*doesn't understand why no one has reviewed Sentosa*
I love the beaches at Sentosa, haha, mostly because there're no other beaches for me to love in SIngapore.
Great place to laze around for the afternoon. The not-so-recently-but-still-pretty-"recently" added restaurants and cafes are also good for after-tanning yakking and more lazing around. :)
I don't really go as often as I'd like cos of the stupid $3 entrance fee, but I guess they have to find some way to make up for their ginormous loss while building the monorail.
No comments about the other many tourist traps, I mean attractions at Sentosa. They don't float my boat.
An Australian-Asian fusion cafe. We felt the design and furnishing looks more like those small family restaurant.
We were greeted warmly by the service crew at the entrance and guided to a table. Although its "crampy" but very clean and tidy. The crew proceeded to explain that orders are to be taken and paid at the cashier. Nets acceptable.
Sets inclusive of a main course, soup, dessert and a drink at $14.90 which we loved as its valued for money on the face value.
Soup: Bit blend for taste and had to add pepper.
Main course: Ordered black peppered sirloin ($11.90), Chicken chop (part of set meal). Sirloin was fine though its taste was covered by the sauce which was too spicy for me. Rice that came with the main course was too dry though it still taste quite nice. Chicken chop was fine and tender but the sauce was too blend. At least for the person who ate it.
Dessert: I ordered "Crazy Sue" ($4.50) which was a chocolate and orange flavor cake. Nice blend of both flavors and not too sweet so even when I am full I still can finish the cake. Chocolate walnut that came with the set was also recommended. Commendable, although its a set meal at a low price, the quality and quantity of food wasn't compromised.
Garlic bread: A bit above average though I still prefer the one at "Spaghetti Too" reason being the cheese was not chewy enough and bread not that crispy though its already better than a lot of others I've tried.
On the whole, the taste of food weren't too great. Above average I would say and definitely valued for money. The quality of customer service was also there and highly satisfactory.
I, a fan of desserts and Yami Yoghurt, was more than excited when we walked past Yoguru. The prices are all in Feizhu's review and they seem right. So you can refer to that.
I was a teeny bit sad when there were only two flavours to choose from. But the lady at the counter mentioned that Original flavour was a little sweeter whereas the YoguBliss one was more sourish so I picked Original.
There were about 14 toppings to choose from and I took some time with that. So maybe the lack of flavours is a blessing in disguise.I picked out Oreo Crumbs and Cornflakes for $1.80. I think that it was a nice combination in terms of taste as it adds texture to the yoghurt.
But it was quite messy to eat as the cup overflowed. If you pick one topping it was ok, but two toppings was a little too much and you would risk having it all over yourself when you were done.
I'd have to agree that Yoguru is sweeter and softer than Yami (although I don't find Yami TOO sourish) and I like how Yoguru is fatfree too. But it really is quite expensive. A regular cup of Yami one topping is $3.75. But I paid $5.10 for my yoguru with two toppings. Note that the price diff between one topping and two isn't very much.
I would give it 3 and a half stars really... take away half for being more expensive for a slightly smaller serving.
One big bloody proof I DO NOT have to stay there to know their SERVICE SUCK!
Yesterday I called the hotel because my mom's friend from Taiwan wants to stay there because of her seminar that is there. (SEE? You hold a seminar there and can't bloody stay there!)
SO, I called the main line, some friendly lady said "hold the line" nicely, and she'll trans me to the reception (because I wanted to ask if there is vacancies for 11th - 13th)
I waited, and HUNG UP! COS I WAITED FOR BLOODY 20 mins and I finish watching an episode of Naruto!
I called again, same nice lady, and finally I got through the reception desk. Another nice lady greeted and asked "May I help you?"
I asked, "I just want to check if there is any room vacancy for 2 regardless twin or singles on the 11th TO 13th."
