I think Jarfi's is the best Louisville catering company I had previously not heard of! I found them through a previous review here on Yelp and boy am I glad I did! When planning a large party (60 guests) at my house, I reached out to 5 or 6 local caterers. Quickly Emiy Fultz at Jarfi's overdelivered on the service side of things. She was amazing to work with as she was super responsive and knowledgable about the Jarfi's menu and what would fit for my particular event. The day of my party Nadia and Gary arrived right on time to deliver and setup my food. They were wonderful and were able to help me create a beautiful display while still telling me more about the food I'd be serving. My guests absolutely raved about everything. Absolutely raved! The Jarfi's hummus, Jarfi's chips, shaved ham on foccacia, and imported cheese board were especially big hits, but it was all wonderful. I thought the pricing was fair when considering the service I received as well as the quality and quantity of food. I will definitely be a repeat Jarfi's client. read more

I hired Jarfi's to cater my wedding and they did a spectacular job! I considered many different caterers before I finally decided and I'm so glad that I chose Jarfi's. Emily was very responsive and quick to answer any questions or concerns I had. She even encouraged me to reduce the amount of food in my order! I wasn't expecting that- most wedding vendors just want you to spend spend spend. Emily and Jeff put on a lovely tasting for my now-husband and I, so that we could evaluate the food we had chosen and make any changes well in advance of our event. After that, I felt 100% confident that our wedding food would be great- and it was. My wedding was 6 weeks ago and I still have guests telling me how great they thought our food was. My cousin even went as far as to say that it was the best wedding food he had ever tasted. read more

I had been communicating with Elizabeth from Jarfi's regarding a banquet for roughly 120 people for my organization. We had used them in the past and been satisfied and had continued to go back to them. When I originally placed my order through them everything had seemed fine and continued as planned. However one week before the event, out of no where I received an email saying that unless we purchased more from them, that they could no longer cater our event. It simply wasn't worth their time any longer. I was appalled, they couldn't even call me to tell me to my face, they had sent an email. On top of that, when I was trying to communicate with them to sort out this ordeal, even offering to pay more, they stopped returning my phone calls and emails because I couldn't reach the number they were looking for. They left us searching frantically for another caterer, and we finally were able to settle with a company called Uppercrusts that I would recommend to all over Jarfi's. Jarfi's simply isn't the company they were just a year ago. I don't know if it was a change in staff or management, but they were very unprofessional and rude. I would warn all to steer clear, and be wary when working with them for any event. read more

I began my communications with Elizabeth from Jarfi's in early spring for the 80 people attending the Rehearsal Dinner for our son's wedding in Louisville. I was not looking forward to planning this from Virginia, but Elizabeth made it seem effortless. From the moment our guests entered the room at the Ali Center, I began hearing oohs and ahhs, and when the appetizers began, the oohs and ahhs became "mmmmmmmmmm...". Everyone commented on the shrimp, and most especially the chicken kabobs. The presentation of dinner was also beautiful. I heard numerous comments about the way the salad was offered, and about the entire buffet selection. And it meant even more because we had so many dietary issues to deal with. It was beautiful to look at, and delicious as well. Jennifer, and the rest of the staff, were so personable and so respectful of our guests. When they weren't sure about when to begin serving dessert, I was sought out with subtle eye contact and all I had to do was nod and the dessert came out immediately. Thank you so much for making OUR contribution to the wedding weekend so perfect, really. We had such a wonderful week in Louisville, culminating with the wedding on Saturday night. There were so many memories created, and at the top of the list was the service we received from Jarfi's. Thank you so very much. read more

Jarfi's was a joy to work with for my wedding catering. They treated us so nice and special from the tasting to the wedding day. We did a Mediterranean meal, with kabobs and vegetable stew. The food was wonderful and the staff was professional. We got rave reviews. I will recommend them to everyone for wedding catering! read more

