Catering : How much are you paying

Wow, some places can really get expensive!! We are not having alcohol at our wedding, so its $8-9/person. We get 2 meats, potatoes, 2vegs, bread...water, coffee & punch!

For those of you with the child meal option: was that actually somewhere on the catering site/menu, or did you have to ask for it special? I'm just curious because mine says nothing about it, but we have a lot of young family members coming. Thanks!

Looking at these quotes and prices, I'm ready to cry. The cheapest quote I've received is $69.50 per person. We're only having about 75 people or so, but geez! I guess I should look around a little more!

I'm thinking I should've gotten married here now...$75/per for food only - no cake, no extras. Yikes I got screwed. ah well, it's Cabo, for some reason you get screwed and most stuff

Scratch that, just looked at the revised agreement - FH added shrimp to something and now it's $85/pp.

Terran

My venue offerd the children's plate,after she asked how many kids wre going to be there *25^

Mine is approx $100 pp prior to tax/gratiuity...that includes 5 hr premium open bar, cocktail reception with 8-10 different passed hor d'oevers, 7 different hot stations, 2 chef attended stations, cold antipasto, appetizer, salad, choice of entree, wedding cake, pastry sampler.

No one is leaving my wedding hungry!

Paying 24.95 per person for meal which includes linens, dinner rolls with butter, coffee, and tea...2 entrees, 3 side dishes, and desert. An additional $4 per person for unlimited pop, beer and mixes...so actually $28.95.

Shana R., I hear ya. I will also be getting married in the Hudson Valley and it is so expensive. I haven't picked a venue yet. Where are you having your wedding?

We are in NYC are we are paying $100.00 pp includes 1 hr cocktail hr with 10 hors d'oeuvres, champagne toast, appetizers salad & roasted butternut ravioli, 3 entrees, dessert plate & 3 tier wedding cake. 5 hrs open bar & 2 signature drinks. It's alot of food and we had our food tasting last week and i really could not taste everything!

Damn that is a lot of food ,that's a great deal for $100 pp!

We are paying $105 a person which has the venue fee, parking, linens, some floral, cocktail hour w/5 itmes, all liquor, champaign toast, and a 5 station menu including 3 meats- tenderloin of beef, salmon, and turkey included. We are right downtown in Columbus, Ohio and is a very low price for the area.

The venue for my reception requires that I cater through them, so I don't have very many options unfortunately... hopefully I will still get some good deals.

Oh, and I am having about 25 kids coming to our wedding as well so I'm hoping they have an option for children!!!!

$47.50 per person which includes the rental of the venue, linens, cake cutting, champagne toast, buffet, and even centerpeices on the tables, 4 hours of open bar, and 1 hour of hors d'oeuvres.

Ours is 14.00 pp. Having a full pig roast w/ all the trimmings.approx 140pp w/ 1/2 keg of beer & open tab on sodas etc..

Ours is $5.50 per plate. We are having pulled pork, roast beef, mashed potatoes, gravy, veggie, 2 pasta salads, rolls, tea and coffee! It's buffet style, but the food is AMAZING!

We're doing a choice of chicken or steak. The chicken is $12.95 pp and steak is $16.95 pp. We're also having salad, zucchini/squash, wild rice. We're not having a bar. The meals include water, tea, coffee and we're adding softdrinks for $4.95 pp.

We're are doing salad, chicken,baked potato, steamed vegies bread and butter for 125 guests we're paying $1,375.00.

$90 pp (i'm in dc also) and we're having passed and stationary hors d' overs.. seated dinner with 4 courses and dual entree.. also a martini bar. luckily linens and ceterpieces are included in our package.

Ours is $40/person for food. It is Italian themed buffet. That includes a dessert buffet. The food is very high delicious and high quality. That was our biggest "sticking point" for the wedding. We had to do several tastings, including a tasting of our specific food, before we would settle on a venue/caterer. we are not doing a cake. It includes tea, coffee, and water. We will be buying 2 kegs at $425/each for microbrew! and all other beverages will be at the guest's expense. We also pay a 21%(!) service charge on food and booze. plus local taxes.