Pariss International Seafood Buffet (Marina Sq)

Well, variety of food isnt as international as it is said to be. quality and quantity of Pariss has dropped since the last time i went there. food were limited, not exactly worth the money. would rather go to Seoul Garden, cheaper and more satisfied. hmm, somehow the food and the restaurant's title lacks satisfaction.

Alright, I made a mistake. I admit it. Its recession. So, I thought it should not be a bad restaurant afterall there was always a long queue and the price seem reasonablly price for what seems like a hotel-style spread of seafood, japanese, tepanyaki and free-flow of drinks. But I am so wrong!

The food quality was bad. Period. There was no crab on the hot plate where the crab should have been, the seafood was not fresh. the prawns were mushy by the time you peeled off the head and shell. The sashimi was cold and tasteless probably a result of no time to thaw and the sushi was cold and the vingered rice was hard. If you expect it to be made-fresh, think again. The chef is only there to impressed. His real job is to cut and slice not there to prepare and serve, maybe except the teriyaki counter chef. he seems to be very busy. The teriyaki items were equally disappointing. Steak with lots of fat and not grilled to perfection. Its a rush job.

But my worst nightmare was the crowd and the service quality. Most of the people who were there were students, families with growing kids who can stomach huge "quantity" of food, tourist and PRC with their SG boyfriend/girlfriend.

There was also NO service. I wondered why we paied for service charged....?? I will particularly remembered Fabian, the outlet manager of Marina Square who told me that it is not their fault that there was spill on the floor and I fell to the ground. He said that he will go by law if anything happens. Imagine having someone telling you this as if you can fell on purpose to gain compensation??? I may have entered a resturant low-end buffet restaurant but I am not about to treated like a low-class customer!

If you read this. Please do yourself a favour, avoid this restaurant. Your money is better spent elsewhere. Food establishment such as this should be exposed so that people don't get fooled by the queue. Long queue does not equal to good food in this case. Trust me, even the Marina Foodcourt is a better option.

Seriously, I'm not even sure why is there a crowd at that place. I will never go to Pariss again and the thought of the place leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

When we arrived, we told the waiter that we need to downsize our table as a few people were not turning up and he said it's ok and we can just stick to the table we reserved as the smaller tables are all taken up. I'll come back to why I wrote this later.

Anyway, Food-wise

Oysters
Or should I say "What Oysters?" Throughout the entire dinner, I didn't see any oysters at all!!!!

Sashimi
It was limp and watery and tasteless. I didn't even bother going back for seconds

Crab
The plate was always empty. I don't even know why they bother saying they have crab there.

Grilled Sanma
Horrendeous!! There was this icky taste of over-used oil on the fish

Herbal Chicken Soup
I taste black beans more than chicken

Drinks
They might as well just serve ice water seriously. Drinks are all horrendeously diluted

Seriously the only "Good" stuff where like those CS Tay Chicken Kaarage where they are all ready made and they can just fry them.

Also to add, they cleared the table of dirty dishes very slowly. If not for the bigger tabe we got, I doubt we have room to go back for more food!!!

Now... I was already pissed off with the food but the final nail in the coffin was the very sarcastic manager who came to our table asking why such a small group is at a big table and he went on about LOST SALES and suggested that we should PAY FOR THE EXTRA SEATS!!!

After we told him about what his staff said, he still made snide remarks about the lost revenue. Now I do understand about the lost revenue bit but we did request for a smaller table at the beginning!!

I have no words to describe the atrocious food, actrocious service and an "unforgettable experience"

Never again will I step into Pariss!!!!