About this vendor
Black Tie Affairs Catering is a full service catering company that has been serving the city of San Antonio since 1985. Each of our events is a unique experience put together by our creative staff to suit the needs of the client.
Details
Cuisine
- American
- Eastern European
- French
- Fusion
- Indian
- Italian
Dietary Options
- Kosher
- Vegetarian
Food & Catering
- Buffet
- Chef Stations
- Seated Meal
- Servers
Reviews
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4.5
out of 5.013 reviews
The Black Tie Affairs team was easy to work with and their staff was on it all night! We appreciate their help and highly recommend them
Chose Black Tie since they offered everything we were looking for at a reasonable price. Lauri was so easy to work with and was very professional on site along with the rest of he...
r team. We were concerned since we ordered chicken - did not want it dried out - they cooked on-site and this was the best chicken marsala. The guests all raved that this was the best wedding food ever. We had beef wellington, deviled eggs and spinach feta phyllo for appetizers. Dinner was served seated with twice baked potatoes and bacon wrapped asparagus, salad and rolls with the chicken. Highly recommend!
I cannot even begin on how amazing their food is! Their food never disappoints. We did Buffett style and they made tortilla by hand at the venue. The food was never served cold. Th...
eir staff did amazing job catering, clean up after tables and their head person always check on my husband and me if we needed a drink or brought us food that we missed when we went though the line. They even provided beautiful linens for our tables! They show up on time and clean everything up at the end of the night! Highly, highly recommend them!
Amazing service! Noe and his team are great. The food was delicious and all of our guest really enjoyed it. From our appetizers, to dinner, everything tasted so good! The food they...
served at our wedding was very fresh and authentic it definitely exceeded our expectations. The way they presented the food and decorated the buffet tables was very detailed. Definitely recommend them for any event, big or small!
Black Tie made my Mexican food wedding dreams come true!! They did an amazing job the whole night, all the way to our late night snack with breakfast tacos and churros :). Lori is ...
amazing and so easy to work with!! Their food is impeccable, everyone is still raving about it!!
Our guests are STILL raving over the amazing food from Black Tie!
Lauri was a pleasure to work with & was always so patient when I had a new idea or made the millions of changes t...
o my orders. The staff was so professional and on top of everything at the wedding. They’re food made my husband and I and our guests very happy!
Thank you Black Tie Affairs for making our wedding day run so smoothly!! Absolutely everyone loved the food and all around service. Will definitely use for other events in the near...
future.
Thank you BTA for traveling all the way to Florida for our wedding. We couldn't have done it with out you!! The food was great, the service was fantastic and everything turned out ...
perfect!!!
If you want delicious food and great service, hire Black Tie as your caterer! Our guests raved about the great selection of food and how tasty everything was. My husband and I are ...
glad we hired them because of the variety of food they served and how much they served; no one left hungry. The staff was very flexible and accommodating to what we wanted; vegetarian options for some guests, and even though the corn-on-the-cob bar they planned was great, we decided it was too messy. They easily changed it to a mashed potato bar, original and sweet potato with all the toppings. They even paid attention to the finer details. We not only paid for the food and servers, but also plates, silverware, table linens, bartenders, and cocktail tables.
They offer lots of food choices. Our wedding food was top notch.
The lady who does lots of the coordinating was sometimes difficult to communicate with and would take a while to ...
reply to emails or not reply until I resent it. Regardless, She was very nice and everything turned out great.
If I could give zero stars, I would. Our experience with this caterer was a nightmare-they advertise themselves as making cuisine to fit every budget and 'the success of your even...
t is our main concern.' This is untrue. BTA is mismanaged, food is unsatisfactory and overpriced. We met and went over our vision, menu (simple, fresh, Italian) and talked about budget-we were told it was no problem to meet our expectations and we could have a tasting. We set a menu and we put down a deposit (2,500) based on the proposal. A month later, I called to arrange a tasting & was informed that they a tasting would cost $125 a person and our original point person was no longer working for them.
We were then set to meet with Debbie, who took over our event. She sent a variety of menus, all over budget, one even three times the original proposed amount. It was difficult to make decisions because she couldn't give us prices up front, and it became a back and forth ordeal trying to straighten out something that we had arranged months prior. I had to suggest my own plates because she could not create food that fit our Italian cuisine.
We finally got a menu and were provided with a sample of the pasta dish-it was delicious. The final menu was about 20% more than what we had originally agreed to pay, but we were unable to go to another caterer without losing our sizable deposit. There were a lot of extra charges not in our original contract, such as a 15% service fee.
Debbie was very hard to contact andit seemed she was always with a bigger 'very important' client-our wedding took a backseat to whatever was happening at their company. I asked to meet with her and the owner twice during the planning stage to straighten out our menu and pricing and put our minds at ease (never happened.)
The food at our wedding-the tortellini was so overcooked it was falling apart and the sauce was not what we had been given as a tasting sample a few weeks prior. It tasted like chef boyardee, watery and flavorless. On our menu was seared, balsamic glazed salmon. What they served was baked, dry salmon with a thick sauce that had a hint of barbecue. Lastly, the caprese salad was wrong-they served us a platter of mealy tomatoes, mozzarella and shredded, wilted basil. There was no olive oil or balsamic vinegar & when we asked for this, the cook drenched the platter in salad dressing. This plate is pictured on their website, a blatant misrepresentation of their food quality. These 3 errors were especially disappointing considering the amount of money we paid, the time we spent discussing the specific yet simple details of our menu. The bartender did not serve all of the beers, telling people she ran out. Our dads had to drag out the extra cases during the reception because she didn't restock the bar. We paid for cake cutting services that were not performed. My venue owner had to cut and serve the cake & the top tier was not saved as requested. I called the company the next day to express my disappointment and requested to speak with the owner. No one returned my calls, though I received an email apology for the cake cutting & a refund for that service. Nothing else was addressed by the caterer. I have waited for them to make things right before I wrote this review, but they have not. Use this company at your own risk-we were taken advantage of and are so disappointed in the service.
Good food (BBQ) just on the pricey side
I knew from the get go that catering for my wedding would be a challenge. I had a strict/tight budget and I have some major food allergies. BTA was able to not only accommodate the...
allergies, but also come up with a TASTY menu. They also were able to fit everything in to my small budget without compromising quality. The Cost Per Head includes all of the tables, chairs, linens, food, china, silverware, glassware and decorations they provided. It was definitely worth it! I HIGHLY recommend this company to cater your event.
Contact
1515 Rogers Ave, San Antonio, TX
Black Tie Affairs Catering