My AD was just over on Sunday. (Yap, I'm back at work...haiz. hahaha)
Not sure what time dinner started, but I think it was 815pm (I was a cocktails at 720pm, and I think I went up to change into WG at 750pm). But I do know that we ended late. Coz there were a few surprises by friends etc...so food moved slowly. hehs.
I didn't notice Alicia nor Adrie anywhere during the dinner. But I saw Alicia during cocktails (understand that Alicia was not feeling well...so we were touched that she actually turned up despite being down with flu and fever...)
However, one waiter/waitress (dunno which) toppled softdrinks over my fren. It was probably too much for that person to handle. According to that fren, they offered to launder the dress, but she was ok without it. So in the end, they compensated her with cookies and chocolates.
Wine - We had 38 tables of people. We had 36 bottles of wine (from wedding wishes and after converting free flow of beer to bottles of wine). In the end, we had 3 bottles of wine left. Beer, we had 30L beer in our package (since we gave up free flow), and we didn't finish either.
We had lots of food and cake (our dessert) sent up to our room. Quite nice.
Guests commented that the food was good, scenting of the ballroom was good too. Made the whole place smell lovely and inviting.
The only thing we're not happy about is their mattress. My mother and several relatives are in the hotel industry. A number of our guests are also hoteliers. They visited our room (to say hi and to "kay poh" also I guess...hahaha). And all noticed the bed. The mattress was too thin. It was not the proper kind of box spring mattress or good mattresses that other 5 star hotels provide. We informed the front office of it, when we checked in. The mattress looked like foam mattress to us, but front office assured us that it's not. The mattress was too soft for us. we requested for them to change it or do something about it. They simply removed the plush foam top of the mattress. Surely, it would now become "less soft"...
Fortunately or unfortunately for us, my mum and relatives felt that it was not acceptable for a 5-star hotel to be providing guests with such a thin mattress. Even if they are in the process of renovating and changing, they shouldn't be short changing the other guests. oh well...a matter of preference.
Banquet-wise, everything with Marriott went great!