I've waited a month to even write this review so I could take a step back and put things in perspective, but I'm still unbelievably angry and upset with their service. I know this is long so bear with me. I will start by saying that the food was amazing and reasonably priced compared to others in town. We had several passed hors d'oeuvres during cocktail hour and a buffet dinner. Jarfi and his wedding coordinator were completely pleasant and easy to work with all through planning and up until the reception. Around 7:00pm on the wedding day they informed us that we were completely out of both of our signature drinks (we only served beer, wine, and those 2 signature drinks containing vodka or bourbon.) We found this hard to believe since we bought so much extra, and because the bar was not operating during our 4 first dance/parent dances and 3 speeches which took a considerable amount of time. However, we mistakenly trusted their word. At 8:30pm Jarfi closed down our open bar entirely, even though our contract stated that food and drink would be served until 10:00pm. When asked why he said "everyone is too drunk, its my liquor license, I'll do what I want". This would be perfectly acceptable if it were true. There was no behavior that suggested that anyone was overly intoxicated- no broken glasses, no staggering, no falling, no sleeping at tables, no inappropriate dancing or fighting- I honestly did not know what they saw that make them believe anyone was too intoxicated. Even if they did see a handful of people that were too intoxicated that I may have missed, they could have only cut those individuals off; however, they cut off every single person including the bride, groom, and parents and grandparents who hadn't had a single drink all day. After speaking to my DJ he told me that my wedding coordinator conferred with my caterer and told him that they agreed to cut us all off early because we were singing "too loudly" and they wanted us to leave. My DJ argued with her and said that never in his 3 decades of being a wedding DJ has he seen such blatantly disrespectful and unprofessional behavior. Jarfi had been extremely rude to many of our guests who were unaware of the bar situation and went to grab a drink. Eventually, we told him that if he was not going to hold up his end of the contract and continue to be rude to guests, then our contract is void and he could leave the premises. Since we bought the alcohol from a local liquor store ourselves and had two licensed bartenders present who volunteered to serve, we asked the venue if they could serve our guests instead, which of course was denied. We continued to have fun- without alcohol- until our contract was completed at 10pm. When cleaning up the venue we found 5 handles of bourbon and 4 handles of vodka as well as the mixers for the signature cocktails they told us we were out of, hidden in various locations around the kitchen. We also found that one of our wedding cake flavors was never cut to give to guests. We confronted them and told them that our DJ had informed us of their plan to shut the bar down to get us to leave because of the loud singing. They had no excuse to give regarding any portion of the night and stared at us blankly with no explanation. We wasted hundreds of dollars on alcohol and cake that we did not get to use and spent the last hour and a half of our wedding night trying to come to an agreement that was never reached. We received no refund or compensation for the hour and a half of service that was never rendered or for the cake and alcohol (which they instructed us how to buy and in what quantities) that was wasted. read more

Jarfis Catering is at 8th and Market Street now and is the exclusive caterer for Glassworks, which is where we recently had our wedding and reception. Jarfi's was great! We worked with Emily Fultz to set up a menu, emailed back and forth, and met with her twice. When we decided we didn't want to deal with ordering a cake, she ordered one for us and had it all set up. We took our centerpieces and reception decorations over a few days in advance, and the people from Jarfis set up the tables for us. Between Emily and Allison at Glassworks, we didn't need to worry about the details on the day of. We had a brunch buffet that everyone raved about and were able to offer juice, soda, coffee, beer & wine, and three specialty cocktails. We also felt that the price was very reasonable. read more

Jarfi's catered our wedding at mellwood arts center last weekend. From the first day we chose them, they have been 100% perfect. Emily was so easy to work with, and really listened to everything that was important to us. She got back to every email within 2 hours, and was so responsive. She had great advice, and her bartenders did an amazing job with our somewhat challenging custom cocktail list. Emily and her team made sure that the night went off flawlessly. Everyone raved about the food and the service, and at the end of the night they even stayed after to help my mom clean up in the rain. They really went above and beyond the entire year, and I would 100% recommend using them for any event. They were really that good. read more