City View Catering

Van is something else! We had a testing for our wedding... he cooked 4 salads, over 5 type of chickens, one pork, one beef and at least 4-5 different starches... Can't tell you which one was better! We are pretty confident they will be in our wedding! Thank you Van ❤️

City View Catering has amazing food and a friendly staff that takes care of their clients� Can't wait to work with them again!

City View catered our wedding out in La Porte and did an amazing job. The food was excellent and the presentation was visually stunning. The tasting and menu building experience at their kitchen was fantastic, and they are very flexible. The owner, Van, was very communicative and open to our input and ideas. I'd highly recommend City View for any event where you need amazing food and great service.

Van and his team catered our event for a celebration at our car dealership. His team was on time, the set-up for the tables and display's were exactly like he described them, and the food was great. A+ to Van and City View Catering. Austin Salinas, VP Friendly Ford of Crosby

Van and City View Catering catered a corporate event for me at Springhill Suites in Cypress. The food was beyond description ... fresh, tasty, beautifully displayed. Hot food was hot; cold foods were cold. Dessert could have come directly from Grandma's kitchen, it was that good. The price was also terrific. I highly recommend City View Catering, whether for a corporate or a social event.

If I could give this place more than 5 stars, I would. I was lucky enough to be invited to a pre-wedding tasting here. I really didn't know what to expect. I had never been to a tasting before and when we pulled up, I was a little taken aback. The area is not the greatest and the outside of the business isn't much. However, I can tell you that my mind was completely blown as soon as we stepped foot inside. Our whole group was escorted into the kitchen area where we sat down and waited for our "samples". I was impressed that we had a full menu of everything that we were going to try. Mind you, at this point I'm still thinking samples, but definitely intrigued by the atmosphere and the length of our menu. But then, Van, our caterer, comes out with the first tasting option. By no means was it a sample. It was a good full on size of food for all of us. After probably an hour and a half, we finished all of our food that Van presented to us. It was pure perfection and such a culinary experience! Van is great in the fact that he has ample recipes, can tweak anything that you like or don't like and is a fabulous host. Even though the sampling was not for my wedding, I can tell you that I will use him in the future for anything that I need a caterer for. What a fabulous experience with wonderful food. Please at least schedule a tasting with him!

They catered our daughters wedding in columbus. The food was fabulous!! Thanks for braving the rainy weather. The set up was beautiful too!! Lots of compliments from our guests!! Would highly recommend them, Demetra was the best!!

I used City View for my wedding six months ago. I have no regrets. The food was fantastic. Guests told me that it was the best food they'd ever had at a wedding. Plus, the price was very affordable, especially when compared to other caterers. Demetra provided us with excellent service. They provide you with three private tastings to get your menu just right. If there is something you want that is not on their menu, they will make it happen. They will also provide decorations ... and centerpieces like lanterns and candelabras for no extra charge. Our menu included smoked brisket, blackened redfish with a creole mustard sauce, cheesy white truffle risotto, grilled veggies, hashbrown casserole, and a salad with fresh gulf shrimp and a creole tomato dressing. For hors de vors we had mini crab cakes, shrimp cocktail, and little steak bites with chimichurri sauce. This food was the best part of our reception. Not only was the food excellent, but CV staff cleaned up my reception hall kitchen and dining room better than it was before they arrived. Check them out! You can't go wrong! :-)

I did not hear one complaint about the food at our DIY garden wedding hors d'oeruves reception. Our guest raved about all of the pass plates and the ravioli bar. We provided all of the liquor and the bartender perfected our signature drinks. Demetra worked with us tirelessly to perfect our menu and to ensure that we had more than enough food to serve at our intimate occasion. She was professional and always available for suggestions and ideas. Since we were busy enjoying our nuptials it was really thoughtful of her to pack us a doggie bag to eat at the end of the night. Although the execution of the food and drinks were great, I am giving City View 4 out of 5 stars because the execution of other aspects of the evening did not go as planned. First, the servers did not do an adequate job of clearing glasses and other trash once the party really got started. Also, we arranged for 4 servers so 2 would work on the flip from ceremony to reception but I noticed, as we were being whisked off to take pictures, the guest were picking up and moving chairs. Several of my guest asked me why they were having to pick up, move items, and clean which was embarrassing. I am not sure where the breakdown of communication happened between the event planner and City View but I do know that my guests should not have been clearing dishes and moving chairs. Overall I would recommend City View due to the quality of food and Demetra's professionalism and thoughtfulness.

