What does your menu consist of?

We passed on butlered hors d'oeuvres and instead did grilled vegetable, cheeses, bruschetta, fruit and pasta stations. Dinner is butternut squash risotto (same price as a salad so we upgraded haha), entree is duet of filet & crab cake, and choice of dessert - chocolate hazelnut mousse or bananas foster. We also added a chicken/beef slider station later in the night. Food was our #1 so we moved around the budget to do so. The tasting was crucial for us, to see where the catering really shined instead of just the types of foods we liked. ETA: we are at 178pp, but includes the venue, full staff, premium open bar all night, coordinator.

We are doing buffet style of lasagna and Alfredo! Includes a salad, minestrone soup, garlic bread and soft drinks. $21.62 a person. Not ideal but required through our venue and fit in our budget.

Also the hors d'oeuvres price seems high. If we did them it ranged 2.75-4.75 per piece per person.

My menu is $52 a person unlimited hors d'oeuveres for the first hr then soup and salad dinner and cake and includes open bar top shelf

We are doing 2 featured stations -

Taco bar (chicken and steak options), corn and bean salad, empanadas.

Mashed potato bar, meatloaf and bbq chicken sliders.

We also have passed apps - chicken park bites, butternut squash soup shooters, Caesar salad on edible spoons, pork dumplings with hoisin dipping sauce and mini quiches.

We also have a dessert table with French and Italian pick up pastries. (Cake we got separately).

Total per head for 105 people is $44.50.

We haven't officially decided on the entrees yet, but the plated dinners are $88 for chicken and $118 for beef. Then it's $29/pp for open bar, but all passed and stationary hors d'oeuvres are included in that cost. That, plus taxes, fees, venue rental x 150 comes to about $28k for everything. I can't even believe that there are places that cost less than $50/pp...I wish!!!

2 hot appetizers 1 cold appetizer, chicken dish with a starch, veggies, and rolls and a carving station.

@gymrat can I come???

Plated entree, meat 2 sides and a salad $32/pp (Savannah, ga)

Our wedding is in Santa Barbara, Ca... this is family style at $95 a person including beer, wine, & bubbly... we actually got a prepaid deal for $80.

Here is our menu!

We haven't really solidified our menu other than the main dish (roast beef and broasted chicken) but our plates are so inexpensive and their food is amazing. For two main dishes it's $7.50pp for the whole buffet.

I'm paying $50pp. That includes an hour of passed hors d'oeuvres (5 variety), soup, salad, pasta, entree, potato, vegetable, dessert, 5 hour open bar, AND a cake.

@MrsM - White Oak Plantation! So psyched!

@Boozy - my chargers all seem to be on the fritz. ;-)

Holy cow. And I thought I was paying a lot. I now feel like a cheap-o.

My buffet AND alcohol together is $24 a person. That includes 3 meats, two veggies, 1 starch, salad and something else I'm forgetting. Alcohol is 5 wines 5 liquors and 2 draft beers.

For a cheese and crudités tables and 5 passed apps, salad, plated dinner (beef, pork, veggie), dessert buffet, and premium open bar (5 hours) its $94pp

Wow that seems expensive.

Ours was $115 per adult and $50 per child for 4-course plated dinner. Inclusive of 7-hour open bar, cake cutting service, tax, vegetarian options, and allergy accommodations.

Unlimited quantities of 6 Hors D'Oeuvres from the list. We chose the following:

-rare beef with gorgonzola on garlic crostini

-melon wrapped with prosciutto

-breaded shrimp cocktail

-chive blini topped with herbed cream cheese smoked salmon and capers

-stuffed mushroom caps

-bruschetta with cherry tomatoes, basil, and parmigiano

Our selections for dinner were:

1) Antipasto Boccaccio: prosciutto e melone, frutti di mare, caprese salad, grilled vegetables, and marinated olives

2) porcini mushroom risotto drizzled with black truffle oil paired with skewer of grilled tiger shrimp and bacon wrapped scallop

3) Choice of:

-French cut rack of lamb au jus OR lightly floured pan seared chicken breast forestiere

paired with Filet mignon with

Sides: Asparagus spears drizzled with extra virgin olive oil, roasted red peppers and duchess potato

4) White and Dark chocolate mousse served in a martini glass topped with a strawberry

wedding cake and fruit platter

We are having three choices of meat, two potatoes, seven different salads, I think I'm missing something else. Anywho it's $10 a plate

Ours was buffet... $30/person and $7/child for brisket, chicken, pulled pork, mac & cheese, baked beans, mashed potatoes, corn, rolls and coleslaw. $150 for the nacho bar and $200 for cheese, fruit and veggie platter.

Buffet Style

Turkey and Dressing

Glazed Ham

Squash Casserole

Sweet Potato Souffle

Green Beans

Cranberry Sauce

Pumpkin Pie

Sweet Tea

Water

Coffee

22.50 PP