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I think that sounds just fine! We're having a soup and fresh bread thing at my Mom's house. She makes the most amazing stew, and it's going to be a cold night in November, so soup = awesome.
@MissHelen That sounds good. I would have it at my moms house except for my FFIL is hosting it (FMIL is in heaven) and he wants to have it in a restaurant.
We're having it at a restaurant close to the ceremony site.
My future in0laws are paying for it. Fortunately we are having it in a town that has various dining options available to us. We are actually go to a brewery and having lots of apps so people can mingle. We are having about 30 people at the dinner so I didn't want them to be spending too much on it (even though they said they didn't care about $$). I found it pretty hard to pick a place since I wanted a menu that would appeal to everyone.
My FI would be very jealous of you!! He was rooting for Chinese place or a place that serves lots of Buffalo Wings/BBQ! hahhaa I won, he lost :o)
I have a friend who is actually have a pool party and backyard BBQ @ her parent's house the night before. I'm pretty jealous of her idea - it wasn't an option for us since our ceremony/reception site is in the middle ground (about 1/2 hour from everyone in either direction).
I think that we are going to have ours at a restaurant/microbrewery down the street from the church. They serve food made with locally grown produce and get their meat from responsible and ethical farms and have delicious beer. It will be a nice, easy going dinner to thank everyone for coming before we jump into the formality of the following day. :)
My grandparents very graciouslly offered to host it, so we're having it a fun restaurant across the street from the resort where everyone is staying and the ceremony/reception will be
hotchildinthecity That's great that you are having the rehearsal dinner close to the ceremony site, that's why we chose the Chinese restaurant because it's only a few miles away from the ceremony and it's the closest.
Ours is at a restaurant. It's too many people to comfortably fit inside someone else's house, and I was outvoted on the casual sports bar rd I'd originally suggested. ;) We're having it at a Persian restaurant instead. Yummy!
I voted "other" because we are having it at the ballroom of the hotel we're staying at, but that's not the actual wedding venue.
We are having it at a different city property than our ceremony/reception venue. It is at a small park with indoor and outdoor spaces. It is fairly cheap to rent and looks out on a lake and they provide tables and chairs. We are doing a barbeque there with homemade sides. I am so excited!
I would of liked to do it at a resto, but we decided to save some $ and have it at my parents house. I'm glad we decided to do it that way though. That way, if I'm super nervous that night, I'll be in a place I find comfort and, it'll be where I'll be sleeping so I won't have to travel anywhere after the dinner.
We are having ours at Chevy's. They had a banquet menu, it was within our budget, and they took our reservation with ease. We were having trouble finding other restaurants that would take our group at around 6:30, and also within our budget.
We are going to our favorite restaraunt in the city. Hoping our bridal party loves it as much as we do.
FI's parents chose the rehearsal dinner venue, with our input. We all chose an awesome greek pizzeria in town, with a banquet room :)
We are having it at a pizza place we got to often. They are actually going to close the restaurant that night and set up a buffet for us. Yum!
The rehearsal dinner is being planned primarily by my ILs. I think right now we are trying to find a place where we can bring in our own caterer- a park with a indoor room would be perfect. If that works out my ILs caterer friend will set up a big BBQ with freshly grilled chicken and steak for our rehearsal dinner which sounds great!
chinese sounds yummy! my brother did his at a local pizza place, it was really fun and casual. i think either sounds nice.
we're having ours at my fi's parents house. it's a lunch the day before. i don't even know what they're serving, i don't care, less decisions for me! we're having all oot guests come, it's a small wedding so it's not a lot.
ours is more of a welcome dinner since we're not actually rehearsing. It'll be about 80 people (some out of towners, bridal party and close family) and we're going to an italian restaurant in the same neighborhood that the wedding will be which is also a 5 minute ride from the hotel that we blocked rooms at.
i would've loved to have done a more intimate and casual thing but it wasn't really up to me.
We've reserved a large picnic shelter with grills. We plan to have a fun, casual family barbeque :)
None of the above...we are having it at the hotel where most of the guests will be staying! In a room that opens up to the pool so people can go swimming after!!
