DaH Catering

Ashley, Carter, and their team were the perfect people to work with for our backyard wedding! They were so helpful with the planning process, and made our wedding feel like a breeze. The food was also incredible! They had so many wonderful options to choose from that we knew we couldnt go wrong. We loved having fellow Crozetians help out with our Crozet wedding!
Jun 6th, 2023

Unfortunately, our experience working with DaH was the worst out of any of our vendors. Ashley & Carter are really nice people but we did not feel they met our expectations for what you would want in a wedding caterer. Menu Creation: Generally ok except it was frustrating when Ashley refused to use kale for our caesar salad because she wasnt a huge fan of it even though it was important to us. Tasting: This is supposed to be one of the most exciting parts of working with a caterer but ours left us disappointed and stressed for the actual day. We were really concerned and surprised when DaH didnt properly prepare to have our contracted menu ready for the tasting that we had planned for weeks in advance. They made multiple substitutions with things they had on hand vs what we were expecting that made it hard to understand how it would actually taste on our day (no sauce on the steak that was supposed to have a horseradish sauce, switching out the nuts in the salad, missing sauces on apps, using blue cheese instead of goat cheese, etc). Our tasting table was in their rented kitchen area which was kind of neat but the setup was a plastic table & chairs with plastic forks/utensils/paper napkins - we thought they couldve at least plated the food on actual plates and made it feel a little more special. The presentation of the food was also very disappointing (ex: shrimp + sausage app was just one of those cheap small white shrimps and a half of a sausage cut on a toothpick, we wouldve expected this to be grilled or at least paired with a sauce to make it look nicer and taste better for a wedding). The worst part of it was that all of the food was cold!!! Even things like the grilled bread and rice pilaf were cold and lacking salt/flavor. Ashley told us that they could make things warm on the day but we were concerned and confused why it wasnt warm for the tasting - it was very bizarre to eat a cold wedding dinner. Food: We ended up not being able to have our wedding as originally planned so we cant speak to how it wouldve tasted on the day but from our tasting, the food was very much just OK. We wouldnt have wanted to serve the food we had at our tasting to our guests. When we had to change our wedding plans, we were met with kindness and flexibility from all our other vendors but did not receive the same treatment from DaH. Be cautious. If we could go back and do it again, we would choose another vendor. We read so many raving reviews but our experience did not match up to a 5 star review by any means. We wanted to share this insight so future couples can make an informed decision.
Jan 1st, 2023

We loved working with Ashley and Carter. From the very first phone call, they put me at ease with their warmth, expertise, sense of humor, and attention to detail. They helped coordinate with other vendors and stayed in close communication with us throughout the entire planning process. The food was excellent and executed flawlessly. Hire DAH if you can!
Sep 14th, 2022

Ashley and Carter are such good people and fun to work with! The food at our wedding was great (get the bruschetta!) and their staff was unbelievable. I am so thankful to all of their waiters, bartenders, and kitchen staff that helped my wedding run smoothly despite the rain! Ashley worked hard for me throughout our planning process to help me save money where I could, but was also always honest with me when things were worth it. I changed the menu multiple times and she was always accommodating and kind about it. Great team all around, I highly recommend them!
Sep 4th, 2022

We have mixed feelings about DaH, which recently catered our wedding. I will say at the end of the day, the food and service provided by DaH on our wedding day was great and we were very relieved. Leading up to that day though, there was a lot of added stress from working with them. Our venue provided a list of caterers that we had to pick from, as they were familiar with the venue. Initially, talking with Carter, we felt he understood our desire to be as cost-effective as possible, so we went with them even though we were not able to get a tasting until the summer (just a few months before our wedding). Once we actually went to our tasting and started working with Ashley, things went downhill. We were quite underwhelmed by the tasting we were provided. The appetizers were great but everything for the main course lacked flavor, which was very concerning. She told us that it would be prepared differently on the day of, but after what we tasted, we no longer wanted it served day of. We ended up changing our entire menu and were not allowed a second tasting. We also practically begged for mashed potatoes (which was on their menu), but were denied. At that point we were locked in financially due to their contract's payment schedule. There were multiple other red flags. We had to constantly look into each specific thing we were being charged for rentals, and had to ask for multiple things to be taken off. Our guest count dropped from an expected 135 (with max of 150) down to 115 after our RSVPs came in. But even after letting them know our final guest count before their deadline, we were still charged for 150 guests for all of our rentals. There was always an excuse from them, that never seemed genuine and definitely put a bad taste in our mouths. On the day of our walk through, Ashley arrived late and had to leave early. She also told us how she was so glad they were almost done with wedding season. The way it was said felt very dismissive, as this was a very important day for us. As stated earlier, the actual day ended up being wonderful and we cannot thank the servers and cooks enough, but we would not recommmend them or use them again for a future event.
Dec 14th, 2022