Albanese catering is not a licensed caterer. In the state of Florida you must be licensed to cook and sell food to the public . read more

I wish 0 stars were an option!! Steer clear of this caterer! Mike Albanese Catering I have used Albanese catering 3 times...each time getting worse. The first time was for my daughters first holy communion party and it was amazing and we recommended them to many people and brought them a lot of business! The second time it was mediocre...we ordered a thanksgiving complete meal with desserts and sides we ordered this for 11 people and received enough for about 4 people even though we paid for 11 people. We were offered a free meal Pack for the shortage in food. The third and last time was this past Christmas where we ordered a complete Christmas dinner with sides and desserts for 11 people again. We used the free meal offer from the past poor experience figuring the first time was amazing and the thanksgiving problems must of been a one off. Our Christmas food was scheduled to be delivered on the 24th. After no contact on the 24th we finally reached them around 7pm at night and they said they would drop it off at 1pm on the 25th as I told them that was the time we were planning on eating. At 1:30 on the 25th they text me saying that everything except the turkey and ham just blew up in their kitchen and that they won't be delivering anything! Keep in mind we ordered salad, cheese plate, pies that don't involve an oven or stove! When questioned about the above items that shouldn't of been involved in this blow up they just stated again that they only have turkey and ham. After many more messages begging for at least the turkey and ham to be delivered a small tray of meat was delivered around 5pm!!! The tray was probably enough to feed about 4-6 people not the 11 we paid for! They offered to refund my money and give me a $200 credit towards another purchase with them. I have asked multiple times via messenger and requested the money back through Zelle multiple times to only have my messages ignored and no money refunded! So technically they still owe me $59 in cash and a four person meal along with $200 worth of other meals! I love to support local businesses! So sad that this one in not on the up and up anymore! Steer clear of this one and move on to the next! read more

If I could rate them lower than 1 Star I would! The food is horrible. If you order a main dish like chicken Marsala you get 2 pounds of pasta with 6 small pieces of chicken and no sauce! I've asked for a refund after I had them cater my sons graduation and they promised they would and they have still have not given me my money back. There are many complaints on their site of the same thing. Empty promises and bad food. DO NOT USE THEM! read more

Delicious food, made and delivered to our home, which I thought was very convenient, since I am disabled and can't always leave home to pick up food or shop for healthy groceries, much less cook and freeze ahead like I used to, when I'm not physically well. Mike and Tracy even made sure that my questions about low-salt, low-carb were answered. Tracy delivered a meal for six: salad with cucumber and tomato, and ranch dressing on the side, bread, stuffed chicken and mashed cauliflower, all perfectly portioned out. (The salad, bread and dessert were each in their own family-style foil pans). This is great food that I am sure to order again. read more

The food was more or less okay if you got what you asked for. The service was absolutely horrible. The number of excuses she gave when missing a dinner, which were many, were not to be believed. Her oven broke down many times in a year. Dinners were often late and we had to let her know if it came late again we were going to send it back. We will never be ordering from them again. I will repeat what another customer said: Do Not Use Them. Jeffrey H. read more

I attended a Christmas dinner at Windward Village. I am a senior citizen and have attended many catered affairs in my lifetime This dinner was without a doubt the worse dinner I have ever attended. The food arrived cold and was served cold, actually I cannot find any bright spot that Albanese Catering provided at this dinner. On a scale of 1-10 they deserve ---0. read more

Do not use, they ruined my brother's wedding!!!!! Awful service, missing food and what they did bring was AWFUL. Do not use!!!!

