I went here with three friends for a "ladies who lunch" outing on a Wednesday.

Capella is a nice restaurant with white tablecloths and the bit, but it wasn't pretentious at all. We ate outside under a covered walkway cooled by a fan.

We all ordered the set lunch for S$27 which includes a starter, a pasta main (meat or fish for S$34) dessert and coffee or tea.

The food was very good. Ingredients were fresh and the dishes didn't have too much oil. Plus the portions were quite healthy.

I had the rocket salad to start followed by a large portion of eggplant, tomato, basil and mozzarella spaghetti. Very nice. The eggplant melted in my mouth. The dessert wasn't large, but it was a perfect refreshing touch - a ricotta pudding with some fresh fruit. Another diner had the grilled seabass and another had the linguini with smoked salmon.

We all agreed that the food exceeded our expectations.

The setting was so lovely we lingered there for over 2 hours and never once felt rushed by the wait staff.