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There are so many things guests will forget the days and weeks after your event such as what flowers were in the bridesmaids bouquet, or whether you had french tips or gel nails. What they won't forget is the atmosphere of your big day, the lively music, the beautiful decorations and they will definitely remember the meal.
Your corporate events are a direct impression of your company. From Open House, Grand Opening, Company BBQ, Late Night Dinners, Corporate Galas to just a luncheon drop off. We are the company to call when you want to have the "Wow" factor. Shouldn't they be more than subs and cookie cutter trays? Elegant Touch is a proud caterer of some of the areas top businesses.
From Girls going wild to baby showers to college send-offs, Graduations Parties, Family Reunions we're here for you. What a Wow Factor for your event, whether its a girls night out or Graduation Party or just friends coming over. We bring the fun with our newest station and hit of 2018 and 2019 Pizza Party to Go.
Elegant Touch is proud to have worked at many locations in and around the Capital District. Below we have provided some suggestions of locations to help you start your search. We hope this list helps, if you have any questions or need some help with the overwhelming choices we would be happy to assist you. Have your own venue not on our list? Please let us know, we would love the opportunity to discover new treasured places.
Reviews (7)
Amanda Brandon Walter
Aug 16, 2021
As someone else mentioned, poor customer service and morals. We hired elegant touch as our wedding caterer during the COVID pandemic. We worked primarily with Deb, who was better than Kim, but the two run the business quite poorly. There seems to be no communication between the two. We got 4 different final invoices from them, as they kept messing up the cost breakdown.
They charge you for a tasting, and the chef doesn't come out to introduce herself, which is just weird. They tried charging us bar price for minors, made us pay $2 extra for lemonade (which is a quite common bar mixer), and served the wrong salad dressing on the day of the event, which they knew one of our guests was allergic to. The food itself did taste okay, but it was not worth the amount of money we paid, especially for the hassle it was to work with them throughout the planning process. Would not recommend.
They charge you for a tasting, and the chef doesn't come out to introduce herself, which is just weird. They tried charging us bar price for minors, made us pay $2 extra for lemonade (which is a quite common bar mixer), and served the wrong salad dressing on the day of the event, which they knew one of our guests was allergic to. The food itself did taste okay, but it was not worth the amount of money we paid, especially for the hassle it was to work with them throughout the planning process. Would not recommend.
Andrea Linton
May 17, 2021
We just used Elegant Touch for the catering for our wedding and the food was amazing! It was supposed to be in 2020 but everything was delayed during the pandemic, so we had to push it back to 2021. Everyone was so accommodating with pushing things back a year. We just had the wedding last weekend and everyone keeps telling us how great the food was!
They had such fun options, like mini grilled cheeses with tomato soup shooters and cheesy risotto balls. I highly recommend them, and especially recommend the marinated flank steak and macaroni and cheese!
They had such fun options, like mini grilled cheeses with tomato soup shooters and cheesy risotto balls. I highly recommend them, and especially recommend the marinated flank steak and macaroni and cheese!
Matt Goodwin
Mar 17, 2021
Columbia S.
Jan 23, 2017
Hiring Elegant Touch was the worst decision I made as a bride. My husband and I are supposed to be enjoying life as newlyweds. Instead, we are dealing with phone calls, texts, and emails from wedding guests and vendors who did not get to eat at our wedding because of the services they failed to provide. 1) They ran out of food at both stations and did not serve any of the vendor meals we paid for.
Wedding guests and vendors had to heat up leftover lasagna from our rehearsal dinner because Elegant Touch ran out of food. 2) The food they served was drastically different than what we were served at our initial tasting. Instead of scallop ceviche, they served some kind of raw tuna mush with avocado. The duck buns they served was hard as a rock (both the meat and the bun).
My mother in law went into the chef tent to complain and was told a new tray would come out. The tray never came. 3) They were rude, and defensive during the entire wedding planning process. After the wedding when we approached them with our complaints, they played the blame game.pointing fingers at our wedding planner, the venue and anyone else they could.
They also tried to tell us they "donated" our leftover wedding food to a local church group. I would love to know the name of the group because they were probably served better food than the guests at our wedding. 1 star is generous for the amount of pain this catering service caused us. I'm including my phone number here for anyone who wants to contact me before hiring Elegant Touch. Cell: 714-757-9449
Wedding guests and vendors had to heat up leftover lasagna from our rehearsal dinner because Elegant Touch ran out of food. 2) The food they served was drastically different than what we were served at our initial tasting. Instead of scallop ceviche, they served some kind of raw tuna mush with avocado. The duck buns they served was hard as a rock (both the meat and the bun).
My mother in law went into the chef tent to complain and was told a new tray would come out. The tray never came. 3) They were rude, and defensive during the entire wedding planning process. After the wedding when we approached them with our complaints, they played the blame game.pointing fingers at our wedding planner, the venue and anyone else they could.
They also tried to tell us they "donated" our leftover wedding food to a local church group. I would love to know the name of the group because they were probably served better food than the guests at our wedding. 1 star is generous for the amount of pain this catering service caused us. I'm including my phone number here for anyone who wants to contact me before hiring Elegant Touch. Cell: 714-757-9449
Crystal M.
