Food stations instead of dinner?

That’s fine as long as your reception is at a non-meal time.

When is your wedding? I’m not sure if they’ll be ideal during Covid only because I feel like the stations could get pretty crowded with people waiting in line

View Quoted Comment Our wedding won’t be for another few years, I’m planning way ahead 🙂 but you may be right. Maybe do a buffet but have food stations as well?

I think stations would be fine, I’ve seen plenty of “station only” menus when I was searching for my venue. I would just suggest choosing some heavier foods/protein if people will be drinking

I personally do not like stations. Usually the lines are long and the food is too small and not filling. Its also difficult to go stand in multiple lines and accumulate a bunch of small plates while trying to have a drink and mingle.

Station food is pretty filling so it's absolutely appropriate for a dinner time. Instead of one buffet, you have 3+ cuisines to pick from with full meals at each.


It's something we're definitely looking into because we want a relaxed fun vibe.

View Quoted Comment If it’s a few year out then I don’t see the problem. I think Covid will be under control by then!

I love this idea! This is exactly what we’re thinking of doing as well. We want the wedding to feel like a party rather than a formal “event” and a lot of our guests would appreciate this more. Also getting married a few years from now and hoping COVID isn’t a problem.

View Quoted Comment Yeah I think it’ll be more casual then having to sit down for dinner, we just aren’t those types of people 😂 and yes hopefully COVID won’t be an issue by then

We're not fancy people either but debating between plated and stations. We like the idea of idea of the variety that stations allows and letting guests be served either way. While I haven't seen stations at a wedding, a close friend in NYC said multiple stations are very common there as cocktail hours and guests love the variety and atmosphere but they are so full from those over a 2 hr span that the plated meals served following aren't touched at all. So I wouldn't be concerned about guests not getting enough to eat if you are providing a generous spread.

We aren't fancy either lol.

We're having a buffet style dinner and having our DJ call table numbers up when it's their turn to get food! Our wedding isn't until Jan. 2022 so we're pretty confident that COVID won't have an effect on our wedding (knock on wood), but we are going to ask our caterer if they will have servers to give guests their food just in case!

We just like the fact that a buffet style gives our guests more options in comparison to a plated meal.