Frequently Asked Questions

The staff and attendees are required to wear masks that fully cover their noses and mouths. We provide sanitizing stations (containing at least 60% alcohol) near seating and serving areas. Service personnel wear gloves at all times. We enforce frequent hand washing by all employees and attendees. 

We strongly urge event staff and attendees not to attend catered events if they have been diagnosed with COVID-19, are awaiting COVID-19 results, have COVID-19 symptoms, or have had close contact with someone who has been diagnosed with COVID-19.  Review LANGSTEAD'S RESERVATIONS ONLY CATERING COVID-19 AGREEMENT FORM for more information.

Yes, we do travel outside of the state of Texas. However, mileage pay is calculated with your catering costs. 

We can provide up to 100 friendly and professional staffers as needed for various functions. No job is too big or too small for us to handle.

Plan ahead by contacting us in advance with your needs and desires. We guarantee professionalism, good food and service. Put your worries aside and allow us to do the work for you!

It is best for you to come in for a meeting with us. Bring with you a decent understanding of how many people you need to feed, the location (we can help with venue selection if you have not looked), and your ideal budget. Many clients are apprehensive about offering up a budget.  Please think about what you want to spend per person to host your event.  It saves us both time to find out if you are in our price range! 

The earlier the better. Certainly the caterer should be the first contacted when putting together an event.  The caterer handles events all the time and can save you money on rentals, set ups and venues. We find ourselves booked a year in advance on prime weekends.  So get your event on our calendar with your booking fee as early as possible to insure you are going to have the finest cuisine. 

The same as any other event.  Weddings are a time of great joy and a lot of stress.  Before you hire a wedding planner talk to us.  While you are doing one wedding, we do them every weekend.  So our ability to get you through the event comes from experience and that leads to a smooth event and money savings for you.

If you have a theme or genre of food in mind, we can fill in the blanks.We can show you other menus we have done and guide you.  What your menu will be is also guided by the budget you have set for your event.

Yes. A deposit guarantees your calendar date for your event and locks in the current pricing (for up to 12 months - menu is subject to our contract agreement.) 

Yes. The cost of wait staff is based on your location, level of difficulty, facility challenges, your service caliber expectations and budget.  The number of wait staff for every event varies because every event has its challenges. If you would like "extra" staff on hand, we’re happy to help. Many of our wait staff have been with us a decade or more.