The Corner Deli and Catering — Restaurant in Clinton

My daughter booked Corner Deli for her wedding reception. It was booked approximately a year in advance. The caterer said they did not need a down payment but my daughter insisted on paying them $50.00 to ensure they held the date. Despite the food being good, there was several issues with them:

1. When my daughter went to talk with and book them, she wanted only one choice of meat. They were trying to keep costs as low as possible as they were paying for their own wedding and had just moved as well. The caterer kept insisting they needed two meats and finally gave them a discount per plate for two meats. (Of course this was still higher than the one meat option). It wasn't what they wanted but they agreed since she discounted the price.

2. They never seemed to know what was going on. My daughter called in the total guest count 2 weeks before the wedding. Two days later they called me asking about our appointment the next day. We live out of state and had never scheduled an appointment at all. She was quite confused by this. I asked her at the time for a total amount due to which she responded that she had not received a guest count. I was shocked as my daughter had told me she called in it. When I asked for a reminder on the per person price she had to go look it up and found the guest count that had been called in. She told me she was unable to provide a total at that time as it would take too long to figure out and to call back. (When we called back she still didn't have time to figure it out and we never found out the total until we stopped by to pay them.)

3. As part of the catering, we were to be provided with water and 2 drink choices which my daughter chose. They provided no drinks at all. When I asked the caterer she said she provided a "huge" discount and that she had simply forgot because it was booked so far out. (We turned in a sheet with all our choices on it.) Another worker came up to me on the dance floor asking what was wrong. When I told her she said they did not provide drinks. Ummm...two different stories from the same business and it was on the sheet we turned in!!!

4. The cake was on a separate round table. The caterer was in a panic about being able to cut it on that table. I told her just to take it over to the other tables. Not sure what the issue was but she finally did. They never did cut the tiered cake despite me telling them they could.

5. As stated above my daughter paid them a deposit. This was not discounted from the total price. When my daughter called they said to bring in the receipt and they would refund the money. I was back in the area and called to let them know I was going to stop. They told me the $50.00 was a fee for holding the date and was not refundable but the caterer was leaving on a job so I couldn't talk to her. I called back the next day and was given the same information. I told them it was NOT even asked for and it was a down payment as it stated on our receipt. She got angry but agreed to refund the money. When I told her I'd be in after an appointment she told me they closed at 2:00PM and hung up before I could say one word.

Despite the food being good I would NEVER go with them again. I spent too much of my daughters wedding reception dealing with the caterers and then afterwards was treated EXTREMELY rudely! Not worth...

Wait staff very slow. Came in and waited quite a while before a waitress gave me a menue. Ordered a drink and a bowl of soup. Never saw my waitress again! Someone else delivered my soup to me and it was lukewarm at best. Couldn't grab the attention of any staff to get it warmed up, so I was stuck eating cold chicken tortilla soup. Never did get my drink. I paid for my soup and complained about not getting my drink. The person running the cash register took the drink off my bill with not so much as an apology. It would have been good soup if it was warm but not worth another trip back...

Didn't stay for lunch as we were told that the business requires paperwork to prove my dog is a service animal. This is against the law. As stated by the ADA "You are not allowed to: Request any documentation that the dog is registered, licensed, or certified as a service animal."

I sincerely hope the staff is retrained to comply...