I was surprised during my first visit to Novus Restaurant as it was such a pretty place in the National Museum. I was there with my friends for a celebration. Upon our arrival, we were shown to our table and given the ala-carte menu and also the recommendation of the 7 course menu. After reviewing, we decided not to go for the 7 course menu as we felt that its not worth it therefore we went for the ala-carte menu. I ordered the chestnut soup with truffle foam as starter and for main course i chose the lamb. After the amuse, it didn't take long for my starter to arrive. We were served by 2 servers followed by a white lady that offered me shaved truffle for my soup for what I thought was a compliment to my soup. However, I was wrong about it, I was charged $8 per slice. I felt cheated as I was not informed by the lady at the first place and also that the menu stated that it was with truffle foam. As for my lamb, it was nothing special for the price I paid for. Nice place but with some hidden cost. Would u pay for a meal with hidden cost? Not for me.

I brought my grand-daughter (6 yrs old) to the Museum during the lst quarter of the year & had lunch at the Novus Resturant. Both of us enjoyed the food there & my grand-daughter requested me to bring her again. I met her request to do so, on 15-09-08, when we visited the Museum again

When we were at the Novus at the begining of this year, besides liking the food, I appreciated the waiter's discreet attention & quick responses --- whenever my grandchild dropped her fork or spoon, he would replace a clean one immediately.

This was found to be lacking at the last visit. I need to exercise some effort to draw the attention of the waiter, when my grandchild dropped her cutlery. No, my grandchild is not a brat. Yes, she has some challenges in co-ordination.

Other than the roasted beef salad which was good, the rest of our lunch was disappointing. My grandchild refused her soup (duck consome) after one spoonful while my creme of capsicum was passable. I would normally leave it be, if my grandchild refuses her soup; and would move on to the next course. Per chance, I took a spoonful of her soup & was surprised that it simply tasted like salt water. (Very salty too!) Her main course of roast duck was chewy, while mine (fettucine) was nothing to shout about.

"No thank you, I don't want to come again", was my grand-daughter's decision when I asked whether we should do lunch at Novus again.

I visited Novus on Valentine's Day with my partner as well and were taken aback by their service standards that day. They have prided themselves with great service until then. Nonetheless our patience paid off after much coaxing from our regular servers, service sped up threefold and our food items were promptly served. We enjoyed the special Valentine's Day menu.

Since then, my partner and i decided to pop by again to try out their newly launched Spring menu. We like to think of ourselves as food critics about town. They definitely pulled up their socks in terms of service and value since the Valentine's Day mishap. We decided to go with their a la carte and I started off with the Veal with Tuna. I'm not a fan of raw cuisine but that was splendid. My partner had the Foie Gras which he seemed to enjoy very much.

If you do visit Novus, make sure you try the Cod with Apple Risotto which is to die for. It was refreshing and as usual their cod was fresh and tasty. It's hard to find risotto of such quality and taste. My partner had Pork which was really good too. I thought it matched up to their previous menu item, the Kurobuta Pork ribs which i had twice.

Dessert is my favourite course of any meal so that was what really sealed the deal for me. I tried the Strawberry Arlette which was perfect after feasting on pork, cod and pumpkin! It was light and refreshing. I love my desserts sweet yet tangy. My partner had the chocolate souffle which was quite good too. The meal was definitely far from disappointment!

It was great to see familiar faces back at Novus, especially with service back on track. The ambience is just perfect for an evening chat and to enjoy really good food. I usually request for the comfy bench seats away from the windows, seems a little more private and cosy especially if no one is seated next to us. My partner and i managed to catch up on work and life especially in between courses. Besides a good meal, a good conversationalist should be imperative.

All in all, I'm still a fan and will definitely continue to recommend my friends to Novus, for dinner or even drinks. One bad experience against many satisfied encounters is not enough to put me off Novus.

Few days ago I decided to try the food at Novus Restaurant.I already heard about it and even one of my colleagues recommended it to me.
I reserved for 6 pax, 3 of my very important clients, my partner, my husband who does not take shell fish and me.
Two of my clients are vegeterian.
On the day itself, I checked HungryGoWhere and there I saw the last two very bad reviews.
When Im honest, this scared me a little bit, but never the less, I was looking foward to this dinner.

As we arrived, we were told, that our guests are still not there, so we decided to have an aperitiv at the bar.
The friendly bar tender attended to us immediately and offered us good drinks.
Soon our guests arrived, we changed to our table.
We were offered the 5 course degustation menu as well as the a la carte.

Since the degustation sounded great (108++ per pax) we decided to go for it.The 2 vegeterians got a vegeterian menu, absolutely no problem, also considering my husband.
The service was great, very calm and with a good product knowledge.I asked for the wine list which has a very good collection, not to big, but you find what you need from the most important wine regions all over the world.

So, now to the food:
The menu was beautiful!
Very good quality, perfectly cooked and served at the right time!

Things like Seared Scallops with Cauliflower Puree and Caviar, Black Angus Beef with Madeira Sauce and Passionfruit Creme Brullee...
For us this was the best dinner since a long time!

Maybe this 2 person who wrote the 2 last reviews had just a bad evening or try to spoil this restaurant for any reasons!

My guests and me walked out of this place satisfied, happy and already looking foward to the next time.

Closed on Sundays as of Feb 2008. Sigh.