I've had several meals from here and they are all... fine. The strong points are that they are on…read moretime, deliver food that looks visually appealing for a catered business lunch, and are professional and easy to work with. However, none of the food we've had from them (which is a lot) has been anything worth writing home about. That said, I don't think anything has been bad either. Overall it's a safe place to use for a catered lunch.

Clear and quick response, lovely menu and highly rated. Outside their service area, but would…read morerecommend them.

I am very disappointed with the service we received from Herban Feast. In the end, the wedding was…read morebeautiful and that is the only reason I am not leaving 1 star. The venue I got married at required us to rent all of the equipment and HF had been to the venue multiple times and said they would take care of the rental contract with the rental company. We got a sample contract and went over it with them and changed things to suit us then HF would make the changes with the rental company. Months later I went to the rental company to see the place settings in person and they pulled our contract and none of the updates had been made and many of our selections were no longer available so we had to make the changes ourselves. Something HF said they would take care of. Among the many things that had to be changed was glassware. We requested 200 small steins to be added on May 19th. On May 29th, HF confirmed the had updated equipment adds. We got the rental order straight from the rental company on June 24th and there was only 125 on the contract and they didn't have anymore available (photo attached). HF said they would charge us the rates they were paying for rentals plus a % service charge. The rental company sent us a copy of the contract created by HF and everything was cheaper than it was on our contract with HF. So we were paying a ~12% markup AND the service charge. Honestly, we wouldn't have cared about the extra cost had HF actually done what we asked with the rental company. Our coordinator was switched twice. When the changes happened, We had to start from square one each time, sending info we'd already sent. Often HF would only acknowledge one part of an email and we'd have to ask again. We were promised an updated quote by Friday, by Monday we didn't have it and followed up and were assured we would have it by the end of this week. Well, 6 weeks later we finally had the updated quote and it was missing changes (photo attached). They said they were busy with other weddings. The time wouldn't have been a big deal if they were clear about when we would have it. I know they were busy but to be frank, I don't care about the other weddings, I just wanted them to do what they said. Our main coordinator, BJ, seemed arrogant. At our tasting the salmon was raw, like totally translucent and cold. Other than that, the salmon was delicious so we requested it to be fully cooked. BJ told us the salmon was 'northwest style' and no one has ever complained about how it was cooked before, but that they could "overcook it" if that's what we wanted. I've had plenty of salmon and me, not the internet have ever heard of NW style. BJ acted as if we were the uninformed/ignorant ones but I think they made up northwest style to justify raw food. When we finally got the updated quote it was a completely different salmon dish. Changing this took way too many emails but we eventually figured it out. On the day of, everyone is waiting for food and my mom goes to check on it and the salmon is raw. Something we reiterated probably 10 times before the wedding. Now dinner is delayed 45 minutes. We also decided to add a 3rd side. Originally we had 2 sides with 200 servings each. When the 3rd was added, 200 servings were added, total 600 servings. I asked BJ if we needed an additional 200 servings for the same amount of people. He explained that when there's more options, people eat more. Feels like they're just trying to get us to spend more, but makes sense I guess. I then said "You can understand why this doesn't really make sense to me though right?" and he replied that he had no idea why it didn't make sense and he didn't know why I couldn't grasp it. It was very arrogant and condescending. We hired HF because we thought it would save us work but in the end it was much harder and more expensive. On the topic of money, HF was never clear how much we owed them. We had an original payment plan but so many changes were made to the contract so it wasn't accurate. After the event, they reached out and said we still owed a huge amount of money. This was super annoying because we had been asking them how much we owed. We were able to reduce this $ due to the issues explained. And now, for the first time, we received an apology. The apology seemed sincere which was greatly appreciated but it didn't come until after. Day of, the only real issue was dinner being late. Everything else was great. HF pulled it together so I'll give them credit for that. Despite the wonderful day, I would never use HF again because of how difficult they were to work with. HF is extremely expensive and I expected service of the same caliber. I am surprised by the lack of poor reviews for HF so hopefully my event was fluke. I hope my extensive review provides insight to both HF and those looking to hire them about their shortcomings.

My fiance and I had booked Herban Feast/ Sodo Park for our wedding... guess what didn't get to…read morehappen this year?? The entire staff at Herban Feast from Mary to BJ and everyone in between could not have been better to work with! The food, oooh the food, IS SO DAMN GOOD! The manchego butter sauce on the beef tenderloin is something dreams are made of. The tasting we did get to do has been a highlight of the year! Chef Suzie was so nice and helped us create a great menu that our guests would have been sure to enjoy. I am sad we didn't get to go through with everything this year, but we will be using Herban Feast for every event possible in the future! Thanks for everything guys!

