Hire tableware for weddings, parties and corporate events: full dinner sets, serving dishes and complete table settings. Online booking.
Expo Hire stocks complete table settings covering plates, bowls and cups in matching porcelain for formal dining events across England and Wales. Order individual pieces or full place settings for a wedding, conference or gala dinner. All tableware arrives clean and crate-packed.
Tableware in this context covers the complete set of crockery items needed to dress a single place setting: a dinner plate, a side plate, a starter or soup bowl, a dessert plate or bowl, and a cup and saucer for post-dinner service. Ordering by place setting rather than individual piece simplifies the process for full dining events.
All pieces are available in white porcelain, graphite and storm finishes. White porcelain suits most formal events and matches the widest range of linen and table dressing. Graphite and storm suit events with a contemporary or dark colour palette where the table design calls for something other than traditional white.
Weddings are the most common occasion for a complete tableware order. A sit-down wedding breakfast for 100 guests across a three-course menu with tea or coffee at the end needs 100 starter plates or soup bowls, 100 dinner plates, 100 side plates, 100 dessert plates or bowls, and 100 cups and saucers. Add serveware for the top table and any shared dishes.
Conferences with a full catered dinner follow a similar structure. Corporate events where a client-facing meal is hosted benefit from consistent tableware across all tables, which hired sets provide even when the venue does not have enough matching stock of its own.
Formal dining events like charity fundraisers, award dinners and anniversary banquets rely on hired tableware when the guest count exceeds what the venue holds. Expo Hire supplies the full set in one order so you are not mixing patterns across different tables.
Calculate by cover count: one full place setting per guest, plus a margin of 10 per cent for breakage and transit. Expo Hire delivers across England and Wales. Book at least three weeks ahead for large dining events and weddings.
Expo Hire does not charge a security deposit. A free minor damage waiver covers minor damage and loss. Excessive or negligent damage is charged at 10 times the hire price. Full details in our terms and conditions.
Use the carriage calculator to find your nearest branch and get an accurate delivery quote. At checkout we show an itemised delivery cost before you confirm the order.
On the day, track your driver in real time on our order tracking page, or use the link in the automated text we send.
For orders over £500, you can confirm a booking with a 25% deposit and pay the balance up to 28 days before delivery. The checkout offers this automatically. Full details in our terms and conditions.
