"You've ruined my wedding!"

[AmethystSquirrel]

I can just imagine the shit fit the wedding party would have thrown if ANOTHER wedding party had shown up at the pub, and been directed to a set of tables because the second party had *GASP* booked ahead.

Oh Man, I would love to see something like that. 'Here is your just desserts stupid people.'

[Lyse]

Dammit - now I want prime rib and tater tot casserole.

[Little Retail Rabbit]

We're intending on getting married on a beach and then finding the nearest beach-hut/beachside diner so we can all have burgers or something on the beach. Not because we're cheap, but because we're dirt poor lol.

I still intend on going to the diner or whatever a few days before hand to ask if we could just put some tables together etc.

[AccountingDrone]

I could see reserving the deck at Jester's bar for a reception. mmmmm rum drinks!

[suburbandecay]

While I plan on doing something similar for my wedding day, it will be because there is no alcohol allowed at our reception (in the church we're getting married at). And since I am getting married on St. Patrick's day I realize full well that it will be a standing room only situation at the place we planned on grabbing a drink or two at. While I would have preferred to reserve a room or something to drink in at our favorite pub, it pretty much proves to be impossible. I don't blame a bar/pub/restaurant for turning away a small wedding party to get a large bunch of Americans wishing they were Irish.

[Aethian]

I wonder if it was the FOB who told her that he would take care of it all...and then failed so badly...

[downforit2008]

Who the hell goes to a PUB on their wedding night unless it was for a couple of toasts on their behalf? What, they couldn't afford a decent meal other than that??? "You're ruining my wedding!" Yeah, right.

I wonder how the groom is going to deal with Mrs. Entitlement here.

[Aethian]

What, they couldn't afford a decent meal other than that???

Some of the bars over here are AWESOME food wise.

[draco664]

And no wedding party in their right mind goes to a pub instead of a real wedding reception after getting married! BOO-YA!

I got married in front of the bar at a restaurant.

We turned up, got hitched, and sat back down to eat.

We had 30 people, and booked the restaurant's $35 set menu. It gave people the option of 3 entrees, 5 mains and 3 deserts, plus bread, cheese and nuts to follow. Meals 5 times the size of those portions you get at reception centres.

Even with a grand on the bar tab, we ended up paying less than 3K for the entire wedding party, including the hotel room afterwards.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Not to mention the fact that some people, like me, would much prefer the relaxed atmosphere of a pub to some stuffy posh restaurant. I'd far rather have fish and chips out in the function room than have to sit down and eat teeny portions of posho food in some stick up the butt restaurant, thanks very much. I also like the idea of having a bar so that people can pay for their own drink, rather than Fiance and I having to pay for it all.

[taxguykarl]

I could see reserving the deck at Jester's bar for a reception. mmmmm rum drinks!

That's the place for that all right.

Full disclosure: we reserved our reception venue well in advance (about a year). We had the ceremony in the hotel atrium and the reception in a banquet room.

[houdini]

I'd far rather have fish and chips out in the function room than have to sit down and eat teeny portions of posho food in some stick up the butt restaurant, thanks very much.

We had a fish'n'chip van that set up shop outside the hall for our wedding (well, they turned up in an old-fashioned Brighton tram, which was even cooler). The fish'n'chips (and the tram) was absolutely AMAZING

[Beckpatton]

I'll bet that even if they had showed up and found enough tables to be sat together, they would have found something else to bitch and moan about!

-Why are you serving those other people at the bar before MEEEEEEEEEE?? It's MY WEEEEEEDDDING!!!

- Why are those people sitting near us, make them go away, it's MY WEEEEEDING NIGHT!!

- Why won't you give us a discount? It's MY WEEEEDING!! and we have 30 people paying good money!!!

and so on and so on!!

I wouldn't feel too bad about the patrons laughing at them, they all sound too stupid to notice!

[brucetiki]

My mate got married in a nice garden, then had the reception in a hotel which in the room that (on selected nights) is a tittie bar

[fireheart]

That's the place for that all right.

Full disclosure: we reserved our reception venue well in advance (about a year). We had the ceremony in the hotel atrium and the reception in a banquet room.

My cousin did that. We had almost the entire second floor booked out for the event (not the accomodation obviously). The two function rooms, plus the bar, plus the chapel and a few of the hotel rooms to accomodate photos, outfit changes and whatnot, were all booked out for my cousins wedding.

As for my uncle's second marriage, we went to a nice little restaurant out in the middle of nowhere (a German/Austrian restaurant-and no, it wasn't cheesy). They had the actual ceremony out on the main lawn and then the reception inside. It was a nice place. One of my uncle's friend's younger son spent the whole night trying to hit on one of the waitresses. We found out the next day that he'd actually gotten her number

Someone else I know did a backyard wedding: they did photos out in front of the old winery near me and then went back to the house for the actual ceremony.

My dream wedding will be booked well in advance . Someone actually did their medieval-themed wedding AT the medieval fair. O.O