I got married on 11/24/18 at the Mayslake Peabody Estate. I highly recommend the venue if you're looking for a unique place to get married! Positives We had good communication from Linda, in fact the only poor communication that happened was my own goof on the number of vegetarian dishes needed, but Linda was able to work that out for us last minute. The food was great, we had a nice spread during the cocktail hour, did a refreshing salad with apples and walnuts, and a well cooked, large portion, stuffed chicken breast with delicious sides, and a rich cannoli filled wedding cake. I did NOT go hungry on my wedding day. they were timely, professional, I had 0 staff issues; so as a groom I couldn't have been happier with how the night went . Negatives - only 2 We were never given the option for a tasting and I remember asking for one the first day we met them and I was told we'd get one. It's a small thing I know, but it would have been nice especially for how much it cost. Lastly, I would have given a full 5 stars but we had a last minute cost change, we were originally quoted somewhere between 9-10K for the event, 120 people max and we were bringing all the wine for the night for table service since my family happens to have a very large collection. but one week before the cost jumped to over 13K with little explanation to why is was such a large increase, I'm blessed to have means, but a jump in cost that much is a little much. Other then that it was a great night and I would recommend their service as you will have great food and little stress the day of. read more

La Cuisine catered my spring 2017 wedding reception at the Wilder Mansion in Elmhurst and both my wife and I were thoroughly satisfied with the service provided. Quotes/Ordering: During our inquiry process with each caterer approved by the Wilder, Linda was relentless in her follow-up and ensuring she was setting up the quote to meet our needs. The quoted prices were solid but her regular follow-ups and interest in getting our business were what ultimately made us decide to go with her over another caterer. Planning: We met with Linda twice in her office to go over the menu, set-up and other arrangements. She accommodated our schedule, was very patient during deliberations and offered realistic advice about what would work best given our desires and the constraints of the venue. We had underestimated how important venue knowledge was and were glad she could accurately describe expectations for us. Food: All our guests had rave reviews of the food. We served a brunch buffet with all the standard fixings plus petit fours for dessert that were amazing. La Cuisine made sure each buffet item was labeled for those with food allergies and that each station remained stocked. Service: All members of the crew were very polite and provided great service. Again, all of our guests were very happy and we heard no comments in the negative. Planning a wedding is a long and stressful process and catering is the biggest expense so we were very happy that everything turned out great with our selection. read more

We got married at Mayslake in Oak Brook and were limited to a list of preferred vendors from the DuPage County Forest Preserve. We interviewed several caterers from the list. After meeing with Rachel from La Cuisine we thought we had found our match. She provided a proposal and we put down a deposit. As our wedding got closer we received a phone call from Linda, the Owner, telling us that Rachel had left La Cuisine, and that she would be our new coordinator. I became very stressed in regards to the wedding budget. You can't finalize the catering contract until you have a tasting and decide what exactly you will be serving your guests (the catering portion is generally 50% of your wedding budget). We did not have our tasting until two weeks before our wedding. After selecting exactly everything from the original proposal that Rachel had previously quoted us, Linda told us it would be $900 more than the original number. When i sent her the proposal Rachel had prepared and asked where the difference was, she couldn't give me an answer. The worst incident was on our wedding day ten minutes before i walked down the aisle, Linda asked if i could help her with the seating chart, b/c she had left her copy of it at the office. An added stress that I did not need. Other vendors also relayed negative comments. Mayslake only provides two hours of set-up time. La Cuisine arrived over a half hour late with the linens, delaying other vendor set-ups (florist, cake buffet, etc). This is one of the only changes I would have made if we had our wedding to do over again. read more

We chose La Cuisine as our caterer for our wedding from a preferred vendors list at the 19th Century Club in Oak Park. Our coordinator, Jessica was knowledgeable and helpful. The good: The food turned out great and guests were impressed with the service. They accommodated dietary needs of both our guests and vendors. Jessica was very quick to respond and there when needed. She even helped by placing our centerpieces and candles on the tables. Our ceremony and reception took place in the same room and the La Cuisine staff quickly and effortlessly transitioned the space from ceremony to reception. In response to Ankit, Sam, and Natasha: I asked for the cake to be served that way, it just wasn't executed very well. Needs improvement: Our number one complaint is about our final bill. 10 days before the wedding we received a final bill that was $1,800 higher than anticipated (we added 10 guests and changed an appetizer). Due to ambiguous wording in the contract we were not able to fight them on this. For example, they stated that 10 additional guests required another staff member because the quantity of staff members was not stated. Very cleaver. In addition, our contract for 100 guests stated table linens for 10 tables (we assumed 10 to a table), it was really 8 to a table so we got stuck paying for those extra linens as well. A few tables were not set with the correct quantity of chairs, it was quite embarrassing when dinner was being served and not everyone had a place to sit. I honestly would give Jessica 5 stars, but the business really only deserves 3 for what feels like shady business practices. read more

