Swensen's Cafe Restaurant (Holland Village)

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首选Swensen! 美食地: Swensen's Restaurant 地址: 251/253 Holland Avenue, Holland

Village

A group of us, 11 people, decided to have our lunch today (27 Jan 2012, at around 12 noon). We stepped into the restaurant and were given 2 tables (for 6 pax each). Requested for a table to accomodate all of us. When we were told it was possible, it was fine actually, but the look on the lady manager's face was enough to make me want to walk out of the restaurant. Honestly, we can do without that. We could barely understood what the waitress was saying when she tried to explain in English on the in-house promotion. Next, the service was rather slow but still acceptable cos the restaurant was about 80% full. What was disappointing was the chicken victoria main course which was cold. I find that both the service and food can be improved greatly. Swensen's used to be the place for me and my friends. I can't say that for now.

2nd time the Swensen's at Holland Village have failed me by taking over an hour to serve. Had to cancel my order today as my friends were starting to leave for home and we didn't have enough people to share the giant earthquake. Horrible waiting time. Took us half an hour to wait for seats only to wait for another hour to realise that our food was never gonna come. Warn your friends...

For some reason I keep coming back here even though it sucks. I suppose it being 24 hours and Halal has something to do with it.

One of our tables waited almost 2 hours for their orders, and despite reminding the staff a few times nothing got delivered.

The sundaes our table got were mediocre. And if you look at the ice cream itself, $4.15 nett a scoop is not cheap - you're better off going to Ice Cream Gallery or even Udders, which give cheaper and better ice cream.

Neighborhood family restaurant feel with attentive staff (mostly) creating a relaxed, casual ambience. Good selection of options on their nearly entirely western menu garnished with fusion dishes that are quite frankly just great. The all-day breakfast is an instant favorite.

Unfortunately their 24-hour (post mid-night) menu is rather limited.

Excellent desserts and the coffee's great.

Service can be iffy at times based largely on the mood of the staff, which usually reflects the mood of the crowd. Be nice to them and they perk right up.

As always, Swensen's attention to cleanliness and hygiene is excellent.

Good place for a mid-night snack if you're in the neighborhood and looking for something more than just a coffee-shop or fast-food.

Bring the little kid(s) little activity drawings & coloured pencils keep them distracted while the food arrives.

we used to visit the Swenson Outlet for their bake rice as they used to be so delicious. Yesterday, out of craving, we revisited the place. It turned out to be a BIG disappointment as the baked rice standards have dropped drastically. We ordered the Fish Baked Rice. It turned out that the baked rice has just four miserable small pieces of fishes fillet with some cheese on top and the rest just rice (seasoned with chicken stock soup). The rice looks like normal white rice. It looks absolutely unappealing. I expected the standards to be better.

Yet another place from my childhood. Together with Jack's Place and Dennys (remember Denny's?), it used to be the place to go for slightly more atas food.

Went with my husband one day for old times sake. We really felt like we were teenagers on a first date. Crowd is made up of mostly families. Which is not bad, but it can get quite noisy.

So nice to see they have added quite an extensive Asian section to their menu too. But I stuck to my all time favourite, fish baked rice. Which was good but not as rich as I remembered it to be. My husband's sourdough 49ers was good! I didn't take it this time round but I've always been a fan of their fish and chips

And of course, the ice cream. All time favourites - sticky chewy chocolate, frosted chocolate malt, ring a ding a ling and coit tower.

Wednesday (7 Nov 07). Met up with JC, AC, NS, QQ, KC and CP for night-time dessert. We arrived after 10 PM and the lower level was still bustling with customers. We asked for a table for 7, and after some moments of wondering where the staff had disappeared to, he finally reappeared and ushered us upstairs. We found ourselves to be the only customers seated upstairs and we had a lot of fun laughing loudly and we did not disturb any other customers.

We each ordered an item, and I had something like a Lime Sherbet Float in Soda. I liked it.

We were feeling very hot and stuffy upstairs, so we asked if the temperature could be lowered further and we were told that the air-conditioning was already at max power. So we had to bear with it.

Was there for a farewell for a colleague and due to our limited lunch hour, we made a reservation and requested that the food be ready by xxx hour to beat the waiting time.

When we arrived, the food (soup, main course) were already all displayed. I just thought this seems a bit strange and exaggerating... would other guests wonder why too?

Anyway, I had curry chicken baked rice. Serving portion quite huge which I only finished the curry chicken. Add a scoup of ice cream which was good, as usual. I think it was old fashion vanilla.

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