Curry Up Now Catering · Oakland
Halal Indian street food delivered hot to your office, your wedding, or your backyard across the East Bay. Tikka masala burritos, deconstructed samosas, sexy fries, full buffet spreads. One menu that feeds halal, vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free guests without a separate order.
Feeding offices, weddings, and events every week, straight from our own kitchen.
The same trays, the same buffet line, the same handful of safe dishes that feed a room without ever giving anyone a reason to ask who ordered. Oakland orders are cooked in our San Francisco kitchen at 659 Valencia St, off the same Indo-Californian menu, and the catering side is built to serve a crowd with the exact quality you get across the counter on a busy Saturday. Whether you're booking a corporate lunch, an Indian wedding weekend, a graduation party, or a community festival, this page covers what's on offer and why it works for an East Bay guest list.
The Real Problem
Oakland sits at the center of the East Bay, a short ride from Berkeley, Emeryville and San Francisco. It mixes offices, arts venues, schools and one of the most diverse communities in the Bay Area.
The hard part isn't finding a caterer in the East Bay. There are hundreds. The hard part is finding one whose food works across a table where the requirements pull in every direction at once. Some guests eat halal, some are vegan, some avoid gluten, and some have never tried Indian food in their lives. Most caterers handle that by running a separate dietary track, which means extra trays, extra cost, and a guest who still ends up with the boring plate.
Curry Up Now is built around that table. The catering menu is organized so one order serves all of those needs from one kitchen, one pickup, and one coherent spread.
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Mixed dietary needs, tight midday window. Individual boxes, clearly labeled.
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A mixed cultural family that wants one spread everyone digs into together.
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A tech office where half the room has never tried Indian food.
The Food
Everyone gets their own box. Or everyone digs in together. Or you build the spread tray by tray. Pick the one that fits your event.
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Feeds 10 to 500
Everyone gets their own. No sharing, no fighting, no wondering who took the last one. Each box is a complete, self-contained meal that holds its quality during transit, which is exactly what an office drop needs. Burrito boxes, bowl boxes, and kathi roll boxes are the workhorses here.
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Feeds 20 to 200
Big trays, big flavors. Guests serve themselves and come back twice. Full buffet spreads with two entrees, rice, daal, naan, sides, chutneys, and dessert. DIY desi taco bars. The Chaatery street food spread. All built to look impressive on a long table and hold temperature across a two-hour service window.
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Mix and Match
You know your crowd better than we do. Pick the proteins, pick the sides, pick the snacks. Protein trays of tikka masala, vindaloo, paneer, lamb rogan josh, and chana masala. Turmeric rice and garlic naan by the tray. Samosa platters and gulab jamun for dessert. No minimum, so it scales down as easily as up.
Know what you want already? Order catering directly. For smaller groups, no quote is needed.
Why Us
Catering isn't a bolt-on for us. It's core to how the kitchen runs. When an Oakland office orders lunch for forty, or a family books a graduation spread, the team treats it with the same attention the dine-in counter gets mid-rush. Three things make it work for Oakland specifically.
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Burritos, bowls, and thali platters are built for portability without losing structure. Even with the Bay Bridge between our kitchen and your event, the food arrives the way it left. The brand was built on a food truck in 2009, and the portability of every item reflects that original design.
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Halal runs across all chicken, lamb, and meat preparations as the default. Vegan builds are fully labeled and don't require swaps. Gluten-free selections are detailed on the allergen page. Vegetarian dishes are baked into the core menu.
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Oakland orders get cooked in our own restaurant kitchen at 659 Valencia St in San Francisco, by the same crew that runs the Mission counter, then driven across the Bay Bridge to your event.
Dietary Friendly
Every meat protein at Curry Up Now is halal-certified. That's not a marketing checkbox. It's how the brand has sourced meat since the first food truck in 2009, and it holds across all locations. Booking halal catering in Oakland, a halal-observant wedding, an Eid gathering, or a mixed-dietary corporate event across the East Bay? The entire menu already works for you with no special order required. Supplier documentation is available on request.
Halal Certified
Vegetarian
Vegan
Gluten-Free Builds
Keto-Friendly
Nut-Free Available
Vegetarian and vegan options span every category. Full allergen detail at the counter and on the allergen page. Cross-contamination cannot be fully guaranteed.