Oh, Lisa Dupar Catering (LDC), you've gone and broken The Ol' Mangaretta's heart. Why? You know I…read morelove Pomegranate. I thought a custom cake would be similar to what I've experienced at Pomegranate. Alas, no. Thus begins my tale of ordering a cake for a special occasion--The Ol' Mangaretta's birthday. Now, Mang loves vanilla cake with vanilla icing. Yes. Plain ol' vanilla done right is amazing. I wrote to LDC and asked if they could make an all-butter, vanilla cake for me, seeing that the people I'd be celebrating with have allergies and butter is the safest oil. They assured me that it would be no problem. I went to pick up the cake, and was surprised that the process was disorganized. Okay, well, I'll just take my cake. After a long wait, I got said cake. I was so excited when I got it home--it was beautiful! They took great care in decorating it. We cut it, and then began the disappointment. The cake tasted burnt, though it only was a deep brown. It was overdone, for sure. If I'd baked it, I would have trimmed off the top, bottom, and sides. The buttercream was decent, but the burnt flavor overwhelmed everything else. So, sorry, my dear Pomegranate peeps, but one star for your connection to Pomegranate, beautiful decorating, and decent buttercream, and minus four stars for disorganized pick-up and burnt, pricey cake that ended up down the drain.

Amazing chef. Wonderful kind staff. We had a sit down dinner for 40 and it was one of the very best…read moreexperiences of my 17 years of coordinating events for the Shaffer Baillie mansion!

We have worked with Suite J for many years now and we have never been disappointed. From start to…read morefinish, Jaimee and her team have gone above and beyond for each event and the food is phenomenal! Their creative menus and immersive catering is creative and pretty cool. We will continue to use SJ for all of our events and keep recommending to our clients.

I placed an order for 200 lumpias for delivery to my wedding reception. The owner assured me 3…read moremonths prior to the event that there was no problem and that they'd be delivered to Lake Stevens (from their commissary in Seattle) just in time for the wedding. I asked Jaimee for an invoice many times over several months but never received one. The day before the wedding we were told that we would have to pick up our order instead of having it delivered (still not under any contract!!). Due to the timing we had to scramble to figure out how to make it work and how to keep our food warm until the event started. We continued to communicate into the night about logistics. The next morning (wedding day) I asked again about logistics but was informed that because there was no "confirmation" that our order had been cancelled. Jaimee was professional and quickly responded to my communications but in the end it didn't matter because she did not deliver on the promises, failed to send a contract for months, and abruptly cancelled on the morning of our wedding without prior notice.

We met Melanie, the business owner, and were impressed by her remarkable patience, pleasant…read moredemeanor, rigorous sanitation protocols, amiability, and meticulous preparation of our grab-and-go charcuterie order. We ordered Grab & Graze Gone Grazey to-go in a picnic box. The charcuterie was super delectable, offering a balance of freshness, sweet, spicy, salty, and creamy goodness. I highly recommend ordering from her shop in the Bellevue location, especially during the holiday season.

We picked up a large holiday board on a Saturday for an event with 12 adults. I did order it online…read moreabout a week early; online process was easy. The board was perfect! Layout was beautiful; everything was fresh and tasty. Our group loved it. The young lady working the front was friendly and helpful. This store is connected to a little breakfast place (same owner) with indoor seating that sounded lively and smelled delicious. We're from out of town but we would order again if it ever comes up!

Absolutely top of the line! We had a death in our family and I wanted to send something that would…read morebe beautiful and bring comfort. This was definitely it. I ordered a medium sized charcuterie board and it was delivered the next morning. Sima was so personable and understanding! I can't thank you enough for your excellent customer service, fast response time, and for the gorgeous gift of food for my loved ones in a difficult time. So thankful to you!

Food was great! Sima worked with us & created a beautiful and delicious table of food. She worked…read morewith us even though our timeline was very short. We really appreciated all she did. We highly recommend Artful Bites Design.

