Is my DIY wedding bar menu too wordy or varied?
Trying to please 90 guests with different drink preferences often leads to overcrowded signs with too many options and overly detailed descriptions. Omitting essential staples like wine can leave guests with limited choices, since many prefer wine with dinner or avoid hard liquor entirely.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Adding labels like (white) and (red) for wine clarity.
- 2Offering a variety of pre-selected cocktails
- 3Providing beer and basic mixed drinks alongside specialty options
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I DIY'd our bar menu and signature cocktail signs. It'll be around 90 people, all with different preferences, so we wanted to make sure we had a good variety.”source ↗
“Is the menu too wordy? Is there too much variety?”source ↗
“I do think not serving wine is bad. A lot of people like to have wine with dinner.”source ↗
“At my wedding wine was far and away the most consumed beverage.”source ↗
“Agreed, serving wine is definitely a must. For example, I have a friend who can't tolerate hard liquor but enjoys wine.”source ↗
Where this came up
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