Like I said in my review for our vendor; the food was amazing! They served each plate as it came off the stove! Terrific food service too! We have friends who attended our wedding who returned to Scott's to try more of their food!

This review is for my wedding ceremony and reception held at Scott's Gardens in Walnut Creek.
My wedding was described by my guests as "wonderful" and "magical" and this is due in large part to Tiffany Chids, Event Coordinator. She is outstanding and head and shoulders above the rest bar none. She went the extra mile for me when she didn't have to and if I were a professional Event Planner I would probably worship her.
So why only 4 stars you ask?
Basically what it comes down to is that I experienced two very polar opposite kinds of service from the Scott's Catering staff in the months of planning leading up to my DIY wedding: fantastic, flexible, customer friendly and accommodating - and - patronizing, dismissive, inflexible, hurried and difficult. And it all depended on the Coordinator and/or Manager that I was interacting with.
If I had always experienced the same fantastic service I received from Tiffany from everyone else as well, I would give them 5 stars. But because not only myself, but also my family, experienced the "difficult" service even on the day of my wedding I can only give 4 stars.
And even though Tiffany is a wonderful as she is, I still want to give a couple of tips so that future brides can be aware:
- For every detail make sure you double and triple check it, even on the day of your event. Some of the small things get "forgotten" or remembered wrong - probably due to the large amount of events they have going on at any one time. To their credit, Scott's Catering will make it right if they can at all possibly do so but you have to prompt them.
While the serving staff on the night of my wedding was VERY friendly and responsive, there were a few minor logistical problems:
The butlered hors 'd oeuvres were all brought out in the first 15 minutes of the cocktail hour when I had specifically asked for this not to happen and it was written in the contract by Tiffany. This left the next 45 minutes with just bread for people to nosh on (thank goodness I had ordered the bread!).
The dinner "special entrees" for vegetarian, ect, were served before the buffet opened, so those of use with the "special entrees" had to sit for up to 30 minutes before the rest of our table had their food from the buffet. This was because the same staff that was serving the "special entrees" were also manning the buffet. Even after the "special entrees" were served there was still a gap in time before they opened the buffet. So consequently the buffet started at least 20 minutes late and guests were wondering why only certain people were getting dinner. I can't believe that they couldn't have opened the buffet and at the same time had just one person to serve the special entrees. This timing threw off the rest of the events for the night, making everything then 30 minutes late.
I had to prompt them to start serving wine at the dinner. We were done with salads and waiting for the buffet to open when I noticed that no wine had been poured (were they waiting for everyone to have their dinner before pouring? that would have been another 20-30 minutes!) Even after they finally poured at my head table, they still were not pouring at the rest of the tables. So I had to again call over a server and ask him to start pouring at the rest of the tables! This was a detail that should have been automatic. The staff did start serving the wine immediately and then came back to me to let me know that everyone had their wine.
Overall this is a very professional organization providing top notch service. I would definitely use Scott's Catering services again, and recommend them to anyone....but as they say "the devil's in the details", so make sure that you or someone very close to you is managing those details

Everything went so perfect!! All the hard work paid off.. so thank you with helping, it all turn out so great! From start to finish, the service was superb!! Everything Scott's Garden said they could do and would do was exactly what we received, plus more! If you're looking for stress free wedding service.. you will get stress-free :)

Oh, and I cannot forget to share the fact that Scott's Garden was a last minute replacement after our original ceremony/reception site filed bankruptcy. We were so glad we chose Scott's as our replacement.

Thank you Kasey Howe and Marianne Marko, you both were awesome women to work with!! Very nice and just so easy to work with and talk to. We were very pleased to have been matched up with you. Hats off to the entire staff who work the night of our wedding.. you all were more than awesome!! So accommodating and pleasant.

All the Scott's staff members we met along the way are definitely professional and responsive. I would absolutely recommend Scott's to anyone.

Thanks a million to help make our special night even more special.

Take care,
Danielle and Casey Roche
(Traveled from MI to Walnut Creek, CA for our wedding)

We had our ceremony and reception here on 09/19/09. Everything was wonderful! Angelina (our coordinator) was great, helpful from start to finish. The dinner was even better than the sample meal we had tried! All of our guests were impressed with the venue. We couldn't be more pleased!

Scott's Garden was a last minute replacement, after my original site filed bankrupcy three months before my wedding. I contacted Scott's Garden and made an appointment; when I saw the site I knew it was the place for me. It turned out they had my wedding date open for the morning. At first I was disappointed that I wouldn't have the evening wedding I had wanted, but it turned out to be the best day. Marianne and the other catering staff were excellent, she even had the making for my favorite drink (Mojitos) available. My family and friends are still talking about the site and especially the food. The staff pampered me and my husband the entire time we were there. I think I floated through the day. I highly recommend Scott's Garden for anybody who is looking for an outdoor wedding & reception site, and want quality food & beverages.

Scott's Garden was an an amazing location for our wedding ceremony and reception! We received many comments from our guests on the beautiful setting, the excellent food and great service. Our event coordinator, Kasey, was exceptional! She was very responsive, helpful and cheerful throughout the wedding planning process. On the wedding day, she made sure everything was set up properly and ran smoothly. She also helped calm a nervous bride's nerves. I would highly recommend Scott's Garden as a wedding/reception venue.

Scotts Garden is lovely and the food and drinks are wonderful. The food was just as good as when we sampled it initially. The setting is perfect for having an outside wedding with out having it outside in the elements. And all of our guests appreciated having the ceremony and reception at the same location. Thier coordinators are very helpful and quickly respond to requests or changes, and the rest of the staff was very professional and accomodating. My only complaint would be that the person who worked with us on planning the event did not actually work the date of the event, making it possible for details to get overlooked. Which I am happy to say this did not happen on a large scale - We had a great time.

We absolutely loved our wedding at Scott's Garden. The venue was a perfect size and setting for what we wanted our wedding to be and all of the wedding coordinators that we spoke with were so helpful in making our day run smoothly. Even the staff of the night of our wedding was professional and friendly. We would highly recommend Scott's to anyone!

We had our beautiful wedding and reception at Scott's Garden in Walnut Creek. Adrienne Hettrich and the staff at Scott's were professional, and very on top of our event. Adrienne was quick to respond to emails and phone calls, and in her absence, anyone in the catering office was more than happy to assist us. The site for our wedding was beautiful and the food and service for our reception were wonderful!