Karin's Exquisite Catering

I had Karin cater my wedding this month.I was really excited to have her be our caterer after meeting her over a year ago at the winery we were having our wedding at. She was affordable and we liked her food. Onece we signed the contract it was all downhill from there...I was not a very demanding bride (I promise, all of my other vendors said so=) ) but I sent her a few emails several months after we signed the contract to straighten out a few things and every email I sent took 2 or 3 e-mails to get a response and when I did get a response it was short, she didn't answer my question fully most of the time and she seemed irritated. I planned my entire wedding so I was handling a lot of things pretty far in advance so I thought that might be the reason why she wasn't returning me e-mails...my wedding, at the point, was more than 3-4 months away.Anyway, once it came time for her to collect her money...surprise surprise she called me and sent a text with my balance. When I sent an email to ask for a break down of the costs all I got was subtotal and then "tax and fees"...not really a break down in my opinion. I wanted to see the cost per person, the chocolate fountain cost, my deposit subtracted, the cost of the linnens etc. She also forgot I wanted a chocolate fountain (3 weeks before the wedding) and had to add it in later.The week before the wedding I reminded her that the cake table had to be ready for the cake, with a table cloth at 3:30...wedding day comes and I'm running around in my wedding dress trying to find the cake table and table cloth because the cake peopole are there to diliver and it's after 4pm.The pasta we ordered and tasted was suppossed to have a creamy tomato sauce and the sauce we got was more of a marinera.The cake was served on paper plates-I was not told that it would and was very upset, when you're paying thousands of dollars for food you don't expect it to be seerved on paper.Karin my be a good caterer for business events but NOT for a wedding. As a bride, you want to know what's going on and she was the worst of ALL my vendors with communication. She' only getting 3 stars because there was food at the wedding that was good and that's what I paid her for...in all other respects she was awful. I would not recommend her.

I hired Karin to do a going away party for a friend. The food was fabulous everyone was raving about how good the food was. Her staff was very attentive and very professional. I would highly recommend her.

I found Karin out of desperation for a Christmas/Boat Parade party here in Discovery Bay. 2 weeks before the party we still had not found a caterer because everyone in town and Brentwood were booked so I searched online for surrounding caterers. I was a bit nervous at first but she put together a great menu for 40, brought a bartender, the presentation was beautiful and the food was delicious! Service was great and I highly recommend her! Thankful she was available that very busy Saturday in December!