I miraculously came off the waitlist after trying to make a same-day booking on Mother’s Day for dinner. They called me at 5:30 informing me of a cancellation and offering to seat us at 7. Pretty lucky!
When doors open and you walk in the dining room, the restaurant oozes a grand, elegantly posh atmospheric feel. Kind of takes your breath away. The aircon is kind of weak at our table, it felt hot (~25 degs). Told the server, but it remained the same.
Our server was grumpy and unhelpful from the start. I felt she was kind of dismissive to several of my requests, and it just made the ordering process kind of uncomfortable and awkward. I thought, “Hmm we’re paying around 2K for this dinner, why do we have to tolerate this” so I requested a server change and the manager quickly did so. Our new server Sonia was terrific.
The food is good, basically novel spins on traditional Cantonese food. It wasn’t amazing. The plating was creative and artistic, but food wise nothing blew my mind, it was just like, “Hmm that’s interesting.” It wasn’t bad; tasted good, but it just wasn’t revolutionary or really attention grabbing. “Good” would be an apt descriptor, nothing more nothing less. Can’t pinpoint a standout dish, and we ordered 7.
The staff was responsive and helpful, sans the grumpy server. Since it was Mother’s Day they offered complimentary dessert and a gift chocolates box. Chocolates were good.
Worth going for the grand yet understated atmosphere/ambience. Food was decent.
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