cost of caterers vs hotel reception

[flosie]

We're hoping to have a very low budget wedding and I'm trying to decide if we'd be best with hiring a hall and using a caterer or using a hotel for the reception. We'd have approximately 100 guests and just want a basic buffet. Does anyone have any ideas on UK costs for these options?

 

[MichelleanLee]

I am having a buffet for 100 it has 3 hot meals (a variety of meals to choose from) and lots of finger foods and it is £479 they don't do dessert so i will be purchasing desserts from costco m&s and morrisons.

if your looking on doing buffet yourselves try m&s my brother and sister in law used them to do my nephews christening food

Hope this helps

 

[wishuwerehere]

I'd expect using a hotel would almost certainly be more expensive as you'd be tied into using their catering and not able to shop around as much.

 

[lozzy21]

It depends really, for just food the hall option would be cheaper but you might have to factor in decorating it which might push the cost up a lot.

I went for a pub with a function room who does the catering so its not as expensive as a hotel but no need to decorate like you would s hall.

 

[Mummy May]

Usually for a hotel you will be looking at £15-20 per head for buffet food. But like pp said - you would have costs of decorating a hall yourself, plus linen, glassware etc. xx

 

[flosie]

Thanks for the replies, we're thinking of hiring tge events room of our local social club so there would be a bar and we'd either cater ourselves or hire a caterer. We just need to look into costs. The hotel option just seems quite expensive

 

[lozzy21]

Have a look for an in between option. The caterers I looked at wanted £8 a head for a buffet to include crockery and cutlery or a could pay £11 a head for a beef carvery.

I could have done it cheaper but would rather pay a little more and not have to do anything on the day myself.