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.