Dinner host gift suggestions

[Thisismynewname123]

What do you take as a gift when you're going to someone for dinner? I'm so bored of always taking a bottle of wine, broken up with the occasional flowers or boxes of biscuits or chocolates

[DontCallMeCharlotte]

Flowers and a bottle of fizz (and hope they open it ).

[Thisismynewname123]

Thanks, but that's what I always take, and I think I need to be a bit more imaginative!

[chocolatebuttonsandcheese]

An orchid

[missmartini]

We had friends round for dinner a while ago and she brought me round new coasters, a little plaque thing that was a wee quirky message about gin and one of those declared wine glasses. They brought a cook boom for DP as they know he loves cooking and a wee selection of spices and things in a nice wee box for him.

Was different from the usual flowers and wine and was a lovely wee touch I thought!

[missmartini]

So many typos sorry....

• had a message about gin
  
• decorated wine glass

[iklboo]

Nice candle
Potted plant

[ourkidmolly]

Rather than a load of wee bits and pieces like decorated glasses (straight to charity shop), I'd actually prefer fresh flowers and fizz. Classics for a reason. Stick with it. No one really wants crap like spice boxes, heading for landfill in 2 years, probably unopened.

[Fillybuster]

Recent offerings:

Cook books; naice hand cream, soap or candle; selection of different salts or spices in funky test tubes; bath smellies; really nice picture frame; posh body cream or body scrub; planted arrangement rather than flowers; set of coasters; set of botanicals for gin making.

[iklboo]

I'd be a bit if I was hosting a dinner party and someone gave me a cook book. I'd think they were dropping a not so subtle hint

[TheFlis12345]

Fancy chutney and crackers for cheese always go down well. Friends have also bought us posh cupcakes which were much appreciated.

[LeNil]

Solar lights for the garden.

[BeanBag7]

I would always bring a consumable as many people dont want more stuff to clutter up their house. Something to be shared on the night like chocolates, wine or petit fours. Flowers also fine.

[DontCallMeCharlotte]

Okay but I really like getting flowers and fizz

[Ohyesiam]

If not flowers and fizz( which I love getting) something else comestible , it’ll just get Kondo d.

[Purplehammer]

That favourite MN gift .
Adopt a goat in their name, give them pleasure for years.

[BlueMerchant]

I'd be happy with flowers, fizz or chocolates.
If someone turned up with hand soap set I'd feel a bit uncomfortable. (Are they saying our hand soap is naff or worried we don't use soap etc etc)

[BlueMerchant]

Can you tell I'm a huge over thinker!

[bridgetreilly]

I would always bring a consumable as many people dont want more stuff to clutter up their house.

THIS. If you really want something different, make your own marmalade or chutney and take a jar of that.

[Friedspamfritters]

Anything consumable is good I think, I once got given a lovely selection of chutneys which I loved. I also have a friend who makes his own curry pastes from his mum's family recipe which was amazing. I think anything local and a bit unique is also nice (e.g. we have a really nice local company that produces amazing honey). I don't like getting actual "stuff" I have to find a permanent place for.

[PineapplePatty]

If someone bought a cookbook for me I'd be insulted.

[Londonmummy66]

Anything from Laudree....

[user1493413286]

I prefer a nice bottle of fizz to anything else but then I’m quite minimal in my home

[PinkHeart5914]

I want fizz, wine Or chocolate

No plants, coasters or other clutter.....

[Merryoldgoat]

I adore flowers and love getting them.

[Langrish]

Doesn’t really matter if you’re bored
30 years of doing dinner parties here. A really nice bottle that my husband and I can enjoy when you’ve all gone home, please.