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Patina Catering

Patina Catering

Los Angeles, CA
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    Fatinah Sent on 05/17/2019
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    Great food at reasonable prices

    For our venue at the Bowers Museum, the preferred vendor is Patina Catering. We opted for an additional appetizer which they accommodated at a reasonable increase. All the Hors d'oeuvre were delicious and the guests finished them faster than they could be served. We went with a plated course meal and they have several packages. We got several compliments from guests on the quality of the plates they were served. We’d highly recommend Patina Catering if they work with your venue, or would recommend if they don’t.
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    Patina catered our Descanso Gardens wedding with a delicious custom buffet menu (chips/guacamole, three types of tacos with vegan sides, sangria, aguas frescas) and served our specialty dessert. They were very responsive to our needs, with helpful suggestions during the planning process, such as providing spa water at the ceremony so that guests could beat the heat and reception scheduling coordination to ensure that everyone was fed promptly without long lines. Always enthusiastic, and very good listeners! We were pleasantly surprised during post-ceremony family photos when they provided us with chips, guacamole and water because we would not otherwise have the cocktail hour snacks. No complaints! We also had the opportunity to taste the standard menu - also delicious! Thank you, Benjamin and Leticia!
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    Summer Sent on 09/15/2014
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    Food was seriously delicious! Guests could not stop raving about how great it was. We chose to do a buffet option over being served and they handled it seamlessly with no problems whatsoever. Highly recommend their services and food!
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    Jennifer Sent on 09/13/2012
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    We wanted unique food for our wedding and Patina did a great job giving us what we wanted. The food was so delicious and our guests are still talking about it!! One of our guests even said, "From now on, I'm only going to Patina catered weddings."
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    Yvonne Sent on 06/29/2012
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    Our wedding was held at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and Patina Catering is the exclusive caterer for the site. They did an amazing job, and we are so lucky to have had them provide all the food and drink! The food was absolutely delicious! Not just for “wedding food,” but it would not have been out of place at a 3-4 star restaurant. Food is incredibly important to me and my husband and was a priority (believe when I say this - my husband and I plan our vacations to eat at some of the country's best restaurants). Our wedding cake was a disappointment - tasted great but did not look good. But as a testament to Patina's service, they offered a full refund without being asked as they recognized that the cake was not to their usual standards. The service staff at the wedding also deserve the highest kudos. Many of our guests commented on the outstanding service, the best of any wedding that they had attended.

    We also used Patina to cater our post-wedding brunch at Cafe Pinot. Again, the food and service were wonderful. Their outdoor patio was the perfect place to enjoy the last few moments of the weekend with our family and friends.

    Natalie was the Sales Manager at the Disney Concert Hall, and Jolene was my contact at Cafe Pinot. Both are incredibly professional, detail-oriented, and responsive. They are genuinely warm and caring people. Natalie and Jolene were accomodating with special requests and budget limitations. Their service was stellar!

    If you have the opportunity, please use Patina Catering for your wedding! They are pricey but reasonable for what we received - you do get what you pay for!
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    Joanna Sent on 12/13/2011
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    AMAZING FOOD.!! Everyone continues to say how great the food was, not just "typical wedding food".
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    Marlissa Sent on 08/21/2010
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    I got married at the AT&T Center in Downtown LA. Patina Catering is the only caterer there. They did a fabulous job and the food was quite yummy. A little pricey, but overall I was very happy with the results.

    EDIT: I forgot to mention that I ended up changing my venue to the AT&T center two months before my wedding and Patina Catering bent over backwards to help and work with me.
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    Joan Sent on 07/16/2010
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    Patina was so easy to work with and responded to all of our needs. Our Patina coordinator was organized, helpful and very knowledgeable. Having good food was a MUST for us and Patina delivered! Many of our guests said it was the best wedding food they ever had!
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    Jackie Sent on 07/07/2010
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    Initially, I was concerned about Patina at Walt Disney Concert Hall. There was confusion with our date (which did eventually play out in our favor) and there was a high turn over so we had three different event coordinators, which got very confusing, and made me nervous that things would not come together on the wedding day. However, once we started working with Rob I knew we were in good hands. He addressed all of our concerns, he was responsive and completely professional. He was flexible when we wanted to make changes, and I really felt like he was on our side, trying to help us have the best wedding possible.