Sep 05, 2013
This is the most unprofessional place that I have ever delt with, ever!' We used elegant touch for our wedding on lake George this past July. The staff was incredibly rude and unprofessional! My guests who ordered prime rib were served chicken! When my guests said they had received the wrong dish they were given attitude and told there was no more prime rib!
Which is impossible especially when the whole wait staff was in the back eating the prime rib that was meant for my guest! When my wedding planner told them they needed to give my guest the prime rib, the waitress brought it to my guest and basically threw there plates in front of them! We had Italian meats and cheeses as some if our hors de vours and the cheese was not even cut nor were there any utensils to cut it with.
There were no napkins or plates provided for the hors de vours either! Not only this, if you think they will caterer to the bride and groom your wrong. In fact husband and I didn't even get a chance to taste anything except a meatball! (We were taking pics) They didn't even set some aside for us to eat later! It seemed to be a big deal when we asked them to bring us a drink!
At the end of the night they didn't leave any thing for any of my guest to drink not even water! So for two hours my guest were thirsty ( very hot in July) not to mention we paid for these drinks and watched them pack them up! they didn't clean anything at all! After everything was over my husband and I had to clean up after our own wedding!' Nice to know when you get married in a castle and pay top dollar for a caterer you have to do their job at the end of the night!
To top this all off my guests heard the waitstaff call our family white trash! I'm sure white trash get married in a castle all the time! This is the worse place ever I wouldn't recommend it to my worse enemy! Let me say one good thing, the food tasted good and that is all!' So if you want to deal with one big attitude all night and the wait staff eating the food you paid for your guest to have, I suggest this place! Absolutely horrible!
Which is impossible especially when the whole wait staff was in the back eating the prime rib that was meant for my guest! When my wedding planner told them they needed to give my guest the prime rib, the waitress brought it to my guest and basically threw there plates in front of them! We had Italian meats and cheeses as some if our hors de vours and the cheese was not even cut nor were there any utensils to cut it with.
There were no napkins or plates provided for the hors de vours either! Not only this, if you think they will caterer to the bride and groom your wrong. In fact husband and I didn't even get a chance to taste anything except a meatball! (We were taking pics) They didn't even set some aside for us to eat later! It seemed to be a big deal when we asked them to bring us a drink!
At the end of the night they didn't leave any thing for any of my guest to drink not even water! So for two hours my guest were thirsty ( very hot in July) not to mention we paid for these drinks and watched them pack them up! they didn't clean anything at all! After everything was over my husband and I had to clean up after our own wedding!' Nice to know when you get married in a castle and pay top dollar for a caterer you have to do their job at the end of the night!
To top this all off my guests heard the waitstaff call our family white trash! I'm sure white trash get married in a castle all the time! This is the worse place ever I wouldn't recommend it to my worse enemy! Let me say one good thing, the food tasted good and that is all!' So if you want to deal with one big attitude all night and the wait staff eating the food you paid for your guest to have, I suggest this place! Absolutely horrible!
Jonathan G.
May 12, 2012
Elegant Touch catered our wedding down in Connecticut in 1997. They used to have a restaurant and that is how we became familiar with them. We were frequent diners with them and never thought they would want to travel so far to cater but we asked anyhow and were very pleased when they accepted the challenge of traveling some 2 hours away! On the day of the wedding and prior to the start of the service, they still hadn't arrived! Ugh!
Then came a phone call indicating they had gotten lost. Remember this was before GPS navigation was prevalent. I went into the ceremony, not knowing if we would be having food available afterward! During the ceremony, they arrived and must have kicked it into high gear in order to be ready for the reception. I don't know how they did it! You would not have known that any kind of wrench had been thrown into the plan. The food and service was excellent! I would highly recommend them!
Then came a phone call indicating they had gotten lost. Remember this was before GPS navigation was prevalent. I went into the ceremony, not knowing if we would be having food available afterward! During the ceremony, they arrived and must have kicked it into high gear in order to be ready for the reception. I don't know how they did it! You would not have known that any kind of wrench had been thrown into the plan. The food and service was excellent! I would highly recommend them!
Nash L.
Jul 29, 2011
The owners, Kim and Deb, are very particular about how they like things to work. They seem to operate kind of like your wedding planner. The guests of our wedding said that they were happy with the food. I thought for what we paid, that the food was not up to my standards (Dull colors, over seasoned, minimal displays). We made one special requests, light salt, due to dietary needs.
We were assured that they would be light on the salt. There were many dished that were almost inedible due to the salt content. My groom and I were advised that a member of the staff would be attending to us throughout the event, we were introduced to a member of the staff at the beginning of the event and that was the last time we saw her for the whole night. We paid a separate charge so that the children could have a different menu (chicken fingers and fries). The kids were not served chicken fingers or fries.
We were assured that they would be light on the salt. There were many dished that were almost inedible due to the salt content. My groom and I were advised that a member of the staff would be attending to us throughout the event, we were introduced to a member of the staff at the beginning of the event and that was the last time we saw her for the whole night. We paid a separate charge so that the children could have a different menu (chicken fingers and fries). The kids were not served chicken fingers or fries.
