Distinctive Catering & Events

Distinctive Catering exceeded our expectations. The food, service and professionalism were all top notch. I had quite a few changes while creating our menu and Jessica accommodated all requests with ease. Guests complimented the food and were very impressed with the presentation and quality. I would highly recommend distinctive catering for your event!
Oct 13th, 2021

James, the Vice President of Operations & Corporate Salesdoesnt even follow the contract that customers sign. He interprets it in his own way and becomes an immovable force threatening clients who are having an issue or needing to cancel for whatever reason and making it as difficult as possible to get anything resolved. He will do everything he can to steal your money. We were supposed to have an event with them in November of 2022 after having to reschedule due to COVID. After many issues with family members continuing to be concerned about COVID we decided to fully cancel our big wedding and just elope instead. We reached out to Abritin well over the 90 days that they require to let them know of this unfortunate circumstance. We asked them to refund us money that was not stated in our contract as non refundable. We did not ask for The Retainer back (which is stated as non refundable a couple times in the contract) we asked for the Additional Retainer (which is not stated as non refundable) back. We had been told by the consultant we were working with when we were originally thinking of cancelling that we would be getting the Additional Retainer back if we canceled before the 90 day point. James immediately became incredibly hostile, he did not seem to understand what we were asking for, even though we attempted to tell him numerous times. He insisted that we were simply not agreeing even though the statement in their contract is incredibly clear. He threatened us with lawyers numerous times stating that they would not be refunding us anything even though the contract he kept sending pieces of was very clear that the Additional Retainer we were asking for was not stated as non refundable. Since they believe they have resolved this issue, we are free to post this review. Please do yourself a favor and DO NOT work with them. They seem friendly and helpful until you have an issue and then you are put in touch with James, whos email signature is honestly laughable. His signature states: We listen to our clients and treat themlike family toprovide a meaningful, trusting and lastingrelationship. If this company believes in that statement then the way James is conducting business on their behalf is not representative of their core values. I would not recommend this company to ANYONE, in fact I will be contacting all the vendors who have this company listed on their preferred vendors list and letting them know of this incident and advising them and anyone planning their wedding to steer clear of Abritin Catering and their affiliates.
Apr 3rd, 2022

We used Distinctive Catering for our wedding at Red Barn Farm. They were excellent and surpassed expectations. Their representative, DJ, was extremely courteous and active during the wedding. He made sure that we were always doing okay. We received tons of compliments on the appetizers (Brie and Bacon cups in particular), and the food (chicken and beef brisket). The Yukon gold mashed potatoes were superb. They were also efficient in serving dinner. We highly recommend!
Jul 2nd, 2021

Mar 13th, 2021

ABritin Catering delivered a somewhat underwhelming performance as the cater of our wedding. They were the preferred catering company of our venue Creekside Farms, so we didnt have a say in the matter. We tried all three of their catering lines: distinctive, apples 2 apples (farm to table), and little piggy. We felt that the pricing for the product delivered was steep. The reason for the high prices was factoring in the cost of transporting to the venue and cooking it onsite which is completely understandable. However, the quality of food delivered was not up to par. We discussed this with our first representive from ABritin. She tried hard to change our mind including having us come in to try the food a second time. However, we still werent 100% satisfied leading up to the wedding. We did feel that the appetizers we had the day of the wedding were superb. However, the main entree of chicken still had a chewy texture and less than ideal taste. We didnt have any of our guests praise the quality of the food which was disappointing. There also was a mix up with the bartending portion of our service with them. We were supposed to have a hosted bar with a cash bar to follow. However, our representative we initially worked with left the company and this got lost in translation. This left us with 1.5 hours without drinks to end the wedding which was frustrating. I do have to say that ABritin was professional during the entire time working together and tried to accommodate us as much as they could. We were satisfied with their COVID precautions as well. Overall, I was not impressed with ABritin Catering and would not recommend them as a wedding cater primarily due to the lack of value and the quality of the food you receive.
Nov 29th, 2020