TR3S Special Events Catering at Deer Ridge Vineyards

We booked with tr3s catering for our wedding in May at Las Positas Winery, formally Deer Ridge Vineyards. Overall, we had a very challenging experience planning our event because of the many changes that occurred during our two year engagement.
While Shawn Dobrich and Danielle Luce had no control over the events that occurred, they tried their hardest to make our wedding what we wanted it to be. Both spent many hours emailing/​calling us to discuss the details. I appreciate that they were up against a lot during this process. Shawn certainly did what he could to make up for us not being able to have all the minor details that we had originally planned on, and he certainly deserves credit for being a caring and understandable coordinator. Given the opportunity to work with him in another capacity and under different circumstances, we would gladly work with him again.
The day of our wedding the whole tr3s team that was present was outstanding. They kept an eye on my husband and I and provided us with anything and everything we needed throughout the day. If anything went wrong, we didn’t know about it, and I think that says a lot. The food was delicious.
Given that, the experience of planning our wedding under these circumstances left a bad taste in our mouths, but we feel like that had more to do with politics of the managers at tr3s and las positas winery, rather than the people on the front line that we dealt with directly.

My story is very similar to the one below by poster Tina E. My experience with TR3S catering (formerly at Deer Ridge and now at Las Positas) has been awful. They are poor communicators, unprofessional, and downright dishonest. I would NOT recommend doing any business with them and I would strongly caution all former and current couples planning weddings at Las Positas to think again. Furthermore, the return of monies paid for deposits, due to a blatant breach of contract on the part of TR3S, has seemed difficult due to the above outlined communication problem. Any couples in similar situations should contact me to further discuss.

If I could sum up Tr3s catering and their business ethics in a few words they would be:
awful, horrible, disgusting, sad, shameful, embarrassing, horrific, hideous, repulsive, rude, and sickening.
I booked my wedding and put a deposit down with Tr3s catering and Deer Ridge on November 19, 2010.
A few months ago, Deer Ridge sold their property. Las Positas Vineyards are now the owners, who will not honor any wedding contracts past 9÷10÷11. My wedding was scheduled for August 18, 2012, which means Las Positias/​Tr3s catering will not be honoring the contract I signed.
Prior to Deer Ridge selling, Tr3s catering had 45 brides (including me) who had signed a contract and put their deposit down.
I have asked SEVERAL times, over the past 3 months, for my deposit back, but I haven’t seen a dime.
Please note, my contract was between Deer Ridge and Tr3s catering, NOT Las Postias.
Los Postias will be remodeling the entire facility — the barrel room will no longer be available, the bridal room will be turned into an office and the theme of the property will be a spanish theme.
These are all modifications to my contract, which grants me the right to have my deposit back.
I have spoken to Shawn, Rick Ring, and Lisa Meir regarding this situation, yet no one wants to step up to the plate.
I sure hope all 44 other brides have been contacted.
If those brides put down the same amount I did for their deposit — Rick Ring is sitting on over $ 100,000 dollars…(if he hasn’t already spent it on the new restaurant in Santa Cruz that he is building).
If you’re a bride who is in the same boat — contact me — lets talk.
Please also keep in mind that I have asked several times for my deposit back. I’ve sent e-​mails, letters, and made many phone calls, but enough is enough — I want my deposit back.
P. S. If I could have given ZERO stars, I would have — trust me. They are not worthy of any one’s business.

In December TR3S Catering, along with DeerRidge Winery caterered my daughters wedding. while the Winery looked beautiful the service was horrible from both DeerRidge and TR3S. Shawn was the evnt manager and he had recently taken over for Danielle, who no longer works for TR3S, Shawn seemed completely overwhelmed. We paid about $ 100.00 per person and i am sure the service at McDonalds is better. There were too many things wrong to list in this small box. I did write a letter to DeerRidge along with TR3S Catering and their owner Pasta’s Restaurant in Pleasanton, i wrote this letter December 14^th and have never heard from any of them. I wasnt going to put a review on Unilocal,I was hoping someone would have read my letter and addressed my concerns. This was my daughters biggest day and they made serveral parts of it very disappointing. I worked so hard to save money to make my daughters wedding day so special and they did NOTHING to help. Please dont waste your money or your daughters special day by using TR3S Catering, Pasta’s Restaurant or DeerRidge Winery.

Beware! Brides with weddings planned early in 2011 need to contact TR3S. The new owners are going to remodel the place and won’t be finished until later in the year! Good luck having a wedding where there is construction going on! TR3S doesn’t seem to have notified anyone so you need to be proactive… contact them to see if your wedding date is still OK and don’t trust what they tell you — check with Los Positas winery off greenville rd– they are the new owners!!!

Deer Ridge was originally the second choice of venues for our wedding after visiting and cutting from our list we decided Deer Ridge was the perfect place. We had been communicating with Danielle Luce since June and when we decided to place the deposit and that this was the place communication stopped. I left numerous messages as well as several emails to danielles email as well as the event email, weeks passed and still no reply. I finally receive a reply from a Shawn Dobrich letting me know that Danielle was no longer there so it instilled my confidence back that they would still be the perfect venue. I responded to his initial email given him the date we wanted, the date we wanted to come in and place the deposit as well as a few more concerns and all communication stopped I am still awaiting a response. I hope Shawn gets it together soon or they are going to loose a lot of business, when it comes to my wedding communication is essential if there is no communication now what will happen when something arises when it’s closer to the wedding day? Not nearly what I need or expect from my wedding venue. Danielle Luce needs to come back. Overall its an amazing wedding venue, great views and photo opportunities and not too expensive…

I could not rave more about Tr3s catering, Danielle and Shawn! For my wedding 6÷26÷10 we wanted something a little different… a «tapas» style wedding… from the moment I posed the idea Shawn and Danielle ran with it! They were so enthusiastic about the menu and presentation. Our food tasting was so delicious that I CRAVED our food up until the wedding (who can say that about wedding food, really?) Danielle was available and professional and had everything under control. Shawn was so great to work with. he had ideas that I never thought of that truly made the menu and night. PLUS… they worked with our pretty small budget without sacrificing quality. I could go on forever about Tr3s… combine Tr3s with the amazingly beautiful Deer Ridge and you will have an incredible wedding… we did!

We had our wedding July 17^th 2010 at Deer Ridge Vineyards. 5 plus stars for Danielle Luce. Nothing but positive praises from me and my husband for her. She was awesome through all of the wedding planning, answered all my questions in an extremely timely manner, accommodated all my last minute needs, awesome awesome, gave her a big hug when I saw her at the rehearsal dinner, awesome during the whole wedding. Deer Ridge is an incredible venue, and the food was just awesome as well!

TR3S Catering is the dedicated caterer for events at Deer Ridge Vineyards, where the man & I got married 5÷1÷10. We had such a wonderful wedding day at the winery, and I have to give a shout-​out to Danielle Luce of TR3S. She is professional, very responsive (refreshing!), and always had good suggestions while planning the Big Day. Everyone raved about the food, and nobody went hungry! The food is tasty and generous in portion size, a good value. Just to give you an idea of the food– 2 of our fave apps for the outdoor cocktail hour were tuna tartare in crispy wonton cups with mango and avocado, and these little crispy potato treats that are like a gourment potato skin, or twice-​baked potato, with crème fraîche, green onion and bacon. Delicious! The Deer Ridge wines are quite good as well. I would recommend Deer Ridge and TR3S to anyone looking to plan a special event.