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The Bashful Butler Catering

The Bashful Butler Catering

Azusa, CA
4.6 out of 5 rating, 27 Reviews
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    Lindsey O. Sent on 11/19/2020
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    Amazing! Best service!

    We had a work event here and everything was amazing. The staff was friendly and accommodating. I would highly recommend having any event with them!
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    Sharon L. Sent on 10/19/2020
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    Memorial Service

    Ben worked with my family during our time of loss. He helped us with our budget and didn’t push beyond that. Funerals are really expensive so there wasn’t a lot of money left for a service after but with Bens help we made it work. The venue, food, drinks and staff were amazing. All the precautions taken helped keep us feeling safe.
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    Clay S. Sent on 09/03/2020
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    Birthday party

    We contacted Bashful Butler kind of late, but they were great to work with. Mr. Schultz provided lots of good options and suggestions. The event went off very smoothly. Great service and great food. I highly recommend them.
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    Valerie Sent on 10/17/2018
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    Bashful Butler - Helped make our dream come true

    My husband and I were married August 26, 2018 - We are from California, we live in Texas. We were high school sweethearts (40 years ago) and we were reunited just over a year ago. We decided we wanted to share our day with our family and friends in Southern California. A friend had gone to a function at Hurst Ranch in West Covina CA. She told us about it and we looked at the website. It looked exactly like what we wanted. All of our planning had to be done from Texas, which meant no face to face meetings. Everything had to be done over the phone. I called the venue and found out that Bashful Butler handles all of the catering and set up at the venue. I called Bashful Butler on a Saturday and left a message. I got a call back from Theresa in less than an hour. From the beginning Teresa was professional and friendly. She answered every question like it was my first question. Teresa sent us everything we needed to make our decisions. She also gave us recommendations for vendors like the florist and for the drapes/uplighting. Teresa was so great to work with. She was one of the key components that made our day perfect. The employees that were there the day of were awesome and the cake was amazing!! Thank you everyone at Bashful Butler that helped make my dream come true.
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    Melissa Sent on 01/08/2015
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    We were referred to Hurst Ranch / Bashful Butler by a friend. The location and the catering was perfect for our rustic wedding. Ryan is so easy to work with. He made one of the biggest parts of the wedding an easy thing and took a huge load off our shoulders!! The Bashful Butler is budget friendly without going cheap :) :)
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    Mandy Sent on 11/11/2013
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    the food was delicious, the tables, chairs, and set-up was just the way I wanted, and the staff was super friendly!! thank you for everything!!!
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    Kim Sent on 11/11/2013
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    The food was absolutely delicious. Our coordinators Kathy & Grace were absolutely wonderful to work with. Our planner, Ryan was so easy to work with. He was very reassuring and helped us out so much when needing schedule around out of town guests. Their company took care of everything for us, leaving little worries on our end on how the event will run. They were all there to help us with everything we needed. Highly recommend!
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    Diana Sent on 11/24/2013
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    Chris Lowther was very quick on dot setting everything up and their food was Amazing. She also did OUTSTANDING job on my Wedding Cake.
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    Working with Nancy at the Bashful Butler was so easy. She helped me finalize the schedule with what would be easiest, what was normal, and what I wanted. The food was amazing. I'm still getting compliments two months later! Everybody I talked to said they went back for seconds or thirds! Yes, I did manage to eat during all the excitement and I have to say that I chose an excellent catering company. I've even had people ask for a referral!
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    Heather Sent on 05/03/2010
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    i got Married in February and Im so glad i had the Bashful Butler Cater My wedding! I had a certian look and theme i wanted! They helped me achieve it. There staff was dressed right and had very appropriate attire! They had plenty of workers so things ran smoothly. I had 45o guests so i was glad that the Bashful Butler could accomidate our family. The food was amazing, we had Italian and they also did my cake! I wanted a small cake for display and when it came to serving our guests cake i just had them make sheet cake to cut up! Im so glad i was able to have them be apart of my special day!
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    Nicole Sent on 03/30/2010
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    They rock!!! We were able to do some price comparisons with them and negotiate our catering. They were prompt with beautiful set up and the food was gooooooood! We received lots of compliments on their beef barbacoa. They do lots of catering for the city as well as major events like the rose parade in pasadena. Nancy is awesome!!
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    Erin Sent on 04/07/2009
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    My wedding was amazing and I really think that it had to do with the perfect ceremony and reception site as well as the perfect dj. We used bashful butler as our caterer. They are a company that uses a few different sites. Ours was the covina womens club. It was just an amazing wedding. The staff was on time, friendly and they went out of their way to give us the best experience possible. They are also extremely affordable. When I was looking around for a catered meal and a pretty location it was around 30-50 per person, but here it was under 4000 dollars for 110 guests. This included the meal, hourdourves, cake, champagne toast, open soda bar, bar tender, security guard, wait staff, and the rental for the reception room and ceremony site. They came and set everything up and it was beautiful.
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    Ashley Sent on 03/12/2008
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    excellent catering service. very professional and friendly. has a variety of choices for food and decorations. i would highly recommend!
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    Damaris Sent on 09/15/2015
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    Just know if you're looking for a rustic, natural setting, outdoor reception, this is your place. Although they do gave a barn for indoor reception. Ryan was our guy from the beginning and we were able to communicate with him through emails. They're flexible about using other vendors and bringing your own decorations. You do have to contract their caterer Bashful Butler (great food) and their bartender. Wedding day was awesome, my guests loved the outdoors, and I used the venue for my wedding pictures.
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    Monica Sent on 12/30/2017
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    It is such a beautiful venue. It was too bad all the lighting inside wasn't working at the time of our event, but it was going to be replaced. It was worth the amount we paid. Linens, security, servers, catering, the location, the bar, set up and clean up, all for one price. Amazing.
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    Patricia Sent on 07/06/2016
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    The Hurst Ranch is a charming property with great potential. It is owned by the city of West Covina (I believe) and managed by catering company, The Bashful Butler. Which means, you can only use them for catering and will be your point of contact throughout the entire process. Venue offers a lot of unique options for photos, set-up and entertaining. This review is meant to cover both The Hurst Ranch & The Bashful Butler.

