Pranzi Catering

Pranzi catered our wedding and also provides flowers, they did a phenomenal job! The entire process working with them from meetings to emails was so professional and great! The food is delicious and the flowers exceeded my expectations! Highly recommend Pranzi for any function/​wedding!

Pranzi was our wedding venue’s exclusive caterer for our wedding this summer. I was told by the venue that they would not have a problem customizing to fit any budget which wasn’t necessarily accurate but not Pranzi’s fault at all. Being a recent college grad and my husband being in the military Lisa did her best to fit our very limited budget. The food was great, our tasting was a lot of fun and they presented our food beautifully. I had found a cake on Pinterest that I wanted and they duplicated it perfectly. You definitely get what you pay for with Pranzi. My only complaint is that sometimes in the appointments I felt like just a number on their long list of weddings. In my final details appointment I was really excited about the centerpieces I had made myself and all of the work I had put into planning most of the big day myself and I just felt like there could have been a bit more enthusiasm. Overall, I would definitely recommend Pranzi for catering an event.

Pranzi hosted an event for the nonprofit, Child & Family. Pranzi provided both the food, the bar, and the staff for the event under a tent in front of its facility. Everything was really good, including the atmosphere. More importantly, Pranzi should be commended for its generosity. It’s nice to see local businesses making contributions to the community.

Pranzi catered our wedding in 2013. While the food was delicious I was horrified at the service and arrangements that I ordered. I worked with Lisa on my floral arrangements. They were suppose to have bouquets on ½ tables and little tea lights and small arrangements on others. I was very surprised to walk in and not see one of the arrange to I ordered but something w lanterns on the tables. While they were not terrible they were not what I ordered.
The servers were being looked for on another occasion and were in the back eating our food and drinking our drinks. No wonder we couldn’t find anyone.
Then while it was towards the end of the night I watched on of the servers rip a drink out of a guest of mines hands and cut her off. While they have the liquor license and the right to cut someone off– they should not have done that in the middle of my wedding reception.
This place has forever been tainted to me, and I wouldn’t recommend them for anyone’s wedding.

This review is solely for a wedding consultation experience via phone and email and one tasting in December 2014.
Pranzi was on our (new) wedding venue’s short list of recommended caterers. After some research of Pranzi and review of their menu we were really excited to meet with Pranzi and do a tasting. We are planning our wedding from a different state and first communicated via e-​mail and phone with Lisa. Conversations about the food went as I expected, though she seemed eager to jump into floral plans and other wedding planning services that she could offer. We were still almost a year out from the wedding, so after securing the venue we were taking it one step at a time and just thinking about finding a caterer. I told her that we were not thinking florals yet. Of course I was thinking, «let’s see how the food is before you start planning my centerpieces» and my gut instinct was correct.
My fiancé and I flew home for a short trip for the holidays and did some wedding planning. Pranzi was the only caterer we were planning to meet so really did have all of our eggs in one basket. The tasting was very underwhelming. We are opting for stations for our reception and thinking of incorporating unique stations to suit our tastes. That day we tried:
Fresh Mozzarella with Native Tomatoes and Fresh Basil: Tomatoes were more white than red. When we brought this up, we were told this would not be an issue for our summer wedding. The caterer we ended up choosing did not have trouble presenting fresh and ripe produce for our tasting. Had the representative mentioned upfront the issues they were experiencing, my opinion might have been different but it was passed off as a perfectly fine salad.
Caesar Salad, carved meat station, pasta station: Nothing to write home about. I can prepare in my home equal or better and was looking for something more impressive for our wedding guests. But, no major complaints.
Interactive Wok/​Asian Station: I buy better frozen Asian meals at Trader Joe’s. It was a very unnatural orange color. This was the lowest point of the tasting for sure. Our rep. suggested that it may be improved for the wedding, but I could not imagine how.
Cannoli Station: Reminded me of canolli I would buy in a grocery store.
I am not the type of person who complains about food at restaurants or is a brideszilla — most other vendors have found it easy to impress me, so I was very surprised by how unimpressed I was. The biggest disappointment of this tasting was that it took up our precious type and left us worrying if we would choose a caterer on this particular trip to MA/​RI or if we would have to purchase more plane tickets to find a caterer a different trip. My fiancé, parents and I spent the time in between courses whispering (bantering) about who would be the honest one and tell someone that we were not impressed. Finally it was me that had to do it. Lisa suggested we should make adjustments and return for another tasting, but given our long distance planning simply did not have time to give Pranzi a 2^nd chance.

