Menu for buffet

dizzy10

Did you ladies create a menu when you were having a buffet dinner?
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cvl105

I didn't have a buffet dinner....but I would create menus.  In my opinion, menus are mainly for guests who have to choose a meal at a table so they know what their choices are.

laurening

We're not doing a buffet, but as a guest, I've always prefered having a menu when I've attended weddings with buffets.

You don't necessarily need one per person; 2 per table or a big board near the escort cards or before the buffet tables works too. I like to know what choices to expect so I can fill my plate accordingly. I don't want to go light on the food in the beginning only to discover that I'm not crazy about the later choices (or vice versa). I

MyNameIsNot

We did stations, and I didn't make menus.  I thought about it, but once they were set up, you could figure out that there was a pasta station, a carving station and a salad station pretty easily.  At the actual stations, there were menu cards that described what each item was. 

I've never seen a buffet where they had menu cards on the table, but most of the buffets I've seen have been pretty standard: salad, 2 vegetables, a potato dish, rolls, and meats.  If you're doing something unexpected or have a lot of different things, it might be a good idea. 

In any event, you don't have to, but if you want to, I'm sure it would be well recieved. 

gottahavashorti

I prefer when there is a menu on the table at the beginning of the buffet line.  Sometimes I consider skipping first couple things in the buffet line and can't see what is at the end.  But no biggie if there's not one.

Chanel8174

you could place food labels on each of the food trays on the buffet line so people can read exactly what they are scooping onto thier plates.....

Rita092010

We are doing menus for our buffet.  I guess I would want to know before I go up to a buffet what my options are.  I mean, what if you pick the first piece of chicken you see then you find out there is fish at the end and you would rather have that?  I guess I would just like to know in my opinion.

I <3 Seabass

I think it's a nice to have but not necessary.

ootmother2

Plated dinner, we still put a menu just inside the napkin and tied it with a ribbon