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| - Came here on the afternoon of the Solar Eclipse. (Aug 2017)
Mandarin Oriental is a bit tricky to find since you'll have to go through an underground pathway before reaching the Aria/Crystals Veer roundabout. Once you're there though, they only parking options you have is valet. Walk through the dark and masculine walls of bellman lobby, step into the elevator and you get to sit on a plush seat inside while it takes you to the top. Oooh, comfort. Doors a jar. To your right you'll see a vending machine for mini Moet bottles at $25 a pop, but you'll have to ask a front desk agent for a token to access it first.
Makeshift yourself to the center and you'll see the open space of the front desk. Floor to ceiling windows that aren't glared by rays of sunshine-- you'll know that the lighting for your snapchat will be decent. Saunter to the left of the front desk is a decorated hallway with white strings long ribbons swaying back and forth, if the room was dimly lit near blackness it would actually give a more haunting effect. This hallway leads to the public bathroom which is a whole world of its own.
Walk back to the front desk, and the Tea Lounge will be at your right, completely open in view. Beyond that though is a door that leads to the Mandarin Lounge that takes pride in its high-rise views and intimate bar setting.
The atmosphere was very "Asianesque" at most. You've got the autumn equinox colors of red, yellow, orange and smidgens of purple that it feels like royalty in the Bling Dynasty. My friends and I were seated at a table alongside the front desk area. Although I did request to be seated near the window area for a view, most spots were already filled by the time we got there. A request does not mean a guarantee, so it didn't bother me. The seats were plush and comfortable -- I sat on the couch with my friend -- however, it does have a tendency to make you sink into it. What with me being the shortest of the group made me feel a lot smaller than I already am!
We had 2 orders of the afternoon tea lunch since our waitress suggested its enough for 3 people (this is by the assumption that we aren't extremely hungry and just wanted to enjoy the tidbits of high tea). Comprised of pastries, three flavors of jelly, a dainty selection of aesthetic desserts, and a few bites of savory items. As for tea, we opted for Jasmine Earl Grey (of course!) and Life Through Water as a Health & Wellness tea (because yerba mate). I personally favored both and really liked that they gave us cream and cute mini jars of honey for the Earl Grey tea. The yerba mate used in the Life Through Water tea wasn't bitter at all, and the lemongrass wasn't overpowering either. The desserts weren't ridiculously sweet but it was somewhat of a challenge trying to splice them for 3 people (I ended up having my friends mostly do it since their knife slicing precision was on point haha).
On the whole, I would definitely like to come back here again with my girl friends for a girls day out though, I'm sure they'll enjoy and indulge on the orient aesthetics and confectionary selections.
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