Cafe Cartel (Plaza Singapura)

Cafe Cartel confuses me! Sometimes it's very good and I left with a smile but sometimes it's also very bad and I swear to myself not to eat there anymore.

Service level also varies. For instance, one time when I was there with my boyfriend, we couldn't get one waiter to attend to our order. Of course we know we can go to the counter to give our order but won't it be nice if the waiter comes? And it wasn't even crowded. (My boyfriend ended up going to the counter anyway) But then after that our glasses of iced water were never empty. They always quickly filled up our glasses. Now tell me how should I rate the service if it's like that? Sigh..

My biggest advice for anyone who wants to eat at Cafe Cartel is... Please don't go there when it's crowded! You might end up being seated at the uncomfortable and narrow seats tables and not getting any bread at all! (the bread is nice btw)

The same thing goes for food. One day it was sooo good. (I think I had the pan-fried linguini). Then the other day I tried their Fish n Chips, it was too crispy and oily.. Also when I tried their grilled chicken with mushroom sauce.. No mushroom present in my dish! Strange.. I have tried many other dishes I guess, since I actually come here pretty often with my boyfriend or friends.

Oh and their set lunch is very nice! It's very worth it ^^

So since they always confuse me.. I guess 3 stars will be enough lah. Just in the middle. Hehe.

My first cafe cartel recently experience was at Plaza Sg on my birthday.. I went there a few years back and remembered the free flow of bread and their unique ordering style.

I love the free flow of bread, mainly because I love bread. And the butter/margarine provided is nice too. Ordered the supreme platter,oriental chicken salad, seafood pasta and a burger for my bf. dissapointed with the supreme platter as even though the menu stated that it came with the cheese waffle fries, it came with normal fries. but the nuggets were goof though. boyfriend had that crispy chicken burger which he seemed to like.

My favourite 2 dishes were the oriental chicken salad and the seafood baked pasta.. the salad was fresh..love my lettuce and the chicken wasnt hard..small pieces that prepare me for my next meal..and while im not one who likes salad dressing, i find this dresing light and quite refresing. not creamy like thousand island. as for my baked pasta..the servings are generous..the prawns were fresh..squid didnt taste like rubber bands and sauce was tasty..i get to choose my sauce..either tomato or cream..definitely the latter..plus anything with cheese baked on top of it gets thumbs up from me..esp if its well baked..aka not too burnt..juz nice and brown..the cheese isnt hardened n u get that effect that the cheese stretches with each fork/spoonful of pasta u take..

love the service too..theyre so patient with my many requests for my food..like -salad without dressing.. -no carrots.. more sauce..

and they alwez get the bread for me..even tho i dont mind gettin it myself.. worth it..esp since no 10%..juz the 7% charge..