THE LINE WENT BLANK, she went ERRR, and the background was like:
"I don't know what the b*tch was saying." (IN CHINESE)
!@#@#$#%%%% I AM A BLOODY CHINESE AND THEY DARE SAY THAT IN THE BACKGROUND WHEN I CAN HEAR???!!!!
and obviously they are PRC cos singapore service line is floooooooded with PRCs.
So, another PRC, i suppose is her superior, answered:
"What's wrong?" in an assertive tone... (WTF???!!!)
Me: "EERM! You prefer me to speak chinese right?"
ok and i went on repeating every thing in mandarin, and I was yelled it:
"MAN LE! (Full house!)" and she slammed.
I didn't bother to feedback, cos i knew it will be IGNORED!
I told my mom, she insisted she was lying, cos her boss which has a travelling agency says if book thru him, will have vacancy.
SO I TRRIED ALL OVER AGAIN.
SAME!
SORRY TO BLAST IT ALL OUT here but I guess there is no other place for me to comment.
Just to emphasize, I am not xenophobic and I absolutely love my PRC colleagues while I was working a shortwhile in Lunar. They are so adorable and caring, sometimes very slow but if I taught them patiently they listened...they cat fight against each other but not me and took care of me like a little girl (though sometimes we know more cos of our command of languages and dialects).
OK, I DO LOVE some PRCs, I am not here to yell at them as a whole, but why do you put PRCs on your reception desks and none can comprehend English, when it is the most used language? Wha I PITY the angmohs. and the PRCs don't even seem to be trained to understand basic English except the greetings.
So they are there to LITERALLY answer phones to make sure it is answered n call ppl "ba puo" or "po niang" (both means B*tch)?
I don't even want my mum's friend staying there. I hope a Hotel Royal management personnel reads this.
I AM VERY ANNOYED. I BLACKLISTED THE HOTEL on my own BLACK LIST.
The teppanyaki and steampot itself was good, not fantastic but good, the variety of food wasn't a lot, maybe because it was weekday lunch, we went on a promo that every 2 person get 2 cups of free ICE CREAM GOO.
FYI: Yuki Yaki is also famous for its Ice-cream teppanyaki. YES YOU FRY THE DAMN ICE CREAM GOO.
Sounding so gooooooooooooood, my friends and I went there after deciding to skip class.
We couldn't finish the food and it says no food wastage, so we dumped everything like fried rice and took on games to stuff food into the loser.
After that comes the climax. Ice-cream frying.
Excitedly we discussed about what flavours we want so that we won't have a repeat.
We had:
1) Green Tea: Looks like pea vomit, smells like green tea with toooooooooooo much milk. (YUCKS)
2) Durian: Looks like mango/orange cream, smells like durian from the garbage 10days ago.
3) Chocolate Looks like chocolate, taste like cheap china chocolate, but actually the best flavour of all.
4) Orange Sherbet Looks like Orange juice, smells like orange juice your mum left you 3 days ago.
5) Strawberry Looks like Pink goo, smells like sneeze from a bad breath uncle, taste like that too. Had a hard time gettin rid of that taste in the mouth.
6) Grape Looks purple, smells like grape soda, taste like grape soda, bundung style in a bad way :(
7 & 8) After the terrorising taste test, we GAVE UP. and took only 2 more chocolates.
AND IN THE END, we got those free flow drinks like coke, apple soda, orange juice and put it on the cold plate, TASTED SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE ICE CREAM GOO MIX.
Yea so do that next time, forgo the mixes.
Fun only in the frying which sticks in really easily, we cleaned by secretly turning the heat back on to melt ice, pour water in and drained it out thru the catch at the side...so it wasn't so bad.
Yes it's much more spacious, not as smelly, there is bar with cheap booze, classic rock music, waiting time not so bad, service still as good, loads of sauce and condiments...
Food slightly declined, toilet stinks (not their fault), argh....guilty of craving sometimes.
I was a fan of Annalakshmi since 2 years back when it was operating in Excelsior Hotel.
Because of their unique concept, (BELIEVE IT!) you really can pay what you want to pay them, more like a donation.