Similar to Meredith's experience below, my wife and I chose La Cuisine because they are a preferred vendor with the Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet. Also, we found that half way through our engagment, the individual we were working with had left the business. Unlike Meredith, the woman who took over our wedding, Jessica, did not drop the ball. She did a great job of finding linens to go with our wedding colors and they were at the venue and starting setup according to schedule. The day of the event, we made several requests of her and she was quick to fulfill them. Her serving staff were fantastic. They earned the caterer their fourth star of this review. They knew me and the bride by name which I is the sort the of touch you wouldn't ask for, but it's nice to get. Last note: their desserts were fantastic. Everyone had great things to say about their "banana boat" pastry. read more

If you're like me, you're getting married. And you haven't worked with a catering company before. Due to venue limitations we had only a small number of caterers to choose from, and ended up using La Cuisine. Everything was OK. Food was OK, portions were OK, service was OK. It all worked. So why the low low mark on value? 10 days before the wedding, they needed $2000 more than what we thought the total amount was going to be. After paying what we thought was everything but the tip and tax, this was unexpected. Not much left to do but go beg family for money- that was nice. So where our pricing was before, the value would have been a 4-5, but after this, I do not feel like what was presented was much value at all. $75 a head. Small basic salad. Chicken, potatoes, and 'mixed veggie'. Basic tablecloths, no chair covers.... They provided a bartender, this did not include any booze though. Have a lawyer review your contract, it could save you thousands, for usually less than a hundred bucks. read more

My husband and I used La Cuisine catering for our July 3rd wedding at Danada House.. I have mixed feelings on if I would recommend them, so I will let me review of the positives and negatives help you decide for yourselves! Negative: I contracted and ironed out all details with Jessica, about three months before I was told she was taking some personal time.. The owner, Linda, then took over.. Linda then started informing me of things that were different from what Jessica and I discussed (we agreed to 5 beers with Jessica, she said great no problem.. When Linda came involved I was just then informed that if we did 5 there was a good chance of running out of one... Which we did and it was the brides preferred drink).. We agreed to wine throughout dinner with Jessica, again issues came up with Linda and we agreed to doing just a toast and then opening the bar a half hour early since Danada doesn't allow serving after 11:30pm anyways. The day of the wedding one bartender was INCREDIBLY unprofessional, swearing in front of guests at the other one, being rude to my guests, telling me my bar wasn't open even though it was at a contracted time to be open.. I had several guest complaints about one older white gentleman in particular.. Also Linda told me that she would be there day of, however I never saw her.. She had the day of captain tell me she was there but left, do I think she was there? No.. Do I care if she was or wasn't? No.. I even emailed Linda letting her know how the day went, and didn't get a response.. We also ran out of vodka by 8:30pm.. That was after I informed them upon making the contract that I needed a bar with Kettle One because we have a lot of Vodka drinkers.. Payment wise! We were just told that the remaining balance was due 10 days prior.. It was never clear to us that we had to make the exact percentages at the set time period.. We figured as long as that percentage was paid BY the deadline we would be fine, well we used all cash to pay off our credit cards to earn point/miles and cash back only to be told you could only use a credit card twice. MIND YOU I have an email from Jessica saying that there was no processing fee, when they tried to get me to pay one.. It was after I complained and brought the email up that they agreed to let me do three credit card transactions, but we still ended up short and asking family more cash since we used our wedding funds to pay off the credit cards.. Positive: I think we got an overall good deal to work with our budget.. We were able to serve a 4 apps, salad, chicken plate, cake, and sweets table.. They also upgraded some of the liquor and discounted the dish ware to work with us. Day of captain was phenomenal! This woman, I wish I knew her name, seriously made sure that every little detail went off without a hitch.. I could not say enough good things about her! I give her complete success for why my wedding day went off without a hiccup. The food was amazing, not one person had a single bad thing to say about it.. Their tasting had us leaving full! They allow you to adjust apps and dishes if you would like little changes to them to make them more you! I know it seems like a lot of negative, but those were things that did at some point keep me up at night, but again our day of (minus the rude bartender) went perfectly.. So I'll let you decide! read more

