tsumorichisato

We had our wedding there last year, but we had sitted dinner not buffet. They offered compliementary menu tasting so you will know how your food taste like. The tasting IMO was spectacular, no kidding it was so good that we put so much higher expectation to our day. It turned out obviously not as good as the tasting la, but we don't think it's considered bad either. And you know what? You will never find a venue that can be consistent in terms of food. IE. My bridesmaid had bad experience @ Pan Pacific and she said food is horrible there. Somebody said to me Marriott is not good either. Somebody doesn't even like Brock House also. It's a matter of luck sometimes. And some guests just hate buffet, whereeas some hated sitted dinner, so they can always make bad comment, simply not avoidable. If you look at weddingbells comment, TCC got pretty positive feedback to the food.

But yes, I picked that venue because the ballroom is pretty and more unique to my guests (this is really important to me , cuz I don't really wanna pick a super common place)and mostly relied to the comment I found from a local wedding forum.

tsumorichisato

I find tasting only gives you a clue on how the food will be, but don't expect it will turn out to be exactly the same. Cuz you can simply imagine preparing a 2 ppl tasting is a lot different than a 200 ppl banquet. There will be many ppl involved in preparation with a time crunch

I have been to couple golf course's weddings and if you are not happy with TCC's food, those are even 10x worse. And again, that's only applied to my personal experience so I didn't consider having my wedding @ golf course

Have you considered Sutton Place also? Seriously Vancouver didn't have that many venue choices..ai..I was all the way back debating between brock house and TCC.
I really like the view of Pan Pacific and you can also have the ceremony @ their garden I believe. So if you ask me, I prefer the ambiance of Pan Pacific over Fairmont Waterfront. For paying such a high price @ fairmont ( it was about 130/pp back in 2007 I quoted), I am looking for a stunning ballroom that stands pretty alone without too much decor, but I was quite disappointed, you need to pay quite a lot for decor. My husband used to have meetings there, maybe he got too used to it, he doesn't like it there.

I am not saying TCC is flawless, I still think their grand ballroom is too narrow and I don't like the building entrance (facing a bus stop)....

tsumorichisato

60-70 ppl, have u been to the new Shangrila ballroom, it totally fits your guest size, but I haven't seen it in person.

My honest opinion would be around 7 or 7.5/10. My mom was super picky and from all the beginnings she doesn't like western style wedding banquet food, I am glad she felt pretty okay with it.

I know some people had problem with certain dish, like they thought the steak was a bit overcooked, but I have to take the fact that I cannot guaratee over 100 steaks could be cooked just medium right.  Some guests liked how it was done...

We have TCC to do our wedding cake as well. My husband's family doesn't like it at all cuz they never liked western desserts. For those who used to have western desserts found my cake taste amazing...o well..so now you  understand how subjective it could be towards choices of food/ taste. The pastry chef will custom made the flavor according to whatever you like  and you can try the sample during the tasting

Oh by the way, if you are having 6-7 tables, are you taking the 2nd floor or the main ballroom? I don't know if they have renovated the 2nd floor room but I was falling for the chandeliers in the main ballroom

TCC will charge you the liquor store price for the wine/open bar you picked. However, for each bottle they open for you they charge you for $15. If you are member,  I think it's $8 or $10 per bottle