Jasmine Catering

Jasmine catering does a great job! They catered my daughter’s bat mitzvah, and everything was perfect. The food was excellent… many of my guests called me afterwards to say how delicious it was. Oded and his staff were easy to work with, and very nice. I highly recommend Jasmine Catering!

Oded was terrific. His team worked with us during our wedding reception last year – on Thanksgiving day! it was very difficult to find caterers willing to work that day, so we were really impressed with how well it all turned out. We had a lovely fall dinner, with roasted veggies, pasta salads, and slow cooked meat. We also had lots of leftovers, so we had enough food to eat for a couple of days after the event… no worries because it was delicious and it kept well.
Oded was timely, the room looked beautiful, and the prices were fair. They took care of the food and the rentals, and were happy to work with what we already had, making useful recommendations on how to make the most of it (we had lots of chairs, for instance, in the venue we used, and Oded suggested we used those, saving quite a bit of money). Everything was very relaxing and easy going, nothing terribly fancy, but all more than correct. I honestly could have not been happier with he over all experience. Highly recommended.

The team at Jasmine Catering is fantastic! I hired them for my parents’ anniversary celebration, and I’m so glad I did!
Oded is incredibly kind, patient, and professional. I emailed him more than two dozen times leading up to the event, and he always got back to me right away with helpful explanations and suggestions. He accommodated my many changes, even managing to procure additional chairs in response to my last-​minute request.
The food was delicious! All the dishes received rave reviews from the guests. My particular favorites were the brie and onion fillo crisps and the ratatouille. I’m a vegetarian, but my guests informed me that the crab cakes and chicken were expertly prepared and very tasty.
The service was equally stellar. Oded and his team dropped off the rentals the night before and showed up right on time on the big day. They were friendly, polite, and easy-​going. They worked hard to blend into the background and take care of all the details so that the hosts and guests could enjoy the party. They even packed up the remaining food and stored it in the fridge before they left for the evening!
I should add that, after getting quotes from at least ten other places, I am convinced that this is the best deal in the Bay Area. Jasmine Catering charged me half what others were asking for equivalent services. (I found it particularly notable that Oded suggested ways we could reduce costs without sacrificing quality; he clearly does not intend to overcharge his clients!) I don’t know how they do it, but it goes without saying that I will hire them again for future events!
This party was very important to me, and I am so happy it turned out to be such a smashing success! Thanks Oded!

So happy I used them for my wedding. Although we hardly had enough time to enjoy the food my guests all gave compliments at the end of the night. Jasmine catering was easy to communicate with and patient. I emailed back and forth with Oded for months before, changing the menu and asking a million questions. On the day of they were there on time, clean, professional, I didn’t even notice them leave when dinner was over. I would absolutely use them again if I had another event.

I was recently visiting up north, and happened to go to an event catered by Jasmine Catering. The experience was, once again, wonderful. The staff were friendly and polite, the food was delicious and beautifully arranged, and there was nothing that I would not have gotten seconds of. Of course, the issue of how much food I can actually fit inside myself limits seconds, but most assuredly not my taste buds!

As a professional photographer, I have had the pleasure working on the same team with Oded and his talented staff at many different parties and events over several years. Jasmine Catering’s food is always fresh and beautifully presented. I have the opportunity to see them behind the scenes and I have witnessed their whole catering process including: how they make the food fresh, onsite; set the tables and room to look absolutely perfect; plate and present the food on the buffet (very artful); interact with guests who require assistance and clean up after themselves. What I see is a staff that works very professionally together with NO DRAMA. They have all their materials with them and they work cleanly and on time. The food is prepped and/​or made in the kitchen and they clean up after themselves as they go. Guests don’t get to see whether there is chaos or mess behind the scenes but the fact that there isn’t says a lot to me as a professional. Jasmine has their act together. Since there is no chaos, Oded and his team can focus on creating fantastic food and a great dining experience for the guests. I highly recommend Jasmine. I would definitely hire them to cater my own events.

My positive review was also deleted for some reason, so I am posting again.
We are thrilled with Jasmine catering! Jasmine Catering was our caterer for our wedding at Beth El in Berkeley. Everything was perfect! The food was presented well and everyone loved it. The wait staff was absolutely delightful and the bartenders were professional and speedy. Oded listened to all our requests and even displayed our Photo frames all around the social hall. Hè had his staff place the favors at every setting, and they neatly put our home made cake toppers on the cake. At the end of the night Oded checked in with us and made sure extra food, wine and champagne were saved for us to pick up the next day. Many of our guests inquired about the caterer at our wedding and were raving about the food. Oded was a pleasure to work with throughout the entre planning process. He promptly and patiently responded to all our questions and provided guidance around rental equipement and more. My husband and I highly recommend Jasmine Catering! We could not be any happier!

Jasmine catering is a breath of fresh air in the catering scene. They catered my wedding last month and everything was perfect! The food is delicious, super fresh, and local. The presentation is simple and classy, and the service is friendly, professional and punctual. They have quite a variety of dishes to choose from Italian to Asian to Mediterranean to American and everything in between. Amazing salads, entrees, appetizers, and desserts. Oded is the owner and is a sweetheart. I recommend them for any occasion, formal or casual. Iove jasmine catering!!!

I just wanted to give an update to my review. My One of the wonderful things about Jasmine catering is that they created a menu that was designed specifically for us. We told the owners what foods we liked and they gave us a wonderful tasting of the dishes before the actual wedding. The food perfect. We did not need to change the menu at all. What we were served for the tasting was exactly what our guests got to enjoy on the day of our wedding. It was fresh, delicious, and beautifully displayed.

I don’t know why Unilocal took down my previous review. I have a feeling someone (probably the one person who gave this company a bad review.) flagged my good review. Anyway, I love this catering company. They provide incredible service and supreme quality food. Always fresh, organic, and artfully presented. The chef is a genius. They are currently on a break I believe, but I will return to them when they are back in service.

Wow, these people must have bribed Unilocal to remove my bad review. I work at UC Berkeley and this is by far the most unprofessional presentation of catered food I have ever suffered the embarrassment of ordering. I was the one who posted the picture of the cake, which looks like it was prepared by a 5 year old.
The food arrived in a very ghetto packaging (cheap, ugly aluminum bins, think «BBQ presentation»), tasted quite bad, some items like their pizza were still raw, and as disgraceful as the cake looked, even worse was the taste and that it crumbled and disintegrated when cut. I would never, ever recommend this place. If the owners erase my review, I will just post again, because I wish I had known this before placing my order and looking like a fool in front of our whole department. I would recommend this company to cater your 3 year-old’s lost-​tooth party, but nothing more formal than that.

excellent food, great service and reasonable price. I will definitely use Jasmine catering again and I highly recommend them.

Every event that they have done in our social hall has garnered rave reveiws!