La Cuisine Catering was the best vendor choice I made for my wedding. Jessica, the coordinator, was extremely helpful and willing to attend to my every need-even ones that weren't catering related! She was always very polite and eager to please. I had an absolutely wonderful time working with her. In addition, the food was amazing!! The hors d'oeuvres made me want to stop taking pictures and stand next to the waiter serving them. The main entree was the best, most moist chicken I have ever had at a wedding. The ravioli was handmade and also great. They will decorate the cake however you'd like-just give them a picture and they will create it! I HIGHLY recommend La Cuisine Catering. read more

I recently had the pleasure of working with Linda and the La Cuisine team for my wedding at Danada House and would highly recommend their catering services. La Cuisine provided excellent service, various menu options, delicious food and an elegant dining experience. Linda and her assistant who are at the forefront of the business are not only knowledgeable, but also experts in the industry. In addition they are professional, flexible, caring and extremely hardworking. Linda helped plan our event from day one and was attentive to each and every detail along the way. She understood our vision and helped that dream become a reality. Our event budget was not only understood, but it was also maintained. La Cuisine handled all the arrangements for tables, linens, service items along with setup and tear-down, so that we were able to truly enjoy our event. On the day of our event her team flawlessly executed the plan and offered exceptional service along with a unique dining experience for our 170+ guest. Linda and her team were onsite until the very end and we are so very thankful. La Cuisine truly excels in the business and exceeded all expectations. April & Jeremy read more

We were in contact with Alcina in the beginning but it just stopped. Emailed her a follow up email and nothing. Disappointed.

We signed on with La Cuisine Catering because we liked the coordinator - who would also be our wedding planner. I guess our working relationship was so good that this planner eventually called me up one day and started offloading all her personal issues onto me that included, but were not limited to, an eating disorder, depression, and abuse experienced as a child. I totally felt unprepared to help this person I'd only spoken with a handful of times and only about my appetizer and napkin color choices. Highly unprofessional, exhibit #1. About a month or two later, when I couldn't get a hold of her in her office, I finally got a call back from one of the owners, Linda, who co-owns the company with her husband who is the chef. Linda briefly explained that my previous planner had left the company, blah blah blah, and that she would take over my account. She tried to pitch it like I was lucky to have her as my planner since she came with 25+ years of industry experience. I didn't need to be convinced - after all, we had no choice. We had already signed the contract! Then my conversation with Linda took an even stranger turn. She'd ask me what I'd want in regards to my, say, color scheme, and about halfway through my answer, she'd interrupt and give me an idea she thought was "better" and gave me an example of another bride who had done what she suggested and it looked lovely. That happened with every single topic we spoke about - always my beginning to tell her what I wanted, then her interrupting me with a better idea. It went that way for the entire year and a half before our wedding day. Eventually, I got into the habit of putting it all in an email - so I could have it in writing - and then, when she didn't respond (and she almost never did), I'd have to call her assistant, Lindsay, who'd confirm for her that, yes, she in fact did read it and would get back to me later. Which she also most often didn't do either. Our tasting was lame. A lot of the food was good, but she always gave my Maid of Honor and I this funny "you-don't-know-what-you're-talking-about" look when we asked that the raspberry vinaigrette be replaced with something that didn't make our teeth hurt when we ate it or when I needed to be reassured that the chicken wouldn't be dry and overcooked on the wedding day as it was in the tasting. She also didn't/couldn't give us a cake tasting (isn't that the most fun part of these things?) because "it didn't make sense to [her] to make an entire cake just for the two of [us] to taste it." That made sense to me at the time, but later on my wedding day I realized my mistake when my cake not only looked cheap, but tasted like mocha-flavored cardboard. Fast forward to the week of the wedding. She forgot a lot of the things we had discussed in the year and a half prior - all of which, like I said, was in writing in her email inbox - leaving me no choice but to sit with her for hours again, going over all my preferences. She also ordered the wrong color napkins and tablecloths (bright pink instead of dark plum), and insisted that that was the color I'd wanted all along. Then, after all of that, she hands me a bill saying that she accidentally undercharged us by $2,000 and we had to wire the money to her THAT DAY, or else nothing would be ready for the wedding 6 days later. Then, finally, the wedding day arrives. I had given her a very specific and clear seating chart with the dishes each guest requested (beef, chicken, vegetarian, or children's), La Cuisine's servers still decided to go to every table and re-ask what everybody wanted, presenting it as if they had enough of each to go around. Also, the servers presented the vegetarian dish as Lasagna, instead of the vegetarian dish. Everything got mixed up. Also turns out that a lot of the guests, when given the choice, chose lasagna, which left the vegetarians at our reception picking the broccoli and carrots off of neighbors' plates since there weren't enough lasagna plates to go around, as the servers had made it seem. Don't even get me started on the three children's meals we ordered. How they messed that up, I'm not sure. La Cuisine's only saving grace is Lindsay, who was once Linda's assistant, but was eventually promoted to event coordinator. I got the impression that she tried to cover for Linda's absence much of the time and did most of the work, though I'm sure she didn't get commission for it. She was super responsive, very very very friendly, and was so kind and professional on the wedding day. read more

