River City Catering was a pleasure to work with for our daughter’s wedding! The food was absolutely delicious. We received many compliments from our friends and family. RCC accommodated for our guests who had food allergies, were gluten free or vegetarian.

Our cocktail hour menu consisted of: grazing table (antipastos, cheese display, tropical fruit), shrimp ceviche. Buffet dinner: mojo boneless chicken, fresh mahi with mango salsa, mushroom risotto, cilantro rice, vegetable medley, roasted red & sweet potatoes, plantains, salad, bread rolls. Bar included Moscow mule, white sangria, wines, beers, sodas, juices, and an infused water hydration station. Variety of dessert shooters: carrot cake, key lime pie, and red velvet

Kiaraliz (also goes by Kiara) was professional and responsive throughout the planning process to ensure everything went according to plan. Kiara’s day of coordination was amazing - she listened to my daughter’s vision and provided great feedback. We had a weather scare the morning of the wedding, however, that went away and once Kiara arrived on site - I, the Mother of the Bride, did not have to be involved with setup and could give all my time and energy to the bride.

We received lots of accolades on food, Kiara’s attentiveness and that of her staff.

Thank you so much for catering our event! We would highly recommend RCC and would use them again for our catering needs.

We found River City Catering through our venue, Villa Festa. They had four or five partners to choose from, but immediately we loved all the options with RCC, the fact that we could bring our own alcohol for the bar, the ability to book food, the bar, and our coordinating day-of through a single company…and then we tried the food! This team smashed it on every front and there isn’t anything we would have changed!

Food - We looked at all of the venue options, but when it came down to it RCC had the most flexibility to mold to our vision and the greatest variety to choose from. We did a tasting at their kitchens and were floored by the food. It isn’t often that you remember wedding food for being good, typically you only remember food at the wedding if it is bad. We are three weeks past our wedding and we STILL have guests reaching out and talking about the food! We knew we wanted to have food that we loved, which we did! We started with beautiful appetizers that were passed by wait staff during our cocktail hour. Our dinner had a salad bar, pasta, potatoes, and rice for sides, blacked smoked chicken, and the BEST (according to everyone) part the Chicken Biscuit Pie. It was hearty (great for the alcohol we were serving) and delicious.

Bar - We were excited about RCC because we dreamt of a bar that had a single beer, a single wine, and a beautifully curated collection of gins and whiskeys. We had been collecting nice bottles of gin and whiskeys throughout our relationship and engagement, so finding a place where we could provide that but have mixers and a cocktail bartender available for us was imperative. RCC, again, crushed it! We had a dozen gins and about 15 different bourbon/whiskeys and outlined about 6 different key drinks for each. We shared the list of alcohols and drinks with the team ahead of time to confirm mixers. They chose a bartender specifically for their cocktail skills and even ensured the coordinator assistant was put on our wedding because of her bartending background, to ensure we didn’t get a back up at the bar. People loved the drinks, and there was somehow NEVER a long line. They were amazing. We brought the alcohol, and they brought mixers, glassware, the bar, napkins, etc. It couldn’t have been easier!

Coordination - We weren’t planning to have a coordinator, I didn’t want to spend the money on it originally. I am the youngest of five kids, four of us girls, so I figured that we knew how to run a wedding. THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT WE PAID FOR! I kid you not, I would have paid five times the price because of how little I thought about anything except getting married that day. We had the incomparable Kayleigh Hernandez provide the day-of coordination for our wedding. First of all, she is the sweetest human being on the planet. You can say anything to her and she is going to say “of course, we will find a way to make that work”. I knew I was a bit of a Type A and intense bride. I had a vision for the day and she executed it to a T. I didn’t think of a single thing on our wedding day because we had walked through it all (Kayleigh taking a million notes in conjunction with my absurd binder) on our final details meeting and again at the rehearsal to confirm. She came in with her team to meet the venue team, I had everything out waiting for them and I didn’t even know they were there until about an hour later. She only came to ask a couple of questions to confirm last minute adjustments, but only to even ensure I had every single thing just exactly how it was in my brain. I periodically looked out a window to the ceremony/reception and only two times did I send someone to ask Kayleigh for two adjustments for my psycho brain. Not once did she even so much as grimace. I NEVER felt like I was too much, too nitpicky, too anything. Throughout the night, Kayleigh always made sure my timeline was running smoothly, my husband and I were comfortable, happy, hydrated, fed, and watered. At the end of the night, her team swooped in and cleaned the whole place. They were out before we had finished saying goodnight to our guests. I almost cried when she came for a final check and to say goodbye. Words cannot describe the peace she brought to our wedding day. We got to simply enjoy the day and each other and remember it all BECAUSE of Kayleigh and the RCC team. At the end of the night, sitting with my husband recounting the day, we both said it was the BEST money spent for the entire wedding.

We had a perfect wedding, with truly ZERO hiccups. We are so ridiculously lucky that we found RCC to execute the best day of our lives. If you are on the fence, just go talk to the team. You will get it! Thank you River City Catering, our incredible bartenders and sweet Kayleigh, the day wouldn’t have been the perfection it was without you all. We love you so much!!

Love,
The McGowans

River City Catering is a must. Don't worry about their office being sort of small and not as flashy as the other catering vendors. Your food will be delicious from the time you do your tasting and, more importantly, at your actual wedding. We did RCC's cocktail hour hors d'oeuvres, the Latin buffet menu, and had an open bar where they supplied the alcohol and bar tenders. All our guests loved everything on the menu and even my mom who is super picky had good things to say about the job they did in terms of presentation of the food and guest tables, organizing the pace of dinner, and the taste of the food. Special thanks to Kayleigh and the chef who worked with tons of food restrictions and considerations related to my guests. Kayleigh was super helpful with clarifying my ideas, questions, and updates. You will be happy with the planning and quality of River City Catering while not spend unnecessary bucks with the more pricey catering vendors.