Christie's Catering

Christie's Catering was, from to to bottom, a wonderful decision! I met with Christie about my upcoming wedding about 9 months before my event. I wanted to get the caterer all ironed out, before making other decisions. I met her in her shop, a very cute storefront in Renton, where (side note) she has a TV check for $100,000 on the wall for winning a networks recipe competition- and let me tell you the recipe was to die for- I made the sweet potato cinimon rolls myself, her recipe is on her website.Any how, when we met she showed me photos of weddings she has done over the last 20 years, and all though she could benefit from some new photos, I was sold that she could throw a wonderful event for a large amount of people. When we started talking about a menu I could tell that her taste was extremely refined, and i come from a background of fine dining, so that said a lot. Once we started talking prices I was even happier. She was beyond accomodating, very fair, and generous. I think for my 180 guests it ended up being about 15.99 per head, plus service and gratuities. The one think I was wary about was that we didnt do a tasting. She offered, but the time didnt fit into my time table, and I went ahead without a tasting. We stayed in constant communication through my planning process and she was very approachable. Phone, email, you name it. When the wedding came me and my "foodie" family were all VERY pleased!! It was all incredible! Tasted well, great staff, bartender, you name it. I couldn't have made a better catering decision. Christie is wonderful!

Christie catered my wedding anniversary on short notice it was about 125 people. I was simply amazed at the variety of menus we had to choose from & that she still found the time to meet with us personally to discuss them. The day of my anniversary went off flawlessly, the food was absolutely unbelievable. The bartenders knew how to mix the best specialty drinks I've had since my wedding! All in all Christie's Catering helped make my 50th Wedding Anniversary unforgettable and her price was unbeatable. I would definitely recommend her for any special event.

I highly recommend Christie's Catering. After researching and meeting with several caterers, I had some pretty poor experiences with other companies who were over-priced, had rude staff, and were very impersonal. A lot of caterers seem to treat you as just a number, with boring and general menu selections. You will not get that with Christie. When we met with her, she was incredibly personable and worked with our schedule, meeting us after-hours at her shop. Just from being in her shop, we could see how well-liked and talented she is - you can tell she has amazing credentials in the catering business. She genuinely cares about giving her clients the most stress-free, personal experience on their wedding day. Not only does she have a warm and friendly personality, but she really knows how to make a bride feel at ease during the catering process.She worked with us on a very personal, fun menu selection and made wonderful suggestions. Everything was home-made down to the salad dressing and you could really taste the quality in the food. EVERYTHING on our menu was delicious and the guests loved it! She and her staff decorated the tables beautifully, added personal touches, and the entire process went smoothly. She even packed an adorable "picnic pack" of leftovers, complete with a bottle of wine, for my husband and I to take with us on our wedding night.From planning and setup, to serving, to clean-up, we did not have to worry about a thing - Christie and her staff took care of everything wonderfully! Not only is she priced well in comparison to all other companies I know of, but she offers a larger, more gourmet menu selection than anywhere else I know of. I highly HIGHLY recommend her!

My daughter's wedding was in Janurary 2010. We interviewed several caterers and choose Christie's Catering. The food was absolutly delicious, beautifully arrayed on our buffet table. We were beyond pleased with Christie and her catering staff. They were so helpful and accomadating in every way. I would highly recommend Christie's Catering. Her food,staff,preparation,kindness and respectability rate an A++ in my daughters and my eyes. Please choose her and you won't ever be sorry. She will make your special day the best ever. We loved her.

