Office Catering in Dublin 9: How to Plan a Lunch Your Team Will Love

Good office catering does two jobs. It feeds people well, and it takes one thing off the list of whoever is organising the meeting. From our kitchen in Drumcondra we make sandwiches, wraps, salads and hot dishes for offices, meetings and events, and deliver them ready to serve.

This guide explains what’s on our catering menus, what it costs per person, and the five steps to getting lunch ordered without any fuss. Every price here comes straight from our current menus.

What our office catering includes

We have two catering menus: a cold menu for working lunches and a hot menu for bigger days. Both are made fresh in our kitchen at 94 Drumcondra Road Lower, Dublin 9.

The cold catering menu is built around sandwiches and wraps on sourdough:

• Chicken stuffing with cranberry mayo and leaves
• Pastrami, pickles, horseradish mayo, cheese and leaves
• Carved ham, cheddar cheese, leaves and relish
• Classic cheddar cheese with relish and leaves
• A vegan option: smoked paprika red pepper hummus with toasted seeds and greens

You can add side salads: classic coleslaw finished with fresh orange zest, Gold River leaves with a zesty lemon dressing, toasted seeds, feta and tomatoes, or cherry tomatoes with red onion, basil and mozzarella. Homemade cake rounds it off, and there are individual salad bowls for anyone who would rather skip the bread.

Office catering prices per person

All of our cold catering prices are per person:

• Sandwiches and/or wraps: €9.95
• Sandwiches or wraps with a side salad: €13.95
• Sandwiches or wraps with homemade cake: €14.45
• Sandwiches or wraps with a side salad and homemade cake: €18.45
• Individual salad bowl: €14.50

That makes budgeting simple. A lunch for 12 people with sandwiches and a side salad comes to €167.40. A meeting of 20 with sandwiches, salad and cake comes to €369.00. There’s a delivery charge on top, which depends on where you are.

Hot food starts from €14.50 per person. We quote for each order, because the final price depends on the dishes, sides and numbers you choose.

5 easy steps to order office catering

Ordering office catering from us works the same way every time:

1. Count your people. Numbers decide almost everything else, so start with a headcount, even a rough one.
2. Choose cold, hot or both. Cold works for most working lunches. Hot suits longer days, training sessions and celebrations.
3. Check dietary needs. Ask your team about allergies, vegan or vegetarian diets, and anything else we should know.
4. Pick a time and a place. We deliver to your office or home at a time of your choosing, ready to serve.
5. Send us your enquiry. Use the Enquire About Catering button on either catering menu, email info@lovelyfood.ie or call (01) 830 9549. Tell us what you’d like, how many people and when, and we’ll look after the rest.

Hot food for bigger days

When a sandwich won’t do, our hot catering menu brings proper comfort food to the office. The main dishes are:

• Shepherd’s pie: slow cooked beef mince with peas and carrots, topped with creamy mash
• Beef stroganoff: slow cooked beef with pearl onions, mushrooms and smoked bacon, served with creamy mash
• Beef lasagne: layers of rich beef ragu, béchamel and mozzarella
• Wild mushroom chicken: chicken breasts in a cream, wild mushroom and spinach sauce, with roast potatoes or rice
• Thai green curry: a warming chicken curry in a coconut sauce, with rice and poppadoms

There’s a minimum of 10 portions per hot dish. You can add hot sides (garlic roast potatoes, creamy mash or honey roast carrots), a sharing salad such as beetroot, orange and hazelnut, and desserts like berry Eton mess pots, pear and apple pie, carrot cake or lemon drizzle cake. For groups of 10 or fewer, choose up to two desserts.

Allergens and dietary needs

Every sandwich and salad on our cold menu can be adjusted for allergen requirements, and every hot dish can be prepared for allergen or other dietary needs. The simple rule is to tell us when you order, not on the day.

In Ireland, food businesses must give information on 14 allergens, including cereals containing gluten, milk, eggs, nuts and sesame. The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has a clear guide to food allergens if you’d like to know more. We’re always happy to talk through what’s in a dish.

For vegan colleagues, the hummus wrap is on the cold menu, and our salads can be made to suit. The lemon drizzle cake on the hot menu is marked gluten free, but if someone has coeliac disease, please tell us so we can talk about how it is prepared.

Staff, equipment and home events

Office catering doesn’t have to stop at the food. For bigger events we can provide professional service staff at an additional cost, and we can quote for the rental of service equipment, so you don’t need to worry about serving dishes or setting up.

Our catering isn’t only for offices, either. We deliver to homes too, for family occasions, christenings, communions, and gatherings after a game at Croke Park.

Why order office catering from a local café?

Ordering from a café kitchen means food cooked by the same team that makes our breakfast and lunch every day, with the same suppliers. The toasties and tartines on our café menu use the same Gold River leaves and sourdough you’ll find in our catering boxes.

If your office is in Drumcondra, Glasnevin, Whitehall, Phibsborough or the city centre, you’re not far from our kitchen. We deliver across Dublin, with the delivery charge depending on location. And if your team would rather get out of the office, our guide to lunch in Drumcondra shows what’s on at the café.

Frequently asked questions

Ready to feed the team? Start with the cold catering menu or the hot catering menu, then send us your numbers.