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    Personal Touch Dining

    4.7 (154 reviews)
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    Annalisa and Ashley were absolutely amazing to work with at Personal Touch Dining. I highly recommend their services for any event! They were incredibly responsive to all of my questions leading up to the wedding, which made the process stress-free knowing they were there to support me. On the wedding day, everything was executed perfectly, from the linens and rentals to the food. We received countless compliments on how delicious everything was! Kudos to the chefs and the entire staff for making our day so much more special.

    My now-husband and I cannot say enough great things about our experience working with Personal Touch Dining as our wedding caterer!! Personal Touch Dining was one of around 8 - 10 approved caterers for our venue (La Jolla Woman's Club). We had done two tastings with other caterers but weren't feeling confident about either. When I reached out to PTD, I received a timely and informative response from Annalisa. We worked through a tentative menu plan, which wasn't the easiest ask as we wanted to cater to a variety of diets (I'm vegan, we have a decent amount of family and friends who were gluten-free and/or didn't eat red meat). The team was SO accommodating. We scheduled our tasting and had a truly exceptional experience with Annalisa and team. The ambiance in the tasting room was inviting and romantic. They offered us complimentary sparkling wine and the food absolutely blew us away. We were also able to look at china, linens, and other upgrades - which was so helpful to feel and see in person! Staying within budget was important to us and we were able to find a great selection within range. The cost was very reasonable for the quality of food and service. Communication with Annalisa and the PTD team was a dream. Many questions and tweaks came up on my end in the months leading up to our wedding day; I felt very taken care of through the entire process. We had so many guests compliment how good the food was - several said it was the best food they ever had at a wedding. I'd have to agree! The Teriyaki Salmon and Baked Eggplant Stacks specifically were major hits. The catering staff provided top-notch service. Everyone was professional and warm. One wonderful staff member went out of her way to bring me our vegan appetizers after I had been taking photos for what felt like several hours. You won't be disappointed if you consider Personal Touch Dining for your wedding! Big thank you to Annalisa and the rest of the PTD team for being such an amazing part our special day!

    Pesto salmon
    B H.

    My husband and I hired Personal Touch Dining to be our caterers at our wedding in June and it was the best decision! Annalisa was extremely responsive, friendly, and helpful throughout the entire process which really helped take away a lot of stress associated with planning a long distance wedding. She was very flexible with updates and changes we wanted to make which I really appreciated. We also got our rentals from them and they looked amazing. The tasting went really well and many of our guests praised the food at the wedding which we were really happy about! Everything was delicious but our favorites were the tomato bisque grilled cheese appetizer, strawberry salad, pesto salmon, and mashed potatoes. Thank you so much Annalisa for being so amazing and helping us make our wedding vision come to life!

    Amber C.

    Personal Touch Dining went above and beyond with providing our catering and rentals for our wedding. We booked them in 2019 for our August 2020 wedding which unfortunately had to get postponed twice. We were finally able to have our dream wedding in September 2021 and it was everything we hoped it would be. Throughout those two years I exchanged COUNTLESS emails with Lauren, Alle, and Annalisa and they were all so helpful with answering all the questions I had and providing us with exactly what we wanted. The rentals were great quality and the food was amazing. The appetizers were all so good and I crave the mahi with the coconut curry. All the staff was very friendly and attentive and there's not a single thing I would change. Thank you for helping our wedding be so memorable! P.S. say yes to the upgrades! You only get to do this once!

    Seared salmon

    Of all the components that go into a wedding, I thought catering and event rentals would be the most stressful. However, PTD's team was incredibly responsive and easy to work with. Lauren, Annalisa, and Sam were amazing! Our original headcount was 110 but came down to 65 due to pandemic reasons, so we did become subject to food minimums. But it was an excuse to add another appetizer and choose great entrees :) The food was really good (probably the best wedding food I've had!), and the service was excellent. I forgot to take a picture of the appetizers, but the waiters brought us a flight during dinner, in case we hadn't had a chance to try them all during cocktail hour. I thought that was super thoughtful. We got to take home around 5 extra entrees, which ended up being really handy easy meals as we recovered from the wedding weekend! We also did an open bar and event rentals through PTD. Since our ceremony and reception were at the same venue, PTD also did the flip service free of charge. All in all, we had a great experience with PTD and highly recommend them!

    Reception inside Mt. Woodson Castle
    Mariposa R.

    Peyton and Kelsey made our wedding day perfection! They were so friendly, organized, professional, and communicative! The food was amazing from grazing table to the cake and everything in between. Thank you for a fairy tale of a day at the castle!

    October 2021 - photos by Luzye Photography

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