Marina Mandarin Singapore

chilliinketchup

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It's great to hear all these positive feedback. My banquet dinner is coming up in Sep @ the Vanda Ballroom. (",)

Shir: Was the short march-in an issue for u?
 


deillusioned

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Shir: Great that u had a perfect wedding. It makes me excited too as my day is drawing closer (actually in June!) and its the same Vanda ballroom too
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Same question as Shir too: Was the short march in an issue?
 

octo

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Hi chilli-in-ketchup & lin,

The short march-in wasn't an issue for us. Infact, we hardly notice the 'length' of aisle that night. On actual day, our walking speed is much slower as the gowns that we are wearing will slow us down automatically. I was somehow glad that the aisle wasn't too long cause if its 2 or 3 times that distance, we will probably take more than 'a song time' to reach the stage and cut the cake.

I didnt really notice how long we took to walk up the stage as we engaged a wedding singer who sang our march-in song. The banquet manager will only let us in after the song started, that is the lyric came on, not music (he will peep from outside). But previously our coordinator told us that it takes around the time of 1 song to go up and cut the cake (still got to consider the time spent when we slow down for friends & relatives to throw the petals, the time spent on climbing the stair to the stage etc). Hee..

Another thing we like about Vanda was.. the tables were arranged in a manner, the tables weren't placed too far from the stage and the aisle. So everyone is able to see us march-in though they weren't seated at the tables next to the aisle. I been to some wedding dinners with high ceilings and long aisle, but most of the tables are placed away from the stage and aisle. And the guests seated away from the aisle, hardly see or know what going on.

After our dinner, we had some guests who told us that Vanda is quite different from those usual ballroom that they went to. Everyone like the 'open' concept for the recept area and yet private feel when they return to the ballroom. All these remarks made us feel good. Hee..

Guess we made the right choice in deciding our dinner venue @ Vanda.
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chilliinketchup

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Hi Shir,

One song is about 3+ mins. I can't imagine we need that amount of time to walk that length. Haha..

We are also planning to engage a 'live' band, and have shortlisted a few. Who have u gotten? Can share the quotation?

When we first stepped into MM main lobby, it's actually really nothing amazing. Main lobby at the entrance is small. MM main ballroom is behind the lift lobby. It's only when u take the lift up to the atrium area, then u will feel impressed.

It's nice, cosy and classy. The atrium is super high, and u get bird-eye view of the whole atrium from the Vanda Ballroom recep area. Somemore lounge is just nearby and u can hear 'live' piano while waiting for the banquet to start.

I attended their wedding show last Nov, though I had already signed up in Jul 2009. I saw birdcages with very beautiful birds in it, along level 4 corridor. That explained the chirping that I heard at the atrium. It's soft and soothing. I must say I am really impressed. Not sure if the birds are still there though.

We are now looking forward to the banquet dinner to complete the whole process.
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stickytape

New Member
Hey ladies..

I looked through their website, but couldn't find any contact info. I'm rather keen to explore MM as my banquet venue, but their rates for 2011 is not out yet.

I'm thinking of trying my luck to go directly to any of the wedding coordinators and see if she can give me a rate.. cause my date is on 1 Jan 2011 and hopefully they can close one eye for me and give me 2010's rates. Can anyone give me contacts of their coordinator? Email me at [email protected]

Many many many many thanks!
 

weixiang_06

New Member
the prices are around $1100 nett for weekend prices.. considered value for money.. considering its 5 star hotel. hope it helps =)

when 4 stars hotel like HIPV, GPCH are already charging $1050... MM prices for weekend are good!
 

toot80

New Member
Went down to MM yesterday. Love the birds chirping too.. but was told that the bird cages will be removed at night. Most probably taking Vanda Ballroom as package is great. Good service by coordinator too.
 

deillusioned

New Member
congrats stickytape!

I cant wait for my AD too in June.

Anyone has any feedback on the wedding favours and wedding cards?

I just requested for the wedding cards but they are not very nice thou.
 

chilliinketchup

New Member
toot80: I didn't know that they would remove the birdcages at night. No wonder I didn't notice it when I attended wedding dinners there previously.

