Hi everyone,
Long posting, but I appreciate your advice/feedback, as I'm not sure whether to hold my wedding dinner at Hyatt's Grand Ballroom.
I have always preferred hotel ballrooms that are pillarless (plus point if they have high ceilings too). As mentioned in some threads, Hyatt has ballrooms that are pillarless but those are not able to accomodate more than 60 tables.
Grand Ballroom can max 70 tables and has a nice feel. I like its stage backdrop and reception area
The downside is the pillars in the middle of the room, which block some tables' views from certain angle/distance. Also, given its low ceiling, the pillars somehow makes the room smaller. For the same price or less, I could probably get a big pillarless hotel ballroom, with high ceilings somemore - e.g. Orchard Hotel (one star lower though?).
Nonetheless, I'm still considering Hyatt because it's a good hotel and I feel comfortable with it. Most importantly, I read mostly positive feedback on the service, food, coordinators, etc.
So, the bottomline is should I let the pillars affect my decision? We are also considering Ritz Carlton and Shangri La but the latter (our 1st choice) is not available on the dates we want
As for Ritz, you all know lah, grand but heard that its food/service is only average, hence not worth its costly package??
I now need to decide among Hyatt, Ritz & Orchard Hotel. Not very 'wowed' by Orchard though, but its package is the most attractive (in nett terms) + known for its good food (Hua Ting)...
PS: Sorry if I sound like some dumb bimbo. Just thinking out loud in writing ;-)