Bakerzin (Baker's Inn) (United Square)

I love Bakerzin's cakes. They are really rich and in acceptable quantity. My mum, brother and I decided to patronise Bakerzin at United square because of its citibank promotion on christmas dishes.

My brother order pork chop with spagetti, I order Bolognese spagetti and my mum order the christmas set lunch. The waitress was quite blur that she forgotten to write down my mum's orders, which she said had to wait for 20mins to bake. So when my dish and my brother's dish arrived, my mum is still left figuring out when her dish will come when she has waited for 35 mins. We asked the watiress and she stoically said she did not wrote down her order :s So we had to wait for another 15 mins for her dish to be served up.

My spagetti was really not up to standard. The sauce was too heavy and there wasn't sufficient mince meat in the sauce. So the taste was not very palatable. To digress, I usually order bolognese spagetti in most western restaurants, so I sort of know where their spagetti stands.

My brother's spagetti is rather good. With good portion of pork chop, some side vegetables and olived oil dizzled spagetti. Not too bad.

My mum's dish was quite tasty actually. The ham was covered with melted cheese that was sandwiched with slices of pineapple. There was a side of boiled baby potatoes and a generous serving of garden salad.

To end off, we had the warm chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream. It is really super rich and creamy. Luckily we only order one and shared among the 3 of us, if not we won't be able to stomach the cake.

Anyway, the main thing about this restaurant is the service. We tried to ask for water, only to be served 15 mins later, and when we wanted the bill, it took forever until we can't tolerate it no longer that we went to the counter to pay out bill. The service was definitely lacking here.

I have visited the United Square outlet many times and i have found that the service is deteriorating. It is not worth to pay the service charge. The last visit really takes the cake (no pun intended), we were there at about 9.10pm and the service staff said that the kitchen is closed and only take away is allowed. I believe that the closing time was 10pm! They should just close down permanently! I will not visit that Bakerzin again.

It was fortunate that I didn't read the reviews that rates the service & food quite poorly.

Friday night, family night out, need to find a place not to far, not crowded and good food.

I thought I will give the $13.80++ set meal a try. I don't have too high expectations of a desert place serving meals. I was hoping it will be slight better then Cafe Cartel, and it is!

Restaurant is not crowded or cramped. We (2 adults and a 3 yrs old) ordered 2 set meals. Here's the run down:

Sweet Corn soup - my wife really likes this! I would prefer it served a bit hotter

Mushroom, Ham crispy pizza - they used a pastry base instead of the normal pizza dough, interesting twist, my daughter likes it!

Ham & bacon penne in creamy sauce - penne was done al dente, my daughter likes it!

Free flow bread - nice touch to place a revolving toaster next to the bread counter, good quality bread, olive oil & balsamic vinegar provided

Italian sodas - good change from the usual soft drinks

On top of the set, we also ordered the macaroons ($0.90 each) and Chocolate Amer ($3.30?) as they were on offer and they were really good!

I agree that the service can be quite spotty, it is hard to get consistency with min wage part-timers who are clearly quite inexperienced. Fortunately, I don't require much of them apart from bringing me the food from the kitchen, clear the plates (that what waiters at Restaurant City do!) & the bill (I had to remind the waitress to add the desert in the bill).

I also wonder how they manage to include curry chicken, lor bah, pasta, sandwiches into their menu. Probably the curry chicken will not be prepared form scratch. I saw the other table ordering it and it looks good!

I think my mum will like this place, next time will come with her.

I thought I was going to have a good time last Tuesday night. Alas, bad service left a bitter aftertaste in my mouth. Not literally, since I still had fairly delicious tiramisu and chocolate cake.

I haven't been to Bakerzin for at least a year. Being a Lee Hwa privilege card holder, I was given a free warm chocolate cake for my birthday. So my husband and I trotted down to the United Square outlet for dessert.

We arrived at about 8pm and after some ten minutes of trying to get a server's attention, we made our order for a slice of cake, a drink and the free chocolate cake. The outlet was not crowded, with a smattering of couples and families. There was ample staff but all seemed to be very busy walking up and down. Nobody actually sat us down at a table, nobody handed us the menu, instead I had to find a seat myself and grab the menu off the rack. Also, I must mention that the long sofa seats had crumbs and the floor was in fact, a little dirty.

After 5mins, the waiter brought over my Lee Hwa voucher and requested I write my name and IC number on the back of it. It took some effort on his part to search for a marker that could write on laminated card. However, even as my tiramisu and drink were served rather quickly, my warm chocolate cake was nowhere in sight in the next 20mins.

At around 835pm, i noticed a warm chocolate cake on its way out of the kitchen and it headed straight to an adjacent table. Eh? I was surprised it would take so long for a simple dish, I'm sure the cakes were all done and just needed to be heated up in a microwave or oven and then plated nicely. I asked a waitress named Serene to check on my order.

