Rowe Cuisine

We hosted a celebration for our parents 70^th Wedding Anniversary this past weekend and David Rowe was our caterer. The food was praised by all in attendance. Everything was made from scratch, nothing processed. The presentation was beautiful and the buffet line was organized and replenished as needed. The staff was friendly and efficient, always ready to help with any and all requests we had.
Mom and Dad are still receiving calls from friends praising the event, food being a part of the praise.
Would highly recommend David Rowe.

David and staff are simply amazing! He catered my sisters wedding three years ago and people are still talking about it. Needless to say when it was time for my big day we knew just who to call. David catered our wedding three weeks ago and everything was not only delicious but looked incredible. From the appetizers to the main course to the dessert there isn’t one complaint. We even had guests asking for seconds and his staff was quick to comply once all of our guests were served. He fully met all of our needs and more. There’s nothing better than being able to trust that your food will be amazing on your big day and David truly delivered! He kept our meetings honest and fun and offers great creative ideas to consider! Thank you David!

Rowe Cuisine is the worse catering company !!! My sister had an event for he daugther 15^th birth day, food was sopposed to be served at 6:00 pm. Food was never served until 7:00 pm. The manager Susan was very rude during the party, their staff were just wondering around all over the banquet hall very unprofessional, nothing of what I had expected of them. They tell you they will have everything on time and tell you that everything will be okay and everything goes wrong and starting from the owner David Rowe he didn’t even have the decency to apologize for the inconvenience. He just never acted like he cared, that he was so late to serve our guests. Other reviews on here are as bad as mine and I guess my sister in not ganna get her deposit back now that I have read most of these reviews. Susan the manager told my sister that she would give her the food that was left over and she threw it away and didn’t even give it to my sister. I don’t recommend this catering company to no one they are HORRIBLE AND THIEVES

Every once in awhile, one’s faith is fully restored. My faith in excellent service, outstanding quality and obvious caring is joyfully intact again! David Rowe was as kind, patient, generous, attentive, considerate, available and truly as gifted a caterer as I’ve ever experienced, eVEr. Each and every person at the event asked who catered, as they ooohed and ahhhed over the food! The service was impeccable (Thank you big-​hearted and very professional Dawn for going above and beyond a server’s job!!!), the food was 5 star and the David’s character was flawless. I swear, I’m tempted to have another gathering right away just to repeat such a fine experience again! It is rare for me to go so far out on a limb, but I enthusiastically and whole-​heartedly, highly recommend «Rowe Cuisine» catering!

We’ve used Rowe cuisine for two events. One was in 2012 and one was March 2015. The food at both events was excellent and the presentation was artistic and attractive. The amount was sufficient and the waitstaff was polite and friendly. David Rowe was easy to work with, creative, flexible, and I understand that between 2012 and 2015 there may have been management changes in the company unrelated to his culinary skills or management. This may have had something to do with prior management comments.
What I can say is that preparing a complicated meal for 120 — 140 people was accomplished and people enjoyed the food and told us about it. There were several different ethnic elements to the food –Persian, Japanese, Chinese, etc and it was kosher and it was tasty.
So overall the experience was a positive one and I would recommend Rowe Cuisine to other people.

I hired David Rowe for my wedding after having a sit down. The tasting was amazing and I was so excited about him catering the wedding. One of the highlights was going to be the mashed potato «martini bar» — complete with small martini glasses for my guests to build their own mashed potatoes. 2 days before the wedding, I was contacted by David’s office manager asking if I had rented the small martini glasses. When I reminded them that David said «we have hundreds of martini glasses» and that he would bring everything, I was told I had misunderstood. Thankfully my venue saved the day and had suitable glasses to use. On the wedding day, David showed up late to the venue, the staff were not trained on how to serve, 2 out of the 3 bartenders had never tended bar, and some of my guests didn’t eat! The food they «ran out of» came home with us, large trays of it were back in the kitchen and weren’t served. The food itself was tasty and I enjoyed eating it, but the service the days leading up to and day of the wedding was bad enough to only give this 2 stars. And he will persistently try to upsell his root vegetable chips — they are good but whoa I don’t need to spend that kind of money on a small bag of chips!!!

Avoid

If I could leave minus 5 stars I would!!! this guy is the worst!!! Good luck getting your deposit back!!! And good luck getting him to do anything!!! COURT IS THE ONLY WAY TO GET YOUR MONEY!!! HE IS A JOKE!!! I am sure he will respond to this message, DON’T believe HIM!!! HE WOULD TAKE MONEY FROM A BABY IF HE HAD THE CHANCE!!!