I used City View for my wedding and the food and wait staff were excellent. They have really good food and are reasonably priced. My only complaint is that we picked a tentative menu then put a deposit down, a few months later they tried to charge us more for beef which was super shady! We had put a deposit down and they tried to change the price- thankfully we were able to get it resolved but it should have never been an issue.... I would still recommend them but make sure you get your menu in writing before you pay your deposit and bring up the fluctuating beef prices...

Look no further...pick City View and you and your guests will be so pleased and treated with such respect. We appreciated the hospitality and professionalism during our tastings for our wedding and it proceeded throughout our reception. We were so pleased with the quality and quantity of the food and presentation. The staff was so friendly and helpful. I would definitely recommend City View for any event.

I cannot say enough about how amazing City View has been. Every step of the way we were assisted by amazing staff that made everything so easy for us. The food was so incredible! Everyone at our wedding was raving about the entire meal. I could not have been happier with the whole experience. Thank you Van, Sharon, and Demetra for making our special taste so delicious!

Attend a wedding catered by city view and I think about there food all the time. The risotto is amazing! The set up was gorgeous and the staff was so friendly!

City View catered my wedding back in May of this year and everything was perfect! The set up and presentation surpassed my expectations!! Most importantly the food was absolutely delicious!!!

Absolutely love them, they can do absolutely anything, and do it with so much finesse....leaves everyone in awe with the spectacular presentations and the to die for food!!

My experience with Van started off as very pleasant. We did a tasting at which my husband and I brought both of our parents. Everything at the tasting was delicious and it all sounded like the answer to our prayers. Van told us at the tasting he would provide everything we needed (outside of alcohol, which we provided) and we wouldn't have to worry about a thing. This included tables, linens, all plates and silverware, glasses, complimentary champagne flutes for the toast, ice, water/tea/coffee, and they would even cut the cake for serving. We were never given a price but told him our budget and he told us he would make it happen. Getting everything in writing for the contract was extremely difficult with City View due to our time constraints- we were about a month out at the tasting and had only 3 weeks when we received a contract from them. When we got it, there was a service charge of $500 added to the final amount. We asked at the tasting if there was any sort of catering fee, which Van said there wasn't. When I inquired about what the service charge was for, he said it was for all the small costs that add up, like linens, ice and transportation. Instead of listing out each cost, they did a flat rate as to not "nickel and dime us." There was no percentage included in this number to reflect the total, as it was a flat rate. I decided that it wasn't worth arguing about because of my timeline, as well as feeling that for what I was getting it was worth the fee. Unfortunately, this was only the beginning of our issues. On our final walk through with Van, he notified us that we needed to provide a tent for his food prep area, an additional $200. We were blindsided by this. We asked Van why he didn't mention this before, and he told us that it was our venue's responsibility to notify us. Our venue does not require a tent, the City of Houston ordinance does, making it Van's responsibility to let us know. 2 weeks before the wedding, I got a final guest count to Van, which was higher than the original number. Van said it would be no problem to accommodate the additional guests and sent me a revised contract. The new contact did not have any of the changes we spoke about for the food and had an additional $140 added to the service charge (for a total of $640), this time at a rate of 20% (we were told it was a flat rate). I went to City View catering on that Friday (1w 1 d out) to pay my balance and got a receipt saying I had a $0 balance. Yet on the following Monday, I received an email saying that I owed more money because they forgot to increase the number of attendants to reflect our increased guests. I'm sorry but in my mind, it should've been their mistake, their loss. I told Sharon (his wife/business partner) that I would not have time to drive to their office and asked if a check was ok, she replied yes. The check was sent out on Tuesday, but they did not receive it by Saturday, our wedding day. Van had the audacity to ask my husband about the $100 or so balance that we supposedly still owed. We were in disbelief that he would do this to us on our wedding day! My husband gave him the cash and asked our planner to get a receipt. We did not get a receipt until the week after the wedding, with our check. If you are going to ask for payment in the middle of our reception, I expect you to be able to produce a receipt. Prior to the ceremony while my planners were setting up, Van immediately started yelling and cursing about things being in the wrong spot. After getting Van to calm down, my planner explained to him that everything that was "in his way" was the alcohol and bar necessities. It was completely unprofessional! In addition, City View did not bring water, tea, or coffee to the reception, so our guests had little to drink outside of alcoholic beverages. Luckily, we brought Coke and sparkling water as mixers and we were able to serve those. When I sat down to eat, I asked for water and was given sparkling. I was in disbelief when the server kindly told me that the sparkling water was all they had to offer. When it came to the toast, the champagne flutes were MIA as well, even though on the final contract it stated, "champagne flutes for toast charge of $4.50 a person waived." My husband and I requested multiple times that to-go boxes be made for us to take to our hotel because of the lack of time you actually get to sit down and eat. Van assured us it was no problem at all. We never got our to-go boxes of food. I was severely disappointed with the way Van handled business. Even though his food is good, he really ought to hire people to run the business operations. His staff gives excellent service and was very friendly to my guests and I, however, this does not make up for the way Van handled his business. I would only recommend Van with City View based on his delicious food, but I would make sure to get EVERY SINGLE TINY detail in writing because relying on his word didn't work out for us.

