Peartrees Catering

Peartrees catered my wedding at the Ultimate Skybox. We met Stefanie for our first tasting and decided to come back for a second to narrow down our choices. We ended up choosing 3 appetizers (chicken skewers, shrimp, and mini-​quesadillas), and 3 entrees (beef shortrib on mashed potatoes, flatbread and salad, and tacos). It was served station style, so guests could eat as they wanted. I know I liked the food, but I have heard that it was the best food some guests have ever had a wedding. We are very happy with our choice!

Peartrees catered our wedding at the Skybox last month and we received exceptional service from the tasting to the planning to the service the day of. The bartenders were great, the food was impeccable and the servers were outstanding.
We wanted GOOD food at our wedding. We wanted our favorites to be served with a splash of elegance and that is exactly what Peartrees did for us. We had three food stations; pizza (3 flavors), tacos (3 flavors), and sliders (3 flavors). Our guests went crazy for all of it. The best food served at a wedding ever!
Thank you Peartrees!

Thank you Sergeant Major Jobe for your feedback, it was a pleasure to work with you on your event!
Review copy and pasted from email…
It was an honor to have Peartrees Catering to provide the support for or Birthday Ball on the USS Midway. The whole staff was very professional and helpful at every turn of the event. I am sure it was because of the professionalism that you bring that the team was so awesome. You made it very easy for the event to be so successful as you were flexible and accommodating.
I would enthusiastically recommend you to any group that was having an event, no matter how small or large. I want you to know that the first thing that attracted me to your company was price, but if you would not have been so professional I would have went elsewhere. The bottom line for me is personal relationships and you are a true professional.
Thank you for all that you did to make our event such a success.
Respectfully,
Dave
SgtMaj Dave Jobe
Sergeant Major
1^st Marine Division

I can’t speak for anyone else review but my experience with Peartree was amazing!!! Stephanie went above and beyond to ensure our wedding was great. She anticipated our needs every step of the way and made sure all my questions were answered promptly. We had a small beach wedding and I had low expectations with the food. No kitchen available on site and the reception/​dinner was in the sand, Peartree came in and set up a full kitchen and delivered amazing food!!! My husband and I love food and Peartree exceeded our expectations. The staff who were there during cocktail hour and the reception never stopped smiling!!! Everything ran smoothly because of them. We had a good amount of kids at the wedding and the staff were so good with them, laughing and having fun with them, never looking annoyed. This company delivers on exceptionally good food which is everything you could ask for when trying to find a caterer. There is an added bonus when going with Peartree and that is the amazing staff, the employees were professional and organized but also had a personality that added to the experience. Thank you Peartree for making my wedding the best night of my life.

It’s hard for me to believe the reviews I’m reading here because Peartrees did such an awesome job for our wedding. We had a small/​medium sized wedding, and the guests just raved about the food. This was particularly awesome because many of our guests were from the East Coast and to them, weddings are all about the food. The presentation of everything was great, people even took photos of the salads. Stefanie was friendly and easy to deal with, such a pleasure to work with Peartrees!

Stefanie had catered a few holiday parties for the company I worked with in San Diego, so when choosing a caterer for my wedding, I knew I absolutely had to book with her and Peartrees Catering! They had always done a fabulous job with our holiday parties, but the food at our wedding just blew me away. They were so helpful in every aspect, and even helped us set up our beverage station at the wedding. We just dropped off our dispensers and the beverages to go in them the night before the wedding, and they prepared them and set everything up for us. So nice to have the extra help and not have to worry about it!
We wanted to do something fun and different, so we had food stations during our reception instead of a typical plated dinner or buffet. We had a mac n cheese bar, street taco station, and braised short ribs and mashed potatoes. It was some of the BEST food I have ever had, and I crave it every day! All of our guests were amazed at the quality of the food, and loved how fun and interactive the stations were. The tray-​passed appetizers during cocktail hour were equally as delicious — our guests could not stop raving about them. I would highly recommend Peartrees catering for your holiday party, wedding, or any other special event. They are amazing to work with, and the food is incredible. You won’t regret it!

