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Katelyn
Savvy November 2018

Wedding Dinner-alone or with everyone?

Katelyn, on June 23, 2018 at 12:07 PM Posted in Wedding Reception 0 13

Hello all! Just wondering if anyone did a dinner with just their SO or waited and ate with everyone? Our venue reception area is in a barn that we will probably carry out onto the patio area, weather permitting. It also has a quirky little wine cellar area that has a table and chairs and is super intimate and still within the reception area, but kind of tucked away. We thought about taking a moment with just us and possibly eating in there! Wondering if anyone else did this and would share their experience? If you did eat alone, did you still have a head table for your an your SO? That may be a dumb question, just trying to think out the logistics prior to me going up and doing another venue walk through next weekend!


First picture is probably where the wedding party will enter from. Off to the left (behind the hutch) is where the little cellar is. I think it's nice that we would be removed, yet still with everyone.

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Latest activity by muriel, on June 23, 2018 at 4:01 PM
  • Sarah
    Master June 2016
    Sarah ·
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    We ate alone at a sweetheart table in our reception space. I would be confused as a guest if the bride and groom weren’t present in the room for the meal.
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  • muriel
    Champion June 2018
    muriel ·
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    If the guests can't see you, you are not "with everyone".

    It might be a quiet place to have a quick bite after photos and before your entrance, but not at all appropriate to separate yourselves from your guests during dinner.

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    Super August 2018
    FutureMrsO ·
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    I would be a little confused by this. You’re supposed to want to be celebrating with your guests. I spoils just do a sweetheart table for you both in the same reception area
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  • Kelly
    Champion October 2018
    Kelly ·
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    I have been in weddings where the bride and groom did this and I didn’t think anything of it.
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  • Katelyn
    Savvy November 2018
    Katelyn ·
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    It was a question asked by my DOC and my venue manager also made mention that people have done that before. I really didn't put much thought into on my first round of touring and it was a suggestion.


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  • Katelyn
    Savvy November 2018
    Katelyn ·
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    I feel like it's a newer thing? Again, really didn't realize that people did this, it just sounded nice to have a moment to actually eat and soak it all in!

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    Devoted November 2023
    Crystal ·
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    I say why not. People should be focused on eating and not on you at that time anyway.
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  • Kimberly
    Expert May 2018
    Kimberly ·
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    We ate st our sweetheart table in the reception space. They served us first so we could be ready to play the “shoe game/newlywed game” to entertain the guests while they finished eating.
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  • Kay
    Super November 2018
    Kay ·
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    I get the concept and it seems sweet but I just don't get why you would want to, as I don't even get the sweetheart table. I love my FH and I enjoy spending as much time with him as I can but the opportunity to have all or most of our loved ones in one room, is such a special rarity, I don't get why one would want to be separated from them? You have the rest of your life to have solo dinners together, this is a time to be celebrating with everyone. However, if you really like the sound of it you should do it, I by no means think its rude, I just think you would be missing out.

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  • Susan
    Super November 2018
    Susan ·
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    Don’t eat in another room/space. Your reception is to spend time with your guests, even if you’re at your own sweetheart table.
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  • earias
    Champion December 2017
    earias ·
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    Sitting at a sweetheart table with just your FH is fine but not being in a different room away from your guests. Your guests want to see you and celebrate with you, even during dinner.
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  • OrangeCrush
    Super October 2017
    OrangeCrush ·
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    I agree, please dont isolate yourselves. Blunt time: I would think it rude if the bride and groom ate alone.
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  • muriel
    Champion June 2018
    muriel ·
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    I agree. It's like inviting people over for a dinner party, then the hosts eating their meal in the bedroom.

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