we came here yesterday for lunch after availing a discount voucher from metrodeal and overall, it was an excellent experience.
ambiance - 5/5
the hotel itself was very elegant, despite being named after rizal, the interior and exterior gives off such a luxurious vibe. i can say that its like an old spanish house with its decor and interior. the cafe was neat and well lit, the color schemes being white and gold made it look even more elegant. i never wanted to leave the place!
food quality - 4/5
everything we got from the buffet was delicious. a few that made us come back for more were the hakaw, chicken feet, yang chow fried rice, sesame buchi, rib eye, tempura, french onion soup and the roast chicken. a very memorable one i got was the chinese steamed bun with braised pork belly inside with lettuce, it had these crushed peanuts inside which gave it a sweet and nutty twist.
food variety - 3.5/5
although everything we got tasted good, i find their buffet choices to be a bit lacking. they didn't have much seafood dishes, their desserts only had a few choices, and most of their food can be found at every other buffet. whenever i try new restaurants, i always want to discover a new or unique dish which i can only have there but they didn't have anything close to being unique. and i think most of their cakes somehow tasted the same.
service - 5/5
hands down the best restaurantservicei've ever experienced. from the moment we got inside, all of their servers and even hotel staff greeted us good morning with such sincere smiles on their faces. the servers always attended to our needs and often went to our table just to ask if we were enjoying our food. even the managers were doing their rounds and even clearing empty plates from some tables, something we don't see much as we only see some managers from other restaurants giving orders to their servers.
i can't really comment on their buffet rates because of our discount voucher but even if i had to pay full price, it will surely be worth it. we will definitely come back. i hope they add more choices to their buffet. (total points is 4.375 but i just rounded it off to 4.)