Classic Catering

Thank you Classic Catering!
I just had a wedding in Big Sur this past weekend and booking with Classic Catering was the best decision I could have made!
First off, their food was a big hit! All my guests were raving about how this was the best wedding food they have ever had, and they couldn’t get enough. The only thing I am disappointed with is that I wish I had eaten more :(
Secondly, they were SO helpful. They made everything so easy for my husband and I and definitely went above and beyond my expectations for them. For example, after our reception, guests were drinking by the firepit and there were some empty glasses and bottles that I was dreading having to clean up the next morning. However, before Classic Catering left, they cleared everything away. Thank you!
Lastly, because this was a destination wedding, I never actually tried the food or got a chance to meet with Classic before the event. However, Classic was so responsive with emails– responding within hours– that I never got stressed out.
I would book Classic Catering again without hesitation and I 100% recommend them to anyone who is catering an event in the Monterey area!

We used Classic Catering for our event and we had the best experience! Excellent food and terrific service! I would highly recommend Classic catering! The menu of Tuscan chicken, pasta, potatoes, green beans and salad were perfect! Served warm, fresh and plentiful! Hana and her staff took great care in serving and making sure everything went smoothly for our 400+ guests!

Classic Catering provided the food for our wedding reception at Gardener Ranch, and we could not have been happier with the quality of food and service. We loved absolutely everything about Classic Catering! Our guests are still raving about the food. Erin was so professional and easy to work with. We had a lot of questions and made several adjustments to the menu, but she made it all so easy. We highly recommend Classic Catering!!!

The 5-​star rating you see for Classic is totally real and well-​deserved. They have an incredible staff working for them, and the food they served at our wedding was fantastic. We had many people asking after the catering, including very accomplished home chefs. The chef, Dean, ensured that everything tasted as delicious as it did on the day of our tasting — which is amazing when you consider he replicated it for almost 300 people!
We had the immense pleasure of working with Mary Lisa Kuhn. Mary Lisa must have given us a thousand different estimates. She truly understood that we were on a budget and helped us figure out how to get our dream wedding feast in the most affordable way possible. She also gave me so many helpful hints about how to present the food, what rental companies to use, and even where to buy the best quality disposable items for the best price. Anytime I tried it on my own, I always came up with the same conclusion she did — so save yourself the trouble and listen to Mary Lisa!
We had our wedding at the Memory Garden in Monterey and we had about 275 guests. I wanted to serve the dishes family style and even though they weren’t used to that style of service it went off with a hitch. The waitstaff at Classic were outstanding. They were professionally dressed and every time I eavesdropped to hear how they treated my guests, they were all smiling and very friendly. They also made sure to bring me and my husband a plate of all the food they served so we were able to taste everything — and it really was as good as it was at the tasting.
Super happy to answer any questions anyone might have about Classic — this was the biggest decision in our big wedding and we were so happy we made the right choice!

Our August 2015 wedding at The Perry House was everything we wanted it to be, and the AMAZING food was a huge part of that. A month later we are still hearing from guests about how delicious the food was. My husband and I even attended not one but two tastings during the planning process because it was so hard to choose from the variety of great options. Classic Catering is a class act when it comes to professionalism and catering for events. I would highly recommend them to anyone in the Monterey area!

We absolutely LOVED the food that Classic provided for our wedding! It was delicious and catered to our specific tastes. My husband wanted a Spanish flair, and the chefs went above and beyond to provide a wonderful dinner.
From the tasting to the actual wedding day, everyone we dealt with at Classic was incredibly friendly, responsive and helpful. Richard was our point of contact and he was wonderful! He was patient as we went back and forth finalizing the menu, and even drove down for a wedding walkthrough with us a month before the wedding.
If you want delicious, amazing food and impeccable service, we would definitely recommend Classic Catering!

We had a tremendous experience with Classic Catering for our wedding. The staff was always prompt and professional– but way more important, they helped us figure out every little logistical detail that we would have overlook. Our wedding ran so smoothly in large part due to their great help.
Moreover, the food was some of the best I’ve had in a while. We did roaming stations, which easily facilitated our guests eating a great meal without waiting in terrible lines. Definitely consider the mac n’ cheese bar if you go that route– so delicious!

This food is crazy good! My family and my guests were raving about the food at my catered reception dinner and could not believe the food was made in mass. Communication with the ladies over the phone and in email was prompt and they let you know all the details (price and quantity) upfront. My reception dinner was in a rental home on Pebble Beach was close to the Perry House were I picked up the food myself. I backed in my rental van and the chefs helped themselves with some of the loading. The main chef showed me the food and how to prepare certain dishes once I got to the place I was going to eat the food. That helped out a lot and made sure my dishes with the sauce didn’t get soggy on the way to the dinner.

