Elisa's Catering

Quick Summary: We found Elisa's Catering from our wedding venue's list of preferred caterers and we thoroughly enjoyed working with Juan and his team. He's so friendly, humble, accommodating, very experienced, and his food is great!We were looking for a caterer who could create a family-style Asian-inspired menu and Elisa's Catering was one of the options stood out to us for their sample dishes on their website, customizability, and the reasonable quote. After exchanging emails and a couple phone calls with Juan to confirm our tasting menu, we had a tasting and really enjoyed everything. He has a great eye for presentation, he explained all the dishes well and took all our feedback into account. We loved the pork belly appetizer so much, we turned it into an entreé so we could enjoy more of it! In between our tasting and the wedding day, we got in touch with their preferred event rental company to pick out our linens, dishes, utensils, etc. and Juan handled the rest of the coordination. We were able to adjust the items on our original invoice, like adding a water station, a hot water carafe for our late night DIY instant ramen bar, and having apps served down near the ceremony space instead of the bar area as originally planned to cater to a better guest experience. Juan was gracious and patient through it all. We also really appreciated that he's not out to nickel and dime you and there aren't any hidden charges with him. He's genuinely here to make sure him and his catering team can help make your event the best! On the wedding day, everything seemed to run smoothly and all the team members we spoke to were so friendly. The staff made sure to serve me and my husband first and came back to check if we needed anything. We got so many compliments from our guests raving about the food throughout the day! People especially loved the pork belly and the ahi tuna cone appetizer. At the end of the night, we were given a couple trays of leftovers - a service that not all other caterers provided. We really appreciated this to avoid food waste. Overall, we loved having Elisa's Catering as our food vendor and appreciate them so much!

We are so happy we chose Juan and his team to be our wedding caterers for our June 2024 wedding at Ruth Bancroft Gardens in Walnut Creek. They have done many weddings here and know all the ins and outs of the garden, which was invaluable. They also helped us with all the setup, service, table clearing, breakdown, and cleanup.We started off with a tasting in Concord, and my husband and I were blown away by how delicious everything was.For our wedding, we decided on pork belly steamed buns (my favorite appetizer, a perfect combination of smoky with pickled vegetables), ahi poke tuna cones with lemon avocado puree, and bulgogi chicken skewers with lemon chili kimchi sauce. For our main entrees, we had a stonefruit salad with burrata cheese, roasted salmon with an apricot ginger lime glaze, and rosemary and garlic-crusted prime rib (carving station). We chose garlic noodles (my fave), roasted broccolini, and mashed potatoes (my other fave) for our sides. The food was a hit at our wedding; we received so many compliments, and everyone had enough for seconds.Juan and his team were an absolute delight to work with. They were all so friendly and made our day run smoothly with their excellent service, amazing food and drinks.We highly recommend Elisa's Catering and would love to work with them again in the future for other catering needs.

Food is so delicious and good service!So happy to take Elisa for servings the ceremony food and the cocktails.All the people love it so much!Highly recommended to this restaurant.

Cannot recommend enough! Juan worked with me to create a smaller, custom sandwich menu for a baby shower I was having for 25 guests, that started at 10:30am. In the planning process, he dealt kindly with my many edits and requests. He made these sandwiches: flank steak, carmelized onion, and Boursin; smoked salmon, cucumber, and cream cheese; and chicken pesto, tomato. He also made a yummy pasta salad with tortellini, red onion, cherry tomato, artichokes, and olives; and a huge arugula salad with feta, nuts, and tons of berries. The guests all loved the provisions and several asked me who catered so they could use him for their future events. Juan was prompt on the day of the event and when I couldn't hear the doorbell over the sound of my blow drier he even walked around to my fence calling my name and I heard him! He was so fast and friendly setting up. I was going to put the sandwiches on platters but we ended up just leaving them in their tins and it didn't detract from the upscale garden party vibe I was going for. His wife has beautiful handwriting and made labels for all of the items. We actually forgot we had gotten chic fil a nuggets for kids to eat, and all of the kids at the party happily ate Juan's sandwiches and seemed to really like them based on how much they ate! Couldn't say enough great things about Juan and I'll definitely be hiring him again! Except next time, I won't take on appetizers myself and I'll let him handle everything! I wish I had gotten a better picture before everyone ate most of the food.

