Pranzi Catering Review

Awesome catered food and service. They have EVERYTHING you would need for any event. Big or small they will take care of you. I even called with a small last minute function and they were very accommodating.

I have worked alongside Pranzi numerous times (as a DJ) and have nothing but positive feedback to give! They are the real deal; the premium name in catering and event production. No one can do it better, period! Bravo!

I have used Pranzi for many different types of events over the years and I cannot sing their praises enough. From top to bottom, their staff has been outstanding in helping my family create events that were delicious, memorable and personalized! We constantly have guests raving about their food... especially their beef tips in burgundy sauce! They always help plan for more than enough food so nobody goes hungry. Lisa and her team are great resources for every aspect of an event- even beyond food! They are a one-stop-shop and I couldn t be happier to write this review and urge you to consider them for your next gathering, whether big or small!

I ve had the pleasure of using Pranzi for multiple corporate events. I ve always been blown away by their attention to detail, quality, and excellent customer service. I would highly recommend Pranzi to anyone planning an important event.

Original owner - local FAMILY business! Excellent food and nothing but the best customer service.

What a frustrating event with Pranzi. Extremely low class. Six years of being a professional wedding photographer and I have never been more disgusted by the food I was "served" (see pics) for $100 / person charged to the couple. That is my main concern - they are scammers who charged the couple way more than the $3 of food the vendors were actually served. I am so eager to tell the couple who hired us that they got sooo ripped off by the five vendor meals they paid for, but I don't want to ruin their lovely wedding day. Extremely disorganized staff and vendors were told six different times by six different people to come get food from the "buffet" (two 3/4 empty tin buckets covered with tinfoil with "vendor" written in sharpie, we had to walk into the crowded kitchen with people shouting to serve ourselves and had to beg for forks haha). My meal was rice. $100 a person is the cheapest option per plate, I repeat. For rice. That's $500 Pranzi scored to serve vendors rice and a few pieces of chicken that sat out for a while. Jesus. I would have asked the couple to NOT buy me a vendor meal and give me cash so I could order a filet minion from a real restaurant in Providence to the venue and eat that for dinner. I am absolutely a wedding snob as I've been to over 200 but oh my god Pranzi is so low class. Went to get a glass of house red wine at the open bar and they allowed a WEDDING GUEST buy me a glass of wine because they wanted to change me $18! Wow! And my assistant and I had to move the cake table to the center of the dance floor for cake cutting because no staff was anywhere to be found. I've worked at some really trashy venues and had that kind of thing happen but this was at a RI mansion, big bucks. They're on my "never work with" list. If you care about your vendors, your guests or your event, please don't hire!
PS to other wedding vendors out there... it's probably a good idea to be kind and accommodating to other vendors... so we refer you. My business page is #1 on Yelp on Boston and well... all my couples will know not to hire you. Just a thought! I've never reviewed another vendor before ... that bad. Good luck!

They did a phenomenal job, and got every detail right. Would use them again knowing what I know now

Attended many events in which Pranzi has catered and all of which were excellent. Food amazing and serves always exceptional. Would highly recommend them for ANY event, you won t be disappointed.

Appalling! I attended a wedding this past weekend that Pranzi catered. Guests were given half full cups of soup, literally a DROP of dressing for a salad, two tablespoons of butter to share at a table of eight people and the entrees of chicken and short ribs were HORRID!! When asked for more butter, we were told we were not allowed the two tablespoons. The table sizes requested by the father of the bride were not provided which meant we were sat so close, there wasn t elbow room! They ran out of wine glasses so we were provided sangria in plastic cups for a second serving! I would NEVER recommend this caterer for ANY type of venue, especially a wedding! Absolutely horrible experience as a guest at one of many weddings!

I attended a wedding this weekend catered by Pranzi and everything was absolutely perfect! The food was excellent, the service outstanding & proper covid guidelines were maintained. Not only was the food excellent but the decor was beautiful! I highly recommend Pranzi!

Pranzi has proved to provide an exceptional array of successful events that have been staffed, catered, and coordinated by owner Lisa Mattiello and her team of hardworking individuals. I will continue to be impressed by their growth and success over these many years of attendance.