First off… Thank You: Thank You: Thank You: to everyone at Classic Catering and the Perry House for the most magical night of our lives and making this most important evening go off without a trace of anxiety and/​or apprehension. And a special thanks to Erin for being there from the very start to make a process so foreign and scary that it was AS EASY as sitting down for a family meal.
I feel bad that it has taken this long to get this posting out there but it has taken 8 months to find the words to extrapolate from what was just a memory of an event that has become more an emotion. It’s not as simple as just pontificating the magic of the most extraordinary night, it’s expressing an emotional experience.
It’s a long story that I’m glad to share, but for those of you who need to be persuaded in 140 characters or less… Here you have:
#Don’t make the biggest mistake on the most important night of your life when you will express your love for the person you will spend the rest of your life with! (150 characters, whatever)
First off… the Service, was out of this world. Not one thing went wrong. They even let us change the uniforms the staff wore. Everyone treated our friends and family like family.
Secondly, the Food… 5 Star. Did I mention that the reception was in a barn, and everything was prepped and served from a field tent in the middle of a horse pasture as far away from a kitchen as you could get. Sea Bass and Lamb grilled on site, to Perfection!
And finally… the Staff… from day one, everyone was beyond exceptional. I have to personally thank Erin for her hand holding from start to finish. We had a extraordinary vision and this staff made it happen to the last detail. October 11^th, 2014 was an evening enjoyed by all and to never be forgotten.
Rick and Jeff.

A few months ago I used Classic Catering for an event I was holding at La Mirada Art Museum. The event went off without a hitch due to the professionalism by Susan.
From day one she was kind. I was looking at one of their venues and since they were booked she recommended a few places. After going to look I fell in love with one and decided to book. When it came to the caterer, it was an obvious choice to pick Classic. They had helped me so much at this point that, what could go wrong? After giving them my budget, they worked with it and met all of our needs along the way.
Day of, was seamless. They came in, set up and started cook. All of our guests thought it was the best event yet and raved about the food. For any future events, I will be going back to them without hesitation!

Classic Catering was one of the caterers that I recommended to my clients who were just married in Monterey. Both I and my clients are from outside of the Monterey area so we needed a vendor who would communicate and work with our limited visits to Monterey. Classic Catering was perfect! They provided a lovely (and filling) tasting at the Perry House. Their Express Menu allowed my clients to have amazing food at a limited budget. Susan handled changes along the way, even at the last minute, with a positive attitude. The meals were delivered early (which worked out perfectly) and the trays and utensils were picked up the next morning right on time. The food was so good that guests were lining up at the end of the night for any left overs!
As a wedding planner I would recommend Classic Catering to any future clients I have getting married in Monterey.

Believe the fabulous reviews. I am glad we did. We chose Classic Catering for our wedding based on the reviews, their familiarity with our venue (Chautauqua Hall in Pacific Grove) and word of mouth. We are so glad we did. The food is scrumptious! We and our guests are still raving about the food and it’s been over three months since the wedding.
It’s not just the spectacular food that we were so pleased with. The support we received from Susan during the planning process and the night of the wedding was so helpful. Especially as we started our planning with her thinking we had one level of modest budget to work with, only to find later in the planning that we were going to need to be more economical. She helped us redesign to meet our new budget level without sacrificing a varied and fabulous selection for the buffet, with lovely presentation and excellent service, both for the buffet and bar. We elected to provide our own alcohol and hire their bar service. That worked fabulously. We found our small cadre of service staff to go above and beyond our expectations.
Additionally Susan was really good at staying in touch with us and sending reminders. We were very much having a DIY wedding and had too many planning tasks to keep track of (we opted not to have a wedding planner). I greatly appreciated that Susan initiated the follow-​up with us. We were a couple that needed support and we were well taken care of.
We highly recommend Classic Catering for your wedding (or any type of event) too!

I received the recommendation of Classic Catering from Pebble Beach. I had a dinner party on Valentines Day at a private home. From the first time I spoke with Hana, she was friendly, professional, easy to work with and very helpful. It was my first experience with Classic Catering. Hana listened to my ideas for the event. She then offered menu suggestions, and answered every question I had, always with an friendly, professional manner. She offered to come to our home ahead of time. I appreciated this. On the day of the party, she arrived on time as promised, the food was delicious and exactly as promised. They also improvised as needed the night of the event, i.e. starting dinner a little earlier. The staff was very professional and friendly. I would absolutely hire them again and recommend them highly. I was able to relax all day and enjoy the event all evening thanks to the excellent planning by Hana.

Events by Classic catered my Wedding Eve Bash this past weekend, and I have nothing to say but wonderful things about this team! From the set up of the menu with Susan to the execution by their team, they are nothing but professional and responsive. But more importantly, the food was fabulous! As someone who takes their food seriously, I could not have asked for a better caterer to take care of this event for me. I highly recommend these folks if you are looking for a caterer in the Monterey Peninsula.

Classic catered my wedding a few weeks ago and they were absolutely FABULOUS!!! Not only was all the food delicious, but the staff was wonderful. From the hors d’oeuvres to the plated dinners, they did an outstanding job. All of my guests raved about the entrees – especially the steak which is what the vast majority ordered. As a matter of fact, I’m still thinking about the steak and I could go for some right now! Their portions were definitely on the larger side which is always a plus when the food is so delicious! I’ll definitely use Classic Catering again and I’d recommend them in a heartbeat. Their execution was flawless and they helped give me the perfect wedding day!

