Indochine Waterfront Restaurant

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Been wanting to visit this restaurant because I'm sourcing for potential date places and because I love Vietnamese food. 

At 4pm, Jane was starving (although I had been eating, including an entire huge packet of potato chips, the entire day) so we skipped Asian Civilization Museum, and went next door to the restaurant. Hey! Food over Knowledge, ok? The ambience was exoticizing Asia, obviously a tourist trap for White people. But I love it! That being said, the chairs were exceedingly comfortable, which almost made me want to have rattan chairs in my future apartment. 

Jane ordered a burger and I, stewed beef glass noodle soup. Jane's burger had a beef stench to it, and both our dishes were too salty. I very much prefer the Vietnamese Beef Noodles at Va Va Voom. I crave for it now and then, oh god, I must have it soon. 

The service was ok, our glasses of water kept refilling itself magically, although at one time, when we wanted to order, there was no server in the empty restaurant.

All in all, a pleasant but not memorable experience.

Great place to take friends from out of town/colleagues/ date to this place. The food prices do not justify the quality. a plate of small tom yam soup (just about 1 to 1/2 serving in a small bowl) Rather pathetic. next came the hotplate meat items.. overcooked. Well, any coffee shop or mid tier chinese restuarant would charge about $15... but here it was $28 if i recalled correctly.

To me, the only saving grace this place has would be the good service and wonderful moonlit ambience. if you are looking for nice food, you are better off somewhere else.. come her for the wines perhaps...

This is my special hunt when foreign friends/colleagues come over. Food is always great, the only problem is always the slow service. I understand the crowd can be overwhelming but perhaps the servers can pay a bit more attention to other patrons. The good thing is the food is never too late to warrant any complaints.

My favourite dish was the poached tuna rolled in sesame seeds but this has been taken off the menu and replaced by salmon- gasp, how disappointing! Please can the mgt put that back in??

Went for Valentines day with the wife. Cost $250 for an alright on average meal. Good thing the company made up for it...

We had tom yam goong (me), half a dozen oysters (her) to start and tamarind mixed seafood and green duck curry (one of their signature dishes, apparently) for our main. The missus had a sticky rice for her pudding and seemed reasonably happy - I didn't try it so I dunno. Weirdly, the tom yam comes in three strengths of spicy. TYS is supposed to be fairly ferocious so what I wanted was tom yam the same way it is generally served. After protracted negotiation with the waitress I went for medium spicy - on the explicit understanding that this is what would normally be served in a Thai restaurant. It isn't - it was tomato soup with a hint of chilli. Get the spiciest one if you want something that resembles the dish named on the menu. God knows what the mild option would have been. A bowl of warm water, I suppose.

Oysters were fine but, in keeping with the tradition of bumbling amateurism which is the hallmark of service in any mid-range Singaporean restaurant, further negotiations were required to secure the red wine vinegar/shallot sauce to go with it. Which, when it turned up had chillis in (leaving it hotter than my TYS, no doubt) and was apparently very good. The oysters also turned up well before the soup despite them being chosen as starters – one for each, not being shared. There was also quite the wait before the mains turned up. Being generous, perhaps they were allowing more time because it was Valentines’ day.

The mixed seafood main was disappointing. The sauce was fairly tasty and the fish was good but the scallops were rubbery and overcooked so we left the remainder. The ‘signature’ green duck curry was fine, although in contrast to the menu it came with red grapes not green and baby plum tomatoes not cherry tomatoes. Not big deals but taken together with the slightly aimless service added to the impression of haplessness.

Drinks: Peppermint tea was fine – although they should really let the customer pour tea. We’re the ones who know how strong we like our tea, after all. Coffee was good. Beer turned up without a glass, which had to be requested, resulting in a reaction of mild surprise from the staff member who obviously anticipated that I would swig from the bottle, while the missus sipped from her champagne glass. G&T was okay but should be served in a tall glass and was fairly weak from the off – let alone once any ice had started to melt into it.

Service was fairly flaky throughout – slightly obtrusive where they tried to be helpful and seemingly not too experienced in respect of a few basics or any unexpected questions. Must be that 1.6% unemployment rate – all the best waiting staff have been snapped up by investment banks or something. The wine list looked very good indeed, though. Pity it doesn't really go with the region's food that well. It would be a great place for a bottle of wine in the beautiful waterside setting, however.

i love this place!!!!

Used to walk past like a million times and every time i'd stare at it longingly.. finally used the boyfriend's birthday as an excuse to check it out. :)

We had the scallops for our starter, for mains we got the fried rice, fried kway teow and this coconut fish dish.

Scallops.. super duper yummy.. a little pricey at $16 for like 6 - 7 pieces.. but i was enjoying the ambience too much to worry abt the price tag.

Fried rice and kway teow - $16 each. Fried rice was ok-ok only lah.. the kway teow was quite tasty. Would probably skip on the fried rice the next time.

