Garden of Eating Catering and Events

I decided to give GOE another try for my company’s lunch time event and they did not disappoint! Food was hot upon arrival and delicious as always.

Oh my gosh! I used this catering company to cater to my office dinner and it was phenomenal. The service was spectacular. The food was on time, set-​up was accomplished in a timely manner. Everything went well. Not to mention the courtesy of the staff and Lisa. Everything couldn’t be more perfect. The food was so spot on and so was the dessert. If anyone is looking for an exceptional catering company, garden of eating is perfect for that. I looked into several vendors but none as good as this one. Thanks again for everything.

I had Thanksgiving food leftovers yesterday from an event you catered. and wow… seriously the BEST food I have ever tasted! amazing… esp with the amount of food you had 2 prepare. and 2 use fresh food 2 boot~AMAZING! THANK U! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

I just used this catering company for the first time to cater my office lunch, and they were fantastic. Chelsea took my order, guided me through the details. They set up a wonderfu lunch quietly, came back later and packed it up and my office said the meal was delicious! Wonderful professional and very classy.
Can’t wait to use them again and to go to their restaurant that’s opening!

We recently used Garden of Eating for a large corporate event at the Annenberg Beach house. Not only was the service great, the food was WONDERFUL! Lisa and her staff were easy to work with and very accommodating from start to finish. Our crowd of picky eaters went back for seconds. I will be using them again!

Great food and Great service — I totally recomend!

If you are having your wedding at the Annenberg, trust me, I have literally called EVERY caterer on that list and Ethan and his crew are the best for several reasons:
1). The most important part — their food is GREAT. With catering (mass production) food taste can be a hit or miss but I was blown away by how many compliments we received that night from multiple guests about the food. There were people from all different generations and different ethnic backgrounds and the food was definitely the hit of the night.
2). People you work with — at the end of the day, you’re not really choosing a company, or a food, or a service. You’re choosing the people you work with. I’m not going to lie, at first there were instances when I thought the conversation came off a little abrasive, but you quickly get to know them more personally because they SPEND TIME WITH YOU. They really try to get to know you and to see how they could best meet your needs. I’m sure I annoyed Ethan to his limits with emails at 1a.m. in the morning but not only did he patiently work with me to the end, but the end result was absolutely amazing. In fact, in my frenzy of last minute wedding planning I let a lot of things with the catering details (ie. decorations, menu frames, etc. get pushed to the backburner) and Ethan and his crew really pulled through for me and the presentation looked amazing. I didn’t ask for it but he brought excellence.
3). The price — no one has money to shoot to the breeze and it sure doesn’t grow on trees. Especially when it comes to wedding planning (and after talking to several of the other caterers on that set catering list) you start to feel a little disparity with how much everything costs. But GOE will work with your budget and will honestly try to meet you at where you can instead of trying to strain you of every penny.
4). Chelsea. Out of the 20+ vendors that I worked with for my wedding Chelsea at GOE was hands-​down one of my favorite people to work with. She is so good at her job, efficient, extremely courteous, and just so easy to work with. She is a gem and GOE is very lucky to have her.
5). Service — When you hire a catering company, you’re not just getting the food but the experience that that food comes with. I wasn’t personally there for the set up but one of my day-​of coordinators who is a friend of mine works for a major wedding planning company and has worked at numerous celebrity weddings and baby showers. She came up to me during the wedding and said GOE is one of THE BEST catering companies she has ever worked with in terms of service. Wow!
Worth it folks! Check them out and give them a call!

5 stars all the way.
Ethan and Garden of Eating was what made our wedding at the Annenberg Beach House possible. From the beginning, Ethan was very accessible to discuss our questions and issues with us, flexible with the planning, professional, and very prompt with moving everything forward. They were one of the vendors that we had the most confidence in ensuring that our wedding day would go smoothly.
On our wedding day we got so many compliments on the food — from the appetizers, salad, steak and salmon. I would definitely hire them again if I planned another catered event and would highly recommend to friends. Thank you Garden of Eating!

I have used Garden of Eating for years. First when I lived and worked in LA and now living in Seattle with offices in LA, I still use them when we have important meetings in the LA area. I highly recommend them for their amazing service, good pricing, excellent food (Garlic chips to die for). Just delicious and great options for all taste buds. You can’t go wrong with them!