I recently used Peartrees for a memorial reception for a family member. As these things go we were very short on time to plan the service and the reception after. I origianlly went with another cater who called me 5 days before to say they were unavailbale and refered me Peartrees. I called immediately and spoke to Stefanie. Once I was booked into the system she let continue the contract formaiities on Monday. She happened to be in and happened to pick up the phone. The offices were closed for the weekend. Crazy Luck! Stefanie helped me plan the menu and arranged ever last detail with me. The event was absolutely beautiful and the food was outstanding. We received compliment after compliment on the whole event. I will use them and recommend them for any future event I am involved in.
I rated them a four star as there is a 3% charge to use a credit card and you do not get to take home any of the extra food.

Peartrees catered our recent wedding and our guests can’t stop talking about how good the food was! We chose to serve soft tacos and enchiladas buffet style, both choices were delicious! It was not only the nicest buffet I have ever seen but our guests moved very quickly through the line and were served hot food (instead of the usual lukewarm food found at wedding buffets). We were really impressed by the quality of the food and the wonderful customer service of the staff.
Stefanie was a dream to work with, I really cannot recommend her highly enough! She helped with all the little details and really ensured that our wedding ran without any problems.

So I just found out I’m out for 2 weeks from work from next Monday (got a new job and handed in my notice!), unexpectedly and so I tried AGAIN to set up a tasting with Stephanie, only to find that apparently she can’t meet up any time for any day for tastings. Even three weeks from now on a Thursday considering she had messed up with the scheduling beforehand? I feel like I am trying to be very flexible but if you don’t want my business I’m fine with going elsewhere! There are exactly 8 other caterers who would like my business, and so thanks but no thanks. Good luck if you’re planning on using them, but for me, a company that screws up and can’t even handle flexibility around the tasting I think will probably not be good for my wedding anyhow.

After reading the other reviews, I debated on a rating of 2 stars or 3. I decided on 2, because when one pays $ 169.00 per person for an event, one expects better than was offered.
My party of 8 arrived at 7:30 and was forced to wait out on the cold parking lot for more than 15 minutes.
Once we were permitted on the ship, check in was very efficient and easy, however I would suggest that in future, photo id. be required for check in, as anybody could use someone else’s name for a pre-​paid reservation.
We stopped at one of the many bar set-​ups for a drink and were surprised to note that Smirnoff is considered «Premium» bar fare, and that, as previously mentioned cream was not available. Furthermore, Bailey’s was also not available.
We were advised by attendees at previous Midway/​Peartree catered events that we should go through the buffet line as soon as possible once the food was put out, as «the food goes quickly and is not always replenished». There was also a delay in clean plates being delivered.
We found the food to be plentiful and tasty. Appetizers/​salads at the beginning of the buffet line were fresh and nicely presented. Spinach dip was very good, as was the corn/​shrimp salad.
Next visit to the buffet line we moved on to the entrees. I did not try the pasta, but can say with all honesty, the salmon was melt in your mouth fabulous, not a bit «fishy», creamy, moist and with a delightful crab topping. I could have, and nearly did, make my meal out of the salmon alone; however, I restrained myself and tried the Prime Rib, which was a bit disappointing. Sliced VERY thin, extremely small roasts presented, and a little tough. The twice baked potatoes were a nice flavorful touch, as was the zucchini casserole (?), although, the casserole was extremely difficult to serve oneself as it was cheese topped, and trying to extricate a small serving was messy and unpleasant.
We saw other guests who had visited one of the other buffet stations and noticed that there were other, different menus being served at other stations. In particular we noted turkey and stuffing, although, none of us in our group visited the other stations.
The dessert station was also disappointing. It consisted of trays of sliced desserts, cakes, cheesecakes, etc. that appeared slightly dried out and wilted. I sampled the chocolate bread pudding, which was presented in a large aluminum pan. It looked creamy and moist and delicious and with my first taste, I ascertained that it’s appearance was accurate; however, I also ascertained that it contained copious amounts of nuts. To which I am very uncomfortably allergic.(a reaction which would have meant a very unpleasant night for me, was averted by my very small initial taste) For future events, small placards should be visibly placed to name the dish and indicate certain likely allergic ingredients.
Giving up on the bread pudding, I decided to have a nice creamy coffee. Perhaps a latte, as I had noticed a lovely bowl of whipped cream by the coffee urns. Much to my dismay, it was scraped clean. (It was only perhaps 10:00!!) Although, the server behind the table invited me to visit one of the other coffee stations, «there may be some cream left there».
The band was good, however, I would have expected a bigger and better build up to midnight, after all, that was the entire purpose of the evening! It also seemed to me that there could have been a smaller stage and a larger dance floor. As it was, I had wine spilled on me by a VERY inebriated young girl who could not resist carrying her full wine glass with her onto the crowded dance floor.
A champagne toast was provided at midnight, along with passed truffles. There were New Years hats, beads, and horns as well.
The bussers for our table were polite and courteous, and attentive.
Overall, I would rate the evening 6.5 out of 10. Mostly because the novelty of New Years Eve on an aircraft carrier was worth a bit of lacklusterness. However, as previously stated, when one pays $ 169.00 per person for an evening, one does not expect to be sent on a wild goose chase to find cream for ones coffee.
For the kind of money that was spent, I believe that Peartree could have done better, and I was disappointed that they didn’t.
It is doubtful that we will attend future events with which they are involved.
Finally, New Years Day, we went to the Maritime Museum, and that was well worth the price of admission!!! Then, they add a bay cruise for $ 3.00, which was worth the entire price of admission.
Overall, our New Years visit to San Diego was a success, which was slightly tarnished by the disappointing presentation by Peartree Catering.

