hburn10's Reviews
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I suspect this spot is really more of an afterthought as its focus is really on fashion by the beloved designer. It feels like it was set up for its similarly atas customers who wants to rest their feet after having a hard time deciding which dress to buy, but later on finding out the space is really quite empty most of the time, decided to open it up to non-customers.
The luxe set up makes it quite unique than your average cafe in Orchard, on top of its cafe in a shop setting.
Menu is restricted to only coffee / tea / drinks and sliced cakes outsourced from some place I cant remember. They have an afternoon set which is priced at $19.90 for a pot of tea and a slice of cake which is a little pricey I thought.
Cake - I ordered the chocolate one (mango and other flavours are available) - well cake is not really the exact word to use as it really like a cake version of a mille-feuille with layers of thin crepe alternating chocolate and cream. It was okay and I felt the cream taste was too heavy for my liking. Nothing memorable. Tea was avergae too.
Service was very slow, not sure if its due to the staff really being meant as the staff for the boutique itself rather than cafe service.
Would I come by again? Not deliberately but if I really need that quietness and space to chill out, maybe.
Login to add your comment. Or, Register for an account now. It's free!The setting very nice.. exquisite cake and tea pot.. and i love the chandelier! It looks awkwardly hauntingly beautiful!
19 May 2012 at 10:27 pm
Yup the place is very exquisite indeed.
24 May 2012 at 2:02 pm
Live music with a bilingual band completes a night of chilling out - their bands are rather good with both genres of music. The food is a secondary issue to me when I'm here but they are nonetheless not too bad.
I've had their pizzas, pastas, deep fried cereal calamri (like cereal prawns but its squid rings), mee goreng (modern take on the instant favourite), and fries on a couple of occasions and they were all quitr morish, except the time where the seafood in the pasta was not fresh. But otherwise good.
Their seasonal promos are quite good too, currently I believe is getting 0.3litres of beer for every main course ordered before 8pm. Check out their facebook page too which keeps you updated with what's happening.
Service is smiley and nice, nothing to complain about.
Login to add your comment. Or, Register for an account now. It's free!looks like a great place to hang out... I must visit this place!.....
16 May 2012 at 11:59 am
Yes you should!
16 May 2012 at 2:35 pm
If you forget to produce your member card, you'll have to email the hotel outlet directly for them to do the necessary accrual.
My gripe is that some staff are not familiar with dining accrual as sometimes when I present my card they say indicate that the points are only eligible for stays, which is not true.
Guest service is via emails which is not too friendly as response time is slower.
Can be improved.
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If you forget to produce your member card, just take a snapshot of your receipt and send it on to them and the accrual will happen.
Guest service is also good with options of calling, emails, or instant chat which I find very useful.
The only frustrating thing so far is the customer service staff tends to remember all point accrual as stays and not F&B, so I've had occasions where I was informed that they cant locate my record as they were looking into stays whereas my accrual is for dining.
But other than that, things usually happen smoothly.
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The usual form filling took place at the reception and we were asked to sit at the waiting area. Not soon after, a staff came over to 'sell' their bottles of essence oils, which were priced at $38 per bottle (and they were small bottles!) and she was polite and not pushy and all that but no thanks.
For the massage itself, I got a Chinese national masseur and she looked quite petite and I wondered if she would have the strength to do it. But I was so wrong.
What was supposed to be a relaxing massage quickly dipped when she told me I had serious problems with my shoulders and lower back and started focusing alot of these 2 areas, so much so she only managed to cover the back part of my body without the other side being massaged.
Which was actually okay for me as I really think the massage helped although it left me with bruises for the next 3 days. But the process was just painful.
Skill wise, I think my masseur was not bad actually. Kudos to her for having the strength to knead me into a pained mush.
After the treatment, they came with the expected package approach but we werent there for that. At about $300 for 5 massages, the price is not beyond reasonable but packages are quite a hazard nowadays so didnt want to take that risk.
Overall a pleasant experience still.
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