I spoke to a woman on the phone as she is the catering service leveraged by the venue I am pursuing…read more(Meadowlark Botanical Gardens). She was extremely unprofessional and disrespectful. Truly impossible to communicate with. I calmly explained the nature of the event and what would be needed. She became unreasonable and even hung up on me as I tried to clear up any miscommunication. I would strongly advise against working with them, and the pay attention to the other negative reviews before proceeding.

I would strongly advise anyone to avoid Blue Heron Catering. The quality of the food was extremely…read morepoor, and far worse, their staff committed multiple health code violations--including retrieving used plates from the trash and putting them back out for service and handling salad with their gloved hands. They also discarded several irreplaceable items: the bouquet, the groom's vow book, and even the top tier of the wedding cake. Their attempt to "make it right" was embarrassing at best; after charging nearly $10,000, they offered nothing more than an "anniversary dinner." When guests posted numerous honest negative Google reviews about their behavior, the company removed all but one. This is dishonest, unethical, and completely unprofessional. Blue Heron Catering has proven to be a careless and misleading company, and I would highly discourage anyone from entrusting them with their event.

We recently had the opportunity to hire Premier Catering for one of the most important days of our…read morelives, our wedding. All I have to say is beware and be warned and I will be as honest as possible. I have also read some of the good reviews here but I think there is a big difference in delivering small office lunches and catering for a wedding. The reason why we picked Premier was because it came recommended by one of the coordinators we were working with. Our initial impression and experience was great. We went out and did the tasting in Ashburn. The food was great. The owner Reza was nice and we came back thinking we found the right place for our big day. We asked them to provide food for two days. Our Henna night as well as our wedding day. He showed us a printed brochure with his menu and prices for catering. The prices go up if you order more items, and they go down if you order less items. We werent sure about our final headcount to which he said, just let us know a couple of weeks before the wedding and we will adjust the headcount. He also assured us that it wont impact the pricing. We also decided to hire them to provide other supplies for the wedding day (because we thought it will be easier to deal with a few vendors than to hire separate vendors for everything). So far so good. The wedding was 6 months away. They asked for a big deposit and we obliged. As the wedding start to get closer, the attitude and the willingness to help start to disappear. The things that we had discussed and agreed upon were now under "additional" charge category. It didnt stop there. It got to a point where my wife was in tears trying to sort things out and said I cant deal with them anymore. It felt like as of it the owner was trying to get more and more out for delivering less and less and if you are planning a big day, its the last thing you need. The straw that broke the camel's back was when my wife called and said they are increasing the cost of the food because we gave them the final headcount. At this point I ran out of patience and got on the phone with the owner and told him what we had agreed upon. He said "We werent expecting your headcount to go down this much" (From 75, it went down to 60). After a bit of a frustrating back and forth, he said, I should look at the contract (which by the way he asked us to sign on the first day when we met for tasting and by saying "Dont you worry about anything, we will adjust the count when you have it". Lesson learned -- make sure you read the contract and make addendum as needed. I still stood my grounds and told him that I honestly dont care about the contract. I care about what I was told in front of 3 other people. (My wife and my in-laws). On our wedding day, they provided half of the food and the other half of the food was provided by another restaurant (we wanted to represent our cultures and foods from both sides). Since Premier catering was the primary caterer, an arrangement was made for them to serve "all" of the food. The timing and the service was not to our expectations at all. They screwed up the "Indian" appetizers. Part of the food was not served. After dinner, when it was time for cake cutting, we found out that they didnt bring the cake cutting knife. It was embarrassing when we were handed a butter knife to cut the wedding cake. After the dinner, almost an hour went by but no dessert was served. I finally went up to Reza and said where is the dessert. I didnt get a solid answer. I asked them to put the dessert out right away. It was one thing after another and overall experience wasn't what we were expecting. In the contrast, we held our Henna night (day before the wedding day) at the Hyatt and everything went flawlessly. Both of these nights were at the same scale and with the same number of people, caterers and had a similar timeline. As a business owner myself, customer service and honesty is extremely important to grow the business. Being sweet may work up front but if you cant work with your customers and dont operate in the spirit of helping your customer, if the main goal always remains making money, then you simply can't be trusted and without trust, it's very hard to sustain business.

I ordered a catered business lunch from this place. They arrived about 15 minutes prior to our…read morelunch time and set up the food with time to spare. We ordered a sandwich platter with a variety of meats, a pan of lasagna, two fruit platters, and some drinks. Accompanying our meal were all the usual plates, utensils, and condiments, etc. The delivery guys were professional and left right after they had set everything up for us. The food was on point and there was plenty to go around. I've ordered food for a dozen people before where the caterer brought exactly enough for a dozen with none to spare (to my embarrassment). That was not the case with these guys. Although the sandwiches were delicious in their own right, the Lasagna was the star of this show. The fruit was also fresh, but by the time we got to that we were too full to eat much of it - which left plenty of leftovers for the bottom feeders in my office :) I would definitely order from this place again. When comparing them to some of the other places I've ordered from, their prices were on par, but the food was a cut above.

Eunice was fantastic! She came and after a small tour got right to work doing things I didn't even…read morethink of. She was a self starter and had so much initiative. My guests were so impressed and everything she did was perfect from cutting cake, serving drinks, refilling food, breaking down the bar and leaving all things clean. I will absolutely work with Xtra pair of hands again. I finally got to enjoy a party!

