D’Lish Catering

We provide event venue, Tiki Moon Villas, and had the opportunity to work with D’Lish on several occasions. Gina and her staff are the consummate professionals. Events started and ended without issues. We are thrilled when an event is managed by Gina and the rest of D’Lish staff. We recommend D’Lish to our event guests.

I hired Gina for my twin daughters’ first birthday party this year.
1. Services
Gina and I originally discussed a custom Indian/​Thai inspired theme for 150 guests. This guest count later doubled to 300+ and so did our catering. No big deal for Gina and her team. She organized the staff required for the event, managed the rentals, food service including appetizers and dinner, bar, and even coordinated the trash take out.
2. Quality of Food
All of my guests complimented me on how amazing the food was. They described everything to be so classy, elegant, and some even said, «better than a wedding!»
3. Professionalism
Gina went over the top to make sure everything was prepared on time, fresh, and presented in a beautiful way. I could have not asked for a better caterer/​coordinator to handle a day that was so important to me and my family
Gina made a point to tailor everything specifically for my family and I. Her vision made our night even more special. I would recommend her company to all of my friends and family.
Thank you!
Sincerely,
Alan

Gina coordinated our June 25^th, 2011 north shore wedding and she was amazing! She kept everything in order, kept everything moving and created our perfect dream wedding! She made the whole thing beautiful, kept everyone relaxed and there is no way we could have pulled it off with anybody else. Thanks for everything Gina!

Gina is amazing!
We live in Los Angeles but decided to have a destination wedding in Hawaii (Turtle Bay Resort). As you would imagine, we were extremely nervous about the turn out.
Here is why Gina is great:
1. She was proactive even before we decided to go with her. She gave us suggestions and ideas which the other candidates did not.
2. Works great with other vendors: We didn’t even have an MC for our wedding since Gina did an exceptional job with time management. She would seamlessly give you a heads up on what’s coming up. That’s harder then it seems.
3. Creative: For example, she decided to use the lanterns we used during the wedding ceremony as a part of the reception to save us cost. Also suggested us to meet at our hotel in Waikiki instead of renting the actual site for the walk through. Truly professional.
We were able to have an absolutely amazing wedding thanks to Gina and I highly recommend her to anyone who is considering a destination wedding in Hawaii.

We hired Gina to do the food at our wedding in Nui Valley, site unseen! Scary thing to do for such a delicate event. The endless emails back and forth were exhausting to say the least, but that’s what is required for the perfect wedding day four course meal! And let me tell you… it was perfection! Our venue was a private estate so the comfort of the guests was number one and Gina’s staff did NOT disappoint! Her staff were well versed, extremely polite, professional and made sure everyone always had a full drink during cocktail hour.
Once we sat down to eat, the presentation of the food was beyond inviting! It was artful. We had a lovely cucumber salad with rock shrimp and the colors were so inviting. Beautiful in color, onolicious to the taste! We served filet or mahe mahe for our entrée. My husband and I had both! The filet was soft and melted in our mouth (and we are steak snobs!), the fish was delicate and flaky. Her staff made sure we always wine in our glasses, and water for all.
For a bride that expects perfection Gina did not disappoint. She made our wedding very memorable for us and out guests! I would recommend her for her detail to the tiniest things, her execution of her food and presentation when it was served! But her staff and her really made me love everything about hiring her!!! If we can hire her without tasting a thing and rave about the outcome, you can too!

