Luxe Kitchen & Lounge

Luxe is not only our favorite restaurant in Cleveland, it is also where my husband proposed, and who catered our wedding. I hesitate to use the word “caterer” because they did so much more than just make the food. We met with Melissa, the owner of Luxe, to discuss the possibility of having them cater our wedding. We weren’t sure if they did weddings/large events, but the restaurant holds such a special place in our hearts that we had to at least ask. We were met with an endless amount of enthusiasm and excitement from Melissa. We told her we wanted the menu to reflect our travels to Spain, Italy, and Greece, and you could immediately see the gears start turning in her head. She took our idea and RAN with it. She built a completely customized menu based on our favorite dishes from our travels and from her restaurant. She came to multiple meetings with our venue, offered her expertise on wedding planning and working with other vendors, and even offered to help with day-of wedding coordination if we needed the extra help! Talk about going above and beyond! We did our food tasting at the restaurant and she told us to invite our families to enjoy the meal as well. They served each of us full portions of each appetizer and dinner dish. We wanted to do a wine pairing for our guests on the big day, so with each dish at the tasting, they provided us with several different suggested wine pairings, along with a print out of information about each wine. At no surprise to us, the food, service, and execution on the big day was top notch. Throughout the night, and even now, 6 weeks after the wedding, our guests kept telling us it was the best wedding meal they have ever had (and I agree)! Melissa, her manager Jeffrey, and her whole entire team truly made our wedding a special event for everyone in attendance.