Ashling: Where Every Bite Tells a Love Story!
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Karla Gutierrez
CATERING SALES & EVENTS COORDINATOR
AWARD WINNER (2X)
Thanks to recommendations from couples on The Knot
Based in Crofton, MD, Ashling stands out as a renowned restaurant and catering company specializing in wedding day cuisine. With a background in backstage catering for music festivals and venues across Baltimore, this experienced team brings a wealth of knowledge to ensure a superior experience for your special day. Comprised of culinary veterans, Ashling is dedicated to creating a dream-like atmosphere filled with great vibes and even better food.
When it comes to dining options, Ashling offers endless possibilities. From start to finish, their team takes care of everything, offering a diverse menu to suit every mood and time of day. Indulge in delectable menu items like steak tacos, deviled eggs, cornbread tarts, and of course, wedding cake and dessert tables. With a range of serving styles available, including hors d’oeuvres, chef stations, buffet-style, and cocktail receptions, Ashling ensures your dining experience is tailored to perfection.
Trust Ashling to elevate your wedding day with impeccable service and unforgettable culinary delights. With their commitment to excellence and attention to detail, the friendly staff ensures a seamless and stress-free experience from start to finish. From the setup to the cleanup, Ashling's comprehensive packages include everything you need to create a magical and memorable celebration. Say "I do" to Ashling and let them bring your wedding vision to life with their expertise and dedication to making your special day truly extraordinary.
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Cuisine
Greek
Indian
Italian
Latin American
Mexican
Southern
Dietary Options
Dairy Free
Gluten Free
Halal
Nut Free
Organic
Sugar Free
Vegan
Vegetarian
Food & Catering
Buffet
Catering Clean Up
Catering Delivery & Setup
Chef Stations
Family Style
Food Trucks
Menu Tastings
Passed Appetizers
Seated Meal
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Karla Gutierrez
Catering Sales & Events Coordinator
Karla is your go-to expert for creating seamless and unforgettable events. With a knack for detail and a passion for creativity, she turns your vision into a reality with professionalism and a personal touch. Known for her warm personality and impeccable organization, Karla ensures every celebration she coordinates is stress-free and spectacular. Trust Karla to make your special day truly exceptional.
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5.0
out of 5.019 reviews
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Ashling received glowing reviews for their catering services for weddings. Reviewers praised the incredible food, accommodating various dietary restrictions, all-vegetarian menu, exceptional service, and helpfulness of staff. Danielle and Stacy were highly commended for being organized, responsive, and going above and beyond to make couples' wedding visions a reality. The team's attention to detail, responsiveness, and willingness to provide a free tasting before booking set them apart. Guests raved about the delicious food, personalized service, and seamless execution, making Ashling highly recommended for weddings in the DMV area.Review photos
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Klaire A
5.0
11/16/2024
Working with Ashling was incredible! Karla was so helpful through the planning process and helped make our vision come to life with some creative planning. The food was incredible and our guests are still raving about it!
Mo G
5.0
9/28/2024
Ashling was fantastic at every step for our wedding. They offered us a complimentary tasting before we even booked with them, and the food was amazing (and continued to be on our wedding day—everyone raved about it). We initially planned on saving money by going the buffet route, but it turns out a plated dinner with Ashling (including four passed appetizers and an added desserts display) was the best option pricewise! I really think the catering team set the tone for our wedding and just made it so beautiful; they followed every single request we had, down to modifying a single guest’s meal to be kosher. They even wrapped up all the leftover desserts (and the cake) for us to take home the moment we were ready to leave. I would highly recommend Ashling for your catering.
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Andrew K
5.0
9/20/2024
Ashling was a delight to work with. They were very professional and responsive with any questions we had. Karla helped us throughout the process, and would bring ideas and suggestions that we would never have thought of. They were diligent and thorough with all aspects of our wedding, and we can't thank them enough. Highly, highly, highly recommend Ashling for anyone looking for an amazing caterer
Karina K
5.0
7/09/2024
So glad we chose Ashling for our wedding catering! They served an all-vegetarian menu while also accommodating other dietary restrictions such as nut allergies, gluten-free, vegan, etc. Several guests told us it was the best food they've ever had at a wedding! We've actually been back to their restaurant multiple times because the food is just that good! Danielle was also great to work with - she was friendly, flexible, patient, and professional.
