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Catering at Simpson House Inn
A historic Victorian estate and garden inn in the heart of Santa Barbara — lush, intimate, and quietly grand.
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See your itemized estimate in about two minutes — menu, staff & bar priced for your guest count at Simpson House Inn. No waiting for a callback.
Weddings here typically run $140–$195 per guest — food, staff, bar service, tax & fees. What’s included ↓
A Venue We Know
Fine catering, made for Simpson House Inn
A historic garden inn that welcomes your own licensed caterer — we bring the full team, kitchen, and bar.
- A Victorian estate wrapped in lush English gardens — intimate and quietly grand.
- We plan discreet, refined service that suits the inn’s garden setting.
- Everything for full-service dining and licensed bar travels with our team.
Craft Bar
Floral signature cocktails and full licensed bar service.
Bar service →Coordination
A fully managed event from load-in to breakdown.
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What catering at Simpson House Inn costs
$140–$195 PER GUEST
That covers food, staff, bar service, tax & fees for a 100-guest wedding at Simpson House Inn — buffet with beer & wine at the low end, plated with a full bar at the high end. A real range, not a teaser rate: yours moves with your service style, your bar package and your guest count, and rentals are priced separately, below.
A real Simpson House Inn event
We catered a plated dinner for 125 guests here. At that size and style, food, staffing, service and tax come to about $18,703 — roughly $150 per guest, before bar service.
Rentals, quoted separately
Tables, linens, plates and glassware come from a rental house, so they sit outside the figures above. Per guest, typical from our 2024–2026 orders:
- $9–$14Plates, flatware and glassware
- $20–$25The tabletop, plus a bar
- $45–$60A full-service build
Simpson House Inn takes a complete field kitchen, and that equipment is rented too — ovens, a range, racks and pans on top of the tabletop order. Once bar service and linens are in, plan on the full-service end.
We’re glad to coordinate rentals for you, or you or your planner can — either way we start with a preliminary rental pull, so you’re budgeting the whole event and not just the catering.
What wedding catering costs — the full itemized breakdown →
Price your Simpson House Inn wedding →Good to Know
Catering at Simpson House Inn — your questions
Can All Purpose Flower cater a wedding at Simpson House Inn?
Yes. A historic garden inn that welcomes your own licensed caterer — we bring the full team, kitchen, and bar. We bring seasonal California menus, a floral craft-cocktail bar, and full coordination.
Is there a kitchen at Simpson House Inn?
We bring a complete field kitchen and prepare everything on site. That means nothing depends on the venue’s facilities — we arrive with everything to prepare and plate a full fine-dining experience on site.
How much does wedding catering at Simpson House Inn cost?
Weddings at Simpson House Inn typically run $140–$195 per guest for food, staff, bar service, tax & fees (based on a 100-guest wedding; rentals are quoted separately). Every Simpson House Inn event is custom. Your total depends on guest count, menu style, and bar service. As a real reference, we catered a plated dinner for 125 guests here — and Saturday events carry a $5,000 minimum. You can get an instant estimate in about two minutes.
Do you handle rentals, bar, and staffing at Simpson House Inn?
Yes — we manage the full event: menu, rentals, a licensed floral craft-cocktail bar, staffing, and a day-of captain, so Simpson House Inn runs effortlessly.
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