If there were more stars I would give Elisa's Catering them all! This team is amazing! We had them cater our wedding and it was 100% an amazing decision. Every single guest could not stop raving about the staff- and also- THE FOOD! Even the pickiest eaters were so pleased with the catering. I'm also so glad their coordinator told me about late night snack options because nothing tastes better at the end of the night quite like a cheeseburger slider and some pigs in a blanket.The amazing quality of food and service also came with such a reasonable price tag! I think for 85 people- all in for linens, staff, bartenders, and food, for a cocktail hour, dinner, and late night snacks- we paid about $14,000. The team is so helpful and Juan makes excellent food! Special shout out to Brandy, our day of coordinator from Elisa's Catering who is single-handedly responsible for making sure our wedding went flawlessly. She is a total rockstar and seriously helped us so much!

Juan and Elisa's Catering was the absolute perfect caterer for our wedding! Thank you Juan for going so above and beyond to make the food and drinks at our wedding perfect.First of all - the food was absolutely delicious. Juan made us feel cared for from Day 1 with a special tasting of all the menu items we wanted to try. The food on the day of was exactly what we were hoping for, beautifully presented and so tasty. People especially loved the bulgolgi skewers and the salmon - but it was all so yummy!Second of all -  my mom designed really special signature cocktails for us, and Juan had multiple conversations with her about how to make those happen. On the day, the cocktails were a huge hit (I personally had 3... don't worry, 1 of them was a mocktail) and I'm really grateful for Juan and the team for making that special project come through.Finally - The service manager day of was so kind, and she made sure that my husband and I had a full plate of food, and got to try all the appetizers before joining cocktail hour. The service was really incredible.Overall, big A+ for Juan and Elisa's catering!

To add an update- a couple weeks after our wedding, people are reaching out to tell us it was the best food at a wedding they've ever had. Thank you Juan & the Elisa's team!

I hired Elisa's catering for my original wedding date of May 22, 2021. Unfortunately, the venue my husband and I had originally chose closed down in the height of the pandemic. So we were forced to postpone our wedding date for another year. The owner of Elisa's catering, Chef Juan, called us and told us about another venue he hosts if we were open to an outdoor wedding. We toured the beautiful property of Bhachu Vineyards. In the hills of Martinez, a beautiful secluded private place for any event. It's on top of what looks like a lot of farming and agriculture & it's a place you wouldn't know to exist. We spoke with the owner of the property, the price was $10K than what we were planning on spending & we loved it even more. We were happy to be working with a team that knew what they were doing. Elisa's Catering had been hosting at Bhachu's for many years and had a workflow that made it all come out so smoothly. We hired them for our new date May 20, 2023. We chose: acórese skewers, chicken & waffles & teriyaki meatballs for appetizers, Tri-tip steak with chimichurri sauce, chicken with artichoke hearts, bell peppers and a lemon sauce, roasted potatoes and Brussels sprouts. Not only did he supply us with the catering (which was amazing by the way), he gave us our wedding planner which was included in his price, setup/breakdown, & rentals. Everything you think you had to worry about, they took care of it all. When I tell you how stressed I was as a bride planning alone with limited help and then Chef Juan offered services with his wedding planner, I was relieved. At the end of planning & on our wedding day, we kept being told "you guys went over the top. Who's going to top you?" And others saying they thought we spent $60K+ for our wedding when we didn't, was amazing. Everything was flawless and I owe it all to Elisa's Catering. There were a few things that made them stick out from other catering companies I've seen at other weddings, and they were: -Assisting my disabled guests that had a hard time getting out of their chairs and walk to the restroom.-Making sure our guests allowed us to eat. Which newlyweds don't usually get to do. People tried to take pictures with us while we were trying to eat and our wedding planner told someone that we will be available after we eat.-The portions of the plates were full. They weren't skimpy at all. People were full for hours. My husband and I have been to weddings before where we felt hungry after eating and this was not the case for our case. People still talk about our wedding food being delicious almost a month after our wedding.At the end of the night, we were probably the least stressed wedding couple because Elisa's catering did such a good job at making sure everything was ready to go. If I ever have another event and I need catering, I'm going with Elisa's catering. Hands down, Juan will always be the first person that comes to mind for any event. If a friend or family needs catering, I'm telling them about Elisa's catering. They not only have a nice catered dinner, the owner Juan also owns a taco truck and does casual gatherings as well.

Juan was our caterer for our wedding in September and was amazing. I never expected one of the biggest hits of the wedding to be the food, but he not only makes the most amazing dishes, he presents well and goes above and beyond other caterers. I would highly highly recommend him to anyone. He did our ranch wedding that did not have a kitchen and it was flawless. Seriously impressive. No one ever talks about chicken at a wedding, but his peruvian chicken and the flank steak had people going back to seconds.

Juan and his team are the BEST! As a venue, we rely on our vendors to provide the best service to our clients. Elisa's catering is fantastic and what they do and the food is always outstanding. I highly recommend this catering team for any needs!