Helen OBoyle

Review of Sheraton on the Park

By international standards, this is a 4-4.5 star p...

By international standards, this is a 4-4.5 star property, more for the service than for the building itself. I've been known to book a weekend here when they had a special on rates, and I always enjoy it -- although I enjoy it more when my room has a Hyde Park view. :-) (Go for the view if you can.)

But mostly what I wanted to talk about was Feast, the new name for the Botanica Brasserie (which seems to be otherwise unchanged). Sunday brunch is great. I wouldn't necessarily call it a phenomenal deal at full price (around $80), but for variety that will please everyone form young children, to teenagers, to your grandparents at a good quality level in a very nice environment, it's fabulous. I like that they do a good job of identifying items that are dairy-free and gluten-free on their buffet -- which offers prawns in the shell, bugs, crabs, limited sushi, salads (and real bacon you can top them with), a cheese area, some sort of steamed or grilled fish, other meat dishes, and, well, just lots of different things.

The one thing they could do better, I think, is offer optional smaller plates for those of us who tend to be of the plate-filler nature. :-) They've got the small dessert portion thing down though. Lots of mini and petit four sized sweets to choose from.