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We are having a later wedding ceremony and I want to know what everything one thinks about serving dinner at 7:30...is that too late? We will be having cocktails and appetizers for all of our guest before dinner, so it's not like we are starving them.
PLEASE HELP!!!
Where do you live? I'm in NYC, and 7:30 is kinda early to have dinner! But it'd be late where I grew up (the suburbs).
i don't think so at all. We're running on a similar schedule and i just made sure it was clear in the invites that dinner would be around that time so people should be prepared. as long as you have apps at the cocktail hour, people will be fine with it.
no way is 7:30pm too late! We ate at 7pm after cocktail hour at my 4:30pm wedding! I think you can safely start eating at 8 or 8:30 before people become really hungry, but if you have appetizers than it doesn't really matter how late you serve it, as long as you plan to have a late enough reception that things can happen after dinner.
I think it's perfect! My reception said that Dinner usually starts btw 6:30 - 7:30
I dont think its too late at all, especially since you are having hors d' oeuvres also. The dinner at my wedding started at about 8:30 and no one complained (we had hors d' oeuvres also)
if you're serving food at cocktail hour, it's not too late. to mr bee's point, it also depends on where you are. in ny 8 would be typical start of prime dinner time.
Just so long as there are some decent appetizers with cocktail hour, 730 should be just fine.
We live in Madison, WI. Yes, there will be a great deal of apps plus open bar.
I also think it is fine. Our ceremony is at 6, no cocktail hour and plan for food to be served at 7:30. I went to a wedding where the first course wasn't served until 8:30 or 9, but they had hors d'oevres during cocktail hour, so it was fine.
Not at all! My cocktail hour doesn't start until 6:30 and our dinner/dance starts at 7:30.
I went to a wedding once where dinner wasn't served until 10:00pm - It was okay, but pushing it a little since we weren't staying over and kind of waiting for dinner in order to leave.
Isn't that the normal dinner hour for a wedding? I think it's totally fine.
Definitely not! We are actually not serving dinner till around 9. Then again we are having a New Years Eve wedding so everything will be later. But 7:30 is definitely okay no matter what the day. In NYC I rarely eat before 8 when I go out. And in Europe it's closer to 10. So you are absolutely fine!
That's what time ours will be served (I think), so no!
What time is your ceremony?
No, I don't think so, or at least I hope not 'cause we're serving at 8 pm!
We're having a Catholic wedding with a full mass, starting at 6:30 - so 7:45/8:00 is the best we can do.
I think it's fine :)
I don't think it's too late at all. I've been to weddings where you didn't eat dinner until later than that.
I think that is a pefectly acceptable time to eat dinner. That's the time we usually eat it at home. Our wedding dinner will probably be at 7pm, so not much earlier.
Def not too late! Mine will be a little later than that ... I think. I haven't gotten that far yet.
I don't think thats late, my reception is also starting @ 7:30 with cocktail and apps before hand. I think as long as theres drinks people won't care...well in my case, with my friends at least..hahaha!
Not with hors d'ouvres! Mine is at the same time, so at least I HOPE it's not too late!!!
We are serving dinner at 7:30 too. I think its totally fine. Like Mr. Bee said, 7:30 is almost early if you consider the wedding an evening out. I think with the appetizers you will be covered. We went to a wedding this summer where the dinner didn't start until 9 p.m. Started serving at 9 p.m., I should say. And that was too late in my opinion. Not to mention there was so much food that by the time the dinner came around we were all stuffed. I didn't even want cake after all that food!
I definitely don't think that's too late! Most of the weddings I've been to usually serve dinner between 7-8 anyway.
Not at all! I've gone to a bunch of weddings where the ceremony is at 7, and then dinner isn't until at least 9. Don't worry!
I hope it isn't because that's when our's will begin! :) We're getting married on a Monday night with 6:30pm ceremony and dinner starting between 7:15 - 7:30pm!
I think it's fine. People know they're going to a wedding, if they're worried they'll eat a snack in the afternoon!
I try to eat before 7 on a normal day... but a wedding is a completely different story! I'd say it's fine to go with :-)
Our ceremony was at 6 and dinner was at 730. It was fine! We mentioned it on the invitations though, so people knew to snack if they wanted to. Some of us (me included) eat at 5 occassionally. Also the older folks.
We had appetizers and punch right after the ceremony at 630 though!
I didn't think it was too late either until FI's family had a fit about it.
Our wedding was going to be set for 6:30pm followed by a 7:30pm reception and FI and I thought it was prime. We planned to spend the whole afternoon getting ready and taking our pictures pre-wedding. The church has the most beautiful lighting at that hour and the reception could go til midnight.
When we presented FMIL with this idea, she instantly snapped on us, saying it was rude to keep people that late, no reception site would serve dinner, people would eat before the wedding and our cocktail hour and dinner would be a waste, blah blah blah.
For one thing, if people know they are going to be fed at the wedding, why would they eat dinner before hand, especially knowing they would also have a cocktail hour w/ Hors De'vours. Secondly, if they don't want to stay til midnight, they don't have to. They can leave after dinner.
So FI and I "compromised" and now we have to get up super early to be ready to go for our 11:00am ceremony followed by our lunch reception. That means that everybody goes home by 6:30pm and eats dinner anyways. Lame!
Not at all! Our dinner starts at 8pm. Normal here would be 8 - 9...Anything before 7 would seem ungodly early! Although, Mrs Bee is right about it depending on where you are. I see you are from Wisconsin, so am I. I am always surprised by how early people eat when I go home. Seems like everyone wants their dinner at 6! I think 7:30 is probably the 'time limit' for Wisconsin but it is not too late.
Like Mr. Bee said, I think this is super regional. Also, older people like to eat earlier. We are serving dinner at 5 mostly based on sunset but I know my aunts and uncles would find 7:30 too late. Maybe ask your parents for their thoughts on this one, they should have a better idea of what the feedback will look like. I know people who have eaten between the ceremony and reception because they didn't want to eat so late so that is not unrealistic.
Not at all! Our cocktail hour is at 6:30, and the dinner will start at 7:30 as well. They're going to be stuffed with all of the food offered at the cocktail hour anyway.
We're serving dinner at 9pm... just because that's how the night fell.
Ceremony 7-7:30, Cocktails til 8:30, then introductions & first dances... which makes dinner served around 9
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