4.9 out of 5 stars and 62 reviews Best of Weddings (1x).
4.9
(62)100 East Exchange Place, Columbia, SC
About this vendor
It all began over 35 years ago. We were a small company with deep Southern roots and a philosophy that demanded the best in everything we did. That sentiment continues today. It is undoubtedly why we are now one of the largest, most successful and most sought after catering companies in our area.
Details
Cuisine
- American
- BBQ
- Cajun
- Eastern European
- French
- Fusion
Dietary Options
- Dairy Free
- Gluten Free
- Nut Free
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
Food & Catering
- Buffet
- Catering Clean Up
- Catering Delivery & Setup
- Chef Stations
- Family Style
- Passed Appetizers
Awards and Affiliations
Reviews
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4.9
out of 5.062 reviews
Southern Way was fantastic to work with! They did our wedding reception at Zen in Greenville, SC and helped make our day amazing. We received so many compliments on our food and th...
e staff were so kind. Truly could not recommend them more for your wedding!
Southern Way Catering was perfect for our wedding. All of our guests kept raving about how good the food was! The food was delicious and the team is amazing!
I am so excited to write this review to brag on Lauren Riehle and her team at The Southern Way from the bottom of our hearts. The food was FANTASTIC! We have been told by many of o...
ur guests that cocktail hour was so amazing they didn't want to head up the hill to the reception which I think drove our planner crazy, but they said the charcuterie board was absolutely amazing! We can't wait to see pictures :) Many guests also bragged about how they would set a glass down and turn around and it had already been picked up by one of the team members. We were so pleased with the menu - I truly couldn't pick a favorite! We are so thrilled with everything from start to finish and just wanted to write this review to publicly brag on The Southern Way and say thank you for everything you and your team did to make our day special!
When we booked our reception venue (USC Alumni Center) we were automatically connected with someone at Southern Way for catering and event planning. Everyone we worked with was a d...
elight. Very helpful and responsive to emails. They made it easy to have our perfect reception! Food and service was also excellent! Highly recommend them for wedding!
They are very unprofessional especially the manager tarrin Knight she has cause people to quit because of nasty ways I will be posting more things on other sites about this lady an...
d she also goes around telling other employees business too
Absolutely thrilled with the exceptional service and culinary prowess of Southern Way Catering! As a wedding planner, I've collaborated with countless caterers and Southern Way top...
s the charts in excellence and and dedication. Their attention to detail, creative menu options, and exceptional service have consistently elevated the wedding experiences I've organized. Highly recommend them for couples seeking top-notch catering that exceeds expectations!
We used their service provided in the Upstate. They were a part of our venue package.
The food was fantastic, everyone at our wedding wanted seconds. (Which has not been the case...
at most weddings we've attended).
They were professional, friendly, and answered any and all questions we had throughout the process. Would highly recommend!
Jennifer and her team were awesome! Jennifer was very helpful and quick with communication from the beginning through to the last minute rental add-ons. The day of, we appreciated ...
that they served us immediately so we had time to eat while everyone else was in the buffet line. A week later and I am still getting comments on how delicious the sweet potato biscuits were! We had a wonderful experience, and the Southern Way team helped to make our day that much more special.
We had a seated dinner for our wedding which can be tricky, but they served 120+ people an exceptional dinner & our guests were all raving about how delicious the food was! Randi w...
as excellent to work with, from the tasting to the day-of I was so grateful for her hard work & for all of the talented team at Southern Way!
Although I am utilizing the caterer in Greenville, SC, I highly recommend this company! Working with Jennifer has been so helpful. She answers emails promptly and clearly. No matte...
r how many times my decisions waffle, she keeps up with me calmly. And when I see how much food I am getting for what I am paying, I am floored with gratitude! Truly a Southern delight!
I can't say enough about this company...Kelsey has been so helpful in so many ways...We had our event planned and then COVID hit and we had to cancel. All the other parts of the ev...
ent including the venue, wedding planner, DJ, and photographer didn't compensate us at all. Southern Way Catering helped us plan a mini-event with their to go ordering. I don't think all these vendors realize what a monetary loss people take when you look at the total numbers and it's a pandemic! Southern Way Catering is the best and I highly recommend them to you! You won't be disappointed!