La Cuisine Catering, Linda, and her staff did an amazing job with my September 2012 wedding! Linda was great to work with while planning my wedding, she was very easy to get a hold of by phone, her cell, and/or email. If Linda wasn't available her staff handle my questions with no problem and Linda was always good about getting back to me in a timely fashion. Linda is a vibrant woman she made planning my wedding fun. Also Linda had great ideas and suggestions. On my wedding day everything that I choose and decided with my wedding was done, Linda made sure I had everything that I wanted and that I was happy with everything, which I was very happy (I changed my ceremony setup a day before my wedding and Linda handle the new setup I wanted with no problem). My venue looked awesome! The food was absolutely delicious, all my guests kept coming up to me commenting how great the food was. The wait staff was wonderful! Very organized, super efficient, they were very nice, and polite and they kept asking my guests and myself if we were good and if we needed anything. They also were great with making sure my new Husband and I got some apps and dessert they were waiting for us on our table throughout the night. They also handle our late guests in stride getting their food to them nice and hot. My new Husband and I were very happy with La Cuisine Catering and Linda. If we ever have an opportunity we will choose Linda and La Cuisine Catering again. As of this review La Cuisine Catering is located in Hinsdale, not Oakbrook, IL. Note: I had problems with my venue space (check my other review), Linda did her best to help me with the venue and keep me sane, but she also had problems with the venue too. read more

Booked them over a year in advance for my wedding. When I cancelled (still over a year out) they would not refund a penny. If you know you will fill the spot why not refund at least partially. Just money hungry. read more

I used La Cuisine for my wedding in Sept. of 2010. I started planning my wedding in March of 2009 and, around that time, started my phone calls with different caterers. I found La Cuisine because my venue had a few selected caterers that they work with because, I'm not sure why, but my guess is because it's a historical building. I decided to go with La Cuisine because of a certain planner that I had really hit it off with. She understood that a vegetarian wedding was very important to me and our personalities just clicked. At first, I was going to do a cocktail and hors d'œuvre reception, but changed my mind a few months in. The planner had developed a menu and contract around my initial idea, but when I sprung my new idea on her, she took it in stride and stated she would develop a new menu for me (I wanted to do a brunch wedding). I hadn't heard from her in a few months (which was unlike her) so I decided to give them a call. I found out she had left the company and I would be dealing directly with Linda, the owner. From the beginning, Linda was nothing but professional. She came to the table with a wealth of ideas but never forgot what I wanted. Sometimes she can be all over the place with suggesting ideas but I look at that as an endearing quality. I didn't expect her to be in constant contact with me months prior to the wedding. She knew what I wanted, gave me a tentative menu and we would figure it out as it got closer. And we did. The month of my wedding we contacted each other a lot. Her staff is excellent. When Linda wasn't available I knew I could count on Rachel to assist me. As my wedding day approached I knew I could trust them to get things done make the wedding that I wanted. As I pulled up to my venue Linda was there, directing everyone. The place looked beautiful, the food and cake were unbelievable (and I didn't have a tasting). They even made a few vegan dishes for the buffet for my husband. Everyone commented on how much they loved everything. I can't thank Linda and her team enough for making my wedding happen. Thank You! read more

