Selecting Wedding Venues: Review on Four Points By Sheraton, Peach Garden OCBC Centre, Tunglok Signatures Orchard Parade Hotel

Hello,

This space has been eerily quiet for awhile. The level of activity here resonates the level of wedding planning that has been occurring, and with that said it explains on why I have returned.

The search for a wedding venue has begun. It has progressed past the stage of an imaginative young female dreaming about the day when she can finally unleash her wedding plans. Unfortunately I have met with several bumps and hiccups along the way.

Remember how I once made a list of potential wedding venues? Well, it turns out that most of my choices then are barely up to the margin for consideration now. Furthermore some of the places have closed down, have more pillars than I can imagine, or are exorbitantly expensive and inaccessible.

There are so many factors to choosing an ideal wedding venue which I hadn't thought of before.

I have gone down the road of wanting to plan every single detail of my wedding, to a girl who simply wants it simple and hassle-free.

I dreamt of having it in a museum, but it was too much work to source out a venue that did not have a million and one T&Cs tied to it. It was also too troublesome to find a caterer that was within my budget and could churn out food that was up to my high expectation – I can't be serving my guests mediocre food!

Not to mention, there was all the math that needed to be done... tabulating the costs of 22 tables and 220 chairs, the tablecloth and centrepieces and stage and AV system... and etc. It is a nightmare awaiting to happen which I refuse to partake.

Hence I decided to go onboard the traditional route of having a wedding banquet at a restaurant or hotel. I will have the important people in my life, celebrating my special occasion with me.

So far, we have looked at Four Points By Sheraton, Peach Garden @ OCBC Centre, and Tunglok Signatures @ Orchard Parade Hotel.

I wish I had taken images of each of the wedding venue to share with all of you. Other than the photos from Four Points, all other images have been taken from Google.

| FOUR POINTS BY SHERATON

Robertson Room
Jubilee Ballroom
I shall first toss out the disclaimer that Four Points By Sheraton Singapore, The Riverview is one of my clients. I was on a lookout for wedding venues when I was invited for their launch party back in July.

I was mesmerised by The Robertson Room which boasts a fantastic view of the Singapore River. The only downside would be the limited space and hence the table cap at 15 :(

The Jubilee Ballroom is able to fit up to 35 round tables but some tables might face the problem of having the stage view be blocked by the structural pillars. Also, I visited the venue on a morning where there would soon be an afternoon wedding lunch.

The decor was pretty and the stage was to-die-for, but... the space felt so cramp for 25 tables. There was barely any space to walk through the tables freely and I can't imagine how it'd be like with physical humans sitting and being within the ballroom. I felt that it just wasn't the right place for me to hold my 25 tables wedding banquet.


| PEACH GARDEN @ OCBC CENTRE

Solemnisation room, picture taken from yventually mine
Dining hall, picture taken from Singapore Brides
Peach Garden @ OCBC Centre was a... disappointment. I loved the intimate yet breath-taking skyscraper view for the solemnisation, but the dining space was less than satisfactory. My face fell once I saw it. The venue looked so different from the photos, the lights couldn't be any more yellow. As a blogger, I should have known that the official pictures had undergone a massive amount of editing, but seeing it in real life, I was dumbfounded. The ambience was not as elegant as I had been promised hoped for.


| Tunglok Signatures @ Orchard Parade Hotel

Ballroom at Orchard Parade Hotel, picture taken from sunshinedel
I was least excited for this venue visiting, but walked out feeling most impressed and satisfied. Tunglok @ Orchard Parade Hotel, it was what as I had expected, which is good – judging by the amount of shock that I had received from before. The wedding coordinator was kind enough to throw in canapés (a huge win for me because I like having some finger food for my guests while they wait) and some other wedding favors. The venue space was simple and predictable, but what I wasn't quite fond of it due to the lack of windows and low ceiling. I felt claustrophobic standing in the ballroom and hence we were inclined to request for more "pondering" time.

If I have the time, perhaps I would pop by the venues mentioned above to take some photographs. It would be nice to have some images to ponder over again.

We have got more venues lined up for site-visiting in the next few weeks. Also, I have yet to settle the bridal gown(s), bridal make-up and hair, bridal car and etc.

*GROANS*