Occasions Catering Reviews

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• Sarah M. Sent on 09/15/2020
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  Incredible Caterers

  Hiring Occasions Catering for my wedding is a decision I would make over and over again! From wonderful communication via email to experiencing their delicious food at our tasting, we knew very quickly that we wanted Occasions to be part of our special day. Meghan, as well as everyone else we worked with, was always professional, prompt, and so much fun to work with. When our original venue unexpectedly closed their doors and then the COVID pandemic hit, Occasions took an active role in helping us make new plans and consistently offered their help with tasks not even related to the food. They are just wonderful and talented people! The food on our wedding day was delicious and the service was wonderful- many of our guests commented on how impressed they were. I could not recommend Occasions more highly, and we are so grateful to them for helping make our day so special!

  Hiring Occasions Catering for my wedding is a decision I would make over and over again! From wonderful communication via email to experiencing their delicious food at our tasting, we knew very quickly that we wanted Occasions to be part of our special day. Meghan, as well as everyone else we worked with, was always professional, prompt, and so much fun to work with. When our original venue unexpectedly closed their doors and then the COVID pandemic hit, Occasions took an active role in helping us make new plans and consistently offered their help with tasks not even related to the food. They are just wonderful and talented people! The food on our wedding day was delicious and the service was wonderful- many of our guests commented on how impressed they were. I could not recommend Occasions more highly, and we are so grateful to them for helping make our day so special!
• Laura M. Sent on 08/27/2019
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  I highly recommend

  The best choice for our high school reunion we could have made. Reasonable prices, and amazing fresh yummy food! We got compliments all night about the food, everyone loved it. The service was on point, the food was hot, we are all so pleased! Thank you Thank you

  The best choice for our high school reunion we could have made. Reasonable prices, and amazing fresh yummy food! We got compliments all night about the food, everyone loved it. The service was on point, the food was hot, we are all so pleased! Thank you Thank you
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  User2605148 Sent on 05/11/2016
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  We LOVED using Occassions Catering for our wedding! Melissa was great to work with during the planning stages. Then on the day of the event the staff were extremely professional and the food was DELICIOUS! The chicken was our favorite and our guests loved it too! We really appreciated the bride and groom's leftover box! That definitely came in handy the day after the wedding! We definitely recommend them for your event!

  We LOVED using Occassions Catering for our wedding! Melissa was great to work with during the planning stages. Then on the day of the event the staff were extremely professional and the food was DELICIOUS! The chicken was our favorite and our guests loved it too! We really appreciated the bride and groom's leftover box! That definitely came in handy the day after the wedding! We definitely recommend them for your event!
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• Lauren Sent on 01/02/2016
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  We booked Occasions catering as a package deal with South Charlotte Banquet Center. It was a great choice. They were bend-over-backward flexible about scheduling our tasting, coming in early on a Saturday after a Friday night event to make the food for us to try. The food was DELICIOUS. Our guests loved it as well. Another thing that made Occasions stand out was their waitstaff. After my husband and I made our entrance into the reception and did our first dance, I was nervous and shaking and needed to sit down. The waiter offered to serve my plate for me (we did buffet style) and bring it to me. I was able to relax and take in the scene while I waited for my food! It made a huge difference. I would recommend Occasions to any Charlotte bride!

  We booked Occasions catering as a package deal with South Charlotte Banquet Center. It was a great choice. They were bend-over-backward flexible about scheduling our tasting, coming in early on a Saturday after a Friday night event to make the food for us to try. The food was DELICIOUS. Our guests loved it as well. Another thing that made Occasions stand out was their waitstaff. After my husband and I made our entrance into the reception and did our first dance, I was nervous and shaking and needed to sit down. The waiter offered to serve my plate for me (we did buffet style) and bring it to me. I was able to relax and take in the scene while I waited for my food! It made a huge difference. I would recommend Occasions to any Charlotte bride!
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  User1750708 Sent on 08/05/2014
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  Great service good food good value great friendly staff

  Great service good food good value great friendly staff
• Robyn Sent on 08/26/2014
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  Upon first meeting Melissa, I knew I would be using her catering services for our wedding. She is a great business owner and aims to satisfy her clients. Most of our communication was done through email and she was very quick to reply and made sure I was understanding of all of the details in our contract. I was constantly changing the number of guests for pricing and each time she was very patient with my indecisiveness. We had a buffet style dinner and the food was wonderful! Being the bride, I did not get to eat very much of my dinner but the plate that was sent home was just as fantastic the next day. I have already recommended and will continue to recommend Occasions to future brides and friends!

