Design Cuisine Caterers Reviews
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4.7 out of 5 rating
4.7 out of 5 rating
60 Reviews
94% recommend it
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Katie Sent on 12/22/2019INCREDIBLE food and service!
Design Cuisine is the exclusive caterer to our venue, Woodlawn. Usually this is sort of terrifying because you feel “stuck” with a caterer you didn’t choose. If Woodlawn’s gorgeous venue didn’t sell you yet, LET DESIGN CUISINE DO IT WITH EASE. They are true professionals and their service is some of the BEST I’ve ever seen. We worked with Claire, who was helpful, understanding, and extremely responsive – even on the morning of my wedding. The Design Cuisine showroom in Shirlington is massive – so many choices for every type of wedding/style you can imagine. Claire helped us narrow down the look we were going for and helped us create a vision for our entire reception. The tasting had our jaws dropped the entire time. They had our exact linens, chairs, silverware etc. so you could get a good idea of how the reception would feel. For our tasting, they had cooked our ENTIRE wedding menu and even had folks dressed in tuxes serving us in the tasting room. Fast-forward to the day of, I couldn’t stop eating. Usually you find brides don’t have time or their nerves were too high. Nuh-uh – not with Design Cuisine’s food. Everything from the pear salad to the short rib was flawless and tasted exactly like it had (if not better!) than our tasting. We still have guests (over a month later) raving about our food. -
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Olivia Sent on 05/20/2019Amazing food and customer service!
After a turn of events a couple months before our wedding, our venue set us up with Design Cuisine - and it could not have worked out better! Not only was the food AMAZING, but their customer service was outstanding. They were essentially left to clean up a mess from another vendor and handled it so well, relieving any stress and making it a seamless transition. We specifically worked with Claire and if you’re able to request her, do it - you’ll have a flawless event with food that people will rave about! -
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Grace Sent on 05/15/2019Best Ever!!!!!
Our wedding experience with Design Cuisine could not have been more lovely. The entire planning process with them leading up to the day-of was professional yet also friendly and warm. They did an excellent job helping me put together my vision. The food ended up being gorgeous and so delicious - we had a few guests say it was the best catered wedding food that they had ever eaten. Design made our wedding so special and we highly recommend them. -
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Alexandra Sent on 01/30/2019More than we could have hoped for
If we could give Kevin and the team at Design Cuisine more than 5 stars, we would. We don't quite know how to express how thrilled we were with Design Cuisine. From the start, Kevin and his team were professional and flexible, willing to work with us to make sure that we had the event we wanted. From the menu design to the tastings to the execution of the event, it was nothing short of perfect.
Kevin and his team developed a menu that suited what we were looking for (and even gave us some options we didn't know we wanted). When we threw out ideas about other things we wanted to consider, Kevin was willing to make changes and/or be honest about what would or would not work. We were lucky enough to have both sets of our parents join us for our tasting -- an experience that was amazing and is one that we all will cherish for many years to come.
At the wedding itself, service was seamless. From the cocktail hour and passed hors d'oeuvres until the last late night snack was served, there were no issues. Many of our guests commented that this was the best food they had ever had at a wedding. We also had our cake done through Design and I can't count how many compliments we got -- people said things like, "I don't eat cake at weddings, but this one is amazing."
We can't say enough good things about Design. Most importantly, it was a beautiful meal that we will remember for a long time to come and was worth every penny we spent. -
Katie Sent on 11/08/2017My husband and I are both chefs, so the food at our recent wedding was THE most important thing to us in planning our big day - Design Cuisine hit it out of the park, and if we had to do it over again, we would choose them every time!
We started the catering experience by actually sending the Chef a specific menu we had created for our reception - from the tasting to the actual wedding dinner, their kitchen team delivered on every dish exactly as we had envisioned, and our wedding guests are still raving about the food!
Kristy and Kevin were absolutely amazing to work with every step of the way - from helping select our place settings and linens, to designing the floor plan and other details and decor, they were creative, fun, and so accommodating - nothing about the planning process was ever stressful.
The team of staff on site during our wedding was also fantastic - we really appreciated the hospitality felt by our friends, family, and even the other vendors, which can only come from experienced, trained and professional servers and bartenders.
We cannot thank Design Cuisine enough for helping make our special day everything we could have hoped for and would highly recommend them to any future couple looking for the ultimate catering experience!
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User2832901 Sent on 10/25/2016We worked with Jen. She is absolutely amazing, creative, responsive, lovely. Even though DC is on the pricier side, they're willing to completely tailor the service to your needs & I think it's a better deal in the end for this reason. HIGHLY recommend -
User2098137 Sent on 04/15/2015The Design Cuisine Team led by Erica Fredericks was outstanding!! From the hors d'oeuveres to the three course dinner and late night snack idea, Erica, her chefs, pantry staff, waiters, bartenders, etc. executed flawlessly. The food was so delicious that every single guest cleaned their plate. Food came out hot and efficiently. My daughter, our wedding planner and I consulted with Erica on everything including linens, place settings, chairs with guest names painted on the backs for our two king tables which was so creative! Every suggestion made by Erica contributed to the magical atmosphere we hoped to achieve. In addition to the talents of the Design Cuisine Team, they were a pleasure to work with. Erica was a true partner and every member of her team was responsive and kind to our guests. I would not hesitate to use Design Cuisine again for any upcoming event. They are sensational!
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User1887729 Sent on 10/27/2014We had a great time planning our wedding with Dede and Claire. The service was great, great selection of plates and linens and not to mention their amazing food!! -
User1647979 Sent on 06/05/2014The staff were great to work with. They were willing and able to modify some of the dishes for us and were also able to do some new things for the event that we requested. Food was not only beautifully presented but also wonderful to eat. They also provided the wedding cake which was elegant and delicious (lemon raspberry). Guests have not stopped talking about the food. The staff were extremely professional and attentive. They even designated special staff to shadow the bride and groom to ensure that they got food and drinks during the evening. We also selected the linens and china through them and loved the options that were offered at no up charges. They really made the event. -
User1638958 Sent on 05/30/2014Do you want delicious (gourmet) food, fantasic service (friendly waitors, barmen) and a totally hassle free time while planning all of this for your wedding? All I can say is: Design Cuisine! We worked with Katie, who is absolutely terrific! She's positive, friendly, accomodating, a total professional but personally involved and dedicated! Communication flowed smoothly from the get-go, and Katie immediately understood what we were looking for (I'd like to think we were pretty relaxed). The pre-wedding tasting was a complete success, and the food was EXACTLY as delicious (if not better!) on our big day. About the big day: it had rained torrentially all through the night, and we wanted to celebrate outdoors in the venue's garden. Katie (and Design) had to make the final decision, and they MADE IT HAPPEN OUTSIDE. It was perfect. Our guests came from Argentina, Brasil, France, Germany, Australia, Spain, Singapore and more, and ALL guests (no joke!) commented on how incredible the food was and how wonderful the service had been. And just another hat-off to Katie for making everything so much easier and more relaxed for me (the bride) the weeks before the wedding and the day of. You might think this review is too glowing, but there really is NOTHING negative to say about Design Cuisine. And work with Katie if you can, she's a rockstar!
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User1473343 Sent on 12/15/2013It is rare when guests walk away from weddings talking about how good the food was. It's even more rare that over a week later, guests are still clamoring over the meal, the sides especially.They also help create a lovely ambiance with the great selection of dishes/linens etc. They were worth every penny. -
User1328117 Sent on 09/14/2013EVerything was wonderful-perfect everything
