Those days when Hubb and I were deciding where to hold our traditional wedding dinner, we visited Goodwood Park too.
Coincidentally, we were told by the sales executive that they had wedding lunch and wedding dinner on that particular day.
Wedding lunch was held in the Tudor Ballroom. (smaller)
My first impression of Tudor ballroom:
1) Limited space at reception area.
Not much space for you to mingle and have your drinks before event commence.
2) Ballroom is small, cannot accomodate a lot of tables.
3) Ceiling quite low, pillar-less
3) White, quite fairy-tale ish.
Based on the ballroom setting, I think its suitable for ROM lunch, provided that your guest list isn’t too long.
Tudor Ballroom was definitely out of our list due to the space constraints.
Hubb and I went to Far east did a little shopping and headed back to the hotel to see the setting of the Wedding dinner at Windsor Ballroom.
My first impression of Windsor Ballroom; their main ballroom.
1) Reception area was quite a turn-off. Too Cramped.
2) Ballroom is at a good size.
BUT in a weird shape. The moment I stepped in, I remembered it was in a Hexagon shape with mirrors by the side.
3) Ceiling was average not too low not too high.
4) Lightings not fantastic.
The above were some of my first few impressions of Goodwood Park.
About a year later, I visited Goodwood Park again. This time round as a wedding guest!
I mean the ballroom didnt manage to win me over but maybe this time round the food will make up for it ?
As I heard from the bride that the Min Jiang Restaurant in GoodWood is very reputable.
But prior to this, I’ve heard people complaining about the lousy dishes and services so I’m just going there with not much expectations.
First dish; standard cold dish, the only dish I like.
Cant really remember the exact things they have but I remembered it was quite delicious.
Second dish; Shark’s Fin soup.
I dunno whether they didn’t wash the fins properly or added some other ingredients, there’s this weird taste in the soup.
The rest of the dishes were just normal not really fantastic, the other dish that left a deep impression was the Vegetables with sea cucumber.
I’m a huge fan of sea cucumber and Hubb dislikes them so I always have his share. That night, I had a bite of sea cucumber and I could’nt swallow it, it was really awful.
Major turn-off.
Sad to say, the food at Min Jiang is not my cup of tea.
I will only rate it a 3.5/10
Furthermore, I haven’t really see any bridal suite before apart from mine. The bridal suite at Goodwood is pretty small about 1/3 of Intercontinental.
Personally for me, I will never choose Goodwood Park for wedding banquet unless you are looking for a place to hold your solemnization and a wedding lunch.
You can consider having the Solemnization at the pool side, which has quite a gd view and sound system. Lunch can be held in the Tudor Ballroom.
Feel free to ask me anything here!
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