Pierre’s Catering

It has been more than a decade since I used Pierre’s. Yet I used them twice for events a Gala and a Wedding Reception. At the time the service was top notch and the food was pleasing.

Let’s be fair. You get what you pay for. People who expect 5 star service from a budget level caterer aren’t being realistic. We got married at the Garfield Conservatory and this was the only affordable approved caterer on their list. Was it the most professional service ever? No. Was it acceptable? Yes. Although there were little bits of missing professionality here or there, the food was on the tables and everything looked great. They were on time, stayed out of our way and the staff was friendly and helpful. You can’t beat their prices and the food was just fine! Apparently others had worse experiences than us, but my event with them was satisfactory.

In response to Jesse R, I do not think that I am very picky either. I dont think its picky to ask for your guest to be served their foods, and for your chairs to be set up. Dont say you will be there at 3pm to set up, and show up at 5pm. Thats unprofessional!

The only reason there is a star here is because Unilocal demands it! I wish I could give negative stars… these people don’t deserve even ½ of a precious Unilocal star! Bad service all around: customer service, food service, professionalism… these people are just awful. I got married in ’06 and since I was married at one of the lovely venues of the Chicago Park District, I had to use a caterer from their preferred list. Well I hope these people have been taken off this list by now, if not they should be. First of all I never dealt with the same person when deciding what food to serve, so every time I called I had to refresh someones memory of who I was and why I was calling. Also, they ran out of food at my wedding (how jacked up is it when the bride and groom don’t eat???), they didn’t put out all of the food that we’d paid for, and even though gratuities were added into my bill, the freakin’ bartender had out a tip cup (you’ll get yours at the end of the night buddy!). Greedy and tacky!!! The servers had all the enthusiasm of your typical grammar school lunch lady… I mean geez, you don’t have to run up and shake our hands and congratulate us but hell, it’s a wedding… PAINT ON A SMILE FOR OUR GUESTS! I’m just glad I was able to stop payment on their check… do you think they tried to get money out of me once they realized payment had been stopped? Heck no because, they knew they were wrong and I’d sue them up the street if they even thought of taking action on me… all in all save your money and take it somewhere where it’ll be appreciated and where you’ll get ALL the food you intended to serve. Stay away from this low class, low budget place with the pretty website (even though the photos are stock… where are pics of your food Pierre… huh, huh?) Oh I forgot… you ran out!