Gina came to our rescue within nearly one month of our big day. We had to leave our previous wedding planner due to to lack of basic communication and we we really weren’t jiving. We actually met Gina through her sister Leigh who owns Tiers of Joy, a beautiful cake design studio /​flower shop /​all things décor for weddings and functions (we also highly recommend her!). We chose Leigh to do hand make our cake design and come up with the vignettes for our reception tables, seating area, and ceremony sight. Her knack for what the customer wants was phenomenal. Anywho Leigh suggested we talk to her sister Gina who could orchestrate the whole production. Right off the bat we knew Gina really cared as She listened, offered various ideas from previous wedding books, and took very quickly to our likes and dislikes. She had an amzing personality and was always smiling which left you very confident after the meetings with her. We had about 3 meetings with Gina where she got our ideas, made contact with our vendors and and got us all on the same page. Although busy with other jobs, Gina always made you feel as if your day was most important and was never flakey in remembering details or taking steps forward vice back. Her creativity was astounding and was evident in the flow of how the guests should move throughout the venue, the placement of drink tables and food catering tables, all the way down to the nitty gritty of what should be placed in the bathroom or bug repellent for the guests. Her attention to detail was mesmerizing. On the day of the big event, Gina was there there in full spirit, guiding vendors, assisting guests, and ensuring we were taken care of. She had an assistant who was also marvelous and helped keep everything on timeline and got people to where they needed to go. Gina stayed until the very end after we left ensuring everything was spick and span. She helped us get the remaining fees to the vendors and ensured the venue was spotless. Then she followed up shortly after the wedding day returning lost items to us and looking for feedback, positive and negative.
Our day was nothing short of fabulous all thanks to Gina’s very hard work! Mahalo! Definitely recommend Gina for all your wedding planning needs!
Dave and Leslie Morales

This review has been long overdue! What can I say that hasn’t already been said in all of these glowing reviews here? Well, I was looking for the right words to accurately describe my experience working with Gina, and to be honest, some of the feelings were mixed at first, but when we received our wedding video, it definitely reminded us of just how valuable Gina and her team’s services were in contributing to the success of our BIG day! If it wasn’t for her, our wedding day wouldn’t have been as PERFECT as it was. So reflecting back almost a year ago, these 5 shining stars are well deserved by Gina and her amazing team! =)
D’Lish is a full service, one-​stop shop for all of your wedding needs, but being the DIY bride that I am, I only needed help tying everything together on the actual day, so I hired Gina as my Day-​of Coordinator and Caterer and she came through with flying colors! I planned my entire wedding via the internet and phone, all the way from New York City. This required a TON of patience and blind trust in people who you mostly had to pay in full, well in advance of the actual wedding day. I have to admit, at first I sort of felt like her response time could have been better and a part of the time I just felt like I wasn’t as cherished of a customer because I wasn’t paying for a «full package», but it must have been my bridezilla hormones raging and playing tricks on me! Gina really came through when it was showtime and that’s all that really mattered.
So being that I was planning the entire wedding myself, this included doing the flowers and centerpieces the day before the wedding. Our venue was nice enough to allow us the use of their facility to tackle this task. Gina stuck around after the rehearsal and helped us out by using the flowers we had to created a «sample» centerpiece for us to copy. She totally got my vision! By the end of the afternoon, we had all the centerpieces ready and stored them into the refrigerator. The next day… the BIG day… I almost fainted when I looked in the fridge and a good amount of the flowers wilted from being too cold… then came Gina to the rescue! She salvaged what was left of the flowers and really helped us to improvise. everything came out just as beautiful as if nothing had gone wrong.
Then, more flower drama… I had ordered my bouquet from another vendor and when it was delivered, I was extremely disappointed because the bouquet looked nothing like what was discussed, even after I provided the vendor with multiple pictures… not even close! Gina saw that I was really upset and offered to help make me a new bouquet with the flowers from the centerpieces, but me being sensitive to the feelings of the florist, just felt really bad, so I declined the offer, but it was the sweetest gesture and exactly what I needed at that time of crisis. Gina also offers a floral service and would typically charge for making a bouquet, but she was willing to offer her help in my time of need. I was truly touched.
Moral of the story? Gina is an EXPERT at what she does and has a heart of gold! She truly understands the pressures that each bride would face on their special day and knows how to diffuse any situation where things don’t go smoothly. I really felt like she bent over backwards to make sure that I was happy. I also noticed that throughout the night, she was really attentive and worked hard to make sure that everything went as smoothly as possible. I had a vision of what my dream wedding would be, and Gina was the KEY to bringing everything to life.
On top of all that, Gina has proven to be knowledgeable of the venue, she offers fair and affordable pricing, and she is a person with great style and an artistic vision, not to mention all the food and the cake (made by her sister, Leigh, of Tiers of Joy) were all D’LISH! She comes with a staff of highly trained professionals and our day couldn’t have been more perfect without this dream-​team!
If you are considering D’Lish for your wedding or are undecided, I would definitely recommend «pulling the trigger» on this one, Gina is your GAL!
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you once again Gina and I hope all is well over in paradise! =)

