Lisa P.
Yelp
I worked with Brix for a party at my house. I opted for the pick-up option.
Pros-- Julia was great to work with--responsive, engaged-- and Brix worked well with our theme. They came up with some really imaginative, fun ideas and the food was really cool, visually.
Cons--while some of what we picked up could simply be heated, two of the 5 items had to be assembled by us and we weren't given a heads up about that in advance, nor much instruction, nor was anyone available by phone to check in with. Consequently, we simply weren't prepared to handle the amount of work that we ended up needing to do prior to serving. Also, frankly, the food wasn't that good. The pastry crust for one of the items was, for example, really lardy. Also, Brix didn't include labels for the dishes so we ended up having to stand by the buffet table to tell everyone what each thing was and whether it contained meat or not, etc. Given that the prep was more intense than I'd bargained for, I didn't have a chance to print labels myself nor was I expected to. Finally, I'd asked a few times if Brix would provide sternos and racks for warming. Julia had said in our initial consult that they would, but I never received email confirmation. So while I was able to get everything out, we didn't have a way to keep things warm while they were out, so, of course, everything got cold. For the price (which wasn't cheap) I expected better food, better communication about serving it, and better care overall on the day of. Sadly, I wouldn't work with them again.