  Upon first meeting Melissa, I knew I would be using her catering services for our wedding. She is a great business owner and aims to satisfy her clients. Most of our communication was done through email and she was very quick to reply and made sure I was understanding of all of the details in our contract. I was constantly changing the number of guests for pricing and each time she was very patient with my indecisiveness. We had a buffet style dinner and the food was wonderful! Being the bride, I did not get to eat very much of my dinner but the plate that was sent home was just as fantastic the next day. I have already recommended and will continue to recommend Occasions to future brides and friends!
• Katie E. Sent on 04/03/2021
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  Horrified - beware

  HORRIFIED is the only word I can think of to describe my experience. I booked Occasions Catering in March of 2020 for my April 2021 Wedding. We had an in person tasting on February 15, 2021 and Meghan wrote down all of our choices. We discussed every detail from bartenders, to cake cutting, everything. Fast forward to a few weeks ago, we reached out to give our final numbers and request final invoice and Meghan would not answer our phone calls, texts, or emails. When she finally did, she said she did not have our final menu choices and did not recall a single detail from our in person tasting/meeting! We became concerned at that point, but asked her to send us the final invoice after we reiterated all of our choices and details. She said she would send, but never did. She stopped answering us again, so we asked our venue (who had highly recommended them) if they could get a hold of Meghan. Meghan finally answered our venue owner to say she could no longer do our wedding. She said that she knew back in December of 2020 that she probably wasn't going to be able to do our wedding, but strung us along and waited until the LAST possible minute to tell us this. I booked the caterer first because this is one of the bigger ticket items and I budgeted everything else from there. So to leave us hanging just 24 days before our wedding was horrific. She said the owner, Marcus Penick, had not paid her for the last few events and that was why she couldn't do the wedding. The owner, Marcus Penick would not confirm or deny that. He said she told him we didn't give her our final choices and that was the reason she canceled on us. None of it makes sense, the stories are conflicting and I do not think we will ever hear the truth of what really went on and the real reason for this disaster. Regardless, it was a very stressful situation to be put in. Meghan did connect us with another caterer but to be honest I do not trust a word that comes out of her mouth, so why would I trust her recommendation? One of the only caterers we found that was available this last minute was $6,000 more than I had budgeted. HUGE blow. I am writing this review so that this does not happen to someone else. THE CRAZIEST part... Meghan is still answering the business telephone and taking on new clients and events... WHAT IN THE WORLD? Beware.

  HORRIFIED is the only word I can think of to describe my experience. I booked Occasions Catering in March of 2020 for my April 2021 Wedding. We had an in person tasting on February 15, 2021 and Meghan wrote down all of our choices. We discussed every detail from bartenders, to cake cutting, everything. Fast forward to a few weeks ago, we reached out to give our final numbers and request final invoice and Meghan would not answer our phone calls, texts, or emails. When she finally did, she said she did not have our final menu choices and did not recall a single detail from our in person tasting/meeting! We became concerned at that point, but asked her to send us the final invoice after we reiterated all of our choices and details. She said she would send, but never did. She stopped answering us again, so we asked our venue (who had highly recommended them) if they could get a hold of Meghan. Meghan finally answered our venue owner to say she could no longer do our wedding. She said that she knew back in December of 2020 that she probably wasn't going to be able to do our wedding, but strung us along and waited until the LAST possible minute to tell us this. I booked the caterer first because this is one of the bigger ticket items and I budgeted everything else from there. So to leave us hanging just 24 days before our wedding was horrific. She said the owner, Marcus Penick, had not paid her for the last few events and that was why she couldn't do the wedding. The owner, Marcus Penick would not confirm or deny that. He said she told him we didn't give her our final choices and that was the reason she canceled on us. None of it makes sense, the stories are conflicting and I do not think we will ever hear the truth of what really went on and the real reason for this disaster. Regardless, it was a very stressful situation to be put in. Meghan did connect us with another caterer but to be honest I do not trust a word that comes out of her mouth, so why would I trust her recommendation? One of the only caterers we found that was available this last minute was $6,000 more than I had budgeted. HUGE blow. I am writing this review so that this does not happen to someone else. THE CRAZIEST part... Meghan is still answering the business telephone and taking on new clients and events... WHAT IN THE WORLD? Beware.
• Nathalie A. Sent on 04/03/2021
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  Buyer beware

  BUYER BEWARE!!! If I could put less than 1 star, I would!!! This piece of work Meghan Welter cancelled on my friend’s wedding 3 weeks prior to her getting married. Worst part of the whole thing is she knew that she wasn’t going to do it since JANUARY!!! So unprofessional and wasn’t going to reimburse her the money until lawyers got involved. My friend ended up finding someone for $6,000 MORE!!! This $&@!ing woman is no better than a con artist!!! She claimed she was doing this because her boss wasn’t paying her then changed her story that she doesn’t remember meeting them 🙄 If you decide to hire this woman...do not say you were not warned!!! BUYER BEWARE 😳
  
  PS I noticed in past bad reviews MEGHAN claims it is not her 🙄😂. How stupid does she think the public is??? GROW UP, put on your big girl panties and DO YOUR JOB!!!!

  BUYER BEWARE!!! If I could put less than 1 star, I would!!! This piece of work Meghan Welter cancelled on my friend’s wedding 3 weeks prior to her getting married. Worst part of the whole thing is she knew that she wasn’t going to do it since JANUARY!!! So unprofessional and wasn’t going to reimburse her the money until lawyers got involved. My friend ended up finding someone for $6,000 MORE!!! This $&@!ing woman is no better than a con artist!!! She claimed she was doing this because her boss wasn’t paying her then changed her story that she doesn’t remember meeting them 🙄 If you decide to hire this woman...do not say you were not warned!!! BUYER BEWARE 😳
  
  PS I noticed in past bad reviews MEGHAN claims it is not her 🙄😂. How stupid does she think the public is??? GROW UP, put on your big girl panties and DO YOUR JOB!!!!