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2013-01-08
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With family visiting from overseas, I decided to book the champagne brunch at The Parlour to celebrate Xmas Day. We were charged around $1000 a head. None of us had ever tried The Parlour's brunch before so it was a risky move to book it for such a special occassion - unfortunately the risk didn't pay off.The buffet food selection seemed fine on first appearance, but the breads and bruschettas turned out to be pretty stale. Despite charging more than usual as it was a Xmas Day brunch, there wasn
The buffet food selection seemed fine on first appearance, but the breads and bruschettas turned out to be pretty stale. Despite charging more than usual as it was a Xmas Day brunch, there wasn't much Christmassy food at all (the only thing I spotted were sprouts and chestnuts). The main course was a-la-carte and were of the most miniscule portions - tiny slithers of meat, with literally one piece of potato and one piece of carrot each. It was pretty laughable. The dessert buffet was 90% different types of chocolate - not sure if it is deliberately intended to be a chocolate buffet but it would've been nice to get a bit more variety. I nabbed one of the few non-chocolatey desserts (a tiramisu) and it was essentially just a dollop of cream.
The service was just about ok, but not overly helpful, even though we were clearly not very happy customers. The food wasn't topped up regularly so we had to frequently ask for more food and cheeses / desserts to be put out. Frustrating.
Oh and a tip for the restaurant: don't put decorative chemical-type liquids that aren't edible in small (open) bowls and glasses on a dessert buffet table - it's pretty easy for kids or even adults to mistake it for dessert.
Definite thumbs down from this particular customer.
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