Off she went, hollering loudly about the warm chocolate cake for table xx, whether it was ready or not. It felt a bit hawker centre style. Needless to say I overhead the staff saying that my order was missed and there wasn't anymore warm chocolate cake orders in the kitchen. I gathered most of my info from there, because dear Serene did not come back to me to tell me what happened. I guess she presumed I overheard her talking loudly.

I had to wait another 20mins after that and I "bugged" the wait staff 3 times for them to hurry. My husband was suitably pissed and so was I. We thought it would be a fun and quick dessert stop before heading home, but it took an hour.

I will not be visiting Bakerzin anytime soon, especially the United Square outlet.

Yes... that's right. Bakerzin have a promtion now, the cookies n cream cheesecake is selling @$3.50. How could i have missed this opportunity??? I got the cheesecake without even looking @ the rest of the other cakes on display.

cOOKIes n cream cheesecakes a.k.a oreo cheesecake is widely popular with a lot of ppl. However not many ppl would consider bakerzin for their cnc cheesecake as they only concentrate on their choc versions n probably the bloom or Ny cheesecake. I think that might b the reason they decided to launch this promtion.

Neverthless it was quite good. There is of course evident flavour of oreo, cheese is smooth n creamy. It kinda melts in ur mouth. Personally, i rate it 7/10. Do try it out b4 the promtion ends.

It’s all about you. It’s all about you baby. Yesterday you asked me something I thought you knew. So I told you with a smile, ‘It’s all about you‘. Say ‘if you made my life worthwhile it’s all about you’. It’s all about the company, it’s all about the cakes, it’s all about the laughter, it’s all about the fun, it’s all about the sugar-rush, from the desserts.

It’s all about pistachio and strawberry. The fraisier ($6.90++) was the first one we started with. The very subtle & mild pistachio butter cream, worked for me, but it might just disappoint the pistachio purists. A simple dessert, with the almond sponge cake enveloping the butter cream. I’ll pick this again, yes I will.

On my first time trying the Strawberry shortcake ($6.50++), I was disappointed by Canele’s rendition. Well still basically a shortcake sponge with cream and strawberry, Bakerzin’s version appealed more to me. But, for people with stronger taste buds, go for other highly-flavoured cakes instead of this.

It’s all about New York. No, you do not need to go all the way to NY just for a slice of the famous New York cheesecake ($6.50++). Possibility one of the most popular cheesecake, this one here came with a coat of tangy strawberry glaze, topped with a sole berry. Light and airy, a few of us preferred this to the stronger lemon cheesecake.

Lemon, cheese, and cake. I’m talking about the Bloom cheesecake ($6.50++) of course. Cheesy flavour with a strong hint of lemon. In the battle between the supporters of the heavy-cheesy, and the light subtle dessert, I’m leaning towards the light airy camp in this case. It’s not that I do not like the cheesy type, but the bloom somehow was overwhelming, although I like the lemon zest.

It’s all about the love of coffee, and chocolate. The Sumatra ($6.50++) coffee mousse with the combination of dark and white chocolate. I ain’t a coffee lover, so it didn’t quite worked out for me.

It’s all about childhood, birthday, and nostalgia. I remember the time when I was a kid, eating my black forest cake to celebrate the-day-I-was-borne. The Foret Noir ($6.90++) was the biggest in slice, with chocolate flakes showered all over the chocolate almond sponge cake soaked in kirsch. You know, the only reason why I detested eating black forest cake was the presence of brandied cherries within. Why can’t we do a black forest without them inside!

It’s all about chocolate. It’s all about chocolate baby. The sweet, o so sweet chocolate mousse with the flourless chocolate sponge. The “oomph” and “ahh” all came out. Heavenly chocolate. I can’t imagine somebody who will dislike this, and chocolate. The Chocolate Amer ($6.20++) was by far, one of the best cakes among the 10 that we tried.

With crunchy walnuts, chocolate ganache, and caramelised bananas. Ambrosia ($6.50++). I’m always against the marriage of banana and cakes. And now, there’s even a third party, walnut involved. Not my cup, or rather slice of cake.

I called this the cousin of Foret Noir. Having similar ingredients like chocolate mousse, and brandied cherries, the Coeur Noir ($6.50++) has dark chocolate glaze instead of the chocolate flakes, and a hazelnut dacquoise base.

Bakerzin’s signature, warm chocolate cake ($4.90, usual price $9.80). The chocolate ooze out like lava erupting from volcano. Like I mentioned before, when you eat the warm chocolate with the cold ice cream. The chemical process between the two combined together, was magic. At the current promotional price, i’ll agree its a good deal to try this out.

I must say the arrays of cakes Bakerzin offered, make them one of the leaders for gourmet cakes. But I still think that in terms of appeals, Bakerzin loses out, with Canele having stronger marketing and branding. I’ll like to thank the warm hospitality of area manager, Miss Janet Chua, who was around at the Novena branch.

You are always welcome to visit ladyironchef for a full-up on this trip. Whatever written herein are my genuine feelings expressed in words. Food, my dear, is what they call an adventure!

