Herbs & Spices Catering

Herbs & Spices catered our wedding of 80 people at Stern Grove. The food was phenomenal and the service was out of this world! Wendy and her staff were extremely helpful, knowledgeable, and accommodating. Like when we found out a week before the wedding that there weren’t enough tables at the venue, I reached out to Wendy & she found tables and linens within two hours at a better rate! Herbs & Spices went above and beyond. I can’t imagine having had our wedding without them!

Thank you fellow Unilocalers for all the great reviews about Herbs and Spices, because of you I had them cater a 3 day training event. This was my first time doing this and Melissa was extremely helpful every step of the way. The food was amazingly delicious and we were all so appreciative of the tasty food and service. If you need a great caterer… search no more!

Wendy is an absolute pleasure to work with, she’s as sweet as can be and incredibly flexible and helpful. I was having a little trouble with communication on my end due to her emails somehow being sent into my junk mail folder, but she was still so pleasant and patient.
The meal for our baby shower was a big hit, first class all the way. One of Wendy’s lovely staff members arrived about 15 – 20 minutes prior to our even to set up the chaffing dishes and give us simple instructions on how to serve.
Some outstanding dishes were the flank steak with caramelized onions and blue cheese sauce, pistachio-​crusted salmon, potatoes gratin, and wild mushroom grilled cheese sandwich bites. We had plenty of leftovers that we encouraged guests to take home and everyone raved about how good the food tasted the next day.
No doubt I would go with Herbs & Spices again for our next big event!

Talk about last minute. We needed a catering company last-​minute for our wedding (after failing to choose a good one — BIG OOPS). We were scrambling.
WENDY TO THE RESCUE! Her team was a bunch of rockstars. She was available on our date and put together menus with us quickly. She communicated quickly and was super responsive. She was affordable and didn’t gauge us despite it being a wedding. Her staff were courteous and professional. She was on-​time and there was even an issue with the ovens at the place we were at, and I didn’t even notice — they just handled it, by making more appetizers while they dealt with the ovens. Guests didn’t even know! This is exactly what one would want during a wedding — a hands-​off, «we’ll take care of everything» approach.
Can’t recommend these guys enough.
Thank you for making our wedding an amazing success!

I had to organize a last– minute baby shower for someone. I decided to have the event catered. Wendy and her team did a wonderful job preparing the food. She nailed it down to every detail. I had very specific menu and she delivered 100% under short notice. She is very knowledgeable about food and offers great suggestions that complement any meal.
I wish I had some photos. They delivered on time and did a beautiful job arranging the food. It taste even better. Her online menu is impressive. I wish we would have chosen more things. generally, I ordered a fig salad with various dressings, salmon, rolls, fruit salad, and chicken. I would highly recommend this company and use them again.

Herbs and Spices did a wonderful job for our 50-​person party in our home in Oakland. Melissa, Joseph, and James were friendly and personable, and their service was smooth and efficient — they made everything so easy for us! And so many of our guests complimented the food, which was all super-​flavorful, «good for foodies», abundant, and high quality. I can’t wait to have another excuse to hire them!

My husband and I worked with Wendy and her team for our wedding. BEST DECISION EVER!
Wendy:
She was very professional, knowledgeable and have great follow up! She made the whole process very efficient, smooth and easy.
Staff:
They were dressed very professional day of. They were all very courteous and respectful to us and all of our guests. I noticed they were checking in on tables to make sure everyone was taken cared of.
Food:
AMAZING! We first went to the tasting with our parents and it was very good. It was a done deal after we tried her food. We had a large wedding so I was worried that the quality of food wouldn’t be the same as the tasting. Boy was I wrong. It tasted even BETTER at the wedding! We did a buffet style and the lines moved really efficiently. Our guests didn’t have to wait, there were many comments about how good it tasted and they even said the food was still warm when it was their turn.
Kudos to Wendy and her team!

We hired Wendy and her amazing team for our wedding. We first made an appointment for a tasting and had an extremely pleasant experience. Wendy was extremely knowledgably and put us at ease with the catering process. The food during the tasting was extremely good. We were very satisfied with the decision to hire Herbs and Spices. On the day of, the wedding consisted of 240 guests. Everything went super smoothly and our guests raved about the food. I also found that the food was amazing the day of. Not only did our guests enjoy the food, they commented several times on what excellent service that was provided. I am so happy we picked Herbs and Spices for our special day and would highly recommend their catering and service to everyone!

Wendy catered my wedding. Her food was fantastic! Many of my guests commented as such. She was so helpful throughout the entire planning process. She made samples of her food for us to taste. She was open-​minded as we worked on the menu together. We were pretty particular on what we wanted and she gave us what we wanted. The food at the wedding was the same as what she had prepared for us (no bait and switch). She helped with logistics. She took care of renting chairs, tables and barware for us. All in all, a great experience and I will absolutely hire her again!

Wendy catered our Stinson Beach Community Center wedding reception in October 2014 and the food and service were incredible. Throughout the planning process, Wendy was fun and easy to work. We really appreciated her ability to match our budget with a wide array of choices as well as organic and local options. The appetizers, dinner, berry cobbler, and late night cheese burgers were all a huge success. Our guests still talk about the high quality of the food and how exceptional the staff treated everyone. I should also note that Wendy was able to easily cater to the bride and guest’s food sensitivities. Overall, our wedding night went as smooth as we could have imagined due to all the behind-​the-​scenes hard work of Wendy and her staff. We highly recommend Herbs and Spices catering for weddings and special events.

