Saizeriya Ristorante & Caffe (Orchard Gateway)

I have to say the price on the menu is tempting... Pictures looked good too and the choice and selections were ample and we were lured into this retro looking restaurant by what we see on the menu.

Its not crowded when we were lead into an open concept restaurant with wooden booth and green pvc cushion seats that reminded me very much of Jack's Place's Era... it kinda felt something like that, while the staff were extremely busy serving customer's in a sizzling plates of beef, pizza and other stuffs... We managed to pick an awkwardly one way in, one way out booth seat that was kinda interesting coz its a seat for 2 and we don't have to sit opposite.

Price was overly tempting and we began to indulge in our ordering... While the set meals came with a refillable drink of flavors to choose from the dispenser together with a soup which tasted below average and a salad that came cold in a small bowl which consists mainly of ice berg lettuce.

When the food arrived i was shocked by the extremely hot ceramic bowls and dodgy looking potato chips. It looked very much like prepared very much in advance and stuck into the oven for reheating.... well I praised them for not nuking my food in the Microwave.

The Meatballs were too dry and lack of sauce and overall was edible yet not appealing.

The escargots were fantastic, value for money, good portion of 6 with loads of garlic and butter.

The garlic pita bread was yummy... I was very pleased with the texture, the portion and taste.

The steak we ordered was merely average but meat was tough and well.. edible and not to complain coz the price is really reasonable in the orchard area.

My beef stew was not so bad except the beef was a little hard. Came with some dried up corn bits and well.. like i say.. edible but not particularly pleasing.

There is much to improve in food quality yet, its a nice place to hang. The appetizers are really quite not bad and next time i go, i must try the pizzas... The escagots are a must have as they are really yummy and super value for money. Great place for a casual dine in and quick fixes for craving.

Oh the house wine was very bad... we had a carafe of white and a carafe of red, both was really well.... thin like water, sourish with a bleachy after-taste.. its weird the description but yar.. generally it felt like that for me.. Perhaps my tastebud got spoilt by repeatedly burning myself off the super hot food from the baked plates....