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Chinese, Seafood, Asian, Singaporean
Meals
Dinner, After-hours
FEATURES
Takeout, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Parking Available, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service

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It may not be in the most convenient location but that doesn’t deter the crowds from descending on this open-air space. Nearly everyone is here for one...
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Reviewed 3 weeks ago

Overrated. Price is steep for its kind of location and ambience. Food is full of starch, even for the vegetable dishes. Not recommended.

Date of visit: February 2024
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Reviewed 18 January 2024

It is not possible to get the crab without the bones. It took me an hour to get the meat out because there was not suitable forks for that job. And the nice buttersauce was cold then. I ordered the smallest portion but got a...heart attack of the price 90,25 Sin$ I am sure I didn't get 900 gramm. Maybe they weigh the sauce too. I have eaten better and cheaper crab. This was overpriced. When you pay with creditcard you have to pay extraMore

Date of visit: December 2023
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Reviewed 17 April 2022

We called to place an order today. The staff manning the telephone was rude. Seems like she doesn't want to be at work. Really frustrating speaking to someone who doesn't believe in customer service.

Date of visit: April 2022
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Reviewed 20 April 2021

Staffs should go for basic manner training . Very inpatient ride and show attitude to customers. Terribly poor service that I received though crab was nice to eat. Still can accept the poor service if Price is very cheap . But now price is not...cheap at all but so should train staffs with appropriate manner.More

Date of visit: April 2021
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Reviewed 29 August 2020

Visited the place on Saturday (29 August 2020) at 5.00pm. From the time we step foot into the venue till we leave the place, the service was distasteful and the main factor that I will never visit this place again. With no intention of being...a xenophobic, 99% of the staffs are from PRC and the particular one that attended to us had a service attitude that was Rude, Pushy in getting you to pay more by telling you that if you don’t add on certain items and decide to add on later, the waiting time will be 20-30mins more and asking you to add more soup+noodle ($8) to the crab beehoon because the serving size is small but in actual fact it was more than sufficient for 4 pax. When you don’t give in to her pushy sales, she shows her impatience and rushes you to make your meal decisions like you are damn poor but wants to eat at this prestigious place. I don’t know man, honestly speaking the neighbourhood Zhi char restaurant staffs possess more humane attitude than this bunch of staffs. The only pleasant staffs were the 2 local female students that seems to be working part time, very attentive and polite. With all that said, there were lots of empty tables at the time that we visited and hence, I see no reason for them to be impatient and rude in the service rendered. At least teach your counter staff or the entire bunch of them standing around doing nothing to say hi and bye to your customers. Total Bill: $300+ Items: 1 x Salted egg pork rib, 1 x qinglong vegetable, 1 x Asparagus w scallop, 1 x Chilli crab (Mid size), 1 x Crab beehoon (Small size), additional soup for beehoon, tea set, chargeable wet wipes. Food left me feeling very thirsty, lots of msg I guess. Crab is good, however with such rude service it just spoils your meal. I think you are better off going to normal zhichar stalls.More

Date of visit: August 2020
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Reviewed 12 August 2020

The rich, creamy and slightly sweet milk-based broth for this dish never fails to impress me 💕 Perfect for dinner on a rainy night!

Date of visit: March 2020
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Reviewed 15 March 2020 via mobile

We reserved s table but when we got there no table was available and the food takes very long even when we ordered in advance so this place is trash

Date of visit: March 2020
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Reviewed 24 February 2020 via mobile

Clever use of fragrant curry leaves for the black pepper crab. After first tasting this unique prepared crab dish it was difficult to appreciate their signature crab swimming in creamy gravy. Overall we were pleased with deep fried and crunchy tofu and chicken wings. The...tofu and wings were nicely seasoned with flavors after younger through the crunchMore

Date of visit: February 2020
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Reviewed 18 December 2019

Busy place serving crabs out of this world. Opt for the chilli crab and you won’t regret. Excellent food at a reasonable price and good portions. Good idea to reserve a table, otherwise you have to queue.

Date of visit: December 2019
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Reviewed 9 December 2019 via mobile

We had chili crab and black pepper crab. Both were delicious. You must call ahead and reserve a table or you will be in for a long wait.

Date of visit: December 2019
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Reviewed 18 November 2019 via mobile

My favourite place in Singapore for seafood. Not a fancy place but food is great. Best crab I have ever tried. We ordered butter crab and the noodles with crab; delicious! Better to book in advance since always full

Date of visit: November 2019
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Reviewed 25 October 2019 via mobile

Overrated ! Service was okay since we were the first customer there at 5pm. At least if the foods were no good ,we can blame it on being the Restr “too busy” . Seriously nothing that we ordered tasted good, even the signature dishes .......so they even warned their customer “No 100% Guaranteed solid crab” haha.. and crab is not cheap these days, thus if no good , too bad . I will not be back for sure ..More

Date of visit: October 2019
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Reviewed 9 October 2019

Must try the chillie crab, very tasty. It is not cheap but worth to have a great dinner with family. The overall environment is fine, te service is good, ad the staff are nice & friendly. Highly recommended for family & friends gathering. Enjoy!

Date of visit: November 2018
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Reviewed 5 September 2019

In general the food here is good but because i eat here quite often, sometimes the food standard drops

Date of visit: June 2019
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Reviewed 19 August 2019

We went by for a casual quick dinner after strolling around a nearby park. It seems the crab was a popular choice but none of us enjoys crabs so we order usual broccoli Vege, tofu dishes, fried rice, venison, and chicken. And we were just...very surprised that a popular Chinese restaurant can cook so badly that not one dish we order was nice to eat. We couldn't finish most of it. I wonder why people come to this eatery where serving awful Chinese food and don't provide good service. But then we didn't try crabs so we cannot say much about crab dish, maybe it is heavenly good??? I don't know. We left in dismay and never will return again. There are too many nice Chinese eateries around Singapore which charge less and provide better service.More

Date of visit: August 2019
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Better to just call them, they are at a hawker stall
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We booked by phone. Not sure if you can book on-line.
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