The coconut fish dish was really good.. it was around $30 and it was served like a little box wrapped in pandan leaves.. but don't be fooled by its size. It's sorta like mashed up so it's actually quite a big serving.. we kept digging in and it just didn't seem to finish.. and at the end of it we were absolutely stuffed.

Still.. i couldn't leave without having dessert. We got the fresh fruits fondue, and as a special treat for the birthday boy they gave us a complimentary slice of cake.. i think it was tiramisu. Pretty sweet of them. The fresh fruits fondue i didn't really like.. it was my first time eating fondue so i'm not sure if the chocolate is suppossed to be so.. bitter? The boyfriend was enjoying it though.

The only sorta downside was the $12 bottle of evian.. not sure if they serve normal water but we only got offered still or sparkling.

The service was superb.. very very professional. I can't wait to go back.

TGIF!My boyfriend and I decided to go to Indochine at Empress Place. This time we wanted to try the Siem Reap II. The first time we were there was last year in December during my birthday. Amazingly, this place is always packed. We had alfresco dining and my boyfriend actually took one month in advnaced to book!It was one of the best birthday dinner I ever had.

Siem Reap II is more of a cafe than fine dining.We didnt make any reservation and we got at a table outside. For starters, we had the same dishe as before, Vietnamese fresh rice paper rolls.Everything taste fresh including the prawns and combination with their traditional sauce...ohh..good way to start.

I had the beef noodles soup. The beef balls are not hard and just nice.The soup is tasty.Accompanied with fresh beansprouts etc. My boyfriend actaully wanted to have the same dish! but I told him to try domething different. We both feel beefy that night. So he had the rice vermicelli with BBQ beef.It was tender and the marinate was unique. Everything I can say about the food is that ..the herbs play well, like the fresh lemongrass and basil.This is what I call the art of cooking!

Well of course with this kind of nice ambience we pay for the price. If we want to find good food, street food can be great too! But have to watch the stomach.

The service is ok. The waitress smile but I had to put up my hands most of the time to call them because its hard to see them close to our table.

We had a lovely moment and took a walk along the river down to Clarke Quay for some drinks ;)

At last, I'd had my chance to try out Indochine Waterfront after hearing such rave reviews and as no. 1 choice for expats...

Excellent service and courtesy left deep impression giving that extra edge for having its loyal diners, not to mention, its excellent dishes!!

Always love its Fried Rice but I will be trying their Jasmine Rice/Sticky Rice next time for sure..

First time trying their Vietnamese Spring Rolls which really delicious as our appetizer; main course revolving around its tender beef, forgot the exact name of its veggie course with Bamboo which not really my thing, and trio palette of grilled fish, scallop and prawn which another tasty option for me.

I should probably have said 'Plain Water' instead of 'Ice Water' which they offered either Sparkling or Still Water in return.

Overall, fantastic dinner and will be back for more visits...

Have been to Indochine Waterfront three times now. Taking foreign guests out in Singapore Indochina is really a place to show. The setting by the river with views over ultramodern Singaporean architecture is just amazing and will impress everyone, even seasoned travellers. Unfortunately neither the food nor the service lives up to the fantastic setting. On every occasion we have been there staff has acted more like trainees than professional waiter/essess and also their attitude has left much to wish for. Menue looks varied and interesting but when the dishes come in I always get the feeling "oh no I should have ordered the other item i was contemplating". Food at the restaurant is really nothing spectacular and unfortunately puts a damper on the whole experience. The wine list is very good however and even though pricy it is not outrageously expensive. Overall value for money is pretty average. I will come back though, always hoping that the place will at last live up to my expectations.

Indochine Waterfront has never disappointed me. It always has great service and good food. And the price isn't too bad either. However, it's the stunning setting that keeps us coming back. It's the perfect place to take out-of-town friends on their first night: they'll get a true taste of Singapore from both a visual perspective (e.g. high-rises and shophouses set across the bum-boat filled Singapore river) and taste perspective (e.g. a cornucopia of flavors from across Southeast Asia - our favorite dishes are the Cambodian style basil and chili prawns and chicken).

Eat outdoors of course, where the scenery is best and the temperature isn't glacial (like indoor dining tends to be in Singapore). And if it rains, not to worry. They have a huge automatic awning that stretches across the terrace so you'll be able to continue dining in comfort.

In short: put it on your list and go at least a couple of times a year, guests or no guests.

I must admit it is a place that visitors to Singapore would enjoy. The view is fantastic especially at night and the food is decent.

For starters, we got a mixed platter of rice (shrimp) roll, cha tom (sugarcane prawns), fried vegetarian spring rolls and regular spring rolls and fried scallops.

For mains, we had a stirfried kangkong, deepfried seabass, thai basil sweet-sour prawns, sizzling beef, chicken and stirfried asparagus. Served together with white rice, the portions were decent, and not at all too oily or too salty.

Service was good. Plates changed, water and wine refilled. Kudos to the server who understood my note and got the birthday boy a surprise birthday dessert complete with a lighted candle.