Hot Tomato Café & Grill (The Star Vista)

Hot Tomato sounds like a soup restaurant but it ain't not only sells soups but a good range of localised western cuisines. I heard the steak is yummy and value for money and their portion is good as such, here I am trying it out for myself.

The cafe is situated on the other side of The STAR PAC facing the rochester side and the cafe is pretty small but spacious enough to hold at most 30pax.

Menu is pretty comprehensive, you have got a good mix of western choices like fish and chips, baked stuffs and chicken chop with pasta. An additional of $3.90 gives you a soup of the day, slice of garlic bread and drink.

We ordered a chicken chop with pasta and the aglio olio noodles are yummy though i get a little thirsty after eating, i really wonder why. Noodles are chewy and cooked right and they do use olive oil for dressing as you can see them placed all around their cafe as a kind of deco (so we really wonder if we are eating them or they are just for deco). The chicken chop is super black peppery, tender and juicy and yummy. We also ordered a fish and chip, the portion is only just right for one. Coupling the deep fried puffed up fish fillet are chunky fries and some ice-berg lettuce. It does not look appealing and the fish is only okay.

Overall the service is pretty okay, staff is not exactly friendly but the restaurant is clean and I don't have to wait too long for my food. The only upsetting thing is that they don't serve water or matter of fact charges $0.20 for a glass of water! WHY DID THEY EVEN DO THAT???? I think not serving water in a restaurant or cafe is a BIG NO NO.. even mcdonalds or other fast food chains do provide water! You mean you cannot even afford some tap water?

Food: 2.5/5 Service: 2.5/5 Price: 3/5 Ambiance: 3/5 Price worthiness: 3/5

Will I come back: Not really Will I bring my friends: If anyone is coming, I will be sure to ask them to bring along their water bottles or buy yourself some bottled mineral water.