What does your menu consist of?

(We hope to be adding a limited number of vegetarian entrees in addition to the two meat options.)

Immediately following the ceremony there will be a fruit, cheese, and cracker table to nibble on while the wedding party finishes taking photos outside.

Dinner begins with a mixed green salad with choice of ranch, honey mustard, or balsamic vinaigrette dressing. Served with dinner rolls.

Entrees will be a choice of:

-Slow-roasted, thinly sliced beef with au jus and horseradish cream

-Southern-fried buttermilk-marinated chicken with bourbon gravy, warmed honey glaze and topped with smoked bacon

Sides include:

-Herb crusted roasted potatoes

-Wild mushroom risotto cakes with tomato puree

Drinks:

There will be non-alcoholic beverages at the bar including iced tea, Coca-Cola products, and coffee.

The bar will also have unlimited beer and wine for your enjoyment, plus two signature cocktails.

Beer options: Bud Light, Yuengling, or Blue Moon

Wine options: Moscato, Cabernet, or Chardonnay

The pp price doesn't include the alcohol. It works on a sliding scale (we originally contracted for 75 guests but if we end up with over 100 it's slightly less per plate). So basically our dinner cost is between $35-55 per person depending on how many people we have. But it's in the suburbs so not a super expensive area.

Sorry, I had to take 2 screenshots of the menu. Here's the first one.

Here's the lower half.

Tacos!!! Asada or Pastor.

Vegetarians? SOL.

Keeping it casual because we and our guest would just feel super out of place at some fancy ordeal.

Tacos up in here!

Our pp minimum for lunch is $125pp. Within that however, the options are extremely reasonable. Our plans are currently to have potato leek soup, a turkey carving station, a beef carving station, a mashed potato bar, and we are ironing out the rest.

It also includes cake, the bar package, and within that $125 pp, we will be offering our guests an optional in-park dessert party buffet to watch the Epcot fireworks, and possibly a morning after brunch. The dessert party will also offer an open bar.

So lots and lots of food for the price. Ours is at Disney World.

That is very expensive. Our venue charges $69 per person; it includes appetizers (7 different kinds), 3 course meal, unlimited soda, tea, water, beer and wine, plus our wedding cake. We are having a Sunday wedding, not during the busy wedding season to save us some money!

We're taking everyone to one of our favorite italian restaurants where they will have free run of the menu.

Misc apps - estimating $150 for the table

Entrees (primi/secondi) range from $11-$22. plus more for extra sides

Estimating 5 rounds of drinks ranging from $6 beers to $15 cocktails

and another $150 for desserts

We're also getting 2 bottles of prosecco to toast at dessert.

Doing the math, we're paying $100 per person. But it was important that everyone get whatever they want. The restaurant offers a limited menu and bar but that didn't seem like it had enough options. It helps that I only have 13 guests. And we're totally hitting a bar afterwards..

ETA:

@LynZ charge your phone!

@ajpeacockk I believe you were having over $100 guests for 1k taquero, right?

Ours was $22 per person for buffet meal of Parmesan chicken, green beans, bread, caeser salad, and mashed potatoes.

We also had cake that cost $300 total ($2 per person)

And we did consumption bar that ended up being about $2500

So about $40 pp for food and drink

We're having a buffet dinner and the price is $17/pp. We're having a fruit and cheese selection, sweet and sour meatballs, and vegetables for our appetizers. Dinner is gluten free vegetarian lasagna, Italian marinated chicken breasts, garlic asparagus, mashed potatoes, and mac and cheese. Our caterer also includes raspberry lemonade, sweet and unsweet tea, and water in with our total. FH and I are providing the beer and wine.

I'm paying for my guests to all go to a Luau the night before the wedding. This would include a buffet, alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, and the show. Could I make the reception menu the next evening a little lighter (like maybe one type of meat instead of two) because of this? Or would that not be a good host?

ETA: What should I add to the following menu? They provided a good price for the following:

Herb crusted prime rib

Natural Pan Jus, Horseradish Cream

La Brea Rolls

Steamed Jumbo Asparagus

Roasted Baby Potatoes

Green salad

Wow that is expensive, OP!

We're doing bbq for $15/pp.

@a&w Brunch Menu is such a great idea! Sounds amazing. I heart breakfast foods.

130+ a person seems insane but you're right, everything for a DW is more expensive.

In Birmingham, AL I am paying 23 a person for heavy hors d'oeuvres.

