Bridges Catering

te fish) with several sides. The staff were so kind and helpful (we had two staff members dedicated to helping us the bride and groom to our table and getting us drinks). I cannot say enough great things about Mary Jo and the Bridges catering staff. Thank you so much for helping with our wedding!!

couldn't leave any of the food behind. Being the busy bride, I barely had a bite off my husband's plate. Other than that, I'm told it was great!

down for our tasting and we were met with smiles and genuine interest in our big day! They were able to meet our request for a plated dinner and were fabulous at communicating with us and our coordinators! We got so many compliments about the creamy baked chicken and the friendly wait staff! I was also stopped at our wedding by one of the employees who graciously thanked me for using them and told me how wonderful our day was! We cannot recommend Bridges enough!

due to it, but overall if I could have used another catering service I would have gone with someone else.

the food was one time, everyone raved about our appetizers and the meal was great. They did all the work and when they were finished they sought me out to make sure they were good to leave. Their pricing was reasonable for a full service caterer.

l because we live in South Carolina, and our wedding was in Rock Island, IL, which made my husband and I a little nervous, but Bridges did an absolutely AMAZING job. I would highly recommend their services to anyone. Not only was the food delicious, but the people they sent with were great as well! Even though we did a buffet style wedding, the servers brought my husband and I's plates to the head table, and they helped all of our elderly guests with their plates if it looked like they might have trouble (canes, walkers, etc), which was just great. Thank you so much!!!

lt to shop around for different caterers. We’d heard rave reviews from friends and family who had eaten Bridges at other events and because Bridges is the preferred caterer at our venue, we booked them without having a tasting first – it was just easiest, and we trusted those reviews. Admittedly, we shouldn’t have booked before having a tasting but in the end I’m glad we did it that way, because otherwise we might not have selected them as our caterer. When we finally had the tasting, we didn’t know what to expect because we were going off menu – selecting to serve chili, soup, mac and cheese, baked potatoes and corn bread for our wedding meal – but even I had certain expectations that were let down. The mac and cheese was just Kraft, the chili was unimpressive and the cornbread was dry and stale. Now, there were a few things that contributed to this: it was after Thanksgiving weekend so the bread was made the previous week, mac and cheese was traditionally only served to kids, and we were going off menu. But either way, when Tanja left the room to let us discuss it, I had a lump in my throat and a sinking feeling in my stomach. This was a disaster and we were already locked into the contract. Thankfully, Tanja was very understanding and completely open to working on the menu and updating the options. My Mom provided different recipes for chili, mac and cheese, and chicken tortilla soup, and made requests on the presentation. The best thing was that Tanja worked with my Mom the entire time and was very accommodating to our requests. Tanja sourced out a new, gourmet mac and cheese that adults would enjoy, had her cooks tweak the chili to have more flavor, and accepted the different recipes my Mom proposed. The next time my Mom and Grandma went back for a tasting I received grade-A reviews that the catering would be good. Fast forward to the wedding day and that was definitely the number one aspect I was most nervous about. But when I walked in the door, I was instantly happy. It looked amazing, it smelled amazing and I received glowing reviews all night long from my guests about how outstanding the mac and cheese was! We received compliments on the unique menu and the quality of the food all evening. To top it all off Bridges even had an attendant help me and my husband through the line and carry our dishes to our seats so we wouldn’t have to worry about spilling. Bridges took a doubting non-believer and turned me around 180 degrees on the wedding day. I couldn’t be more happy with the outcome, and I’ll forever be grateful to Tanja and her team for graciously accepting our requests for changes, for creating a menu that was outside the box and for being the most professional vendors we worked with. Thank you so much for all your hard work, and the amazing service you provided.

money. People are still raving about how delicious the food was. Thank you Bridges Catering for making our day even more amazing, and definitely more delicious!

they did for our guests.

t with lots of options for only $19.95 per person. We received many compliments on how good it was. Drinks and hours d'oeuvres were great and reasonably priced as well; they provide lots of options for the bar. We ended up doing an open bar until after dinner, when we switched to beer and wine only. Everything was great!

stings and offered suggestions for us. I loved working with them! They were friendly and welcoming and always answered any questions we had. We did our reception Buffet-style and all of our guests commented on how much they loved the green beans! Everything ran very smoothly!