Gina & her team are the BEST. You will not regret the choice to go with D’Lish. They catered our July 6 wedding and the servers were professional, courteous and on it! The food was INCREDIBLE! we went with «Tiers of joy» (gina’s sister) for our cake and it did not disappoint. Best cake ever. Gina is damn good at what she does and I would not hesitate to use their services again.

I can’t say enough good things about Gina Ornellas! She coordinated my wedding in May and did all of the flowers and décor. Every single thing she did totally exceeded my expectations! We are still getting compliments on how beautiful our wedding was. She was so easy to work with and really takes your vision and makes it a reality. It was definitely a little tricky planning a destination wedding, but Gina made me feel so at ease. I knew my wedding was in good hands! I definitely recommend her services to anyone getting married in Hawaii. You won’t be disappointed!

Gina is so amazing; I don’t know how I could have planned my wedding without her!
My Sister attended one of her weddings (that her Sister Leigh also catered) and could not stop raving about the amazing food and the beautiful decorations. I was really nervous about planning a wedding in Hawaii from New York, but as soon as I spoke to Gina, I knew that I was in good hands. Gina’s attention to detail is unsurpassed and even though she had her hands full — June is a popular wedding month — she was always responsive and someone I knew I could trust. All of the vendors that Gina recommended, from the photographer to the Priest, were professional, put together and really made my wedding day come together (and special).
…and Leigh’s wedding cake was just mouthwatering!!! I cannot stop thinking about it. In fact, I didn’t even get the chance to save the top of the cake — my husband and I devoured it the next morning! My wedding guests — to this day, almost a year and a few months later — still talk about how good the food was.
And there’s one particular thing I’d like to mention about Gina. The house that we rented for the wedding (it’s privately owned and next to Waimanalo Beach park, and its pink) while an amazing venue for our wedding, it was a nightmare to stay at. The caretaker was awful, there were ants everywhere, they lied about all the guest rooms being Air-​conditioned and the list goes on. They were also rude to a few of my wedding guests as part of the house was closed off that day (yet another long story). Gina stepped in to help deal with the caretaker/​owners, even though she really didn’t have to and she even followed-​up with me when I returned to New York, asking for a list of things that affected our stay there. That meant a great deal to me and I appreciate that she went above and beyond the call of duty.
To sum it up, you should definitely hire Gina and Leigh to help plan your wedding day — you won’t regret it, trust me! ;)

I am so thankful for everything Gina and Leigh did for my wedding. They were involved in every aspect — from the design to the cake — and I couldn’t have asked for more! The food was absolutely THE BEST… perfection from the kitchen to my tummy! Every detail was well planned and executed and I was even impressed by the thoughtfulness and professionalism of the entire staff. I am still getting compliments from guests as to how wonderful the food was — I even get asked to bring Leigh’s home-​made honeycomb ice cream to family pot lucks! Thank you so much Gina and Leigh for making my wedding day extra special!

The food, presentation, and service was simply fantastic! Since we had a destination wedding and were not able to do a tasting, we had to rely on our coordinator’s recommendation and praise of D’Lish. But even still, I was a little worried about it being good at best, because of the notorious reputation of «wedding food». But to our delight and amazement every single item was delicious and hence she named her business appropriately so. The food was a hit with the guests and everyone kept coming up to me raving about the hors d’ouevres and asking me if I got to try it yet, like the kalua pork quesadillas, and the thai crab and green mango salad on crispy wontons. Everyone had a favorite.
Gina and her team were so accommodating to our custom requests and the service staff was extremely friendly and warm. They made sure that while we were busy getting pictures taken that we still got to eat and try everything.