Catering Customer Testimonials
Below are just a few of the many wonderful messages that we have received from our satisfied catering customers. We are always proud to work with individuals and organizations to help make their event successful. We pride ourselves on fresh food & good customer service.
You guys did absolutely fantastic!! Your staff was extremely friendly and so great to have! Thank you so much!!! The food was delicious!
(Sept 2020, wedding)
Everything was perfect! The food arrived on time. We went home to change to come back and clean after the wedding and they had already came and packaged up leftovers by the time we returned. 5 stars!
(August 2020, wedding)
Everything was great as usual. Thank you so much for great service.
(August 2020, Boxed Lunches)
Everything was great!! Staff was very friendly and received great feedback on the sandwiches (cookies were a big hit too!)
(July 2020, Boxed lunches)
As always Lisa it was FABULOUS! Our team is so excited when I tell them what is being brought in for catering. For a few short hours I am well liked—hehehehehe
(March 2020, Manufacturing Shareholders Meeting)
Your staff, service and food was fantastic. Everyone was pleased. Thank you for taking care of us again this year.
Merry Christmas!
(Dec 2019, Corporate Event)
Thank you again for providing a great lunch for the City of Lincoln. As always it was a hit.
On behalf of the Mayor and the staff I want to thank you so much.
Merry Christmas to all.
(December 2019)
Shawn did a wonderful job on setting up and arriving at the scheduled time . We want to thank you for the really good food and your great service!
(November 2019, Corporate Event)
Everything went very well. Staff was friendly and the food was set up on time. We look forward to working with you again. Everyone REALLY enjoyed the meal! Those cookies were amazing!
(October 2019, 800 people)
The event was fantastic! Your team was wonderful and so kind to our co-workers.
Food was exceptional and I appreciate your team being so flexible with the rain that came. It wasn’t our ideal set up, but I think we all made it work well. Thank you again for joining us this year!(September 2019, 750 People, Corporate event)
I have heard amazing feedback about the food!! Yall showed up on time and the setup was great! After the event, your staff helped us break down our own tables and take out trash, and fold chairs. That was SUCH a help because that was not their job but they offered to help anyway so I appreciated that so much! Everything was cleaned up perfectly too. Thank you so much for everything!! Dad’s day was such a success!
(September 2019)
Everything was perfect! Thank you so much. Staff was super friendly, arrived on time. We couldn’t have asked for anything better!
(April 2019)
Both events were seamless. Your staff was professional, on-time, and assisted with set-up. We had very positive feedback from our employees on the catering service, everything tasted great, plenty of serving portions and desert was very tasty as well! Thank you and your staff for a great experience.
(Dec 2018)
Everything was fabulous! Delivery, setup, and presentation was perfect. The gentleman that delivered the food was very prompt and courteous!
And, the food – TO DIE FOR yummy! J
We look forward to doing business again in the near future!
(November 2018)
Everything went perfect for our event on Friday! The staff was very friendly, they arrived on time, and the food set up was great! Food was excellent, as always!!! We really do appreciate you all too! Thank you again! It was a pleasure working with you too! Thank you for always being willing to help us with our vegetarian and vegan meals!
(University Faculty Staff – November 2018)
I gave you all a shout out this morning in our bi-weekly statewide leadership call! Your customer service has been outstanding…you have definitely made it easy to do business with you. This week, I called another restaurant to edit a catering order and I was told to “go online and do it. That is the easiest way.” What they meant was “the easiest way for them”…not the customer.
Anyway…Ill step off my soapbox now. J Thanks again!
(October 2018)
You guys did great! The food was wonderful. Staff did a great job on setup and tear down. All was great.My husband and I frequent your location on 16. Always feels like family.I hope to do business again soon.(October 2018)
Everything went off without a hitch! I can’t remember the name of the man who delivered and packed up at the end, but he was timely, friendly, and accommodating! I will definitely recommend and use you all for catering events in the future. Thank you for making this so easy on us! We really appreciate you all.