Shrimp and grits station

Fruit and cheese display with baked brie

Grilled vegetables

Smoked brisket on rolls

Bourbon glazed pork tenderloin on rolls

Bang bang chicken with Asian slaw

Hot Swiss cheese and bacon dip

Everything below, with open bar is $88.63 pp.

COCKTAIL HOUR

Passed Apps: Shrimp Cocktail, Thai Spring Rolls, Crispy Porcini Ravioli, Tomato Bruschetta, Tuna Mango Crisps, Stuffed Mushroom Caps, Rice Croquettes Parmesan, Petite Chicken Cordon Bleu, Dim Sum, Diver Scallops in Bacon

Sommelier Station

Baker's Bread Cart

Cold Display:

Fresh Mozzarella w/ Vine-Ripened Tomatoes

Homemade Eggplant alla Julia

Roasted Peppers Tossed w/ Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Rotelli Pasta w/ Ricotta Salata

Penne Toscana

Homemade Caponata

Italian Potato Salad

Marinated Button Mushrooms

String Bean Salad

Assortment of Imported Cured Spanish, Italian and Greek Olives

Fresh Vegetable Crudites w/ Assorted Condiments

Baskets of Fresh Seasonal Fruit

Hot Dishes:

Far East Station: Teppanyaki, Sushi Display

Spanish Station: Seafood Paella, Arroz con Pollo, Beef Mallorca, Platanos

Butcher Block: Virginia Ham, Herb Crusted Black Angus Eye Round

Chafing Dishes:

Barbecued St. Louis Style Ribs

Fried Calamari

Spanakopita

Ravioli al Pesto

Zucchini Rollatini

Chicken Francese

DINNER:

Appetizer: Mixed Seafood Salad

Intermezzo: Lemon Sorbet

Main Course: Chateau Briand & Shrimp Oreganata, Chicken Piccata, Chateau Briand, Salmon Dijon, Eggplant Terrine, Chicken Piccata & Shrimp Oreganata, Duck a l'Orange, Shrimp Oreganata, Branzino, Homemade Manicotti

Dessert: Brownie Sundae, Serendipity (vanilla ice cream sandwiched b/w two choc chip cookies dipped in a Belgian choc coating topped w/ whipped cream and warm caramel sauce)

Cake

Red Velvet and Chocolate Mousse

@ajpeacockk I hope you are kidding.

My venue/catering price is about $85/pp and includes a top shelf open bar as well as the following:

4 passed apps (TBD) a crudite and cheese and cracker display for cocktail hour

Plated salad (TDB the type)

2 carving stations (likely pork and steak)

2 entrees served buffet style (fish and pasta, probably)

2 veggies served buffet style

mashed potato bar

Wedding cake, ice cream sundae bar, coffee bar

The venue will also make specialty dishes for vegetarians/GF/vegans if necessary, so my friends who have dietary restrictions will not be SOL at my wedding.

Our venue ends up being probably around $130pp but that's including two dinner options, four passed apps, a salad, open bar and all the taxes and fees for the venue.

@Maui, what about vegetarians and/or people who don't eat red meat? I love red meat so I'd be good with that.

@GymRat if I just hand you $85 can you make me a plate? This is making me soooo hungry!

Triple for some reason

Double post

Main - Taco/Fajita Bar with all the fixings

Sides - Tortilla Soup and Mexican Rice and Beans

Dessert Cupcakes

Included disposable plates and plastic ware and soda and water for 16.50 a person

We are doing a buffet with open bar, including liquor and signature drinks.

Our possible menu:

Cocktail Hour Light Appetizers (5:15pm): $6 per person

-Sliders

-Hummus and warm pita bread OR Warm white queso dip with homemade tortilla chips (undecided!)

Dinner (6:15pm): $32 per person

-Ceasar salad

-Spinach salad with strawberries, feta and balsamic

-Flank steak

-Chicken with rosemary sauce

-Ravioli with pesto alfredo sauce

-Garlic mashed potatoes

-Grilled balsamic asparagus

-French bread

Dessert Menu (7:30pm): $6 per person

-Poppy seed lemon cake with buttercream frosting

-Strawberry cupcakes with strawberry frosting

-Chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter frosting

-Vanilla cupcakes with buttercream frosting

-Chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting

-Chocolate chip cookies

Light Late Night Snack (9:00pm): $2.50 per person

-Mac and cheese bites (!!!!!)

Total: $46.50 per person

However, our venue does not include ANYTHING. We have to rent all tables, chairs, silverware, plates, glasses, etc. Our total will be closer to $85 per person after rentals.