Table Catering Co. Reviews
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4.3 out of 5 rating
4.3 out of 5 rating
6 Reviews
85% recommend it
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Stephanie G. Sent on 07/23/2022The most amazing wedding food!
Table Catering Co.'s team was truly remarkable for our intimate wedding at The Almquist Winery in Seattle, WA. By booking The Almquist Winery for our wedding venue, the catering company we had to work with was with Table. I am so glad that working with Brooke and her team was required. I literally owe Brooke and her team (special shoutout to Jenny) for working with us and our wedding postponements. We were a May 2020 wedding and finally had our wedding on May 2022. They were so understanding of the changes. Brooke and Jenny were so responsive and so helpful when I had questions, especially the months leading up to the wedding. The food was absolutely delicious (please get the artichokes as an appetizer - they were a hit with everyone). We opted for a waffle bar instead of cake and we are so glad we did. These waffles were truly gourmet and perfect. I highly recommend booking Table for any event if you are considering them. Plus, look at their presentation! Brooke is also excited to do custom menu options and really customizes it to your needs! We had two vegans and 1 gluten free guest and she made specific dishes for them! We no longer live in Seattle, WA but if I ever need to have an event catered in the area I will book Table in a heartbeat. -
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Cassie A. Sent on 11/30/2022Horrendous Management
We booked Table Catering Co. for our wedding because they have an exclusive catering contract and manage the Almquist Winery venue where we wanted to get married. Unfortunately, Table Catering Co.’s management is rude, dishonest, and very difficult to work with.
It was clear early on that the venue’s mismanagement was going to be an issue, but we loved the Almquist Winery so much that we decided to do everything in our power to make it work. We hired one of Table’s “preferred” wedding planners in the hopes that they would have a positive working relationship. Unfortunately, as time went on our wedding planners repeatedly told us that Table’s administrative practices were “horrendous” and “unacceptable”. Eventually it got so bad that our planners (their PREFERRED planners) said they “were severing all future ties”.
Table did so many rude and unprofessional things that I can’t name them all and stay in the character limits for this review. They didn’t show up for scheduled meetings and tastings. They sent us invoices with an illegal additional 2.2% tax charge (King County tax rate is 10.25%. They tried to charge us 12.44%). After months of reaching out and working together (and Jenny confirming our date), they made us change the date of our wedding because they didn’t want to book a Saturday for less than 80 people. After several rounds of invoicing from Jenny, Brooke added an additional $1,200 to our venue costs. Worst of all, a mere 20 days before our wedding, Brooke refused to honor our executed contract and tacked on an additional $1,000+. When we asked them to honor their written estimates and contracts along the way, their response was, essentially, if you don’t want to pay the higher price then cancel your wedding because another bride will pay us more. As our wedding date got closer and they kept finding new charges to add to our invoices and signed contracts we felt extorted. We had to either pay their extra fees or cancel our wedding at the last minute.
In total we paid $11,718.59 to Almquist/Table for a 30 person wedding on a Sunday evening. This broke down as follows: $400 for a 3 person tasting; $2,325.00 for 3 food stations and 3 Hors d'Oeuvres; $1,670 for service staff (1 bartender, 2 servers, and 3 chefs); $3,300 for the event space (greenhouse and restaurant); $250 for a cleaning fee; $870 in bar charges; $1,052.29 in taxes; and $1,851.30 in mandatory administrative fees. The mandatory administrative fees are described in the contract as “Admin fee includes all gratuity and service charges”. Despite paying over $3,500 in wages and mandatory gratuities for 5 service staff, on the day of our wedding we received terrible service and the staff actively solicited additional tips from our guests. The bartender went so far as to put a tip jar front and center on the counter and place a $20 bill slung over the side to encourage our guests to tip more. It was incredibly tacky.
Table Catering Co.'s reply:
xCassie,
Thank you so much for your detailed review. Your wedding ended up beautiful.
Sometimes protecting your business doesn't mean you will be liked or be friends with everyone.
There is a difference between working with someone and being taken advantage of.
You continually tried to get things for free, ex. crab, beverages, some venue fees. When we charged you for crab, you didn't want to pay. You tried to sneakily get a 30% discount on ALL of the food after the $/pp was signed on. You had your wedding on the date that was signed on the contract.
I ended up giving you a discount on the food to be compassionate and work with you both (after giving you a discount on the venue and making an exception for how to pay for beverages) and that did not seem to be taken into account at all, after you tried and wanted to pay for less than contracted.
Our staff were treated terribly that day, which was unfortunate. Seeing as how you reviewed most of your previously well reviewed vendors terribly, I would expect nothing less. Unfortunately, your planners (the 4 that you went through at the same company, after denying working with the first 3) said the same things about you guys from day 1.
Cassie, the view is always better from the high road. -
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