Genesis Delight Catering

I cannot recommend Genesis Delight Catering enough!! Dianna was very responsive from our first inquiry and helped us plan a spectacular dinner within a budget we were comfortable without sacrificing anything we wanted for our reception. Her staff were very professional and efficient setting up the venue within an hour for 130 guests. Our guests have been raving about the food and attentiveness of the catering staff! Genesis Delight Catering was hands down the best decision we made for our wedding!

We can’t thank Genesis Delight enough for the incredible catering experience at our wedding. Everything was absolutely perfect—from the flawless setup to the attentive service, they went above and beyond. The food was out of this world, and our guests are still raving about how delicious each dish was! The presentation and attention to detail made everything feel so special and elevated. Throughout the planning process, their communication and support were outstanding, making everything so much easier. We’re beyond grateful to Genesis Delight for helping make our day unforgettable. Highly recommend them for anyone looking for exceptional catering!

Unfortunately we did not have a good experience with Genesis Delight Catering. Things started out alright, we scheduled a tasting and the food was very good. Things went downhill after that. They showed up to the walk through without any of the samples so we were unable to pick out table settings or linens. They were supposed to email us the options within a few day and we never received them. My wedding planner and I reached out multiple times with no response. I was in a panic the week before the wedding because we still had not received info from them about the ABC license or connected about the table settings/linens. Two days before our wedding the venue reached out to let us know they still did not have the ABC license from the caterer, the day before the wedding Genesis was texting me because they forgot which salad we had picked. The day of the wedding some of the beer selections my husband made were not displayed, they did provide alternatives but did not let us know of the changes in advance, they forgot the kid’s meal we had requested and the final straw was the dessert bar. We had discussed a DIY caramel apple bar with apple slices, caramel for dipping and various topping. We discussed it more than once to ensure they could do it and we were assured it was no problem. What we got on the day of our wedding was a bar of apple crumble sliced into squares. My husband and I were unhappy about it to say the least. Keep in mind this was not a last minute event. We booked with Genesis more than a year in advance, they had more than enough time to prepare for our wedding. We contacted them after the wedding and let them know about the dessert bar and about the kids meal we paid for and did not receive. We were told they would refund us for the mistakes, that was over a month ago and we have not heard back or received anything from them. The food at the wedding was good but their lack of communication and planning was not worth it. We absolutely felt like just another event and that our wedding could not have been more unimportant to Genesis Delight Catering.

I would highly recommend Genesis Delight to cater your wedding. The food was fantastic and I felt like the quality endured from the two person tasting to the 100 person wedding. I got comments like, “your food was probably the best wedding food I’ve ever had” and notes of how the food was still warm once it hit the table (which is not always the case at weddings) and how much people liked the signature drinks (vodka cinnamon apple mule and bourbon manhattan). What we ate: Atlantic salmon with an apple cider glaze, broccolini and confetti orzo; beef medallions (other steaks are an up charge) with a sherry wine demi with mashed potatoes and broccolini, and Frenched chicken with a honey dijon sauce, broccolini, and confetti orzo. All three were so good. We also had 2 vegan plates, which were an additional $12 per plate. Things to keep in mind: I would be hesitant doing a sit down dinner at Sweeney Barn because it took almost 30 minutes to get some tables plated. This is due to Sweeney’s kitchen being downstairs but (most people have) the reception upstairs. Because of this, other catering companies only offer buffet dinners at Sweeney. I THINK this might be avoided with more staff (we had 8 waiters for a 100 person wedding). Just something to consider, if you have a wedding at Sweeney and you have a sitdown dinner. Also, several people did not get cake. We ended up taking home almost a whole sheet of cake (each sheet served 50 people). This is because the staff was handing people plates as they passed them instead of putting them on the tables. I would recommend instructing your caterers to put the cakes on the tables or a single dessert table and having the DJ announce it to avoid this situation. We did not do our food tasting until after we signed the contract. There are pros and cons to this. If you do the food tasting before signing the contract you have to pay for it. If you do it after, its included in your package; however if you dont like the food then youre kind of screwed, so we got lucky the food was delicious. We did NOT get to try everything - we tried our 5 appetizers and each of the entrees but we did not try the salad or the entree sides. We also didnt like one of the appetizers so switched it for another, which we did not get to sample. Overall, Genesis did an exceptional job and as long as the food was so good, I couldn’t ask for much more. My favorite was one of our appetizers - tomato soup with a mini grilled cheese. Presentation was SO cute and it was delicious. During dinner I was so excited I was having a hard time eating the dinner and when I asked for one more tomato soup with grilled cheese, Genesis made it happen. Amazing.