Food at children's party

[ToriLynn]

I'm planning a joint birthday party for my soon-to-be 4&3 year old girls. Their party will be in a local hall with a bouncy castle, between 1.30&3.30. As a guest, would you expect food? If so what kind and how much? It's a funny time to eat but would feel odd to not have any food there 🤷‍♀️

Yes.
All birthday parties need party food.

Do you mean food for the children. If so, then 100%. If nothing else it provides some structure and kills 30 minutes of time.

Just party food is fine. Sandwiches, cold pizza, mini sausages, cut up fruit, party rings, jelly... that kind of thing.

Sorry to barge in. What sort of food would you offer to the parents/ adults? I'm hosting my son's birthday party in February. The venue will provide food for kids. But not sure about the food for adults.

Where do I order it from maybe like M&S ? Or are there any other options.

I don’t think parents expect to be fed. If it’s at a soft play type venue then there’s usually a cafe where parents can grab a coffee etc. I’d never expect a parent hosting a child’s party to buy me a drink or food.

@hazandduck all the birthday parties I've been to with my DS- always catered to parents as well. So much so that the last one in mid December there was also Prosecco for parents as well. It was a party hall with bouncy castle , etc for kids.

It's not a big deal. I'm asking for options that parents would appreciate.

Yeah I get that, especially first birthday parties you tend to feed the adults and I’ve been to a few where there’s alcohol serves. But because you mentioned the venue were doing the kids’ food I assumed it was a soft play type venue. In which case I’ve been to lots of those and never been fed as a parent and wouldn’t expect to be.

We’ve hosted a fair few hall parties as you describe and though we don’t specifically cater to adults we say to the parents to help themselves as there is always far too much food.

Our most recent one we hosted had a circus theme (also with bouncy castle!) so we did hot dogs (the hall had a kitchen) with fruit and veg sticks and popcorn boxes and a few bowls of nachos and just made sure we got double the amount of plates/napkins needed so parents could help themselves too.