Pranzi always goes above and beyond with their events! Fantastic food and service, and amazing decor/tents/rentals. Lisa the owner is amazing and so helpful, whatever you need she is there for you!

To all those who know the owners know how much work and dedication the whole family puts into their business. I am awed at the wonderful job they do. There is always going to be some selfish petty person who tries to ruin things. BUT YOU CANT THEIR A STELLAR COMPANY . HERES TO MANY MANY ENJOYABLE YEARS TO COME.

First class operation.
Well managed.
Good food.
Very good about making your event a memorable.
I have used Pranzi catering many time and never was I and all who attended not satisfied.

Wow wow wow...still amazed by the incredible work and food! We are beyond grateful to everyone at Pranzi for their incredible work from Lisa to Laura to Nicole to the entire staff. They blew us away with the attention to detail and caring about how my new husband and I experienced the day. We actually ate during our wedding due to their coordination!! The only thing I would change was the schedule but that was my own choice and add another heater outside for our venue! We also had their DJ (Mike) who did a fabulous job! Thank you to Pranzi and all their incredible team members for making our wedding day spectacular! Highly recommend!!

Unbelievable catering company, simply the best. I went to a 60th anniversary party, not one thing to complain about from the appetizers to desserts. The meal was fantastic, the waitstaff was fantastic and the anniversary/wedding cake was to die for, in other words FANTASTIC! I only wish I was planning an event so that I could hire them.

I first heard about Pranzi from the owners of Tyrone Farm, and when I photographed a wedding there, I was so blown away by the professionalism and care that Nicole and her whole team had! There are just some catering companies that have workers that just don't seem to care about the honor of serving guests and vendors, but I'd have to say that the Pranzi team was so great at taking care of the needs of the guests, and the couple! They also did the cake, and florals, in addition to the awesome food!

I was an employee at Pranzi! They run that business like clockwork! Lisa and Nick are the owners and they have an impeccable reputation in the catering business. I wouldn t have any other company plan my events. They are very professional and on point to every detail. They will be catering a reception event for my son who just recently got married out of state and I am very much looking forward to them doing the event and I have and will always call them!
Cheryl

Pranzi was nothing short of AMAZING for our wedding! We had to change our plans due to COVID and decided to have a smaller wedding in my parent's backyard. Having to change our plans just 4 months before our wedding, I wanted to keep it as simple as possible and it's great that Pranzi handled everything for our wedding and made it so easy. We used them for rentals, food/bar, and florals. Being in the industry, I had high expectations and they delivered on everything. I worked with Lisa M on catering and Marissa on our rentals leading up to the day. Donna answered all my questions and helped us square up our final details the week leading up. My husband and I aren't big cake people, so we wanted to do a crepe cake. We tried it at the tasting and he loved it. I don't really like sweets and found the filling to be too sweet for me. I asked about other fillings and Lisa suggested nutella, but my husband doesn't like chocolate. Knowing he would enjoy the leftovers I told Lisa to just stick with the original filling. She made a note to the chef to ask for it not to be so sweet. When we did the cake cutting I was so surprised that they came up with a different filling that we both absolutely LOVED. It was perfect.

On the day-of Lisa N was our coordinator. I can't sing enough praises for her. She was amazing with keeping things on timeline. Everything looked beautiful and was set up so nicely. Every time my drink was empty, Lisa was already delivering me a new one. She even replaced it once when she saw my ice had melted. She kept checking in with me to make sure I was all set and was so sweet.

their food was disappointing. they gave every table (8 people) to share 1 little container of butter, 1 drop of dressing on 2 cucumbers in a salad, and soup cups were half full. they ran out of drinking glasses. chicken was horrendous.

Very Professional, Friendly and Their food is amazing (YOU MUST MUST try the potato salad!)

Super helpful in getting your event from start to finish. Food is great.