Money goes to some cultural center in India and etc.....
You must be thinking that they must be a shobby restaurant with rotting tables and stained tablecloth and serves food in only banana leaves.
WRONG.
Service better than many A-List restaurants, as clean as your own home, cosy like your mom's place (used to be big with many artefacts but cost reductions...) soft ethnic Indian music, quite a decent variety of choices, RESTAURANT STANDARD CUISINE.
**NOTE**: I USED THE WORD CUISINE.
I brought my boyfriend there to PROVE that we don't need to slurge to get good food in a restaurant as a bet, he thought the place would be dirty, to his amazement, the place...not so fantastic that you can call it a date, but it's one of those days when you care tight on cash but still spoiled to want good filling food, GO TO ANNALAKSHMI.
Not trying to be a cheapo here, once it just saved my bloody life. No bloody money but still spoiled. My 2 friends and I only paid $15 for the food. Well it's all vegetarian so, it's not that bad, well that's I could afford.
A few things u need to tahan when you are there:
1) REMEMBER TO CALL TO RESERVE. - and remember to call back to make changes or the aunty will be damn fierce.
2) I recommend you go during Mon-Thurs after 6.30pm for dinner ala carte cos more selection and you order what you want, not take from buffet spread which is on weekends that people take and make the spread look REALLY GROSS (plus little selection).
3) Seldom the cutlery is slightly dirty so be nice and tell them about it cos this place, you don't pay GST you got almost no right to KB.
4) Don't waste food.
5) Upon payment at the entrance, tahan then same old aunty who takes reservations, tahan her scrutiny at your stinge, it seems it's never enough whenever whoever pays. Bravely say how much u are paying for how many people, and TAHAN when she slams the receipt at you.
The only bad thing abt this place, GET THROUGH THE RESERVATIONS, ENTERING, PAYING, and everything else will be heavenly.
Highly recommended:
1) Annalakshmi Special (Drink) Yoghurt like drink that is VERY THICK, orange and honey like, need to mix alot of water for me.
2) Annalakshmi Special (Fried Rice) Very nice fried rice with bits of spices and those colourful bits you get in those fruit wedding cakes you get when you go for chinese weddings.
3) Gobi Manchurian Cabbage Fritters that taste like SWEET and Sour Pork chinese kind. (WARNING: Sometimes they serve it soggy, u cant complain.)
Went once with 5 friends of mine, and it was a hoot! Although we only managed to play about 2 or 3 games, it was a pretty darn fun experience!
There're not many places in Singapore that allow you to have as much childish fun as board game cafes. :D
'Who's the Boss?' was the most memorable of all the games. Do try it if you drop by!
Anyway, not all is fine and dandy with Settler's... if you notice, it's a board game cafe. The "board games" part is totally fine and fun, but the "cafe" part.... kinda non-existent, if you ask me.
Unless you count half-cooked spaghetti as food, that is. They can do way way way better in the food department. Heck, my 8 year old cousin can probably do better than them, haha.
So my advice? Just go there with a full tummy and play to your heart's content!
I went to get my brows done some time ago. It was a busy evening for them, and I had to wait for about 30 minutes before it was my turn.
I didn't make an appointment though, so I can't really complain about that, although I do wish they would tell me that it was 30 minutes, instead of assuring me that I would only be waiting for 15 minutes.
So I did my brows, and it was good. I've done my brows at many, many places, and this place was one of the better ones.
Some places just want to get it over and done with, and do a really slipshod job. But the lady that was doing my brows was really meticulous and friendly, and she was explaining to me how one of my brows is just a little higher than the other.
1=SGD 0.0587
IMM is a great and wonderful place to shop and eat, IF (a big if) you can 1) Get there without private transport. 2) Actually get a parking lot.
I drove there today at around 6:40 pm, and after going round and round the carpark for more than 20 minutes, I was forced to go somewhere else to eat.
Other than this, I love the variety of food in there, and the layout of the shopping center.
Hope they improve the parking situation soon!
