My husband and I had Purslane cater our wedding a few weeks ago and we couldn't be happier with our decision! From the start, Purslane was wonderful to work with and very open to catering their menu to fit us and our wedding. We wanted a floating cocktail style event and Purslane was totally on board with this. In addition, my husband's family is from Jamaica so we were interested in having Jamaican food served. The chef was happy to do this for us and made Jamaican food for the first time for us at our tasting. My husband is much more of an expert on Jamaican food than I am, but he was very pleased with the results. What's even better is that all of his Jamaican family (and our other guests) absolutely loved the Jamaican food we served at the wedding. Purslane and the chef went all out, offering a Jamaican menu of jerked chicken, braised oxtail, plantains, rice, beans, fish ceviche, and chicharron. We were absolutely blown away by the passed apps and were told by so many guests how great they were! We absolutely loved the watermelon bites and tuna tacos. We also had passed tacos which were delicious and dessert bites. One guest told us that she followed the servers around to get as many of the churros as she could. Finally, we had a late night nacho bar which sadly I did not get to try (the whole "the bride and groom forget to eat" thing is sadly so true!) but I was told by someone that it was the best nachos they have ever had. We were repeatedly told by our guests how amazing all of the different foods we served were. In fact one friend said that she was so impressed by the passed apps during the cocktail hour that she made sure to eat as much as she could during our wedding and get seconds of everything. Purslane's coordinators were incredibly helpful and wonderful to work with and the staff who ran our wedding were friendly and very professional. We truly cannot thank Purslane enough for making our day such a special, and delicious, one!

We had an excellent experience working with Elena at Purslane. She was imaginative, enthusiastic, and highly organized. Purslane's professionalism far exceeded our expectations, the food (and array of choices) for a pescatarian couple was great, and the staff on the day was also wonderful.

From start-to-finish, our main representatives from the Prospect Park Boathouse were beyond responsive, making any question or scheduling done with ease. Elena became our main point of contact early on and was always prompt with scheduling necessary meeting to discuss wedding decisions, providing us with necessary catering vendor information and meeting invitations, as well as consistently updating our event contract and event order to reflect any discussed alterations. Elena was prompt at following up with other vendors, making sure my husband and I had various appointments and wedding details established such as picking linens and dinner + glassware, selection or Purslane menu tasting and official wedding day meal selections, etc.

Beauty of the Boathouse aside, the Purslane catered dinner was a unanimous hit with all of our wedding guests. From our vegan and gluten free family/friends to those that ate the main meal being serviced, every guest could not stop raving about the food. My husband and I made selections for the Spring 2024 menu (as it changed seasonally) and we selected hors d’oeuvres: Avocado Toast with Goat Cheese; Potato Croquettes; Prosciutto Skewer. For dinner, the following was served family style: bread basket and olive oil (starter) ; cheese tortellini (starter) ; arugula fennel salad (starter); hanger stake (entree); ny steelhead trout (entree); roasted fingerling potatoes (side). Purslane was able to provide a completely nut-free wedding with all of the food prepared due to severely nut allergies for some of our guests, as well and plates vegan and kids meal options for select guests. My husband and I kept telling guests that the food was somehow even better than when we tired it at our tasting! Lastly, the catering at the Boathouse initially included a trio of mini desserts, but Purslane was beyond accommodating to our request for no dessert due to us providing our own outsourced catered wedding cake, which allowed for some of the catering fee to be surprisingly reduced!

From the amazing food I just detailed to the bar and coffee/tea station provided, Purslane created an extra layer of comfort and elegance to our wedding day that my husband and I are forever grateful for!