H&S catered my birthday party a few weeks ago and everything was great! We had an assortment of appetizers delivered in the afternoon. The food arrived on time. It was nicely laid out and wrapped. They included little signs for everything. The portobello grilled cheese sandwiches were a hit. We loved the pulled pork sliders as well. The prices are reasonable and the quality was excellent. I would definitely use H&S again or recommend them to a friend.

Wendy catered my wedding and I’ve had so many guests tell me how delicious the food was. She was extremely flexible with the kitchen requirements and made everything work. Due to some unexpected rain during what was supposed to be an outdoor wedding, we had to move cocktail hour inside. As the kitchen is open, there were many guests milling about, which created a somewhat chaotic environment. However, Wendy and her staff were calm under fire. My husband commented that he was so impressed by their calm demeanor, despite all these wedding guests milling about. I wish we could say the same of our wedding planner that day! Thanks to Wendy for her hard work and delicious food!

Wendy managed our son’s Bar Mitzvah that was held in our home. The food was amazing — our guests (who were from Brazil, Hawaii and Philadelphia) raved about how everything tasted amazing. Her staff was awesome, perfect, helpful, sweet, really went above and beyond. Wendy was responsive and totally engaged from beginning to end. And her rates were reasonable! I would totally hire her and her staff again. Thank you Wendy!

I have to update my review for Wendy and H&S. I’ve done a lot of events with her over the years, and this past week at Oracle Open World she catered another corporate event for me. She just keeps getting better and better. There were a ton of parties for people to choose from and soooo many people came up to me after the party and raved about how delicious the food was. The quality of the food actually made a difference in the success of our entire show as people a) stayed a lot longer than planned; b) will remember our party; and c) will be sure to come back next year. So not only did I look good in the eyes of my colleagues for having planned the great event, we actually do better business thanks to well executed party.

I wish I could have had a picture taken of my face when I tasted the food Wendy and her team prepared for my wedding last week. I had this overwhelming feeling of pure satisfaction with my first bite. Long story short my mother gave Wendy our family recipe for Pasta Al Forno and she totally nailed it. She actually made it better than we have made it in the past ourselves. Everything was delicious and her service staff was great. I absolutely loved everything about this catering service. They are hands down the best around. All of our guests loved the food and we felt like we fed everyone a satisfying fantastic wedding dinner. I will recommend this caterer to anyone looking to have an event catered. I would give them 100 stars if I could.

I hired Herbs and Spices to provide hor d’oeuvres for a retro 50s/​60s cocktail party I had in my home recently. I had 18 people total and they did a great job — I, and my guests, were very happy! Chef Wendy suggested a menu that was appropriate for the theme. The day of the event, Roxanne came 90 min early to make sure everything was set up and ready to go when my guests arrived. The buffet counter was BEAUTIFUL and exactly as I’d envisioned. Roxanne also walked around the party at various times to offer guests hor d’oeuvres from a silver tray… lovely touch. She was friendly, attentive and extremely professional… it was obvious she likes what she does. I am very happy and would definitely use Herbs and Spices again should the need arise! Thank you Roxanne and Wendy!!!

Elegant, delicious, and affordable!
Chef Wendy was a dream to work with and we felts so lucky to have found her. She catered a 100+ fundraising event for us in San Francisco and even gave us a non profit discount. A number of people came to me during the event and even days after the event to compliment the food; they claimed it was delicious, substantial and elegant. Nobody had any need to go to dinner afterwards even though we just had stationary appetizers! Everyone commented how ample the food was and it just kept coming. We even had some leftovers for the volunteer crew that did not have time to eat during the event. The cold cuts and cheeses were beautiful, the rosemary beef biscuits were great, the different sliders really filling and the mushroom toast divine.
Wendy was patient with our ever changing numbers and went beyond her duty to help us with glasses, ice delivery, etc. Her crew was great, too. Even though they were not in charge of the bar they happily volunteered to pass out wine as people started arriving.
If I am ever crazy enough to do another fundraiser Wendy will be the first to call to make sure she is available.

We recently had Wendy and her crew cater our girls night out event and it was nothing short of an absolute wild success! In the planning stages, Wendy was incredibly flexible and had wonderful suggestions to make this night as great as it was! Her crew that she sent out were punctual, professional, and worked incredibly well together. We reviewed many other local catering companies and they were priced very competitively.
The food was outstanding and her staff also plated out our additional dishes that we prepared without hesitation.
The bartender provided by Wendy happily stayed late serving drinks to our guests and was willing and setup a self-​serve bar station even after she left.
We would hands-​down recommend Herbs and Spices catering to all of our friends and plan to use their services again.
Thanks Wendy and crew for a great girls night out!

I used Herbs and Spices to help supplement appetizers for a party of 50. I chose them for their positive ratings on Unilocal,their unique menu choices, and the upfront pricing they on their website. This was a last-​minute order and they were very responsive to my inquiries. They were able to accommodate a next day delivery date which I really appreciate.
All in all I would have to say I was very pleased with the professionalism of this company. Although I didn’t hire servers, they gave me all the accoutrements so I could set up a nice spread on my own. The food was delicious. They comped the delivery charge because they were early. Again, I appreciate the professionalism.
I took away one star because although their prices are not out of the ballpark, it’s not considered a deal by any means especially if you include the cost of delivery as well. One serving is one and a half pieces. I’d be satisfied with two pieces. Two pieces per serving a is a five star rating. I can’t help myself. I’m cheap like that. Nonetheless, I will use them again in the future.

I use Herbs and Spices for all my New Year’s Eve events and other catering needs. They are extremely professional, cook amazing food, and you always feel like you got the deal of the century.
Wendy and her company just helped me out of a last minute jam when I had to feed 200 people for a lunch time gathering. I can not give them enough credit and will always recommend them to anyone who is looking for a caterer.