Heard 1 of my frnd said that the beer here is good, so when dw after work today for happy hour, the beef was nothing special to me. BUT the most disappointed thing was that the food contains MSG!! im a bit sensertive to msg so if theres in in i can sense it. i have to drink 5 gls of ice water after i had the pasta!!! well this was the first im here but also the last time. i hate chef that use MSG on food!!!

My husband and I would always love hunting for unique food and drinks, we found the Monster Green Lager (brewed & lagered with spirulina) at RedDot a unique twist to our commonly known beer!

They have charcoal grilled food as well as other varieties of food on the menu. The portion of food is just right to go with our lager. Their beer menu has 6-7 types of freshly brewed beer to choose from. They often add new dishes to their food menu as well. Their food and beers are reasonably priced too.

They have live band performing at certain time slot. There was once we went, they had Bingo game for 3 rounds at an hour intervals, winner would get a voucher or something.

It's a good place to chill out with friends but if it's a large group, it's better to call and make a reservation 1st.

We couldn't get booking at Spruce for pancakes, so we tried here. On the whole, I would rather have skipped brunch and starved until dinner.

Within five minutes of sitting down, and before the waitress could fetch a mosquito coil, the wife had been bitten no fewer than five times by diverse airborne parasites. (There was much entertaining shrieking and hopping up and down to accompany the various strafing runs). By the time we had left, coil or not, she was sporting nine bites. (Edit: ten - we found one on her back too!) I'm inclined to put this down to the two large, shallow greenish pools by the entrance but perhaps the mosquitoes had driven in as a family to enjoy a light snack before church.

We ordered the pancakes (missus) and the burger (me) and I was thinking I'd take an option on the pancakes if they turned out to be any good. The pancakes were thick crepes and rubbery in texture (which is what happens when you can't make up your mind whether you're doing hotcakes or crepes) but were otherwise inoffensive, so my option was not taken up in the event.

I also had a coffee, which was the highlight of my meal because it was merely adequate. The wife had some lychee thing which was also unremarkable. She'd have liked fresh fruit juice but, apparently, squeezing a few oranges is beyond the scope of a specialist purveyor of drinks.

The burger was the size and shape of a cricket ball, defeating the very purpose of it coming in a bun - so you can eat it like a sandwich. Pythons could perhaps achieve this feat; for humans it is highly unlikely. Also, I bloody hate mushrooms: I hate the taste; I hate the texture; most of all, I hate the smell. Sensibly, therefore, I took the precaution of specifying that I wanted the burger without mushrooms. You know where this is going, of course: nobody who has ever asked for anything specific from waiting staff in Singapore will be surprised to discover that the burger came a la mushroom.

"What's this?", I enquired rhetorically, pointing at a greyish diced sludge atop my burger. "Oh," said the waitress, looking crestfallen, "the mushrooms." She didn't do anything other than looking crestfallen so I helpfully added (repeated?), "Can I get a burger without mushrooms?" When she returned three minutes later, brandishing a plate with a burger, it occurred to me - as it would to you no doubt - that it takes more than three minutes to cook a burger. (Or, if it doesn't, why did it take so long to bring it the first time?) Possibly, you could toast a fresh bun and wipe the mushrooms off a burger in that time, though, don't you think?

Supporting this theory, the fries occupied a heat spectrum running from lukewarm (hottest) to cold (least hot). Also, Red Dot really needs to change its pre-made oven chip supplier. Although doubtless not aided by the heat dissipation as they were paraded about Dempsey Estate, the fries are not good at all.

I took a good old look at the burger, wondering if the rinsing process might have been less than comprehensive. I certainly found mushroom in the burger: unfortunately because the patty actually consisted (in part) of diced mushroom. Don't get me wrong: you may like mushrooms - and I would gladly give my life fighting for your right to enjoy eating them, even if your love of the 'shroom is clearly mistaken (and they grow in horse manure). I even support your right to burgers with mushrooms in them, deviant a concept though it is. What I would appreciate, as a quid pro quo, is that if you are doing something odd to your food (making cappuccino out of cat poo for example), it should be stated right there on the menu - that's what menus are for. Then those who prefer normal food can say, "None of your foul perversions! I'll take the eggs over easy instead."

So the problem was avoidable up front. Additionally, when I asked for a mushroomless burger, it would have been a very opportune moment to mention that, on the contrary, it was a partly mushroom-based burger. Problem deftly sidestepped - I'd have ordered the eggs over easy. Another potential means to evade cock-up: when the burger went back to the kitchen, the chef could have said to the waitress, "Er, it has mushroom in the patty, you know; perhaps our customer should choose something else?" (I leave out the possibility that he just ignored or forgot the "no sodding mushrooms" part of the order on the first occasion).

None of these happened. So I left the burger and I left the chips. When the waitress returned, she asked if there was anything wrong with them (a hard query for her to dodge, given the meal's pristine condition). I never normally complain (that's what HGW is for) because it makes a crappy meal crappy AND awkward but, in the spirit of engendering improvement, I pointed out the continuing presence of mushrooms and that the chips weren't very good. The sum total of her second attempt to address the issue was... to look crestfallen again. Literally, she just said, "Oh", and then left with the plate.

I do appreciate it's disappointing when customers are unhappy, but you know what the answer to bad feedback is? Don't bugger everything up. Or, you could try to fix it after the event - suggest replacing the dish with something else or at the very least don't charge for it. So, did they charge for the burger? ...of course they did. Did they think they had done an adequate job? Even a good job? Or do they, crestfallen looks aside, really not give a toss?

Ambience is good and relax and very romantic.

me & my wife choose the garden area. we enjoy the juicy Lamp chop.

And by the way they have a very intersting beer that is green in color. looks weird by menu mention is has green ingredients :)

Super disappointed. Booked a table for dinner with girlfriend for Valentine's Day dinner. Was informed by the waiter that they were actually not serving the entire menu but just the Charcoal Grill menu, Finger foods & Valentine's Day set menu. Dessert also was limited to Tiramisu. Was quite pissed that they never informed that the menu was going to be so little when I made the booking.
Ordered her a beer while I got myself a coffee and an Oyster Batter. Her beer and Oyster came. My coffee M.I.A.
Girlfriend ordered a cod fish set while I took the Marbled beef. Tasteless. She commented that mine was charcoal Bak Kwa. You seriously cannot taste the beef at all. I swear I've never tasted beef like this before. Be it food court $5 steak or $50 steak. Out of the world disappointed. Her cod fish was not much different. She had a side dish of something that tasted like carrot and whipped potato. Weird taste. Very bland. The tomatoes in the dish were very sour and it also had berries. Imagine a cod fish with sweet, sour taste. Yucks.

Service: Inattentive waiters. Excluding myself, I personally witnessed 3 other patrons having to leave their tables to call for a waiter because it always seemed that they were pre-occupied with other things and not looking around to serve. They forgot my ice coffee, forgot to give me and gf knives. No sugar syrup for ice coffee.

Ambience: Lacking. Not romantic at all. In fact, it was hot. Lighting was turned down to very dim that a few people started to mimic they were falling asleep. The outdoor sitting looking unappealing. Plastic foldable chairs that looked bought from ikea.

Final Conclusion: Me & Gf will never return there. I can stand lousy food if the service is good but lousy food and lousy service is a No-No. The only consolation was the Oyster Batter that tasted quite nice.