Reception Ideas/Advice Please

christinakprice

We are having our ceremony in the Venus Garden at Caesar's Palace next April but having trouble with the reception planning.  Trying to keep it casual and not too expensive.  Want to feed people but not ness a gourmet fancy dinner.  Drinks, Cake and maybe music. Any one have any recommendations on locations, catering, etc for the area?

matilda1215

I'm doing an in-suite reception. I'm having my cake delivered from Freed's Bakery and just having a handful of different appetizers delivered from Masterpiece Cuisine. A lot of the suites hae iPod decks in them so the music could come from there. And we're going to go to one of the discount liquor stores and buy the alcohol. I know a lot of the reception sites some of the other Knotties have used have cheaper lunch reception packages.

malanis

We are getting married in the Venus Gardens in June. We are having our reception dinner at Trevi, it's located in the shops at Caesars. We are able to have all of the adults order directly off of the menu and we have a specialized children's menu. We just have to pay a cake cutting fee for our cake.

Chaotickiss

Depends on your group size and  what "not too expensive" means to you.   Group size because most restuarants will charge 18%+ gratuity on anything over 8 people plus there could be room minimums.  (Ex: Bristol Room at ESPN is $1500 for half the room, 3K for the whole room but if you're going to have 35 ppl it's works out to $42 pp so it's not a bad price for half the room if you like their menu at that price) $20 pp? (Ricardo's, Bucca Di Peppo, Batista's) $35-45pp? ( Trevi, Grand Lux, Maggiano's Lunch menu, any casual restaurant that caters groups) Insuite receptions are popular as you can order in food, buy your own alcohol for your guests and have your own music... depends on the hotel and how many your looking to get into your room... can be easy others have found they're paying up the ying yang in surcharges. G'luck!

mloeks

i have an insuite reception planned...what surcharges are people experiencing? i haven't seen anything.

matilda1215

I haven't had any surcharges. I wonder if that applies to having one and having it catered by the hotel itself....

Chaotickiss

I was speaking in terms of using a hotel that specifically says No to outside food /alcohol vendors being used in the suites for parties and then getting charged for that.