Hired Startup Catering for my wedding, and everything was fantastic. The food was tasty, and my guests loved the desserts. I received a lot of positive feedback about the food and desserts. I was really happy with everything. 10/10, highly recommend.
Startups Catering & Events
Great value
- 38 hires
- Based in Keyport, NJ
- 22 years in business
- 25 employees
- Background checked
About Startups Catering & Events
We are Startups Catering & Events! You DREAM, we CREATE. LETS together, make this day a memorable one. We work with everyone regarding their vision, budget/price & menu to fit their needs. We provide anything from full service, set up, clean up, Linens, food equipment, utensils, nicely dressed servers, silverware & more. We are here to serve you and your guests for your next event!
Reviews
Startups Catering & Events did an amazing job at our corporate holiday party. With only one week's notice, Sam and his team put together a dinner and dessert menu for 150 that delighted all palates. Sam was always quick to respond and communicated everything very clearly, completely putting me at ease leading up to and during the event. Highly recommend Startups Catering & Events and will definitely be working with them again in the future!
Excellent food and service had way more food then we needed
Startups catering was amazing. Sam and Rich were very professional. The food was outstanding. Everyone at the party came up to use and raved about the food. We would use them again. Thank you for making our party fantastic.
Shawn and I wanna thank you for everything! I cannot express to you how amazing your staff was for our wedding yesterday! The food was absolutely amazing! I thought I would’ve had to DoorDash for my picky 6 year old but he tried the chicken and ate every bit of it! He said “mom this chicken is sooo good” all the guests loved it again your staff was the best! I highly recommend 10/10
From first contact, to the time of the final cleanup of our event, Sam and the Startups Catering team were professional, timely and excellent in all things. Truthfully - there’s not a single area of complaint or criticism. Our event was one with some cultural complexity and uniqueness. Frankly, I’m not sure Sam and his team had much prior experience with these particular aspects of what we needed. However, as a testimony to their ability to LISTEN to the needs of their clients, they absolutely executed flawlessly every last detail of what we requested. The food was phenomenal! The venue we worked with commented on what a joy they were to work with, and I believe they gave out every business card they brought as several of our 180 guests (many of whom have need of caterers) requested their info. Sam and his team will be my first call next time I need someone. 10 out of 10!
TERRIBLE CATERING EXPERIENCE - STAY FAR AWAY!! Startups Catering and events was hired to provide the catering for our wedding after finding their company listed on theknot.com. Listed below are some of the shortcomings that were observed and brought to our attention by family and guests. - Catering staff arrived at the event well over an hour LATE. - The presentation of the food at the wedding was subpar and nowhere near wedding standards. The presentation was not remotely similar to the photos on the Startups Catering website. We later realized that most if not all of the companies online photos were a scam and most likely pulled from Google. (I will attach the photos to this review if possible). - By the time my wife and I went to get food at the cocktail hour (15 minutes before it ended) they were completely out of multiple appetizers. - There were no servers at the cocktail hour, so our guests were forced to serve their own food. (We payed for five SERVERS as listed on our contract). - There weren't enough napkins or utensils placed out at the cocktail hour. - Multiple guests stated they were unaware that food was even served at the cocktail hour due to the minimal quantity and lack of presentation. - Dinner was served an hour late which postponed the rest of the reception. The Djs actually played an extra 20 minutes at the end of the night because they felt bad for us. - Many guests complained about the food being cold, under or over cooked, and inconsistent. Some stating their portions were inedible. - The Tri Tip carving station was labeled as “TRIP TIP” which confused many guests. Guests complained that the beef was undercooked, chewy, and could not cut it up due to a lack of steak knives on the tables. - The garden salad was served inside of a crumpled up table cloth. - Vegetables were not fully cooked and many guests complained about them being raw. - Pasta was served plain in the trays without sauce which was aesthetically unappealing and caused the pasta to clump together. - The pasta sauces were not located next to the pasta. The sauces were coagulated and not stirred which looked extremely unappetizing. They were not labeled and the employees who were standing there could not answer any questions due to a strong language barrier. - The Mahi Mahi was labeled as Halibut which could have caused a SERIOUS issue if someone was allergic. Multiple guests complained the fish was not seasoned and was very dry. - Other than the Tri Tip station, no one was serving food. Our guests had to self serve all of their food during the evening. This was upsetting due to the fact that we paid for five SERVERS, which we were under the impression would be serving the food. - The presentation of the beverage station, coffee station, and ice cream sundae bar were DISGRACEFUL. - The ice cream bar looked horrendous with plastic cups filled with melted ice cream inside. They also ran out of whipped cream, toppings for the ice cream, and the coffee station ran out of milk. - A few of the servers/ staff were dressed informally. Employees were seen bussing the tables with black garbage bags during the reception. - After the wedding I received many complaints from guests stating that there was not enough food and some did not even get to eat. This Including all 6 of the outside vendors that we INCLUDED in the overall headcount for food. Our three photographers and three DJs did not even get a chance to eat any of the food at the cocktail hour OR the dinner due to a lack of quantity. The photographers were seen eating fast food in the corner which was humiliating to say the least. Furthermore, many of our guests and vendors commented on their disappointment some even stating it looked worse than a work luncheon. Which was truly disheartening and embarrassing on our one and only wedding day. After reaching out to the owner Sam Schultz about my dissatisfaction, I received no reply for 15 days. I then reached out a second time requesting a response to the matter and after a few more days, finally received a reply of "Ok". A few months went by with no resolution so I contacted my attorney who sent a formal letter requesting a resolution. After about a week we received a response from Sam stating he believes his team provided services with care and professionalism. Later in the email, Sam stated "I understand that there may have been areas where expectations were not fully met" and that he would be open to a reasonable discussion about a partial settlement. It has now been over 6 months since the wedding, no resolution was ever given, and he has since stopped responding to all forms of communication. In conclusion, Sam Schultz has horrible customer service, used fraudulent images on his website, and car salesman-like friendliness/ tactics to assure my wife and I that our wedding day would be amazing, which in fact was nothing but a SCAM!! Mind you, we paid $12,000 for what is pictured in these photos... SIMILAR REVIEWS ON YELP.COM!!
The catering was great! The service was A+. The food was delicious! The communication was perfect. Would book them again in the future.
I am a year late with this review (honestly thought I did it already until I came back on thumbtack for another project and saw I didn’t.) the entire process leading up to the event was amazing. Great communication, transparent with pricing and customizable. The day of the event wasn’t the best, unfortunately. It was my wedding and during our consultation, I asked about vegan options. I told them it was okay if they didn’t have any as it was just for one person (my sister and my best friend.) they assured me they could accommodate an option for her and it was even specified in the final proposal (attached photo.) The day of, the staff claimed they did not have a vegan option and that I never requested it and honestly, felt like they were throwing the blame onto me and didn’t take accountability for their mistake. If they couldn’t do it, I would have had no problem providing an alternative option myself but they assured me it was fine. I reached out to the owner the following day and asked him about it, he responded 3 days later and he did apologize for the misunderstanding and claimed they made vegan options on site. The “vegan option” was a couple pieces of plain, sliced eggplant. I wouldn’t call that a dinner. We ordered something on DoorDash for them instead. It was just really disappointing. I had two food requests: one gluten free option and one vegan option. I was told they could not do GF which was fine, I made other accommodations. Then day of, they have gluten free? Very odd. I would use this catering service again but not for a big event, maybe just something much smaller and less specific, like a birthday party.
They were amazing to work with! They were quick with their responses, worked with me to ensure I stayed within budget, and were great with communication day of the event! Will definitely use them again.
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