Lavishly Dunn Catering and Event Planning Reviews
Reviews
4.5 out of 5 rating
26 Reviews
92%
Recommended by couples
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Mike Sent on 07/05/2019Unique fun amazing food and professional team
Lavishly Dunn catered our wedding last week and did a phenomenal job! The food was delicious and they customized the menu to add little touches that matched our personality (their fun & unique appetizers were a huge hit!). Jonathan did a great job as our wedding day coordinator as well making sure everything ran smoothly at the rehearsal and on the day of. He and Cayla were super easy to work with in regards to preparation and coordination and we highly recommend Lavishly Dunn to anyone looking to cater their event! -
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Colleen Sent on 10/19/2018Delicious!
They had the best selection of food and allowed us to customize and choose precisely what we wanted for our wedding! We got to have all our favorite foods with fantastic service on top of it all. Cayla was great to work with any everything turned out exactly as we wished. Thank you! -
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Paige Sent on 01/13/2019Amazing food, people, and service!!
Our wedding was in late September, 2018 so this review is long overdue! Jonathan, Cayla and the rest of the Lavishly Dunn team are absolutely fantastic. We were fortunate enough to have our wedding at a family home on the Cape, which was amazing but also came with a lot of details that normally a venue would take care of. Lavishly Dunn made the process easy and fun. Jonathan also served as our 'day of' planner. He and Cayla always quickly answered my emails and calls, helping to ensure that the 'day of' menu was correct and the wedding events could run smoothly. The food was also delicious. Honestly, it felt like we were eating in a 5 star restaurant. The horsd'oeuvres were amazing (I could have eaten a plate of those chicken quesadillas myself), and the dinner was ridiculously good. Several of our guests came up to my husband and I after, asking for recipes. When cooking for 120+ guests out of a makeshift kitchen (they set one up in our garage), I figured it would be good but honestly, they blew everyone away. It was amazing.
The staff were also incredibly kind and accommodating. They took terrific care of our guests. Our cocktail hour was outside by the water, and once the sun went down it got chilly. One server ran to fetch my husband's 90 year old godmother a blanket, and kept checking in on her throughout the evening. They also made sure that my husband and I were always taken care of- that we had a good drink or got first choice of our favorite appetizers. Overall, they were professional, approachable and genuinely happy to be there.
I can't recommend Jonathan and team enough. Jonathan has a great style. He knows how to get stuff done, but he also keeps it fun and stress-free. We wanted our wedding to be a big celebration and Jonathan helped us achieve just that. He and Cayla helped us personalize it with fun details (like making us our own signature cocktails...and letting me buy my own Costco cake). We will 100% work with them again and I can't wait until that day comes! I know how stressful it can be to find a great vendor/food option and I am happy to chat further with anyone who wants to learn more. :) -
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Bridget Sent on 08/25/2012I highly highly recommend Lavishly Dunn to any New England bridge looking for a personally-tailored menu, delicious food, and a creative-responsive-professional staff! Jonathan took the time to respond to every email and phone call personally and made sure I felt like his number one priority. He tailored his services to fit our on-a-budget-cocktail-style reception and our unique New England meets New Orleans requests (no one in New England makes a better New Orleans Shrimp Po Boy than Jonathan's team!) On top of delicious food (that we actually got to eat because Jonathan made sure one waiter was dedicated just to us during cocktail hour), Lavishly Dunn can literally do all parts of your wedding if you wanted - they have so many contacts and know the area/venues well, so they can do anything! All our guests are still telling us how much they loved the food (and even the presentation of the food!) Thanks for making our wedding delicious!!! -
User871239 Sent on 07/20/2012From the preliminary tasting at my parents' house to the end of the night of our wedding, Jessica, Jonathan and the Lavishly Dunn team were professional, flexible and ready to handle anything that came their way - not to mention excellent chefs! The food was DELICIOUS -- I have been receiving rave reviews from guests who could not get over how perfectly cooked the beef was! (I just wish I could have eaten more myself!) Jessica even packed a little bag with extra hors d'oeuvres for my husband and me to take with us at the end of the night. Jessica stayed until midnight to make sure everything was squared away, and oversaw the entire wedding, ensuring that it ran smoothly from start to finish. One example: we had 2 wedding "crashers" arrive during cocktail hour who had originally replied 'no' but Jessica quickly found a table for them without causing a stir. She also made sure the bartenders created our "specialty drinks" just right, checked that the band played our song at the right time, helped get our overnight bags into the getaway car, etc. -- she really took care of everything! -
User1375294 Sent on 10/11/2013First off ... the food was delicious. My only complaint about Lavishly Dunn is that we got almost no leftovers from our stations and the food was so good that we really, really wanted leftovers to take home! When I told them after the event that this was my only complaint, the chef actually put together a batch of some of the food we'd had at the event for us. It wasn't as good as what we had at the event, unfortunately, but what they did on the day was the important part. Our guests have repeatedly told us that they loved the food, and that everything was delicious.
