Critic's Choice Catering & Event Production

This company is hands down the best catering service I’ve experienced. From a guest’s perspective, the food was incredible. Behind the food was the incredible service. And behind the service were the best personalities.

If you’re looking for a dream team of professional bartenders, make sure to request Kofi and Mike. They were such an added highlight to the evening for all. No matter who you are, you’ll end up leaving the bar with a smile or a laugh, along with a delicious drink.

We had Critic's Choice cater our backyard rehearsal dinner and it was PERFECT! All of the food was delicious, the servers & chefs were friendly and accommodating, and Maura who helped us plan the event went above and beyond. We're so happy with how everything turned out - cannot recommend enough!!

Critic’s Choice was outstanding. The food was high quality and delicious. This is a professional 5 star caterer with seasoned workers who supplied the best bartenders. We received so many compliments about the food and the service. They were so accommodating and reliable. I highly recommend them.

Critics Choice Catering provided phenomenal gourmet quality food and impeccable service for our son’s wedding. Kaycie Fellows and her staff were polite and professional throughout the entire 10 hour cycle of the wedding ceremony and reception. They performed beyond our wildest expectations and I would have no hesitation in using them in the future.

Kaycie and her team catered an event for 40 non-profit volunteers made up of teenage boys and their Moms. Our food was fresh, delicious and beautiful. Critics Choice was easy to communicate with, on time, reliable and professional. We will use them again and appreciate the high-end service we received.

Critics Choice did such a fantastic job with our wedding and we have received so many compliments about how great their food was! I cannot thank Kaycie enough for all of her hard work leading up to and during our big day. She was really committed to making our dream a reality and did such an amazing job putting everything together!

From beginning to end, Kaycie,Tracy, and everyone else we worked with at Critics Choice was absolutley delightful and so helpful! We hired them for our wedding and were trying our best to plan the whole thing from Arizona. Kaycie who was our reception coordinator went above and beyond for us, helping us that was even out of her realm of things she was in charge of. And let me tell any of you who read this... the food is EXCEPTIONAL!!! I wish there was a higher rating than 5 stars because they honestly deserve so much praise. I love this company and would gladly use them again!

We used Critic’s Choice to cater our wedding in September 2023. It was not a good experience and people should know what we experienced in case others are considering them. We encountered many issues with them on our wedding day, most of which we heard about in the days following our wedding.Here’s a snippet of the email we sent to them explaining the issues that we had during our wedding:- People were receiving the wrong meal and the staff wasn’t checking to see who was receiving what. You told me on the night of the wedding that this was happening because people were switching their food. But after speaking to a good amount of guests, the case was that the waitstaff were just giving people the wrong food and were even asking people what they ordered instead of following the list. The waiters seemed very unprofessional and inexperienced. This even occurred on one of the VIP tables (both of our immediate families) where several guests received the wrong meal. When one of the guests mentioned they had ordered chicken and not surf n’ turf, the waiter told them they didn’t order chicken even though the menu and name card indicated chicken.- It seems as though there was no plan as to how to go about the dinner service, which is so disappointing given the level of detail and upfront work that was done on our end to ensure this wouldn’t happen. (fully detailed spreadsheet, color-coded place cards, customized menus)- Additionally, when guests tried to relay the issues they were having, they were brushed off by the waitstaff, simply stating they were doing their best. We were told that the waitstaff were quite rude, which is again very disappointing.- We spoke to one of our friends who has a daughter that ordered the kids meal and his daughter never received their food. They didn’t get anything. This is honestly infuriating and one of the worst things that happened on this list. There’s simply no excuse for this.- We heard from many guests that their food was cold and that the risotto wasn’t cooked all the way through.- We also heard from many that their water jugs weren’t being refilled and others didn’t get water at all apparently.- The serving of food to the tables was also very inefficient. We know of a few tables that didn’t receive their food until way later than others. We heard many complaints about this.- There was also a huge gap between salads and entrees. This is something we noticed and was echoed by everyone we spoke with.- The late night snacks weren’t being served until around midnight, which isn’t what we had scheduled. Many people didn’t even know about it. That was very poorly executed.- We also heard one of our cake boxes got infested with ants. We had a refrigerator in the bridal suite to store this away in there and if there wasn’t any space left, we wish this would have been flagged so we could have removed items from the fridge to prioritize the cake(s).- The fruit/charcuterie station during cocktail hour was swarmed with flies at one point. Not sure exactly when it was brought out but if this was put out before cocktail hour started, shouldn’t this have had some sort of covering beforehand to prevent this?After explaining all of the above to Kaycie and Michelle from Critic’s Choice, they offered us a $4,949 refund out of a total of ~$38,000 (of which was a $3,300 optional gratuity that we paid in advance, which was a big mistake). After requesting more of a refund, they became litigious and reduced their refund offer to just $3,300, the amount of our prepaid optional gratuity. Needless to say, that won’t be enough and we will be taking the matter to court.Please do your due diligence before hiring this company to cater your event. They will impress you at the tasting but fall completely flat on the day of your event.The service provided from them really put a damper on our wedding and hopefully putting this out there will prevent it from happening to others in the future.

such a joy to work with...easy, fun, affordable, and delicious! And a lasting impression by the staff. Thank You!

Maura created charcuterie boxes for the last wedding I coordinated, and they were delicious! Perfect for cocktail hour appetizers. She was so easy to work with, and very focused on creating a great experience for my couple and their guests.

Absolutely the best every time I order my guest love the dinner.

I have worked in just about every facet of the event and wedding industry which I am very passionate about. Service is everything and Critic's Choice absolutely blew my mind with their level of service. Maura was a dream to work with. She brought her A game, her honors, her experience, her passion for service and for people to the wedding they catered this past weekend. She is thoughtful, caring, kind and absolutely understands and appreciates the entire process. You cannot ask for more when it comes to catering. The food was prepared to perfection and her team was fluid, accommodating and extremely helpful towards my coordinating team. I would not only recommend them but will be sure to send out a notification to all my clients to definitely contact them for any event catering needs.

"Hands down the best wedding food I ever had." This was not just from one guest, but heard this from many. Critic's Choice knocked it out of the park for our wedding reception. Our venue was a tough location to cater to, and they showed up and made sure everything was on point. Kaycie and her team went above and beyond to give us a perfect celebration. The speciality drink her bartenders put together, the wine selection, Chef's accommodations with the food choices due to being in an outdoor space. All of it! I recommend them and look forward to working with them again!

Kaycie and the Critic's Choice team were great to work with. During our food tasting, we initially chose items that we realized weren't great choices, and Kaycie was very patient & understanding, listened to our concerns, let us try different alternatives, and then we ended up changing a lot on our menu. We really appreciated how Kaycie made sure we were happy and confident with our choices!! Her passion and enthusiasm is very admirable.The guests at our wedding said the food was one of the best meals they've ever had at a wedding, which is so important since everyone always remembers the food! We would recommend Critic's Choice to anyone.

Kaycie is excellent at planning a wedding/creating an event. She is creative, organized, and comes in with great energy. She gives her ideas, but is mindful to ask your input to let things marinate. Kaycie did heavy lifting as our caterer, assisted in final table arrangements and helped us with day-of-coordination. She is an All-Star!Critic's can help you with flowers, centerpieces, décor, and connect you with other vendors. For food, the price is better than many other local caterers (we got quotes from 5). The food is higher quality/tastier than most wedding food we have had.All-in-all, Critic's Choice was an amazing positive force in our wedding. They helped shape our reception into a beautiful, memorable banquet. From the coffee bar to the dessert bar, our guests raved about the options they had. Would recommend to anyone!