Manhattan office caterers publish more than most: nine of these fifteen state a lead time and ten state a minimum, from $150 at Dig to $1,400 at Red Table. Here's what each one says about pricing, minimums, lead time and delivery.
Farm-to-table fast-casual chain serving seasonal, locally sourced bowls and plates. Known for healthy workplace lunches with rotating menus and group ordering options across multiple NYC locations.
Midtown (four Manhattan stores)
Pioneering farm-to-table Italian caterer serving NYC since 1981. Trusted by Fortune 500 companies including LVMH, JP Morgan, and Google for elegant corporate breakfasts, lunches, and full-service events.
For offices: Office catering built around breakfast and lunch boxes, individual snack boxes and family-style platters, with crews collecting platters and boxes the next day free of charge.
Garment District
NYC's trusted corporate catering provider since 1981, specializing in office lunches, meetings, and galas. Offers seasonal menus with inclusive dietary options and reliable Midtown delivery with professional setup.
For offices: Individually packaged lunches, boardroom lunches and buffets for offices, standing orders for recurring scheduled delivery, and industry-specific menus for law, finance, tech, healthcare and media firms.
Acclaimed slow-smoked BBQ restaurant founded in 2011, with multiple NYC locations. Offers all-natural meats and hearty sides for catering, from brisket platters to pulled pork spreads for team events.
Popular Mission-style taqueria with 15+ NYC locations, beloved for build-your-own taco bars and burrito boxes. Trusted by Salesforce, HBO, and SoulCycle for reliable, crowd-pleasing office catering.
For offices: Pitches catering for office lunches and breakfast burritos for office breakfasts, with testimonials from Salesforce, SoulCycle and HBO, but describes no formal corporate program.
Chinatown
NYC Chinatown's first dim sum restaurant, operating since 1920 on Doyers Street. Offers full-service catering with signature dumplings, steamed buns, and Cantonese classics for corporate and private events.
East Village
Iconic East Village institution established in 1954 by Ukrainian immigrants, now a three-generation family business. Famous for pierogies, borscht, and hearty comfort food with a dedicated catering operation.
Fast-casual Mediterranean chain offering customizable grain bowls, salads, and pitas with bold dips and spreads. Multiple NYC locations provide convenient group ordering and catering for health-focused offices.
For offices: Pitches Chef-Curated Bowls and DIY custom spreads delivered to team lunches and work events 'whether big or small,' with a custom-quote option.
Bushwick (also Domino Park and MSG)
Legendary Bushwick wood-fired pizzeria opened in 2008, now with multiple NYC locations. Offers full-service off-site catering for up to 400 guests featuring locally sourced ingredients and seasonal menus.
For offices: Drop-off catering is described as 'perfect for office lunches,' and private events cover corporate events, including a mobile pizza oven for full-service catering in NYC.
Tribeca
Tribeca staple on Chambers Street with a 40-year legacy, serving fresh Indian and Indo-Chinese cuisine. Popular with City Hall regulars and corporate clients for flavorful catering with same-day preparation.
For offices: Caters office events, private parties and weddings and shows a 'Trusted by Leading Companies' client logo section.
Williamsburg
Brooklyn-based caterer serving corporate events since 2005, handling groups of 50 to 1,000 guests. Specializes in locally sourced, health-conscious menus from brown bag lunches to white-glove plated dinners.
For offices: Weekly or monthly subscription office lunch service plus corporate events for 50 to 1,000 guests, from brown bag lunches to buffets and plated white-glove service.
Midtown / Bryant Park
Boutique food and beverage firm in Midtown Manhattan specializing in conference catering, receptions, and grab-and-go programs. Known for locally sourced, seasonal menus and a globally inspired rotating dining program.
For offices: Corporate meeting catering as buffets or individually boxed meals, recurring daily and weekly office meal delivery, managed corporate food programs with budgets and reporting, and onsite amenities like barista cafes and pantry programs.
Mott Haven, Bronx
Award-winning certified minority and women-owned caterer since 2001, executing events for 50 to 3,000+ guests. Trusted by Global Citizen Festival and the Whitney Museum for sustainable, farm-to-fork cuisine.
For offices: Drop-off office catering with individually packaged meals, hot lunch buffets and breakfast spreads, gourmet boxed lunches, workplace dining programs with daily rotating menus, and conference and corporate events from 250 to 3,000+ guests.
Lower Manhattan
Boutique full-service caterer established in 1995, known for seasonal low-waste menus and sustainable practices. Provides off-premise catering for corporate dining programs, weddings, and events across NYC.
For offices: Workplace dining programs for breakfast, lunch or dinner plus corporate events from all-day board meetings to holiday parties, with a dedicated event planner and individually packaged items available on request (extra fees may apply).
Garment District
Woman-owned, family-operated caterer serving Manhattan for over 25 years. Offers seasonal, locally sourced menus for breakfast through dinner with eco-friendly packaging and full-service event production.
For offices: Office catering with individually boxed meals, buffet-style service with professional setup, daily employee dining and meal programs, and conference and holiday party catering, with insurance for any Manhattan building.
This list is alphabetical, not ranked, and no caterer paid to be on it. We look for New York restaurants and catering companies that publish a real catering menu, handle drop-off or delivery for groups, and come up again and again when local offices talk about who they order from.
Pricing, minimums, lead times and delivery areas come from each caterer's own website and were last checked in October 2026. Of the 15 listed, 4 publish pricing and 9 state a lead time. If a detail is missing, the caterer doesn't publish it. Confirm before you order. Spot something wrong or missing? Email us.
Office catering in New York is a Tuesday to Thursday business in the sectors that actually come in. The Partnership for New York City's March 2025 survey put average weekday attendance at 57% of Manhattan office workers, highest in real estate, financial services and law, and the securities industry alone employed a record 207,400 people in 2025. Leasing hit 42 million square feet in 2025, and Lower Manhattan had its busiest year since 2019. The caterers cluster accordingly: Metro Catering, Food Trends and Savory all work out of the Garment District, with Mangia's seven Manhattan kitchens, Deborah Miller in Lower Manhattan, and bigger production kitchens across the river at Red Table in Williamsburg, Relish in Mott Haven and Roberta's in Bushwick.
Savory is the most transparent on price: its FAQ puts boxed lunches at $18 to $32 plus per person and hot buffet lunch at $24 to $55 plus, before a 20% administrative fee and tax, with a $200 weekday minimum and $4,000 on weekends. Metro Catering takes a $200 weekday minimum with next-day orders by 3pm, Food Trends needs $250 or 10 guests by 4pm the day before, and Dig delivers from $150. Mighty Quinn's is $22.95 per person for 20 or more on 24 hours' notice. At the other end, Red Table's $23 per person weekly office lunch is built for crews of 60 plus with a $1,400 minimum and 72 hours' notice, Relish starts drop-off at $1,000, and Deborah Miller wants about 25 people and two weeks. If you need food today, Mangia offers same-day delivery for group orders, and Savory will try same day with a 20% rush fee after 1pm.
Buildings and streets shape the rest. Midtown towers commonly route food through security: one typical set of building rules sends all food deliveries to a messenger center, routes large catering through the loading dock, limits regular freight to weekdays 8am to 5pm, and bills tenants for reserved off-hours freight. Give the caterer your dock and freight details up front; Food Trends says it carries insurance for any Manhattan building. The congestion toll below 60th Street ($9 for cars, $14.40 for single-unit trucks at peak) is now baked into delivery fees. Events over 100 people trigger the city's commercial organics separation rules. And the holiday crunch is real: ezCater puts peak holiday catering in the first three weeks of December at an average of $59 per person, so book those early.
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