Menu for wedding reception tables: fill-in cards, signs and food labels

A menu for wedding reception tables should feel as personal as the day itself, and this set gives you graceful fill-in cards and signs for a plated meal, a buffet or family style sharing. Across 18 pages you get dinner menu cards, a drinks menu, a sign for the dessert table, menus for kids, food labels with a dietary key, place cards, table numbers and signs for food stations. Every card is written by hand. It comes as an instant PDF download in US Letter and A4, and nothing is shipped.

Choose your dishes, pick up a fine pen and create a table that looks like it was made just for your guests.

How this menu for wedding reception set keeps the details simple

Begin with the planner page: settle on a menu style, count meals for adults and children and note each course. Then transfer every guest's meal choice from the RSVPs to a single list, and writing the place cards becomes quick work. The 4 x 9 in menu cards fit two to a sheet, with space for your names, the date and two or three lines for each course.

Each food label has a tiny dietary key you can circle (V, VG, GF, DF, NF and CN), so guests with allergies can spot safe dishes in a second. Since you fill everything in yourself, the set adapts to any menu, any date and any number of tables.

Who this menu for wedding reception set is for

• Couples hosting a DIY, backyard, barn or garden celebration who want menus and table cards that match
• Brides and grooms serving a plated meal, a buffet, family style dishes or food stations
• Parents, sisters and close friends who are helping to dress the reception tables
• Hosts of a rehearsal dinner, a small wedding or a vow renewal at home

Botanical design with true to size cards

• Elegant, minimalist white pages with soft blush pink touches that are light on ink
• Generous margins on each page, so a home printer never trims your writing
• Two portrait paper sizes, US Letter (8.5 x 11 in) and A4 (210 x 297 mm), and the cards come out at identical finished sizes on either
• Trimmed sizes: menu cards of 4 x 9 in, signs of 8 x 10 in, cards of 7 x 5 in and folded tent cards of 4 x 2.5 in, all with dashed lines for cutting
• Fine botanical line drawings and a slim double border on each card

Inside the wedding reception menu set: 18 pages

1. 1A cover with an index of the pages
2. 2Start here: four steps, a table showing each card, its trimmed size and its place on the day, print quantities, menu styles, tips for handwriting and the supplies you need
3. 3Reception menu planner: the menu style, the date, counts for adults, children, vegetarian, vegan, gluten free and allergy meals, a 12 line table of courses and dishes, plus drinks, sweets and which cards to print
4. 4Plated dinner menu cards, 4 x 9 in, two to a sheet, with room for your names and the date and the headings To start, Main course and Dessert
5. 5Family style menu cards, 4 x 9 in, two to a sheet, with the headings To share, From the kitchen, On the side and Something sweet
6. 6A combined place card and menu, 4 x 9 in, two to a sheet, showing the guest's name, their table, three courses and three circles to tick for the chosen main
7. 7A buffet menu sign, 8 x 10 in, divided into salads and starters, mains, sides and desserts
8. 8A bar and drinks sign, 8 x 10 in, featuring two signature cocktails with what goes in them, plus wine, beer and soft drinks
9. 9A dessert table sign, 8 x 10 in, titled Sweet Endings, with seven lines to list your treats
10. 10Kids menu cards, 7 x 5 in, two to a sheet, listing main, side, treat and drink, plus a box where children can draw the happy couple
11. 11Food labels with a dietary key, folded tent cards of 4 x 2.5 in, four to a sheet
12. 12A dietary key sign and a food allergy sign, 7 x 5 in
13. 13Place cards showing table number and meal choice, folded tent cards of 4 x 2.5 in, four to a sheet
14. 14A table number card and a table name card, 7 x 5 in
15. 15A pair of food station signs, 7 x 5 in, each with the station name, the featured dishes and when it is served
16. 16Signs for late night bites and for coffee and tea, 7 x 5 in
17. 17Guest meal choices: 22 lines for name, table, meal, dietary needs, kids and a tick once the place card is done, plus totals per meal
18. 18Tasting notes for nine dishes with scores, final meal numbers, a checklist of cards and questions to confirm

Files included in your download

• Wedding Menu Set, US Letter PDF (18 pages)
• Wedding Menu Set, A4 PDF (18 pages)
• Read Me First, a brief printing guide (PDF)

How to download and print

• Check out with PayPal, a debit or credit card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Your download page opens as soon as the payment goes through.
• We email the same private download links to you, so you can download your files again later.
• Open the PDF in a free reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader and print at 100% or Actual size.
• Print only the pages you need, as often as you like, for your own personal use.

Good to know before you buy

• The set is a PDF designed for printing. You add names, dishes and table numbers by hand, and the printed wording on the cards cannot be edited.
• You receive a digital file only. Nothing physical is sent.
• Colors may look a little different on a screen than on paper.
• Personal use only. The files may not be shared, resold or passed on to others.
• Digital files cannot be returned. If a file will not open or print properly, email us and we will help quickly.

How this was made

Designed and written by PetiteDiary. AI tools helped draft parts of the text, and some background scenes in the preview images were created with AI. Every page was designed, reviewed and checked before release.

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