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*doesn't understand why no one has reviewed Sentosa*
I love the beaches at Sentosa, haha, mostly because there're no other beaches for me to love in SIngapore.
Great place to laze around for the afternoon. The not-so-recently-but-still-pretty-"recently" added restaurants and cafes are also good for after-tanning yakking and more lazing around. :)
I don't really go as often as I'd like cos of the stupid $3 entrance fee, but I guess they have to find some way to make up for their ginormous loss while building the monorail.
No comments about the other many tourist traps, I mean attractions at Sentosa. They don't float my boat.
Rating given:
An Australian-Asian fusion cafe. We felt the design and furnishing looks more like those small family restaurant.
We were greeted warmly by the service crew at the entrance and guided to a table. Although its "crampy" but very clean and tidy. The crew proceeded to explain that orders are to be taken and paid at the cashier. Nets acceptable.
Sets inclusive of a main course, soup, dessert and a drink at $14.90 which we loved as its valued for money on the face value.
Soup:
Bit blend for taste and had to add pepper.
Main course:
Ordered black peppered sirloin ($11.90), Chicken chop (part of set meal). Sirloin was fine though its taste was covered by the sauce which was too spicy for me. Rice that came with the main course was too dry though it still taste quite nice. Chicken chop was fine and tender but the sauce was too blend. At least for the person who ate it.
Dessert:
I ordered "Crazy Sue" ($4.50) which was a chocolate and orange flavor cake. Nice blend of both flavors and not too sweet so even when I am full I still can finish the cake. Chocolate walnut that came with the set was also recommended. Commendable, although its a set meal at a low price, the quality and quantity of food wasn't compromised.
Garlic bread:
A bit above average though I still prefer the one at "Spaghetti Too" reason being the cheese was not chewy enough and bread not that crispy though its already better than a lot of others I've tried.
On the whole, the taste of food weren't too great. Above average I would say and definitely valued for money. The quality of customer service was also there and highly satisfactory.
Rating given:
I, a fan of desserts and Yami Yoghurt, was more than excited when we walked past Yoguru. The prices are all in Feizhu's review and they seem right. So you can refer to that.
I was a teeny bit sad when there were only two flavours to choose from. But the lady at the counter mentioned that Original flavour was a little sweeter whereas the YoguBliss one was more sourish so I picked Original.
There were about 14 toppings to choose from and I took some time with that. So maybe the lack of flavours is a blessing in disguise.I picked out Oreo Crumbs and Cornflakes for $1.80. I think that it was a nice combination in terms of taste as it adds texture to the yoghurt.
But it was quite messy to eat as the cup overflowed. If you pick one topping it was ok, but two toppings was a little too much and you would risk having it all over yourself when you were done.
I'd have to agree that Yoguru is sweeter and softer than Yami (although I don't find Yami TOO sourish) and I like how Yoguru is fatfree too. But it really is quite expensive. A regular cup of Yami one topping is $3.75. But I paid $5.10 for my yoguru with two toppings. Note that the price diff between one topping and two isn't very much.
I would give it 3 and a half stars really... take away half for being more expensive for a slightly smaller serving.
Rating given:
BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOODY HELL.
One big bloody proof I DO NOT have to stay there to know their SERVICE SUCK!
Yesterday I called the hotel because my mom's friend from Taiwan wants to stay there because of her seminar that is there.
(SEE? You hold a seminar there and can't bloody stay there!)
SO, I called the main line, some friendly lady said "hold the line" nicely, and she'll trans me to the reception (because I wanted to ask if there is vacancies for 11th - 13th)
I waited, and HUNG UP!
COS I WAITED FOR BLOODY 20 mins and I finish watching an episode of Naruto!
I called again, same nice lady, and finally I got through the reception desk.
Another nice lady greeted and asked "May I help you?"
I asked,
"I just want to check if there is any room vacancy for 2 regardless twin or singles on the 11th TO 13th."
