The ordering process was so easy (just talking to Ray over the phone versus most places that make me fill out a bunch of paperwork) that I was worried I hadn't done it right and he wouldn't show up with all the food. But nope, he came right on time with everything packaged extremely conveniently ready to set up in a flash. And the food was so delicious! I'm definitely saving his contact information. I especially appreciate that he went out of his way to cater my event even though it was during a time when he is usually not open. 5 star caterer for sure! read more

Great food! Great tea Service is awesome. The owners are super sweet. Love their house spicy yogurt sauce. read more

By far my best catering experience ever. He catered my backyard wedding and went above and beyond in every way. We requested servers and bartenders, and the people he provided were truly professionals. The food was phenomenal. Everyone continues talking about it from the wedding. As for Uncle Ray, he's one of a kind. So helpful with providing his recommendations, and even helped plan the whole set up for the wedding. With him and his team, everything was perfect. This made food and service at my wedding as easy as it could get, at a very good price. Highly recommended, wedding on 9/26/20 in Morgan Hill. read more

Uncle Ray catered at our wedding this past April and did such a masterful job. People are still talking about the delicious food, beautiful presentations, and such elegant chic serving of gourmet appetizers! He will give you a food tasting prior to the wedding. Our parents were really nitpicking on everything from the height of the rice grain to the amount of saffron or presentation of the food. He listened to all their requests and pleasantly surprised everyone with the results which were nothing short of extraordinary. I absolutely loved seeing him so calm and in his element on the day of! It was a blessing having him and his delicious art work of a food at our wedding. We are truly obliged and can't recommend him enough! Thank you so much dear Uncle Ray for taking care of us and for doing such an excellent & tasty presentation! Rosha from the April 10th Wedding at the Kohl read more

Uncle Ray was our wedding caterer. We selected him mainly because of couple of 5-start recommendations we had about him. They were are nothing but true. Uncle Ray personally supervised the whole catering function of the 150-ppl wedding (and even more!) Prior to the wedding, we gave him the ceremony and reception table charts. On the day of event, all preparations happened transparently to us. Everything was on time as they were planned. Cocktail hour appetizer was very delicious (ask for Shrimp and Koobideh pieces - so yummy and fantastic presentation). The dinner got prepared with all details in place. I am not a cook, but you do the math when Persian moms like the food!!! All our guests were happy and asked if who our caterer was. Uncle Ray even arranged for a very nice presentation of bringing the wedding cake to us at the time of cake cutting. I remember his staff and himself running around all evening. They didn't cut any single corner and made sure everything went perfect. We are very pleased with his service and he surely deserves another 5 star recommendation. Will we hire him for our future events? Definitely!!! Thank you Uncle Ray! read more

Uncle Ray has catered several parties for us. The last one was a baby shower at our house in May 2013. We were very pleased with the food and service and everyone complimented us on how professional everything was. Uncle Ray spends a good amount of time trying to understand each client's unique requirements and needs and does an excellent job of meeting and exceeding those expectations. By the end of the party, everyone wanted a business card for our caterer :) Thank you Uncle Ray for making our shower party so much more special and for all the yummy food. read more

Holy cow!!!!! Way way beyond our expectations. We had a birthday party in a church hall, and 3 waiters, plus Uncle Ray and a helper. 80 People. We chose him based on the Yelp reviews. Ray is a pro, who is emotional about his food, and your budget and making you happy. It ran like clockwork, with trays replenished as they were emptied. All of the arrangements were completely transparent to the guests, except for the following quotes "I've never had catered food this good." "The choice of Persian food is remarkably refreshing, not the same old smashed beans and rice." I lost count of how many people wanted to know about Uncle Ray. The food was splendid: absolutely fresh, beautifully season and presented. He even has antique silver chafing dishes which added an elegance to the party. He provided a spicy sauce to go with each sauce, in case people wanted more spice. We started the menu selection by saying we wanted everything, and then we discovered we could not afford "everything." They made the suggestions about what to cut. Nobody could have told there was anything missing. Like a whole salmon, for example. I could not be happier with Uncle Ray: he's professional, warm, interested in what you want, and can make great suggestions about people's eating habits. I'm sorry I'm not going to see him with the regularity of the last couple of weeks. Have no fear about Uncle Ray's. read more

We get take out from here once or twice a month since it is so close to our house and the food is really good. The rice is always fluffy and flavorful, and the chicken and ground beef koobideh are always our favorites. I usually get lamb as well but it is often a bit dry - I will mention this to them next time and hopefully they can improve. We also really like their sauce that they include - similar to a 1000 Island dressing, it is very good mixed with some spicy chili sauce and mixed up with rice or for dipping the meat in. They are also doing business as Real Kabob. read more

