About this vendor
We strive to create simple and elegant events with great customer service & savory foods. All menus are customized for each occasion, whether it is a small casual cocktail party or a grand gala. Let us create a marvelous day, where the presentation will be striking & the food will be Sensational!
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Cuisine
- American
- French
- Fusion
- Italian
- Latin American
Dietary Options
- Vegetarian
Food & Catering
- Buffet
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4.4
out of 5.07 reviews
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Sensational Foods was great. First of all, the food was absolutely perfect. Fresh ingredients, wonderful recipes, cooked really really well. And it was absolutely consistent from when we tried it all at the tasting, to the day of.
Personality-wise, these folks are a w e s o m e. They showed up on time and just worked their butts off setting stuff up, tearing stuff down, beautifully decorating the hell out of everything, making sure all my guests had the right food for their dietary restrictions, making sure I had food, and I'm sure a million other things that were invisible to me.
I worked with Conor L the most, and he was fabulous about taking my admittedly vague decisions ("colors? uhh, well, we'll be having gourds as our centerpieces") and doing a wonderful job with them. (For the decorations, I provided the centerpieces, and the caterers applied their considerable taste and expertise to making the rest of the function hall completely on theme with the centerpieces and completely beautiful.)
Absolutely recommend, and, as a last bit of recommendation--not many leftovers, and I wish I had even more!
While our wedding was a lovely day and the food served by Sensational Foods was delicious, we are sorry to say that our experience working with Sensational Foods was not positive; in our opinion, the lack of clear communication led to several mistakes in our catering services and caused us significant stress in the weeks leading up to the wedding.
One issue for us was that they served a beer + wine bar, rather than the full bar we had contracted them to provide. Secondly, our wedding reception was located adjacent to a well-trafficked area, so we were concerned about the possibility of crashers and voiced our concern to SF. While they assured us that their staff was experienced in dealing with uninvited guests, we still ended up with a pair of crashers wearing jeans who were served at the bar. My sister-in-law ended up escorting them out.
While the aforementioned issues are substantial, perhaps our biggest complaint is about the lack of communication. For example, approximately 2 months before the event, we requested some modifications to our menu, and asked for an updated invoice. However, we never received this, despite our repeated requests via phone, email, and in person. We did not receive the floor plan for our reception until ~3AM the day before our wedding, and when we did receive it, the number of tables was incorrect, and the layout did not match what we had discussed.
To their credit, SF owned up to their mistakes and reimbursed us for the services that weren’t fulfilled to our satisfaction. Overall, we had wanted was a stress-free wedding day, with the details taken care of by the vendors we had hired to do so. But, in our opinion, working with Sensational Foods did not provide us with such a smooth, stress-free experience.
Don't let the smaller company fool you - the team at Sensational Foods is amazing!
Logan spearheaded an A-Team of servers all night, ensuring each and every one of our guests were happy and well-fed. We even had a server (Colleen!) dedicated to my wife and I all night which made us feel so VIP.
Thank you Sensational Foods for a fantastic night we'll never forget!
5 Stars *****
We were initially going to go the family & friends route for our wedding reception; not necessarily to save money but we struggled to find a caterer that gave us that family feel. That all changed the moment we met the team from Sensational Foods! My wife and I attended the LGBTQ Rainbow Wedding Expo in the fall of 2017 and Sensational Foods was presenting their signature Mac & Cheese and Buffalo Chicken Mac & Cheese….Awesomeeee! (In my best Whitney Houston falsetto). We left the expo, called the very next day and our time together is now etched in history. Logan Ferraro worked with us form day 1 to our BIG day. He listened to our ideas, heard our concerns and developed a menu and budget to get us started and the brain juices flowing. If felt easy and nothing about planning a wedding for 130 people is easy.
The tasting was personalized and felt like sitting in a friend’s kitchen……The food was AMAZING! Our family is made up of vegans, vegetarians, carnivores and gluten free folks, and it was important that we didn’t loose any of the flavor. HA - 3 weeks later and our family is still talking about the tacos and corn bread. Uncle Murphy said, “I don’t like tacos but those tacos made me a fan.”
Oh let’s not forget we had 2 dates. A wedding date and a reception date. We were married on a Thursday evening with 20 friends and family. Initially we were taking everyone out to dinner BUT following the tasting we added Sensational Foods to that event as well. Opted for delivery to our home earlier in the day with reheating instructions. BEST veggie lasagna I ever had!
Thank you Logan. From the moment we met to our 2 big dates, you are as sensational as the the name states. I see your team in our future… Until next time.
We hired Sensational Foods to cater our wedding, and we were really happy with the way everything turned out.
The food was delicious! Seriously, so good. We had one tasting early in the process (about a year before), and then we also had a walk through at the venue to talk through details about 3 months before. They were super accommodating for guests with dietary restrictions, including keeping some corn tortillas in the back for our gluten free guests. Sensational Foods also delivered food to the bridal party the day of the wedding while we were getting ready, so I can vouch for their lunch food as well!
Stacy was our point of contact along the way, and she is the best! She kept me sane throughout the process, offering tips/tricks/advice and just a listening ear. She kept the whole thing organized and seamlessly passed off our event to the day-of staff. They made sure my husband and I were getting enough to eat and drink, and they managed clean up quickly and efficiently. They also flipped the room from ceremony to reception seamlessly during cocktail hour. Highly recommend!
Words cannot express how much I love Stacy and Conor. My first phone call with Stacy, I went into the conversation thinking "I guess I'm ok having the standard wedding dinner - maybe we'll do it family style to mix it up a bit". After talking to Stacy and learning about standing weddings, I was sold. There's nothing I love more than small plates and variety and that's EXACTLY what she pitched to me. Stacy understood that I wanted people to have fun and dance, eat, and drink whenever they wanted rather than to have everyone on a schedule the entire night. We ended up having tons of passed appetizers: mini lobster rolls, chicken in waffle cones, pigs in a blanket, spring rolls - along with small plate stations: Asian takeout boxes filled with lo mein, crabcake/burger/pulled pork sliders, build your own mac & cheese bar with everything including steak tips. It was unreal and I wish I had been able to eat more of it! Stacy even went out of her way to make sure that she and her staff brought my husband and I platters during the night - total lifesaver. We used their staff for our bartenders as well and I must say that the waitstaff and bartenders were all phenomenal and so friendly. Stacy and Conor went above and beyond all of our expectations - they brought their own decorations for each station, did a layout walkthrough with us and our coordinator, and always made themselves available for every single tiny question I had throughout the process. Everyone is still raving about you guys and I could not love them anymore - I just hope that one day I can host another event where I can work with them again!
Stacy and everyone at Sensational Foods was wonderful! My husband and I searched for a while before coming across Sensational Foods, and we couldn't have been happier with the results. Stacy was so helpful throughout the whole process and served as much more than a caterer. Along the way she offered many great suggestions to help the wedding flow smoothly, as well as to provide as much food as our budget would allow. After the wedding, all the guests were raving about how good the food was and the friendly staff. I wouldn't hesitate to use Sensational Foods for any events in the future!
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91 Bigelow Avenue, Watertown, MA
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