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Feastivities Catering

posted 2 years ago in Philadelphia
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    starcharades    December 31, 2011   Philadelphia

    Anyone use Feastivities Catering? I am considering using them for my wedding and I wanted to see what others thought. Thanks!

     
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    starcharades    December 31, 2011   Philadelphia

    Anyone?

     
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    bruschetta    August 29, 2009   Philadelphia

    Their prices just couldn't beat our caterer's (Laurent Leveque of Fleur De Lys) when we were searching/pricing it all out in early 2008.  That and they weren't really able to embrace the "custom" catering idea we had in mind.  Feel free to PM me for more info!

     
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    starcharades    December 31, 2011   Philadelphia

    Thanks Bruschetta! I did love Fleur De Lys' catering. Unfortunately our venue has a list of caterers we can use and Laurent Leveque is not on it. So we are a bit restricted on who we can choose from.

     
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    bruschetta    August 29, 2009   Philadelphia

    Hmmm.  Could you try to get them to open up the list a bit?  Laurent is used to working with no "home base" and I'm sure he'd be the utmost professional in a new space.

     
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    starcharades    December 31, 2011   Philadelphia

    I could try that...I believe they did say we could use someone off the list if they go through some sort of approval process. I'll look into it. Thanks ofr the tip!

     
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    jbsgirl    May 2010  

    So, I can't speak to the quality of their food, but I know that I met with them when we were considering a venue with outside catering and the woman that we spoke with was wonderful.  They actually seemed pretty flexible about what they could offer us, as we were looking for a company that would allow us to have some ethnic food catered from a local restaurant. 

    The price ended up being a little too high for us (on top of all the rental costs of the venue), so we didn't end up using them, but I was at least impressed with their customer service!

     
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    jmuclyn    September 18, 2010   DC

    We are thinking of booking Feativities for our wedding.  The venue has an exclusicve list of cateres including Uncommon Taste, Cullinary Concepts, and Max & Davids (kosher).  So far Feastivities is MUCH easier on the wallet and they seem extremely flexible - they basically told us to give them a budget we need to stay in, and they'll creat a menue for that.  We haven't gone to a tasting just yet, but we plan on doing that in the next 3 weeks. I'll update when we do it!!  Good luck!

     
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    weaverm26    May 26, 2012   Philadelphia, PA

    I am looking into feastivities as well..... Culinary Concepts was  a total bust! I played phone/email tag with them for two weeks and they refused to send me menu samples or even the food they had.... the woman was kind of nasty as well and I left her a message a couple of weeks back and NEVER received a return call or email!!

     
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    starcharades    December 31, 2011   Philadelphia

    FYI....I ended up going with Robert Ryan Catering.

     
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    Mrs.Latte    October 16, 2010  

    I just wanted to chime in on Feastivities. After our $100 tasting my fiancé and I were very impressed with their food, and their presentation. Unfortunately, the price we were quoted in writing was a miss representation on part of their employee who was later fired.  We were told that the truthful price was an additional $14 with much fewer amenities included. They really should have honored the agreement. While not a malicious oversight by the company it did interrupt our planning and was very unprofessional. We were not impressed by their customer service. We chose not to trust them with our wedding.

     
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    weaverm26    May 26, 2012   Philadelphia, PA

    Feastivities refused to give me prices stating that my wedding was simply too far away... I completely understand the complications of contracting prices for a 2012 wedding, but all I wanted was an estimate. Instead of the event planner calling me.... her BOSS called and basically said that they wouldn't be able to work with me and that my budget just wasn't a possibility. They never even gave me an estimate! I've heard VERY good things about Bernice but my planner was not so awesome.... *tear*..... O well! Now I'm working with Fleur de lys and can work with the chef himself.... I HEART him!

     
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    JerseyBeachGirl    May 12, 2012   NJ

    @starcharades:

     

    Hello! I am thinking of booking Elkins as my venue too.Is Robert Ryan Catering one of their preferred vendors? I am trying to tally up all of the costs involved, and was just wondering how RRyan compared to Feastivities?

    I still don't understand why they charge a separate fee for chairs and tables. Wish that came with the venue cost?

     
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    vanilla frosting    September 23, 2011   Philadelphia, PA

    Elkins is actually the one that charges for the rentals of the tables and chairs... not Feastivities.  My fiance and I have been working with Elkins and Feastivities since April 2010 and still haven't gotten to booking our wedding because of financial issues we continue to face.  However, Dawn AND Christopher at Feastivities have been absolutely 100% wonderful to us and have gone above and beyond what we could have asked for!

    Robert Ryan is not an Elkins approved vendor, however, for an additional $3,000 (seriously?!) you can bring them in!

     
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    stephinPA    October 29, 2010   Reading, PA

    That's a shame because Robert Ryan Catering is incredible!

     
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    JaimeK    April 30, 2011   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    I cannot rave enough about Feastivities. They nailed everything to the T. They are not just caterers but they are also planners as well. They were on top of everything from the minute I went with them and on the day of my wedding I had not a single worry. Everything was EXACTLY as I wanted, there was not a single mishap or misstep. And in terms of the food, everyone has been raving about it since the wedding. I could go on and on about how awesome my experience was with them, seriously you cannot go wrong if you choose to work with them. Not to mention all the ladies were dolls!! <3

     
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    doctaruth    October 8, 2011   Columbus

    I am glad someone else enjoyed using Feastivities but I was really disappointed. The only thing I liked was the food. I would not use them for a big and important event like a wedding. I will say that I worked with four different planners throughout the wedding planning process. On the day of my rehersal the planner I had the longest relationship did not show and did not let me know that she would be unavailabe for my wedding. The planner that I was assigned to was obviously preoccupied with other events and not well aware of what I planned for my day. I was seriously disappointed that I counted on them for such an important event. Please PM me if you have any specific questions or concerns. 

     
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    HeidiM    July 15, 2011  

    Hi Everyone,

    I just wanted to write that we used Feastivities for our wedding about 5 months ago and they were AWESOME!  We worked with Dawn and Meredith and we could not have been happier with everything.  From the moment we met them, they truly understood our vision and made that their number one priority.  We LOVED that the menu was completely customizable and that we weren't picking the boring typical banquet packages.  They really worked within our budget and offered so many awesome suggestions on how to serve things in unique and creative ways.  They were so easy to work with and accommodating to our schedules when it came to meetings and tastings.  And the FOOD - simply delicious!  Our guests raved about it! 

    We also booked at Elkins and had a VERY difficult time with the bankruptcy and not knowing whether our event would actually happen there - and we still didn't have any confirmation from Elkins even 3 months out from our date.  Luckily we were in the clear, but Dawn and Meredith were awesome through all of that stress as well - they were ready to go at a moment's notice to revise things and switch us to a different venue and they reassured me that everything would still be perfect.  

    More than anything, I was just soooo incredibly appreciative of the fact that they made me feel like we were in such good hands.  The greatest feeling the last few weeks leading up the big day was that I COMPLETELY trusted them and their staff to pull everything off.  There was so much else to worry about with family, transportation, rehearsal dinner, bridal party, etc that i was so relieved I didn't have to give one thought to the catering & day-of-coordinating.  That feeling is what was totally invaluable to me and that is the reason, above all else that I would recommend them to anyone getting married in the area.  Feastivities was just awesome and we loved working with them!

     

     

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