We had our annual event on October 8th at the Edmonds Waterfront Center with Shooby Doo catering as…read morethe food vendor. The Waterfront Center has them as an exclusive contract so we had no choice but to use this caterer. We signed up with them back in 2020 believing that we would have an in-person event in 2021 but the Delta virus made us have to do a virtual event. Shooby-doo refused to refund our significant down-payment, so we were stuck with them for a future opportunity. Which we utilized them, as I said, on October 8th 2022. The tasting that we did those years ago was absolutely wonderful. The food was quite delicious. And that team worked with us to make sure that we would have a really good selection of food items to meet all pallets, allergies, and so forth. Thus, the food is quite expensive. The major issue that we had with this company is that we are a non-profit organization and have to abide by state guidelines in regard to serving alcohol. It was almost impossible to work with Scooby-Doo on this issue because they had really bad information that they kept telling us was accurate. It was not good. It took weeks on end to finally get them to deal with the state directly and understand that we were correct and we would not do anything that would potentially jeopardize our nonprofit status. In the end it was resolved well but the frustration that we were put through is still something that has a scab on the wound. One expects for someone who is providing a service that particularly has to meet state guidelines would know what they are doing and what they are talking about. And not asking us to work in a gray area. And that's what we were told over and over again. "Just work in the gray area", but like I said it was finally resolved. One other minor thing that was aggravating but we dealt with quickly was them wanting us to get more alcohol than we needed. We got what we knew we needed and still had a few bottles left over. And the only other minor aggravation was they didn't know their full contract the evening of when everything was said and done. They thought we were supposed to be out of the building at 10:00 p.m. but we were actually scheduled to be out by midnight. Again it got resolved but it was something else to add to a more stressful moment in time. Now on to the good stuff: The night of the event was extraordinary. Their employees had everything set up in advance as it was supposed to be and the venue looked amazing. They were so friendly, accommodating, and easy to work with. They literally catered to our every need asking questions along the way to make sure that we were satisfied before our guests even arrived. The staff members were amazing. The food was out of the ballpark extraordinary. People absolutely loved the food. We had a double-sided buffet in order to make things would go smooth and quickly. I'm glad we opted for that rather than having them serve the dishes. It worked well. I'm absolutely sure that we would never use Shooby Doo again for our agency events, because of the massive issues we had with them in the beginning. However, I do think they would be good for things that are not related to being a non-profit: Like weddings, birthdays, small corporation celebrations, and such. If you're considering Shooby Doo to cater your nonprofit organization, be careful, be warned, and make sure you check everything, especially the legality around alcohol service. Also, know and monitor the contract so that you know exactly what's in it. While the service was excellent the night of, and the food was extraordinary, the price tag on this event was far more than we anticipated. We recognize that food costs are up and inflation is a nightmare but this is a very expensive catering service. Scooby-Doo gets a five star on the food quality and the evening of service. They get a one star on the knowledge on working with nonprofits, or at least with our non-profit. They get a negative 5 for not allowing us to get our down-payment back when the Delta virus came and shut everything down for everyone. I feel they should have offered it back with perhaps a small penalty but they did not so we were forced to have to use them a couple years later. I thought that was absolutely ridiculous. I told them that I would give an honest review. And this review is that.

We recently hosted an event at the Waterfront Center in Edmonds, an exquisite venue. Unfortunately,…read moreour experience with Shooby Doo catering left much to be desired. Despite hearing positive feedback about them, we were disappointed with both the service and the pricing. While the food itself was satisfactory, the service fell short of our expectations. The staff, particularly the head staff member, displayed below-average professionalism and a snarky attitude. Additionally, the setup did not align with what was agreed upon and promised beforehand. Despite planning for 90 guests, the seating arrangements only accommodated 64, causing inconvenience and dissatisfaction among attendees. During the event, the catering staff were conspicuously absent, leaving us to pick up the slack and handle tasks that should have been their responsibility. Adding to our frustration was the unexpected 23% additional fee, which the catering company failed to justify adequately. When questioned about this fee, we were met with vague explanations about covering costs, which left us feeling misled because they also leave room for minimum of 16% tip that must be paid BEFORE experiencing their service. You do the math. Overall, while the venue itself was stunning, the experience with Shooby Doo catering staff left a lot to be desired. The combination of subpar service, unexplained fees, and high pricing makes it difficult to recommend their services to others. You still have to use them if you have an event at the Waterfront. Don't get the chocolate cookies, or the deviled eggs on toast. If you go for the fruit plate, this cost us $1,710 plus tax. ($19 a person). The empanadas were yummy, the beef sliders were finished, and people complimented the salmon in puff pastry.

Epicurean catered the Water for People event I attended last night. Everything they provided was…read moredelicious! They had; Salad- Fresh seasonal fruit, gorgonzola cheese, pecan pralines, field greens. Balsamic vinaigrette. (YUM!!) Mushroom champagne risotto. Rolls - 2 kinds. They were delicious. Chicken- pan seared, garlic, mushrom, onion, sun dried tomatoes, capers, chardonnay butter sauce. I didn't try it but I think this is what it was. Salmon- soy, garlic, brown sugar.

After our original caterer went out of business 3 months before our wedding, my wife and I spoke to…read morethe people at Epicurean to see if they could help us out of our bind. We absolutely could not be happier! From the initial phone call to see if they were available on our date, to inviting us to meet with the owner and head chef, to offering us proposals on a menu (we wanted "American with a French-twist" and had a large number of picky eaters), working with us to stay on budget, and the service staff on the day of the wedding, we really cannot say enough good things about Epicurean! The staff on the day of the wedding was really a highlight: I spoke with their crew chief on the phone the day before the wedding, and off-handedly mentioned my wife's affinity for strawberry lemonade. After showing us through the buffet, the crew chief was waiting for us at the end of the line with a glass for my wife! Epicurean showed an amazing attention to detail and was absolutely great to work with every step of the way, and I would quickly recommend them to anyone without a second thought!