Scholar's Catering

We had Scholar’s Catering provide refreshments (sandwiches, fruit, iced tea) after our wedding ceremony at Cecil Greene as we weren’t allowed to hire other vendors. It was either them or no food. My husband worked with Robert throughout the planning process and he was very professional and accommodating. These three stars are all for him. If it wasn’t for Robert there was a very good chance we would have decided to forego refreshments all together due to the expensive pricing and hidden costs. To start, they charge $8 per head for providing cutlery and napkins. This is not a hidden cost as it is clearly stated on their menus. The pricing for the actual food is not bad. We had originally planned to have a variety of platters ranging from seafood to fruit. We later discovered that that price did not include the cost of labour to prepare the food and serve it during the event. These hidden costs effectively doubled the total price. We thought we would be spared the “serving costs” as our guests could serve themselves since it was all finger food but that was just our wishful thinking. We also asked if we could have the food just delivered and we would set up and serve it ourselves, but that was not an option for large events such as weddings, even though it’s definitely an option on their website. But perhaps options change when the word wedding is attached. Even water is not free as you are charged $1-2 per head to serve that as well. In the end, we still went over budget in order to pay for a fraction of the food we had originally wanted for our guests. And this was after much negotiating. I cannot speak for their sit down lunch and dinner services as we had our reception elsewhere. It’s such a shame as I have nothing but praise for Cecil Greene but UBC restricts you to their catering service. If you’re okay with having 65% of your money go towards labour, service and cutlery charges, most of which are not clearly stated on the menus or website and you only find out after booking your venue, then Scholar’s Catering is a great choice for your wedding.