I survived on their food and one other caterers food for the better part of 2 weeks. They catered for National Grid in NK and in Providence during Sandy and Athena (or whatever the Weather Channel called it).
Gained 10 pounds. Would do again.

Pranzi has catered multiple lunches at my office and they are good. The service is prompt the staff is warm and helpful with whatever we need. Their macaroni salad is a crowd pleaser at my office and the salads are always fresh. The only qualm I have is that their sandwiches/​wraps tend to be a little plain. It’s good to have the classics but it’s also nice to have something a little different. Another odd thing but this is caterers in general is the delivery charge. It’s always over 20 bucks to deliver a lunch (so a tray of sandwiches, two salads and some drinks) 20 min away. For a large banquet or event I understand but for a simple lunch it ends up racking up the price. Just something to keep in mind.

We had Pranzi cater a business meeting with boxed lunches. They delivered the wrong sandwiches; there wasn’t enough vegetarian wraps/​sandwiches for the number we ordered. Some people had to go without as they didn’t have an option. The food overall was bland and tasteless. Whether one had a tuna sandwich, grilled veggie wrap, or turkey or whatever… everyone complained of the blandness. The only thing good about the boxed lunches were the chips and cookies. The lunches were substantial, but unhealthy (sandwich, heavily-​mayonnaised, mushy pasta salad, chips, and a large cookie.) I gave it an extra star because we ordered from them last year, and I don’t remember it being that bad.

Pranzi catered our wedding last fall and the food was excellent. We did buffet stations and for our cocktail hour we had a huge spread of fruits, cheeses, breads and sausages. Our guests still comment to us about the great food and that famous sangria!
That being said… there were a few issues I had with the behind-​the-​scenes process of working with Pranzi. Our wedding was a DIY wedding and we were on a budget. We were able to get Pranzi to work with us to create a menu within our budget. However, there were styling details that were really important to me that I brought up time and again and even gave Lisa photos as example several times but then when it came to the wedding day, those details seemed to have been swept under the rug.
As well, the employee who ended up managing our actual event was quite confrontational with me when it came to these details that I had specifically discussed with Lisa but were being overlooked. Asking a bride, at her wedding, in front of her grandparent’s, «Why aren’t you happy, what’s the problem?» is NEVER an appropriate thing to do.
Overall, I don’t think our guests ever knew I was miffed and the food was delicious but it will always bum me out every time I think about the huge glass urns I really wanted our sangria in and I will always wince when I think about the raucous of the catering staff setting up tables mid reception to pile our wedding cake slices on like some cheap banquet dinner.

Had Pranzi’s Catering at an event I was at and the food was great. Had the breakfast and the bagged Lunch and it was such a high quality of product with Boars Head wraps and all. Was def great catering.

As both a café and catering customer, I’m well experienced dining with Pranzi. I love that they are family owned and operated, and that the staff is personable and warm each and every visit.
Their food is solid, but café diners beware! Anything served hot is typically microwaved, so things like the delicious-​looking potatoes and stuffed mushrooms arrive rubbery and dry. They have great, big sandwiches with nice flavors, but be clear on exactly what you want! I’ve gotten the wrong sandwich a few times, unfortunately.
As for catering, they did a splendid job a couple years ago at my company’s function. The food was wonderful, however, they spoiled the night by jacking prices on the cash bar items — a Sam Adams should never cost $ 7… it’s brewed one state away! That was disastrous, our guests were quite upset, and we felt mislead having not been notified of such a price change prior to the event.
My review may seem a little negative, but know that it’s constructive criticism out of love! I go here often, and enjoy it. But, there’s always room for improvement, right? All in all, give Pranzi a try if you’re in the neighborhood!

Pranzi did the catering after my aunt’s funeral. They put out a lovely spread and did a great job of replenishing everything promptly without being intrusive, but to me it was more important that they did the little things. They made sure to transfer all of the leftovers to foil pans to make them easier to store. I even saw one of the caterers washing wine glasses that weren’t from the catering. Given how difficult funerals can be. it’s nice to have good people taking care of those little things.