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Cuisine
- American
Food & Catering
- Buffet
- Catering Clean Up
- Catering Delivery & Setup
- Menu Tastings
- Passed Appetizers
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out of 5.07 reviews
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tl;dr: DELICIOUS, helpful, kind, collaborative, professional, & accommodating of dietary restrictions
Wow - what can I even say! Hickory Ricker (Decatur IL location) hit it out of the park! Incredibly kind staff, helpful and collaborative admin staff (shout out Eric B for all your help!), and delicious food! Everyone was raving about how good the food was - we couldn't get enough!
Hickory River was accommodating of dietary restrictions - specifically gluten free, vegetarian/vegan options, etc. You won't be disappointed with having Hickory River cater your big day!
We were going to go with them for our wedding/do it yourself catering. After bad communication and poor customer service to say the least we got our deposit back and going with a more reputable professional place that frankly isn't that much more and does the extras well worth the money. Bummed me out because I've always liked this place but the girl in charge of catering was so rude we won't be back at all ever.
Overall we were very pleased with our experience using Hickory River Smokehouse as the caterer for our wedding in September. Hannah was absolutely wonderful to work with. She was very responsive to all of our calls, emails, and answered all of our questions. She also made changes to our order weeks before the event/days before our final deposit was due, and was flexible to our changing minds! For an extra minimal fee, she also set-up our dessert table as our bakery of choice did not provide that as an option, and it looked wonderful! The food was outstanding - relaxed, comfort food, and many of our guests commented on how much they enjoyed the bbq as well. At the end of the night, I had spoken with Hannah about taking our desserts back to the restaurant along with all of our other leftovers. However, our desserts (including the remainder of our wedding cake) was forgotten at the venue, so we did not receive the rest of our desserts or leftover wedding cake. Other than this issue, we were happy with our decision to go with their service.
It was delicious! Planning our menu for the day was a breeze, and all my questions were answered quickly throughout the planning process. We received so many compliments on how good our food was at the reception. Definitely the right choice for us! We loved working with them.
Hannah is amazing to work with! Her and Shane make an excellent team. They made our wedding feel like the most important event that the business had coming up, even though I know they're quite busy on a regular basis. The guests loved the food! We had the sliced brisket, pulled pork, ranch backed beans, and the pasta salad. The meatballs and grilled vegetable skewers were a big hit as well! The catering team kept busy the entire time the event was going on, which made me really feel like they cared. Everything was so seamless as far as service. I loved how the company clearly just wanted us to have a great time, and didn't try to just sell us on everything just to make money. Great experience.
I recently used Hickory River Smokehouse to cater my wedding reception and it was an enormous hit! Everything was delicious and the service was excellent. I got so many compliments all evening and would recommend them to anyone.
We loved working with Hannah and BBQ was the right choice for our wedding! Hickory River provides delicious food at an affordable price and we had a wonderful experience working with them! We were provided a fantastic and LARGE tasting so we could choose exactly what we wanted on our menu. Hannah was always responsive and clear with estimates and pricing. The service during our wedding was so excellent and speedy. We received lots of compliments on the food and we had a large group of full, happy guests. There was a fee for service outside of Peoria, but we still felt like the pricing was fair and the service/food was WORTH IT. Highly recommend working with Hickory River!
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5101 W. Holiday Dr., Peoria, IL
Hickory River Smokehouse
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