Donna was my day-of wedding coordinator. She was unbelievably effective and helpful, and there was…read moreno way she or anyone else could have done the job better. I'm not exaggerating. Her fees are very reasonable and I cannot recommend her enough.

Truly fantastic! We found Chef Loly to cook a private dinner for us during our friend's…read morebachelorette party in Harpers Ferry WV. She was wonderful to work with from start to finish! She had a wide selection of menu options and worked with us to create a custom menu. On the day of, she and her assistant around with everything they needed. It was absolutely perfect! We sat back, enjoyed some wine, and it was like they weren't even there--except we quickly started smelling the most delicious aromas wafting from the kitchen. We enjoyed bacon wrapped dates and arepas to start. Then dinner was a mixed green salad with fresh strawberries and goat cheese and a huge bowl of seafood paella to share (topped with her secret green sauce). We had more than enough food for the 8 of us, and enjoyed leftovers for the rest of the night long after Chef Loly had left. She cleaned up as well; the kitchen was spotless. Cannot say enough good things about Chef Loly. So professional and responsive (key when you're planning an event). The food was DELICIOUS! Would absolutely recommend her to anyone looking for chef services. Cannot wait to use her again!

I love her food!!! I have been following this chef and her…read morefood for a long time!! The food is fresh, great quality, and more importantly flavor always on point!!! She has great personality, and her customer service is excellent! I definitely recommend her!

Sus did an excellent job for my wife's 50th birthday party. The tenderloin and the salmon were…read moredelicious, the vegetables were out of this world, and the white chocolate mousse cake was fantastic. Highly recommend for any occasion!

Despite all of these decent reviews, I don't know if service has degraded as of late. Sus, while…read morepleasant at our first meeting, was terrible to us as we got closer to the event--ignoring previous contract agreements, and refusing to even open attachments showing evidence of those agreements that she wanted to charge is more for. On the wedding day, while the food was good, we had many complaints about Sus's attitude, and their service was not very good. The bar was a mess, they refused to serve people, etc. But honestly, I place this blame on Sus--I certainly wouldn't want to work for her seeing her attitude. Showing rudeness by the owner, for which we were conveyed of such by our guests during an event is unacceptable (she ripped a drink away from the bride's sister for no reason, even though we provided the alcohol and liquor license. She was observably rude to her staff in front of guests). Also, just getting a contract right was a terrible experience. Sus was not a good listener and seemed to never write things down. It was so unorganized that we would have way too many meetings going over the exact same things, getting contracts that didn't reflect our discussions, having to rehash again to get things right...then again, only to have agreements reneged 2-weeks before the event, where she was threatening that we should just go with someone else if we didn't agree to her late price adds that went against the contract. Oh, and by contract she was supposed to leave the food after the event--didn't happen. Again, the food is the only highlight here. Not recommended.

They are just too good. For catering or otherwise, their food is amazing. We hired them for our…read moresangeet and wedding and everything from presentation to taste was impeccable! They specialize in Gujarati food but their street food snacks for sangeet were just as much a hit!! Highly recommend them

I had catered food from Rupa Vira for an event at home. The food was very tasty and as per our…read morerequest! They were very prompt with their response and in general excellent service!It was a very pleasant experience!! Thank you!! I would highly recommend their food and catering services to my friends! Karthi Sunderraj Ashburn

Catering par excellence! We've had a few occasions to experience this catering co. and have not…read morebeen disappointed. In fact, we've marveled at the quality, the flavors, and the presentation of everything. Very easy to work with and very responsive. Holiday dinners are available, and you don't need to be part of a group to order. The mini crab cakes are delish! Do yourself a favor....get out of the kitchen and order dinner from Provisions!

I'd give Bunny and her team over 5 stars if I could…read more Utter complete bliss! Provisions is top notch and I was highly impressed by their communication, punctuality and dedication to make our event as seamless as possible. From the planning stages, selecting menu items, home walk-through, contract edit and day of execution, everything came together like a dream. Not to mention, we even got cocktails while they were still setting up our bar! We had a party of approximately 55 people at a partner's home and Bunny and Kelly took care of everything. For starters, they were super flexible about their menu items and we were able to pull specific items from already curated menus without question and we were able to modify sauces and ingredients since some guests had specific dietary restrictions. We ended up going with a full bar, 2 buffet stations, passed appetizers and a specialty drink which were all reasonably priced and served beautifully. Not to mention the duck wraps along with lamb lollipops were a crowd pleaser! All of the food was delicious and had the perfect temperature. Our salmon and tenderloins were incredibly moist and I must say, if you're ever interested, try their quinoa cakes. It's delicious! I had 3 all by myself and I'm not a huge quinoa fan to begin with. Overall, 10/10 to this team!

DC SteakHolders has been coming to my complex lately so I gave them a try. Customer service was…read moregood. I had the Chicken Cheesesteak and it definitely shows the "gourmet" style of the items. The chicken was diced and not shredded like typical subs. Also, there's no option for which cheese you would like. Most likely won't return due to preferences. The sub was okay, they do give a good amount for the price. My sub was $12.

The bread was disappointingly soggy, and the meat lacked flavor. Spending $12 on an 8-inch sub felt…read morelike a letdown. The buzz around it turned out to be just that, hype! However, since it's a food truck, I'll give it a pass on ambiance and service.