Romantic 4-Course Dinner for Two on the Beach by the Amari Samui

Wonderful experience , but could have been better. My expectations were probably too high so I was a little disappointed. I think we booked the dinner too early in the evening, as I wanted to see the light fade at sunset. But then there were people sitting right behind us on their beach lounges which made us feel a little awkward . Eventually they did leave which was better. The set up was otherwise superb. The flowers on the table and the tent were a delight. The food was coming out too quickly and we had to tell the waiter to slow down. We have 3 hours . The food in itself was way too much and not of a standard which we would expect. Don't get me wrong the food was good and pleasantly presented, but i was expecting a better quality. Deep fried calamari, sweet and sour pork, massaman currie, spring rolls , chicken skewers are all lovely but it's what I would get from my local take away restaurant and not Amari Samui standards , or at least my expectations. There was far too much food, we struggled to eat half of it . 2 entrees each, soup , 5 main dishes and dessert was too much. Serving less food and better quality would have been much nicer. I picked this dinner because it sounded exclusive as in the writeup it said 'indulgent' and 'private', but there was nothing indulgent about the food and that's why were there-dinner and nothing private about location. None of the candles around the tent were lit and it wasn't a windy night. We walked home along the beach past other hotels doing similar things and wished we had gone there instead. Overall though it was a pleasant evening with excellent service and the table was well setup, but the food let us down.