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Bar & Bat Mitzvah catering in Los Angeles.
Bar & bat mitzvah catering in Los Angeles — buffets, live stations & plated menus from $81/guest. Chef-led, halal · zabiha-sourced, serving all of LA & OC.
Menus & packages
Mitzvahs catering, by cuisine
$81–$135 per guest across cuisines. Each cuisine, built into per-person packages for this occasion. Open one for its package tiers, pricing, and proof — the full dish list lives on each menu.
Mediterranean Bar Bat Mitzvah Catering
Mediterranean Bar Bat Mitzvah catering in Los Angeles — three per-guest packages, halal by default, sized to your guest count.
Halal Bar Bat Mitzvah Catering
Halal Bar Bat Mitzvah catering in Los Angeles — three per-guest packages, halal by default, sized to your guest count.
Jewish Deli for Bar & Bat Mitzvahs
Pastrami and brisket carved to order, matzo ball soup, latkes and kugel, challah on every table, and babka and rugelach to finish — the deli table the day is remembered by.
Mitzvahs catering runs about $63–$128 per guest, all-in, and the price per guest falls as the guest count rises. Here is what a spread costs at the counts people usually ask about.
| Guests | Estimated cost | Per guest |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | $1,850 – $2,700 | $74 – $108 |
| 50 | $3,550 – $6,400 | $71 – $128 |
| 100 | $6,500 – $11,300 | $65 – $113 |
| 150 | $9,450 – $16,200 | $63 – $108 |
All-in: the food plus the staff, delivery and setup the service style needs. Tastings, rentals, add-on services and California sales tax are the only additions, and there is no service charge. The crew, setup and delivery are shared across the room, so the price per guest falls as the count rises. Every menu halal · zabiha-sourced.
Mitzvahs Catering
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The occasion
Mitzvahs catering in Los Angeles & Orange County
What it takes to cater mitzvahs well — the logistics, the timing, and how we make it work.
A bar or bat mitzvah is two events in one afternoon — a room full of teenagers who want food they'll actually eat, and a room full of adults who want a real celebration meal. We cater to both without cooking two separate parties: a kids' station or buffet that lands with a thirteen-year-old crowd, running alongside a grown-up spread or plated service, timed so both rooms are fed while the simcha keeps its momentum.
Dietary care matters more here than almost anywhere. We are a halal · zabiha-sourced kitchen and we're honest about what that means — we prepare to those conventions and label every dish, and we'll talk through your family's specific needs directly rather than claim a certification we don't hold. Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free run as standing lines so every guest, and every grandparent, is fed the same fresh food.
We cater bar and bat mitzvah receptions across synagogues, hotel ballrooms, and private event venues throughout Los Angeles and the Westside — including Beverly Hills, Westwood, Santa Monica, and Encino. Our youth setups feature live interactive sliders, street taco bars, or artisanal pizza stations, while adult courses include cedar-plank salmon, slow-roasted brisket, and vibrant Mediterranean mezze, all accompanied by mocktail bars and dessert tables.
Why Carthage
Why Carthage for mitzvahs
What you get with us for mitzvahs specifically — not a generic catering pitch.
Two crowds, one afternoon
A station teenagers actually eat from running alongside a real celebration meal for the adults — both rooms fed without cooking two separate parties.
Timed to the simcha
Service planned around the ceremony, the speeches, and the dancing so food lands on cue and the celebration never loses momentum.
Honest dietary care
Halal · zabiha-sourced and labeled per dish, with vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free standing lines — we describe our sourcing honestly and talk your family's needs through directly.
A catered event, not a delivery
Staffing, stations, and setup for a room dressed for the occasion, sized to your guest count and the run of the day.
Two rooms — teenagers and adults — fed on different clocks? See our buffet catering
Questions
Before you ask
How much does bar/bat mitzvah catering cost in Los Angeles?
Is the food halal?
Do you cater both the kids and the adults?
How far in advance should I book?
Dietary
Dietary needs?
Every mitzvahs menu is labeled per dish and built around the guest list — here's how we handle the requests we hear most.
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