We had an event catered by City View and we can't keep speaking on how delicious the food was. OMG! Chicken with Lemon Butter Wine Sauce, rice dressing, green beans and the BEST Beef Short Ribs I've ever eaten in my life!!! I won't begin to share how many pieces of cake I indulged in. Everything was cooked to perfection!! I have to find a way to have these dishes again.

Excellent caters. Easy to work with.Great food.

Awesome Caterers!!!

Excellent, wonderful lady to work with

The best caterer that we have used. We had our sons wedding last weekend and they catered the wedding. The food was great and they were so easy to work with. I promise you won't be disappointed

Good Service but Be Careful – Our wedding was back in February, after settling into our new life and really thinking about the way some things were handled we decided to post comments. Overall we were happy with the pre-event preparing and Van was nice enough to have two tastings for us. However, there was a mix-up at the reception as the salad was not what we discussed and chose. It was pretty awkward to have the wrong menu details in our program as to what was served to our guests. Also, we noted the entr

Overall we were happy with the pre-event preparing and Van was nice enough to have two tastings for us. However, there was a mix-up at the reception as the salad was not what we discussed and chose. It was pretty awkward to have the wrong menu details in our program as to what was served to our guests. Also, we noted the entrée was smaller and seemed about half the size of what we tried during the tasting. The homemade rolls were stale, we didn't even eat them because of that. We have to say everything was really different from the tasting, it did not seem fresh and well prepared. We asked about the salad mix-up and were told the paperwork was mixed up or the wrong info was sent from our planner. The thing was we had only chosen and discussed one salad so we were not sure of that explanation. Our wedding planner wrote to them about our concerns but none of us heard a single thing back, neither an apology nor an explanation. Overall this service was not too bad, but we were expecting much better.

I had the pleasure of having City View cater my baby shower this weekend. Not only was the owner (SCOTT) a dream to work with, but the food was amazing! City View is more than reasonably priced and they offer great service. Would def. recommend!!!!!

Looking forward to networking with you in the near future!