Kelsey and Zane and the whole team from Southern Way were incredible to work with, start to finish!! Throughout the planning process with my clients (I am a wedding planner), Kelse...
y made excellent suggestions, was always very responsive, super flexible (when I asked to switch a number of rental items around last minute!), and truly guided my couple through this process with care. On the day of the wedding, she and the Event Manager, Zane, were fantastic!!! Zane was one of the best Event Managers I have ever had the pleasure of working with. So kind, and easy-going and going above and beyond to make sure everything was taken care of for my couple, their guests, and their vendors. And of course the food was incredible!! I would absolutely recommend this team!
Southern Way was the perfect choice for our wedding! The food was beyond delicious and they were so helpful! They took care of set up and tear down, they even set food aside for us...
the night of the wedding so we actually got a chance to eat!
If you want the BEST food around, this is the place! Kelsey was very helpful throughout the process of our food tasting and picking out the menu for our wedding reception. Everyone...
kept talking about how delicious the food was, especially the shrimp and grits bar! The food was delicious, hot, and presented nicely. Thank you for being apart of our special day!
Southern Way Catering has DELICIOUS food. In addition, we worked with the lovely and patient Kelsey who has been AWESOME to work with. Despite COVID19 putting a pause on the rece...
ption the last minute, we've found a silver lining when our venue was no longer available. Magnolia Way-BEAUTIFUL venue and Southern Way is exclusive caterer.
Kelsey and her staff are awesome! They recently provided catering and bartending services for my wedding at the Lace House in Columbia, SC. The service was phenomenal. Kelsey is in...
credible to work with and so sweet! She does such an amazing job of making such an overwhelming time easier by providing options and advice on food display, balancing the menu, and timing for the event. She was a total lifesaver at my wedding. I highly recommend using this service!
Kelsey was phenomenal to work with to meet our needs. She did a great job communicating throughout the process to work within our budget. The food was great and won over everyone!
Kelsey and the rest of the staff at Southern Way are the BEST! The food was amazing, the s'mores bar was amazing; everything was perfect! I told them a roundabout of what I was loo...
king to have, and they created the most perfect menu! I will recommend them to everyone!!
The food was amazing! Everyone complimented the Greek marinated chicken and the shrimp and grits! They were more than catering for me though- Lakyn was my go to person and helped a...
s a day of coordinator. She helped get all my rentals, including lighting. Choosing Southern Way was one of the best decisions of the wedding planning process!
The BEST! Food was amazing and all of our guests loved the food!!! Highly recommend!
We used Southern Way Catering at our wedding at Stone River and cannot recommend them enough! Our guests raved about the shrimp and grits and pan inis after the wedding and all of ...
the staff were so friendly and professional. They were a joy to work with!
We had Doc's BBQ (a part of Southern Way) cater our wedding for 300 people and they did amazing! The food was phenomenal and we didn't run out, which was my biggest fear. Staff was...
so friendly and always there when I had questions. I cannot recommend them enough!
The food is incredible! Displays are beautiful and appealing. Our guests are still raving about the food at our reception. Stunning, southern flavors.
Southern Way provided EXCELLENT food and service that was enjoyed by ALL!
They took care of everything for us! Setting up tables, linens, and of course the awesome food! They are the best!
The venue was GORGEOUS, the food was fantastic (I received so many compliments on the food, and was even fantastic as leftovers). The staff were great, very friendly, well organiz...
ed. If I ever had to do this again (lets hope not, right?) I would use these guys again. They made sure to cater to the bride's preferences, any allergies, and could change up the foods a little to fit these preferences. Yeah, it can cost a pretty penny depending on what and how many different kinds of food you want, but it was just beyond great!
I highly recommend!! Southern Way was wonderful and assisted with anything I needed. They are more than catering. The food and service is excellent. I couldn't have done without t...
hem.
I used Southern Way for my June 18th wedding and they did a wonderful job! The amount of food options was enormous, we could choose from so many different things, it was hard to p...
ick! Everyone I worked with was very helpful and patient with the process. My guests said that the food was great, which is often rare for a wedding!
