Weddings
What wedding catering costs here.
The Big Island wedding food market runs from a $75-per-person floor to $120–$250 a person at resorts — before service charges of 23–25%. Here is where every number sits, including ours.
The market, sourced
Venue-caterers anchor the floor — one major Kona venue publishes food from $75 a person with a 23% service charge and F&B minimums of $1,500–$2,000. Kohala Coast resorts publish F&B minimums of $7,500–$15,000 with meals $120 a person and up and service at 25%. Planner guidance puts independent catering at roughly $50–$150 a person for food.
Our lines
- FOOD — FROM $150/GUEST (WEDDING WEEK / RECEPTION)
- STAFFING — SERVER $55/HR · SOUS $75/HR · 4-HR FLOOR
- SERVICE — 20%, ITS OWN LINE
- GET — UP TO 4.7120%, ITS OWN LINE
- TRAVEL — BASE ZONE FREE · OUTSIDE FROM $75 · EAST SIDE QUOTED
Worked example
Sixty guests at $200 mid-band = $12,000 food · four servers + two sous chefs, five hours ≈ $1,850 · service 20% · GET ≤4.7120%. Every figure reconciles to the published card — the written quote is the confirmed total.
Questions, answered
Because a price you can check is a price you can trust. The resort circuit’s 23–25% service charges are also published — the comparison is arithmetic, and arithmetic does not need hiding.
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The button is not “Book now.” You tell us the table; we send a written quote — and that quote is the confirmed total.