Orchard/Shangrila/Mandarin Orchard/ Ritz Carlton

[princess_lea]

I was considering Orchard Hotel due to the packages they offer and the price of it. Finally!! Someone reviewed!! Haha..
Thanks! I'll PM U! ^^V

Thumbs up from me for Orchard Hotel as well.
Just held my banquet a couple weeks back. Impeccable service!

[foxycinderella]

Just missed St Regis's wedding shows.. and they will not have another one until next year..

no choice, gotta pray and wait..

When I booked my wedding early last year, the economy was in doldrums and the H1N1 flu was spreading like wild fire, the packages listed from most expensive to least expensive:-

1) Ritz Carlton
2) St Regis
3) Raffles Hotel
4) Fullerton
4) Shangrila

My wedding is over already, last December
My table was around $1600 for a table of 12.

I didn't meet their minimum requirements as well but I can still book Ritz on the condition that I meet their min spending, which I can't remember what it was.
So I took the more expensive menu and also ordered a real tier cake from them for all my guests which cost $90/kg, IIRC.

Maybe give Ritz an email and they'll get back to you and you can call them with the direct line as the wedding coordinators are always running around.

After I booked Ritz in April last year, St Regis came up with a wedding show which I attended. The prices are the same, in fact, for the same prices, St Regis had better menu as it had abalone and sharkfin's. Ritz had only either one and I had to top up to add the sharkfin's! St Regis also gave free cake, 2 bottles of wine per table, free 8hours use of the Bentley, 2 night stay and free spa treatment!

I was grumbling to my photographer that when I first approached St Regis, their service was really lousy and they couldn't accomodate many of my requests hence I went with Ritz.

And after I signed on with Ritz, St Regis came up with such an attractive package. My photographer told me Ritz's market was still there whereas St Regis, at that time was new and doing not too well and the first few weddings they had, had a lot of customer issues.

I was informed that St Regis had sacked almost their entire wedding department and go through a major overhaul and hence, the attractive packages to attract more people.

Maybe see if you can ask to sit 12 people per table to save space?
My guests feedbacked that at my wedding, they were comfortable with sitting
12/table, still quite roomy.

[Yuyu]

I held my wedding at orchard hotel this year!

Service wise really thumbs up! They allocate a personal assistant for me! The manager even co-ordinate everything nicely and promptly for me! Best memories over there. Food is good, commented by all my friends and relatives.

My sales coordinator, super cute... She is even more anxious than me! She kept calling and emailing me to 'remind' me that I am getting married on xxx because I am the most 'don't care' bride. Mine were all very last minute...

My emcees, sisters and brothers all raved about their service! I love being pampered and taken care of by them during my AD!

If I were to choose again, it will still be Orchard hotel!

The only downside is, my friends mentioned that the hotel building is old....

Some pictures of ballroom 2&3. Okay, my photographer's random shoots!

[Janine.Lee]

shopaholicbabes

My experience with Ritz was absolutely wonderful.
I was like bothering them with all my enquires as I kept changing my mind.
From a poolside ROM, it became indoors. I also kept changing the tables/chairs arrangements.
And I went down several times to test my photo montage as I was trying to find the right laptop, resolution and size of the presentation.

And from menu A, it became menu B and then menu C and then menu D. I kept coming up with different variations of the menus and asked them for quotations and they usually reply me within 2-3 days.

They also gave me recommendations for vendors when I said I wanted a florist, live band etc. 2 weeks before my wedding, I just let Ritz know who my florist, band, photographer etc were and from then on, I was hands-off. Ritz settled everything with my vendors on the logistical issues etc. Ritz also asked me for my bridesmaids/best men contacts so they were in touch with one another for the logistical issues and that left me free to settle other things like guest seating arrangements.

And also, I had my pre-wedding shoot at Ritz, twice, as I took my pre-wedding photos with 2 different photographers.
They provided a day-use suite free of charge for my use and even provided refreshments such as perrier water, varlhona chocolates and nonya kuehs for us.

I would absolutely go with Ritz in a heartbeat again.

I

[shopaholicbabes]

I held my wedding at orchard hotel this year!

Service wise really thumbs up! They allocate a personal assistant for me! The manager even co-ordinate everything nicely and promptly for me! Best memories over there. Food is good, commented by all my friends and relatives.

My sales coordinator, super cute... She is even more anxious than me! She kept calling and emailing me to 'remind' me that I am getting married on xxx because I am the most 'don't care' bride. Mine were all very last minute...

My emcees, sisters and brothers all raved about their service! I love being pampered and taken care of by them during my AD!

If I were to choose again, it will still be Orchard hotel!

The only downside is, my friends mentioned that the hotel building is old....

Some pictures of ballroom 2&3. Okay, my photographer's random shoots!

I went to check the site last weekend. But.. sad to say, i don't quite like the decorations? kinda limited to only 3 selections... But for those who are interested, they are having an event on 5th Sept, heard from the coordinator that they have special packages. ^^V

[shopaholicbabes]

shopaholicbabes

My experience with Ritz was absolutely wonderful.
I was like bothering them with all my enquires as I kept changing my mind.
From a poolside ROM, it became indoors. I also kept changing the tables/chairs arrangements.
And I went down several times to test my photo montage as I was trying to find the right laptop, resolution and size of the presentation.

And from menu A, it became menu B and then menu C and then menu D. I kept coming up with different variations of the menus and asked them for quotations and they usually reply me within 2-3 days.

They also gave me recommendations for vendors when I said I wanted a florist, live band etc. 2 weeks before my wedding, I just let Ritz know who my florist, band, photographer etc were and from then on, I was hands-off. Ritz settled everything with my vendors on the logistical issues etc. Ritz also asked me for my bridesmaids/best men contacts so they were in touch with one another for the logistical issues and that left me free to settle other things like guest seating arrangements.

And also, I had my pre-wedding shoot at Ritz, twice, as I took my pre-wedding photos with 2 different photographers.
They provided a day-use suite free of charge for my use and even provided refreshments such as perrier water, varlhona chocolates and nonya kuehs for us.

I would absolutely go with Ritz in a heartbeat again.

I

Wow.. thats nice! But sad to say, Ritz is fully booked to the extent that i cant view the site. LOLx.... I made appointment and the earliest they can offer me is 19 August!!! >.<~

[Yuyu]

shopaholicbabes

ya, the decorations were limited to only 4 designs.

From zjaninez's post, I think Ritz is very good! The ballroom is glamorous and can makes one feels like a cinderella!

Good luck in finding your right wedding banquet!