Advantage Foodservice Management

I really want to give them 3 stars — I do.
My husband and I had a really small wedding out west and then decided to have a catered beach day at Metro-​Beach. We grew up close to here and were coming back to have a party for about 60 – 70 people. We wanted a family friendly celebration with beach access, games, and didn’t want to have to worry about the food. Advantage Catering is the ONLY catering company allowed to cater beach parties. We could have tried to do it ourselves — but I wanted to spend my day talking to my new relatives and not standing over a BBQ.
When talking to the staff and setting up the details they actually get 5 stars.
Where they lose stars:
1. They only take cash, cashiers check or money order so I had to have my 70 year old dad drive out to the beach to deliver a check (my husband and I live in California). Who doesn’t take credit cards? If it’s about the service fee — I would have rather been charged 3% more.
2. I asked them to start cooking about an hour after we started the party — they started cooking before we even showed up (it was a BBQ grill at the site). I knew a lot of people would be coming later in the day and didn’t want the food sitting out all day and that’s exactly what happened.
3. The meats where good — but the corn on the cob was horrible. It was Michigan in August (meaning CORN SEASON) and the cobs we had were bland and tasteless.
4. They also charged $ 1.25 for a can of pop. So we went to Costco and bought cases of 36 cans for about $ 9.00 (plus deposit).
They were helpful in providing ice for our coolers — so that was a bonus as we didn’t bring enough bags and it was a hike from the Boardwalk Shelter to our cars then out of the park for more ice.
I wish the beach offered another alternative to catering out there — because I bet a bit more competition would make Advantage better at what they do.