stahmo

6.8 Recommended

Food  8      Ambience  6      Service  6      Value  7     

Good roast meats, and their clay pot hotpots are really delicious. A pity they charge for small things like tea ($2 per person I believe) and take-away containers (50 cents each). Fried rice is great also, especially the salted fish version.

Sep 23, 2011

2 Not Recommended

Food  1      Ambience  2      Service  4      Value  1     

Ramen was absolutely disgusting, the worst I've ever had in this country. Overcooked noodles, large pieces of unrippable bok choi, and a cold sliced boiled egg (no, not a soy egg). The soup base was watery.

I should have returned it, instead I made myself (and my wife) eat it, and even paid. What was I thinking. Their sashimi salad was quite good, nice dressing, and the sashimi itself was also delicious, especially the salmon. Quite stingy on the quantity, though. I will never go again, wasted $9.5 times two for two bowls of bad ramen.

Sep 23, 2011

2 Not Recommended

Drinks  3      Ambience  2      Service  1      Value  2     

My entrée there was a dish of four spring rolls. They were burnt on the tips, the advice I got from the waitress was that it has to be burnt in order to cook the inside! I had never heard such a poor excuse, obviously, it was frozen. The laksa was good, I would go again, and they were generous with the meat topping. Not as spicy as authentic laksas though. The pad thai was also good.

The service and general atmosphere was bordering atrocious. The three waitresses never smile at you, never say welcome, never say bye. They don't even say "here you go" when giving you the food, they pop it on your table and dash off, even though they're not busy (80% of the restaurant was empty).

For most of my meal, two of them sat at guest tables with their backs towards all their patrons, eating lunch and chatting away. The third waitress sat at another guest table, near the entrance to the toilet, wrapping dumplings with her bare hands. When guests left, this waitress handled cash at the counter, returned dirty dishes to kitchen, then without washing hands resumed dumpling making! It's already extremely unpleasant to have staff make food in the guest dining area, but to see them do that without washing hands after handling cash was not acceptable. I wanted to try their dumplings, but couldn't.

Jan 25, 2011

6.8 Recommended

Food  8      Ambience  6      Service  6      Value  7     

Good roast meats, and their clay pot hotpots are really delicious. A pity they charge for small things like tea ($2 per person I believe) and take-away containers (50 cents each). Fried rice is great also, especially the salted fish version.

Sep 23, 2011

2 Not Recommended

Food  1      Ambience  2      Service  4      Value  1     

Ramen was absolutely disgusting, the worst I've ever had in this country. Overcooked noodles, large pieces of unrippable bok choi, and a cold sliced boiled egg (no, not a soy egg). The soup base was watery.

I should have returned it, instead I made myself (and my wife) eat it, and even paid. What was I thinking. Their sashimi salad was quite good, nice dressing, and the sashimi itself was also delicious, especially the salmon. Quite stingy on the quantity, though. I will never go again, wasted $9.5 times two for two bowls of bad ramen.

Sep 23, 2011

2 Not Recommended

Drinks  3      Ambience  2      Service  1      Value  2     

My entrée there was a dish of four spring rolls. They were burnt on the tips, the advice I got from the waitress was that it has to be burnt in order to cook the inside! I had never heard such a poor excuse, obviously, it was frozen. The laksa was good, I would go again, and they were generous with the meat topping. Not as spicy as authentic laksas though. The pad thai was also good.

The service and general atmosphere was bordering atrocious. The three waitresses never smile at you, never say welcome, never say bye. They don't even say "here you go" when giving you the food, they pop it on your table and dash off, even though they're not busy (80% of the restaurant was empty).

For most of my meal, two of them sat at guest tables with their backs towards all their patrons, eating lunch and chatting away. The third waitress sat at another guest table, near the entrance to the toilet, wrapping dumplings with her bare hands. When guests left, this waitress handled cash at the counter, returned dirty dishes to kitchen, then without washing hands resumed dumpling making! It's already extremely unpleasant to have staff make food in the guest dining area, but to see them do that without washing hands after handling cash was not acceptable. I wanted to try their dumplings, but couldn't.

Jan 25, 2011