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From the very beginning, Linda and her team were very responsive to our questions and worked hard to ensure that the menu and service reflected our wants and wishes for our wedding. During our first meeting, Linda made several suggestions that suited the theme of our fall evening reception. On the day of the wedding, she personally arranged the fresh flowers we provided around the cake, again in a way that completely reflected the style of our decorations. She and her staff were very helpful in managing the flow of evening and were flexible in the timing of the service. All of that is terrific but wouldn't have mattered if the food had been a disappointment. In fact, the appetizers, dinner, and cake were outstanding. We received many compliments on the food alone. We are grateful for the personal touch and attention to detail that helped make our wedding a fantastic occasion. read more

I contacted them in November to get more information. Never got a response. Finally got an e-mail response int he MIDDLE OF JANUARY!! OVER 2 months later....Then she tried to blame it on my e-mail making me feel like I was to blame because she never responded. Awesome way to do business! read more

I used LaCuisine for my wedding recently. The only nice things I have to say are that the food was good, and the set up of tables was nice. Otherwise, dealing with the owner is not a fun process and dinner was awful. When you need to get a hold of her she either "didn't get your email" or "did reply, must not have went through". But when she needs something from you ($$) she is alllll over it, blowing up your phone, very accommodating all of a sudden. We also scheduled a final walk through at our venue, and the whole time she was rushed and not completely present because SHE overbooked herself and had an appointment somewhere immediately after ours. Not my issue lady. She also told me prior to the wedding that she needed the names of people who ordered vegetarian options, because often at weddings people decide to change their mind on the spot and ask for vegetarian so she wanted to make sure those who requested it get their vegetarian meals. I thought that was very thoughtful, so I happily gave her my guests names. She also said that will avoid her having to come up to me, during my wedding, and bring the issue to my attention. Well....guess what happened? The last issue I want to highlight has to do with another situation she handled at the wedding. We served a beer and wine only bar. One of my guests asked her if he could buy a bottle of titos and have her bartender serve it. Instead of just saying NO, they are offering a beer and wine bar only, sorry, she came up to me, made an issue out of it, and was frazzled the rest of the night. She had no idea when we wanted to cut our cake, do toasts, speeches, etc. even though we went through all of that in detail at the final walk through.... read more

La Cuisine was absolutely wonderful for our wedding! Linda was extremely professional and such a pleasure to work with!!! She was so accommodating to some last minute changes and health restrictions that came up. The food was excellent and got so many compliments from our guests about how they loved the food! I would definitely recommend them for any event or wedding and will use them for any future catering. read more

La Cuisine catered my wedding and did an awful job. The owner of the company Linda was extremely rude to the other vendors. Her staff was not much better, especially the bar tender who was rude to my guests from the beginning of the night! They ran out of beer and the portions of food were small. I called her to discuss the issues from my wedding and she still has not called me back three weeks later. I would not hire La Cusine for any catering event. read more

Linda was very responsive to my messages and worked with me to get my proposal in a comfortable price range for my fiance and I for our wedding. She was very professional and organized, and really wanted to make us happy! read more

We used La' Cuisine for our wedding, which was on June 8th, 2013 (Also our Anniversary date). We held our ceremony at the Elizabeth F. Cheney Mansion. We mainly worked with Jessica, but met with Linda (Owner) for our tasting. From start to finished, we were very pleased with them. The food, service, and staff are very professional. We loved that they thought about all of the details. They ordered our table cloths, made our cake, and did the setup for our cocktail hour, ceremony, and sit down dinner. All of our guests loved the food and so did my husband and I! read more

ZERO STARS! Today I bit into a chicken spinach wrap that was catered in and found a rusty, sharp screw in my mouth after noticing something hard when I was chewing. Do not order from them! read more

We just had our wedding and chose La Cuisine Catering as our Vendor at Mayslake Peabody Estate in Oakbrook. They did a great job. I cannot say enough nice things about Jessica. She was always an email or a phone call away! She helped with everything all the way up to the wedding day. She was a life saver when our DJ was late and lost....She got him there! She did a great job setting up our wedding. The reception was beautiful and she was so nice! My guests LOVED the food and they still cannot stop talking about how good the cake was. My dad said, " This is the best wedding cake ever!" We highly recommend La Cuisine Catering and ask for Jessica! read more

