Mixing Bowl on the Go — Restaurant in Kansas City

When we first started working with Mixing Bowl On The Go, I was really impressed. Communication was great, the owner seemed genuinely eager to meet all of our needs, and she offered extras like chargers, napkins, cutlery, and plates at no additional cost. She was also helpful when it came to planning our Italian buffet and cocktail hour with a charcuterie grazing table. At the beginning, it felt like we had made a solid choice.

Unfortunately, things changed as the wedding got closer. She did ask for payment months in advance due to a personal situation, but I paid on time according to our contract. After that, the communication started to feel off. We had gone over details several times—how napkins should be folded, where wrapped cutlery would be placed—and she originally planned to come the night before to set up, but canceled last minute due to personal reasons. Her helper came instead but didn’t bring enough chargers, and the napkins weren’t folded as discussed. I was told they’d return later that evening with the rest of the items, but they never showed up.

On the day of the wedding, my day-of coordinator struggled to reach her, and she arrived late—still setting up the cocktail hour as I was about to walk down the aisle. Later, when we were ready to start dinner, we found out they didn’t even bring the cutlery. It wasn’t wrapped, and it wasn’t the silverware we agreed on. Had we known, my coordinator could’ve gotten a backup set, but we weren’t given the chance. That delay caused a ripple effect through the rest of the evening, and we ran out of time for some of the photos.

As for the food, some guests said they enjoyed it, but I found my pasta undercooked, the alfredo watery and bland, and the garlic bread disappointing. The worst part? I later learned that about 10 guests didn’t get any food at all. Our final guest count was 153 (paid for and discussed 1 month prior to the wedding), but with last-minute dropouts, only around 140 showed—yet it felt like food had only been prepared for 130 (the original # in the contract). Cocktail hour food was gone in 20 minutes, and it’s hard not to feel like we were shorted.

I called her the next day to express my concerns, but she was completely dismissive and didn’t take any responsibility.

I had high hopes for this vendor, but when it came time to follow through, they didn’t deliver. For the amount of money we spent, I expected better communication, preparation, and professionalism. I wouldn’t recommend this...

If I could give negative stars I would!! I had a tasting with Stephanie back in June. She brought so much delicious food and was so polite so we hired her to cater my daughter’s wedding. She printed a menu, showed us the tableware she would be using and said she’d decorate the table for the reception. She was paid in full by July for a November wedding! Then the communication became less and less. She would text with questions at the last minute that the answers were agreed on months ago! Three days before the wedding she stopped answering her phone. Calls and texts were made by several people without response. The day of the wedding she shows up with 3 different kinds of plates that must have been leftover from other events because they didn’t even match each other and we ran out before the food was gone. The food was dry, cold, tasteless, meatballs were burnt on the outside and raw in the middle, pasta was not cooked completely, and we ran out of food with 1/2 our guests not fed! She was very rude while setting up which took forever! When confronted that we paid to feed 120 guests and she showed up with maybe enough to feed 50, she assured me there was more than enough. How embarrassing it was for guests to leave early because they were hungry!! Her contract states to try to settle with her before making a bad review. Seems this has happened before. She is still not responding in a timely manner and not being cooperative at all. This is no way to run a business!! Please don’t let this lady take advantage of another person! I wouldn’t trust this place to feed anyone!!! ** EDIT- Minutes after this was posted the owner started texting in all caps refusing to refund our money. This was almost $3000 and she wants to give my daughter back $850??? Each conversation seems to be more and...

We have never even eaten at this place so we can't even review the food. We love trying new breakfast spots when we go to the city. This was a place that caught our attention. However, we can review it because they have the worst management and staff with no customer care at all. I called The Mixing Bowl Noshery at the beginning of November to see about them mailing a gift card so I could give my wife it as a gift for Christmas. I paid for it over the phone. After 3 weeks, I still did not receive it so I called back on a Saturday morning. I was informed that, the old management retired and they were under new management. The lady was rude and told me to call back later because they were too busy. I called back later and they were still too busy she said. Finally 2 hours later, I called a third time and she took my call. Unfortunately, she would not mail me a new gift card or take a refund but said she would have to talk to the old owners. So, I waited another 2 weeks and called back. Finally the response I got was a 2nd gift card had been mailed(which I am skeptical was). I did not receive that gift card either. So, I called asking for a refund. They refused to refund my credit card. Throughout this whole process no one ever followed up and asked if I received it. So, 2 months later, nothing has been made right and they won't. Don't give this place your business! We would have loved...