I am so glad that we picked Southern Way to cater our big day! They went above and beyond expectations. We worked with Jesse, and not only did he help us pick out the food, he also...
helped us with almost everything else to get the wedding done. He did all our rentals, including picking out the perfect shades of pink for tablecloths, and picked up any ball that was dropped by any other vendor. He even helped coordinate the reception events when our coordinator disappeared, and handed out the bubbles for the exit. He was also always in my eyesight, I was never without water, even during pictures,and as a May bride in Columbia, that was amazing and something I really needed. We also got a whole tray of food, he fixed us something of everything we had, and brought it to us, so we got to eat and try everything. Plus, we had an entire huge bag of food that went home with us with silverware included, so if we got hungry our wedding night we were set! One of the other workers was even on hand to bustle my dress when I needed it. They definitely went above and beyond what caterers normally do. And the food was fantastic! Make sure you get the flank steak quesadillas, my guests are still talking about them 2 months later! And the chocolate mousse was divine, it was the one thing I absolutely had to have, and it did not disappoint. They may be a little bit on the pricey side, but Southern Way is definitely worth it and more!
We cannot say enough great things about Southern Way Catering (and more)! The team was very professional, experienced, eager to help, and the customer service was great. And, of c...
ourse, the food was amazing - our guests are still talking about it from our March wedding. Aimee is simply amazing to work with! She (and team) helped with our menu, helped add our personal touch to the reception venue, took care of our band, assisted with gifts after reception, and they even had special package for the bride/groom in our car after the reception! Our reception flowed smoothly and stayed on track thanks to Aimee! We highly recommend Southern Way!
I have never met nicer, more helpful people. Everyone at Souther Way was eager to help. They worked to create our unique menu, including two non traditional wedding cakes, a drea...
m. The food was amazing and our guests marveled at the fried lemons and catfish. You need to work with this team.
Most of the time you go to a wedding and think that the food was alright. You will NOT have to worry about those words coming out of your guests mouth when you have Southern Way Ca...
tering. The food was delicious and our guests had nothing but great things to say about it. They loved the station style we had and also the do it yourself select stations such as the sweet potato casserole and the cheese spread table. It was also so great and they even sent us home with a package of all our weeding food and beer just in case we were not able to eat it during the night. The servers we kind and professional. The staff also made sure that the bridal party during pictures and cocktail hour had the opportunity to have some off the small passed plates. We have nothing but great things to say about their services.
To say Southern Way simply "catered" our wedding reception would be an understatement! Not only does Southern Way create and serve a customized, delicious, modern, Southern menu t...
hat will leave your guests talking, but their customer service is outstanding. I had the pleasure of working with Jesse, Southern Way's VP, and Cameron. Our voices as the clients were heard and respected throughout the entire process - customizing menu items to reflect our taste, making adjustments to help stay on budget, even helping plan and organize our actual reception. The staff were very knowledgeable and experienced, offering great advice and suggestions without being pushy in the least. Our reception flowed seamlessly and not once did I worry about anything other than enjoying our special day. (Jesse even pried us away from the photographers and brought us food and drinks the entire evening!) Thank you Jesse, Cameron and Southern Way Catering for helping make our wedding day so enjoyable!
Southern Way had me convinced to use them from the first meeting. Aimee and Shannon are personable, professional,and welcoming. They explained the entire process of picking a menu ...
and bar items so that it didn't seem so daunting. They make the biggest task, the food, a blast to plan. I would recommend Southern Way to anyone looking for the best food in South Carolina with the best service!
Southern Way Catering did an amazing job on our October wedding. The food was outstanding and we LOVED the catfish nuggets and sweet potato biscuits. Our guest were so impressed by...
the taste, quality, and display of the food. Aimee made the overwhelming process so simple. She made excellent suggestions and was able to communicate efficiently and effectively. The night of the wedding, Aimee handled everything from the band's meal to making sure we were out the door on time. She is easy to get along with, friendly, and helps make your wedding day perfect! highly recommend Southern Way and their staff.
Southern Way is awesome! I changed my menu and options so many times and they were gracious and understanding with those changes the entire time. They truly want what you want, a...
nd you will not be disappointed in their work and hospitality. The food is fantastic! I received many compliments on the menu, particularly the shrimp and grits, and I can't wait to enjoy it again since we froze what was left over! They will also set up rentals for your wedding so you don't have to have an outside rental vendor come in. Choose Southern Way!!