We are so thankful we chose Pranzi to caterer our wedding day. Lisa and the staff were extremely helpful in planning and re-planning the event with COVID. The food was great! The service, including our wedding day coordinator, was impeccable. They helped guide us with everything, gave their recommendations and respected our choices. If we had to make this decision again knowing what we know now, we would definitely choose Pranzi again. They helped to make our wedding day perfect!

I am so grateful to Lisa and everyone at Pranzi Events for my daughter's beautiful wedding. Because of the coronavirus, we had to switch our original plans and decided the only way to go forward was with an outdoor wedding in our backyard. Pranzi was recommended to us and I am so happy with every aspect of our event. Pranzi put this wedding together in one month!!!! The tent with draping and string lights was absolutely gorgeous. The tables, chairs, china and linens were beautiful. The dance floor was awesome with plenty of space to dance. We were just blown away by the food and flowers. Every single person expressed how delicious and plentiful the appetizers, entrees, and desserts were. My daughter wanted a very different look of flowers on her row of tables rather then just the greenery with flowers and hurricane candles throughout. She wanted different sized and shapes of bud vases with different flowers in each with greenery throughout. She also wanted different colored tapered candles in gold candlesticks with votives throughout as well. I cannot express how absolutely stunning the tables were. Her bouquet and the rest of the bridal parties flowers were exquisite. Lisa delivered her vision to perfection. Not only is Lisa attentive to every detail, she understands every aspect of a wedding event. Nicole was our onsite manager and I had very little interaction with her throughout the night and that is a testament to her flawless management of the event. I did not have to worry about one thing and just enjoyed my daughter's wedding! From the setup and breakdown crews, all were exceptional and so kind. We just had the best experience with Pranzi and I would not hesitate to use them again or recommend them to anyone. Thank you Pranzi for making our daughter's wedding a very special day to remember.

Shelf life for customers- last event was less than par - cold hamburgers, no customer service after event. Totally disappointed. Been a customer for years - yet to get a call to address concerns from my event. Lost customer service here by owner! Not good!

I was a late addition to a wedding taking place in midst of "quarantine" season and I have to tell you I could not have been more satisfied by the efforts of the staff assigned to take care of all who attended. From the choice of gluten-free, vegan and carnivore appetizers, the cocktail hour could not have been better. The servers were quick to empty a tray and return with a fresh and full one. All neatly displayed on the polished stainless steel tray. There was buffalo cauliflower, roasted mini potatoes, a coconut crusted chicken, chocolate covered strawberries and dumplings, something for everyone.
The spinach salad spritzed with cranberries and apple slices to start the meal was as good as it gets. As for the main course, I had requested the filet mignon fully expecting just an overcooked piece of meat I would have gotten at a diner. I couldn't have been further from the truth on this. What I was served was a filet that melted in my mouth like it had been prepared at a 5-star restaurant and not a tent in neighborhood backyard. I am not 100% on this but I believe it had a maple glaze and cracked peppercorn seasoning. It was complimented with an assortment of nicely arranged vegetables.

I also can't say enough good things about the staff, they were quick to refill a water pitcher and diligent without being imposing when it came to clearing plates for the next course to be served. If you have an event coming up, this is definitely a company to reach out, from what I experienced I doubt you'd be anything but impressed.

The absolute best, by far! Wouldn t use any other catering company.

I just attended a wedding at Glen Manor in Portsmouth catered by Pranzi. I found their stsff yo be top notch, the 2 female bartenders were terrific. The food optiond were chicken, fish and vegan, all were cooked well, could have been a little hotter, and the staff was efficient with water and rolls replacement. The wait staff was very pleasant, and the wedding itself ran smoothly. I would recommend Pranzi for a catering event.

My daughter's wedding was a wonderful day .Their showroom is very nice for planning, ideas, and the company offers a variety of services . The food at the tasting was excellent. The wedding was a beautiful event. The tent looked great and the food was excellent. The sweetheart table & guest tables looked really pretty and the lounge furniture & photo booth were both a huge hit .
I was disappointed with event manager on day of the wedding. She was present but not aware . Attention to detail was just average. Although the staff was friendly, the onsite communication with venue was lacking. The heaters in the tent were never turned on and it was very cold. The event manager should have NOTICED the room was very cold, and at least attempted notify someone to assist with the situation, but it was ignored. A guest assisted with the heaters on his own, the situation could have been avoided. Although the food was excellent not all (75 )guests received their meal warm and both the bride & groom had to send send their food back to be heated. They needed more servers. The smaller flower pieces (the parents wristlets) were child size and wilted (that is being generous).

