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“Great place for buffet!”
Review of The Line

The Line
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Ranked #80 of 15,213 Restaurants in Singapore
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Good for: Child-friendly, Groups, Local cuisine
Dining options: Dinner, After-hours, Breakfast, Lunch, Buffet, Reservations
Neighbourhood: Tanglin
Description: You will be able to savour all the delectable dishes from The Line in our newly created made-to-order menus served tableside. Choose from over 88 delectable choices — from fresh seafood on ice, sushi selections, authentic Thai salads, freshly-baked naans from the tandoor oven, homemade curries, through to dainty and delicious desserts, there’s something for every palate. As a destination of choice for family gatherings and birthday celebrations for almost two decades, The Line continues to bring a sense of occasion and to reignite the joy of dining with an intimate and new gourmet experience.
Reviewed 28 August 2016 via mobile

Was our first time patronizing buffet at the Line. Buffet spread was incredible. Valued for money. Free flow of Seafood and Sashimi. This place serve fresh oysters, and various selection of seafood. For hot dishes, lamb, beef, and satay made available. The dessert here was really good. Will be back again next time.

Date of visit: August 2016
Thank Mikeyflee
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Reviewed 25 August 2016 via mobile

Visited this restaurant on a Sunday night for dinner buffet and I was not satisfied at all. Stayed in Singapore for 5 days and that was the first time I had any disastrous food. Being an Indian I always try other cuisines, but highlight of that was the Indian cuisine. All the other cuisines were just ok. With too much expectations on the black pepper crab that I had just tasted 2 days back in a hawker stall I was really excited to see it the buffet menu and dived straight in. But on a scale of 1 to 10 I would rate that crab around 5. The real disaster were the desserts. Being a medical student, I know the taste of food available in hospitals. Believe me, the Danish roll, and the softie available there were so out of balance that one bite put my taste buds into a terrible state. My all time favourite is the chocolava cake. I always thought no one could ruin that. But take a guess, these guesses did ruin it. That being said, the chocolate truffle was one of the best I had eaten in Singapore. Overall too pricy buffet for such a kind of food. I would say food for the patients.

Date of visit: August 2016
Thank kittuadusumilli
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SLSGM, General Manager at The Line, responded to this reviewResponded 31 August 2016

Dear kittuadusumilli,

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us which gives us the opportunity to continually improve our culinary offerings and enhance the dining experiences at the hotel. We are very sorry to hear that you found dinner at The Line to be less-than-satisfactory and have shared your comments with our Chefs who regularly refresh our menus to ensure that our guests enjoy positive and memorable dining experiences. We hope that we will have an opportunity to welcome you back and recoer your impression of The Line.

Best regards,
Reto Klauser
Vice President and General Manager

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Reviewed 24 August 2016

My most favorite buffet venues for lunch or dinner either with friends or family. I had visited this place since I first lived in Singapore in the year 1999.I first came to this place to celebrate the new year countdown to the year 2000. In the span of 16 long years I still enjoy coming back here to endulge myself on their sumptous food arrays. Their lobsters, oysters and prawns are to die for. Just with Appetizers alone I am already well spoiled in here. I love the bright set up of the place making it more vibrant either day or night.
Comfortable seating areas,great food for its reasonable price, polite and accomodating staffs. What else can I ask for ? Highly recommended .

Date of visit: December 2015
Thank welladelacruzc
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SLSGM, General Manager at The Line, responded to this reviewResponded 31 August 2016

Dear Wella Dela Cruz C,

Thank you for your kind recommendation, we are delighted to hear that you have continued to enjoy dining at The Line over the years and appreciate your kind compliments about our culinary offerings and service. We look forward to welcoming you back again soon.

Best regards,
Reto Klasuer
Vice President and General Manager

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Reviewed 22 August 2016

There were many good reviews over the Line's buffet selection and range of cuisines. However, my recent visit two weeks ago proved otherwise. The local food fest they are promoting did not impressed me. I even had a burger which the patty was not cooked through and was chewy. An improvisation of our local oyster egg failed in its attempt as oyster need to be cooked with the omelette, not just sprinkle some fried egg shards on raw oyster. Event he durian that was highly promoted failed to impress and was overly controlled. Not a pleasant experience to enjoy a buffet especially it is Shangrila.

Date of visit: August 2016
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Thank Michael C
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SLSGM, General Manager at The Line, responded to this reviewResponded 31 August 2016

Dear 870michael,

Thank you for taking the time to share this review with us. We are sorry to hear that you had a less-than-satisfactory experience at The Line and were disappointed with our heritage culinary promotion. We have shared your feedback with our chefs and our team at The Line who regularly refresh the menus and culinary presentations to ensure that our guests enjoy the best dining experiences. We hope that we will have an opportunity to welcome you back and recover your impression of The Line.

Best regards,
Reto Klauser
Vice President and General Manager

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Reviewed 22 August 2016

We went togther with our company together. The cod fish were very salty. At the indian cuisines, the tandoori and fish were equally salty. The satays they only gave out 5 to 6 sticks in once only. The chef would wait for the customer to go away after taking three or more sticks before handling out some more if there are. The chef actually took out the 5 sticks on the bbq after the one in front of me left and these fives sticks were overcooked. I declined to take these five sticks and the chef waived at me to take and i told him "burnt". After which he reluctantly took out the last 5 from the bbq stove and these were cooked with soot. (other buffet the chef just made and leave it for customers to help themselves to the food and prepared at intervals.) At the western cuisines, the thin crust cheese pizza i took a bite and throw it away. Compared to pizze hut and canadian i would rate it 3/10. My colleague said the oysters were fresh? (I dont eat raw food) but it came out quite slow. It was lunch and hence no alaska crabs. The cold crab looks miserable so i did not eat any seafood. At the Japanese sushi, i was surprise to find no unagi at all As most of the buffet i ate most had generous amount of bbq unagi for eating. The laksa i did not try it looks more like curry to me. I could not find any fresh vegetable at the salad stall. The orange pumpkin soup was also sour and salty. I like pumpkin soup however and the second pot was sweet and sour. The best was only the durian coconut cake and the raspberry cheese cake which i ate two each. The ice cream was hand made. I tried the hazenut and it tasted cheap not rich ice cream not at all comparable to hagen dazs or even magnum. The strawberry ice cream was like sherbet and i throw both scopes away. Overall my comment is this restaurant is not a generous at all. No value for MONEY at all. The auntie kept topping water and at one instant topped up my cup with hot water instead of warm water. Good grief i was careful with the water. Gotta Beware for little kids. one more thing i dont like her to touch and shift my cup when i am eating. Problem is both the plates collectors and water are served by the same group of people. Should have ask waitress to serve eater instead. My colleagues who ate there many times said the standard dropped a lot, Today. 25th April, Monday 2016. A bad experience. Shall never ever recommend.

Date of visit: July 2016
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Thank GOKL P
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SLSGM, General Manager at The Line, responded to this reviewResponded 31 August 2016

Dear GOKL P,
Thank you for sharing your detailed feedback which gives us the opportunity to continually improve our culinary offerings and service standards. We are very sorry to hear of your disappointing experience at The Line and have shared your feedback with our team and chefs who regularly refresh the menus and recipes at The Line to ensure that our guests enjoy quality dining experiences. We appreciate your time in writing this review and hope that we will have a chance to recover your impression of The Line.

Best regards,
Reto Klauser
Vice President and General Manager

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