Cafe L'Espresso

Decided to give it a try after watching Buffetlicious. Dined on a friday for the English High Tea buffet, which came in 2 seating timings. My sis & I opted for 12 - 230pm slot and am glad that it wasn't overly crowded. We were seated next to the desserts station, and in front of the spread of food.

 

Most of the food came in exquisite bite-sized portions with varieties of sandwiches, salads & dressings, cheese, fried prawns, scones and desserts ranging from cakes, ice-cream to chocolate coated fruits or mashmellows from the chocolate fountain.

 

I gave most of it a try and returned for more helpings on those that I personally like. I would say their prawns with mango crossiant was good, refreshing tasty. My sis liked their egg sanwiches, while I thought the foie gras pate tasted rather good. Their kueh pie-tee is a die-for! We had numerous of it, its crispy on the outside and crunchy on the inside, the taste is rather unique! simply delicious!

There were fried butterfly prawns, fried seafood rolls which were crispy. The lasagna surprisely tasted real good! I'm not someone who likes pasta in tomato sauce as I felt it has a sour taste to it. But, l'espresso lasagna really tasted good as it aint sour at all! I had plain scones with more strawberry jam and some whipped cream. The scones were light and fluffy, while jam & cream gave it a flavourful taste.

 

As for desserts, I love their cheesecake! and hazelnut chocolate mousse for my sis. Had some of the petite bite-sized oreo and choco cakes. Hibiscus tea was the choice of drink for us.

 

Basically it's still quite a nice environment to chit-chat with family or friends over a selection of fragrant tea and good food.

 

They have few varieties. So you will realise that you have been eating the same thing over and over again. Things there comes in really petite sizes. Slow to replenish and slow in clearing plates. The pastries are nothing much to rave about.

If you have a craving for English high tea, L'Espresso is the only place to go. Located inside Goodwood Park Hotel, L'Espresso serves delicious sandwiches, pastries and the most delightful dessert. It's hard to find bread pudding in Singapore and frankly, I think L'Espresso serves the best bread pudding ever. I doubt you could find another bread pudding better than the ones they serve here. So follow those Japanese tai-tais and take a weekday afternoon off and laze it away with fine food. Make your reservations though.

WOW! That is all i can say! WOW! I mean the coffee was like great and the ambience was awesome! Totally amazing stuff..

Many proclaim this as the best English High Tea here. I beg to defer.

The main seating area is very miserable. It's sort of along a walkway and at one end of the main lobby. Lighting was unprofessional. This is not the place for an elegant tete-a-tete over a cup of tea. The only thing that rescues it is if you are seated at the outer area just before the pool.

However, most waxed lyrical over the food and so that's what should matter, shouldn't it? (very debatable). Oh well, the food. First off, the quantity and variety of the spread is not impressive at all. The food were simply laid over a not too pretty counter in a not too attractive way. And that area is not conducive due to lighting, layout and overall condition of the area. But it will still score if the food is great. Well, it is not. Yes they do have foie gras pate, caviar etc but those served here do not give you an idea why they are supposedly prized items. I don't mind cheaper items but with good quality. It's almost demoralising to see supposedly exquisite items that are bad in quality. (I may be overeacting since I went with high expectations but honestly if I take that into consideration the quality at best is still average). Most items that I took simply tasted like they have been sitting around for a while, either in the kitchen or the fridge. Eg The shell of the vol-au-vent was limp and tasted flat. So was the sandwiches.

I would not mind this place for an afternoon or two but to me, it's really too far off to be the best English tea here. I would still prefer Ritz on all aspects and that's not my favourite. May still give it a go just in case the day I went was just one of those 'off' days, but even then I still doubt it is near the best, at all.

My friend suggested this place and I'm usually one not to be much bothered about the price if the food is good.

We had booked a table for the 26th so there was still turkey available. I'm assuming they don't usually serve turkey. Looking at the spread, I would say that it was pretty good value for money. There was the simple stuff like egg mayo sandwiches and scones. More filling stuff like the turkey, butterfly prawns and seafood roll (like the type you get on the cold dish during weddings). There was a pretty good selection of cakes too.

Not least of all, there was a chocolate fountain. However, this time, I did not quite attack the fountain as I usually do. What I did was to add the chocolate from the fountain to my chocolate ice cream. The chocolate fountain was definitely one of the better ones I've tasted! The chocolate ice cream is also nothing to be laughed at. I only regretted not going for that earlier so I could have a second serving.

The only thing about this place was that they put a really orange light over the scones so I had to take a good hard look to find the plain scone as I was worried it might contain some blueberry jam.

Oh and the high tea comes with 2 drinks. Drinks include cold drinks, coffee and tea (refillable with hot water).

we went there in eager anticipation of the hype that surrounds this cafe, the food and its value.

value for money is the right word to describe their high tea. its spread of variety is really only about that $33 dollars per person. the funniest thing is that my bf actually went "wait, that's IT?!" when he saw the full spread of food/cakes/nibbles.

the place is full, and if you're sitting near the end where the upleading stairs and lift are, you get ALOT of people walking by you (gardeners, bride & their entourage, tourists staying in the hotel..etc)

the waiters are really attentive and prompt. making the experience of that aspect a good one.

overall, i would still go again when i need a cheap hightea fix. =)

Went for the hightea buffet last sunday and it was the best buffet I've been to in terms of food quality. The buffet spread may not be impressive, but the food quality is excellent.