We've Done This Before
Weekly team lunches, all-hands meetings, client visits, board sessions, and recurring meal programs. Individual portions arrive labeled, guests choose proteins and dietary preferences ahead, and the kitchen fills volume for teams of ten to fifty across Oakland, Berkeley, and Emeryville. The catering page has the full menu and pricing.
Mehndi, sangeet, baraat, and reception. Buffets, family-style trays, or the food truck cooking live at your venue. Halal across the full menu, so a halal-observant guest list needs no separate track. Our catering team knows what each function expects.
Birthdays, graduations, engagement parties, Diwali gatherings, and backyard celebrations across Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda. Thali platter spreads create a communal experience for seated events, while DIY taco bars keep things casual. See the catering menu for party-size spreads.
Our team cooks on-site at your venue. Guests watch burritos get built and naan get grilled fresh. It's the format the whole brand was built on, and it works for festivals, company campuses, community events, and outdoor parties across the East Bay. The food truck page covers how live service works.
Every catering menu includes halal, vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, and keto-friendly options. You don't need a special menu and you don't need to ask. It's built in. Because feeding a crowd in Oakland means feeding everyone in the crowd.
How This Works
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Date, headcount, vibe. Fill out the form below or email catering@curryupnow.com. We get back within two hours during business hours.
Two hours. Not next day.
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Menu recommendations based on your crowd. Dietary accommodations handled up front. Setup, utensils, plates, napkins, serving spoons, and chafing dishes for buffets, all included.
All we need is a table.
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Hot food, on time, from our San Francisco kitchen at 659 Valencia St. Free delivery on larger orders across the East Bay, with drive times varying by zone.
Hot. On time. Done.
Where We Cater
Whether you're feeding an office in Oakland, a wedding in Berkeley, or a corporate event in Emeryville, East Bay catering runs out of our Valencia St kitchen in San Francisco. See every location and get directions on the locations page.
25-40 min
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20-35 min
30-45 min
25-40 min
30-45 min
Oakland catering is booked direct. Start an order on the Oakland catering menu, or email catering@curryupnow.com and get a quote in two hours.
What Our Guests Say
★★★★★
"All amazing experience. Food was great and reasonably priced. Plating was so pretty. Service was amazing as well. Would definitely be our favorite Indian food spot."
Moon Choi
★★★★★
"We enjoyed our lunch. We thought the food was good and the staff helping at the desk was great. We'll definitely come again."
Jay Anderson
★★★★★
"If you had to pick just one restaurant to eat at for the rest of your life, this would be it. Amazing Indian fusion cuisine. We will be returning very soon."
Godbucket
Let's Do This
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The Details
Yes. Oakland orders are cooked in our San Francisco kitchen at 659 Valencia St and delivered across the East Bay for office lunches, weddings, parties, and community events.
Yes. Every chicken, lamb, and meat preparation is halal-certified by default, not by request. This has been true since the brand started in 2009.
Yes. Vegan dishes are labeled and need no substitutions. Gluten-free options are detailed on the allergen page. One order covers the full table.
Yes. Mehndi, sangeet, baraat, and reception catering, either buffet style or with the food truck cooking live at your venue.
Yes. The truck serves festivals, parks, company campuses, and outdoor parties across Oakland and the East Bay. Book at least one week ahead.
Under 50 guests, next-day notice usually works. 50 to 200 guests need 2 to 3 days. Food truck bookings need at least a week. Full wedding weekends need 2 to 4 weeks.
Yes. Many Oakland teams book standing weekly or biweekly lunches. Email catering@curryupnow.com to set up a recurring order.
Setup, utensils, plates, napkins, serving spoons, and chafing dishes for buffet orders. Free delivery on larger orders across the East Bay.
Individual boxed meals start from $15 per person for 15 to 50 guests. Buffet and food truck pricing depends on menu and guest count. Get an exact quote in two hours.
A deposit secures your date, with the balance due before the event. Ask for exact terms when you request a quote.
Orders under 20 people can often be placed same-day for pickup at 659 Valencia St in San Francisco, no quote required. Larger same-day orders depend on kitchen availability, so call to check.
Yes. The full menu is halal-certified, so Eid gatherings and Ramadan iftars need no special order. Book 1 to 2 weeks ahead for larger group events.
catering@curryupnow.com · (650) 239-6625 · Quote in two hours
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