Bittersweet Catering

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    103 North Alfred St

    Alexandria, VA 22314

    Old Town Alexandria

    Serving Alexandria Area

    Mon

    • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

    Tue

    • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

    Wed

    • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

    Thu

    • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

    Closed now

    Fri

    • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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    • Closed

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    • Closed

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    Jody M.

    A Local Favorite Since 1983 Full service caterer with in-house bakery. We have served Alexandria and the metropolitan DC area for over 30 years. We offer full-service catering services to fit your needs! This includes corporate catering, small event catering, weddings, special celebrations and more. Our full-service bakery also creates freshly baked desserts daily in our in-house bakery including pies, cakes, cupcakes, cookies and more!

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      Shayla M.
      Alexandria, VA
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      Aug 9, 2023

      I had Bittersweet catering at a recent event. We had breakfast and lunch catered by Bittersweet. The food was delicious! My only critique would be for the cheeseburger sliders. There were lots of options. I especially enjoyed their desserts. I would love to check them out to see what other options they have available.

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      Dec 6, 2022

      Bittersweet Catering has officially become my go-to for all catering needs. I had to place a last minute lunch order to feed approximately 40 guest. This was so last minute (the day before Thanksgiving) many restaurants I contacted weren't even open (or they chose not to answer the phone). Luckily when I contacted Bittersweet Catering Mr. Jeffery made the entire process easy. We came up with a menu that received nothing but positive reviews from all of the guest. If you're looking for high quality food and amazing customer service, do yourself a favor and check out Bittersweet Catering. You won't be disappointed!

      Just have to say again thank you Mr. Jeffrey for all of your help!! I'm sure I'll be ordering from Bittersweet Catering in the near future.

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      Adrianna L.
      Falls Church, VA
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      Apr 4, 2021

      Amazing Easter dinner for two for $55! The carrot cake is to die for (coming from someone who does not like cake normally)
      They have opened "the commissary" with quick easy lunches and amazing soups!

      The team and chefs are friendly and easy to work with!
      I will be a regular as long as possible!

      Carrot cake 6"
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      Tiffany L.
      Chantilly, VA
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      Nov 16, 2022

      I ordered the strawberry shortcake dessert cups for my daughter's graduation party (June 2022) and they were beautiful, delicious, and a hit! My only challenge with Bittersweet was locating them in Alexandria, they're located within an alley so I kept driving past the location. I recommend parking in the parking garage and walking up to the building to pickup your food unless you do delivery.

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      Shaina S.
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      Sep 11, 2021

      My husband and I used Bittersweet Catering per a recommendation from a friend for our baby shower a few weeks ago, and I cannot say enough amazing things about the quality and presentation of our order!

      We received numerous compliments on how delicious the food was for our brunch at the baby shower. We ordered several different breakfast sandwiches, an amazing frittata and customized cupcakes.... Needless to say, nothing went to waste!

      Highly highly recommend for any type of catering event where you are looking to get not only great presentation, but great quality as well.

      Five stars all around!

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      Carlos Z.
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      Mar 19, 2022

      I had lunch here a few years back when it was a walk in cafe with my 6 year old daughter. The owner, a bald, grumpy, Romulan face from Star Trek looking muchacho with a bad attitude really laid into my little girl for spilling her soda and forced her to clean it up yelling something like;" do you know how much those floors cost !!??" she started to cry but told me later that the man's face was "weird" and scary and that's what made her cry.
      I wanted to kick his ass right there but did not want to set a bad example to my little girl or get arrested for assault!
      thankfully they went out of business at that corner spot i'm sure the reason being the owner...we'll years later I went to a party and lo and behold, catering by Bittersweet. the sandwich i ate was kind 'a stale, tasted like a Safeway sandwich...anyway next day BAM ! serious diarrhea ! it was so darn bad I had to go to an urgent care and get some antibiotic's...they said I was lucky to be alive after all that bacteria in my belly...they probably recycle the food the nurse told me.
      my primo wrote a google review just recently after I did because he loves my little girl so much and was very angry about it after we told him what had happened those years past.

      in Response to the "owner", I am having a hard time understanding , you say you are the owner , your face is the weird faced man who yelled at my girl but the name is not the same as him, his name says Jody and you are Jeffrey .A therefore this does not add up.
      Also it is important to let people know of such things that is why we have Yelp and Google reviews in the first place.

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      Jesse S.
      Point Pleasant Beach, NJ
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      May 6, 2022

      They have the best carrot cake ever!!
      So good!
      Made my mother and daughter very happy!!

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      A A.
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      May 21, 2022

      Wow!!
      They catered an affair I just attended -- and I could not be MORE impressed!! Wonderful delicious variety of food and drink, elegantly preented. The lady and the gentleman from Bittersweet (sorry -- I don't know your names) were pleasant and perfect - especially in this waning (I hope) time of Covid - masked, at the ready to help out. I never heard about Bittersweet before but now that I know, I will be more than happy to patronize their establishment

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      Jeffrey A.

      May 24, 2022

      Thank you A.A.! We truly appreciate your honest feedback and hope that we have the opportunity to serve you directly in the very near future.

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      Stephanie G.
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      Sep 22, 2021

      I found Bittersweet after a terrible experience with another caterer. Rachel responded to my request with the hour. When I spoke to her she swiftly came to understand what I wanted, even though I had trouble articulating it. We had a small reception after a memorial service and Rachel and Bittersweet served us magic. The menu was exactly what we wanted, the food was all delicious, and the service was done with great grace and subtlety. I would use Bittersweet again in a heartbeat.

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      Michael F.
      Raleigh, NC
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      Nov 11, 2019

      We had an urgent need for a dinner service after a funeral. Rachel and colleagues at Bittersweet helped us assemble a menu through our fog of sadness and answered many changes due to diet and emotional needs with both professionalism and understanding. Given the rush of the order and chaos of the day I wasn't expecting perfection but the quality of the food and presentation was superb and everyone felt comforted by the meal as well as complimentary for its quality. You might even say it lifted spirits in addition to satisfying hunger. Many thanks to Bittersweet for their making this possible.

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