Buffets at weddings

[Pembroke_Corgi]

As a vegetarian, I'd prefer the buffet style. I've been to a sit-down dinner wedding and was worried I wouldn't get anything to eat (actually the bride had requested a vegetarian meal for me but I didn't get served it until I asked for it!). Plus if it's a large wedding it seems more economical and everyone can take what they like with less waste.

[kuhio98]

I prefer buffet also. Bobcat is a picky-picky-picky eater. (Seriously, food can't touch and no sauces on the plate -- unless he put it there. ) So having a variety of options is wonderful.

If they decide buffet -- and have 110 people -- recommend they don't set up the buffet against a wall so that folks have to go by single file. If they pull it out some, people can form a line on each side -- much better for guests.

[Husky_mom]

hmmm.. I´d say sit down.. that way you can measure the portions (small).. it´s a sampling to keep people "alive" not a feast.. unlike a buffet where some might gobble up..

at my wedding, very very simple, all we had was sampler snacks.. canapes and such.. cheese.. homemade "fancy" cookies and cake.. awesome cake.. lol..

[moosmom]

From one "Mother of the Bride" to another, my daughter is having a sitdown buffet. It's not like the traditional buffet, where people stand in line waiting to be served. It's individual buffets served at each table. Amy is having about 70 people.

I cannot WAIT till this wedding over!!!! Good luck, girl. Call me. We can compare notes!!

[cassiesmom]

I've got a good and a bad buffet story. At a good friend's wedding, the caterer sent soooooo much food! After the dinner the caterer's staff removed the food to the kitchen of the church hall where the reception was held. After the guests left we packed it up with the gifts. There was so much left, and my friend was having such a good time, that she and her husband changed their honeymoon reservations and had the wedding party and their families over for leftovers and gift opening the day after the wedding. The only thing I picked up for the "day after" was drinks- coffee and tea, soft drinks and some wine and beer.

Buffet horror story. My mom and dad were recently at a wedding where there were "stations" for the different foods on the buffet. A couple of them ran out of food before all of the guests had been served. There were long lines at each station. But I think a good caterer would be careful about putting out the food in such a way that they wouldn't run out with guests still waiting to be served.