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Emily Koong
6 reviews on 1 places
Fantastic Flemish cuisine. Make sure to book ahead. I would tecommend the filet mignon and Flemish beef stew. Mussels serving was huge! Needed to be shared between two at least but they have a one meal per person policy. I ordered the set menu which included soup of the day (tomato) and a dessert chocolate mousse or coffee. Unfortunately due to miscommunication at the end of the meal, we received only the cappuccino which was not very good / from a machine.
We found the serving sizes to be very generous, we struggled to finish our dishes which was a shame as it was delicious and also quite pricey. Note for mobility issues: the WC is up two flights of a narrow spiral staircase.
We found the serving sizes to be very generous, we struggled to finish our dishes which was a shame as it was delicious and also quite pricey. Note for mobility issues: the WC is up two flights of a narrow spiral staircase.
Generally a good yum cha restaurant but we find it quite inconsistent between dishes. We dined on Sunday 1.30pm session and felt that they were serving a lot of dishes that had been cooked for the previous session as they were cold/lukewarm or getting soggy, i.e. bbq pork pastries were stale, Cheong fun was cold and falling apart.
Updated 10/23: visited TGI now that it is well established in the upstairs Doncaster Dining area. Food quality has improved from last time, however we didn't find it was good value ($19.90 for 4 potato skins, wings about $2 per piece). The weekday specials seem to be a good deal though. Service is still a sore point as staff were very disinterested and dropped plates/food on our table without acknowledging us at all! Disappointing.
Past 2021 review:
Food was just average for the price and poor service really impacted the experience. We ordered the nachos, half rack pork ribs and 12 wings (buffalo and chipotle honey). Wings and ribs are good but I wouldn't order the nachos again (overpriced, sloppily assembled). The famous chips were very soggy and slaw was bland.
Our food arrived lukewarm because it was sitting under the lamps (right next to our table) for a while. Had the same problem later when I ordered takeaway and it sat on the bench for 10 minutes before I walked over and asked if it was mine.
The waitstaff were quite disinterested and won't help tables not in their section. We were told to order on the app which isn't possible with the voucher we had, so it took half an hour to order. We flagged down a waitress waiting at the lamps (no food ready) and she started taking our drinks order but wouldn't take our food order... She then rudely told the manager "go get [our waitress] and tell her to do her job". I hope that TGI will change this policy to ensure that the waiters support each other to ensure customers get a good experience.
Past 2021 review:
Food was just average for the price and poor service really impacted the experience. We ordered the nachos, half rack pork ribs and 12 wings (buffalo and chipotle honey). Wings and ribs are good but I wouldn't order the nachos again (overpriced, sloppily assembled). The famous chips were very soggy and slaw was bland.
Our food arrived lukewarm because it was sitting under the lamps (right next to our table) for a while. Had the same problem later when I ordered takeaway and it sat on the bench for 10 minutes before I walked over and asked if it was mine.
The waitstaff were quite disinterested and won't help tables not in their section. We were told to order on the app which isn't possible with the voucher we had, so it took half an hour to order. We flagged down a waitress waiting at the lamps (no food ready) and she started taking our drinks order but wouldn't take our food order... She then rudely told the manager "go get [our waitress] and tell her to do her job". I hope that TGI will change this policy to ensure that the waiters support each other to ensure customers get a good experience.
Ordered a grazing box over the phone (generous small size $50) as well as some deli rolls for a lockdown picnic. We went with the recommendations and any likes/dislikes were accommodated. Standouts in the box were the brie and honeycomb, hummus, olives and prosciutto. Highly recommend! We shared these 2 boxes between 5 and didn't finish everything :)
Long Beach Cafe is the name of the drinks stand which has very nice watermelon juice, young coconut and sirap drinks. Not all of the hawker stands are listed individually, but we enjoyed the coconut ice cream, crispy pan cakes, grilled stingray and prawns, fried oysters, and Delicious Snack as well.