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I love the idea and am considering it for my own wedding, actually. I think it would be awesome with your theme!
My cousin got married at a winery, the reception was in a big marquee behind the main building. They served a family style "gourmet bbq" meal - platters of bbq meat, bowls of salad, bread etc. It was great! Very easy to choose what you wanted and get a variety of food. If you're having a rustic barn wedding I think it would be an excellent choice.
Honestly, unless I am at an Asian restaurant or a relative's house, I really am not a fan of family style at all. Especially when you are wearing fancy clothes. I have yet to see any family style platters that are not heavy or awkward to hold while you are trying to dish up food, creating the potential for spilling all over yourself.
I love family style! That is def how I would have done our wedding if we could have!
I've been to one wedding that was family-style and I LOVED it. It has the benefits of a buffet...you can take what you want and how much (to some extent), you get better food (in my experience anyhow, I've never had good food at a plated sit-down event...I think too much of the meal cost goes to making it look pretty and paying the waiters to serve you) without having to get up or stand in long lines.
The wedding I went to was also a really upscale, classy wedding and having to pass plates around the table somehow didn't take away from that at all...I guess they used nice enough serving dishes or something. A barn wedding could fit even better!
I think family-style is unusual enough for events like this that there is no real perception of it.
I'm a fan- you get to pick and choose what you like without waiting in line. I never had a problem serving myself- people do it at Thanksgiving- people can do it at a wedding. Plus it helps with the mingling of guest at the table.
I've been to weddings where the food is family style and I'm totally all for it. Note though, that they were chinese weddings and family style dining is totally the norm. They served like six courses and it was great!!! Nobody left hungry, that's for sure :)
Personally, your theme would totally go with family style dining :)
A huge pro for me is the fact that you don't have to stand in a line to get your food! However, the platters would take up room on the table, so that's something to consider when creating a tablescape--not as much room for centerpieces and the like. Overall, I think it's a perfect marriage of a sit-down and buffet meal. :)
It worked out awesome for us! We loved it, our guests loved it - like someone else said, all the benefits of a buffet without having to leave your seat!
I'm glad there have been such good experiences with it - and I appreciate the feedback about table space, as well as appropriate serving spoons. So if I do this, I think all the elements of a rustic wedding are coming together, except one thing...my dress! I didn't even know I was going to do a rustic thing when I bought it - usually you see the long, flowy dresses for rustic. Do you think it will still work if I'm wearing:
http://bluebyenzoani.com/print/10/1.pdf
I know it's a different issue - I might post in dress too. Thanks everyone!
I went to an armenian birthday party (which was just as fancy as any wedding) And the food was family style... it was so much food too!!!
I love the idea of family style dinner! I think it gets the guests mingling and conversation flowing since you have to talk to the person next to you to pass the food down. LOL.. I say go for it!
That's what we are doing! Not much cheaper but not more expensive either. Thanks for starting a thread with people sharing positive experiences I was sure it was the best choice for us but good to hear it doesn't damage the formality.
I think the dress will work just fine, you'll stand out but you are supposed to. :)
Oh, one thing is we're having a max of 8 people per table which I think is important and two main dishes per table as well as all pasta etc. So no one is too far away from the food!
Another question - what do you guys think of long tables with this style? I wouldn't have to rent this because our venue provides them - I think it could be even more unique but not sure how it would work with family style.
@ngolden1-thats how I envisioned it when people talk about family style the long tables and people passing food amongst each other. I guess this is the only way I have seen it at restaurant family style dining. I think it would look great though with your rustic theme.
I really like the idea of family style dining. I think it would be absolutely perfect with your rustic barn wedding. And I really like your dress and think it would work well with your wedding theme. As far as the table, I think a long rectangular table would work if you had plenty of bowls/plates with the food spread throughout the table so people don't have to wait forever to get food.
i love family style and agree with it having the pros of a buffet without needing to stand in line. i think it'll work just fine on long tables, as long as they are all able to pass the food around to each other!
i wish we could have family style at our reception but my venue does not have that option. i went to one wedding that had this and i thought it was awesome!!!
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I have yet to choose a caterer for my August wedding because I cannot deal with how pricey they are. I have only been considering buffet or plated sit-down, and then I learned that family style may be less expensive. It's definately not the norm - I've never been to a wedding where a big plate of food was put on the table to share. But I started thinking - it could be unique, and fit into my rustic theme - I'm getting married in a barn. What do you think of the pros/cons, general perception of family style?