I was invited to dine at TWV twice now, because it was supposedly the "it" restaurant at the moment. Both times I've been, both times I've come out disappointed.

The first thing that came to my mind stepping into the restaurant(and many other's I'm sure) is that TWR owners have totally ripped off Mimolette's concept, right down to the rabbits. First glance at the menu and description of their food (french comfort), as well as the Sunday Times write up of Alice in Wonderland concept, everything became like Deja-vu. Even the logo looked familiar. The old church was certainly very nice, and the renovations certainly looked expensive. But the restaurant had as much charm as CHIJMES itself.

So no points in creativity here, it was a total rip-off, copy cat of Mimolette. I'd have to say Mimolette has done a much better job with their less try-hard decor and food presentation.

The lighting for TWV was dim. Food wise, overrated and overpriced, really nothing stood out for me. Acoustic wise, terrible. Service was also unimpressive. With such a large dining hall and such poor lighting, I'm not surprised the waitresses couldnt see us! They really ought to do something about the acoustic and lighting.

This is what we had

Pig trotter terrine - very bland, and jelly like

Feta cheese spinach salad - simple enough, not hard to make

Lobster thermidor - way too creamy - much like a baked crab shell but worse

Sea bass in broth - too bland

Foie Gras meat ball bolognaise - weird. somethings just should not be mixed like this

Mar Bar souffle - messy and cannot taste any mars bar

the baked alaska - I think they tried to reinvent Mimolette's angel food cake but did not succeed

mac and cheese - could not even taste the truffles, we thought it was mushrooms, porcini at best

If you really want to eat French comfort food with old world charm and ambience, I'd stick with the original.