Think no further. Trust the good reviews here and sign up with MM! I visited 7-8 other hotels but eventually chose MM. (",)

lin: I don't think that really matters. Most of the invitation cards look the same. Anyway, nobody would really remember how the card looks like after some time.

The most popular wedding favour there I guess is the bear. =D

stickytape: Your AD this year or next? U have made a great choice! Haha..
 

toot80

New Member
yea... mayb on our AD we can even congratz each other. haha my coordinator told us our date shld be a good date since another couple (you) have also sign up lio. the tongshu for 2011 is not out yet so im abit skeptical.

ur coordinator got give u freeflow beer and waiver of wine corkage? wat other freebies he/she gave u?
 

stickytape

New Member
yeah lor.. we quite gan chiong to sign up bcos that date was "tentatively booked" at several other places also! So we rushed her abit to let us confirm. haha!

Yah she did. And also up-ed the standard things like parking, % of invites.. etc. You? Any other freebies?
 

toot80

New Member
hahah we also rush our coord as there was already a tentative booking done by another couple.

Ya.. she up the parking to 30%. She also give us the flexibility of exchanging food tasting for another nite in bridal suite. we tried asking to exchange FT for 1 table on AD but to no avail :p
at least they r the more flexible n accomodating 5* hotels around.
 

stickytape

New Member
yeah.. i think our coordinator is quite flexible with regards to the perks. So i'm really glad.

I've actually met another MM coordinator but she wasn't that flexible.. she didn't even want to give me the free flow beer. I knew my current coordinator thru a friend's recommendation.

Wow i didn't think of exchanging FT for another table dur AD. haha. Btw, will you need to procure additional wines? MM's wines are rather expensive. My coordinator advised me to get from outside!
 

toot80

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my coord is Ng Sen. urs? i suspect our coord are the same. haha

will definitely be getting wines on consignment. just to share, do not chill all your consignment wines. they will not accept those chilled 1s back
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celinehsu

New Member
Hi hi, i had my wedding lunch on one of the Jan weekends. On the whole, it was an excellent event. There are so many comments i could make, but i'll give the important ones. =)

Our banquet mgr was Eugene and he was absolutely professional. His Indian colleague (forgot name) was also very professional and even gave us suggestion for our march-in. We were very happy we took his advice.

Eugene took care of all the nitty gritty details, like helping me with my very heavy gowns, bringing us water to drink (with straw), calming us before the march-ins. One of my sisters who had helped out at many wedding banquets was deeply impressed by the service.

All along, i had worries that the march-in would be too short, but it turned out to be just nice. Kudos to Eugene and his colleague for coordinating the march in timing with the music.

We had a mini episode of not being able to open the safe to get my necklace and Eugene, was once again very prompt with solving the problem.

However, i would appreciate had they helped to keep the remaining wedding favours for us. On top of their favours, we had a customised gift for our guests. I reckoned that it was an oversight on our part too.

The food was good. My guests were delighted by the generous servings of delicacies, like the sea cucumber.

My comment is that there were a tad too many Indian servers. I thought i was having a wedding banquet in India..

Having said that, i would highly recommend MM to any couple, any time!
 

toot80

New Member
@ celine: thank u for sharing ur experience and feedback with us. am very happy that ur wedding turns out excellent. instill confidence to new couples like us with MM. which ballroom did u use?

@ sticky: icic... i saw vanessa at the wedding show..
 

chilliinketchup

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Celine: Congrats on your marriage! It's great to hear such positive feedback about your experience with MM. It's definitely very reassuring to have signed up with them. =D

toot80: My coordinator actually suggested to us to exchange the 1-night helper's room to an additional night stay in the bridal room. She said that would eliminate the headache of deciding whether to let the sisters or brothers stay over in that room.

Food tasting for 10 pax was left untouched, on top of free-flow beer and I think 1 bottle of wine per confirmed table.
 

octo

New Member
Celine> Congrats. Good to hear that you had a great time.

