Jan 25, 2008
Great wall is a great place for a unique chinese dishes served in a contemporary international ambiance ..no none of those red lanterns here and the first feeling is your not come to a "chinese" restaurant as you are seated by a polite hostesss .
Amazing polite friendly staff who are probably trained to near perfection to be discreet , helpful and efficient (they do still help kids and ladies with the chair !)
This place is very popular for the chinese food quality . absolutely amazing . The wide buffet lunch spread is superb - you can eat and eat and as they every dish they make is unique and the taste buds get a chance to enjoy a fine experiance and are not overwhelmned with heaps of cornflour, ajinomoto & dishes seeped in oil you usually find in most of the indian chinese restaurants !
At The Great Wall, you'll get surprised by the complete experiance you get ..wonderful food, good view (try for a window seating if you go for lunch) ..great spead in buffet & amazing food (where else can you find crunchy authentic Chinese water chestnuts in your diced vegetables )...I am told they import a lot of the key ingrediants right from China !!
( for some reason I'm yet to figure out ,why, the place has a very peaceful, calm serene relaxed ambiance and thats what you'll love and go back for - besides the food..Maybe its that the space betwen tables is large so you are not jostling and enjoy your privac aswell..., or that the interiors emanate a contemporary neat international look , or even maybe the sheer 'vastu' ,or rather the feng-shui if you will ;-) of the place ..Someday I'll will have it figured and promise to share the knowledge here - and maybe if any of you have it figured - as they say "pls tell na !!" )
BOTTOMLINE : Incidently the place is now very popular with corporates and families - still usually don't need a table booking so give it a try....
(BTW if you go for the reasonably priced buffet lunch - but do take detour to the desert counter as you load up your plate - lest you get too stuffed up to miss out on the wonderful fruits and desert there !! )