We wanted to support a small business during the lockdown and ordered their family meal special- 3 family meals delivered throughout the week. The first meal was supposed to be delivered on Monday but came on Wednesday and it wasn't good. Friday night's meal was refused at our door because it had been sitting in the delivery driver's car for more than two hours when it finally showed up. We were promised a refund but have not received one yet. read more

My mother ordered food for Father's Day on May 22nd, on June 5th canceled the order directly with Trace, he promised to refund her money of $96.68 but instead; for 3 weeks; all she has been receiving is a bunch of excuses and NO refund. I wouldn't recommend ordering from them. She canceled Father's Day because her last order was 2 and a half hours late, wrong food was delivered, & wrong desert. Her 12 guest were starving, and she was COMPLETELY embarrassed. Worst catering company in Hernando county. read more

This business essentially stole our money. Failed to deliver our family's thanksgiving dinner when promised, even failed to deliver it later when we gave them extra time....we sent them an email requesting a refund, and they have refused to reply. We paid for their service up front as requested, and as a result of their failure and dishonesty we had to go and purchase over $100 worth of food and stayed up most of the night to prepare and cook a meal so that we could have a family meal. Do NOT trust this company (or any of their connected Chef services). They will tell you they are not Albanese, they are related, but Albanese is absolutely the company that received the credit card payment....just another level of their dishonesty...they are not to be trusted, they are not reliable. If I could have given a rating below 0 stars I would have. read more

I would give a zero star if I could. They catered my wedding and what a mess it was. They were an hour late, I paid for full service and had to carry/set up my own food. I had no plates, napkins, utensils drinks, dessert. My fruit plate looked like a five year old put it together. I paid for 40 guests of food and got enough for 15. My family left my wedding hungry. The hot was cold and the cold was hot. The salmon was rock hard, the london broil cold and tough. This caterer promised a refund and now they will not answer my calls. DO NOT USE THEM FOR ANYTHING IF YOU WANT YOUR GUESTS TO BE FED. read more

We ordered 2 family meals and they were delicious. I was surprised I could order them and have them delivered the same day. The meals were delicious (we ordered chicken parm) and there was so much food! I will definitely be ordering meals from here again:) read more

These people started a couple months at the Cares Elfers senior center in New Port Richey and we tried the food 3 times. the Quiche is stupid small, tasteless and my friends got tacos that were served cold. The kid in there heated the tacos up and I already added my sour cream so he heated the whole dang thing up. He said he did another like that and nobody complained. The other time got meatloaf an that was stone cold on bread, soup was pretty good so I enjoyed that although small servings. So we go to Cares quite often and we were told they failed to even show up last friday volunteers at Cares had no idea why. We attended an afternoon event another day arrived early to try again and eat there. Well they were closed early by an hour an we were early so that was a no-go. We came 6 with friends today and saw the health dept. there. we waited an were told they were only allowed to serve coffee and when our event was over we figured ok one more time lets eat. WRONG! they were shut down today by the health dept inspectors. They are closed tomorrow the 6th so forget this company called ALBANESE CATERING of spring hill they suck and when we spoke to people in the area just waiting for something they didnt speak good about this place of serving food. The Cares center is amazing for all they have going on to keep busy but they need someone to actually serve edible food and really just be open when they say they are. The young kids in the kitchen just dont seem to care about people there, one has ear buds in so his music is way more important than talking to people and talking to people. When at the window you can see food sitting out and the floors need a good cleaning. read more

If I could give them no stars I would. I had them cater my daughter's baby shower. We were having a brunch and the menu was supposed to be a full omelet bar w/all the fixings, scrambled eggs, french toast, bacon, sausage and mimosas . They brought 1 package of bacon and sausage (we were 26 people). They ran out of food and had to go to the store to get more bread for the french toast. By the time they made the mimosas, they were warm, they never put the orange juice and the champagne in the refrigerator. The owner, Tracey Pager Clark, was supposed to be there and she claimed they had another event that was short staffed so she had to be there. I was promised a 50% refund on August 14 and then again on August 17 and to this day I have not received the refund nor have I heard from them after numerous attempts to contact them. DO NOT USE THEM FOR ANY IMPORTANT EVENTS IN YOUR LIFE! I KNOW I WILL NEVER USE THEM AGAIN OR RECOMMEND THEM. read more