We had not planned to visit the restaurant, but since my colleagues and I were around the area, coupled with the allure of the rustic feel of this seemingly mystical location, we cautiously made our way into Picotin.

I'd say that we were converted! The environment was totally cosy. I was also awed by the fact that their own bakery. They even prepared their pizza on-the-spot, and afterwhich, they would slot the pizzas into real fire stove. Not some microwave. Awesome!

Every food category in the menu relates back to horses and stables. i.e. Starting Gates, Thoroughbreads, Manes, etc.

My colleagues ordered "Vongole Vin Blanc" Linguine (Clam with a tinge of white wine) and Pan-Fried salmon, while I went for the tried and tested speghetti bolognaise. Will talk more about over food in awhile. But, but...the BREAD! Wow! Totally enjoyed that.

The waitress served us two types of bread, raisin (Yum, my fav!), and bread with sesame seed. The waitress served us another round of bread just when we ended our meal, and we didn't even ask for it. Not sure if the word "hungry" was printed on my forehead! The waitress definitely read our minds.

Had a taste of the clam linguine. The base was dry but still, it has a pretty lovely taste. The pan-fried salmon was also pretty fresh as I tried a little of that too. For my speghetti bolognaise, I loved the way they placed the parmesan cheese, unmelted until you stir it into the speghetti. The taste was of good quality.

This is not eutopia though. Three areas the restaurant they can improve on:-

1. I asked a waiter for the directions to the gents, he just points outside. "So do I turn left or right?" Not too friendly at all.

2. Have a visible strip to mark the slight height difference at the entrance. I tripped over that step and nearly did a ballet move into the restaurant.

3. Play more classy song. Not Wham's "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go".

We decided to give a try, with 2 friends on weekday so it would be less busy. Good for the Picotin it was packed, it looks like it is oblivious to the current crisis.
I like this kind of food and was really looking forward to it.
I am not going to comment on the food as there are already plenty of reviews on it.
But more on the service.
I don't mind waiting for my food, but it has to be right.

We sat down and ordered a bottle of wine, which came very late after we got our first course only when we complained to the manager.
We had to ask bread and water numbers of times.
The side orders of our main courses were all messed up, so we had to wait more.
And when we finally got the bill we were charged for 2 glasses of wine which were not ours.

I really need to hear that the service does improve before i go back.

Went for lunch today - note Sunday's are probably not the best day to visit if you are after a nice, peaceful, relaxing lunch - the place was full of families with kids running around. A very nice vibe but not always what you are looking for.

When we sat down we were treated to a nice warm bread basket - always nice.

For entree we shared a prawn & cod dish that was on the specials board. We asked our waiter to describe the dish as we were unsure of the French term. Must have been a breakdown in the communication as it was nothing like expected! I wold describe as a creamy, potato and fish pie. It was very yummy but the texture was not quite to my liking as I was expecting something firmer.

For main I had the pork with potato rosti and port sauce. It was really yummy, the sauce light, delicate but falvoursome. Only complaint was the pork was slightly overcooked and there was only a small portion of rosti for the huge serving of pork.

N's main was the chicken with puff pastry, spinach, mushroom sauce and potato gratin. The portion was huge! Again yummy but the chicken was overcooked.

All in all a lovely lunch, service was fast, efficient and friendly but hopefully next time things won't be so overcooked.

Have been to Picotin 3 times for dinner and decided to write a “fair” review.

The ambience of the restaurant is very laidback and very charming at night. It makes you feel as if you aren’t in Singapore since the place is usually crowded with ang mohs.

Food wise, I’m really into their pizzas. The crusts are really thin, the ingredients are fresh and the pizzas are usually moist. Note that I used the word usually because out of the 4 pizzas that I’ve tried, one turned out dry.

I’ve tried the Tandoori pizza, Pico pizza (cheese, parma harm and rocket veg), the pizza with bacon (cant rem the name), and another pizza with rocket veg but not Pico Pizza.

My fav was the Pico pizza because I am such a great fan of rocket veg and parma ham. It was a really simple pizza but very tasty and moist. I think I can easily finish a 12 inch pizza on my own!

I’ve also previously tried the beef stew which was tasty and with very generous portion. My friend had the fish as his main course, which I thought was just so-so.

For dessert, I had the soufflé with orange ice-cream and marmalade. The soufflé was light and fluffy, went really well with the tangy ice-cream and marmalade. Totally enjoyed the dessert.

Also had a bottle of wine and according to my BF, the selection was great and pricing wouldn’t kill you. We order a French wine, Le Enfant, very enjoyable and cost us $60.

Serivce was above average. Nothing to shout about but nothing to compain either. Just good, old, pleasant service that justified the 10%.

All in all, I’ve enjoyed my 3 visits to Picotin and I’ll most probably go back again to chill and have some great pizzas!

Great location (coz it's near home!) and laid back atmosphere. Got Hoegaarden on tap so I'm a happy man! Also got Fullers London Pride on tap to satisfy and home sick brits how crave some real ale! Good, wide ranging food menu and best of all it's dog friendly!!