Rowe Cuisine is completely unprofessional and refuses to pay their employees in full not to mention overcharges for all catering and event services!!!
I worked for Rowe Cuisine for 5 weeks as their special events coordinator and that was brutal enough, to say the least. Andrew and David Rowe will give you the run around for your well earned and deserved biweekly pay. For instance, during my first week of pay, I was told that he didn’t have the funds to pay me simply because he was waiting on a clients’ payment from a prior event. Please note: when planning any event with this company he demands a $ 1500-​$ 2500 deposit and the AMOUNT PAID IN FULL 10 days prior to the event. Moreover, he should not have had any reluctance to pay his employees and the following pay period the same excuse resurfaced; only this time, he withheld all current employees’ pay for three consecutive days-​which is against the law!!! When I finally received my pay, it was given to me in a check that I could not cash nor deposit because the bank would not authorize it in lieu of not having enough funds to cover the deposit. I then had to drive back to Northridge for another check and at that point gave my separation notice. Some current employees are still fighting for their pay and they try and buy time with wrongfully informing them that their checks are in the mail.
You cannot expect your employees to become completely invested in your business if you are not willing to appreciate them and pay them for what they’ve already earned.
DO NOT SUPPORT THIS COMPANY IN ANY WAY!!! WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A COMPANY THAT DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE IN BUSINESS! THESE ARE HARD WORKING EMPLOYEES THAT ARE NOT GETTING PAID!!!
PLEASE NOTE: IN THE CONTRACT WITH COMPANY FOR EVENTS THERE IS A 20% SERVICE CHARGE THAT IS EQUIVALENT TO GRATUITY AND NONE OF THE STAFF EVER SEES!
In response to Sonia, I was the person who filled the position after you– I wished I had read your review about this company prior to accepting their position. I wouldn’t have wasted my time.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF GREAT CATERING AND EVENT STAFFING COMPANIES THAT PROVIDE EXCELLENT SERVICE AND COST A FRACTION OF THE PRICE– AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT PAY THEIR EMPLOYEES!!!

Negative stars if possible.
Let me just preface by saying that I would have done almost anything not to have to write this.
I have been fighting to get a check for two events. August 31^st and Sept 17, and it is almost Halloween and I have received neither. I have been calling the office almost daily and everyday, they tell me that it’s been mailed. This has been going on for 3 weeks. I’m left to sue them in small claims for probably less than 300 bucks since they pay less than every other catering company in the state. Or call the whistleblowers hotline at the attorney general’s office, which I will have to do (thank god I went to law school, one of my old friends works there).
This is why you shouldn’t hire Rowe:
1. Probably will cancel your event last minute because no one will work for them.
2. If they do get workers, those workers are interns who aren’t paid, so they really don’t have a vested interest in taking care of your guests. Or in making sure that your food is safely handled and not contaminated. How do I know this? Only because Andrew Rowe asked me to find him chefs when I called about my paychecks. Why did he ask? Only because his chef’s have quit because they didn’t get paid.
3. Because you shouldn’t want to support a business that really screws their employees, especially those who work for less than the industry standard and do a good job.
I met a lot of good people at Rowe and while it was a hard job, it was one that I enjoyed because I enjoy food service and helping people celebrate important occasions in their lives. I’m sharing this on Facebook which I have never done, so that the word gets out there that no one should be treated in this manner.
Also, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on filtered reviews… Those tell the real story.
Also David and Andrew believe that no one reads Unilocal.Feel free to prove them wrong.

Rowe Cuisine, run by David and Andrew Rowe, is an unprofessional business who do not pay their staff. They play games and give the run-​around in order to avoid paying their staff who work hard to make their clients event a professional experience. When asked when they will get paid, Andrew and David Rowe consistantly say «the check is going in the mail today» but they never follow through, they just buy themselves a few days of time.
Do not hire this company. They employ unfair business practices. They do not pay their staff.

we just had a bar mitzvah for our son luca. david, nina and the whole rowe cuisine did a fabulous job with delicious food, creativity and perfection. food was delicious for 140 people, similar to that of a trendy cuisine. would highly recommend them. nina, was a dream to work with and had wonderful suggestions and recommendations which came in very useful~ bottom line: great food, awesome service and a complete dream to work with~

in response to the owners message:
Mr. Rowe,
As there really isn’t much you could say or do to change the poor service and treatment we received from you and Nina the months prior to my daughters event and the day of her sweet 16. However, I’m glad you have chosen to apologize and I could only hope that no other client has to go through what I did.
I also want to thank you for agreeing to pay Diane the $ 40 your company owes her for the linen she provided for the buffet tables. Your apology here on Unilocal is better than the lies posted on the Better Business Bureau website from your employee. Good luck and thanks again.
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for those who would like to see for themselves)

Rowe cuisine recently did my wedding for 200 people. David Rowe is a complete professional with an extreme eye for creativity and artistic flair with his food. His team, Andrew and Katrinka, we’re amazing to deal with. I cannot express how grateful we are to have chosen Rowe Cuisine for our event. We did 2 different buffets, one Italian and one Spanish/​Mexican. We received so many compliments on all the food, especially all of our appetizers (stuffed mushrooms, mozzarella sticks wrapped in sundried tomatoes, veggie sticks with assorted dips, and steak taquitos). Our Italian buffet included made to order pastas, chicken piccata (amazing!), mushroom raviioli, Caesar salad, assorted breads. The Mexican side included amazing fajitas, steak, sopas, and so much more! It was so gourmet and extremely delicious. I cannot express enough that we would have David cater any event of ours in the future! Thank you Rowe cuisine!