Great Blue Heron did a fabulous job at our Meadowlark wedding! The food, drinks, and service were all amazing - as was the catering team. We worked with Brianna at our venue's walk-through meeting and she was incredibly helpful, especially with regard to determining the number of rental items needed based on final headcount. On the day of the wedding, everything went smoothly and the food was delicious.

We had to use GBH since we were getting married at at venue that required them HOWEVER we were so happy with their services we would’ve chosen them anyways. So many of our guest told us the food was so incredible! Absolutely would recommend

We and our guests can’t stop and won’t stop raving about the service and food provided by Great Blue Heron (GBH) catering company. We’ll be honest that we thought GBH would have the usual lackluster or boring type of wedding food, but GBH does not stick to that generalization of wedding food. Everyone was impressed by the quality of food for 250 guests. The taste, flavor, service, and perfection of all the hors d'oeuvres and entrees that came out of the kitchen were unmatched. We decided to go with the filet of beef at an upcharge and the chef did not disappoint. All of our guests said that they came out at the perfect medium rare, as requested. The staff and chef were very flexible and understanding of the allergies and accommodations we requested as well.

The food was amazing!! Everything was well seasoned and tasted delicious. All our guests loved the food. They catered our wedding at the River View at Occoquan. The food was served in a timely manner and was hot.

Emails was answered in a timely fashion and our questions was answered. They worked well with the rest of the hired vendors.
Thank you for help making our wedding special.

Great Blue Heron catering fully exceeded our expectations! You hear stories of other weddings where the tasting was great but the food on the actual day was sub-par. For Great Blue Heron, they knocked it out of the park for both the tasting and reception!

Our guests are still raving about the food and service. We ended up going with braised beef, miso salmon, and bruschetta chicken for our entrees which all turned out phenomenal. All of the appetizers were delicious too. We highly recommend using Great Blue Heron.

All our guests raved about about delicious the food was at our reception. GBH was really safe and flexible about food allergies.

We used GBH since they are the in-house caterer for all of the NOVA Parks (our reception was at the Atrium at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens) and had a wonderful experience. The tasting was easy to schedule and I would say that the food tasted just as good on the day of the wedding as it did during the tasting. They have a fantastic selection to choose from and were super flexible to work with - new covid restrictions were announced the week before our wedding and we were able to change our stationary displays to passed hors d'oeuvres, buffet dinner to plated, and full bar to beer & wine, all with a guest list that was reduced from 65 to 22! The catering staff were polite and considerate and we had no issues come up!

We booked our wedding reception at The Woodlands at Algonkian Park, which is part of the Northern Virginia Park Authority facilities. Great Blue Heron is dedicated caterer. I found this to be convienent since I did not want to research different catering vendors.

Since COVID hit in the middle of planning our October 2020 wedding, the tasting was curbside pick up. Instructions were given on how to reheat the entrees and how to communicate our choices to the catering admin afterwards. Not the same as eating at the venue but we had no choice. All the food we tasted was delicious. We had a hard time choosing! Liz Gearhart answered all my questions about guests with food allergies, special drink requests (like adding hard cider), etc. Very responsive!

On the day of our wedding, the catering staff was accommodating and wonderful. The Catering Captain, DJ, made sure we got to eat during the cocktail hour and we had our meals and drinks refilled at the reception. We got a "to-go" box at the end of the night. Great to have leftovers the next day!

A note about the administrative fee: this is NOT the tips for the wait staff, chef, etc. You should actually give your cash tips in labeled envelopes to your Events Manager prior to the event. The Woodlands gave us a sheet with suggested ranges for tips for each catering team member. Very helpful!

From start to finish an awesome experience! They worked with us on allergies and restrictions. Price was reasonable ant the food was terrific!

Blue Heron Catering had lots of delicious food options. We thoroughly enjoyed our food. And the great staff did a lot to help make our special day great.