Late or confusing delivery
Confirm timing, entrance, floor, loading, contact, and setup before the meal matters.
Bay Area office catering
Office catering that makes you look great.
Delicious Indian food for team lunches, all-hands meals, client meetings, and employee events delivered on time, clearly labeled, and handled by one accountable point of contact.
- Since
- 1992
- Best fit
- 30-300 guests
- Built for
- Office teams
For office managers, EAs, People Ops, employee experience teams, chiefs of staff, and HR leaders planning food people will actually enjoy.
- Team lunches
- All-hands meetings
- Client visits
- Milestone celebrations
- Recurring office meals
The real job is not just lunch
You are buying professional safety.
A good office lunch should not turn into a Slack thread, a missing-label panic, or a story leadership remembers for the wrong reason.
India Palace Catering is designed around the details most caterers treat as afterthoughts: accurate headcount, written delivery instructions, dietary labels, enough food, buffet flow, setup, cleanup, and fast communication when something changes.
Dietary uncertainty
Clearly labeled dishes help vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, and halal-conscious employees eat without guessing.
Short orders and awkward leftovers
Plan the right buffer for working lunches, cultural celebrations, and mandatory meetings.
What our team handles
The small details are the conversion promise.
One contact
A real person responsible for the order, not a support queue.
Written plan
Headcount, address, floor, room, delivery window, dietary notes, and setup expectations.
Office-ready buffet
Serving utensils, labels, traffic flow, portions, and the practical details that keep lunch calm.
Flexible menus
Indian dishes that can cover mixed teams without creating four separate ordering puzzles.
For People Ops and office leaders
Lunch should help the room feel taken care of.
For an office meal, the food has to satisfy different diets, different spice comfort levels, and different expectations without making the organizer manage every bite.
“The food should be the least stressful part of your day. It should be your favorite.”
Business Catering Checklist
Download the Bay Area Office Manager’s Corporate Catering Checklist.
Use it to plan any office lunch without late food, missing labels, wrong headcount, cold trays, or surprise invoices.
Request for proposal
Tell us what lunch needs to accomplish.
Share the details that matter most to your team, from guest count and timing to dietary preferences, setup needs, and the kind of experience you want people to have. We’ll use that context to respond with a thoughtful catering recommendation.
- Best for 30-300 person office meals
- Bay Area delivery from Alameda
- Free tasting available for qualified office catering opportunities
Buyer questions
Answers office teams need before they inquire.
How much food should I order for a working lunch?
For a desk or meeting-room lunch, plan around 85% of confirmed headcount plus a 10% buffer. For an all-hands or mandatory meeting, order for the full headcount.
Can the menu cover vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, and halal needs?
Yes. Indian menus are especially flexible for mixed office teams because vegetarian, vegan, lentil, rice, and halal-friendly options can live naturally in the same buffet.
What information makes a quote faster?
Headcount, date, delivery address, floor or room, delivery window, event type, dietary restrictions, setup expectations, cleanup needs, and whether leadership or clients will attend.
What should be included in a corporate catering quote?
Ask for food cost, delivery, setup, equipment, service staff, cleanup, gratuity, dietary labeling, and any additional fees. A clear quote prevents surprise invoices.