What are you paying PP for food and alcohol?

$175, including service charge. In a state without sales tax, 4 years ago, with about a $50 p.p.discount in price, because it was not on a Saturday night. Additional cash tips were not included in the $175 price (the tip total we have was for all serving/kitchen staff, the band, photography/videography, floral/décor set-up, etc.)

Top shelf open bar for 5 hours (I assume it was a state rule), wine service, champagne toast, valet parking, and white glove French cart service. They provided a complimentary suite in which the ladies got ready, with water bottles, small sandwiches and fruit. They included a banquet manager/DOC and two assistants. I'm sure there's something I'm forgetting....

Cocktail hours in the northeast U.S. seem to be a big thing. We went to one wedding and my mother asked the MOB if the cocktail buffet was the main meal? It could have been. We had 10 passed hors d'oeuvres, a buffet, and stations. The first course wasn't served until 45 minutes after the cocktail hour ended. The norm around here is to have open dancing between courses, to burn off the calories. There was at least 15 minutes of dancing between each course.

4 served courses: soup, salad, choice of 2 duet entrees or vegetarian, and dessert with coffee/tea. There was also a dessert buffet where our cake was served, among other sweets, chocolate covered strawberries, etc.

P.S. It was real china. They provided complimentary chargers because a soup course was served. Linens also included in our price. It was in a full service hotel.

Holyyyyy crap that's a lot

Four passed hors d'oeuvres, veggie, fruit, and cheese station, buffet with three entrees, veg, pasta, potatoes, and two salads, three-tier cake, chocolate fountain station, and five hour open bar was $120pp with tax and tip included. Saturday night wedding in prime wedding season.

60$ pp for 2 entrée buffet, oderves, and open beer and wine bar

3 Passed Hors D'ouevres (Spring roll, stuffed mushroom and TBD), with a smoked salmon station

Buffet: Lobster ravioli and Parmesan crusted chicken, sides: mash potato bar, green beans and TBD

Dessert: Flaming Donut bar with toppings and ice cream

$48PP including linen and china rentals

We are supplying our own alcohol so I've separated this from above.. our bartender was $150 and mixers was $100. Will be open for 5 hours. Expecting to spend around $500 or less on alcohol so around $10PP.

@christyf you know you see another Ky bride when there are mini hot browns on the menu.

$120 pp, full open bar with beer, wine, and premium liquor with two bartenders for 6 hours. Three passed apps (shrimp, mini hot browns, something vegetarian that I forget), filets or marinated chicken, salad, rolls, asparagus, roasted Brussels sprouts, something I'm forgetting....cake, and a coffee/donut bar. We also have full service and China, linens, etc in that pp.

4 passed apps, 3 entree choices, 4 sides (buffet) $40pp

beer/wine/2 sig drinks open bar (we're providing, venue comes with bartender) I'm estimating $30pp

Food cost is $52pp, it is a buffet with 4 hot apps/entrees and 3 cold apps/entrees. There will be a fruit and veggie station with dips and such. We've added on passed hors d'oeuvres for cocktail hour for $2pp. We haven't decided if we'll add a carving station or not - but that would add $5pp to the cost. That includes real china and silverware. The venue provides all linens/chairs/tables.

For alcohol, we're paying $15 pp and it is an open bar and includes beer, wine, and liquor/mixed drinks for 4 hours.

$106 pp

Includes welcome display of crackers, cheese, fruit, veggies. 4 hors D'oeuvres. Buffet style dinner with salad course. All real china. Ice cream sundae bar (instead of favors)

5 hour open bar with 4 wines, 4 beers, and top shelf liquor.

Reception is from 5:30 to 10:30. 54 guests.

1 hr cocktail Hour with 3 passed hor d'ouevres: $15pp

Plated meal. We have 3 options but the most expensive is $38pp

Dessert: $6pp (roughly, includes option of cake or small bite sized dessert)

Total: $59pp + about 30% in taxes/service fees so $77pp

Bar is 5hrs beer and wine with a few upgrades. 3 beers, 2 wines, prosecco, passes prosecco before the ceremony, a signature drink, plus coffee/tea and all juices, water, ice, etc.

