Hey all, I admit that I haven't gotten married yet, BUT I did want to give a review of the caterer that we were *going* to go with, until financial troubles caused us to cancel. But I wanted everyone to know how awesome they were for us.
Affordable Elegance, Raymore, MO: A+
FI and I were going to go with this caterer because they were the preferred caterer at our venue. They were professional, yet friendly. I e-mailed them one day when I first started trying to get details together at the beginning of our engagement. I heard back from Julie same day. Every other time I e-mailed them or called, I ALWAYS got a response back either same day or next day, first thing in the morning. They were priced more than reasonably. Our tasting was free and included everything that we were interested in trying. All of it was absolutely delicious. But nothing measured up as well as the CAKES they do! OMG, they have the absolutely most delicious cake! It is moist, the frosting was just sweet enough, not sickly sweet and dry. They charge $2.50 a slice for their cakes, which was a better deal than most places around, and they can decorate it pretty much any way you want.
When FI got sick and we had to change our plans (which included cancelling the caterer), I was certain we were going to lose our $250 deposit by cancelling. I was wrong. If you change your mind or can't use them, their deposit is 100% refundable up to 2 weeks before the wedding. Upon finding out that I had to cancel, there was no guilt trip into sticking with the contract, and I had a check in the mail not even 2 days later with my refunded deposit, with a handwritten note wishing us the best. I was just so incredibly happy with everything about this caterer that I wanted to let everyone know they're awesome. They cater much further north than just Raymore as well, our wedding is in Independence and they catered all the way up there.