I organised a dinner in the Portobelo Suite for 80 people at The Market Hotel. It was an important evening for our organisation and we booked well in advance and supplied the banqueting manager with our food orders several days in advance to make the service run smoothly and efficiently.
In the event, it was a total disaster: the food was terrible: almost everyone complained about their dishes. The quinoa salad was tasteless, the ravioli, billed as with chargrilled vegetables….. had not a vegetable in sight, the pasta was almost raw, the filling was an unidentifiable tasteless paste all overpowered by a tomato sauce. The risotto was cold and tasteless , ditto the tagliatelle. The vegan desert was served with ice cream not sorbet and there was no coconut caramel. The yoghurt sponge was a mess. The only half decent reports were about the tuna tataki and beef carpaccio….. but of course, they were supposed to be cold. The waiting staff were very pleasant and clearly trying their best. But they were woefully short staffed. Consequently, the service was so poor and so slow that there was no time for the planned dancing. Well, no matter, because the music system wasn’t working anyway. .I’m giving stars only for the location. No more are deserved. JUST DON’T GO THERE.
