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Little Miami River Catering
About This Vendor
Premier Off Site Catering Company
Little Miami River Catering is a wedding catering business in Dayton, OH, boasting over 32 years of experience serving delicious food at weddings. Passionate about southern cuisine, owners Molly and Matt McConnell launched a catering company to share their creations with local couples. Specializing in a wide range of event styles, from casual backyard barbecues to formally seated receptions, the company accommodates all tastes and budgets. Renowned for grilled and smoked meats, Little Miami River Catering cooks and serves food fresh from the wood fire. Ideal for wedding parties from 50 guests to 5,000, the culinary team brings flexibility and professionalism to every dining experience. Couples are sure to find a menu that genuinely complements their vision for the special occasion. Little Miami River Catering offers all-inclusive catering packages for weddings and private events. Couples can choose between platters for pick-up or comprehensive on-site catering where food is freshly made on the big day. Additional services include linens, tables, chairs, and flatware for a hassle-free experience. Popular options include the pig roast and carved prime rib.
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Business Attributes
Woman-owned Business
Cuisine
American, BBQ, Italian
Food & Catering
Buffet
Little Miami River Catering Reviews
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LMR was perfect for our wedding! The food was delicious and the staff was on top of everything. Would recommend to anyone! Thanks for making everything go smoothly.
Response from the Vendor on 09/04/2021
We were so happy to be a part of your celebration! We wish you the best and thank you for trusting us with your day!
LMR did an amazing job with our wedding! We originally had a buffet style planned, but due to COVID restrictions we had to do a plated meal. They made this transition seamless and provided us with a few options as to how this could be done. The...
food was incredible and we were served so quickly! They were in and out, and as a bride I didn't have to worry about them once!
LMR did an amazing job for our 10/30/20 wedding! They work really closely with our venue (The Estate at Sunset Farm) so it made it all the easier. The food was delicious and everything was handled so professionally and safe! They made sure my g...
room and I had what I needed on the wedding day. From start to finish they were great! Thanks Molly and staff!!
We chose a buffet style dinner, which was slightly altered by covid, for our wedding and it was delicious. All of our guests complimented the food even the day after the wedding. Lindsay was so great to work with throughout the planning process...
and the staff at our event was so kind and helpful. LMR has beautiful and clean set up and the taste is even better.
Response from the Vendor on 08/03/2020
We loved to help you and your families celebrate! Thanks for trusting us with your special day.
Molly was AMAZING to work with. I live out of state and she handled everything. We even had a last minute issue with our reception place and she was calling other venues for us trying to find an open one. I highly recommend the fajitas - my gue...
sts loved them. They are the best priced company in the Dayton area and have delicious food.
LMR was hands down the best catering company we encountered during our search and they did not disappoint on our wedding day. Our guests raved for days about how good the food was. We were so happy to have LMR and would choose them again and ag...
ain!
We hired our bartenders and catering staff/food through LMR for our wedding and couldn’t be happier. The food was delicious, the drinks were cold, and the staff was so great to work with! Highly recommend!
Had an amazing experience with this company! Super friendly and professional! All of the guests at the wedding loved the food and the staff was amazing help all night long! Beautiful linens and amazing food! Will bring your wedding dreams to li...
fe!! Highly highly recommend for any event!
I have nothing but great things to say about this caterer. They were easy to get ahold of when needed, the food was great and services were flawless. We also used their bartenders, which were amazing. They even offered their professional opinio...
n that we may need more alcohol by the end of the night. I was personally grateful they did this, early into the reception, because it gave us plenty of time to find someone for a beer run.
I highly recommend LMRC.
We really liked both Matt & Molly when we met them and had our tasting. There were some definite communication errors on their end that resulted in a few things wrong. All the wrong linens got delivered the day of set up even though I corrected...
them on what I needed, Kosins handled fixing that thankfully. The caterers were at least 30+ minutes late to set up on the day of the wedding. No explanation or calling to let anyone know either. They also did not listen to us when we (the bride and groom) asked to start serving the guests first instead of getting our food first, since we were getting some pictures taken. They served ours first anyways so it sat on our table for 10 minutes and was cold. After the wedding, I emailed LMR to let them know of these issues, unsure if Molly or Matt were aware, and never received a response, bummer.
Overall I liked the quality of the food, and the price of LMR. Just kind of felt like our event wasn't important.
Other than these few issues, I overall liked the quality of food and price of the caterer.
We used LMR for our sons wedding on Sunday June 9, 2019. We had the whole pig, smoked turkey and sides for a wedding BBQ. The food was absolutely delicious and the two young men that carved and kept things stocked up were wonderful. The kids...
loved the pig and after everyone had eaten, he took the time to let the kids check out the pig and talked to them about it all. They were so excited and had a great time with it. Thank you LMR for helping to make our son and new daughter's day even more special.
LMR handled all of our rentals (linen, cake stand, etc.) in addition to the catering, and I couldn't have been more pleased. The food was delicious, staff were friendly, and LMR was very accommodating when we had a small last-minute change to ...
our rental plan, and a somewhat larger last-minute change of chair placements due to rain.
Our food was so delicious! They made sure we had plenty; my parents even took a bunch of leftovers home! Molly was so easy to work with throughout the planning process.
