Dinner after the wedding

100% agree with @Melissa

I thought the point of getting married in Vegas was to elope lol. I agree with the others, but if you really have your heart set on a reception back home, I have no advice on restaurant choices, sorry

It is incredibly rude to not pay for your guests' dinner. They have issues with this arrangement I am sure, but they are not telling you to your face.

You either elope and save money or you invite guests and fully host them. I know I would only fly to Vegas to witness the wedding of a dear loved one. Why do you feel that they are not deserving of your thanks?

I am not going to tell you how what or how you have to do things, because obviously people have kind of pushed their way into your day and you are going to have a big reception once you get home, as you have already said.

That being said, yes, there are quite a few buffet restaurants that will set aside tables for your party and everyone can just come through the line after paying, find their seat, and then get their food. My friend did that for her wedding, even though it was her actual reception and she paid. What kind of food are you looking for, and maybe I can give you some ideas of which ones have that kind of food?

If you do not care if it is on the strip The Orleans Hotel (about 5-8 minutes off the strip) has a great buffet called "The Market Street Buffet" which has about 8 different types of foods, and a HUGE dessert buffet section. I am not sure about putting the tables together, but I am sure if you call them and speak to them they will be happy to do so.

Disagree with kirackle...the circumstances here are different. It sounds like your guests may just want to make a vegas trip out of it and tag along and have some fun while they're at it. I wouldn't expect for someone to pay for my dinner if I insisted on coming to something that isn't meant to be the reception.

A buffet would probably be easier. Try checking yelp! You can sort through options using their filters.

Just invite your parents to the ceremony and dinner afterwards. Everyone else can come to the reception at the later date.

Thank you all for the responses. Eileen, you are correct. We told everyone straight up that we couldn't afford a large wedding - plus it's my second and his third - rather spend money on honeymoon. The family also wanted us to have a cruise ship wedding, so they could all go - and a destination wedding in the Caribbean, so they could go there. We were straight up about just having a ceremony and they all said they still wanted to go, so I don't feel obligated to pay for their food.

I am looking for just 'American type' food - a buffet would probably work great. I will check with the Orleans.