I generally look forward to any meal at Bakerzin, I'm a regular at this branch as it's near my office. I’ve never had a bad dish there but the Chicken Curry is an all- time favourite so I usually end up having that . It’s fragrant and spicy without being too heavy or laden with chilli and there’s always a generous amount of gravy, chicken and potatoes.

Today, both myself and my colleague happened to order the famed curry. I ordered it a la carte and my friend had it as part of the set meal. I asked the waitress if I could possibly not have any drumstick pieces with my curry as I don’t like drumsticks. She looked really unwilling (although polite all the same) and basically told me that she would ask the chef but could make no promises. My friend, no doubt spurred on by my own anal behavior, asked for the same. However, he was told by the waitress that as he had ordered the set and “the set comes pre-prepared as a set” he could have no choice at all in the pieces of chicken in his dish, and she couldn’t even make a request on his behalf!!

What on earth did this mean we wondered? It was like a riddle! Are dishes ordered as “sets” specially prepared way earlier and left to stand till kingdom come (or till someone has the misfortune of ordering them)? Surely this can’t be the case. Or was what the waitress said code for – “well cheapo you’re already getting a good deal with the set so don’t expect anything more”? Bizarre. Especially since the 2 dishes looked exactly the same upon arrival.

Well. Not exactly the same, as it turned out. My portion of curry had only 1 piece of chicken in it when the dish usually comes with 2! I guess their deviously clever interpretation of “please can I not have the drumstick” was to simply leave the whole piece out altogether! And of course needless to say, my charity-case set menu pal was served with his (possibly day old) drumstick.

Come on Bakerzin, I know we’re in a recession but is there any need to be so stingy? As another one of my friends wisely pointed out, you actually pay 50 cents extra for the drumstick when you go to the chicken rice stall.. looks like one man’s prize drumstick is another man’s poison! And why do the poor fellas who order sets get no choice at all?

Not cool Bakerzin, not cool at all.

Came here for dinner with the family. Well actually I wanted to come here for dinner so that I can have the warm chocolate cake for dessert. Haha. I just got this to say. Forget about eating the main courses from Bakerzinn. The pastas that we ordered are not nice. Not even ordinary. The teriyaki chicken with rice was very sweet. What a let down. And I hate myself for suggesting this place for dinner.

BUT.... the warm choc cake, oh my. Very good. A dollop of vanilla on the top with some sliced strawberries and blueberries and raspberries decorating the plate. My spoon broke open the chocolate crust to expose the molten lava within. This lava flows generously, filling with emotions that makes my heart break. hahaha. Such a royal sight and at a great price too. Heavenly.

Well guys. Dun go there to eat their food ya? Juz stick to the desserts! The ratings will only be for the dessert, not for the food.

came with my godmother here ytd coz i wanted to give her a treat. but she ended up treating me:P

it was a random but pleasant choice of place for dinner. the elongated photo-album-like menu is somewhat not reader-friendly because it is small and a little thick and we have to turn many pages to have a look at all the food. there are abundant and comprehensive pictures though, which i really appreciate. i guess it is so thick because a page contains about 1-2 dishes on the average with a large picture.

by paying an additional $9.80 on top of the price of your main course, you can get a beverage and either a soup or 2 dessert tapas. or for the classic meal, by paying an additional $14.80, you can get a beverage and a classic desert, which is more expensive than the dessert tapas. e.g. of classic deserts are the famous warm chocolate cake, strawberry shortcake, baked apple tart with ice cream...all the mouth-watering desserts!:D

we ordered a main course ($13) and a main course with set dinner ($12 + $9.80). the ham, bacon and mushroom pizza had a unique crispy flaky base. the mushroom was v fresh and dark, the ham and bacon yummy and the cheese made the pizza very chewy. the taste was..excellent!

the linguine with mushroom in cream was..not bad..i think its because we shared it so it didnt taste nauseating like usually if you finish one whole creamy pasta. the mushrooms again were juicy and fresh and the linguine smooth, tangy but cooked to optimum.

i ordered a steamer with vanilla and rose petals and i felt like an angel! the rose petals were so fragrant and not too much vanilla was added to the steamer so it was appropriately sweet.

the banana pizza with cinnamon ice cream would be suitable for those who dont like too sweet stuff but appreciate the combination of many aromas. i really liked the slight toast taste and the combined fragrance and taste of flaky biscuit, hot banana and cold cinnamon.

the coupe cheesecake which is actually an ice cream with small nuts and biscuits, is light to the taste but still miraculously subtly sweet. i cant taste any cheese, so i suspect probably cheesecake smtimes doesnt have to include cheese.

spend above $40 and you can take part in the valentine's day lucky draw to win necklaces:)

the waiters are v observant and diligent and polite and i always almost laughed whenever i look at them because their eyes always seem to meet with the customers whenever the customers need them. haha.

this place has a wide wide wide range of desserts and cakes so do go try it. im going back for my warm chocolate cake.

i found the place a little too cold and i was surprised that there isnt music. kevin kern music at least?

i like the way they designed the restaurant. the kitchen was stretched along the length of the restaurant so that the dining area can seem larger.