Wedding Breakfast with long tables rather than round!?

I haven't got any pics I'm afraid but we're having long tables with 2 on each end and 3 on both sides opposite each other. Some will have their backs to us for speeches but they can always turn the chairs round or I can put the people on there I am not really bothered about ?

Top table will be a little more restricted to people next to us but then I would have thought it would be anyway.

I recently went to my cousins and there were 8 of us round a round table but we didn't necessarily talk to one another even though we could see everyone so I suppose it also depends on how sociable your guests are.

We're also putting a little quiz on the tables about the places in Cornwall and the answers are on the information cards which will be on different tables so that should set the ball rolling a little bit at least. Maybe you could do something similar?

HTH

Emx

I went to a wedding with around 50 guests and the tables we in an M shape, with the top table along the top then 3 long guest tabes coming off it, it worked really well!

I've been to 2 weddings like this.

the first was 3 long tables with 15 on each side, the bride and groom sat opposite eachother at the top end of the middle table.

the other had a long top table and the other tables came off it like this [_[_[_[_[_[_[ have you ever seen a worse diagram?!?! does it even make ANY sense?

haven't got pcs of either sorry, but both worked well and it was nice to have something a little bit different!

I think weddings with long tables only really work well if the tables are small. Any more than 8-10 guests at each table and it's really difficult to talk to people other than those immediately next to you. It's a good space saver though.

Thanks all - keep your thoughts coming!

i think i get your diagram Apples!

Have been googling and found some nice pics so i'm sure it can work, just reading mixed reviews on how the conversation flowed - but you all seemed to think it was ok so thank you!

We're having a sort of U shape at our wedding. So the top table with two long columns down each end and people sitting either side of the columns. Sort of like a banquet. That way, no one has their backs to us!

We had long tables - a top table with people only on one side and then three more tables perpendicular to it. It was an Oxford college hall, so that was the only real option. It did mean that people on top table could only talk to the people either side of them really, but apart from that it was fine. So many of our guests are used to Oxford/Cambridge formal halls that it was pretty normal for them and doesn't feel particularly limited in terms of who you can speak to.

There are some pics in my wedding report, but this is what it looked like empty:

And this is during the meal (we've just got up to cut the cake, which is why some people are moving over to the left of the picture)

Here are a few I have dressed using long tables rather than round:

Here's a pic of my BIL2B's wedding:

They'd originally wanted long tables which would be separate, but the marquee company sent the wrong ones, so they ended up putting them together. Personally, I wasn't a fan. I was sitting on the very end, opposite Mr B with another couple to our side. We only spoke to that other couple as I couldn't really see the people the other side of them.

I much prefer round tables, and actually discounted one venue during our search because it was a long thin room, which could only hold long tables.

However, I can't deny that the marquee looked absolutely amazing in th above pic!

Thanks all - and abbey that last pic looks lovely!

but i think i've managed to work out a rough table plan that will allow us to go for rounds, and as i'd already sorted our centrepieces etc i think we'll stick with that!

thanks for all your input though

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I'm getting married in a medieval barn and our tables will be in a U shape. Top table with just one side but the two longer sides will seat people on both sides. Our only option really space wise but fits in with the traditional barn feel...