went to a wedding at river walk recently, one of the worst weddings i ever attended. it might be a one off case but it is bad enough, will highly discourage the peeps here to consider carefully.
1. i arrive at 7:10pm(pretty early), carpark was totally full. i end up parking at the double yellow wheel clamp area right outside the hotel. security guard says no problem. my friend also came pretty early, she was told to park at some smelly area a distance away. hahahaa
2. the wedding reception area looked like a old fashion mock-up area, look like out of a film set....dont know how to describe lah, one good thing big enough and spacious. servers don't know where the toilet was haha...
3.Lily room layout nth to shout about, typical wedding. servers are dressed in a vest that is super ugly(took a photo) haha, they seriously need to get a revamp. very 60s or 70s. retro.asked for white wine, was told that there's red wine only and it will be served after first dish. okie understand the first dish part but only red wine??
4. Video played. first half of the time, no sound. then cracking of the sound, sound came out on 2nd half of video
5. wedding march in suddenly the speakers give off some cracking sound that was a bit irritating, but still ok
6. Cold dish came in and we were excited. one big lobster head that blocks one side of the dish. only 3 types of cold dish on the plate? (jellyfish, salad cocktail and one more other thing)
7. sharks fins nth to shout about, friend mentioned that be thankful that it is better than how the wedding has started. very mediocre no sharks fins seen
8. fish was served which was kinda odd and then we realized chicken was supposed to be 3rd dish of the menu but ended up fish decides to come out first. servers cut the fish but we were left to help ourselves
9. survey feedback form given out after 3rd dish....hmm are u serious??? gave a blank form to the server, was tempted to write a huge chunk though..server returned to say something must be written.
10. chicken decides that it's time to come out. meat was normal and pretty dry. the chicken has some dahfa cuttlefish on it, special but did nth to impress
11. the scallops with celery was presented with in a basket and it was in a small portion. never seen servings in this size.the plate to hold the basket was big though haha
12. OKIE THIS IS THE BOMB. 2nd last dish the mee came out and a friend's husband found transparent clear plastic in the meat. looks like those plastic you find when you open a bottle of mineral water, just that it is bigger. there was a bit of discussion whether we should tell the couple but ended up we just reflected to the banquet manager who came over, and ask if we wanted a new plate of mee. by then, everyone was kinda turned off. and then he passed a survey form to one of us and ask us to reflect....seems like we are given extra homework for their mistake.
13. went back and check on the banquet price and was shocked that each table costs $900+. certainly did not expect that they produce such shoddy work, esp when it is such an old hotel with many many years of experience. oh yah for this couple, there wasn't a champagne glass tower(not sure if they ask not to do it or what)