(October 2018)
Thank you for checking in – very kind of you. Most places don’t do that. Delivery was great – on time, very friendly and professional and set up for us! Thank you so much for making my job easier. J We will be using you again in the future!
(October 2018)
I just want to give you a shout out for providing us a wonderful meal last weekend for our daughters wedding at Ponca. The food was amazing, on time and plentiful. I don’t remember the servers name, but he was AMAZING. He was polite, helpful and very enjoyable. I assure you I will continue to sing the praises of Penguin Ed’s. Thank you for helping to make our wedding weekend great
(September 2018)
Amazing! Awesome! Wonderful!! The food, the service, and the experience was perfect. Shawn did a wonderful job, and I would recommend this service to any other business looking to get great food and perfect customer service.
(July 2018)
I could not have been more pleased with everything you provided for us. The guys that came to set up the hog, potato salad, etc. was perfect! They arrived on time, they greeted me, they were friendly to everyone that they interacted with. Not to mention the food was absolutely delicious! I have never tasted a more tender or tasty Hog! Everyone that attended the reception was pleased with the food. Several people ask me where I had the food catered from because they were very amazed with what they tasted. Thank you, thank you, thank you! It was perfect and exceeded my expectations. We will definitely recommend you and use you again if we ever have such an event.
(July 2018)
Thank you SO SO much for everything! It was all perfect!
Staff was timely, courteous and helpful. Food was so delicious and hot and everyone loved it!
Thank you very much(Wedding rehearsal dinner, June 2018)
It was just great! Everyone loved the BBQ, we had plenty (which is a TALL order for this crowd of big eaters!). The set up and clean up was just perfect.
Thanks for another great meal. I’ll be back in touch for the 2019 meeting!
(Corporate Meeting, May 2018)
The food was amazing and everything was perfect!!! The guy who set up was great and prompt. We definitely will do this again 🙂
Thanks so much!
(School, April 2018)
The event went great and your team was wonderful! Food was delicious and Will was very helpful. I know the bride and her mom were very happy!
(Wedding, March 2018)
Everything was great! Food was great, service was great, entire experience made the food such an easy check mark on the long list of things to prepare/plan for the event. Would recommend y’all any day! … We should have ordered more mac-n-cheese, it was a huge hit!
Thank y’all so much!(Baby shower, Feb 2018)
I just wanted to let you know our Big Corporate Luncheon was a huge success!
We had Sales folks come in that I was not aware of so thank you for adding more food. Lowell and Springdale was truly a great hit yesterday and last night!!!
My fear is always running out of food-there was enough! YEAH!!!!!!
My fear is folks complaining about the food being too cold or not good-everyone and I mean everyone stated how wonderful it was and that is by far the BEST food we have served in the 8 years I have been here.
AWESOME job to the chefs! The Preparers! The Drivers Etc We sincerely appreciate all your work!
Mr. Will who helped us yesterday was very pleasant, professional and helped us out very much!!!
(Dec 2017)
We were thrilled with the catering. Delivery was exactly on time, and Shawn was super friendly and accommodating. It is so nice that you offer delivery and set up as an option. Food was excellent. Fresh, hot and delicious.
We will absolutely use Penguin Eds again for future events.
We appreciate you checking in and making changes along the way to fit our needs.
Thanks so much and happy holidays!(Dec 2017)
Everything was perfect on Friday! That food was great, the staff was very friendly and the setup was great! He arrived in plenty of time to get everything set up by the time you had said that you would! I really appreciate you all! As you know, we LOVE Penguin Ed’s BBQ!!!
Thank you!!! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you!!!
(Dec 2017)
We were thrilled with the catering. Delivery was exactly on time, and Shawn was super friendly and accommodating. It is so nice that you offer delivery and set up as an option. Food was excellent. Fresh, hot and delicious.
We will absolutely use Penguin Eds again for future events.