Our entire experience with Pranzi was like a dream. We are so grateful to Lisa and her hardworking team for throwing us the best party of our lives our wedding.

Food was our number one priority and they absolutely delivered! Now, nearly six months later, our guests still rave about it. They couldn t stop talking about the Del s lemonade Pranzi served in pretty glasses as people arrived. The appetizers and our signature cocktail were also a big hit. For dinner, the portions were incredible. No one left our wedding hungry, that s for sure. From the trio salad to the pasta course (what can we say? We're Italian!) to the mouthwatering mains of lamb, risotto, and chicken -- everything was cooked perfectly and hot. We skipped cake so Pranzi also set up a gelato bar for us. Shoutout to the girls scooping gelato - everyone said they were super nice! When we received our wedding pictures, we were honestly disappointed there wasn t enough photos of the delicious food.

We decided to celebrate the wedding at a private residence and Pranzi took care of every single detail. Through them, we were able to rent beautiful wooden cross back chairs, tables, linens, the whole nine yards. It was an incredible experience to walk into our reception area to see our huge clear top tent, dressed up with twinkle lights and chandeliers. It was magical. We appreciated the Pranzi team coming out to our property multiple times to plan with us and essentially, build a wedding venue entirely from scratch.

Admittedly, we were skeptical that a company could do everything well - catering, rentals, and coordination? Pranzi absolutely aced it. Our wedding day was all outdoors on the hottest day of the year(!) yet the entire staff was smiling and friendly the entire time. We had heard so much advice about hiring a separate wedding coordinator but Lisa ensured us that it was unnecessary. She was right. Our day-of coordinator through Pranzi was an absolute rockstar. She made sure we were fed, happy, and never without a drink! We simply can t say enough good things about Pranzi.

I had Pranzi cater my wedding reception. After having to postpone due to a family emergency, o found them to be very flexible and professional. I did not lose any money that I had already paid. They were EXTREMELY accommodating to my husband s family from Peru, making sure there was Spanish-speaking staff to communicate with them and making sure they were comfortable. I 10/10 would recommend for any event- their results are above and beyond what I could have dreamed of.

They are such lovely, helpful people. I feel very safe and in good hands!

Pranzi s food and service has always been top notch!
The professionalism and care the staff has is way beyond what was expected. Everything was just awesome

Emailed Lisa (owner) last year at this time, I had two events that I needed catering for with Spring 2020 dates. Lisa never responded. It could be because I was a past employee and we decided to part ways (the culture wasn't for me) and upon parting Lisa said directly to me that she considered me a friend. When she didn't respond, I took that as a sign that she didn't consider us friends. Then Covid hit and my events were postponed.

Excellent customer service representative, very helpful and friendly, big showroom with too many item to use at the perfect day of course your wedding day, thanks to Marissa for be patient and respond quickly a lot of questions. Highly recommended

THEY ARE THE BEST !!
5 STARS FOR PRANZI !
Theh arrived on time ! Tent , chairs everything looked so Beautiful, Nicole , Lisa and there Whole team are amazing, friendly and the BEST !! I can not thank them enough. They Made sure every single thing from food , from decorating, to making sure we were all ok ! They even spoke some Italian !! Thank you thank you ! Nicole is the best she helped me with everything , even to cutt cake with my husband!!! Lol
I will forever use , hopefully for our baby shower in the future!! I will use them for any event ! Again i cant thank them enough!

Love Blesin and Joe

Lisa and her team are amazing to work with! I have always found them to be friendly, professional, and extremely attentive to our needs. Their catering is exemplary, and always beautifully presented.
In addition, they offer an unbelievable array of quality event rentals and decor. HIGHLY recommend!

Great place, service amazing, very welcoming people