went down for my friends' (also my bf's friend) wedding dinner at orchard hotel yesterday.... pretty excited to try out their food since we wanted to hold our wedding there but didnt manage to get the slot for our date....
Location: despite being located in orchard, the hotel isnt very convenient if you dont have any buses that stopped nearby the hotel... the hotel is next to orchard delfi/diagonally opposite forum & orchard parade hotel.... so to me, i would consider it to be at the end of orchard road... it will take a good 15min walk to reach the hotel from orchard mrt.... there is a bus stop just down the road from orchard hotel but that road is a 1 way traffic so it will definitely be inconvenient for 1 of the trip
Ambience: my friend gotten ballroom 2 & 3... i believed she has like 30+ tables & for that ballroom size, it can easily accomodate 45-50 tables... so it was really spacious...the ceiling is also very high with big chandelier so it looked really grand..... however the reception area was abit cramp cause there was another wedding at ballroom 1... luckily there was usher at the escalator or else we would mix up the reception area....
Food: i would say standard wedding banquet food but the main stable dish was really unexpected... it was fried mantou with chili crab sauce.... we were like " wah... that's interesting" .... so on the whole, the food & portion wise are average....
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Service: i would say slightly below average because some of the staff sort of "throw" the dish on the table... normally the waiter will put the plate down & gesture the guests to start but there was like 1 or 2 waiters who just put the dish down bluntly & with a very unwilling expression..... like when we ask for more drinks, they also gave us the "WTH, why you bother me & asked for so many things" kind of face... we suspect they were part timers as they didnt look very professional........ but thankfully that was just the few of them....
Price: based on last year rate, it cost $1118++/pax... the standard price lo
Conclusion: on the whole, i think orchard hotel is still a not too bad choice to hold your wedding banquet... have to compensate a little on the location but it is still considered in town so not too bad.... i think it is hard to find a ballroom with high ceiling with that price so i think that is the bonus point =)
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