Too early for Dinner?

5 isn't early if the dinner doesn't start serving right away. Sometimes the dinners don't get served right when the reception starts. For instance mine wouldn't start dinner service til 30-40 min after 6p (start time of my reception). But even if it did start at 5p I think it's ok

5 pm is fine for dinner.

It's okay if dinner isn't served right at the start of the reception. 5:30-6 for dinner would be fine. Are you planning to serve appetizers during cocktail hour? If so, dinner can be pushed back a little bit.

Mine is more of a buffet style, and we aren’t getting married until 5pm, but I don’t think that is too early to serve dinner.

I agree with PPs! 5 is fine for dinner

No, I'm also getting married in October, the 12th actually. Were doing the ceremony at 4, but considered doing it much earlier. We only decided not to because we wanted more time to set up everything and get ready.

I don’t think it’s too early to have dinner then.

I’m doing my ceremony at 3 and dinner starts at 4:30

We had a 3-3:30 pm ceremony, cocktail hour 3:30-5, seating until 5:15, dinner served at 5:30 and it worked just fine. But we had very satisfying apps during cocktail hour and an open bar because it was such a long “cocktail hour”.

Date twins 😃 5:00 is fine for dinner.

I’m a November bride and will also be starting ceremony at 3:30pm so we could have the light out for our pics that will be done during cocktail hour.

Congrats and yay for October! We are getting married October 6th! I don’t think it’s too early at all. Ours is very similar!

Assuming your wedding ends at 4 you’ll have an hour of cocktail hour more less that’s already 5 to 5:30 pm. Mine cocktail hour was an hour an a half because I didn’t do a first look either. Guess seated, party entrance and first dances would be ending around 5:45 to 6. That sound reasonable to start dinner. Even if you only do cocktail hour for 1 hour dinner would be around 5:30 which is also ok.

I don't think 5 is too early for dinner. Our guests enter the reception at 6:30, but they sit to a plated salad & bread at the table during our first dance & welcome toast. Then they go to the buffet closer to 7.

We always eat dinner at around 5pm, so we'd ve happy with that!