Reception food Tacky or not?

I personally wouldn't do that. I would rather have a nice meal. There are ways to do food on the cheap. Make something like, ham or turkey, or roast. Something that will serve a lot of people.

You know you're crowd and if you think they're good with pizza, then go for it. My only hesitation with pizza is the messiness factor. Many times I have ended up with sauce on me! LOL.

If you and your fh is okay with it id go for it! We actually talked about doing this at one point to but then decided on sandwiches. Im all about saving money, who wants to save a fortune to feed a bunch of other people! lol

Hey, it's YOUR wedding and you do whatever you want!! We're thinking about using this really good Italian restaurant for catering and they have these cute little single-person pizzas and I was toying with the idea of having them as one of the entree choices. The only problem with doing that is they'd all have to be the same toppings because I doubt they'd let me do 50 individual orders! LOL

If that's what works for you guys then I say go for it. Personally, FH is a slob & he'd get it alllllllll over himself. Can you imagine that, FH in a tux wearing pizza sauce, lolololol.

Uh..i think its tacky..sorry

if you must do this, then 2 things

1)make sure its decent pizza-dont order from the cheapest place in town jsut to save a few bucks.

2) dont make your reception formal or even semi-formal really. have the wedding/reception reflect what your serving...i.e. go along the lines of a casual, light-hearted group picnic/bbq etc as opposed to a *fancy* look

It's funny that you are think this because I saw a couple do this on a show called 4 weddings a couple weeks ago. It's different, but will absolutely save you and your FH $...so if's that's your main concern...go for it!

My concern is how are you going to keep the pizza warm? I'm taking it you would have the pizza place delivery them at a certain time.

I personally wouldn't do this, but I understand worrying about the cost. This is a concern of ours a well. We are having our family cater the wedding. I'm lucky to have family members who love to cook, so they were thrilled to be asked. Think about doing this, or simply have hors d'oeuvres. I have been to many wedding with hors d'oeuvres, and left full and satisfied!

We catered our own wedding and what we did was 4 different sandwiches: ham & cheese, chicken salad, cucumber, bell pepper with olives and sprouts. 2 soups: vegan cabbage soup and Italian wedding soup. A fruit tray, veggie tray, cheese and cracker tray, chip, salsa, guacamole, spinach dip, fresh baked bread, a green salad, mixed bean salad, pasta salad, macaroni salad, potato salad, chicken salad, white and dark chocolate fudge, peanut butter cookies, chocolate chip cookies, oatmeal cookies, ice cream, desert pastries and then wedding cake. We fed over 100 people and with the exception of the cake (that we didn't make) we spent less than $200 on food. And we have a fridge packed full of leftovers that we are still eating almost a week later.

I would be dissapointed as a guest eating pizza at a wedding, unless I was allowed to wear jeans and a tank top.

Like fartooexcited did, you can make a nice meal for your guests on a small budget, it just takes effort. Your guests are making an effort to dress up, buy a gift, and come to your wedding, make them feel appreciated. Pizza sounds lazy.

I think pizza would be a lot of fun. I saw that 4 weddings episode... make sure you pizza stays warm! to keep it classy I would still get real plates and cutlery. I would also suggest 2 or 3 different salads for those who will not eat pizza.

So people know what to expect you can tie it into the invite, like "Ceremony at 4:00 wherever, pizza party to follow at reception venue"

I like pizza; I agree that cutlery is a good idea since people may be worried about making a mess. For a relatively informal reception, I think this would be fun.

I think it depends on your overall 'feel' for your wedding. If it's casual, then pizza is great. If everyone's dressed up, ... not so great. But, you know who you're inviting and what will work for you AND them.

I saw that 4 weddings episode too!

My cousin did that for their reception, but it was cold by the time it was time to eat so I'd be worried about that.

I love pizza and it is YOUR wedding so do what you want to do. I'm having finger foods (wings, meatballs, lumpia, etc) but I'm also telling everyone it is a casual wedding - come in jeans, come in a dress, come in a tux.. it's up to them. Just come have fun!

My girlfriend just went to a wedding and afterwards they had a cake reception which I thought was cool. It was a very simple reception with just cake and fruit/veggie trays. It was noted on the inviation so the guests knew they weren't going to have a meal and she said it was really nice.

I wouldn't do it either. I'm sure you would make out just as well serving chicken, mash potatoes and a vegetable. That would probably cost less then ordering 16-20 pizzas.

When my sister got married my parents did the whole finger food type meal thing, and it went fast cuz the reception lasted so much longer than planned. My parents ended up just ordering pizza for the ones left and it turned out great... so if that's what your comfortable doing, do it... We're doing the same just planning ahead, we're having an outside reception, real down to earth nothing fancy, as our us and our friends would rather have a celebration.. so we're doing the same, having finger foods but my parents are also grilling, so it's more fun than fancy!!! Pretty much with our crew.. as long as you have the beer... nothing else matters!!!

I've been to tons of weddings and I don't remember what I ate at any of them. Nobody cares what you serve for food so long as they don't go hungry.

Idk if you know 'four weddings' on TLC, but some girl had pizza at her wedding and didn't care what others thought, so if you want it, go for it. it's your wedding, but have different kinds of pizzas...