I had an excellent experience working with La Cuisine for my wedding catering. I was incredibly pleased with Jessica and Linda's friendliness and customer service. Jessica was my primary contact and she was always easy to reach, and she followed up with me on everything. She was even able to accommodate my busy schedule by arranging evening meetings to work on my menu with me. I didn't know the first thing about wedding catering so I probably asked her about 1000 questions and she was very patient, helpful, and full of much appreciated advice. If I ever need professional catering again, they will be the first place I call. read more

We used La Cuisine for our wedding. Everyone loved the food and the attention to detail and extra services they offered were amazing. Can't say enough. read more

If I could rate La Cuisine a -1 I would.......... La Cuisine was on the preferred list of caters to chose from at the venue I selected. After speaking with several people on the list I got a wonderful vibe from the rep I spoke with at la Cuisine. She was not just interested getting my count and budget, but she wanted to know about me, so I felt rather comfortable with her and soon after my fiancé and I set a meeting and then made a deposit. I am not sure what it was I called on, but I called the selected venue about something and she mentioned my wedding day, she said the date was Oct 2nd, but I had the date as being Sept 25th, so before I could start balling my eyes out at work she said let me call La Cuisine and see what happened, well the long of the short of it is La Cuisine had one date and the venue had another date. So by the grace of God it worked out and I had a wedding date of Oct 2nd, but b/c of this error I had to change the times, but if I did not take the Oct 2nd date I would have run the risk of not getting married until the Summer of 2011! Now the date mix up could have only been on La Cuisines end since I only spoke with them about the date, so that was Error 1. Error Number 2, I had not heard from La Cuisine in a few weeks, so I sent the rep I worked with an email to follow up on things we talked about in our last meeting, but I never got a call or email back. So I ended up calling La Cuisine to speak with my rep to find out that she was fired. Ummm, Ok when was someone going to call and tell me that? Of course she said that they were going to make calls the week I called....umm the next day that she was let go, I should have gotten a call. So now we had to met with this new person and go over EVERYTHING again, b/c she did not have any info that the last rep had. The meeting was kind of tense but we pushed through it. Error Number 3, I was planning this wedding by myself so my future husband thought it would be great to have his aunt help. Wonderful I thought, so I passed on all the information I had on everything to her. Well when she tried to call La Cuisine to get some info and set up a meeting, it was if she was calling the White House to speak with Barack Obama! The owner was nasty and gave her a lot of attitude and said she needed to speak with me before she could give her any info to make sure it was ok, now where in the world do you think she got your companies name and phone number from?! She did not just randomly decided to call you about a wedding! So that set a bad taste in his aunt mouth. Error Number 4, Its 4 months before the wedding and I call La Cuisine to find out why haven't I been called to see where I am in the process. B/c La Cuisine is suppose to be a one stop and shop, you need a baker, florist, DJ, anything they will get it for you. So I speak with my new rep about why I have not been called and she told me b/c I had a wedding coordinator, umm in case you did not know but my fiancés aunt does not mean wedding coordinator, and just b/c I have someone helping me does not mean that you step back. In case you didn't get the memo, I am paying you not the my fiancé aunt! So we had this back and forth about what her role was and who said what...after about a few minutes of this I thought to myself is this customer service?! From the time I issued a complaint to you, all I wanted to hear was sorry, how can a rectify the problem, not you pointing the finger at everyone else but you! So when I told her I was not comfortable with her company doing the wedding she was still giving me attitude and lip. I was on the phone with them for over 45 minutes about who did what and who did this. But guess what lady 3 strikes and you are out! They did not want to give the deposit back even though it was WAAAAAAYYY in advance of a cancellation which was due to them. Overall I would not recommend La Cuisine to my worst enemy, they have poor customer service and poor communication skills. We never got a tasting offered to us it was just a bad experience with them overall. read more

My tip would be to not hire this company. As a Wedding Photographer for over ten years now I have never experienced such unprofessionalism and rudeness from a catering company, ever in my life. Jessica the head coordinator seemed to be overwhelmed with her duties. As the room was not set up in a timely fashion, they ran out of two domestic beers being miller and bud light with in the first half hour of cocktail hour and there was only 150 guests. My assistant and I waited patiently for our Vendor boxed lunch as all the guests got served in the hallway where she paniced as they were 15 dinner plates short and droped a whole tray of lids. And was snippy with us as if it were our fault she could not efficiently do her job. And when it came to the boxed lunch it was very bland and came with plain chips. My assistant had the veggie wrap and became ill today for the veggies in the wrap were rancid. I'm not sure where the cake was from but it was very dry and the frosting was very rubbery, however later when more pieces were served the cake was better. read more

