Party at home - approx. $5K

[Anonymous]

This seems outrageous to me on $5000K HHI.

The above poster had it right. A pallet of chick-fil-a nuggets, costco booze, and Spotify and you've got a party for $500.

[Anonymous]

Alll alcohol and drugs to tolerate the assh0les at the party.

[Anonymous]

I would hire a bartender and a party helper, and arrange the catering separately. $125 pp in your own home seems high. You can do it at a restaurant for that.

[Anonymous]

Details are needed: What is the occasion? How many people? What type of people? Are the regular mid income working folks or from the club house? What do you expect to provide? Do you want servers, bartenders? Catering? What type of food and beverages do you plan to provide?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It sounds outrageous if you make $50K, less outrageous if you make $500K. It's all relative.

We’re a little more than $500k HHI. This is my first time shelling out that kind of money for a party at home, I guess I just need a gut check. But if we went to a restaurant and hosted even a small group, I guess it would easily reach that amount.

It would. And home has many advantages (you will save alot buying your own liquor, for example).

I just paid close to $2,000 for 24 people with just hors d’oeuvres, beer and wine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This seems outrageous to me on $5000K HHI.

The above poster had it right. A pallet of chick-fil-a nuggets, costco booze, and Spotify and you've got a party for $500.

Nugget platter is always a hit.

[Anonymous]

Seems right to be but you could go lower

Annually we do party for about 50, full bar, three paid help, and heavy finger food from Raku. We pay for all service wear to be brought and cleaned up.

Comes to about $3-4k. Could EASILY be 5k if we got it formally catered by a company. But raku is amazing and sets it all up.

[Anonymous]

What kind of food?
We're paying 200/person for 40, for a 4-course meal, they supply staff, bartender, clean-up, glass-, dinnerware, barware, servingware, linens, etc.
We supply the alcohol

[Anonymous]

A catered party at a home always seems a little stuffy to me. I throw parties for 40-50 people around 2x a year. I generally make some sort of beast (a rotisserie lamb or suckling pig), salads, a significant veg dish, oysters, dessert. Drinks are beer/wine, a couple specialty cocktails (large batch margaritas, martinis, manhattans, aperol spritz), and I set up a DIY bar with spirits, mixers, garnishes. I'll buy glassware or plates if I'm running low. Even DIY-ing, it probably ends up costing me close to $1k all-in between the food, drinks, and any additional supplies. But the food is incredible and plentiful and the drinks are all top-shelf.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seems right to be but you could go lower

Annually we do party for about 50, full bar, three paid help, and heavy finger food from Raku. We pay for all service wear to be brought and cleaned up.

Comes to about $3-4k. Could EASILY be 5k if we got it formally catered by a company. But raku is amazing and sets it all up.

This is good to know for the future. We are very close to Raku.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A catered party at a home always seems a little stuffy to me. I throw parties for 40-50 people around 2x a year. I generally make some sort of beast (a rotisserie lamb or suckling pig), salads, a significant veg dish, oysters, dessert. Drinks are beer/wine, a couple specialty cocktails (large batch margaritas, martinis, manhattans, aperol spritz), and I set up a DIY bar with spirits, mixers, garnishes. I'll buy glassware or plates if I'm running low. Even DIY-ing, it probably ends up costing me close to $1k all-in between the food, drinks, and any additional supplies. But the food is incredible and plentiful and the drinks are all top-shelf.

I like this, but I hate cooking so DH ends up doing all the cooking and bartending. None of our friends seem to know how to make their own cocktails.

[Anonymous]

Outrage isn’t a good way to budget for parties.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A catered party at a home always seems a little stuffy to me. I throw parties for 40-50 people around 2x a year. I generally make some sort of beast (a rotisserie lamb or suckling pig), salads, a significant veg dish, oysters, dessert. Drinks are beer/wine, a couple specialty cocktails (large batch margaritas, martinis, manhattans, aperol spritz), and I set up a DIY bar with spirits, mixers, garnishes. I'll buy glassware or plates if I'm running low. Even DIY-ing, it probably ends up costing me close to $1k all-in between the food, drinks, and any additional supplies. But the food is incredible and plentiful and the drinks are all top-shelf.

I don’t want to have a party for 40-50 people without a bartender and extra hands to pass and clean up, and I don’t care if you think it’s stuffy. You don’t have to come.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Details are needed: What is the occasion? How many people? What type of people? Are the regular mid income working folks or from the club house? What do you expect to provide? Do you want servers, bartenders? Catering? What type of food and beverages do you plan to provide?

Adult birthday
40ish people, mostly DC professional working, doctors, lawyers, etc.
Not formal since it’s at our house, but not backyard BBQ either
Bartender + assistant
Full bar with cocktails, beer, different wines
Food - full meal, not sit down