When we booked Christie's, we were really excited about the possibilities that her staff could do. She showed us photos and menus from her 20 years of experience in the industry, and raved about her food and service. She was flexible, in terms of what food we wanted, and apparently went to five stores to find a certain kind of bread (she made sure we knew that). Overall, during the planning process, things went off without a hitch. The day of the wedding was a bit of a nightmare. She showed up with her staff, prepped the food, drinks were served, and the food was just fine. She awkwardly made sure she got into a few of our professional photos. Christie and her team rushed getting the food served about an hour before it was supposed to. Although the servers were friendly, they never served the cake, which meant half the guests didn't get cake. By the end of the event, about half of the cake, all that remained, was thrown straight into the trash.The event itself ended an HOUR AND A HALF EARLY due to Christie's team pulling linens and flowers off tables. Most of my guests left early, because they thought the event was over. I found this to be incredibly rude and unprofessional. Not to mention when my DJ brought to my attention the time (it was too early to be cleaning up), Christie took it upon herself to curse our DJ out, and it made for an incredibly uncomfortable scene, with more than one party upset.After returning from our honeymoon, I received a defensive letter, telling us everything that went wrong was not her fault, but the DJ's. She also sent this letter to our venue. This just seems ridiculous to me, as she was obviously trying to cover her ass to those who knew about the incidents of the day.Although Christie was fine throughout the planning process, I would not recommend her services. Although her services weren't very expensive, I didn't get my money's worth.

Christie's is reasonably priced, unique, and she bends over backwards to try to provide what you want within your budget. She has a lot of different food choices. The buffet table was beautifully decorated and the food was plentiful and tasty. She is fun to work with, too. She was clear up front that it would be buffet style, and she would not provide table service, but her staff cut our cake, packaged up our leftovers, and they were courteous and helpful to our guests. We had a Friday night event and traffic problems made about half of our guests late, and they were good about delaying dinner a bit. Good food at a great price.

Christies catering provided services for my daughters wedding, I was very impressed with the entire event. Everything went as planned what Christie promised was delivered without a flaw, her staff was pleasant and very proffesional. The food was great, and the venue was beautiful with the flloofing from the catering staff. I would recomend her services to anyone whom need a caterer. Great Job Christie!!! I will use your services again for all my catering needs.

Christie and her staff are wonderful. The food was faboulous! I would recommend the lasagne. Christie personally came to set up and wished us both a wonderful wedding. I have only heard great things about her food. The bartenders were excellent and keeping every drink full. The staff is very friendly and packaged everything up for us. It was wonderful to have the leftovers for the lunch the next day to open presents.

I would not recommend Christie's Catering to anyone. We met with the caterer in her office where I found her to be very unprofessional (talking about her personal life, and I do mean PERSONAL) but we decided to give her food a chance anyway because we had found many good reviews. During our meeting she wrote down what we wanted on our menu. During our meeting we made it very clear that I have food allergies, one to shell fish which was fine to have at the reception but not near the other food or touching anything else, and we also requested kiwis not be included in the fruit tray. She wrote down our requests, but sure enough on our wedding day the shrimp was next to all the other food & there were kiwis mixed in with the fruit. I think for the price we paid they should have at least followed our requests or at least make it clear that it could not be done.

Christie was excellent. She is very detail oriented and a great cook. The food was excellent. We had Salmon, chicken, garlic mashed potatoes, salad, roasted vegetables, and a bunch of other things. All of it was absolutely wonderful. And we fed 150 people for $4000!!! That is basically unheard of in the Wedding industry.

Our overall experience was not a disaster, but not what we hoped for either. The wrong entree was served and there were several other snags that took place during the wedding that were less than ideal. The food was pretty good and the bartending service was fine once it was time for the reception (they botched teh cocktail hour). Chrisite herself was only at the wedding for a very short time before the reception even started, as she had another wedding booked. Considering how proud they are of their many years of experience, they didn't seem to hae it together.

Christies Catering has fantastic food and wonderful service. She has won many awards and made cookbooks. The caterers were very friendly, and provided a ton of assistance on our wedding day. Christie is flexible, and will make pretty much whatever you want. She even uses family recipes if you want her too. She also offers great suggestions for many aspects of the wedding, and provides a lot of things, that normally you would have to pay for.

I had high hopes for Christie's. The bartenders had no personality. The food was good considering the cost but there was no assistance with trying to package the enormous quantity of leftovers and getting any help with our cake was a joke. They cleaned up their platters and left my bridal party to deal with the rest. The price was right for my budget but I wish I would have spent more to get a better service.