THE LINE WENT BLANK, she went ERRR, and the background was like:
"I don't know what the b*tch was saying." (IN CHINESE)
!@#@#$#%%%% I AM A BLOODY CHINESE AND THEY DARE SAY THAT IN THE BACKGROUND WHEN I CAN HEAR???!!!!
and obviously they are PRC cos singapore service line is floooooooded with PRCs.
So, another PRC, i suppose is her superior, answered:
"What's wrong?" in an assertive tone... (WTF???!!!)
Me: "EERM! You prefer me to speak chinese right?"
ok and i went on repeating every thing in mandarin, and I was yelled it:
"MAN LE! (Full house!)"
and she slammed.
I didn't bother to feedback, cos i knew it will be IGNORED!
I told my mom, she insisted she was lying, cos her boss which has a travelling agency says if book thru him, will have vacancy.
SO I TRRIED ALL OVER AGAIN.
SAME!
SORRY TO BLAST IT ALL OUT here but I guess there is no other place for me to comment.
Just to emphasize, I am not xenophobic and I absolutely love my PRC colleagues while I was working a shortwhile in Lunar.
They are so adorable and caring, sometimes very slow but if I taught them patiently they listened...they cat fight against each other but not me and took care of me like a little girl (though sometimes we know more cos of our command of languages and dialects).
OK, I DO LOVE some PRCs, I am not here to yell at them as a whole, but why do you put PRCs on your reception desks and none can comprehend English, when it is the most used language? Wha I PITY the angmohs. and the PRCs don't even seem to be trained to understand basic English except the greetings.
So they are there to LITERALLY answer phones to make sure it is answered n call ppl "ba puo" or "po niang" (both means B*tch)?
I don't even want my mum's friend staying there.
I hope a Hotel Royal management personnel reads this.
I AM VERY ANNOYED.
I BLACKLISTED THE HOTEL on my own BLACK LIST.
Rating given:
The teppanyaki and steampot itself was good, not fantastic but good, the variety of food wasn't a lot, maybe because it was weekday lunch, we went on a promo that every 2 person get 2 cups of free ICE CREAM GOO.
FYI: Yuki Yaki is also famous for its Ice-cream teppanyaki. YES YOU FRY THE DAMN ICE CREAM GOO.
Sounding so gooooooooooooood, my friends and I went there after deciding to skip class.
We couldn't finish the food and it says no food wastage, so we dumped everything like fried rice and took on games to stuff food into the loser.
After that comes the climax. Ice-cream frying.
Excitedly we discussed about what flavours we want so that we won't have a repeat.
We had:
1) Green Tea:
Looks like pea vomit, smells like green tea with toooooooooooo much milk. (YUCKS)
2) Durian:
Looks like mango/orange cream, smells like durian from the garbage 10days ago.
3) Chocolate
Looks like chocolate, taste like cheap china chocolate, but actually the best flavour of all.
4) Orange Sherbet
Looks like Orange juice, smells like orange juice your mum left you 3 days ago.
5) Strawberry
Looks like Pink goo, smells like sneeze from a bad breath uncle, taste like that too. Had a hard time gettin rid of that taste in the mouth.
6) Grape
Looks purple, smells like grape soda, taste like grape soda, bundung style in a bad way :(
7 & 8) After the terrorising taste test, we GAVE UP. and took only 2 more chocolates.
AND IN THE END, we got those free flow drinks like coke, apple soda, orange juice and put it on the cold plate, TASTED SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE ICE CREAM GOO MIX.
Yea so do that next time, forgo the mixes.
Fun only in the frying which sticks in really easily, we cleaned by secretly turning the heat back on to melt ice, pour water in and drained it out thru the catch at the side...so it wasn't so bad.
Brain Freeze. For the fun: AVERAGE 3 STARS.
Rating given:
Don't know why I forgot to review this.
Yes it's much more spacious, not as smelly, there is bar with cheap booze, classic rock music, waiting time not so bad, service still as good, loads of sauce and condiments...