I've already recommended LMR to several people! Our food was affordable & seriously so delicious! A week later & people are STILL asking me about it! The workers were so friendly & were constantly checking on us to see if we needed anything! If...
you're looking for an affordable, tasty, friendly catering company, LMR is it!
LMR did a fine job. The food was pretty good and just what we asked for. I wouldn't say it was the greatest meal of all time, but it certainly was pretty good for wedding food. Molly can be a bit difficult to get ahold of sometimes. You will of...
ten wait a bit to get a response via email and often have to call & remind her of things. But, overall, she is great. She is willing to sit with you, let you try whatever you'd like, and will modify your menu until it meets your liking and your budget. I have zero complaints about LMR - staff was professional & food was just fine.
Wonderful
LMR was responsive, professional, and their food was delicious!! We had a great tasting, and really loved Molly and her food. They provided food for cocktail hour, buffet dinner, and 2 bartenders for our wedding. The staff was great and the who...
le process went very well. Hands down the best wedding food according to our guests. We also had the LMR staff stick around for clean-up at our venue, and they did an excellent job since we received our deposit back.
LMR did a great job at our wedding! They were so great to work with during the whole planning process. I love that they took the time to work with me on the menu while I was tweaking it, and they were able to accommodate last minute changes wit...
hout problems. We also had one vegetarian member of our bridal party and they were able to provide a special meal just for her. We considered several other caterers and LMR was the best by far. Highly recommend!
We utilized LMR Catering for our appetizers, dj, dinner, cleanup, etc and we're extremely impressed with their services!!! They were able to change plans up until the minute of the wedding, very flexible, kind & polite, and delicious food! T...
hey were able to silently setup before the ceremony & cleaned up without being asked! They went above & beyond while catering my wedding!
LMR was wonderful. Food was excellent! The guest loved the food! The servers we had was awesome as well! They knew their job and was very helpful to the guest and to us! I would recommend LMR to anyone in need of a caterer!
We had a fantatic experience with this company. From the first meet to follow up calls and all the way to the big day itself this company was fantastic. They are extremely professional and the staff that served at the wedding was very respectfu...
l. I have nothing but great thing to say about this company!
They did a great job, and everyone has complimented me on the food and what an amazing job they did - my only issue, is after going over the menu a number of times, and confirming the sides, they ended up having a mix up with the sides but they...
were still very good, and not anyone but me noticed...
I am so happy with choosing to go with them. The food was delicious, the service wonderful, and they worked so hard to cover all the details and work with us on any problems.
LMR was delicious! We had a pig roast for our reception and it was very cool. We opted to display the roast pig on our food table--very neat. We also had the Mississippi slaw (a less creamy, more vinegary slaw), au gratin potatoes, and green...
beans: all very good. The servers were excellent.
When we first met w/LMR we loved their director, food and ideas they had for our wedding. However, there were many problems on the day of the wedding.
1) They didnt arrive until 1 hr before the wedding. The tables werent set and the cocktail...
hour wasnt set up until just before our ceremony ended.
2) They didnt have enough food for everyone. Not everyone recieved a salad, and not everyone got a potato even though we allowed for 225 people in our contract with them, only 200 showed up. There should have been plenty of food left over but there wasnt.
3) They didnt handle the bar at all. The bartendors didnt know what they were doing and everything was set up last minute.
They really had zero organization and we were very unimpressed and disappointed.
LMR provides great service and food for very reasonable prices. They handled all the setup and cleanup for our reception. Lynn was a joy to work with. She was very responsive to my requests and questions and was there the day of the reception t...
o ensure everything was handled correctly. My one complaint is with the serving of the cake. We had a cake that served 100 people – if we cut the top layer. I specifically requested that the entire cake be served because it was more important to us that everyone get cake than it was to save the top for us. It wasn’t until the reception was over that I found out guests who wanted cake didn’t get any. It was only a week before the wedding during my final meeting with Lynn that I told her about the cake situation and I probably should have reminded her the day of the reception as well. However, I feel that even though this wasn’t communicated to the serving staff, they should have alerted me to the fact that the cake was gone and asked me if I wanted to save the top layer or serve it. Other than that, we were very happy with our choice of LMR.
I requested bar service and wait staff for my event. The wait staff work hard but there was only 1 person capable of working the bar. The other 2 people were 15. This limited the amount of work that the staff could do greatly.
My husband and I wanted something a little different to eat at our reception and we found just what we were looking for at Little Miami River Catering. we chose to go with a Fajita Bar because we went to Mexico on our honeymoon and we love mexi...
can food. The food was excellent, we received tons of compliments from our guests and the prices were very reasonable, always a plus!!!
LMR catering has great food at reasonable prices. The only thing was guest of my reception had to ask for more crackers and such during the cocktail hour instead of the staff refilling them periodically.
LMR was very helpful when it came it providing many options and making decisions at an affordable price.
Contact Info for Little Miami River Catering
2700 E. River Rd, Moraine, OH | Greene, Montgomery, Clark, Warren, Miami, and Hamilton Co.(937) 848-2464
Meet the Team
Matt and Molly McConnell
Owner
We are a family owned offsite catering service. We both have worked in the event business for 17 years. Matt is our executive chef and Molly is our event coordinator. Together we strive to make your wedding day the most memorable day for you and your families.
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