Margaux H
5.0
6/13/2024
Ashling was a great decision for our wedding! Danielle was very easy to work with and made sure everything was what we were envisioning even when we made an addition or two fairly close to the wedding day. The food was great and the service on the wedding was also stellar and I appreciated that Ashling made sure that my husband and I had drinks and a plate of our cocktail hour food. It rained on the day of the wedding and Ashling was able to flip the ceremony space for the reception since it had to be inside which we greatly appreciated as well!
Lauren K
5.0
5/19/2024
Ashling Catering did a fabulous job for our wedding. A buffet for 180 people on a private family farm and they did not bat an eye at any random requests. Aside from the food being EXCEPTIONAL, the service was unmatched and we continue to receive compliments on our choice of food/catering. Our special dairy free cake was probably one of the best I have ever had and the late night burgers were a HIT. 1000/10 reccomend Ashling Catering if you're local to the DMV area.
Olivia J
5.0
4/25/2024
The Ashling team went above & beyond to make sure our wedding catering was perfect. Danielle was AMAZING — she communicated wonderfully, promptly responded to all of my random questions, gave great advice when I asked, helped my coordinator solve issues that came up on the day of the wedding, and so much more. Everyone raved about the food, and my husband & I still are talking about it weeks later. Seriously couldn’t have asked for a better company to have cater our wedding. THANK YOU!
Anissa E
5.0
1/15/2024
I can’t recommend Ashling enough they are a dream to work with! The food was amazing all I heard throughout the night was how it was the best wedding food people have ever had. They are so organized and on top everything they really help guide you to your perfect vision. Danielle is not only amazing at her job but an amazing person she’s is very warm and friendly after meeting her I felt so much more at ease and suddenly everything wasn’t scary anymore! She also came up with so many wonderful ideas that I certainly would’ve never thought of. If you get the privilege to work with Danielle just know your day with be perfect and everything you dream of!!!!
Elizabeth S
5.0
11/25/2023
Ashling did a WONDERFUL job catering our wedding! All of our guests RAVED about the food and are still talking about it a month later. Danielle was a DREAM to work with. She was communicative the entire time and really helped us with making decisions and planning our wedding. Danielle and her staff were instrumental in making our vision a reality since we had very limited time to decorate our venue.
Ashling accommodated all of our food preferences and our guests’ allergies. They even made a special Cuban hors d’oeuvres when we asked for a Cuban dish. I will be recommending them to everyone !
Sean C
5.0
11/12/2023
We could not have been happier with Ashling!
First off, the food is absolutely incredible! Our guests absolutely loved their mini-crab cakes and their other hors devours were huge hits as well! The Braised Beef Short Rib is exquisite and the Whiskey Glazed Chicken is to die for!
With Ashling, you get more than just excellent food, you get unbeatable service as well! Danielle and Stacy are fantastic catering directors and exceptional to work with! They are responsive, detail oriented, meticulously well organized, knowledgeable, and also just cool people to work with. They took time to get to understand our vision for our dream wedding and made sure to help make it a reality. Working with such amazing professionals took a lot of stress off our plate which is a HUGE plus when planning a wedding. We cannot thank them enough!
A few other things that set Ashling apart for us. 1.) They were hands down the most responsive caterer we contacted when we began this process. To us, this was huge because it helped us feel at ease knowing that we would have an attentive team down the stretch. 2.) They were the only vendor that offered us a free tasting before signing a contract. This gave us an opportunity to try their delicious food before putting money down and also made them the first vendor we spoke with (And really no one else came close after that). 3.) They let us provide our own alcohol. This helps with cost, but it also allowed us to choose the craft beers we wanted, which was important to us.
We 100% recommend Ashling for your wedding or any other catering event!
Mishka C
5.0
6/29/2023
Ashling catered our wedding in Baltimore, MD in June of 2023 and we can’t thank them enough for their work. Stacy and Danielle were patient, kind, creative, and just so warmly receptive to our ideas and silly questions. They knew the venue inside and out. They were calm and collected when we were a stressed-out mess. They made us and our families feel taken care of that day. The Ashling cooking staff are gifted. The food they prepared was delicious and beautiful and fun. The catering staff transformed the venue in what felt like the blink of an eye into the setting we’d been dreaming of for over a year. And they were so hospitable and responsive as well. Every time I turned around someone was just ready to help. We’d recommend Ashling to anyone. They’re some really talented and nice folks working there.
