La Tre Vietnamese Catering - San Mateo

Contacted this restaurant via their catering inquiry link and received 'we do not deliver to SF '. Ok I get it. I asked if they delivered to SSF, where I work, and I could drive the tray of sandwiches home. They said they do but they like their food served fresh. So I plainly asked if they wanted the commission or not and they said 'no '. So there you have it. In a world with so many options, don 't settle for poor service. I chose Dinosaur and you should too!!!!!

I've been using La Tre for over 10 years! Marcus has always been professional and the food excellent! They've grown so big that they closed their open to the public restaurant to strictly do catering. They are a preferred vendor for Genentech and they always deliver on time and I can always be assured the food is a crowd pleaser! Book early because they are super popular and if they are booked up and you can't get in-it just goes to show you how good they are! Don't get mad people-book earlier!

Like some reviewers mentioned, this company seems to be very selective of who they want to cater to. I decided to go ahead and try anyway as San Mateo is not far from Redwood City. I emailed with Marcus and we established that I could meet the $500 minimum requirement. He said that the day I wanted was full and that hopefully they could work with us in the future. I went ahead and gave him a future date. He stopped by to look at the venue and said he could create a proposed menu. I emailed him back, but that's when he said the location is outside of the service area. Take your business elsewhere.

I am with Genentech and love their food catering service. Healthy and not too rich, not too oily. Love it.

This is hands down one of my favorite caterers. Their one item that I never get tired of and can never get enough of is the SHRIMP TOAST. Bless those little morsels of perfection that throws my tastebuds into wild ecstasy. The shrimp is so savory and flavorful and the baguette a prime carrier for such deliciousness. The BANH MI from here is excellent too. The sandwiches are small so one is definitely not enough! They are generously filled with meat and veggies and can be quite spicy with jalapeí±os. The bread is also not too thick or hard to chew. One thing I don't care for is their salad which I think is unnecessary and doesn't even need to be on the menu. It's layers upon layers of iceberg lettuce topped with sliced tomatoes, cucumbers, and diced mint. There's just nothing special or even particularly healthy about it.