Cheesy to use plastic disposable plates for a backyard wedding?

If you’re having a more laid-back atmosphere, then I think it should be fine. It’s not like it’s at the Ritz Carlton. I think it might also depend on what you’re serving… For example do you plan on serving filet mignon with asparagus and mashed potatoes?

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We’re having Greek food. So it’s either going to be bone-in chicken and 6 Oz. Sirloin or the other package is boneless chicken and sliced sirloin. And then the sides, pasta rice, Greek salad, rolls.

View Quoted Comment Opa!!!!!! Haha yeah, then that should be totally fine! As long as it’s not like paper plates, because those obviously get soggy. As long as they look decent that should be totally fine. Are you doing spanakopita too??

View Quoted Comment Definitely not paper! Trying to find ones that still like nice.


No. I’ve actually never had that. We’re not Greek, we just love Greek food!!

So long as the ones you get are of a nice enough quality then it should be fine. Some plastic cutlery does does a very good job pretending to look like metal and can be bought at the grocery store for decently cheep.



Yes, glad you are avoiding paper plates!

Bamboo or palm leaf plates look nice but are still disposable. I believe they're available at Costco. Disposables would be just fine for a laid back backyard wedding

I would get the heavy duty Chinet plates from Costco

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If your wedding is super casual (which it sounds like it is), then no, I don't think plastic would be cheesy at all.

No its not tacky at all.
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Try smartyhadaparty.com they have realistic plates for cheap

It's not cheesy or tacky at all! My cousin's wedding was super laid back, they got catering from a local grocery store and used plastic utensils and plates. Besides...almost nobody will remember the plates and utensils anyway!

Hey Hey!

We're having a laid back thing with a family member who has a taco catering business so I want to use disposable as well. If you want to check out

https://www.webstaurantstore.com/restaurant-disposable-supplies.html

I'm thinking of buying from there. I don't know what the prices or variety is compared to Costco.

I found a ton of realistic looking disposable plates, utensils, and cups on Amazon and efavormart. Try checking them out, or as others have said costco as well.

I got our cake plates off of Amazon. They look awesome! They’re like a clear/sparkle and really solid and disposable. Others are right- no one will remember the plates 😊

Not at all cheesy! We used disposable ones for our barn wedding too but you wouldn’t be able to tell by the pictures!

I feel like single use/disposable plates are appropriate for a casual wedding, but I would be kind of upset to use the heavy duty plastic ones. Weddings are just so excessive and wasteful in general, and those plastic plates will be used for your wedding for maybe a half hour and then probably sit in a landfill for the next hundred years. Would you consider a compostable or biodegradable option instead?

We had friends use compostable plates and silverware made out of barley for their wedding. They looked like compressed grains and were brown and not fancy looking at all but no one cared, and they could be composted at home or just in a backyard compost pile (no need for an industrial composting setup at all). Standard compostable plates (the natural white color that looks kind of like a heavy duty paper/compressed cardboard) are pretty nice and the color is neutral and goes with anything wedding. As wedding guest if I saw compostable plates I would think "oooh what thoughtful hosts" but if you gave me a fancy heavy duty plastic plate it would upset me some and I would feel some guilt for using it.

Another poster suggested bamboo or palm leaf as well, which are also good options. We are going to use bamboo or compostable plates for our cocktail hour since we had to change it to be a little more Covid friendly (caterer didn't love the idea of everyone reaching for the same apps, so we are doing individual sampler platters instead). I don't consider plastic classy at all, but biodegradable single use is completely appropriate for a casual wedding IMO.

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Excellent idea! You would have to have a separate labeled trash bin just for these and let people know somehow that they aren’t regular trash.

I used something like this at my first wedding and people were nervous to throw them away thinking they were real!

https://www.amazon.com/Disposable-Plastic-Plates-Premium-Cutlery/

But I understand the waste viewpoint and a nice biodegradable option would be awesome!

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OR... you also get compostable trash bags and have the venue use those

We are doing compostable plates, napkins and "silverware" and are providing compostable trash bags for the venue bins. My mom has already located a local compostable company that will take care of our waste. Im curious to know which route you go and if you did any signage to state that the dinnerware is compostable/biodegradable (if thats the way you went). Im looking for ways to word our own sign!