Carlee S
5.0
6/08/2023
Ashling was absolutely amazing for every step of our wedding journey. When we first found them, we read great reviews and their food looked delicious but my fiancé wanted to taste it before we booked them. I told ashling that and they gave us a sample tasting which included cocktails and the most incredible food all while Stacey and Danielle spent the time answering questions and telling us what the wedding process would look like. We were blown away and signed the contract that day. I was a bit worried, as a gluten free bride, about what our menu would look like but they were so accommodating and being GF was no issue. We were blown away and signed the contract that day. I was a very detail-oriented bride and when I asked Stacey and Danielle questions or told them my pretty specific vision, they didn’t make me feel like a bridezilla but rather welcomed everything I said and took note of it. Communication was excellent! They didn’t just provide food for us, they made sure our day ran smoothly once they arrived and they covered every little detail beforehand with us. My family and friends, a month later, are still raving about the food and all of our vendors told us it’s the best wedding food they’ve ever had. We didn’t want boring chicken and potatoes for our wedding and Ashling truly provided a memorable meal for us and our guests. Ashling set up our wedding beautifully (welcome table, bar, dinner tables, etc.), the food was delicious, and most importantly, we felt so taken care of on our wedding day.
I would recommend them a thousand times over! Thank you, Ashling for making our day perfect. We can’t wait to come back for dinner!
Ashly S
5.0
5/31/2023
We absolutely loved working with Ashling for our wedding! Stacy and her assistant, Danielle, were so incredibly helpful and responsive every step of the way. After an initial tasting, we felt so confident in the team, and delighted with the food, that the decision to choose Ashling was easy. Throughout the year of wedding planning, whenever we had a question or idea, Stacy was quick to respond and if the answer couldn't be a resounding "yes" for any reason, she was quick to suggest alternatives that might meet our vision and our budget. They kept us on track with planning, helped us build a timeline and asked great questions on things that weren't on my radar at all, things that truly exceeded the responsibilities of caterer. They even used a different table rental vendor than they typically would, added on my special rentals (like the sweetheart table) to prevent me from having to pay two different rental company's delivery fees - truly above & beyond their scope! I had full trust in Ashling's team to execute on the day of and they went above and beyond to make sure my husband and I were served, always had a drink in our hand and all in all happy. We couldn't have been happier with the food, the team or the experience with Ashling and would absolutely recommend to any couple! The chicken parm bites were our guest's favorite at cocktail hour! We can't wait to eat at Ashling for anniversaries in the future :)
Alyssia K
5.0
5/03/2023
Danielle and Stacy are the dream team. I instantly knew there was something different about them from their first response to my inquiry on The Knot. They had an adorable questionnaire that asked about what my fiancé and I liked to eat and then personalized a menu for us based on our vision and tastes. They were organized, responsive, and they helped me through decisions that I didn’t know how to make! Which for a first time bride/event planner was a dream come true. The food was divine and the day of was a dream come true. I was also nervous about the location being remote/not having certain things available and Danielle and Stacy made me feel like everything was going to be OK and they’d do whatever needed to be done to make it all happen….and they did. We could not be more grateful to this team/company. They made our wedding day perfect.
Vendor response 05/23/2023
Alyssia,
Thank you so much for the kind words and taking the time to leave a great review...
! You were amazing to work with and your day was so beautiful. Thank you for allowing us to be apart of your special day. Ashling wishes you both nothing but the best! Congratulations!
Madelyn W
5.0
2/22/2023
One word, SPECTACULAR!! Ashling was absolutely amazing and I can’t say enough praise about them. Being a celiac bride I was extremely worried and stressed about having to find a caterer, but once we found Ashling it was like a breath of fresh air. They were so accommodating and listened to our every need. Stacy was the absolute best and we couldn’t have asked for anyone better to work with. And the food speaks for itself! SOOO GOOD! We went the the food truck to cater our reception and served tacos and burgers. They made sure all my gluten free needs were met and helped us come up with the perfect menu! Stacy also helped me with getting a gluten free wedding cake that was so yummy! They really did make our day a breeze when it came to our food and set up. They handled everything for us and were THE BEST! We highly recommend going with Ashling!! And will definitely be making their restaurants one of regular our date night spots!