We appreciate you checking in and making changes along the way to fit our needs.
Thanks so much and happy holidays!
(Dec 2017)
I have used a lot of catering due to my job and, I must say that this experience with you guys was absolutely outstanding! Everything arrived well packed, hot items hot, cold items cold. The gentlemen laid everything out perfectly and the pick up was timely. You guys thought of everything from plates, napkins, to utensils.
Food was outstanding and received a lot of compliments. Meats were great and cookies were a hit! We will get more business from us for sure. Thanks for making it a wonderful event!
(Oct 2017 – University)
Your staff member was the best!! He came in, began setting up, I tried to help but he was very efficient and had it done in no time. He also took time to review everything with me. I was totally impressed with him. He even took time to bring leftover containers so that we could bring the left overs back to the department. This was the first time I have ever had containers offered. Our people love it so much that is now just an expectation that any meal we have here that it will be Penguin Ed’s. We discussed what time he should come back and was on time, he even brought more containers so that if the first set was not enough I would have more. The only thing I could ask for was empty gallon jugs to be able to keep the leftover drinks. We were wishing we had the drinks for when we got done with the team building exercise.
On a personal note, my husband was raised in Michigan but moved here from Florida, I have him hooked on Penguin Ed’s.
You have been amazing to work with in all of my 17 years here at UAPD. We will continue using Penguin Ed’s and I recommend you every time I am asked. Plus my family will continue dining at Penguin Ed’s.
(Sept 2017 – Police Dept)
I always appreciate when people follow up after catering for us. Everything was amazing. Timing, food quality, food quantity, pickup, etc. Everything was great. As I told Matt this morning, I will be sure to keep you on our short list for options later in the season. The only thing I would like to change is more to-go boxes. Most of our girls are grab and go eaters so having some of those was amazing. Next time if we can just make sure we have about 30-40 boxes then we should be golden.
Once again, thanks for great business and I look forward to working with you in the future.
(Sept 2017 – College)
The event turned out great! I do not remember his name, but the guy who delivered the food was the best ever, I really enjoyed having him help us out. The food was great as well. Thank you so much for all of your help.
(Aug 2017 – College)
Everything was wonderful!! We had so many compliments on the wonderful food! I appreciated that everything was delivered and set up on time, the staff kept the food replenished, and best of all – they packed everything up for us at the end of the night! Y’all were AWESOME and we are so happy y’all helped to make our wedding day so smooth and wonderful!
(June 2017 – Wedding)
Everything was perfect! The food was scrumptious, arrived on time, super friendly staff could not have asked for anything more. Thank you so much for making the rehearsal dinner perfect!
(June 2017 – Wedding)
Everything was perfect! Timing. Food. Set up. Pick up. Couldn’t have asked for more!!! Thank you all so very very much!
I grew up in Houston and had family here. Every time we came for a visit I would always make my parents take me to the “red phone” place to eat. Y’all catered my wedding and will always be part of our lives. Love my Penguin Eds ❤
(June 2017)
Everything was absolutely wonderful. The set up, the food, and the take down. The staff was prompt and everyone was very courteous. You always exceed our expectations!!
Thank you for making our night delicious.
(June 2017)
It couldn’t have gone any better. Your people did an excellent job. We appreciate you. I’m sure we’ll see you again at Christmas.
(June 2017, Corporate Event)
Thank you so much for taking care of us this past Saturday!! Your delivery driver was wonderful and we really appreciate his taking such great care of us!!
-(April 2017, University)
Thank you so much for catering the event last night! The guests really enjoyed the food and we appreciate your willingness to help in our mission of serving families who struggle with hunger and poverty! We look forward to partnering together again.
-(April 2017, Charitable Donation)
The food was great and the kids thoroughly enjoyed it! They typically have to settle for a few cheap pizzas so they were VERY happy with the BBQ. Anyway just a quick thanks for all your help and to let you know not a crumb was wasted. There were a few faculty members at the meeting as well and they too appreciated and enjoyed the food. Your packaging was perfect and it’s obvious you’ve done this before! I’ll no doubt keep you in mind for any future occasions there.
