Before I begin my objective review of this place, I only have 2 words for you. Don't go! I decided on the restaurant the night before after the FA cup shenanigan with Tasty Bites and some other buddies. Honestly, I was lazy. I just went to the UOB and Citibank credit card websites to see where I could bring my mum, and save money at the same time. The AMALFI Restaurant looked interesting. And it was open early. So I decided with my missus to bring my mum there for an early lunch.
Went there around 11. First clue to a bad restaurant, emptiness. I forgot, second clue to a bad restaurant: only patronized by tourists. You ever been to a foreign country and got stuck in a tourist-centric place? They charge you a ridiculous amount for mediocre food? This sentiment best describes how I felt about the restaurant yesterday. We entered the restaurant. Found a seat. And decided to order. The server was cute, and polite. But I have to say her command of English just wasn't there for some reason. My dad wanted to order a sandwich, and in the menu it states that we have a choice of bread. So my dad decides to ask the nice server what choices he had, she initially thought that the sandwich was just white bread, but she later decided to seek a second opinion, and true enough, my dad had no choice of bread. There was only focaccia bread. Sigh. I then decided to see how bad the restaurant was by asking for the Antipasto sampler. Apparently, on the menu it states that I can get one of every kind. Alas, the Antipasto is only available after 6pm. Third sign of a bad restaurant: the restaurant cannot deliver what it states on the menu! So in total, we ordered a farmhouse salad, a very bad salad, a side order of bruschetta, a Roma pizza, topped with ham and mushrooms, a side order of fried scallops and my dad's sandwich.
The bread that came with the bruscehtta was cold. My dad's sandwich bread that he had no choice of was cold, the salads were bitter. The pizza was abysmal. How wrong can you go with pizza? Its the food that every tourist place has! EVERY! And that was bad. For a mother's day lunch, it was bad. Bad. Bad. Bad. I wouldn't recommend this restaurant to my enemies. Its that bad.
Value wise, its okay. With the 15% discount, I managed to escape the penitentiary of bad Italian food with a $70 bill. Don't bring your date there. Don't bring your parents or out of town guests there. I always thought Pasta Fresca was the new low for local interpretation of Italian food. I guess, I change my mind after this experience.
Food: 2/10
Service: 6/10
Value: 5/10
Hope this helps.
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