What are you all doing for your evening guests?

my day guests are having a barbeque and salad.

I dont want to sound tight but that is costing a fair amount and i dont want to fork out loads or the eveing guests too so just thought i would see what is standard? My fiance didnt want to feed them at all :o

we are having a choc fountain but what else? ideas ;D

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We are having a buffet, I think, mostly because the venue limits are options. Or maybe pie and peas.

Bacon buries and chips is a fab idea, personally so much gets wasted at buffets they do seem an unnecessary expense.

Hog roasts sometimes work out cheaper than buffets particularly if you just have meat joints rather than an actual pig xx

We are having sit down meal for the wedding day guests, then for the evening guests we're having a buffet :-)
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We're having a buffet and wedding cake, as our wedding breakfast will finish around 5.30, and our evening do is going on until 1/2am, so we figure that our day guests particularly might get hungry, and even our evening guests might if they stay until the end (evening do starts at 7.30pm).

I'd say what, and how much, you should provide depends on a few factors eg what time your day guests will be eating (could they get hungry between finishing eating, and the end of the night?), how long your evening do is (if it's from 8-12, your evening guests will ave had dinner before they come, and are unlikely to be hungry/need much, if anything to eat), and how far evening guests are travelling (if a lot of your guests have a long journey then obv they'll eat earlier at home, so might be peckish when they arrive). If your wedding breakfast finishes late-ish, and your evening do is only say 4 hours, I'd say that nibbles (crisps/nuts) would suffice if you're on a tight budget. Other cheaper options would be bacon butties (as above), or something like a selection of breads, cheeses, and cold meats. If like us you're having a big gap, and it's going to be quite a long night, you'll probably need to think about providing a buffet.

We are doing our own buffet so looking at about £200 to feed 150 guests xxx

We're having a jacket potato bar in the evening, with loads of choices for fillings x

MrsRatcliffetobe - Ooooh I'd love that everyone loves jacket spuds shame it's not an option at our venue :-(

Three course meal with arrival canapés for day and hog roast at evening x

This is what I'm struggling with as we're having a BBQ during the day too, but we're having everyone for the whole day, so no added evening guests so I'm wondering if we'll have to do any evening food? I'm hoping everyone will be too bladdered to worry about food. Or they can get a kebab on the way home lol xx

We are going a tad out of the norm, as we don't want a big sit down meal we are getting married at about 3pm then just having drinks, photos, and speeches then at about half 5 when evening guests turn up we are doing a BBQ for everybody!!! So simple and relaxed!!! And who doesn't like a BBQ LOL x

Our evening venue is Revolution vodka bar, so our guests are have the platter they serve. It has mini fish & chips, mini burgers, pizza slices etc and a shot of our choice. It's £7.95 per guest.

Thanks for the replies girls. This has been food for thought (excuse the pun). The venue originally said anything was possible and we could have our own caterers etc. however my brothers are opening up a shop (one bro is a chef) and they two of them wanted to do the catering just for the evening guests as a wedding present to save us money. But now the venue says it is not an option. I don't like any of their options and I'm seriously considering losing our £500 deposit to pic a venue who hasn't lied to us..... Such a dilemma :(

Does it say anything in your contract about food etc? xx

Bacon butties at this venue are £5 per person which to me seems a lot for what it is?

Good question Sian I will have a look x

Oh I am so jealous of all of you having bacon butties and chip cones for the evening. Our venue offers an evening buffet of sandwiches and a few extras. They don't even allow us to provide our own food tables (except wedding cake and cup cakes). Asked them about having a cheese and cold meat table - yes, if they provide and (over)charge for it.

we are not getting married till 4pm. so our guests are all having the same.
hot and cold buffet.
bbq
hog roast
sweet buffet
cake table consisting of 400 puddings/ 5 tier wedding cake/

We are having bacon and sausage rolls and chips in the evening :)
Was the cheapest option!!! Xxx

Not relevant for me bit the last wedding I went to had bacon butties and they went down a treat!

i really like the thought of jacket potatoes wiv a selection of fillings. every evening buffet ive had have been rubbish, n ive been thinking of diferent things. im keepig that in mind, who doesnt like jackets?!

We aren't doing an food for evening guests but we have but on the invites that there will be no food,our evening guests aren't coming til 8pm so they'll have time to eat first, we really can't afford it, we aRe going to make sure there is enough cake for everyone though x