BREAKFAST BUFFET AT CORNICHE
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22 February 2011
The following morning, we got ready for buffet breakfast. As we approached at Corniche Restaurant, heaps of people were already dining and only a few seats remaining inside. Luckily, we sat right next to the glass window with a nice view outside - the beautiful landscaped garden and picturesque rock formation with a cascading waterfall.
the breakfast food offered in Corniche
We were in such a good mood when out of the blue a lady wait-staff with a strangely unsmiling face asked if we could let some strangers take the empty seat at our table. I wasn't pleased at the thought of sharing the table but seeing the restaurant fully packed and to avoid being rude, we said yes.
Sitting with strangers turned into a restrained scenario, to say the least. (The guests who shared with us might have felt the same way.) Frankly, it ruined my enjoyment of my meal. I quickly wolfed down my food in a span of three minutes, excused myself and decided to wait for HB at the lobby lounge.
As I left the place, heading slowly towards the lobby, what greeted me was a long queue of guests blocking the entrance and attempting to enter the crammed full restaurant. Such a disappointment witnessing diners crowded around in this classy and intimate venue that became the scene of a chaotic restaurant. (Note: Corniche can usually accommodate 210 guests.)
They should have not let this happened, knowing they had tons of hotel guests on that day (a huge group, who I think, attended a seminar/conference and loads of Japanese tourists), they should have just used one of their restaurants, or function rooms, or whatever they could to ensure comfort and privacy.
I don't know about anyone else, but I really prefer to keep the table to myself and to my companion only. I hope I don't sound like a whinny spoiled brat. I'm not antisocial. I'm just shy with strangers and privacy is something of great importance to me. It may not be a big deal to you, but it is major big deal to me. Well, I guess it's a case of different strokes for different folks.
I don't mind sharing my table to strangers if I'm eating in a "carenderia" or a hash house. You get what you pay for. But this is a 5-star hotel, I believe every guest deserves the utmost comfort and convenient service possible. After all, we fork over our hard earned cash. Am I right, folks?
Anyway, we had a great stay at Diamond Hotel except for this breakfast fiasco at Corniche Restaurant. (Hopefully, they won't let this happen again.) The hotel room was clean and relaxing, the buffet dinner was great, the efficient wait staff on duty that night served us well, and most of all the festive lion & dragon dance performance was a highly entertaining show we liked.
the breakfast food offered in Corniche
We were in such a good mood when out of the blue a lady wait-staff with a strangely unsmiling face asked if we could let some strangers take the empty seat at our table. I wasn't pleased at the thought of sharing the table but seeing the restaurant fully packed and to avoid being rude, we said yes.
Sitting with strangers turned into a restrained scenario, to say the least. (The guests who shared with us might have felt the same way.) Frankly, it ruined my enjoyment of my meal. I quickly wolfed down my food in a span of three minutes, excused myself and decided to wait for HB at the lobby lounge.
As I left the place, heading slowly towards the lobby, what greeted me was a long queue of guests blocking the entrance and attempting to enter the crammed full restaurant. Such a disappointment witnessing diners crowded around in this classy and intimate venue that became the scene of a chaotic restaurant. (Note: Corniche can usually accommodate 210 guests.)
They should have not let this happened, knowing they had tons of hotel guests on that day (a huge group, who I think, attended a seminar/conference and loads of Japanese tourists), they should have just used one of their restaurants, or function rooms, or whatever they could to ensure comfort and privacy.
I don't know about anyone else, but I really prefer to keep the table to myself and to my companion only. I hope I don't sound like a whinny spoiled brat. I'm not antisocial. I'm just shy with strangers and privacy is something of great importance to me. It may not be a big deal to you, but it is major big deal to me. Well, I guess it's a case of different strokes for different folks.
I don't mind sharing my table to strangers if I'm eating in a "carenderia" or a hash house. You get what you pay for. But this is a 5-star hotel, I believe every guest deserves the utmost comfort and convenient service possible. After all, we fork over our hard earned cash. Am I right, folks?
Anyway, we had a great stay at Diamond Hotel except for this breakfast fiasco at Corniche Restaurant. (Hopefully, they won't let this happen again.) The hotel room was clean and relaxing, the buffet dinner was great, the efficient wait staff on duty that night served us well, and most of all the festive lion & dragon dance performance was a highly entertaining show we liked.
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