Buffett Tim Sum, Mandarin Palace Restaurant @ Federal Hotel , KL
Posted by Taufulou | Labels: buffett, chinese food, Federal Hotel, kl food, Mandarin Palace Restaurant, tim sum | Posted On Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 10:35 PM
I guess it was a season of eat all you can. Jonathan had been looking at a few promotional brochure and keep mentioning this place for quite a while as previously I kept rejecting him cuz I was a bit phobia on tim sum. Eat a few times in a week could scared you off a little but he kept mentioning that its worth 1..you see you see.. very nice eh, so the arrangement was on Friday and we went with the 4 K's and a few more.
I was having a hard time on taking the pictures as the light there is quite orangy and after taking a few I gave up with the rest of pictures. This would be a summerize posting as I am quite tied up with work load today. sorry for the simlified version.
I was having a hard time on taking the pictures as the light there is quite orangy and after taking a few I gave up with the rest of pictures. This would be a summerize posting as I am quite tied up with work load today. sorry for the simlified version.
The best thing is, you don have to travel to China to get to enjoy China tim sum, with a very well decorated China concept restaurant, which I was impress on it really gives you the kind of ‘umph’ that this would be the right place..JPG)
Welcoming you to the world of China. Its the entrance of the restaurant..JPG)
With an artistic kind of crafting art on the entrance wall had make you feel you are like in that country..JPG)
A 2 crafted big dragon circling the wall to makes the place with a great ambiance. With the waiter and waitress dress in traditional clothing that adds on the feel of it..JPG)
The dragon pillar which reminds me of the comic Dragon ball. lol~.JPG)
A classic changing board place for women back in those days but with lubang lubang like dat, heee, the advantage is there. :p.JPG)
The open kitchen concept..JPG)
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For the first round of tim sum, we filled up our table with the available choice..JPG)
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The foods here taste not bad with the price we are paying. With RM22++, Monday to Friday Lunch (I mistakenly put wrong pricing as previously I put RM16++) for a lunch buffet I didn’t put any high expectations, but one hell of the things happen.I have been to quite a number of a restaurant, and this would be the WORST service hotel restaurant I ever went.
1st the tim sum for 2nd round we have to wait for 30 minutes at least on that day. Then we complain why is it like that, then what one of the guy manager told us they did not expect so much crowd and we just have to wait. With his way of talking and attitude had spark the fire of K and then one of the K complain you should prepare a lot what, since this is eat all you can buffet lunch. Then scold till the manager face change colour. One of the Auntie that push the cart also same case.
2nd was when the cart came out, the took the food to the same table 3 times, then start to piss us off till another K shouted ‘aunnnnttttiiiieeeeeee…. Where is our tim sum? So long still never come?’ with a lot of people staring at us, we don give a damm. Then they gave us a few baskets. Then shouted again, push the whole bloody cart here!! Is because they keep serving that first table like they were the VIP or Dato or whatever we just do not care. We just want our food as we don have that much time.
Then complain again, why is this happening. The manager was speechless and another lady manager(if not mistaken) which is much more polite and explain to us and we complain about that guy manager.
The food here is actually quite nice, for a normal serving type of tim sum. The things that I love the most or you should not miss are the ‘Polo Bun’. I took 4 of it.
-= Ka Ching =-
Food Rating 4/10,not bad unless they improve their service ~ -Stamped-
--Warning-- This is based on my individual taste. Try it at your own risk-
Location:
Federal Hotel
35, Jalan Bukit Bintang
Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-2148 9166
that bad??? but RM16++ ?? u sure?? typo or not???
16bucks is like that 1..been too similar buffets..its crazy..obvious that kitchen works at half the pace and they keep serving the cheaper and higher margin dim sum..
rm16? show me
i say man.. too bad about the service :( but food looks good wor..;)
nomadgormand: the service bad but the food not bad~ quite reasonable
Joe: haha..agree with you, there is no fancy big har kau which is all serving the normal roadside pau stall.
anonymous: after double confirm with my friend, was my mistake..typo error..:D
cuminciki: lol...the food is not bad de~
I didn't know their service is so bad right now. Federal Hotel used to be one of the best hotel in KL before Westin, JW Marriot was up around that area. It belongs to Low Yat's group if am not mistaken.
And they used to have one of the best dim sum in town. But that was way way long ago.
Sad to see such bad review on them. Cuz, I've been there when I was a little kid before.
their food actually not bad 1 but with the amount,pace and service they are doing..aiii...speechless~
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