What's the average cost you are paying for catering? (160 people)

We are at about $3500 for 100 guests. Includes linens, dishware, cocktail hour, plated meal, dessert, servers, fees. Does not include alcohol.

Burbs of Chicago and we’re paying about $100 per person for apps, drinks and a meal and ceremony. Cheapest we could find for a venue with outdoor and indoor space.

We have having different types of pasta from a great little mom and pop shop. They quoted $1k for 150 people for pasta, salad, and breadsticks buffet style.

Beet and goat cheese salad, choice of 8oz filet mignon, stuffed chicken breast or potato gnocchi, side of garlic mashed potatoes or potato au gratin, steamed veggies, and top shelf open bar for 5 hours. Includes passed hors d'oeuvres during cocktail hour. $200/pp for around 180 people.

Wholey moley! I thought $60-80 per person was alot! I mean I get that you want good food so it's totally worth it. One venue I am looking at is $5,000 but it includes buffet for 125 people, I'm hoping the food is good.

That seems pricey to me, but based on what others are saying it’s not. We’re having a family owned BBQ food truck do Buffett catering for us. It’s about $7/person. Although that’s only food and no extras.

It depends on the catering company, your venue and dinner service you're having. My husband and I chose a buffet for our wedding and paid $1600 for 125 people. We went through a local restaurant as our caterer. If we would've gone with our venue's catering for a buffet it would've been $28 pp. If we did a sit-down through our venue it would've been closer to $45 pp. We got very lucky that our venue allowed outside catering as long as they approved the vendor. We aren't fancy and didn't want a huge fancy dinner, so using a local restaurant worked best for us.

We are paying $1900 for 60 people. We’re having a bbq caterer. He brings the smoker right to our venue and cooks all the meats on site, we have a couple appetizers, they supply iced tea and lemonade with the ice and cups, all of the plates/silverware/napkins, and it is full service.

Our contract is for $7,700 for up to 70 guests. Thank goodness all 76 aren't coming!!! It includes everything except liquor and the price is all inclusive of service charges and taxes. It's a lot but also I'm in NJ - near NYC....

We are paying around $30 a person. alcohol will be extra

That is an insane deal. We were quoted $10,960 for 50 guests. It includes buffet, dessert & open bar. It’s also at an all-inclusive resort so I know those include all sorts of fees / surcharges.

Yikes... these prices are terrifying! Lol! We’re paying $1,650 for our 150 guests. $11 per person!

Under $3k for 135 people. We are doing a brunch buffet with a pancake station

View Quoted Comment Same. They are scary prices! We are just under $3k for about 135/140 people

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Wow what are are you in?!

View Quoted Comment Wish I could find a price like that!

I was quoted $3500 for 200

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We are paying $11000 for 170 guests, but that includes venue ( reception and ceremony) full buffet/ station style food, and a booze package ( beer and wine only), DJ. Wedding coordinator and servers...at first I thought this was high, but after reading everyone else's i feel pretty blessed.

Way too much