Dinner Ladies

We used the Dinner Ladies for catering for our wedding reception at the London Rowing Club back in August. Both my wife and I were very happy with the quality of service and more importantly the food was fantastic! All our guests had great things to say about the food, the chocolate torte for dessert was a personal favourite of mine! Thank you for Lucia and the rest of the team at the Dinner Ladies for helping to make our day special and again providing great food, service and overall quality.

We had Dinner Ladies cater our wedding in London and it was absolutely flawless from start to finish. We had numerous people tell us that it was the best food that they’d ever had at a wedding and crucially everyone had more than enough to eat all day, which is something we really wanted to get right. What I appreciated the most, though, was the professionalism and efficiency of the staff - they were reassuring and very kind throughout the day and in the run up, and I knew from the very first moments of our wedding that everything was going to run very smoothly. They also curated our table design from scratch and I was absolutely blown away when I first walked into the room. We could not recommend them more highly and they were one of the best decisions we made. A huge thanks to the whole DL team for making our day so incredibly special and seamless!!

We used Dinner Ladies for a 21st birthday party for 35 people at our home. We found the table wear, food (hot buffet) and cocktail bar were all great. The team were prompt and professional. We barely knew they were there, the event went so smoothly. And all the dirty plates, glasses etc were whisked away at the end…perfect. Would definitely recommend.

We had the most wonderful experience with Dinner Ladies who catered our wedding to perfection. From start to finish, everyone we spoke to was professional, helpful, responsive, and so so fun! The initial tasting with Ana and Nikika got us incredibly excited for our big day - everything we tried was colourful, thoughtfully presented and most importantly absolutely delicious! The notes we took on the menu were absolutely littered with exclamation marks and hearts - it made it very difficult to choose... Throughout the planning process Zoe was so helpful and all her suggestions for food, service and table settings were so practical and creative. We were supported all the way through with emails and Zoom calls so that we were all on the same page at every step. And a massive thank you to Nikika who came up with a beautiful dessert that was a nod to my husband's childhood! On the day itself, everything was an absolute dream. The tables were incredible, the whole staff team were so friendly (and our guests appreciated the top ups!) Our friends and family are still talking about the canapés which are the best we've ever had - we've even tried to recreate some of them with little success! The margaritas went down an absolute treat and the cheese display will live on long in our memories (and dreams...) Thank you thank you thank you Dinner Ladies for making our wedding day so wonderful - you smashed it out the park xxx

We're so grateful we chose Dinner Ladies as our catering company for our wedding! Every element was thought out and they came up with fantastic ideas too! I'm so grateful for the time especially Zoe and Bex that had 100's of emails throughout the year to iron out every detail. Originally when I chatted to Zoe I had the concept roughly; Wes Anderson's Grand Budapest Hotel theme with elements of Vietnamese and Jewish culture woven in but wasn't quite sure how to make our vision a reality. I shared my Pinterest board with some pink and blue inspiration + some more alternative weddings and the Dinner Ladies crew loved it! I loved that Zoe and the crew bounced off ideas with me, and shared lots of versions of ideas for the table settings. They even shared a Lord of the Rings style wedding tablescapes which if you haven't got a theme yet; that's a really beautiful one!! I loved that every part of the planning felt so unique to us, every few weeks new ideas involving our theme like the Mendel's boxes or the pink dessert table of dreams! I think the plates we got were pretty unique, never seen a table spread like it. The canopies were so delicious! A fusion of flavours from Japanese, Vietnamese to Jewish. Each bite was so umami. My personal favourite was the tofu toast, super crisp and juicy at the same time. These were a welcome bite whilst we had a drink and took photos before dinner. All the food was of course incredible, now we might be bias but we're pretty sure it's the best wedding food we've ever had. We went for a tasting which again we would highly recommend; it was like the most romantic cute little date! We tried some of the potential dishes and dinner ladies got it perfect. We really wanted Vietnamese casual plates with a bit of fusion. The aubergine and fish we chose we had so many compliments on, super aromatic and fresh! The bread and miso butter was also delicious and the green bean salad was really fresh and summery. The glassware was magical too, pink glasses pairing nicely with the gold rimmed plates and cutlery. The tablecloths and napkins were perfect too and all very cohesive. Going back to the dessert table, each dessert was so delicious and we had a lot of options which everyone loved!! You could help yourself and there were meringue, shortbread and fruity options. The flavours were amazing and even a couple of friends who attended that are professional pastry chefs were really impressed by the options! Sometimes everyone is too full to eat dessert at weddings but many people said they even went up for a round 2! Lastly for food we also decided to go for some egg fried rice later in the evening. This went down a treat!! The bowls were these adorable pastel blue with little feet and the rice tasted delicious! Just what everyone needed and I couldn't recommend enough to do a late night snack to keep people going. Dinner ladies were also kind enough to recommend the most incredible florist; Emily from Design by Nature! We're so happy we got a recommendation as they worked great together. I still can't believe how smooth and seamless the turnovers were from the ceremony to the dinner to the dance-floor!! Just so smooth and relaxed. Booking dinner ladies for the day was one of our best decisions, everything was taken care of perfectly and we didn't have to worry about anything. They even set up the chairs exactly how we wanted, and the chairs were so comfortable and beautiful! Just the whole wedding was a dream! Just again; thank you so much for making our wildest dreams into a magical reality, every detail was considered and executed to perfection.