Ryan Brown Catering

pped us due to a TV show that would be taping in their kitchen around the time of our wedding. We freaked and sought out proposals from 20+ catering services. We chose Ryan Brown for many reasons: he was familiar with our unusual venue (The Harold Pratt House), his quote was way more reasonable than any other caterer, and his presentation was professional and appealing (note to other caterers - misspellings on your proposals actually matter, your clients do not want their guests to eat "Lemon Crud Cake"). Booking Ryan was a real turning point in our planning process. We were relieved because he clearly knew how to throw a fabulous party at our space - and the tasting was FANTASTIC. Ryan combined some foods from both of our family traditions and even allowed for a few custom items, like Mint Julep cocktails and mini Chess pies. My southern relatives thought his mint juleps were better than ones they'd had in Texas, and the chess pies disappeared as soon as they came out! Overall, the guests raved about the food, and the wait-staff is top notch professional. Ryan in general is just a pleasure to work with - great sense of humor, responsive to emails, understanding, and again very professional. We even had a last-minute After Party that Ryan helped us plan. We ordered some h'ors d'oeuvres for an After Party (Ryan effortlessly put a proposal together for that only a few weeks from the wedding), and then we had a minor disaster - during the wedding, we found out the After Party location was off-limits due to a broken elevator. We quickly secured a bar as a new location (during the wedding!!) and RB's team was there on time with the food, as though nothing had ever happened. So in a jam, Ryan will save your butt! One other detail I appreciated: he allows for online payment. Totally made the process more convenient! Long story short, Ryan and his team are Stone Cold Pros. If you want DELICIOUS unique food, outstanding service, and an overall stress-free experience, book Ryan Brown. Then breathe a sigh of relief and enjoy one of his top-notch cocktails :-)

lly distressed when I first contacted Ryan, but he put me completely at ease and answered all of my questions and we loved that our venue, the Harold Pratt House, had worked with and vouched for him because they are very picky about caterers and have a few quirks. We did consider several caterers but Ryan stood out as the best choice, both in terms of quality and value. Food is a really important part of both me and my now-husband's lives, and so taste was really the number one thing we were looking for, and Ryan's food looked amazing and proved to be so during our tasting, which was honestly better than many fancy restaurants we've been to. During the planning period, Ryan and Patty were super helpful and communicative and went above and beyond in accommodating my (numerous and admittedly very picky!) requests for the menu. For instance, we actually asked him to recreate a Gramercy Tavern dish that we'd recently tried and loved as one of the entree options, and he totally nailed it which was amazing. On the day of, Rusty and all the staff were so on point and kept everything running so smoothly. We also loved that they assigned one of the staff to us to make sure we actually got to eat the food that we'd been looking forward to for months. The passed hor d'eouvres are really out of the world and my first bite of those after all the pictures was one of the highlights of the day! The tuna crudo and crispy potato cakes are SO GOOD. They also packed a box for us with a bit of everything to take home, as well as the top layer of the cake, which was a lovely morning after treat :) Ryan, Patty, Rusty and everyone else on the team - thank you so much for making our day as perfect as it could possibly be!! You guys are the best!!!