Chili-in-ketchup> Just to share, we took the additional bridal night stay. Its really great. Really glad that we spend an additional night there. We enjoyed both breakfast buffet in the morning, and MM being at such a good location, we're able to stroll over to suntec to deposit our Angbao money as well as stroll to marina sq. for a good dinner. Hee.. cant imagine if we got to check-out the following day after wedding dinner, everything will be so rushed.
 

octo

New Member
Lin> Er.. not sure if MM had changed their wedding cards, but everyone told us that our cards was pretty unique and special. Its not like those red cards that the restaurants / some hotels gave out. And all the ribbons are pre-tied when we went for cards collection, we are so happy that we didnt have to tie the ribbons as we are quite bad in handicraft work. Let me see if I can still find the pics of our cards to share with you.
 

chilliinketchup

New Member
Shir: Yeah, the 2-night stay will be good.

Regarding the 'live' band, who did u engage? Any recommendations?


Lin:
MM's Wedding Cards

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These are the cards I saw last Nov, if still available, I'll be taking the red one. I think they look fine. =D
 

chilliinketchup

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MM's Wedding Favours

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Originally, favours were meant for the guests to keep as momento for that special occasions of ours. But now, the favours seriously don't matter since every banquet dinner used almost the same favours. I don't know which is whose dinner anymore by looking at the favours that I have received. Unless u can provide something really unique.

I should be taking the MM bears. (",)
 

deillusioned

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celine: Thats great to hear and it makes us (future brides - MM) more at ease as the day gets closer.
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chilli-in-ketchup: i changed my helpers room to an additional night stay too as most of the time, the brothers/sisters will head home unless they are too drunk.

Shir/chilli-in-ketchup: oh those are the same but i'll most likely be getting the white ones
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And oh its good news that the ribbons are pre-tied. I cannot imagine doing it one by one when i collect the cards!

BTW, I wanted to check if it is possible to negotiate the FT for one-table off for the AD or additional night stay although i've signed the package? I find that there is not really a need for FT.

Anyone able to advise if they have done this?

Thanks gals
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toot80

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chilli : will consider the helpers room for another nite in bridal suite. tks
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lin: not me... i did ask b4 we sign the package. was rejected though.
 

celinehsu

New Member
I had my wedding lunch at the Level 1 ballroom.
If you are also having yours there, perhaps you can request to make the lighting brighter. Some commented that the ambience was a tad too dark.

As for the wedding favours, we chose the usual chocolates as our customised gift already has our cartoon caricacture. We didn't want too many "faces" lying around. =P

Oh, and we love their wedding cards - the pinkish-red ones. I think they look traditionally stylish!
 

chilliinketchup

New Member
Halo Destinee10,

Yes, free flow beer and 1 bottle of wine per confirmed table for my dinner.

Have u signed up with MM, or planning to sign up with them?
 

piggypong

New Member
you can try talking to the coordinators... they will usually throw in the wine and also free flow beer..

they are having a wedding event on 18th Apr if I didnt rmbr wrongly..
 

sl33pyg3r

New Member
Hi All,

I am going to sign my wedding package with MM tomorrow, as my AD is Jul 2010. But I have some BIG problems. Need some good URGENT advice today!

First of all, my wedding will be held at the pool side, with 150 - 200 guest. Me and my HTB do not want to do banquet, thus we agreed to take the dinner buffet package, which includes the following:

ï· Complimentary pre-dinner cocktail with mixed nuts (Only soft drinks and mixers will be served)
ï· Free flow of soft drinks, coffee and tea throughout dinner
ï· Centerpieces for all tables including two special arrangements for the VIP tables
ï· Romantic settings by renowned florist using fresh flowers for our new theme, Garden Theme
ï· Champagne fountain display
ï· A 5-tier wedding cake of which one genuine tier will be given to the newly-weds
ï· 20% free car park coupons based on your guaranteed attendance
ï· 1 VIP front car park lot reserved for your bridal car
ï· Waiver of corkage for Duty paid hard liquor & champagne
ï· A choice of specially designed invitation cards up to 70% of the guaranteed attendance (Printing not included)
ï· Wedding favors for all your invited guests

Now the problem is we need to spend lots of money on beer & 2 night stay in the bridal suite, besides paying for the package of 150pax. Can you tell me whether MM is worth our money? Should they give us at least 20L of free beer or even 1 free night since we are paying for 2?
 

chilliinketchup

New Member
Hi Judy,

Not sure if u did eventually sign up with MM.

