them provide appetizers and lemonade and tea, also wonderful. We received so many compliments on all the food. The leftovers were packed up so we could take them home with us and enjoy the food even more. I would highly using Ocasions....you will not be disappointed. read more

This Caterer entirely ruined my sisters wedding yesterday. For a small 50 person wedding, the cost was ridiculous and even though they paid their bill in FULL months before the wedding, the caterer was still asking for money up until the day of the event. The Basic Cake clause in the contract was not explained well. The catering staff kept asking the family all night for a schedule of things even though it had been provided to them by the bride weeks earlier. They even cut the cake before the bridal couple cut the cake and were serving it during the toast! The food was cold, the displays were well done although very sparse, there was no butter provided for the rolls, salt and pepper was not provided and when asked for, was told that having salt and pepper available would be an insult to the chef. The staff was supposed to be at the hall at 2:30 PM and didn't show up until after the guests started arriving at 3:45 for a 4 PM wedding. Shameful, shameful. I will never use this caterer again nor will I recommend it to any of my clients or businesses I do business with. read more

I recently stopped by a networking event and discovered they had a grand spread set up throughout the venue - and wow, I was impressed with the food. In one corner was a beautifully decorated round table set up with sliced cheese all the way around. I loved that they were genius enough to have a round table so we could all just rotate around it and being a huge cheese fan (it's an addiction really) I sampled all 6 types. Unfortunately, there were no cards marking what type of cheese I was tasting so no clue what I ate but hey, it was tasty. At another station there was a turkey carver, slicing fresh bird and creating mini sliders with cranberry chutney. Trendy and I dig it. Another station had a server sauteing chicken and carne asada at the event. I asked for a chicken soft taco and she presented it to me on a place then directed my to the ingredient station, where I topped my freshly-made taco with cilantro, sour cream, pico, guacamole. Move a bit down and there were glass globes with tuna cuts in them - you were suppose to toss whatever ingredients you wanted in them and make a plate of chips for dipping - nice presentation! Being the fat kids we are, my friend and I hit up the dessert table before we left and snagged rock candy and mini cupcakes... to which my friend pointed at the silver glitter on top and asked if there was such a thing as edible glitter as she took a bite. I responded 'well you better hope so since you just ate it' and proceeded to munch on my rock candy. Nice presentation and from the small samples we had, excellent fare! I would definitely book them for a future event. read more

The best choice for our high school reunion we could have made. Reasonable prices, and amazing fresh yummy food! We got compliments all night about the food, everyone loved it. The service was on point, the food was hot, we are all so pleased! Thank you Thank you read more

HORRIFIED is the only word I can think of to describe my experience. I booked Occasions Catering in March of 2020 for my April 2021 Wedding. We had an in person tasting on February 15, 2021 and Meghan wrote down all of our choices. We discussed every detail from bartenders, to cake cutting, everything. Fast forward to a few weeks ago, we reached out to give our final numbers and request final invoice and Meghan would not answer our phone calls, texts, or emails. When she finally did, she said she did not have our final menu choices and did not recall a single detail from our in person tasting/meeting! We became concerned at that point, but asked her to send us the final invoice after we reiterated all of our choices and details. She said she would send, but never did. She stopped answering us again, so we asked our venue (who had highly recommended them) if they could get a hold of Meghan. Meghan finally answered our venue owner to say she could no longer do our wedding. She said that she knew back in December of 2020 that she probably wasn't going to be able to do our wedding, but strung us along and waited until the LAST possible minute to tell us this. I booked the caterer first because this is one of the bigger ticket items and I budgeted everything else from there. So to leave us hanging just 24 days before our wedding was horrific. She said the owner, Marcus Penick, had not paid her for the last few events and that was why she couldn't do the wedding. The owner, Marcus Penick would not confirm or deny that. He said she told him we didn't give her our final choices and that was the reason she canceled on us. None of it makes sense, the stories are conflicting and I do not think we will ever hear the truth of what really went on and the real reason for this disaster. Regardless, it was a very stressful situation to be put in. Meghan did connect us with another caterer but to be honest I do not trust a word that comes out of her mouth, so why would I trust her recommendation? One of the only caterers we found that was available this last minute was $6,000 more than I had budgeted. HUGE blow. I am writing this review so that this does not happen to someone else. THE CRAZIEST part... Meghan is still answering the business telephone and taking on new clients and events... WHAT IN THE WORLD? Beware. read more

