Serving The Mankato Community For 68 years

MANKATO'S PREMIER ENTERTAINMENT CENTER

Serving The Mankato Community For 68 years

MANKATO'S PREMIER ENTERTAINMENT CENTER

Serving The Mankato Community For 68 years

MANKATO'S PREMIER ENTERTAINMENT CENTER

Serving The Mankato Community For 68 years

MANKATO'S PREMIER ENTERTAINMENT CENTER

Serving The Mankato Community For 68 years

MANKATO'S PREMIER ENTERTAINMENT CENTER

Banquets

Elegant Dining at the Kato Ballroom

Whether you have 12 people or 1200, we can help you plan a memorable experience. We welcome the opportunity to help plan your event and make sure that it meets all of your entertainment needs!

Planning Your Banquet

We have two rooms available for banquets: a large elegant ballroom, which can accommodate 150-1200 people, and a banquet hall, for groups of up to 180. If you make use of our full-service catering and purchase a certain minimum amount in concessions, your room rent is waived (Restrictions apply). More information on room rents is available under our room rates page  room-rates link.  If you haven’t visited our facilities in person, please call us for a tour.

To help plan your meal, our full catering service offers a number of delicious menus from which to choose. Or, you may create a unique menu to suit your tastes. Call 507-625-7553 and speak with our catering department.

Elegant Evening Dinner

All dinner menus are served with fresh baked dinner rolls and butter. Linen tablecloths, colored linen napkins, china, and glassware are included at no extra charge. Meals can be served either buffet style or plate for an extra charge.  

1 Banquets

Menu Options

Entree Carved Beef, Baked Ham, Herb-Crusted Pork Loin,
Roasted Turkey Breast, Kato-Seasoned Chicken Breast
Side Dish Mashed Potatoes with Gravy, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Parsley and Buttered Baby Reds, Au Gratin Potatoes, Baked Potatoes with Sour Cream,
Wild Rice Bread Stuffing, Wild Rice Medley, Rice Pilaf
Vegetable Corn, Green Beans, Candied Carrots, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Assorted Vegetable Medleys
Salad  Garden Salad, Strawberry Spinach, Caesar

 

We offer three standard menu choices and five specialty meals. Using the above menu options, choose one of the eight plans outlined below:

Dinner Price List (pp)

2 Banquets
Entrée Potato Vegetable Salad
Option 1 1 1 1 1 $19
Option 2 2 1 1 1 $22
Option 3 3 1 1 1 $25
 
Sandwich Buffet Special Special
Special
Special
$15
Mexican/Taco Buffet Special Special Special Special $17
Italian Pasta Dinner Special Special Special Special $17

Options

Milk $3
per glass
Additional Sides $3
per person
Hand-Served Dinner $3
per person
Hand Served Salad $1.50
per person
Coffee/25 people $30.00

 

The Details

We ask that you give us a final count one week prior to the event. We will prepare the number of dinners you request. You will be charged for the number of dinners ordered or the number of dinners served, whichever is greater.

We suggest a Service Charge of 16% to 20% .  If not told otherwise, we charge 19%.  This includes gratuity, skirting of buffet tables, most set-up charges and use of the building to decorate during regular business hours.  There is a mandatory service charge of 10% which is kept by the house, the remaining gratuity is given to the servers.

Food and room rent are subject to 6.875% MN state sales tax and 1% local sales tax.

Beverage and Liquor Service

The bar will be open for your guests to purchase liquor and beverages.  If you would like to purchase drinks for your guests, we offer many ways to do that.  Contact us for options and pricing.

Other Options

We also offer custom designed menus to meet your needs.

Hot Hors D’ Oeuvres (prices available on request)

        • Meatballs (BBQ/Swedish/Italian/Asian)
        • Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce
        • Pot Stickers with Asian Dipping Sauce
        • Egg Rolls
        • Southwestern Taquitos
        • Cocktail Franks wrapped in pastry
        • Toasted Raviolis
        • Pinwheels – Blue Cheese, Sausage or Artichoke/Spinach
        • Asparagus Bites
        • Spinach Artichoke Dip
        • Buffalo Chicken Dip
        • Others on Request

Cold Hors D ‘Oeuvres (prices available on request)

      • Seasonal Fruit Skewers with Honey/Yogurt dip
      • Italian Antipasto Skewers
      • Vegetable Skewers
      • Cheese Board: assortment of cheeses garnished & served with crackers
      • Vegetable Tray with Ranch or Dill Dip
      • Fruit Tray with Honey/Yogurt Dip
      • Fresh Chopped Tomato Salsa with Tortilla Chips
      • Shrimp Cocktail
      • Kettle Chips & French Onion Dip
      • Shrimp Dip with Crackers
      • Spinach Dip with Breads
      • Meat & Cheese Tray with Crackers

Call Tania today to plan your event!

(507) 625-7553

Prices listed are exclusive of any room rent or set-up charges.

All food orders are subject to 6.875% state sales tax, and 1% local sales tax.

This page was updated by management 
The Kato Ballroom on June 2024