Wedding reception station ideas!

Re: Wedding reception station ideas!

• jessicabessica member

  

  April 2011 edited December 2011

  At a 6pm reception, I would want a full dinner, so as long as your stations are filling enough, that should be fine.  You might also see if you could add a stationary item to your cocktail hour, like veggies and dip or cheese and crackers. 
  
  I wanted to have a coffee bar where people could get fancy coffee drinks, but our venue doesn't have a cappucino machine and I'm not pursuing it.  I think it would be cool, though--people could get a flavored latte, or you could even have alcoholic options. 
  
  As for what kinds of food for the dinner stations...I think it really depends on what you and your FI like.  You should probably try to have the stations be distinct enough that people wouldn't feel like they needed to go to each one, at least not on the first pass through.  You could have a pasta station where people could choose type of pasta, add ins, and sauce, and its sauteed right there.  I love Thai food, so I might have a Thai food station with pad thai, curry, fresh rolls, etc. depending on what the caterer could do. 
  

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• Magdala9 member

  

  April 2011 edited December 2011

  At other weddings, I have seen:
  
  Sliders Station
  
  Pasta station (3 kinds of short pasta, 3 different sauces)
  
  Mashed Potato Station (mashed potatoes served in martini glasses with mixins of sautted onionns, bacon, scallions, mushrooms, assorted cheeses)
  
  Sushi station
  
  Mediteranean station (tabouleh, tzaziki, falafel, hummus, pita, baby spnikopita, greek salad mix ins)
  
  Ice cream sundae station
  
  shortcake station (chocolate and vanilla shortcakes, peach blueberry and strawberry toppins, whipped cream, marscapone, and greek yogurt, mixed nuts)
  

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• fallbride1109 member

  

  April 2011 edited December 2011

  I had a November hotel wedding at 7 and we had 6 appetizers, beef carving station,  fruit/cheese display, smoked salmon (MIL picked this--I wouldn't have) and a potato martini bar that I LOVED--it was my favorite thing of all.  Also open bar, wedding cake and candy buffet.
  
  My boss had a sushi station with a chef at his wedding and it was awesome.  My favorite thing I've seen on my local board was a gelato cart.

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• NOLAbridealmost member

  

  April 2011 edited December 2011

  (Straight from my caterer's menu options):

  
  

  Carving stations (traditional meat carving with sauces, etc. I am sure you probably already though of this, but I am just going down the list). 

  
  

  Oriental stir fry stations

  
  

  Seared scallop station (made to order)

  Seared tuna station (made to order) 

  Hand roll/sushi station

  Barbeque Shrimp station

  Quesadilla station

  Crab cake station

  Fajita Station

  Mediterranean station

  Lamb Chop carving station

  Mashed potato station

  Salad "martini glass" station

  Crepe station

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
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• feldmanmendez

  

  April 2011 edited December 2011

  I am doing stations.
  We are having a carving station, mac and cheese bar station,
  an asian station, pasta station, and a pre-made chicken piccata station,
  I am also doing a served salad before dinner.
  For cocktail hour I have 5 hors d'oeuvres butlered and fruit and vegetables

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• asialee2 member

  

  April 2011 edited December 2011

  Do a comfort food station... mac and cheese, pot pies, buns, french fries, mashed potatoes..

  We are doing a fast food station late at night with sliders, mini tacos, mini donuts, fries and all that fun stuff! 

  

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• msrutherford1 member

  

  May 2012

  I am considering doing the whole station idea..but I am creating my own.
  Veggie/Fruit Station
  Deli Sandwich- make your own
  Dessert- loaded with different types of sweets
  Slider/Finger foods- great for an evening reception.
  
  These are just a few...

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