Average cost for rehearsal dinner?

Where are you having it? Maybe you and your FH can go eat dinner there sometime and then multiply that cost by 25 to get a ballpark number?

We had around 50 for a bar casual setting with food and open bar. And it ended up being around 2500 after tipping.

Our rehearsal dinner is at a fairly nice Italian restaurant downtown. We're getting their whole back room, and having family style appetizers, a choice of soup or salad, and a choice of an entrée, plus soda/tea for everyone and 4 bottles of wine. For 22 people, that comes to about $36 a person, including tax and tip. We'll likely need to get more than 4 bottles of wine, so maybe $40 a head once that's included.

We have 70 people coming, and are spending right under $3,000. That includes appetizers & an entree, and two drink tickets per person at a local Mexican restaurant in a private room.

Thanks guys that helps a lot! We are falling at $1,600 before drinks for a room at a brewery, pizza truck, and catering company to set up and provide dish ware. It was a little sticker shock but it seems like it falls in line with everyone else.

We have around 20-25 and we found a nice place that has a pre fixe for just $15 a person not including tax and gratuity. Rehearsal dinners are definitely a sticker shock too, similar to wedding planning. I must have called so many places before finding this one. I guess when you think about it, it's still a dinner for a lot of people.

Our RD is family style with lots of farm to table options for $35.00 a person. That doesn't include tips or alcohol.

We had 33 people (I think) and it was $2,000 - $2,500 for table side ordering (predetermined menu - 2 salad options, 3 entree options, 2 dessert options) and an open bar.

We had 20 people. The private room had a $1,000 min spend amount. So, we were at least there. I think it was $40 per person. With alcohol (only for my husband and i, and in-laws I’d coarse. Everyone else paid cash 🤷‍♀️)tax and service fee I think we were closer to $2,000 (in-laws paid). It was a nice Italian restaurant and we got SO MUCH FOOD!

We really couldn’t afford to host another expensive party, so we are renting a shelter at our local county park ($350 for up to 8 hours of use) and having a picnic/cookout (shouldn’t cost more than $200 for food and beer for everyone) complete with horseshoes and ladderball. It’s going to be fun and I feel like it suits how laidback everyone attending is. Also, it will be over with 5 pm!! 😆😆

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Where was your rehearsal