Market Hall Caterers

I recently used Market Hall Caterers for the first time for my daughters engagement party. They were wonderful to work with and very accommodating. The tray presentation was nicely done and the food itself was delicious! Our guests complimented everything wanting to know who the caterer was. Thank you Market Hall Caterers for being part of our celebration all our guests were very well fed.

As much as I love to cook for friends and family, I just can’t do that for 40+ people without running myself ragged and becoming too tired to party. Market Hall came to my rescue for the hubby’s birthday party! It wasn’t just a regular birthday, so I really needed to make it special and one that would enable us to talk to friends and family during the party.
We love Market Hall’s prepared food and I’ve ordered quarts of different salads for parties before to supplement dishes I was cooking, so I knew whatever food we ordered would be great!
I called them about a couple of weeks before the party and talked to Alexandra. Here’s what we ordered:
Grilled Tri-​Tip Platter with Challah Rolls, Horseradish Cream Sauce and Olive Relish ($ 150) — slices came in various doneness (from medium well to medium rare) and people really enjoyed it with the tangy horseradish sauce. The meat was also very tender.
Mini Chicken Satay Skewers with Peanut Sauce ($ 65) — very tasty, especially dipped in that wonderfully spicy peanut sauce.
Lemon Rosemary Chicken Drummettes ($ 75) — very good too. Nicely seasoned and again, moist and tender!
Salad Celebration ($ 65) — 4 different salads came with this order. Broccoli with Almonds, Farro with Garden Vegetables, White Beans with Tomatoes and Arugula, and Kale Caesar. We had a few vegetarian guests, so I wanted them to have several options other than cheeses, noodles and desserts, so I’m sure they appreciated this medley of salads. My friends raved about the Kale Caesar! I didn’t even get to taste that because it was gone fast!
Dragon Noodles ($ 22+) — another vegetarian option, but everyone in the party loved this. This is one of the salads I frequently buy at Market Hall when I’m shopping for food for the week.
Tres Leches ¼ sheet ($ 60) — everyone loved this cake! People had seconds and we maybe had a couple of slices left over. I was hoping there’d be more cake left over from the party, but sadly, no!
Alexandra sent me a PDF of my order and how much everything was going to cost. When I made my order, she also told me I can add more stuff up to 4 days before the event. I actually called about 5 days before and added another item as I had some late RSVPs. Love that they are flexible!
I also had them deliver it to our house for $ 60 around an hour before the party. The delivery guy was punctual. Everything was nicely presented on the platters and plastic serving utensils were also given to us.
We would definitely order food at Market Hall again for a party. Their website has detailed information regarding dishes and prices. Very useful when you’re planning a party and have a budget. I would highly recommend MH Caterers for your catering needs!

I ordered from Market Hall Caterers because I love their fresh squeezed orange juice and sandwiches, but the customer service was horrible. I emailed back and forth multiple times with Jessica about how the contract was wrong (it had my incorrect cell #, wrong drop off time, wrong floor and wrong room). She fixed some of it the first time, but when I noticed she didn’t correct everything, I emailed her again and she never responded. I finally had to email her a third time a few weeks later and although she made the corrections, she never gave the updated contract to the caterer Maribel. Luckily, I met Maribel in the loading dock and was able to direct her to the right place, otherwise the food would have been so late. I spoke with Alexandra and Matt and they both seemed to not care. Our company has used this caterer many times over the last few years, but I definitely will pass this information along to the other admin assistants and doubt we’ll do business with them again.
*I’m changing my review from 1 star to 3 stars because I received an email from Matt which apologized for the discrepancy. Also, Maribel did a great job and did her best to get the food here on time, despite having the wrong contract information.

Market Hall provided the food for our recent office party. They had a great selection including lots of vegetarian choices. Everyone loved the food. Some of the highlights included the veggie plater, cheese plate, and meats. Thanks!

Working with Market Hall Caterers was truly a wonderful experience. They made my husband’s sit down dinner with 10 friends a very memorable evening. At every step in the planning, Matthew Tanouye was helpful, responsive, and gracious. He worked with me closely on selecting the menu items and even came out to the house so that he could make notes that would guide the caterer. And Katya, who helped us that evening, was perfect. The food was fantastic and plentiful. The price was reasonable. What fun! I am still smiling a month later. I will definitely do this again.

Market Hall Caterers helped cater the food for my Daughter’s Baby Shower. They were so helpful. I live in So Cal and did everything through email. I wasn’t sure what to order and they were very Helpful. I had lots of different requests for Vegan, Vegetarian and meat eaters and they met all of it. The food was fresh and very well presented. I did most of the planning over email, but they also called me twice to make sure we had everything we were going to need. They even made suggestions that hleped alot. If I need to cater a function again in Oakland I will call them. Another thing I liked was they sent a pdf bill through email letting you know how much everything was going to be and how many people each item was going to serve.
Oh one more thing the Mac and Cheese was to die for :)

We had an experience that was bad but then was upgraded. Given what we heard and seen of this place, I should give them the benefit of the doubt and just say that our experience was probably an outlier and not wholly representative of Market Hall. In short, we corresponded with them to cater hors d’oeuvres, but our appointment to meet/​taste ended up being cancelled, leaving me hanging when I was leaving town the next day. We were very disappointed and not very happy, but to their credit they did try to make it better by putting together some food for us later and being accommodating with that. Since every other review here has great things to say, you’ll probably be ok going w/​them. If you want some guarantees, maybe make sure to contact the people others worked with mentioned in the other great reviews.