We just had our wedding ceremony at Lovers Point Park and our reception at Gatherings and everything was perfect!!! The staff is incredible and they were a huge help and I couldn’t have asked for a better company to go through!

Man, did they deliver! The food at our wedding was just as delicious as what I tried at the tasting! Kudos to this amazing catering company, and their even more amazing staff.

We hired Classic Catering as the caterer for our wedding reception. As we got to know our Event Planner, Mary Lisa, we decided to ask her to step in and be our day-​of coordinator and handle everything from set up to clean up. Other than choosing to be married, working with Classic was by far the best decision that we made in our wedding planning. Mary Lisa was wonderful from start to finish, and really pulled through for us. She carried the right amount of tension between nudging and allowing us the freedom to have time to make critical event decisions. She was always prepared, offered sound advice, and carried a smile on her face throughout the process. As the big day approached, I cannot tell you how much of a difference Mary Lisa made in our lives– she took all of the plans, ran with them, and allowed us to focus on enjoying our wedding week.
On the day of the wedding, I can honestly say that everything turned out better than we could have imagined, and if anything went wrong, we never knew about it. Our wedding was in the Memory Garden in Monterey, and Mary Lisa helped us determine what would work and what would not. She helped us to carefully craft a wonderfully delicious menu that EVERYONE raved about, and took care of handling all of the rentals, set up, and tear down. Her crew was fantastic– from the bar tenders to the captain to the servers and chefs. Everything was just perfect. This is an A plus organization with top notch staff and some of the most delicious food around. In particular, try their butternut squash ravioli. YUM!
Thank you so much, Classic! You made these two grooms very happy!

My wife and I got married last week and cannot say enough good things about Gatherings and Events by Classic Catering! We live in Florida and thus relied heavily on the staff of Gatherings and Events by Classic Catering to help us make our destination wedding in Pacific Grove, CA everything we wanted.
They came through with flying colors and our wedding weekend was perfect in every way!
To begin, their Events Managers Mary Lisa Kuhn and Hana Nishiguchi were terrific. They were warm and welcoming as well as calm and thoroughly professional. Their attention to detail for our Ceremony and Reception was outstanding. Based on the information we provided them, they gave us a detailed timeline for everything – giving us tremendous peace of mind throughout our week in Pacific Grove.
Their communication from our first meeting until the end (which included a catered farewell dinner the day after our wedding) was always prompt and made our entire week angst free!
The quality of the staff does not start or stop with Mary Lisa and Hana. Our reception captain Jennifer and the entire reception staff were awesome. Little things like providing my bride and I first plates of food (we had a roaming reception) and giving the children glasses of sparkling cider for the toasts (we never asked for them) are just a couple of examples of their thoughtful attention to detail – including ones which we had not considered.
Now to the food!
My wife and I are both foodies and the reputation of Debbie and Dean as culinary wizards played a large part in choosing Gatherings and Events by Classic Catering for our wedding events.
As stated earlier we had a roaming reception with a wide selection of hors oeuvres, small plates and a couple of entrees. The food was absolutely fantastic!!! The Prosciutto and Asparagus wrapped in phyllo was out of this world and the Scallops with Pancetta and Parmesan was prepared perfectly. So many of our friends and family praised the food throughout and one of my friends (who can be a bit of a food snob) ended up having 10 of the lamb chops. Need I say more?
The food provided for our farewell dinner was less formal but equally delicious. The Calamari and Shrimp Ceviche was devoured by our guests in about 20 minutes.
My wife and I truly appreciate the wonderful people of Gatherings and Events by Classic Catering, their ability to manage and cater any event and how much they did to make our wedding weekend absolutely perfect.

Now that I have come back from half way around the world and craziness, I can finally finish my wedding reviews.
A TREMENDOUS THANK YOU TO MARY LISA and the rest of the folks from Classic. These guys are amazing…
With seven months to go before the wedding, I started searching but I felt like caterers in the area were expensive. but I didn’t want to have my wedding in hotel. I found Classic on Unilocal and again. YSML ( Unilocal saved my life. Their service is stellar, the product is delivered and most importantly, they are super affordable.
I did a tasting and everything was delicious. makes sense. it is fresh etc. But seriously it looked and tasted the same on our wedding day.
We ended up with the fruit and cheese station and got the stuffed mushroom and brie/​fig passed hors d’ oeuvres. We also got the lemon herbed chicken and the rock fish with tomato sauce for our entrees. The cosmo salad was delicious.
Classic also took care of ordering the dance floor, linens etc. All I had to do was go down to the company they contract with and meet with one of the coordinators… which took all of 30 minutes (note: I went to their vendor in Salinas).
Everything was well organized and most importantly flexible. As the wedding neared we had fluxes and all kind of last minute craziness and Mary Lisa offered sound advice. She was also super prompt about getting back to me via cell or email, and she met with me a few times in person to go over the venue lay out. Seriously between my wedding coordinator and her, if anything went wrong no one noticed.
I highly recommend Classic when it comes to their food, customer service and pulling off one of the most important parties you will ever throw.
Again THANK YOU!!!