I wish I could leave ZERO stars for the Alpha Banquet Hall which we had booked on Friday, Dec 9th 2022 for a gathering of about 35-40 people. It was one of the worst decisions ever in our life to go for such pathetic party venue and more so, as we were a host. "Mr Aarun Khanna", the manager, is a big-time hypocrite. Please don't get duped by his sugar-coated talks. He will promise you something but what you will actually be served in Menu will be totally different. Here I try and list down our share of "shockers" which completely spoiled our special day:

1) Food quality can make or break a function and for good reason. What the manager served us on Dec 4th to check the quality of food (as part of our Gold Package) was quite impressive, which is why we went ahead with our booking. But later, what our guests were served on Dec 9th was absolutely DISAPPOINTING. I bet you would never taste such low-quality food elsewhere.
2) Initially, they only served the tea and cold drinks, and when we asked about coffee, only few 7-8 cups of coffee arrived and that too loaded with sugar. WHAT ACTUALLY SHOCKED ME WAS THE SIZE OF THE TEA CUPS. TRUST ME I HAVE NEVER SEEN TEA/COFFEE BEING SERVED IN SUCH SMALL AMOUNTS (5-6 teaspoons literally).
3) They served us with STALE vegetables, salad, gulab jaamun, gajar ka halwa and more, which was not the case when we checked their food quality on Dec 4th.
4) But we continued with the party lest we create a scene for our guests. Here comes the biggest shocker: When we finally arrived at the STICKY dinner table (which wasn't cleaned despite our repeated requests), we realised something was missing from the Menu. We had selected Vanilla Ice-cream, Gulab Jaamun and Gajar ka Halwa as part of desserts. But we were in a state of shock to see that VANILLA ICE-CREAM WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE MENU AND NONE OF OUR GUESTS WERE EVEN SERVED A SINGLE BOWL OF THE ICE-CREAM.
5) When we inquired about the same, the manager started arguing with us. We clearly told him that we have been cheated and would cut some amount from Rs 60,000 that we had to pay for such pathetic food. But he shamelessly said that only Rs 500 should be cut from the total amount.
6) Not to forget, lights were too low everywhere, right from our room to the hall to even the corridors, which were not decorated with a single flower as promised during our initial talks.
7) If you think we are done, here's what will completely leave you red-faced. MANY OF OUR GUESTS WERE DENIED MINERAL WATER BOTTLES AND WHEN WE WERE ABOUT TO LEAVE AROUND 11 PM AND REQUESTED FOR A BOTTLE, THE MANAGER ASKED US TO PAY EXTRA AMOUNT IN CASH FIRST TO GET MINERAL WATER.

All in all, it was quite a PAINFUL experience for us to host a function at the Alpha Banquet Hall in Sector-31, Noida. Please don't waste your money on this low-graded banquet hall.

[P.S. I have attached two pictures in this post. First one is of the SILVER package we had selected at the venue itself. Later, we switched to GOLD package (2nd picture) as we wanted to include MINERAL WATER BOTTLE, GAJAR KA HALWA AND MORE SNACKS in our menu.)