–(April 2017, Corporate Event)
The service was really good and so was the food. I had several people comment on how good it was and appropriate because the class was title “Back on the Hog Farm”
Thanks for everything. I love working with y’all.
–(April 2017, School )
Oh my goodness, thank you for the service! We had some leftovers today. The food was awesome and everyone loved it. I was very happy with the package you put together for us. It was very affordable and the portion was great. Thank you and Penguin Ed’s for helping my teachers enjoy a wonderful meal for Parent/Teacher conferences.
–(April 2017, School)
Everything was great; I’m pretty sure we still have some leftovers! The large cookies were a hit as well.
We love working with you all! Until next time. Have a great day!–(April 2017, University )
Everything was AWESOME!!!!!!
Seriously, your team was so wonderful and attentive to everything we needed. I was never asked any questions (which is a good thing!) and everything went smoothly. My mom made it sound like they were all very on top of things. I’ll be honest, I don’t have a ton of feedback because I was not even bothered with anything! The food was delicious and we got so many compliments from friends and family on our great choice of food!!– (Jan 2017, Wedding)
Never did tell you THANKS for a great meal – we had probably 130 people show up and had very little left overs so that was great!
Everyone enjoyed the meat and gravy so I wanted to let you know it was awesome!
Thanks for your help and please tell the staff we enjoyed it!
Have a Very Merry Christmas!!– (December 2016, Custom Holiday Meal for a church)
Our company booked Penguin Eds Catering to serve approximately 650 associates a meal on Sunday, November 6th. We received excellent service and the food was delicious. I would recommend them to anyone who enjoys great BBQ. The people were very easy to work with! Lisa, Bob, Gary and Mike took great care of us! Gary even joined in participating in Karaoke between groups and did an amazing job! We hope to have them back again next year!
– (November 2016, Annual Corporate Function)
Your guys were great and worked very hard!
The food was great and we are still getting compliments on it!!
Thanks for all you did to make our beautiful day run so smoothly!
I’d be glad to be a reference if you ever need it!!
Thanks again Lisa!
We will be frequenting Penguin Eds!
– (November 2016, Wedding)
The catering went great and the food was delicious. Your driver was also just as great! We actually talked a bit about his history with NTI. He shared with me his story of how he attended here and how going through one of our programs really facilitated his passion for the food industry and food service, which he now does. I enjoyed learning all of that.
Thank you so much again for all that you do and helping me with this catering event. Really appreciate it!
– (November 2016, College)
Penguin Ed’s did an excellent job of catering my wedding. They were quick to answer questions when I made my order, happy to amend it whenever I wanted and provided great and prompt service on the day of. The food was delicious, and my guests loved it!
– (November 2016, Wedding)
I wanted to let you know everyone enjoyed the food soooo much Saturday. The delivery and pickup was exactly on time and the young man was so pleasant. There were many compliments on everything – from the coleslaw to all the meats. I’m so glad I picked y’all to prepare the food for our cousin reunion!
– (October 2016, Family Reunion)
Thank you so much for getting everything to perfection for us. The reception was OUTSTANDING! One lady in front of me walking into the reception said, “I have already deemed this the best reception I have ever been to!” The smell of BBQ emanated through the facility, everyone was instantly hungry! The mac and cheese was so good too, glad we went with that.
The girls that were the wait staff were simply wonderful. I was so disappointed that I didn’t think ahead enough to have containers to at least give the leftover food to the church. It was SO good. The drinks were excellent too. Though I love wine, when I am in the South, I treat myself to the sweet tea.
Having Ed there was comforting. Please put me on the list of people that can be contacted if you need a reference.
Once again, thank you Lisa. You are a consummate professional and so wonderful to work with.
– (May 2016, Wedding Reception)