This being the year of Dragon, it seems to be astrologically auspicious year to wed! So the famous restaurants and hotels are basically being booked like hot cakes for wedding reception!
For us, we opted for reception in a Chinese restaurant, reason being our parents prefer so and generally the food in chinese restaurants taste better than hotels. So we narrow down our choices of restaurant based on these criteria:
For us, we opted for reception in a Chinese restaurant, reason being our parents prefer so and generally the food in chinese restaurants taste better than hotels. So we narrow down our choices of restaurant based on these criteria:
- Convenient and known location
- Cosy and comfortable ambient
- No issue on car parks
- Good or simply acceptable food range
- Most importantly.. still available for our wedding date!
So before visiting the venues, I made calls to check availability of the short listed restaurants such as Grand Imperial, Tai Thong, Oriental group restaurants.. I was so shocked that most of these restaurant were actually booked on our selected date and it is like still 10 months to that date!
We then decided to walk in to a few other restaurants I have yet to call, just to get a feeling of the banquet hall. The first one we went was Noble House at Imbi, but were disappointed as they only managed to host banquet for less than 30 tables. So we went on to check out Grand Palace restaurant in Pavilion.
The entrance
The banquet hall
The stage
I immediately fell in love with this place. It fits all the criteria we seek for, cosy ambient, known location, no issue on parking and it is available on the 13th of January 2013. This is a day after actual wedding day, we decided this is possible so it is not needed to rush for dinner after tea ceremony on actual day. We looked at the menu list, the price is somewhat reasonable for the package we wanted.
So then, we brought our parents for a visit to this restaurant. We were all happy with this venue and the package they offer. After some discussion and negotiation we signed up and paid the booking fee.
Yes! With this, the banquet venue is booked! One major to-do on the list checked! What a relief...
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