The Butler Did It Catering Company

Their customer service is terrible. This is the third order with them and each time I have placed the orders with their staff I am blown away by how rude they are. The food was barely passable and all of the entries were cold. Stay away.

Really poor food delivered for our meeting. Half the team don’t even want to touch the food. We no longer will have our corporate events catered by the company.

I would not use this catering company again. I have used The Butler in the past and was satisfied but I recently used them do a small dinner party at my home. The food was only okay and the presentation and service came across as low-​end. Not sure when this company lost it’s flare but it has.

There is no real ambiance, however, as a take away place it is awesome. The menu changes often so it is worth coming back. The lady at the til is super super friendly. Meal prices are fair, however, I find the desserts slightly over priced. It is in a hood that is surrounded by service shops, therefore, it is good for lunch but easily missable since it is off The Drive.

I was stuck on Clarke Dr. and there wasn’t much around to eat at. There really wasn’t! Nuba was closed, and I didn’t want to wander around too far. Look around and look up and what do I see? The Butler Did It Café is open.
The Meatballs and rice noodles were just yummy! And for less than $ 6, this is definitely going into my sub-​$ 7 list. Sometimes you just never know where good food will show up! And boy was I glad they were open for lunch.

You can tell by my punchcard that I go to The Butler on Clark quite often, as it’s only a block away from work.
The food is decent, though the price and taste do not mesh well in my opinion. While some of their sandwiches/​paninis are quite good (and well worth the $ 7.00 to $ 85.50 price point), a lot of the 12oz salads, the $ 4.95 piece of chicken and $ 2.95 tacos were just not good enough.
The food occasionally falls into «run-​of-​the-​mill catering issues» where the ingredients didn’t balance well (ie. too much feta, not enough salad) due to the way it’s served or re-​prepared. While yes, they made a pretty mean lasagna, microwaving it killed any deliciousness that was left in the cheese, leaving only the meaty insides.
The service is usually pretty good, though occasionally, we’ve been given the wrong order, or missing condiments. The close proximity does make it easier to go back and ask for the missing salsa though.
Don’t get me wrong; I really like The Butler. It just wouldn’t be top of mind if someone asked me where I get my lunch.

I wonder if they will ever get a CLUE that they MURDERED the event I attended because the food was cold and there wasn’t enough of it.

This company catered a wedding I attended recently as a guest, so I can only review from a guest’s point of view. I don’t know what it’s like to work with them as the host/​planner.
Service was great. Servers did a great job circulating hors d’oeuvres. During the buffet, they manned the carving table, replenished food in a timely manner, etc. Friendly staff. I did not notice any glitches in this area.
The food, for its part, was just adequate. The hors d’oeuvres were rather pedestrian, not particularly interesting in terms of presentation or taste. I don’t know the different levels of cost, of course; it may be that the hosts opted for a particular tier, e.g. having chicken satay skewers instead of chicken mousse canapé with caviar or something. All the same, the chicken skewers should be delicious on their own terms, yet they were rather bland. I cannot now recall, a week later, what the other items were, because they were forgettable.
The luncheon spread looked great: a cheese platter, various dips, three kinds of salmon, breads, and roast beef. The cheese platter, however, was about as interesting as the kind you can get from Costco. The cold smoked salmon (lox) and candied salmon were pretty good, but the baked pieces were way overcooked and tough. I enjoyed the thickly sliced roast beef, but others around me felt it was too chewy, and not from a quality piece of meat.
I guess you can rest assured that the food will not deflect attention away from the bride or whatever your occasion may be.

I catered for my company’s Christmas dinner party and WOW! I was so impressed with Butler. For a really reasonable price, we had more than enough food to feed 30 people!
Not to mention their beautiful set up and decoration to add to the holiday atmosphere. Staff communicated very well leaving clear instructions on how and where to leave the stuff once we’re done for the night, etc. Will def use them again in future events!

This place is sandwiched nicely between ok and meh… I guess. You know that place you eat because it’s there, and so are you. Yeah, that’s the Butler Did It for me. It’s an ok lunch assortment of sandwiches, soups, pastas, cookies and daily dishes. If you’re there and you’re hungry, why not? But it’s not your destination restaurant kinda place.

I have never had their catering, but my husband & I have gone here a few time for lunch. Always a decent, filling lunch. Nothing INCREDIBLE. but decent, and worth going back to once or twice a month.
Their sausage roll was particular yummy. as is their tuna sandwich.

OMG just had their Greek lunch and am soooo stuffed and happy! I am ready for my food coma!
At the office I am the lucky one that gets to pick the food for the in office lunches and breakfasts so I decided to give the Butler a try. I had ordered a hot breakfast the week before but because it was for clients I didn’t get to partake in it but the reviews were great, so when it came time for me to order lunch for this weeks meetings I wanted to try their fare for myself. I am so happy I did!
The Great Greek Lunch came with spinach salad, Greek salad, chicken or beef skewers (I picked chicken because some people in our office do not eat red meat), rice pilaf, mini spanokapitas, whole wheat and regular pita with tzatziki and a desert platter to die for. All this for about $ 20 a person. Not too bad when you think about it because I could keep going back for more as there’s so much of it.
Now the service I have received both times was incredible. The first time they delivered on time and were back to pick everything up when they said they would. There was an additional charge but it was minimal. This time they don’t need to pick up until tomorrow so there is no additional charge for that. The gentleman that delivered today was on time and set up everything nicely for us. I even went back to offer help and he wasn’t taking any of it, in a good way. Of course, service doesn’t start and end with the delivery person. It starts with the call to the caterer and they ladies there (as I haven’t dealt with any of the men, if there are any) have been spectacular.
In the words of Arnie «I’ll be back».

I have used The Butler Did It a couple of times for corporate catering, with so-​so results. Their cheese and fruit platter are very good and well presented, so one day I ordered some mini breakfast snacks for visiting clients, hoping it would be nicer than the array of food I grabbed from the grocery store and threw together along with my severe lack of hostess skills. Mistake! Muffins and danishes from Tim Hortons would have been a vast improvement from what the Butler Did It brought, which was a small amount of greasy little pastries laying flat in a sad little basket. Even the little muffins were greasy.
I ended up running down the street to pick up something better. I will avoid using them again for anything involving pastries. (Maybe their other food is better.)

My new favorite spot for lunch on Granville Island! This remote location I am talking about is nestled in the Emily Carr cafeteria. Today was the third time in a row I grabbed lunch here! Day 1 I got an asiago wrap and carrot ginger soup. The asiago wrap is loaded with vegies, cukes, tomatoes, onions, lettuce, sprouts and a tasty parmesan sauce all wrapped in a soft pesto tortilla. Day 2 I got the chicken caesar wrap with cream of celery soup and today I got the asiago wrap again with the german sausage soup. The soup was insanely good, sort of a tomato and onion beef broth soup with tender bits of german sausage, yumm! I could have slurped down another cup if I wasn’t so full.
These people use fresh and quality ingredients and make everything to order in record time. Usually I hit the gym on my hour lunch break and need to grab a quick and healthy lunch to bring back to my office and the Butler Did It Catering is the best!
They have specials every day, usually 2 soups to choose from, salads, lasagna, shepards pie etc.