    Parking: A bit tricky considering there is limited spaces but not a deal breaker. Plenty of street parking.

    Property: Unique, well-kept and clean

    Security: Two officers onsite and were very professional, polite and attentive.

    Food: Food tasting was 'ok' and day of food was much better, we were very pleased.

    Bartender/ Servers: No complaints at all. Staff was very polite, dressed well and overall very pleasant.

    Lights: indoor string lights are pretty and unique. Be sure all lights are working. During our party all were working but we made sure ahead of time.

    Ryan: Ryan works for the Bashful Butler and was our contact throughout the planning process. My only recommendation for working with Ryan (and any vendor) is to communicate via email and keep track of all correspondence. During our final meeting, Ryan became 'forgetful' about things previously discussed. He’s busy, we get it, but do keep record of everything and you will be fine. Other than that, Ryan was awesome and very accommodating. He answered emails on a timely manner.

    Harrison: Harrison also works for the Bashful Butler and was our day of onsite contact. He was very helpful, accommodating and lovely to work with.

    Other: We rented several items to make indoor space feel warm and romantic. We hired a day of coordinator which resulted in the best decision ever. Venue is affordable!

    To recap, were very pleased with our wedding! We would recommend this venue and Bashful Butler. Stay organized and get all your questions answered early on.
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    Ada Sent on 07/10/2014
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    I live literally a block away from this historic venue and we were running around town to find our perfect venue, little did we know it is right here!

    We were thinking about a rustic wedding and there you go, very rustic! It is a hidden gem! A beautiful venue. And you have a huge area (including a field in the back) to play with. The only tricky thing is the parking but we were able to pull it off. It rained on our wedding day (people kept on comforting us it's good luck) so we activated the back-up plan which is to put everything in the indoor hall. We were originally only using the hall for dinner and was going to have an outdoor wedding. However this actually freed up more time for us and the helper not to be too rushed in the set up. And because the string lights inside the hall, it just made everything very intimate. When I first stepped down the aisle and saw how everything came together, I started tearing up! We were very happy and proud to have our wedding at this great venue!

    The bashful butler catering service was very helpful too but i guess that's another "vendor" for another review.
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    Denise Sent on 06/14/2012
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    Bashful Butler was the catering service designated to Hurst Ranch, where I was married on 05/26/2012. I was a bit hesitant at first because you pretty much hire them blind. There is no tasting until after you hire them. The tasting was not a sit down tasting either. They let you know what day they are preparing the same meal as you have selected or are considering and then you need to show up to their kitchen or hall. After we had our tasting we felt a great sense of relief because the food was good.

