Anniversary dinner
A smaller table, a longer menu.
- Usually 15–60 guests
- Dinner, 8pm
- 2 days' notice
- Buffet setup advised
Anniversary dinner
A smaller table, a longer menu.
Twenty to fifty people who are going to sit down properly and stay for three hours. This is the one occasion where a smaller headcount buys a better menu — Italian or Thai, plated with more care than a buffet usually gets.
- 15–60 guests
- Dinner, 8pm
- 2 days' notice
- Buffet setup advised
What to put on the buffet
- Welcome
- Mocktails and two passed canapés
- Soup and salad
- One soup, one composed salad
- Mains
- Pasta in two sauces, Thai curry, stir-fried veg
- Sides
- Garlic bread, jasmine rice
- Dessert
- Tiramisu or a dessert counter
What hosts get wrong
Spend the budget on courses rather than quantity. At this size a fifth gravy adds nothing that a proper dessert course would not.
Menus we would suggest
Italian and Thai spreads, at the premium end of the ladder.
Costed for your party
₹11,970food only, for 30 guests
30
Guests
48h
Notice needed
100%
Vegetarian
Worth adding
Table service instead of buffet. Practical below forty guests, and it changes the evening.
Dessert counter. Set up after the mains are cleared.
Budgeting a anniversary dinner
Anniversary dinner: the questions we are asked
How many guests is a anniversary dinner usually?
Most run to 15–60 guests, and 30 is the headcount we plan around by default. Tell us yours and the spread is scaled to it rather than to a package size.
What does catering a anniversary dinner cost?
Menus run ₹299–₹399 per guest, so 30 guests works out around ₹8,970–₹11,970 on the food, with delivery and GST on top. That is an indication rather than a quote — the quote follows once we have your date, headcount and menu.
How much notice do you need?
2 days' notice for this one. It is longer than our usual 24 hours because of what this occasion involves, so it is worth getting the date in early.
When is it served, and how?
Dinner, 8pm. Buffet setup advised.
What do people get wrong about a anniversary dinner?
Spend the budget on courses rather than quantity. At this size a fifth gravy adds nothing that a proper dessert course would not.
Planning more than one function?
Ready to book the anniversary?
Send us the date and a rough headcount. We will confirm kitchen capacity, adjust the menu to your budget, and hold the slot while you check with the family.