We loved every minute of our experience with Southern Way Catering. From planning the menu to the amazing service the day of our wedding, everything was easy and seamless. Aimee wa...
s a lifesaver and helped give our day the feel and flow we wanted, while giving me piece of mind on the day of the wedding that she was looking out for everything to make sure it was just right. We got the most amazing package of food to take with us that night, and we had a sad moment when the last of it was gone! I can't say enough good things about Southern Way or our team for our wedding day...especially Aimee and Cameron. :)
Southern Way took so much stress off my shoulders by just making things happen. Not to mention, the food was phenomenal. They can't be beat and are worth every penny.
I was truly blown away by Southern Way. They are so much more than just caterers. I was constantly emailing them and changing things and it was no issue for them at all. Not to men...
tion the food is AMAZING. I also rented tablecloths, etc from them. They were basically my day-of coordinators and had everything completely under control and they set up and broke down everything at the venue. I was completely comfortable letting them handle everything. I can not say enough good things about this company!!
We used Southern Way Catering through Millstone at Adams Pond for our reception food. The good was amazing!!!! Everyone loved the food. They were great to work with and suggested m...
any foods our guests would like, we were very happy with this choice!!!
Everyone that works here was so helpful and went above and beyond. They are so flexible and our food was great. Everyone was very friendly and professional, as well. We really enjo...
yed working with them.
The food was amazing and everyone loved it! They even had an apple bar for the guests to enjoy as we took pictures, it was a hit! I would recommend them to any bride looking for th...
e perfect caterer.
I loved their food! They have plenty to choose from and it all looks good! Wish I had gotten more of the food :)
I don’t know where to begin. I keep going back to the day after Meghan (bride) and Cameron (groom) first met with Jesse. Meghan was “blown away” by his personality and passion fo...
r his work. I insisted she meet with others before she made her final decision and after having other caterers to compare him to, we all knew he was the one for their wedding. That being said, I cannot describe what I felt when I walked into the venue. From the attention paid to us (the wedding party) by Jesse and his staff, to the décor, food, arrangement of the room. It was truly a magical. It brings tears of joy to my eyes as I type this email. Jesse and his staff are incredible. His attention to detail was spot on. EVERY promise he made was fulfilled and then some. The bride, groom and bridal party and guests wanted for nothing the entire evening. Stephanie was an angel. She was at the top of her game all night. As much as I tried to imagine how the night would go, Jesse surpassed any dreams I may have had! I am sincere in saying “They are simply the best” and they have my eternal thanks and gratitude for the magical night they created for my son and daughter in law’s wedding. All the guests were awed by Jesse and his entire staff as well. And the food, I am still getting feedback on how beautiful and delicious everything was. You can be assured that we will employ Jesse and his team for ALL our future catering needs. Thanks again Jesse and Stephanie, YOU ROCK!!!!
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Everyone loved the food at the wedding! Being a vegetarian, I couldn't taste all of the food and was so excited to hear how happy everyone was! The mashed potato bar was the best ...
part of the night!
I loved Southern Way. Not only do your catering costs include food and beverage, but they took over most of the planning which was great since i did not have a wedding planner and ...
was on a budget AND lived out of town. we wanted mediterranean food at our reception and southern way created a menu for us which was amazing. they took great care of the bride and groom and the guests. They decorated, coordinated with the venue, set up specialty bars, helped with flowers-everything!
Southern Way was the biggest hit of my wedding! Their food was to die for...literally! Everything was freshly prepared on site and tasted wonderful. Nothing ran out! Their servers ...
were so polite and always around. The bar servers were as equally polite & knowledgeable! The presentation of the food was delightful! I wish they had a restaurant I could go to and not just a catering business!!
All night at our wedding reception, people kept telling us how wonderful the food was. I agree!!!! Southern Way Catering definitely exceeded my expectations and I was so happy with...
our decision to use them! A+!
Everything was good except the chicken. It was so white, my guests thought it was pork. SOOOOOOOO EXPENSIVE!!!!!
Contact
100 East Exchange Place, Columbia, SC
Southern Way Catering