We're having it at a restaurant. I'm Chinese and FI is German/Irish. As hard as I'm trying to include some Asian influences in our wedding menu I'm sure it'll still be way more Americanzied. So I really wanted the rehearsal dinner at a Chinese restaurant. But. FI's father is a very picky eater - steak and potatoes kinda guy. So I've been searching hard for a Asian Fusion restaurant that has a couple good ol steaks on the menu. And close to our ceremony site and the hotel. Harder than you think! Even in NYC!
There are two contendors right now that look pretty good.
We don't live where the wedding is and really don't want to add any more work. We want the day before to be super relaxing and laid back. No muss no fuss. Eat dinner relatively early and head to bed relatively early.
We also had a Thursday rehearsal dinner / Saturday wedding. It gave everyone, me included, time to just relax Friday night. Our dinner was at a Mexican restaurant and it was pretty easy to have room for everyone since it wasn't a weekend night.
We have the farm for the weekend, so we're doing everything there. The reherasal dinner will be at one of the houses on the property though, not in the barn where the reception will be the following day.
My parents neighborhood actually has a clubhouse that we are renting. We are catering bbq. I like the idea of a pool party, how much fun would that be in June!
I wanted an outdoor wedding but the FI was totally against it so instead we're doing an outdoor rehearsal dinner at a beautiful garden courtyard of a local restaurant.
Having a cookout at FMIL's house. Gorgeous backyard on a lake.
Will cut down on their expenses so they said they will help elsewhere with the wedding.
We had ours in the dining room of a Bed and Breakfast and had it catered by American flatbread pizza (which is super delish). There were light appetizers, then salad and pizza served family style. The dinner part was just the immediate family and bridal party only. We opened up dessert for all out of town guests and had a bonfire with smores and a cash bar. It went really well and was a ton of fun. I enjoyed it immensily because it was so low key.
We're in the midst of planning this out! We have basically no budget for it, but we think we'll go with a backyard bbq/bonfire at my mom's house. Fun and cheap! :)
We reserved the outdoor pavilion at a marina, at a lake in the CO mountains. People can fish, boat, whatever! We are having a barbecue place cater it and everyone invited to the wedding is invited (kind of a welcome dinner). I hope to do a little paddleboating with my BMs.
We are booking in a banquet room at a Mexican restaurant. I would have hosted at home, but we decided on a 'day after wedding' open house/hosted event since our wedding and recpetion is a Friday night. It will allow out of town guests to see our place and spend some time with us the day after. :)
We're having ours at an Italian restaurant. There will be around 30 people there, a few too many for someone's house (which was one of my ideas).
My FILs have booked a lovely Italian lounge/restaurant close to our venue and hotels for our rehearsal dinner. The rehearsal will be midday on Friday, the dinner a few hours later at (duh) dinnertime, and the wedding on Saturday evening. I think the rehearsal dinner is going to have somewhere in the neighborhood of 30-40 guests.
I think we're having ours at Gino's East for deep-dish pizza. (delicious!!) Most our bridal party is from out of town, so we thought showing them a bit of Chicago would be great.
We're looking at having it at a Tex Mex restaurant to give the OOT guests some Tex Mex flavor.
We've basically given my FMIL full reign over our rehearsal dinner . . . we're letting it be her project. So, we're having dinner at a very nice restaurant for our immediate families and bridal party. We'll have a cocktail hour and I am sure she'll do favors and centerpieces.
Due to our venue's restrictions, we're having it a week before the wedding. So, the night before the wedding, we're inviting our bridal party and any guests who want to come over for a crab feast, cook out and beer. It'll let her have what she wants and let us have what we want!
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I may have it at a Chinese restaurant. I'm having about 50 people in my wedding party including my immediate family, spouses and other children, singers, and musicians... Good idea or bad idea? I was tempted to just go to a pizzeria but my FFIL who's paying for it didn't think that was such a good idea.
Edit: We are having our rehearsal dinner on a Thursday for a Saturday wedding. What about you bees?