Total: $35pp + service & taxes so roughly $46pp

Total food and drink: $133pp

Hors douevres, buffet, late night snack and platinum top shelf bar for 6 hours.. $50 dollars a person.

I'm paying 48.75 a person This includes food family style, 5 hour open, chair covers and table linen and 4 different hors d' ouevres. Champagne for the head table. Ice cream and they cut and serve the cake. Coffee bar

With fees, we're at about $110 per person, not including liquor (consumption).

7 passed/stationary apps for cocktail hour

Beef and chicken plated dinners with salad, focaccia, potatoes, veggies

3 tier cake with way more servings than we need

Late night pizza

Two whites, a rose, and two red wines

One domestic, three craft beers, and a cider.

We also have a consumption liquor bar for $6/drink.

All service and fees. Real china included, all outside vendors (venue only provides tables and chairs). 1 hour cocktail hour, 4 hour reception, bar the whole time.

Location: central Iowa.

$135 PP, for a Friday evening in NY.

It included your standard northeast huge cocktail hour (I think 5 hot stations, 3 cold stations, and passed trays), Appetizer duets, choice between 5 options for dinner. Cake was included, and ice cream chipwiches as well. Pre-ceremony champagne, champagne toast for speeches, and top shelf open bar all night.

$125 per person including all fees and taxes

Deluxe antipasto bar with seafood salad with choice of premium hot and cold butler passed hors d’oeuvres

Premium 8 hour open bar including martini bar and 2 signature drinks until 1:00

Unlimited house wines throughout the evening

Pre-dinner or post-dinner liqueurs and champagne

All glass bar service with professional, certified bartenders

Dinner

Roquefort Salad with grilled pear, walnuts and blue cheese

Lobster bisque

Dual entrée of slow Roasted Black Angus Prime Rib with Yorkshire Pudding and Salmon fillet. Served with fresh market vegetables and risotto

Vanilla Crème Brulée

Late Night Table

Choice of porketta or Italian sausage caruso served with fresh rolls, gourmet pizza, French and Italian pastries and tortes, fresh fruit, sliced and served wedding cake

Specialty coffee station with freshly brewed coffee and assorted herbal teas

Price also includes all linens, cutlery, chargers, table numbers, draping and wedding cake

Even though included in the price we went with other vendors for dj and floral centerpieces

$23/pp includes family style meal with broasted and baked chicken, baked ham, broccoli and cauliflower, green beans, mashed potatoes, gravy, dressing, dinner rolls, assorted salads, and bars, cookies, and their amazing cream puffs. Plus champagne toast, beer and wine for 5 hours, soda, coffee, milk, and tea. And a pizza buffet as the late night snack. With a deluxe hors d'oeuvre table during cocktail hour. That includes the hall expenses, taxes, and gratuities. Seems ridiculous, but they've been doing weddings since 1922 and I've been to many. The venue is huge and their food is so good!

ETA: I live in Wisconsin if that makes a difference

I'm paying $50 pp for hors d'oeuvres and food stations (steak shrimp pasta fruit cheese) and we set a bar budget so once we go over that it turns into a cash bar.

KatieJade can I live where you live! that sounds like a steal!

Cool question! It's been interesting reading all the responses.

Our package is listed at $59.95 for a crudite platter, cheese platter, family style dinner (3 entrees and 2 sides), gold package open bar, champagne toast, signature drink, all linens (including napkins!), silverware, dishes (china), glassware, and basic centerpieces for 5 hours.

I upgraded an entree option ($7 extra PP) and the bar package to Platinum (another $5 PP), AND added an extra hour of open bar ($5.95 PP). Now I'm up to 77.90 pp

Then, we have to add on the 20% (~2,399,32) gratuity and Ohio sales tax (7.5% is ~899.74). We're hosting 154 people. So if my terrible math skills are correct, I'm at about $99.32 pp. GOOD NIGHT.

ETA: Details. We will also have a charcuterie board at cocktail hour that will be brought in from another company FH invests in. It is not part of the costs listed above, just didn't want peeps to think we were cheaping out on the cocktail hour.

$106pp includes hors d'ouevres (lots of it!) open premium bar, appetizer, dinner, Desert, cake, linens, centerpieces. We are having a sit down dinner, and our bar is open all night.