Ala Carte Dim Sum Buffet at Wan Hao Restaurant (320 Orchard, Singapore Marriott Hotel, Level 3) Reservation: 6831 4605

Visited on 10th Nov 2013 (Sun). Weekend Ala Carte Dim Sum Brunch Buffet 

Price: $38++ per person = Total bill of $89.45 for 2 pax. (Price as at 10th Nov 2013)

(The review below is based on the old menu in 2013, not the new menu - treat it as a reference)

Note: Wan Hao has launched new lunch menu from March 2014. 

Exquisiteness at Wan Hao -万豪精选

Price Now: $68++ per person (Premium 5 course set lunch + Unlimited Dim Sum)

Pick your choice of 5-course lunch from the list of specially-curated set menu – featuring sumptuous dishes such as the signature Roasted Pork Belly, Crispy Sea Cucumber with Abalone Sauce, Wok-fried Ee Fu Noodles with Crab Meat, to premium desserts like Bird’s Nest Egg Tarts. Be spoilt for choice, customize your menu, and eat to your heart’s content!

 *Now you can indulge yourself from 11am to 3pm - 4 hours*
(Only Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays - Inclusive of Free Flow Chinese Tea)

Website: http://www.singaporemarriott.com/2014/03/06/exquisiteness-at-wan-hao/

The lightings at Wan Hao was a bit dim and their aircon was pretty cold that it will make you feel sleepy easily after some time. Do bring a cardigan or jacket along. Overall i still like the ambience here as the restaurant is cosy and the people here don't talk loudly so it's a very good place to have dim sum & nice chat here with your partner/family/friends.

I like this little cosy corner! It would be good to have this seat if you have 4 pax.

Baked Honey-Glazed Pork Puff

The pastry of the Char Siew Su was quite crispy but i don't really like the Char Siew taste inside, a bit strong. I'd prefer the one at Jade restaurant @Fullerton, lighter char siew taste.

Deep Fried Prawn Rolls Wrapped In Beancurd

I like this! Crispy and fresh prawns inside!

Steamed Pork Siew Mai 

The Siew Mai was quite nice...

Steamed Dumplings with Scallop

This was my most favourite dim sum here! The scallop & prawn were fresh and succulent with the natural sweetness juice from the scallop! 

Deep-Fried Taro Dumplings

 Their Taro dumplings quite nice!

Smoked Duck Slice

 I love the smoked duck slice, very nice!

Steamed Egg Custard Bun

This was average as the bun was not fluffy kind

Baked Crispy Honey-Glazed BBQ Pork Bun

This was quite disappointing.. The baked pastry was soft, not crispy. The one at Tim Ho Wan was much nicer...

Grilled Salted Straw Mushroom

Claypot Stewed Diced Chicken, Garlic,Spring Onion & Dried Chillies

Crispy Prawn with Homemade Sauce

Sea Perch and Eggplant Steamed with Black Bean Sauce

 This was super tender and nice, must order this more!

Yam Puff coated with Almond Flakes

Crispy Beancurd with Seaweed

Crispy Eggplant with Garlic & Chicken Floss

The above 7 dishes were mostly quite nice, worth to order!

Mini Baked Egg Tart

The taste was average.

Red Bean Paste, Pumpkin with Mandarin Orange Peel Sago & Herbal Jelly

I quite like the Pumpkin with Orange Sago, a rather rare & refreshing dessert. If given a choice, i'll still prefer Pomelo Mango Sago than Pumpkin Orange Sago. But it was good to try out this new special dessert.

Overall, Wan Hao have more special dishes than other dim sum restaurants. Food quality is between average-slightly above average for some items. It's a waste that Service was not very good on that day. Very hard to catch their attention, many young servers seemed not very experienced too.  And halfway during the meal, we waited for at least 20mins for our food to be served. As there is limited time in this buffet, 20 mins of food delay was really too much.. Made us feel so rush to finish all food within the restricted time due to their delay..

Hope they will improve in their service level to make customers feel like going back there again.

Website: http://www.singaporemarriott.com/dining/wh_general.html

Stylish High Tea at The Woobar (21 Ocean Way, Level 2, W Hotel Singapore-Sentosa Cove) Reservation: 6808 7258

Visited on 6th Nov 2013 (Wed). The glamorous high-tea set served on a decorative bird cage with an exquisite selection of Unlimited Dilmah's finest tea and Unlimited Coffee!

Note: They have very nice Cappucino, Latte and Mocha! The high-tea set items are non-refillable.

Time: 3 - 5pm daily

Price: $58++ for 2 persons/per cage from Mon-Fri = Total bill of $68.26

Price: $68++ for 2 persons/per cage on Sat & Sun = Total bill of $80

Why there is a price difference of $10 between weekdays and weekends? Basically, the high tea items are exactly the same on weekdays and weekends. Just that it's more crowded on weekends, hence the price is higher. I would suggest you take 1 or half a day leave there since weekday is cheaper and lesser people. 

They're very generous in beverage as they give quite big cup of Cappucino/Latte/Mocha even though it's unlimited serving. You're allowed to change your drink anytime from Tea to Coffee Or vice versa during the 2 hours too.

Service was impeccable! All the waitress here were always with a smile, they will ask for your name and talk to you like a friend, very warm hospitality! They will also come to check regularly if we need more drinks when they saw our cup almost empty. Ok let's look at the photos of this beautiful place - Lovely!

Pool view from the window!

This is where they get the bird cage from for our high tea! Hehe..

Quite limited tea selection. Hope they will have wider choice of tea to choose from.

As coffee will cause throat to get dry, they provide ice water with lime to serve together with the coffee! This should be the way to serve coffee, well done!

New High Tea items

Note: The food items below were from the previous menu - Just for your reference!

Savoury Items

From left-right: Rich Baked Gruyere Tart Thyme Tomato Jelly + Smoked Salmon Profiteroles Cream Faiche and Chives + Foie Gras Ganache Tart Pot Wine, Gold Leaf (With Alcohol) I get a bit dizzy after taking this... Haha.. + Grey Shrimp Brioche Classic Cocktail

These items were very rare in normal high tea set. So it's really a very good experience to try all these unqiue high tea items different from other places.

Here comes the Bird Cage High Tea Set!

I love their unique way of serving the High-Tea set! Silver bird cage hanging on a Silver Tree!

The bottom set consist of: (Clockwise direction) 

Chocolate & Coconut Sponge Fresh Cream + Baked Custard Tart Cinnamon Dust + Passion fruit Meringue Clotted Cream & Mango + Vanilla Cream Slice Crisp Pastry + Metallic W LCM's (Rice Cake) 

My Most Fav: Chocolate & Coconut Sponge and Baked Custard Tart (WOW!)
All were nice except the rice cake.. Hope they can remove this rice cake and replace with chocolate cake as chocolate cake was everyone's favourite!

Cranberry & Chocolate Scones with Passion Fruit Curd and Clotted Cream (The scones were quite disappointing, too buttery taste and the chocolate scones a bit rubbery)

Love the way they put the macaroons in a round glass!

Overall, this place is worth a visit. The interior of this hotel is very Chic & Stylish! The ambience at Woobar is comfy and cosy. Food items are special and Service was excellent! Definitely a good place to chill out and relax. The only minus point is the aircon was a bit not cold. But we will be back again for sure!

This will be the Woobar at night time! So nice right? Love their custom made swinging chairs & the purple lightings! You'll hear DJs' beats from the bar too..

 Beautiful seatings outside the Woobar

 Grand staircase at the hotel lobby!

*Recommended*


Note: Complimentary carpark coupon available here!

Website: http://www.wsingaporesentosacove.com/en/woobar