Wedding menu
A reception dinner that feels like your day, with room to make every choice your own.
2026 menu · Prices and availability subject to confirmation
Build a wedding dinner around the way you want to celebrate. Choose a custom buffet, select a themed spread, and add appetizers and bar service for the reception.
Custom dinner buffets
All dinner buffets include warm dinner rolls and butter, water, regular and decaf coffee, hot tea and iced tea.
Happy Buffet
$30 / personChoose one starter, one starch, one vegetable and one entrée.
Ever Buffet
$40 / personChoose one starter, one starch, one vegetable and two entrées.
After Buffet
$50 / personChoose one starter, one starch, one vegetable and three entrées.
Make it yours
Choose from the dishes in each category to complete your custom buffet.
Starters
- Green house salad
- Classic Caesar salad
Starches
- Garlic mashed potatoes
- Potatoes au gratin with crispy shallots
- Wild rice pilaf
- Oven roasted potatoes
- White cheddar mac & cheese
Vegetables
- Chef’s vegetable medley
- Sautéed green beans & blistered tomatoes
- Broccoli with cheese sauce
- Three cheese cauliflower au gratin
- Oven roasted Brussels sprouts
- Iowa sweet corn
Entrées
- Country fried chicken & gravy
- Herb roasted chicken
- Roasted turkey & dressing *
- Apple cider honey glazed ham *
- Pork or beef pot roast
- Pork loin & smoked pork belly sauce *
- Sliced beef & bordelaise
- Grilled flank steak with chimichurri or mushrooms & onions
- Prime rib & au jus *
- Baked cod with capers
- Blackened or grilled salmon
* Carving attendant available for $150 per hour.
Celebrate beside the lake.
Bring everyone together at Honey Creek, with space to dine, stay and spend the weekend at Rathbun Lake.
Themed buffets
Each includes dinner rolls and butter, water, coffee, hot tea and iced tea.
Taste of Tuscany
$45 / personChicken Parmesan, Italian sausage and peppers, baked ziti, Alfredo pasta, Caesar and Caprese salads, garlic bread, tiramisu and cannoli.
Polynesian Night
$45 / personKalua pulled pork, Huli Huli chicken, coconut pineapple rice, Hawaiian macaroni salad, tropical fruit, Asian slaw, rolls and pineapple upside-down cake.
Backyard BBQ
$50 / personBBQ pork ribs, pulled pork, white cheddar mac and cheese, corn on the cob, baked beans, party potatoes, coleslaw, house salad and apple pie.
City Slicker
$35 / personMini burgers, chicken tenders, street tacos, loaded fries, pretzel bites, BBQ pork sliders, mac and cheese, street corn, mini donuts and brownies.
Living La Fiesta Loca
$45 / personChoose two: barbacoa, adobo chicken, chicken fajitas or pork carnitas. Served with rice, street corn, beans, salsa, toppings and tortillas.
Elegant Garden
$45 / personChampagne chicken, herb-crusted salmon, wild rice, roasted potatoes, grilled asparagus, vegetables, mixed greens, berries, lemon tart and mini cheesecakes.
Reception appetizers
Add a cocktail hour or offer passed bites before dinner. Wedding-menu prices per person.
Hot appetizers
Cold appetizers
Beverage service
Choose a hosted package or individual drinks. Venue-specific bar service and final selections are confirmed with your event team.
Harbor Package
$15 / $25 / $30One, two or three hours per person. Domestic bottled beer, house wine, call spirits and non-alcoholic beverages.
Resort Package
$20 / $30 / $40One, two or three hours per person. All beverage options, including non-alcoholic beverages.
Beer, wine, spirits and seltzer selections are subject to availability. Domestic and import keg options are listed in the full source menu; ask the resort for current selections.