    The person I worked with to book our wedding was Nancy. I booked about 9 months before the wedding and we put together an outline of what we wanted. Two weeks before the wedding we met up again to discuss all the details. We finalized the menu and discussed the timeline to make sure they were ready for the toast and the cake cutting.

    The catering staff was very helpful on day of our wedding as we needed some last minutes tables set up outside for our ceremony. I was also able to drop off our burlap table squares a few days before so they could be set up on the tables. Nancy also threw in some colored linens she had for our cake table and any other place we might need them. The bartender & security staff were great as well. They checked in with us to make sure everything was going well during the dinner.

    The only problem we encountered was our missing chair covers. I asked the staff when the chair covers were going to be set up. This was about 2 hours before our reception started. I had paid for the chair covers 2 weeks prior. Note: the chair covers are not ordered through Bashful Butler but through a vendor they work with. It turns out that whomever was in charge of ordering the chair covers forgot to order them & she was now on vacation. At that point I didn't care much because there was nothing that could be done. I was just glad that the chairs being used were white and didn't really look out of place with the decor. It was also very comforting to be refunded the $ on the spot.

    Overall a good experience!!!
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    Wendy Sent on 11/12/2008
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    Overall I was satisfied. I wish there would have been better comminucation between the staff and the DJ as promised. I was quite upset my bridal part ate last. Food was amazing and set-up was ok. I wish the person who we had met with everytime was there the night of the event
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    V. Sent on 09/08/2012
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    (Married 9-1-12)My husband and I first booked this place in 2010 (we like to plan early to get the best deal) and worked with Nancy. Since we decided to have our wedding ceremony and reception at Hurst Ranch, we automatically had to turn to Bashful Butler for all of our catering needs (as they are the sole caterer for Hurst Ranch). Nancy was very friendly and played that caring mother role quite well and made us feel welcomed when we first met her.
    For our food tasting, it was like the back door food tasting, where we had to go to one of their catered events and pick up our food. Now this is not your typical fancy food tasting where you go to the caterer and they bring out a few dishes for you to sample, but actually better. Why you ask? Well when you pick up your sample plate from an actual event the caterer works, then you would know how the food would actually taste like during your own event. Often times people find that the food at their event does not taste nearly as good as when they had it the first time at their food tasting (thus this tasting style being better). Anyways, we did not like the food we tried and requested to try something else, so Ryan (the person we ended up working with since Nancy was on the path of retirement) set us up with another food tasting.

    Bashful Butler was pretty flexible, in which I had to add more guests to the guest count 10 days before the wedding (after I had already met with Ryan to finalize everything) and he had no problem adding
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    Christina Sent on 08/24/2010
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    The venue and catering were perfect. More flexibility is needed for the setup as they only allow 2 hours right before reception begins.
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    Victoria S. Sent on 09/30/2020
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    Beautiful Venue for a Great price

    We said I do on August 7, 2020. This day was amazing thanks to Donna and Robert. Donna was the woman behind all the bookings and little details and Robert ran our wedding to be as smooth as possible on our day. As you can see, we got married durning the pandemic. Hurst Ranch did an awesome job making sure to follow protocols and making sure that their staff and my guest were being safe. Mask were optional due to us moving the whole wedding outside last minute but never the less, it was better than I planned. The day was beautiful, the sun was out and there was a slight breeze. The pasta was so tasteful and reasonable and the cake was DELICIOUS! The details of this beautiful museum made our wedding the talk of the year. Thank you Hurst Ranch!
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    Jeannette Sent on 04/01/2019
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    Our guests LOVED the BBQ!

    The food was great. Our guests loved the BBQ vibe.
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    Felicia Sent on 10/10/2008
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    The Bashful Butler was very professional. The staff was very uniformed in attire, which made the service very formal. The food was really good. I have to add that there were a few disappointing moments regarding some silverware and the rolls that were served, but oher than that, it worked out well!!! Iliana was great to work with!!!
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    Amos Sent on 03/07/2008
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    This vendor was very helpful in providing the perfect reception. The food was delicious and everything went smoothly according to our plans. I would definitely book with them again for a future party.
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