The Chamber Bar & Bistro

Decided to try this place, with the dim lighting and fountain in the open space.  This place scores on ambience, but that is all there is!

Tried the mussels with leek, and the japanese curry with bread.  Mussels with leek - small mussels, about 20 of them in a saltish gravy for $23.  Japanese curry with bread - you envision a sweet mild curry gravy with some nice bread rolls, yet you get an extremely spicy overpowering gravy with flat white slightly burnt bread slices at $11.90.

With an order of a bottle of beer, the above set us back at $55.

The service was non-existent. The service attendants were unsmiling, and food were served in a mechanical way.  

It was one of the worst meals I ever had! I don't recommend to go there, even if it is just for drinks as the drinks menu is lacklustre too...

Today I was there for the game between Liverpool and Arsenal.

They are a group of 10 of us and we order our food at 1810, they bill us at 1822.

Our food wasn't serve until we apporach the staff and manager abuot it. When we question the staff why the food was so late, the Male staff told us that we need to wait another 20 mins at 2033. I ask him why so, he reply me that it is either we wait for 20 mins or cancel the order... That is not service. When I request for the manger to see her, he just brush us aside and insist we wait another 20 mins or cancel the order.

I hard no choice but to apporach the manager and the Manager is not sorry about it tell us to wait for our food. Then he told us we have to wait for our food and it will be serve in 10 mins at 2038.

All our food eventually was serve at 2050. After the promise of all the food to be serve on the table within 10 mins.

Why is it possible for them to serve in 12 mins yet in the first place we have to wait 2 hours and 40 mins for our food?

In the end of all this, the staff and management there are not sorry about it. They just brush it off. Is the the type of standard we should expect for paying ?

This place has the best deals for beer and the service, led by Santosh, is excellent. Highly recommended.

18 April 2008 : RZ, EW, JT and JC proceeded for stiff-drinks since we were at the drinking belt. We decided to drink here mainly because it was not crowded.

We ordered :

[JC] Peach Schnapps ($11)

Blue Lagoon ($12)

3 x Sex on the beach Shooters ($22.50)

Hoegaarden ($11)

[EW] Cosmopolitan ($12)

3 x Sex on the beach Shooters ($22.50)

Hoegaarden ($11)

[JT] Lime Margarita ($12)

Caipirinha

[RZ] Ice Blended Chocolate freeze ($7)

TOTAL = $156.55

SLIDE SHOW

My Peach Schnapps was nice but it wasn’t stiff enough. The blue lagoon tasted like soda. It did have a very nice color and I ordered it mainly because I like the blue colored drink. The shooters were terrible. They tasted like fruit punch…with no hint of alcohol at all. The Hoegaarden was pretty decent. It was very disappointing because the drinks were all so weak and they did not knock my lights out.

Anyway.. it was nice hanging out with RZ, EW & JT and guzzle down stiff drinks.

Went there to chill about 8pm on a Friday. Not many people at all. Settled somewhere not too near the live band (from The Bar, not in-house) and ordered a Bloody Mary ($12), Lychee Martinee ($12) and a Ham & Cheese Salad with home-made italian sauce ($6.90).

Service was initially alright, nothing commendable but nothing complain-able.. until..

After about 10mins, the Bloody Mary came without a celery stick or black pepper, the Lychee Martini came without a lychee and the Ham & Cheese Salad became Ham & Cheese Sandwich.

Mary was kinda sweet but swollow-able after I requested for some black pepper. Lychee Martinee was WAY too sweet, I think it was 100% lychee liqueur. When the right order came, I started with the greens. Again, nothing commendable but nothing complain-able - for a $6.90 salad - it was just some greens with italian sauce. I took a few shreds of ham and wondered if it went sour, until the after taste kicked in, i had to cringe to stop myself from yelping. Took a thick slice of tomato to 'wash' the taste off my tongue. An overwhelming pungent sour taste just took over and I let out a curse. I couldn't believe they got a permit to serve food, and charge for it!

Btw, no sofa seats, just metal chairs. Bring your ex there.

In the heart of Robertson Quay...football fans will appreciate the big TV screens, beer and finger food served

Take your pick of the many, group gatherings are aplenty and Chambers even has an outdoor seating to watch your favourite football teams

JWNY