Spinelli Coffee Club (Peninsular Excelsior Hotel)

You see it around, you think it's good. I think it's bad. I'll see it around, but I'll never go there again.

I was in the area twice and had to find somewhere to sit for a few hours. I thought the place looked good, and so I decided I'll sit there for the few hours and get a drink too. Sounds perfect. But it sure was disappointing.

I got myself a Iced Chocolate. It was actually hot chocolate with ice. The taste was normal.. like any hot chocolate. But the drink was very powder-y. And it didn't look any professional either, when the waiter came with my drink (after quite awhile) with the foam overflowing.

I was hungry, so I looked for something to eat. I thought the Mango Danish looked nice (it looked like a sunny-side up egg actually) and it was one of the cheaper pastries there going at $2 (their sandwich is 6 bucks!). But I was utterly disappointed to know that the mango thing in the middle wasn't exactly fresh mango. Rather, it tasted like cheap mango ice cream that you get from NTUC in tubs.

I know the place was bad; I had no choice but sat there again. I decided this time I'll get something with a bit of coffee. After all they are supposed to have good coffee right. So I got a Mocha Spin (apparently it's just ice-blended mocha). I don't know about you, but I couldn't quite believe that I paid, more than a mocha ice blend at coffee bean, for a cup of ice blended mocha that had "sand" in it. What I mean by "sand" is actually the coffee beans! It's weird and I really can't believe it, but why do you blend coffee beans?! It really ruined my whole drink. You just feel like spitting out every sand-bit with every mouth you take.

Horrible.. Really. Maybe their hot coffee drinks are good, but for me, I definitely won't be there again.