    On the day of, I could not have asked for a more perfect day. The staff was amazing. They were so nice and kept everything running smoothly. I loved the food, we got so many compliments from our guests! I am so happy with our decision to work with Patina and have our event at WDCH.
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    Stefanie Sent on 10/28/2009
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    LOVED the food!!! They provided the best service!
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    Lacie Sent on 07/23/2009
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    Up until three months away from the wedding, I wasn't too sure about Patina Catering our event at Bower's Museum. They had quick turnover--I dealt with 4 different people within 12 months. Then I met the catering director Al. He is fantastic and the turnover was a blessing in disguise. Al made the event perfect and I can't thank him enough. His staff was extremely professional, as well! The food tasted exactly as it had at the tasting, which can sometimes not be the case! We had the filet mignon and chicken lasagna--our guests were raving!! I am proud to say that I feel like we got more than we paid for!
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    Elisa Sent on 01/01/2008
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    FANTASTIC CATERER. Highly recommended! You will impress your friends and family. They also set up a full tasting meal of everything before the event, including three cakes. First class all the way. We enjoyed their services in downtown Los Angeles. I can't say exactly how much we paid Patina because the incredible Music Center venue and rentals for tables, chairs, etc. was included in the price. Great value. Not cheap, but you get what you pay for!
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    Juliet Sent on 03/01/2013
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    Patina did such an amazing job on our wedding. Their waitstaff was super attentive and very friendly, Mary Dix was the best, even lending a hand to pin boutineers, and they brought hors d'oeuvres and drinks to us during our family photos. The food was spectacular, especially the mac and cheese pops. For dinner I had the vegetarian option of butternut squash ravioli and my husband had filet mignon with potato purée and red carrots. We tasted a few bites of each other's plates and both dishes were absolutely delicious. Our rehearsal dinner was at Morton's, but the wedding steak was much better.

    We had an outside pastry chef make our dessert bar and three cakes, but Patina plated all of his creations at no charge, and did a beautiful job.

    When we got home the next day and started unloading all of our decorations, we discovered that the Patina staff had boxed up 6 bottles of sparkling wine for us to take home, plus all of the leftover desserts, which we used at an Oscar party the following night.

    I can't recommend them enough, and only wish we could have a second wedding just so we could work with them again.
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    Katherine Sent on 09/13/2012
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    I worked with Nichole at Patina and she couldn't have been better to work with. She always responded to my questions quickly and with very detailed answers. Descanso Gardens works exclusively with Patina, so I was a little skeptical at first about the quality of the food, but when our tasting rolled around I couldn't have been happier. The food was FANTASTIC - for our tasting with 4 people and our wedding with 160 guests. We received compliments on the food from almost all of our guests. The service at the wedding was exceptional. My dad requested iced tea, which he did not realize wasn't available and Patina quickly accommodated him with no hassle. I couldn't have asked for a better caterer.
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    Vanessa Sent on 07/02/2008
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    I had may wedding at the Grand Hall in the Dorothy Chandler. Patina catered and coordinated the venue.
    Desiree Soto was the coordinator and she was amazing. If felt so comfortable that everything would go perfectly and it did.
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    Mark Sent on 07/04/2014
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    They did a nice job catering and bartending our event. They were the exclusive caterer for our venue, so we didn't have a choice in catering, however, even if we had, we probably would have chosen them.
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    Melinda Sent on 06/07/2008
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    The food was outstanding and the staff incredible.
  • User1614669 Sent on 05/11/2014
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    This is a review for Patina Catering at Descanso Gardens.
    Due to a new management team starting in the middle of wedding planning, the ball was dropped a lot and communication was incredibly slow, if it wasn't for our planner staying on top of it, we would never have heard from them. In the end they more than made up for it with the concessions they gave us to make up for their mistakes. At the wedding, everything was perfect, guests raved about the food at the cocktail hour and reception, the service provided by the wait staff great, and there was ever a server reserved just for us.
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