I think the buffet dinner package is not cheap either as I have enquired about their buffet package when I was planning for my solemnisation.

The price difference between the banquet and the buffet dinner should be substantial enough to entice one to take up the latter.

We can't tell u if they should or should not give u these and that, coz we can't. U have to ask your coordinator directly.

Based on reviews from other members and our personal experiences, their wedding banquet is definitely worthwhile.
 

w3ngal

New Member
ermmm i am keen in taking MM but i read through the threads and see mixed reviews for food quality. anyone had banquet in MM recently can share more? I think food is very important. minimum has to be fresh and nice.

any idea what are the perks for upcoming fair in april?

is the march in for vanda room straight?
 

chilliinketchup

New Member
w3ngal: I don't think food quality is a problem @ MM.

Shir and Celinehsu have just completed their wedding banquet there recently and have both posted some good reviews.

The march-in for Vanda is rather short but it's straight.
 

w3ngal

New Member
thanks chilli.

good to know the food is okie =) is MM considered a 5 star hotel?

ermmm yah seems like most ballroom (smaller number of tables de) got rather short walk in, for longer walk in usually the ballroom is two rows of tables straight down...ermmm prefer straight walk in i think shorter is okie. maybe i should go down to take a look.

anyone has liase with cordinator vanessa? she takes rather long to reply my mails...
 
w3n: I'm liaising with V also.. perhaps she's a busy lady, taking over the jobs of Kaylynn..

MM is a 5 star hotel. What enticed me was the pretty new reno works done approx 6 yrs ago?
 

w3ngal

New Member
ermmmmm u mean the reno for the vanda ballroom? i have not been there personally so dunno how it looks like yet, most likely will drop by next mth...
 

auroraz

New Member
hi all!

I am also considering MM for AD banquet.
Does anyone know what kinds of other perks will MM offer, apart from free flow beer and one bottle of wine per table?
 

w3ngal

New Member
i also dunno what are the perks for the coming wedding fair. i email vanessa liao but....still waiting for reply...
 

cancerian87

New Member
Dear all, I am interested to host my wedding in MM. met up with one of the wedding coordinator, Vanessa, the other time to bring us through the package and brought us to view the ballroom. she's professional and she accommodated to our meet up time as it was pretty last minute for us to fix an appointment with her last friday for saturday.

w3n: i received emails from vanessa on time, usually she replied promptly. could there be some connection issue with the internet some how that's why you face such problems?

IsA: yeap, i think vanessa is rather tied down with the previous coordinator's work. can't blame her totally. she would try her best to accommodate to couples wherever she can.
 

w3ngal

New Member
thanks. vanessa has followed up with me. but now then i realised the coming wedding fair is for 2010 banquet only. u all may want to take note too =)
 

piggypong

New Member
Here are the perks.

Weekday Dinner Package 2010 (Mondays -Thursdays):
• Free flow of beer during dinner (till 11pm)
• Complimentary 1 bottle of house wine per confirmed table
• Waiver of corkage for duty-paid wine
• Vanda Ballroom:
Guarantee of 20 tables will be entitled to 1 complimentary table (21st table)
• Marina Mandarin Ballroom:
Guarantee of 35 tables will be entitled to 1
complimentary table (36th table)

Weekend Dinner Package 2010 (Fridays - Sundays):
• Free flow of beer during dinner (till 11pm)
• Complimentary 1 bottle of house wine per confirmed table
• Waiver of corkage for duty-paid wine
• S$688.00 off total banquet bill for minimum booking of 20 tables for Vanda Ballroom and 40 tables for Marina Mandarin Ballroom
 

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