The sandwiches are extremely tasty, in fact, I went for a second round of sandwiches and forgo the dessert & ice cream(of which my sis says that they are nice too, how i wish i have a bigger stomach to stuff in all the food). It is my first time trying creme brulee and I love it! A thin layer of burnt sugar but not overly sweet! They have a nice choclate fondue too(too bad I din try it).

The buffet includes 2 beverages, I had a Iced Mocha and Iced Lemon Tea, too bad they say soft drink is not included(but i think i saw someone having it?). I really hope that they could include free-flow of drinks and soft drinks or fresh juices

The service is good, clearing of plates are quite fast. However, I have requested a change in seatings as I prefer the seats nearer to the food but the waiter says that all seats are reserved and that we could not change our seatings without even checking if all seats are specifically requested. In comparison, I had a lunch buffet at Cafebiz not long ago and the waiter is very helpful with our request for changing seats to a more spacious one.

Also, the tables are in same size, hence, 2 person goes have the same size table as 4 person.

Anyway, the buffet is really good, and I'm looking forward towards my next visit I love their food~~~~~~~~~

It was a pleasant experience. We stayed from 2-5.30pm on a Friday afternoon, chit-chatting away. The ambience was excellent, very quiet, cosy & relaxing. The buffet selection was reasonably good for the price of $33, lots of nice small bites. The price also includes 2 drinks, from a selection of coffee and tea. The only improvement I hope to see is that they can include more cold drinks & some soft drinks / always have a changing buffet selection.

aah, deeply controversial title i suppose? but ohwells, in my opinion one of the best localy.

Was planning a hightea session for my mom's birthday session and was discussing between sheraton towers (fully booked by the time I called), rose verenda( went quite a few times) and of course Cafe Lespresso. After coming across countless good reviews on the hightea here, I was always tempted to try the buffet but never had the chance since my family members did not really enjoy enlish food but preferred the chinese staples of rice and noodles. So far, most highteas that I have been to has a variety of items served, mostly including a form of fried noodles or rice(oriental style)-- even at tiffins room or rose verenda.

However, after much persuasion, we decided to go ahead woth the high tea at Lespresso and whao, we were impressed.
the buffet is SOLEY WESTERN, with savoury bite sized pastries and bread, intricately made, each unique and flavourful and probably can never be found in any other eatery. Amongst the bite size savoury items were foiegra on toast, salmon and carvier, and what i truely enjoyed was the chicken and fruit mix in the pi-tee shell. the shell was crisp and the fillings were moist and tasteful, sweet yet savoury with subtle creaminess that was not to cloying.
There were also a range of petite crossiants with 1.portebello mushroom and capsicum 2.normal ham and cheese 3.prawn and mango slasa
I personanly felt the portebello one was not bad, a relatively earthy taste but the prawn one fared much better with the slightly tart mango salsa and the crunchy prawn. It balanced the richness of the crossiant perfectly(: there were also a range of MINI sandwiches and paninis. The sundreied tomato panini was havenly!
There was a fried food section serving yam with prawns (fine, but cold), fired cod and bazil (OMG WONDERFULLL, CRISP AND DELICATE, NO FISHY TASTE) and minipotatiballs (real good!) ALso, there was a large bowl of lagsania that was really tasteful, brimming with a rich yet not too thick tomato taste but a pity was cold.

The desserts did not pale in comparison to the savoury items. The best i feel was the strawberry tart that had pistachos on its side. The tart base was thin and went heavenly with the succulent berry sitting above it. Not only did it taste delightful, it looked completely artistic. The hazelnut crunch cake was decent, i truely enjoyed the baze(rich hazel nut and crunchyy!) but i felt too overwhelmed by the moouse layer that made up most of the cake. The tiny opera was magnificant and the tart berry cake was marvelous--perfect balance or sour and sweet. The bread and buuter pudding was one of the best I've ever eaten and was tastey even without the cream accompaniment. The scones were average.
The chocolate fondue did not disappoint as the chocolate was of good quality, not sugar ridden or bland but a rich coca taste with a slight hinge of apt bitterness. PERFECT

However, I felt the spread was slightly limited, since only western food was served yet our country is widely international. If dimsum items could be served alongside (of similar standards), the high tea would be an obvious winner.

at 33+, my family and I felt that this indeed was one of the best high teas in town with its nice ambience and fine food quality. Service was relatively pleasant, but plates were not promptly cleared and we were upset to know each customer could only have two sets of drink. We were not informed of it before entering the restaurant nor was such a clause printed in the complimentary drinks menu.
However, it was an excellent fine-dining experienc(:
I heard that the high tea at ritz is similar, with not such a wide spread but good quality pastries and deserts. That shall be my next stop and Cafe Léspresso's rival-to-be. But for now, I would say this is the best high tea esperience ever!