Got lured to this place through Groupon. Was not expecting much but was pleasantly surprised by the quality of their kabobs, kufta, lamb chops. Top notch, one of the best in the area. Friendly service. I would go there again even if i dont have groupon. Dont get confused - seems like they also go by name Real Kabob:) read more

We Had Mr. Ray provide the catering for our wedding. We were referred to him by a friend and had never worked with him prior to wedding plans. Prior to event date: - Uncle Ray is super nice and professional. Had a great menu layout, all details clearly explained. He helped us pick the best custom package for our big day. He even took the time to go over details other than catering to help us ease the process of planning. No need to say how perfect the food tasting was. We only had to go there once since he did an amazing job the first time. On the day of the event: - His professional staff and him took care of many things on the day of the event. They also picked up responsibility for setting up pastries and coffee table, a beautiful fruit table and serving champagne to our guests. - Dinner was spectacular!! simply delicious and the setup was done very well. We even ended up with left-overs to have for next day at home :) All of our guests were talking about the delicious dinner they had. One of my friends told me she never goes for a second round, but with this great food she couldn't resist running back. I highly recommend Uncle Ray for his service and quality of food and reasonable pricing for all that he provided. He made our wedding night a special one to remember. We can't thank him enough! Merci Agha Reza :) read more

My husband and I love this place. Standouts of our first experience are... THE SERVICE: very attentive. We were brought a variety of sauces to try running the spicy range. Our bread and hummus never went empty. ... THE HUMMUS: house made, amazing. THE FOOD: I had a beef kabob wrap and my husband had a combination beef and chicken kabob plate. All was perfectly well done. Flavoring was wonderful, quantity was large, rice and other accompaniments were great. Since then I have discovered their take out. Food is always ready when we arrive and delicious as expected. Uncle Rays is on my way home from work, so easy to call in the order as I elave work and have a great dinner as soon as I am home. We will definitely keep coming back! read more

Uncle Ray's catered my 40th birthday and it was all wonderful. He and his crew could not have ran a smoother show. The food was an absolute hit and even days later I have my guests emailing me with compliments and asking who this caterer was. I am happy to recommend Uncle Ray. Lila read more

Let me explain My dear sister in law lost her battle with cancer. My brother tasked me with catering on a limited budget. Also we had less than a week till the celebration of life. The Same day that I contacted Uncle Rays catering, Ray personally met with me & visually demonstrated his culinary excellence, showing me past catering events all over the Bay Area. We discussed a number of options & details Therein, what to serve & how. Ray came up with great options & because I could visually picture them it helped me understand the beauty & detail & volume of what & how it was to be presented. Additionally, there was no commercial kitchen or filtered water, at the venue. He asked detailed questions about timing access & necessity regardless of budget. Ray understood what we needed & that Sunday he faithfully delivered excellence. Tables were full of fruit trays & veggie trays & shrimp cocktails & sandwich wraps of all kinds, heated trays of delicious meats & desserts of many kinds. Several beverages were also available for the church goers in attendance. Ray went above & beyond, taking our burden as his own and truly delivering culinary excellence in our/ my time of need. He takes pride in what his team does & he took a huge burden off me & his team performed on time & beautifully. I will use him again and I will personally talk to you about the event & how it went. He literally said it was a pleasure to serve my family in a time of need, wow it was powerful. read more

service was terrible , will never work with this vendor again. stole $6000 from my non-profit group. breach of contract. gave a $6000 check that bounced and his account was closed after we try to collect our money. when confronted gave us some lame excuse. trying to say event was much smaller than he was told. there were 10,000 people in the event including governor of California! he told us to get rid of all the other vendors so he could have the whole event to himself, in return he gave us the $6,000 check to rent the space and be the only vendor at the event, and the check bounced and account closed. shame on him. If you are Hamvatan, don't give him your business. uncle ray or uncle thief !!! read more

GREAT service and AMAZING food for my wedding day. My uncle and aunt had been to an event catered by uncle ray a couple years ago. The food and service were so impressive that they asked him to cater for a small event at their home. Still impressed, we asked him to cater for my 200 guest wedding. Uncle Ray not only cooked and catered, but also provided almost ALL the services for my wedding this past summer. He contracted the valet, rentals, waiters/bartenders/hostess, and cake. My family worked with him to plan the event because I don't live in the area. I know that they gave him a really hard time by stressing out and changing their minds, but he was very professional and patient. He invited us all over for a lunch at his restaurant to help us choose what we wanted at the event. He came over to the venue countless times to answer questions and finalize plans. He was there with his staff bright and early on the wedding day to set up. Everything was perfect! His staff was very competent and professional. My wedding was a mix of Persians and Americans so we asked him to make sure that he have some traditional persian dishes as well as some that we were sure the Americans would enjoy. I'm still getting compliments on how amazing the food was and how great the bartenders made the drinks. He has shown to be a good and honest man. I have a very hard time believing the bad reviews. read more

