Originally Posted by lost_in_translation

Presumably you've not stayed in many (any?) five star hotels in either SE Asia or the Middle East? I just did a three night stay here and thought the breakfast buffet was kind of appalling for this calibre of hotel, I ordered room service instead for two of the days as it wasn't worth going down to the buffet. Quality of what was provided was fine, but totally lacking in many things I'd expect:
- The only made-to-order item is eggs (although the wait was so long for some poached eggs I gave up trying), everything else sits out on the buffet
- Poor selection of fruit (no berries, no exotic fruit, etc.), single type of danish pastry which was not very good, poor selection of vegetables
- Completely missing many typical five star hotel breakfast basics like smoked salmon

Funny how different two people's perspectives can be, as the breakfast was absolutely the low light of the hotel to me.