Maura F
5.0
11/09/2022
My wife and I got married over the weekend and used Ashling as our caterers. I cannot say enough amazing things about this company/restaurant/service.
From day 1, Stacy and Danielle were on top of things completely, very kindly sending me reminders of when things were due such as headcount, payments, day of requirements, etc... which was very much appreciated during such a stressful period. The tasting was perfect and delicious and the chef even came out with the dishes to introduce it and explain the flavors and cultural elements of each.
The price was reasonable, especially for so many people and all of our guests were very impressed by the sophistication, taste, and presentation of the food. Additionally, one of the staff (it was a whirlwind but I want to say it was Danielle) made sure that we had plates of each dish at our sweetheart table before anyone else did!
The next part has nothing to do with food and everything to do with service. They set up the cupcakes station, they set up our complicated guestbook, they made sure that everyone was treated and served equitably and kindly and most importantly, they never asked us for anything day of. I was free to enjoy our special day and I am SO grateful that we went with Ashling for our wedding.
TL;DR - Hire Ashling if you're looking for innovative, delicious food, a dynamic and friendly staff, and a hardworking, dedicated team. They went the extra 15 miles for us and it made our event even more special and effortless.
Vendor response 11/09/2022
Katriya,
Thank you so much for your kind words :) You and Fritz were an absolute joy to w...
ork with and, here at Ashling, we were so honored to be a part of your magical day! You, Fritz, your family, and your wedding planner were so amazing to work with. I wish you nothing but the best - health and happiness to you and your family. Good luck in Virginia!
Richa P
5.0
11/03/2022
My wedding was pure Indian and needed authentic Indian cuisine. Ashling did a great job with the food. The tastes and flavors were there. The presentation was great. There was great variety in the menu they curated for me. Everything was handled very professionally including services and cleaning after the event.
Vendor response 11/09/2022
Richa,
We loved being able to cater Indian cuisine at your two-day wedding celebration! T...
hank you so very much for your kind words and for entrusting us with executing your two-day wedding. We pride ourselves on being able to be customizable for our client's wants and needs. Thank you!
Juliet L
5.0
10/26/2022
Ashling was absolutely fantastic! The food was fabulous, and everyone was so sweet and kind and lovely. We wanted a super colorful wedding and they let us mix and match linen colors and really helped us bring our wacky vision to life! Seriously, everyone was gushing about the food -- a very rare thing at a wedding! Truly, Ashling is the best, I wouldn't have changed a thing!
Vendor response 11/09/2022
Juliet,
Your wedding was full of so much love, color and great jams! Thank you for your r...
aving review and for trusting me and Stacy with your and Josh's day of celebration! The love the two of you have for each other was so heartwarming to see. Your family and wedding planner were great to work with and we thank you for allowing us to be a part of your day!
Kat B
5.0
10/25/2022
Danielle and Stacy were a dream to work with and the entire Ashling team that worked at our wedding was so awesome. Our guests loved the passed appetizers, the food truck/plated dinner, and the bar service and we received tons of compliments letting us know the food was excellent. My husband and I were so happy we found Ashling, and they made the planning process a breeze. We were impressed with their attention to detail and thoroughness and I would highly recommend them for a wedding or any type of event where you want some delicious food and top-notch service. They worked well with our event coordinator as well and went above and beyond in assisting with set-up /decor. If not for an event, I would also recommend dining at their restaurant in Crofton. The chef is fantastic and their around-the-world series is so fun! We are so happy with how it all turned out and are so grateful to Danielle, Stacy, and the rest of the team for helping to make our wedding a beautiful and memorable event. My only regret was not formally thanking them during our "thank you" speech during our wedding. They are 100% worth it!
Vendor response 11/09/2022
Katriya,
Thank you so much for your kind words :)
You and Fritz were an absolute joy to...
work with and, here at Ashling, we were so honored to be a part of your magical day! You, Fritz, your family, and your wedding planner were so amazing to work with. I wish you nothing but the best - health and happiness to you and your family. Good luck in Virginia!
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