Breakfast for dinner?

If you really want to do it I say go for it. Some people might think it's a little odd but it is your day!

If you do go this route make sure you are familiar with your guests. Many breakfast items are bread heavy and if you have any gluten or similar allergies you may have to accommodate breakfast foods that will work for them.

I think it sounds like fun. If you do go this way, I would also work it into your invite somehow so people aren't caught off guard. =]

Breakfast foods are my favorite! But I'm not sure if all your guests would be as thrilled with the idea... I would be surprised if I sat down for an evening reception and got a plate of pancakes. If you did want breakfast foods why not do an early afternoon ceremony followed by brunch foods? That would be delightful and then your guests would know what kind of food to expect due to the timing of the reception and you would get your breakfast foods you want!

Sorry. I'm not even a fan of breakfast foods at breakfast time.

I think if you serve something like chicken and waffles or shrimp and grits it could work...ETA steak and eggs too. You could make it a little more upscale. I think it depends which foods you choose because I don't think pancakes or french toast with bacon would necessarily work. I love doing breakfast for dinner at home just nor sure it would go over so well for an evening wedding. Another option if you have to have an evening wedding would be serving some breakfast items as a late night snack.

It's your day, so you do you -- but while I love breakfast food, I'd probably be thrown by showing up at a wedding and being served exclusively breakfast food for dinner. Maybe find a way to incorporate it by making your cocktail hour serve twists on breakfast foods.

Nah.....maybe as an hors d;oeuvre or two (love the chicken and waffle idea, and I've seen that at a few or our venues.....anything with bacon works), but not as a whole evening meal.

Why don't you just do brunch? It's usually cheaper at the venues, the bar bill is less too!

Why not just do brunch? That's what we are doing, and it's saving us quite a bit of money, too.

I would be all for it! I love breakfast food.

I think it might work better if you did brunch for dinner rather than just breakfast. If you go this route make sure your guest know that's what you're doing. I agree with others though that you could just make your wedding earlier and do an actual brunch or incorporate a few breakfast foods as apps or as desserts. You could do a crepe or waffle bar for dessert or as a station during cocktail hour as either can be sweet or savory.

I love the idea. We thought about doing a brunch wedding just so we could serve breakfast food. If you do it, I would go with chicken and waffles, steak and eggs, etc. You could have a pancake station, assorted egg stations, fresh fruits, muffins, cereals, potatoes, and serve mimosas and bloody marys at the bar.

Just put on your website that your reception with be a breakfast/brunch reception.

Brinner!

FH and I LOVE BRINNER. Seriously. It is our go-to for dinners. But, I also asked this question in the Spring, and I will say that making breakfast foods classier is really difficult. Before we decided on a DW, we were committed to finding a place that would make elegant breakfast for dinner. And it is HARD. We thought a smoked salmon benedict, some sort of steak and eggs thing...but we came across problems like: it's hard to make breakfast food filling without carbohydrates, and short of offering toast and hashbrowns, people might be hungry throughout the night (that said eggs are an excellent source of energy!), not everyone loves breakfast food (so doing a buffet style dinner might be hard) etc. For us, it was frustrating and stressful enough, that we decided not to go ahead with breakfast for dinner. We decided to a waffle bar as a late night snack (both savoury and sweet) and then we still had some breakfast in our day.

I agree that if you want to go ahead, a brunch meal might be best, but if you still decide to go through with brinner, please post pictures! I would love to see what you accomplished!

I agree that it would be easiest at a late night station.

I would look into having a brunch instead of dinner.

Breakfast for dinner can be a fun thing to do at home. For an evening wedding? No, I wouldn't do it. As a guest, it would leave me wondering what you were thinking. A majority of people do expect dinner at dinner time -- especially at a wedding. Sorry.

I'd suggest you do a regular dinner or change the atmosphere of your wedding and do a brunch reception with a brunch buffet and the lighter cocktails (like Mimomas) that go with brunch. There are certain elements that belong in certain environments, and sometimes, when you change those elements, it just doesn't work for the majority (even if it works for you). This, in my opinion, would be one of those instances.

I would not do this at dinner time. If you want breakfast / brunch foods, have the wedding at an appropriate time.

I love breakfast foods but wouldn't serve them for a wedding dinner. Maybe fancy waffles, crepes, or fancy donuts for dessert to bring in "breakfast" without going over the top?

I'm laughing because I literally asked my FH this just the other day.we have something else in mind bc of taste preferences (he's sweet and I'm spicy). However, I came across prices for breakfast buffet and it was about $6/person. While the menu I saw were very basic and cheap, I agree with the other posts; shrimp cocktail, maybe bagels with lox and then susages and bacon (mmmmm)..yes, yes don't forget gluten free and healthier options too. Mix it up! It's all about you anyway. Cheers!

I would LOVE this! I actually sort of wish it had occurred to DH and I before we selected our caterer because I think we would have done it. I thought of it like a month later but oh well. Diners were our go-to date for the first few months of our dating because he was in the process of fixing up a house to move into and it didn't have a kitchen so we ate most meals at diners, esp the one across the street. It would have been the perfect fit for us. I would be so excited if someone had this esp since I know I could get something vegetarian friendly. So often at weddings there's little I can eat but at a breakfast for dinner wedding I could get PANCAKES!!

As much as I love breakfast, if this was an evening reception I would probably dislike it very much. Now if it was a afternoon reception then yes that would be okay. I also would like it as a late night snack like a waffle bar.