Chef Ethan and his crew did a private birthday party for us on Feb 2. The food was delicious, and honestly the service was tremendous

Delicious and affordable! What more can you ask for in a catering company? The potatoes au gratin were AMAZING. Thank you so much for making my company holiday lunch a success! Everyone wanted to know where I had catered from, so kudos to Garden of Eating catering!

At our work, we often bring in product representatives that treat us to what are referred to as lunch and learns, where they bring as lunch. Being one of a few vegans at our office, it is some times difficult to coordinate lunches that can accommodate everyone. After having one rep treat us to Garden of Eating, I now refer almost all of our reps to order from them. Garden of Eating is very vegan friendly (as well as omnivore friendly), and they have never gotten an order wrong, and everything tastes fresh and delicious! Today, I was even surprised to see a vegan brownie included in my lunch! Very accommodating, very delicious, great service — it doesn’t get better than that!

I wanted to tell you how outstanding our experience was with your company «Garden of Eating» on the occasion of our daughters wedding.
The entire event was managed by your company from before dinner drinks and appetizer’s to the various stations for dinner. Your servers were excellent and the food was amazing.
The next day we held an Aussie type BBQ in our backyard (in the stifling heat) and once again your company provided fabulous food and the staff that stayed on to manage the event, Gaby, Mario, and Jose could not have been more helpful. With between 40 to 60 people outside in the heat they were spot on, removing finished dishes from the tables, providing cold drinks and even wetting towels so our guests could put them around their necks to just cool off.
I am pleased to say there was no food left and the clean up was excellent not a dish, napkin or stray piece of paper left, it was if no one had been in our yard at all.
Thank you for everything, no matter what the issue you were there to take care of it.
Forever Grateful
Gail and Bill Landers

Ethan & the GOE team were wonderful to work with for our wedding reception and throughout the reception planning process! Prompt communication, flexibility, great food, and amazing service… everything to help ease the mind of a stressed-​out bride.

Price, they can’t be beat and they served kosher!
Food was awesome in challenging circumstances — there was no food preparation facilities on site at the Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica.
The setup was a bit slow, but they also helped decorate the tables and serving tables with beachy themes, grass table skirts, tiki lights, etc. and they had to work around the band setting up equipment.
The food presentation and menu was quite elegant and tasteful.
The bar could have been a bit nicer, but it was more of an Annenberg facility issue, not theirs. Annenberg really didn’t give much setup time for a party as large as ours.
Waiters did a great job and brought plated meals to our elderly guests including drink refills, etc., and the buffet was amazing.
There was an abundance of food which everyone raved about.
The favorites were: The ribs, chicken strips, sea bass, steaks, and grilled vegies.
Our friend used them for her woman’s club get together and they were very very happy.
So I give them 5 stars and would use them again.
Did I mention our event was a catered kosher event which is almost never reasonable!
And…her daughter was having a baby!

3 words: MASH POTATO BAR!
yea…you get it…
oh, you didn’t get it?
OPEN WINE BAR!!!

I bring in caterers… a lot. I have gone through numerous catering companies and a few things inevitably happen:
they get too big for their damned britches and start charging an arm and a leg while.
their quality plummets or has ups and downs like a frenetic day on the NYSE.
I had started using various restaurants exclusively since they seemed to have their crap together more then the caterers… then, after seeing their trucks around here over the last few years, I decided to call Garden of Eating.
BRAVO! Price points are great, the delivery is so much on time that I think the Swiss are now setting their watches according to GofE and the food has been awesome… people are going back for seconds and a few souls even bellied up and went in for thirds.
Lisa and Chelsea can set up awesome menus for you or you can put something together yourself. There are options for various budgets/​diets/​etc that make it pretty easy to feed a whole crew.
I have used them for breakfasts and lunches now and will recommend them to any and all.

We are having lots (and I mean a lot of meetings at work now.) The good news about so many meetings, is that we are getting fed breakfast and lunch, 3 days a week from the beginning of January to the beginning of April. The caterer of choice has been Garden of Eating. The food has been been great. Coffee, OJ, pastries and fruit for breakfast each morning. Lunch is usually a hot meal with a salad and desert. The chicken dishes have all been great. The favorite of a co-​worker are the brownies. You can get into a sugar coma just looking at them. I am so glad that the project assistant found them for our catering needs.