Food slightly declined, toilet stinks (not their fault), argh....guilty of craving sometimes.
Rating given:
I was a fan of Annalakshmi since 2 years back when it was operating in Excelsior Hotel.
Because of their unique concept, (BELIEVE IT!) you really can pay what you want to pay them, more like a donation.
Money goes to some cultural center in India and etc.....
You must be thinking that they must be a shobby restaurant with rotting tables and stained tablecloth and serves food in only banana leaves.
WRONG.
Service better than many A-List restaurants, as clean as your own home, cosy like your mom's place (used to be big with many artefacts but cost reductions...) soft ethnic Indian music, quite a decent variety of choices, RESTAURANT STANDARD CUISINE.
**NOTE**: I USED THE WORD CUISINE.
I brought my boyfriend there to PROVE that we don't need to slurge to get good food in a restaurant as a bet, he thought the place would be dirty, to his amazement, the place...not so fantastic that you can call it a date, but it's one of those days when you care tight on cash but still spoiled to want good filling food, GO TO ANNALAKSHMI.
Not trying to be a cheapo here, once it just saved my bloody life. No bloody money but still spoiled. My 2 friends and I only paid $15 for the food. Well it's all vegetarian so, it's not that bad, well that's I could afford.
A few things u need to tahan when you are there:
1) REMEMBER TO CALL TO RESERVE.
- and remember to call back to make changes or the aunty will be damn fierce.
2) I recommend you go during Mon-Thurs after 6.30pm for dinner ala carte cos more selection and you order what you want, not take from buffet spread which is on weekends that people take and make the spread look REALLY GROSS (plus little selection).
3) Seldom the cutlery is slightly dirty so be nice and tell them about it cos this place, you don't pay GST you got almost no right to KB.
4) Don't waste food.
5) Upon payment at the entrance, tahan then same old aunty who takes reservations, tahan her scrutiny at your stinge, it seems it's never enough whenever whoever pays. Bravely say how much u are paying for how many people, and TAHAN when she slams the receipt at you.
The only bad thing abt this place, GET THROUGH THE RESERVATIONS, ENTERING, PAYING, and everything else will be heavenly.
Highly recommended:
1) Annalakshmi Special (Drink)
Yoghurt like drink that is VERY THICK, orange and honey like, need to mix alot of water for me.
2) Annalakshmi Special (Fried Rice)
Very nice fried rice with bits of spices and those colourful bits you get in those fruit wedding cakes you get when you go for chinese weddings.
3) Gobi Manchurian
Cabbage Fritters that taste like SWEET and Sour Pork chinese kind. (WARNING: Sometimes they serve it soggy, u cant complain.)
That's all, u got to try to believe it :)
4 and a half STARS.
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Went once with 5 friends of mine, and it was a hoot! Although we only managed to play about 2 or 3 games, it was a pretty darn fun experience!
There're not many places in Singapore that allow you to have as much childish fun as board game cafes. :D
'Who's the Boss?' was the most memorable of all the games. Do try it if you drop by!
Anyway, not all is fine and dandy with Settler's... if you notice, it's a board game cafe. The "board games" part is totally fine and fun, but the "cafe" part.... kinda non-existent, if you ask me.
Unless you count half-cooked spaghetti as food, that is. They can do way way way better in the food department. Heck, my 8 year old cousin can probably do better than them, haha.
So my advice? Just go there with a full tummy and play to your heart's content!
Rating given:
I went to get my brows done some time ago. It was a busy evening for them, and I had to wait for about 30 minutes before it was my turn.
I didn't make an appointment though, so I can't really complain about that, although I do wish they would tell me that it was 30 minutes, instead of assuring me that I would only be waiting for 15 minutes.
So I did my brows, and it was good. I've done my brows at many, many places, and this place was one of the better ones.
Some places just want to get it over and done with, and do a really slipshod job. But the lady that was doing my brows was really meticulous and friendly, and she was explaining to me how one of my brows is just a little higher than the other.
I'd def go back again if I'm around the area! :)
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