Splurge or Save: Food?

View quoted message As an added bonus they don't usually cater tent weddings but since we've dealt with them many times before through a venue I use to run they will do it for us ❤️

I would say save, but my fiancé put more value into it so we spent a bit more. Still very affordable tho.

Splurge! We want our guests to be well fed. There will be plenty of hor d'oeuvres, drinks, seconds and thirds if desired and a late night pizza buffet.

Splurge. We'll have a prime rib carving station plus chicken and of course perogies (prairie roots!). Our venue doesn't allow us to bring in our own alcohol so we're looking at about $7/drink, which we may also subsidize.

Save. We're doing a cocktail style reception rather than formal dinner, which cut the costs by 40% at least! We will still have tons of food for our guests, but now they have the option of what they actually want to eat.

Splurge! Food and drinks are the areas that we are willing to spend on our guests.

Save and splurge - we are having a comfort food buffet with three mains: roast beef, stuffed chicken and maple salmon, with TONS of sides, plus hors d'oeuvres during cocktail hour and a late night pizza and fries buffet. We are getting a lot of food for the price, but with 150 guests, it is still expensive.

Slurge for sure! This is the biggest cost BY FAR.

We are going with a restaurant with only about a guest list of 30 people and I would say 30 dollars per plate. So I would say save.

Save. I'm all for spending money on a quality meal but I'm not going to have a huge 5+ course meal or a huge cake. It would just go to waste

Save! it's included in our venue package so we're getting a deal because I know the owners.

View quoted message Dang! I havent found any caterers that cheap here

There wasn't an option to save as our venue will be supplying food. But we're not doing a cake, so save there!

Splurge. we love food and it is important - but our costs are quite low compared to other venues and the food is fantastic!

Saving
We are having a self-catered "summer picnic" buffet. We're having a bunch of different salads, roast beef, ham, and perogies.
And we are having a toonie bar, so we will recouperate some of our alcohol budget... both of our families are pretty heavy drinkers so our alcohol budget is actually higher than our food budget...

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I am in Manitoba. So unfortunately no where near you. Central Canada. lol.

View quoted message Where is this?!? Please tell me you are in the Lower Mainland! Haha

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Food for us for cocktails and dinner comes out to about 65$ a person . We also went for a open bar cocktail hour and unlimited wine and beer at dinner . We are having a cash bar or a twoonie bar for the party after dinner .

This is where we splurged. We are having a buffet at $82.00 per plate. Keep in mind that we weren't charged extra for the venue so it's built into the cost of the food. We only have 30 people at our wedding so it is manageable. We also have an open bar (many of our guests don't drink) and cocktail hour snacks (included in the per plate price).

We are splurging a little on food because we really wanted great food and particular things but our caterer has been amazing and even offered up a few small extras at no cost.

We are using a great local caterer who charges $15.00 plus taxes a plate and does not require a deposit. They are reliable and awesome. It is also a buffet and includes tea, coffee and dessert.

Food is a splurge for us. That is what we are mostly paying for with our venue. We went with a six course plated meal. Food is important to us.

Dinner will be roughly $32-$35 per person but we are saving on alcohol by offering free drinks during cocktail hour and then cash bar at dinner.

We will be slurging on food and bar service will spend $35 per person for food and buy $2000 worth of alcohol.

We chose the venue in part because the food is reasonable but we're having a lot of variety so it feels like we're splurging.

Our wedding is considered "all inclusive" it's a deal the venue offers that you get a bit of a discount if you choose one of their weddings in season. They have a scratch kitchen so they make everything on site. It's included in the venue price and the food is delcious! I guess it's considered saving?

I mean, we plan to offer tasty food, but we will have to be mindful of the limited budget we have, so I guess I'll say "save" for this too.