Reviews for Feast & Imbibe in Evanston, IL
I debated on writing this review because I wanted to empathize with businesses during the pandemic, but ultimately feel it?s... important to share my experience with other couples that may lock themselves into a contract with Feast & Imbibe. Two weeksbefore our wedding, they emailed us on a Friday evening that they would need to increase pricing which amounted to a couplethousand dollars. I?ll paste the email below. One week prior to receiving this email, we went for our tasting and despite itbeing one of the primary reasons for choosing them as our caterer, they served me an appetizer with gluten when we explicitlydiscussed and even emailed back and forth that I was Celiac. I even confirmed this while onsite at the tasting. I was veryunderstanding of this mistake even after becoming extremely ill and having to take personal time off from work, etc., so when Ireceived this email a week later and felt stuck because I had less than 2 weeks to react, I wanted to share my experience soother couples would understand the terms they were agreeing to. Also for those that have serious allergies, they should be awareof this mistake. I added one star because our service the day of our wedding was incredible, and I truly hope they used some ofthe extra money we paid to fairly compensate their employees. Email below: We hope this message finds you and your familyhappy, in good health, and looking forward to the exciting celebrations to come in the year ahead! We regret having to sendthis message, but with the steady increase in food and staffing costs, we are no longer able to honor 2019 and 2020 and evenearly/mid 2021 pricing. It?s extremely important to us that we maintain the level of service and quality promised to you when webegan working together, and feel strongly that this additional investment in your event will ensure its success. Knowing thatthis has been an incredibly difficult time for everyone who has had to make adjustments to their celebrations, w Read more
We hired Feast & Imbibe for my daughter's wedding on September 17, 2021. They were recommended by the venue. Sarah informed us... via email on September 3, 2021, at 5:30 on a holiday weekend (exactly 14 days before the wedding), that they were increasing ourfood and staffing charges by 25% and rentals by 20%. WE HAD A SIGNED CONTRACT FOR THIS EVENT DATED 12/19/2020, THAT HAD NOPROVISION FOR A PRICE INCREASE. They had us in duress in the final hour and they knew it. After several discussions with myattorney, we chose to try to negotiate the increase, due to timing. We did negotiate the increase down a bit, but they insistedon cutting some of the services they agreed to on the contract. Sarah wanted to turn it into a "passed food, hors d'oeuvre"wedding, to cut her costs. We negotiated to a "buffet" service, instead of a "manned station" service, again to cut costs ontheir end. THIS WAS THE WORST BUSINESS PRACTICE I HAVE EVER SEEN. Sarah kept passing the blame to "the owner", but I wasunable to have a discussion with the owner, as he/she was protected by Sarah. DO NOT EVER GET INTO A CONTRACT WITH THISCOMPANY, AS THERE WILL BE A BREACH OF CONTRACT TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO YOUR EVENT! My apologies to the cook and wait staff for thedecreased gratuities...you may want to talk to your employer about sharing some of the increased profits from this event. Read more
Feast and Imbibe was our incredible caterer for our wedding in May. They navigated all of the COVID Wedding Struggles... beautifully, were always quick to answer our questions, helped us make decisions, and most importantly- the food was amazing!!!All of our guests commented on how great it was and thanked us for not having chicken and green beans (ha!). Every guest had adifferent favorite food- it was all so incredible. Thank you to the chefs, staff, and Sarah for making our day beautiful anddelicious! Here are a few food photos from our photographer, Lisa Kathan. Read more
We are so disappointed with this organization. Our daughter was denied a reimbursement of her down payment of approximately... $5000 when she needed to change her date given Covid-19 even though Feast rebooked on the date cancelled. With my family thathas been in the florist and wedding business for years, we always worked to make sure our clients were delighted with our care.This is not the case with Feast. Read more
WHAT A TEAM! Everyone did such an incredible job. Guests were impressed both by the quality (who says steak can't be good at a... wedding!?) as well as the presentation (seriously, take a look at their website if you don't know what I'm talking about). Wehad some oddball requests, but Feast and Imbibe were more than up to the challenge and I can't recommend them highly enough ifyou plan to do anything outside of "traditional" for your wedding. Service was on point as well, with our wedding planner makingspecific note about how with most caterers she is the one making sure that every single napkin is in the right place - not withF&I, who were absolute professionals in what was, being honest, a bit of a stressful room flip. Read more
We selected Feast & Imbibe as the caterer for our wedding because the food was head and shoulders above the rest of the caterers... we tasted. They were able to make great food that was restaurant worthy (as opposed to okay wedding food). Throughout theprocess in crafting a menu, Heather and D'Andre were super helpful in creating an experience that fit our needs and wereflexible in helping us get there. In the end, the event turned out beautifully - the food was FANTASTIC and we got so manycompliments! I would highly recommend the cigars, corn cones (a friend lovingly referred to them as "crack cones"), short rib,mushroom quinoa, roast potatoes, etc... okay, I've listed just about the whole menu, but everything was truly outstanding. Weboth felt that the food at the wedding beat our expectations and enjoyed every last bit of it. Would definitely recommend F&Ifor your event! It will wow your guests! Read more
Feast and Imbibe provided the best wedding food I have ever eaten!! I was prepared to get tacos with my date after the party,... until we started eating the amazing food coming from the kitchen. Wagyu sliders with truffle aioli, pulled pork cigars, grilledoctopus - It was all fantastic, and we were SO FULL. The servers and bartenders were friendly, charming, and very knowledgeable,and I even got to meet the chef! I can't wait to get another chance to eat that incredible food! Feel free to invite me to anyevent you book them for! Read more
Do not hire Feast & Imbibe. Due to turnover at the company, my fiancée and I had to set up all portions of the planning... process. We were contacted within a month of our wedding on a Friday night by Feast & Imbibe stating the cost of catering wouldincrease. At this point, our contract had been signed and feast & imbibe refused to honor it. We were not able to find a newcaterer the month of our wedding and instead had to pay feast & imbibe SIGNIFICANTLY more than our contract. We were able tonegotiate the charges to be approximately 10%, which we had not budgeted for, considering we had a signedcontract. Additionally, the event coordinator who we were communicating with was not at our event, after she told us multipletimes she would be. Planning a wedding is stressful enough, do not let feast & imbibe make it more stressful with their lastminute price increases, lack of honoring a contract, and flakey staff. Read more