Joie De Vivre Catering & Events

We hired Joie De Vivre in January for our December wedding and it was honestly the biggest mistake we made during our wedding planning. So many things went wrong I'm not sure where to begin: - They were over an hour and a half late, so they were late setting up and bringing things into the venue, which resulted in guests entering the reception area early and several guests saw me in my dress before I walked down the aisle. -There was no food warmer brought like they said there would be and almost all of the food was cold -The legs to one of their chaffing dishes collapsed and spilled scalding water onto one of our guests -The menu items that were supposed to be served were not served. Example: instead of toast points bring served with our spinach and artichoke dip, we were served tortilla chips. We weren't asked to approve the changes. -Our fruit display had moldy fruit on it. Fruit need to be rinsed before it's served so idk how that got missed. -The noodles on our pasta bar were HARD. We paid $245 for the pasta bar alone and couldn't even eat it. The sauce was so bland it HAD to come from a jar -We ordered a sandwich tray from the caterer, who actually ordered it from Rouses. We could have done that, but we wanted it handmade. -When we reached out to the caterer we were basically told we were a charity case, that they "lost out" on money even doing our event. We were paying customers and were shown no respect, offered no solution, no refund, nothing. I will be letting everyone know about my experience with this catering company. We paid over $700 to be treated like a charity case, like they did us a favor even doing our event. The food served at our wedding was downright embarrassing, and the way this catering company handled the situation is unacceptable. Please don't fall victim to this same type of situation like we did

Lauren and the team were a God send! When searching for caterers we wanted a mix of Mexican and Louisiana cuisine and a affordable price. You’d be amazed at how hard this was too find, but we found it here. And a bonus Lauren was my day of coordinator too, which my made my day a lot less stressful. Lauren was very professional and kept me from crying when Hurricane Ida hit and talked me through everything and let me know my options. We ended up having to only move the time of the wedding up and didn’t have to postpone it. She worked with my other vendors (venue, DJ, photographer) wedding to ensure the day was a success. And the food was really good. I had already bought table decorations, but she has some as well. When they arrived at the venue, they hadn’t placed some of the tables outside and were missing chairs. Her team moved the tables that were supposed to be outside outside and got the chairs. I didn’t have to worry about a thing for the entire thing. Which was great because I planned the wedding myself and some of it was DIY.

Lauren was so amazing to work with! She made the planning process super easy and fun and kept me updated on everything! The food was amazing, and all of my guests absolutely loved it. Would recommend them to anyone!

Amazing food, amazing people, no complaints!! 5 stars, 10/10 would recommend to anybody!!!