Hi all,
We just had our wedding dinner at OPH on New Year Day. Overall, I must say CC mangagers/person-in-charge we deal with - Kelvin and Joseph, are very helpful! They're pretty experienced and professional. We had a church wedding before the dinner and although we started the ceremony slightly later, they managed to turn around the ballroom in time for the dinner. We told them we wanted very much to start our dinner early and we did it -Considerably good to start the dinner slightly past 8pm and ended it by 10.15 pm? When we stood outside to see the guests off, it took us a while to wait coz many ppl were still enjoying the dessert and happily chatting!
We were really happy to hear that many frenz also commented the food was great. When we went around for photo-taking, we hardly see any leftover! Many of our frenz like the cosy ambience for the ballroom. It was not huge so my suggestion is keep the amt of tables to just up to 27 max (ideally 25 + 2 reserve tables) although it can accomodate 30. We had 26 tables and it was just nice - not too packed and yet bustling with enough guests.
Erm, we din receive any complaints on service except from one friend from a particular table. Well, it is just that particular waiter. And I must say, such thing can be harder to control. Overall, the service is considered good. But we'll definitely give them our feedback to ask them to review this particular service staff's behaviour.
One more thing to note. If you do have any video presentation, have the screen placed on the side wall instead of on the stage. Coz one or 2 tables were actually blocked from the stage so they can't really get to enjoy them. If you've the video flashed onto the screen at the side wall (think right side is good), everyone should be able to view it, even those sitting at the other end... since the ballroom is not very big... And I guess, one screen should be enough.
All in all, I must say we did not regret our choice of choosing Club Chinois, and it is really worth considering for its good value for money.
Oh, and we really enjoyed the complimentary breakfast at CC the next morning. Simply sumptuous!
Of course, it all boils down to your expectation. If you want a more lavish celebration, the OPH ballroom may not be "grand" enough. But we wanted a simple and cosy wedding and it turned out that way, or better than we expected... at least many of my frenz sms us and told us that. I went home last nite and my mum told me that our wedding celebration was heartwarming and memorable.
The credit definitely also goes to many of our friends who helped out during the wedding, that we can have such a smooth-sailing celebration.
So here's my best wishes to all of you out there - who're still preparing for your wedding... enjoy the process, don't fret over minor details. Your smile makes a great difference. No matter how the celebration turns out, the joyous experiences are uniquely yours!