From the very beginning, they were focused on us, our event and what we wanted. They provided a private tasting, using our menu - something no other caterer offered us. When we were told that they never had a tasting when they didn't make a sale, I didn't believe them, until we went for our tasting. Yum. They sent us home from that with a huge bag of leftovers, and they didn't last 24 hours. At the event the staff followed the bridal party around and made sure they offered us plenty of appetizers and kept asking if we needed them to bring us anything else. They even were willing to make us a groom's cake made entirely of meat and mashed potatoes. It started as a joke, but ended up as very tasty meatloaf that several people commented on. Their prices were very reasonable in comparison to others in the area as well, so, all in, a very very good choice. -
User851655 Sent on 07/04/2012Jessica was a delight to work with from the start. She was enthusiastic, she came up with wonderful ideas to help our event be special and suit the hosts. She also was understanding of our budget constraints and worked hard to create an elegant event that we could afford. She responded within minutes to email and was readily available by phone, even once on her vacation!
The event itself went very well. The food was excellent and received many compliments from a crowd that goes to enough local catered events to be picky. The space was used well and our strange requests were all fulfilled with ease.
We had one glitch with the service during the event. We agreed a time for the cake to be ready at the end of the event, and yet after sending all our guests to the table there was no cake for about 5 minutes. If we hadn't set a time, we would understand this being our fault, but given the overall number of staff available, we were a bit disappointed.
Other than that small problem, the rest of the event went beautifully without any problems. -
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Caroline C. Sent on 06/11/2023Delicious Food!
We hired Lavishly Dunn to cater our recent private estate wedding. Our tasting was amazing and the food tasted the same if not better on the day of our wedding. On the day of the wedding, the catering team was very professional and friendly. All the food was absolutely delicious! Our guests are still raving about the food and how yummy it was! We are very happy we chose Lavishly Dunn! -
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Shenley M. Sent on 09/14/2021Elegant backyard wedding in the Fall
Lavishly Dunn provided the catering at our wedding this past weekend and went above and beyond our expectations. Though it was in our backyard, Lavishly Dunn helped elevate the event to an elegant affair. Their timing, professionalism, and skill were all on point. Cayla was flexible and friendly in helping us sort through the planning. Jane led the crew and was outgoing, friendly, and a calming presence. They worked gracefully around us and met all of our guests' needs. The food was outstanding and I heard numerous guests comment that it was the best wedding food they had ever had. We would definitely recommend Lavishly Dunn for your event/catering needs!
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Elizabeth D. Sent on 10/24/2022Delicious Food
Our main focus for our wedding was DELICIOUS food, and Lavishly Dunn completely delivered. Every guest commented on how delicious everything was, and how it wasn't the typical wedding fare, but true restaurant quality cuisine. There were a few logistical issues, but the owner Jonathan completely stepped up on the day of the wedding, and even bartended when he was short-staffed. Definitely recommend! -
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User1808447 Sent on 09/13/2014We hired Lavishly Dunn for our wedding and day-of coordination this summer. My mom had seen them on a local news segment and promptly scheduled a tasting for them to cater our backyard wedding. They were able to work with our budget and alter some things to get the cost down to the amount we were able to pay by substituting certain dishes, and none of the quality or flavors suffered! We also hired them for coordination services, so that day-of we could have someone directing the activities. While we started off with one coordinator, she left and we were paired with another. Most everything went according to plan but there were a couple things missing upon arrival of the cocktail hour. After gentle reminders from my mother-in-law, the missing items were located and placed accordingly.
Our details were very complicated and LD was able to work with our requests. I would recommend them for future events! -
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Mary Sent on 12/15/2012Excellent service. This is one of the best catering company out there. I highly recommend them to anybody looking for a wedding catering service. Good job guys! -
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Allyson D. Sent on 01/13/2024Good food, horrible service.
We hired Lavishly Dunn to cater our wedding in a unique venue in Boston. We chose them because their food quality and menu options were excellent and their pricing was the best that we could find of that caliber. Unfortunately, we cannot recommend them to others planning a wedding as their customer service is very poor. There were several different meetings in which the owner came ill-prepared and disorganized, which led to an incredible amount of stress. From the beginning there was misrepresentation in pricing and menu choices and lack of attention to detail which led to us having to micromanage the process. While the staff onsite was gracious and the food was delicious, dinner was served late and once the buffet was plated, there was no coordination or communication with our guests who needed to move through the buffet line promptly. Ultimately, we never received a thank you or congratulations after the event, nor was there communication or presence from the owner on the day of the wedding as we had discussed. So much so, that our venue coordinator actually removed Lavishly Dunn from their preferred vendor list. The food was very good, but the chaotic way the business is run outweighed the positives.
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