So of course, I found this place through Instagram, and it looked amazing. Cherry Blossom pink…read moretheme, who could resist! We took the ferry from Astoria and got off at the last stop, which is only a few minutes away from Pier 15, where Watermark is located. The sun was out, but it was chilly with the wind. We arrived and were greeted and taken to our reservation after a few minutes. Right off the bat, it looked great with pink everywhere.
The "glasshouse" was a bit small, and my chair was wobbly; I felt like it was going to break if I moved too much. There was barely any room to stretch your legs. Our server came by, gave us the menu, and disappeared. After a while, he eventually came back to take our order. The place was packed, I'll give them that, but given that we paid for the special dinner package, they would be more attentive, given the price we paid. We finally got our drinks, which were not included in the dinner experience, by the way. The package only includes the guava tea, hummus appetizer with pita bread, and a choice of one entree each with dessert to finish it off. Anything else you pay for separately.
For my drink, I got the Blushing Bourbon, which was really good! As for the food, we started with the Crispy Coconut Shrimp app, which was good with the sweet chili sauce. As for the limited choice of entrees, we went for the Golden Chicken Milanese and the Sakura Teriyaki Chicken Bowl. The Milanese chicken, while it was huge, needed more seasoning; it tasted so bland, and the mustard sauce did not help at all. My friend did not like the Teriyaki chicken bowl, but I did, as it was much better than my dish. The portion, however, was small. After we had somewhat finished our food, we were served the raspberry macarons for dessert, which were good but tasted like regular macarons, so nothing special. Of course, the check came quickly without being asked, with an 18% tip automatically included.
After paying, we went around exploring photo ops. There was a lot to take pictures of, very Instagram-worthy, but that's about it after experiencing it. I felt like we overpaid for the whole dining experience and should have just visited for the pictures and maybe a drink or two and gone somewhere else for dinner.