Ahern Catering Reviews
Reviews
4.9 out of 5 rating
4.9 out of 5 rating
20 Reviews
98% recommend it
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Dina Sent on 11/07/2022Amazing venue!
We had our reception 11/05/22 at St. Clarence Pavilion! EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT! So so so many compliments on the food and bar service! Lucy and the Ahern staff went above & beyond to help make our day so special! We were a little nervous about picking the food since we only got to try a few things.. BUT HIGHLY RECOMMEND: Bourbon Chicken, beef tips w/burgundy wine sauce (comes with rice pilaf too), the roasted red pepper pasta, parsley potatoes, and green beans w/bacon. IT WAS ALL SO DELICIOUS! & we took SO MUCH home! We had quite the party/drinking crowd and there was never a line at the bar! The bartenders Ahern provided were AMAZING! We are truly so grateful to have gotten to work with all of you, you helped make this the best day of our lives!! Thank you thank you! Love, the Halkos!Ahern Catering's reply:
Dina
Thank you for taking the time to give us this lovely review. It was a pleasure working with you.
Hope have enjoy married life.
Take Care
Lucy -
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Krista M. Sent on 05/03/2021
Great Venue!
Planning a wedding is stressful, planning a wedding during Covid is something else. Thank you Lucy for being so helpful! Our night was perfect! The food and service was great! St. Clarence was the perfect venue. It's a large space and also has doors to a deck that we were able to open up. We had guests that felt more comfortable being outside and they could still be part of the reception. -
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Natalie Sent on 04/07/2020We had the most amazing wedding!
We had the most amazing wedding, and all thanks to the amazing venue of St Clarence Pavilion, and Aherns catering. Lucy and her team were absolutely incredible from start to finish. They were extremely hands on during the entire event, and helped us with anything we needed. The food was incredible, and we heard so many wonderful remarks from our guests! If we could do it all over again, we would absolutely have the Aherns team right along with us!Ahern Catering's reply:
Natalie, Thank you for taking the time to give us a review. It was a pleasure working with you and hope you both enjoy married life.
Take Care
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Laura Sent on 10/09/2018I had my wedding reception in the Burke room in September. I cannot say enough good things about this venue! From the moment we went to see it we knew this is where we wanted to have our reception. The food is AMAZING! Usually you don't hear that about wedding food, but I have had nothing but compliments on our wedding. Lucy is awesome to work with and she will do all she can to make sure your day is prefect! Do your self a favor and check this venue out! You won't be disappointed! If I had to plan a wedding again (never again!) I would keep going back to Ahern's. Thank goodness for word of mouth. Also, if you have anyone with dietary issues/ restrictions Lucy and her team go above and beyond to accommodate to those, even if its making a separate meal just for them!
Ahern Catering's reply:
Laura,
Thank you for your review. We are appreciate that you took the time to share your experience.
The photos were great.
Enjoy and take care
Lucy -
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User1057719 Sent on 01/02/2013We got SO MANY compliments on the food at our wedding! The variety and presentation of the food was beyond our expectations! I would highly recommend Ahern's Catering to any one! -
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Sara Sent on 09/21/2010Lucy did a phenomenal job and always answered my many, many questions promptly. Ahern is the point of contact for all St. Clarence facilities. The moment I saw the indoor/outdoor pavilion I knew that’s where we’d have our reception. It is very rustic looking, but when you dress it up for a wedding (white tablecloths, chair covers, white fabric/lights, etc.) it looks amazing. We got so many compliments on it and it is so roomy – it’s just your reception in the standalone building. All of the doors come off to the deck so people can go outside as well. And when it’s dark and only the strung white lights are on above it is magical :) Ahern’s food was great (buffet) – we had top round carved beef, champagne chicken, Pasta with Roasted Red Pepper Cream Sauce, and the usual salad/rolls/potatoes/veggies. The food was probably some of the best wedding food I’ve had. You can also bring your own liquor for your reception. We had a full open bar and Ahern provided the bar wash. The servers and bartenders all did a great job. Their prices are pretty in line with other area reception venues, but with being able to bring your own liquor you can really save some $. I loved the St. Clarence Pavilion and it was a PERFECT place for a wedding reception. If you’re interested in an outdoor-type venue, this is a nice middle ground (stand-alone building, but doors open to deck overlooking a wooded area). There is no air conditioning, but with the big ceiling fans on and doors open, the temperature was perfect. As a side note – I went and dropped off items at the Pavilion the day before (centerpiece items for Finishing Touch to set up, guest book/frame, candles for tables outside, card box, cake cutting stuff, bathroom basket, etc.). I did a quick walk through and looked in all areas – there were some random items in the back nook by the fireplace…if you have your reception here, try to go the day before and take a quick peek through for random items – I just moved them to the back room behind the bar area. -
User1630963 Sent on 05/24/2014This was our wedding reception venue. Let me start by saying that we were planning this from out of town and could meet or be in the space regularly. During the event the good was incredible. Very high reviews on the grilled salmon with dill, and the grilled veggies. The roasted red pepper pasta is the way to go! Remember wherever you book the event, white sauces tend to be bland, because of the volume that they make it in. Because of that, we chose and were recommended during the tasting to choose the red pepper pasta. It was very very tasty. Bathrooms were clean at all times, and the bartenders were easy and accommodating. The wait and service staff were very good. Always making sure we were happy and asked where things needed to go, and when things were happening to be flexible as things changed throughout the night time wise for us with the reception. The reason we gave 4 stars in two sections were as follows: communication. We planned this about 9 hours away so it was challenging to schedule tastings, drop bys, planning meetings. Let me be clear that one wasn't bad communication, just difficult.
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Lyndi Sent on 03/15/2011This location was AMAZING. The hall has lights already strung, full glass window and door surround, a fireplace and is one giant open room. There is plenty of room to set up for a large amount of guests and still have a large dance floor and easy bar access. We were also able to bring in any type of candle as long as it had a base of some sort. It was everything we were looking for in our reception venue.
When I first started working with the caterer you have to work with, I was very nervous because the initial response time was slow. I met face-to-face with the point of contact which was very helpful. It all worked out in the end and the food was absolutely perfect.
One drawback, I was told we would have to move all of the tables back into place if we change them, which was actually not true. I did not find out until the evening of the reception when we were exhausted and trying to move huge wooden tables back into place. Also, I don't think the chicken we ended up with was actually what we had requested, but it was also delicious and we received tons of compliments. The appetizers were great (I heard) and the staff served desserts & cut and boxed the cake. The serving staff was WONDERFUL.
My major complaint about the hall is the chairs. They are metal and many were rusted and I heard a guest had a cracked chair. Although I was surprised to find out that the head/parent tables were set with a padded brown chair, they were ripped and in poor condition. This was a huge disappointment. The hall does allow you to bring in your own chairs, but the cost was prohibitive for us and we did not want to have to set them up and take them down. The metal and padded chairs actually would have been okay if they had been in better condition. We also had to pay to get access to the hall the day before to set up - this seemed silly after all we were spending to rent the hall.
I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS LOCATION even though I have highlighted the negatives. Think they are important for making your decision.
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