About this vendor
In our humble opinion, great food and great hospitality are all it takes to make someone feel at home.
Whether it's your home or ours, we've got you covered with tasteful and trusted dishes from The Pit, Raleigh Times, Gravy, Sitti and The Morning Times. It is your day and it should be what you want, we will create a Wedding Catering Menu that's perfect for you!
We pride ourselves on fresh, local, seasonal eats and chef-driven concepts rooted in truth, not trends.
Details
Cuisine
- American
- BBQ
- Italian
- Middle Eastern
- Southern
Dietary Options
- Gluten Free
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
Food & Catering
- Buffet
- Catering Clean Up
- Catering Delivery & Setup
- Family Style
- Food Trucks
- Menu Tastings
Reviews
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you make those big decisions with ease.
5
out of 5.017 reviews
Empire Eats is the best caterer in the triangle. As a former employee, I found that other wedding caterers didn't come close to the quality of Empire Eats selections and ultimatel...
y went with Empire despite eating a lot of their food during my employment. Kimberly and her staff always do a fantastic job! Kimberly even helped bustle the bride's dress at cocktail hour!!
Everyone at our wedding kept commenting on how great the food was. Multiple people asked about the caterer since they were looking for a caterers.
Empire Eats was the perfect catering choice for our wedding. We did buffet style and there were many options from multiple restaurants to choose from. Sierra was amazing to work wi...
th - so professional and willing to work with us on our budget. Thank you!
Kimberly was fantastic to work with a so on top of everything. The food was delicious. The staff was so attentive and made sure my husband and I were taken care of the whole night
TLDR: Our friends and family couldn't stop raving about the food. Do yourself a favor and hire EEC for your event!
Our wedding ran flawlessly smooth and we can mostly credit that to the team at Empire Eats. Empire Eats works with/owns some of the best restaurants in Raleigh so the menu will be...
fantastic regardless of what you choose, but their service was the biggest and best surprise. They accommodated dietary restrictions easily and were incredibly mindful and flexible with our budget. The team that arrived the day of was so helpful I could cry with how they executed coordinating tables to get food, drink, cake, etc. The lead caterer also worked incredibly well with our DJ and Aunt (operating as the day-of coordinator) to make sure everything was really smooth and there was no awkward timing between the ceremony, cocktail hour, or dinner.
Empire Eats was AMAZING! They were so helpful during the entire wedding process, especially with multiple date changes! They were very responsive and worked so hard to make our day...
run smoothly. On our wedding day, cocktails and dinner ran so smoothly and they made sure our guests (and us!) were all taken care of. Through EE we were also able to rent dinnerware, linens and extra tables which was super helpful and easy. Kristina and Maria were our main contacts and they were so incredible. Tasty food and amazing caterer!
We're SO glad we chose Empire Eats for our catering!!! They were incredibly helpful and responsive throughout the entire experience (even with multiple wedding date changes). I als...
o loved that they were able to handle all of our linen and glassware rentals with CE rental- it just makes it a little easier to have one vendor to communicate with for both!
Kristina was our main point of contact through Empire Eats and she was the absolute SWEETEST!! She was always quick to respond to e-mails and just made our experience so comfortable. We really appreciated everything she did for us and we highly recommend using them for your catering needs!!
Empire Eats & Kimberly were absolutely wonderful with catering our wedding at The Stockroom. She was very responsive to the many, many emails I sent over our 18 month engagement an...
d they were super receptive to any guest dietary restrictions. Absolutely loved being able to use local Raleigh restaurants for our big day, and our guests raved about dinner from Gravy!! Highly recommend.
Empire Eats did a great job catering our wedding at the Stockroom! Kimberly was always quick to respond to my (many) emails, and she always had great details in her answers. We had...
to move our date a few times (COVID), and Kimberly always did everything she could to make sure we had a great day. Her team of wait staff and bar tenders did a phenomenal job. The tacos and appetizers were excellent, and all of our guests had a great time. Would highly recommend!
I have nothing but amazing things to say about Empire Eats Catering! My now husband and I love The Pit, so it was an easy decision to have it catered at our wedding reception. The ...
staff was incredibly friendly and was so accommodating when we ended up moving our reception to a private residence due to Covid. The bartending services were also wonderful. I would highly recommend Empire Eats to anyone planning an event in the triangle area!
The day of staff was stellar and the food was perfect!
Thank you so much Empire Eats for the amazing food and service!! One of our friends literally came up to us during the reception and said "Where is the chef?!? I need to go find th...
em and shake their hand!!!" We chose the Pit BBQ for food everyone was absolutely thrilled. Not to mention, they did an awesome job serving people at the bar (there was never a crazy long line and we definitely had some drinkers at our wedding!).
People always say you forget to eat during your wedding day, but we definitely didn't because Empire Eats served us our plates directly and the food was too dang good to not devour. We cannot thank you enough!
Empire Eats was great to work with - I hired them for both the rehearsal dinner at Sitti and had The Pit BBQ buffet catered for our wedding. They were responsive and helpful in th...
e linen selection process. Everyone loved the food at both events!
Empire Eats was AMAZING! Not only is the food so delicious, but the employees are irreplaceable. We used Empire Eats to cater The Pit at our wedding reception. Some of the vendors ...
we looked at would not let us sample the food, which was a big red flag. But Empire Eats paid for us to have an entire meal at The Pit before booking them. This meant so much to us because it shows how proud they are of the food they're serving. Our guests raved about the barbecue and sides that were served at our wedding. And they even made my husband and I a plate to go since we did not have a ton of time to eat. Krystal was amazing in make sure we had everything we needed. She made sure everything was completely gluten free for me so that I wouldn't have any sort of sickness on such an important day. She worked so hard to help us stay within our budget as best as possible. She was awesome! Empire Eats is a wonderful company to work with leading up to the wedding, and having everything run very smoothly on the day of! Highly recommend!
Empire Eats did a fantastic job with the food and ensuring that the setup was perfect for the passed hors d'oeuvres and the displayed food. I loved working with Kimberly and her te...
am. Thank you!
I cannot say enough good things about working with Kimberly and Empire Eats catering! The food was delicious and their service was phenomenal. We had a plated salad and then a bu...
ffet for dinner. It ran so smoothly. We received a number a compliment on how well the service was and also how good the food was! We would definitely recommend and use Empire Eats again! Thank you!
Empire Eats is part of a company that encompasses Gravy, Sitti, the Pit and the Raleigh Times. So when you’re deciding what to serve at your wedding/event, you can choose from a v...
ariety of menus with really good food. Bacon bruschetta, anyone? We were a little nervous when management changed hands but our wedding venue had nothing but praise when Empire Eats stepped in for an event when another caterer backed out. They were able to work with our dietary concerns and still provide great food. They have a good selection of wine although we provided the beer (beer snobs here). I missed the food at the cocktail hour but they were able to get me a few bites when we sat down at dinner. So glad we went with them.
Contact
415 Royal St, Raleigh, NC | The Triangle and Beyond!
Empire Eats Catering