I booked them for my wedding and they were excellent. The food was excellent and I could not have asked for anything else. Thank you again and please book with them! read more

I used Occasions Catering for a holiday party. The food was perfect, the staff was professional and was on top of everything! They handled all of our guest wonderfully, and everyone raved at the level of service, the presentation, and quality of the food. My husband and I got to sit back and really enjoy our friends and family. We appreciate everyone there, and HIGHLY recommend them to anyone looking for the best of the best catering in Charlotte. read more

Occasions is hands-down the BEST. We have used them several times - last Christmas and this Christmas and many times in between - they always come through with the best of everything. Not only is the food amazing, the presentation is incredible, the servers are so knowledgeable and they work so well as a team. Their prices are great. They are so professional, but so warm and easy to work with. They just did a Holiday Dinner for us for 400+ people and I have already booked them for next year. They will definitely hear from us during the year, too. Once they come in the door, you can relax - they have you covered! read more

I would like to take the time to respond to the reviews of Megan V. and Sara H. I have used Occasions Catering for both corporate and social events. I have also recommended them to several contacts as well as personal friends. I have always had consistent professional service not to mention mouthwatering quality food, and yes salt and pepper was provided. I do not understand why Occasions would continue to ask for money if you ladies were paid in full. I also read that the cost was "ridiculous" in Sara H. review. So tell me why you would use a caterer that you think is too expensive? We all have the opportunity to choose whom we like. You've said they cut the cake early. I find that incredibly hard to believe. I have been to 3 weddings done by Occasions and that has never been the case. Why would someone take that upon themselves? Maybe they were told to do that by someone in the party? From my personal experiences with this caterer I have to say it is hard to believe that a lot of what you are saying holds truth and validity. Melissa and staff please hold your heads high and don't this get you down! You guys do a great job 100% of the time I have had the pleasure of working with you! Keep it up! read more

I used Occasions for my Grand Opening Party. The staff was courteous, they arrived early and set everything up beautifully. I kept getting compliments on the food, everything was delicious! read more

We use Occasions at least four times a month for various corporate events ranging from basic breakfasts to retirement parties. The staff is very professional and friendly and the owner is very savvy and well versed in her craft. I give them a thumbs up! read more

I wish I could give them zero stars. Owner, Melissa, was the sweetest women in the world until I signed the contract, then she started getting short, rude and not wanting to help us. We constantly got different answers that came from their office. The day of my wedding they started serving dinner 30minutes early, so we did not get to complete our pictures. They were rude and even arrived late the day of the event. Also, the food was cold day of. I believe any positive comments are from the company themselves. If you have any questions about my experience, feel free to ask. I can send you both pictures and guests stories. If I can help prevent one other bride from going through what I went through, then I will feel a little better about my horrible experience. read more

Horrible Business, Very Very Unprofessional. Due to unexpected illness with our son being hospitalized we had to reschudle some meetings with them. When we show up to the resheduled meeting, no one answers the knocking on the door even though we are basiacally punding on the door and there were cars outside so there were people in that location. Still wanting to do business we come back and are accused of being liars even though we have witnessess, and spoken to rudely. I state that even though we were late ( which excuse me we are dealing with an infant who was having surgery), dont speak to us rudely we are then yelled at liek a child and the Kitchen manager Charles then rudely starts yelling and invites me to fight him outside like we are in a school yard or something. I personally think the person was on cacaine or somethign and saying what time he gets off to fight me which I personally want to take up his offer but I have other things such as a wedding and sick infant son to deal with then this cracked out person. Melissa was extremely rude to my financee and I would never recommend this company to peopele in hell let alone people getting married. read more