Mazza and More

Mazza and More is a kosher restaurant, caterer and food-service company in Brooklyn that also delivers prepared food to homes and ships it across the country. The homepage calls it an "Elite Homemade Kosher Restaurant and Catering," and the delivery page promises food "Packed for Shabbat & Holidays." What you order is finished food, not a kit: the site lists "Mazza, Jerky/Salami, Kosher Sushi, Parve, Dairy, Platter, Gluten Free Kosher Food."

The name points to the menu's roots, and one customer review on the site says a catered event "reminded me of home made mazza" and the music of the front porches of years past. Alongside that, a review of a restaurant visit mentions chicken and waffles, pulled beef sliders, mini dogs and fries, so the everyday menu is broad. The reviewer describes it as counter service, with the owner bringing food to the table anyway, and praises waffles that were "Tender on the inside and crunchy on the outside."

The company leans on its catering reputation. The About page talks of "an array of sweet and savory dainties" for "parties, weddings and gatherings," and another review thanks the team for food at a grand opening where "Even the people not from our community were asking where the food was from." Home delivery sits alongside that catering work, and the delivery page frames it around the week's big meals, promising food that is "Fresh. On Time. Packed for Shabbat & Holidays." Shiva catering is also on the list of services, which is the kind of order families often need delivered at short notice.

How ordering works

Online ordering starts by choosing a location, with separate order links for Brooklyn delivery and New Jersey. The company also has its own app, which it says makes ordering "more comfortable and faster." Walk-in customers are welcome at the restaurant, and the catering arm handles everything from "a simple drop-off" to "a fully staffed sit-down dinner."

The site doesn't describe a subscription, a weekly plan or a set box. It reads as an à la carte restaurant and caterer that delivers, rather than a meal plan, so you order what you need when you need it.

What it costs

The site's public pages don't show menu prices, portion sizes or a minimum order. What it does publish is shipping for orders outside the local area:

• "Free 2-Day Shipping over $150"
• "Free 1-Day Express Over $400"

Below $150, the shipping charge isn't stated. The homepage separately mentions "USA Overnight Shipping Available." There's no introductory offer on the site, although one review mentions a buy-one-get-one-free event at the restaurant.

Kashrut

For many customers this section decides it, and the site is specific. "All product is under the Supervision of Rabbi Yechiel Babad," and all locations are supervised by the Tartikov Rabbi Yechiel Babad. Meat is SBD Beit Yosef (the food-service page adds BYL), products use yoshon and bishul yisroel, baked goods are pas yisroel, and "Dairy is all cholov yisroel." Menus include meat, dairy and parve meals, and the food-service division says it serves nut- and seed-free meals.

The kitchen behind it

Much of the site is about the institutional side. The food-service division runs kosher school lunch programs, resident and senior dining, restaurant services, retail food service and shiva catering, and describes its mission as "To earn loyal customers by delivering high-value, distinctive culinary programs that consistently exceed customer expectations." Its quick facts list 6 kitchens, an in-house fleet of 3 vans and 1 truck, a nutritionist on staff, and "1,500+" meals served daily. A testimonial from the Sephardic Academy of Manhattan says the team caters lunch there 3 days a week and helped design "a healthy and child-friendly menu." The school pitch covers every age from early childhood programs to high school students, whom the company calls "the most demanding, and fickle." The division says its "comprehensive production, testing, and merchandising systems assure consistent meal quality and value," and it pitches schools on professional menu planning and "National purchasing power." For a home customer, that scale mostly matters as a sign of a working kitchen with experience of kosher supervision and allergy-aware meals.

Where it delivers

The delivery page says it is "Serving 500+ Families Weekly Accross NJ & NY." Local delivery covers Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island; Scarsdale and White Plains; Stamford and New Haven in Connecticut; and a New Jersey list that runs from Englewood, Teaneck, Fair Lawn and Monsey under North Jersey to Edison, Lakewood and Jackson Township in central Jersey and Deal, Allenhurst, Long Branch and Neptune City on the Shore. The homepage adds Long Island, the Five Towns, Westchester, Great Neck and the Hamptons. If your town isn't listed, there is a zip code checker, and the Brooklyn listing adds that shipping "Across the USA" is "available overnight." Orders and questions can also go through the phone line, (844) go-mazza.

The 2 addresses are 412 Ave M in Brooklyn and 66 Monmouth Rd in Oakhurst, New Jersey. For everyone else, "We Ship to all 50 States," with orders "Packed With Ice Packs" and "Insulated & Temperature Controlled."

What the site leaves open, and who it suits

The public pages leave out most of what a meal-delivery shopper compares: prices, portion sizes, heating instructions, how long food keeps once it arrives, and whether the shipped range matches the local menu. Shipping costs under $150 aren't given, and the site doesn't say how long standard shipping takes to distant states beyond the 2-day and 1-day free tiers. The customer reviews on the site are mostly about catering and the restaurant rather than shipped meals.

Mazza and More suits observant households in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut area who want Shabbat and holiday food, platters and mazza from a kitchen with clearly stated supervision. Families elsewhere who want that same food shipped can get it, and orders over $150 ship free. It suits people looking for a weekly diet meal plan, or anyone who wants to see a price list before choosing a location, less well.