I can’t say for small party capabilities, but for large corporate events they are horrible. The service is ok, but the food is disturbingly bad.
In fairness, cooking for thousands of people is incredibly difficult.
Reality is this however: Few catering outfits can do this kind of catering, Peartrees is one of them, but for big jobs, they are again, disturbingly bad.
If the store bought rolls are stale, you have an inventory or a purchasing problem.
If your beef and turkey is dry beyond being able to choke it down, then you need to change your menu options.
If your «fresh» pasta salad is as broken as yours was, you need to hang yourself from the nearest pear tree.
I think you guys failed on so many levels, that the only saving grace you have, is that not many catering companies are willing, or have the proper staff to do events this large.
Even your gravy, made from a gravy mix is disgusting.
I will be fair in the last part of this review, and say, that if your website is using real pictures of your small party offerings, then your small party capabilities seem very good, but my first two experiences with you preclude me from ever experiencing it.
I hope that you stop taking advantage of the big companies that trust you to do their events, and actually make some of the food edible. Just because people don’t expect good food at company parties above 2500 people, doesn’t mean that you should cook the food poorly, and showcase yourself that way.
Fail.

This review is for Peartrees New Year’s Eve Gala on board the USS Midway.
Summary: This felt like a wedding or big work/​company event.
You are seated at a table of 10 with the appetisers already waiting in the middle of the table (small bites, skews and ½ shot glasses of food) you then have to head to the buffet (tomato caprese salad, green salad, pasta salad, fettuccini alfredo, twice baked potatoes, vegetables, salmon and beef) … it was all OK, nothing to write home about.
I did expect to be on the flight deck but the event is held inside the ship, think warehouse feel. I’m sure it would have been a great location if the fireworks were not canceled this year.
My mum did enjoy dancing to the big band, their cover of lady gaga was, the first time I’ve heard Lady Gaga covered by a big band. The crowd was mainly in their 60’s, it was odd seeing the sequin dresses and black-​tie suits dancing to that.
On the plus site it was an open bar, sufficient parking (not included in the $ 160/​person ticket) and my mum danced the night away. We left at 12:02.