I got married at Danada House in December of 2011 and used La Cuisine for my caterer. I did a ton of research and interviewed several different caterers before selecting La Cuisine. This was by far one of the best wedding decisions I made! Linda, Stephanie, and Alex were WONDERFUL to work with! Linda valued my thoughts and visions as the bride and was so quick to help me with any questions or concerns I had. She made my relatively "short" 8-month engagement, which could have been potentially stressful, so laid back and enjoyable for me! She returned my calls and emails right away. She has many years of experience and offered some great ideas as well as listened to and embraced my ideas. My husband, my family, and I had a ton of confidence in her to make my wedding everything I hoped for, and she went above and beyond our dream wedding. She surprised me with gorgeous details that I was not even expecting -- she brought tears to my eyes they were so perfect. Everything looked absolutely beautiful! Several of my guests (even people from my husband's side that I barely know!) are still talking about my wedding even now in February and how it was the most beautiful wedding they have ever been to. I know this is because I selected La Cuisine as my caterer. My family and friends still like to talk about how their tastebuds were blown away by the incredible main dishes and appetizers. I spent a lot of time picking which main dish and appetizers I wanted, but honestly everything was so tasty and impressive I am certain my guests would still have been raving no matter what I picked! The service was fantastic. The 4-tiered wedding cake was to die for. I am a very detail-oriented bride, so it means a lot coming from me that every detail was exactly what I envisioned. The cake design was perfect and honestly even better than what I had in mind from the magazines I have seen. It helps that Linda is so detail-oriented too! The table set up and centerpieces were perfect. The place settings looked beautiful with gorgeous silver charger plates (thank you Linda!). The entire room and ambiance was perfect. Not only that, but Linda, Stephanie, and Alex were all there on my wedding day and were so sweet to check in with me and my husband to see if we needed anything and if it was all what we envisioned. Linda, Stephanie, and Alex, you guys are AWESOME! You made my wedding as incredible and unforgettable as it was. I will never forget all you did for me and my family. We are SO HAPPY we picked you and will recommend you to all of our newly engaged and soon-to-be engaged friends!!! Also, THANK YOU for the BEAUTIFUL wedding Christmas ornament, it looked so pretty on our Christmas tree. We will hang it every year and remember how beautiful and perfect you made our December "winter wonderland" wedding! :) read more

My daughter and son-in-law selected La Cuisine to be the caterer for their wedding. When we first visited their store in downtown Hinsdale, IL, we had a great first meeting with the owner, Linda Inzano, who would be our wedding coordinator. She was wonderful to work with. My daughter had very specific ideas of what she wanted. Linda listened and took notes. She made sure everything my daughter asked for was incorporated in the event. Linda also had great ideas with her vast experience with such large events and we appreciated her advice. She gave us a great price and delivered flawlessly. The food was delicious, plentiful, and service was outstanding. We could not have hoped for anything more. My daughter and son-in-law were thrilled with how everything turned out. Linda's staff were all great. Stephanie and Alex were so nice to work with. All the service personnel at the event were very conscientious and efficient. We would give La Cuisine 10 stars if we could. THANK-YOU, Linda and everyone at La Cuisine who helped make the event so very special!! read more

My Wife and I wanted to express our extreme happiness with La Cuisine Catering, and especially coordinator Jessica Schmidt. Working with Jessica at La Cuisine was a real delight as she was super helpful from start to finish. Both our Ceremony and Reception took place at the Danada House in Wheaton, IL, and we are so glad that La Cuisine was one of their recommended caterers as they had a great working knowledge of one another. La Cuisine provided so many options for not only the food, but for the linens, plates, and was very accommodating to the special allergies and meal requests we needed for some of our guests. The appetizers and entrees were very delicious, and we received nothing but complements from all our guests about the food and bar service. I especially appreciated Jessica walking around to the tables during dinner service making sure the guests were pleased with their meals. We highly recommend La Cuisine catering and would use them again in the future. read more