After playing days of phone tag with Niema, she finally just broke down and gave me her cell phone number. Poor thing… we emailed and left message after message with each other and one beautiful day, we spoke.
She did an amazing, above and beyond job of putting a menu together, staying on budget, all the way to personal delivery of food to my party! The food was raved about, beautifully presented (super important) and right on time. Getting a party catered can be a bit stressful to say the least… trust Market Hall Caterers to make your event amazing. Thanks Niema!

Market Hall catered our May 2011 wedding at the Piedmont Community Hall. Their event coordinator Lisa did everything to stay within our budget and looked for ways to help save us money (for example: minimizing rentals; sending servers home early; not charging us for unused non-​alcoholic beverages). In addition, she arranged rentals (outdoor heaters, linens) so that we could do everything through Market Hall rather than contract with additional vendors. Lisa devised a floor plan for our dinner and an event timeline that worked perfectly. We also needed assistance with setting up our ceremony site so she added a server for a few extra hours to help with this. The day of our wedding, we could not believe how perfect everything looked. Our guests went back for multiple helpings and everyone raved about the food and cake (menu below). Bottom line: Incredible service, knowledgeable and thorough staff (Lisa!), excellent food, and delicious cake. Absolutely would recommend to friends and family for catering needs.
cocktail hour: empanadillas — goat cheese and fig
dinner (buffet):
— assortment of freshly baked bread
— red oak and mixed baby greens with cucumber, crumbled goat cheese, and lavender vinaigrette
— chicken breast filled with jamon serrano, manchego and paquillo peppers; served with a romesco sauce
— macaroni and cheese
Cake: red velvet with cream cheese frosting

We had Market Hall cater my daughters wedding which was @ the Swedenborgian Church in San Francisco, 3÷27÷10. All I can say is that the food was so fresh, suited vegetarians and meat eaters and was absolutely delicious.
Since my daughter and her fiancé live in L.A. Market Hall set up a ‘tasting’ for us over the Xmas holidays in the Market Hall upstairs rooms. I’m glad I hadn’t eaten, as there was so many plates full of different salads, main courses, vegetables, etc… They were so accommodating in changing things that my daughter suggested in the dishes. Also, my daughter and fiancé LOVE carrot cake and were having problems finding a good bakery that would do this for a wedding cake. We all had been to Virginia Bakery for a ‘tasting’ of 4 possible wedding cakes, but they were soooo overly sweet we couldn’t eat them. They also wanted [on top of the $ 300.00+ for the cake, an extra $ 100.00+ to deliver the cake… My daughter talked with the Caterer and then the Baker @ Market Hall, and the Baker said they normally didn’t make C.C. for wedding, but he would do this for them, personally. He also suggested a sheet cake of their decadent chocolate cake, for those not liking C.C. and they would deliver BOTH cakes to the Reception in San Francisco at no extra charge…
After the wedding ceremony, we walked into the reception area, and everything looked beautiful… tables perfectly set, a wine steward near the entry door, serving wine. and the Buffet table with lovely appetizers ready for everyone… There were nothing but raves from everyone @ the wedding on the freshness, flavor and quality of the food that Market Hall prepared and presented… And, yes, the carrot cake was fantastic, as was the decadent chocolate cake…
Thank you all at Market Hall Caterers for a lovely reception. judith

Market Hall Caterers provided food for our annual corporate event for the past 2 years. Their experience and professionalism shine as food stations are artfully set up with color coordinated linens that provided color and texture. The wonderful aroma and visually stunning platters of food provided a colorful inviting focal point to the room as people entered the event. They have a wide variety of food that pleased a large crowd of people. I’m so glad I skipped breakfast and lunch on the day of the event — I savored every single item they brought in and had seconds! I would not hesitate to recommend them to anyone that was looking to provide food for a large group of people. Please check out the pictures I posted!

We just had Market Hall cater our wedding at Mills College. To begin, we went to about 5 or 6 tastings and talked with a lot of caterers. We were looking for something fun and tasty in our food. Some of the other tastings we went to I was not able to eat the entrée it was so bad. Now to be fair we asked for pork dishes which I guess are very difficult in bulk, but still to have a tasting not even edible is a big negative. When we tasted the food at Market Hall we were pleasantly surprised and their execution of all the appetizers and entrees was outstanding. We had a family style meal at the wedding which made it seem as though it were a 4 course meal, which was kind of neat. Although for some tables the salad ran out pretty quickly. Finally for dessert we had a sundae bar which was incredible. Everyone had a ton of fun. At the end of the night we actually gave the supervisor a big hug for their great service. Oh did I mention that MH was 30% cheaper than every other caterer? 5 stars.

My work frequents this catering service. For all of our board meetings, staff meetings, and almost any meeting that requires food delivered in, this is a staple at DSC. The food is good and varied enough to satisfy all of the specialty diets circulating around the office, especially various forms of vegetarianism.