Happy Hostess Caterers

Very overpriced. The food is Ok but has no shelf life and must be eaten the day you get it. Nothing special here although has a nice selection of frozen food.

I absolutely love this place. My favorite (which I just picked up) Matzah balls in their chicken soup with bread loft for dunking and half sour pickles and coleslaw for before and after the soup! This place rules!

I have been visiting long island with my family for years and each visit we either take out food for lunch or dinner or cater a holiday from Happy Hostess. We are Jewish but not Kosher and although mom does cook some jewish food well (it’s ok she doesn’t go online to read this…) I can honestly say that my family has the best meals when we order from Happy Hostess. They have the most knowledgeable staff –owned and operated by one family for so many years — that YOU feel like family when you go there. Without hesitation for any occasion you give them the number of people and they will create the perfect sized menu including all of the favorites. Very reasonable priced for service, portion and taste — worth every penny! I wish that there was a Happy Hostess near me in Boston!

I’m Irish and they have the best mashed potatoes ever. Better than my Irish grandmother made. Also the tiny quiches and pigs in a blanket are out of this world. I also tried the sweet potato pancakes and was a new fan.
I often stop by to pick up home made food I don’t have time to make and I am never disappointed.

Wanted to cater a small-​ish party (about 18) and ordered a deli platter with salads, bread, pickles, and dressings. It was not only good, it was excellent! I expect to pay «well» for good deli and only mind it when it is less than I expect. Happy Hostess came through 100%.

Jewish-​style food that is not kosher. We ordered a few items to supplement our Passover home cooked seder. For the most part, everything was over-​priced and totally mediocre. I looked at the Passover catering menu and was amazed to see that it included non-​Passover items that were marked with an asterisk (non-​traditional). What self respecting Jew serves noodle pudding at their seder? All that aside, this place disappoints, and given how pricey it is, one would expect better food.

This very expensive place caters (no double entendre intended) to people who like kosher Jewish food, except the food isn’t kosher. That means that the chicken doesn’t have to be fresh killed, the meat can be just about anything, and the high standards that make kosher food so pure and high-​quality, don’t apply to the food made here. If this food is intended for people who like Jewish food, and kosher Jews can’t eat it, then who is supposed to eat it… I figured, maybe I am; so I bought some and took it home to taste. The rotisserie chicken must’ve come off the rotisserie hours before I bought it. It was cold and it was tasteless and dry. I asked for chopped liver, but the person behind the counter warned me that it was old, and if I didn’t plan to eat it all today, it might turn bad by tomorrow. He said it’s better at the end of the week, when it’s freshly made. The gefilte fish, which I had tasted before, was still dry and grainy. The chicken noodle soup was okay but easily forgettable. The matzoh balls were light but tasteless. They don’t sell hot corned beef or pastrami sandwiches, and the cooked brisket that they sell to go, is so dry and tough that it’s hard to chew. They sell pastry called Rugelach, and strudel which are fair, but aside from those items, I’ll go to Ben’s Kosher deli, where the food tastes better, they have a much wider assortment, everything is fresh, and the prices are cheaper than Happy Hostess. Ben’s now has free delivery to Rockville Centre, and the food arrives hot and compliant with kosher regulations, so you know what you’re getting.

Not bad stuff. They seem to make low fat Jewish style food if you can imagine and it works very well. Their matzoh balls are very light and taste like they have chicken meat mixed inside although I didn’t see or feel any inside. I can only guess that they soaked them in a strong chicken stock. The chicken liver although thick doesn’t have a heavy fatty taste or leave you feeling queasy after you’re done. Karsha Vanishkas is light. The kasha has a nice earthy taste and the noodles are between soft and al dente and have a earthy taste as well. They also make roast chickens and ducks just like the old Merit Farms did back in the day. When I inquired about their roast duck the man behind the counter told me I need to call ahead a few hours, and that it’s made with orange sauce. When I told him I don’t like orange sauce he said it could be made with seasoning only. I will order it. eat it and report on it later on.