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They had great food and awesome service. Cleanliness was superb. Interestingly, when my meal arrived I immediately noticed it looked better on the plate than in the picture. The chicken kabob was amazing with the house made hummice. To welcome us as first time customers the owner thanked us with fresh tea and cream puffs. Yum. read more

I've been meaning to write a review for a long time now. This place is fantastic! Love the owners and staff. Service is awesome, personable and friendly. Just simply the best kabob anywhere! read more

We've been eating here for quite a few years. This is still our favorite Persian food restraint. The service is usually great. The food is always excellent. My favorite along those years is still Koobideh Kebab. If you have not tried it, it's a must! read more

If you're looking for kabobs, or Persian food in general than this is the place to go!

This was the best Kabab I ever had, Wow! Ray's a nice guy, came out to greet me, it was really cool

Worst catering service experience ever! I used Uncle Rey's catering service for my daughter's graduation and was extremely unhappy with everything they provided! Quality of food, service and presentation couldn't be worst. Being unhappy with their services is an understatement. This was an embarrassment for me. read more

I don't exactly know what kind of experience the other people had and I understand that there are some irrational expectation that some people might have but for me this place, food quality, customer service and all other things are outstanding :) I had my wedding last year on May 2013 and Uncle Ray's was agreed to take care of all my gusted that were about 330 people and they were all amazed of the quality and how these guys managed all the food to be enough for everyone and warm from the beginning until everyone was served. These guys are sooooooo friendly and I highly recommend this nice family catering business to who ever wants to focus on other things, not the food, because uncle ray's will take care of your guests %100 and I can definitely guarantee that everyone will be happy to have them in their parties, ceremonies and other occasions. I almost go there every week and enjoy the kabobs and other foods that they have on their menu :) read more

We had Uncle Ray cater our wedding in Burlingame over the July holiday weekend and everyone was raving about how good & juicy the kabobs came out. The service was also on time at the hotel and each kabob was made into 4 pieces since we had it for appetizer. He provided excellent service! Thanks Uncle Ray! read more

The owner of Uncle Ray's Catering is a thief who stole from his own people here is why? If you live in Northern California you might remember the June 14th Even in San Francisco dedicated to the People of Iran and the Green Movement.... well if you don't remember we had a rally dedicated to the Green Movement and the People of Iran. This was a professional event with professional planners and the City Hall involved our Stage Manager was the same guy who does all the main event's in SF. To make more money to pay for the costs of the event and to send money to Iran for example for Reporters without Borders, we decided to hire food vendors $1000 per booth. The owner for Uncle Ray told us he would pay us $6000 if we only let him sell food at the event instead of hiring other vendors. He was very nice and we trusted him and we agreed with his offer. So he was the only vendor, the SF police reported 10,000 people showed up to that event that day and who knows how much money Uncle Ray made. He gave us a check for $6000 and when we went to put the check in the bank it bounced, the account was closed. We contacted him and he refused to pay, we searched for legal ways of getting the money and the money and the time spent on lawyers would have been more difficult specially for all of us volunteers who worked so hard (3 moths) to put together this event... this guy is a total crook and I was so disappointed that he would do such a thing for such a beautiful cause. I am ashamed that he calls himself an Iranian and I know that he will answer to someone someday. I hope the Iranian community sees this and refuses to give service to such a man. read more

simply the best koobideh i've ever eaten.the meat was juicy and perfectly cooked. fresh onion,perfectly cooked rice with right amount of seasoning. i definitly go back to this restaurant and try other entrees for sure. try koobideh and chicken kabob.you will be instantly fall in love with the food. nice and clean atmosphere. thanks to the employee who greeted me with big smile!! read more

Their customer service is terrible. The lady at the front was very rude and had such a bad attitude. The kabobs we ordered were disgusting, and to say that they are delicious would be a lie. Having half a kabob and selling it for a whole kabob is just a big scam. And as an Iranian I felt offended when eating their kabobs. They are an embarrassment to the Persian community. My daughter ate the kabobs and they did not sit well with her stomach at all. Terrible food and terrible service. read more

Uncle Rays Catering was wonderful!! They met all our requirements, the food was absolutely delicious. Him and his staff did a great job. Definitely would consider them again and all of you should as well. read more

I used Uncle Ray's catering for onsite kabob cooking for my daughter's bridal shower. They were very professional. They arrived on time and all they needed to know from me was where to set up. They carefully covered the area they were using to keep the flooring and the area around it clean. The kabobs were hot off the grill, delicious and our guests loved them. They cleaned up perfectly and left without any type of disruption to our party. They did an amazing job and I will highly recommend them. read more