The Queen & Mangosteen Gourmet British Pub

I have to agree with the posts below that the ambience and view is amazing. The food is ok, enjoyed the salad. 

Despite the amazing ambience, i swear never to go back to this place again because of the overbearing manager. They have a 1-for-1 promotion for drinks. The practice in many bars is that you can share your 1-for1 with your friends and if you would like to drink more, you order more.

aAs I was driving and didn't want to have too much to drink, I was quite appalled when the waitress told me that I couldnt share the 1-1 with my friend. Seeing that she didnt make the rule, I didnt want to give her a hard time and just requested for the manager instead. 

When i asked the manager nicely if I could share the 1-1 with my friend because of abovementioned reason, not only did he give me a flat out no, he said it in a condescending tone with a "I cant be bothered with you" expression. Incredibly rude. When asked why not, he said it's management's decision and then he proceeded to point to himself, "i'm management, so no." 

Why have a promotion when you make it so hard for your patrons to make use of it? he says its for his regulars and they are all ok with this rule. At this point, I was frustrated at his atrocious attitude (how can you be in F&B and in a service line with this sort of attitude!!?!). I said i guess you only want regulars and not new customers. To my dismay, he said yes.

There's no way I'm going back to this place ever. My money is better somewhere else for sure.

I was pleasantly surprised when the food and service here lived up to the interesting name. Love that it's at Vivocity too. The mains are hearty and generously portioned and I'd love to revisit to try out the other things.

Had a smoked salmon salad with rocket leaves, pine nuts and berries (blueberries, raspberries and sliced strawberries) tossed with mirin. Very summery tasty salad.

Also tried the Orange-infused duck rillette with crusty bread. Humongous portion; either have this as a main, or be sure to share it as a starter. By the time you finish one of the bread sticks you're already half full, much less all 3 of them!

My main course: pan-seared snapper with chili crab sauce, risotto and fine beans. The fish was absolutely lovely! It was well-cooked so that the meat of the snapper did not become rough (as snapper is wont to do), but remained juicy, firm, succulent. Well-seasoned, and brimming with the sweetness of the fish and the smoky flavor of being seared over a roaring fire, every mouthful was a delight! The chilli crab sauce was also great - faintly spicy, and came with flakes of dried crab, perfect to swish the fish around in. The beans were crunchy. The risotto was bad though; porridgey, thick gooey and tasteless.

My friend had the risotto w mushrooms; she seemed to enjoy hers though.

We also enjoyed the 1 for 1 happy hour Bellini promotions.

 

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My family and I have been here a number of times already – it's a good place to fall back on when we're at Vivo and don't know what we fancy. The mains are pretty big so I leave them to my brother who can eat much more than I do, and stick with the pub grub. I love their chips, which makes the pub grub fish n' chips with curry tartare sauce just nice.

I've been a few times now, and have to say that the last time will be my last.  I won't go into the details, but the service was awful to the point of being rude.  A cheese polughmans had so little cheese I had to hunt for it under a grape.

Poor and a shame because the location is great and the beer is good.

 

We were shopping at Vivocity yesterday and decided to try The Queen & mangosteen pub for a early dinner as the children were hungry. We were lucky to get a table outside as most people wanted to sit near the waterfront. It was really lovely as the sun was setting. We ordered some chicken wings which were OK, the spicy Thai beef and tortilla chips were amazing, we ordered a second! My husband had the Fisherman's pie which we thought was the best we've ever tasted. Generous filling of fish, prawns, scallops in a rich creamy sauce topped with mashed potato. The fish and chips and mini burgers were also very good.

We also tried the Pimms and Lemonade which was lovely and refreshing, reminded me of summers in the UK!

All in all, a very pleasant surprise for an impromptu walk-in after a day of shopping. Will be back again!

First the good; great view of the harbourfront and Sentosa especially if sitting al fresco and secondly, good beer!  In my opinion, that's all I'll go back for next visit - if ever.  The mains I've tried so far, burgers, cold seafood platter and roast beef with (ultra mini yorkshire pudding) were mediocre at best and they don't come at reasonable prices.  In fact very grossly OVER-priced.  One can go to any other sea-fronting restaurant at Vivocity and get a good meal for half the price especially for the quality we were getting. 

Been here for a few times for their lunch time specials.  The spaghetti with bacon is sinfully delicious with meaty pieces of bacon, only to be made less guilty because it's olive-oil based.  Must try but if you don't take overly-spicy food then you've gotta ask them to put in lesser cut chilli (padi).  I've also been here for dinner but nothing was particularly memorable.  But this has been changed.  I had my Valentine's Day dinner last evening at this place...and I'll remember it because the food was memorably unremarkable.  We shared a starter, Onion Rings $10, and it didn't taste anything like onion rings except it does look like one.  The rings were well-fried till golden brown but were not fragrant nor tasty.  It was bland.  Next came the mains.  Hubby had Fishermans Pie ($26) which was baked seafood with mashed potatoes.  For those who love to eat pie crusts, you'll be sorely disappointed.  This pie is baked in a rectangular bowl so it reminds me more of gratin than a pie.  I had the Sirlion steak ($32) that was served with boiled veggies, yorkshire pudding and thick-cut fries. The steak was done to perfection but the mushroom pepper sauce did not bring out the favour of the steak.  The yorkshire pudding was uncomparable to Lawry's.  This one is much smaller and is tougher to chew.  Overall, food was disappointing though the view of the waterfront was refreshing.  Service was as expected...not poor and not fantastic.  I guess I wouldn't go for their mains anymore as they have always been so-so but I'll be back for their lunch special......spag with bacon!  And one thing that I like is...water was not chargeable!

 

The first time we dined here, it was an extremely busy night and not only did they run out of curry tartare sauce, our orders took ages to come. At least the staff apologized for the uncharacteristically long delay. The next day we decided to have lunch here again just so we could get hold of that elusive curry tartare sauce.

So, two visits in two days and here's my two cents worth...

Dinner on first night:

I had wild mushroom risotto with asparagus and oven-dried tomatoes, which was delightfully creamy without being soggy. The ingredients were fresh and flavorful too.

K's fish and chips was highly enjoyable. The fish was fresh and coated in a light crispy batter while the chips had a nice crunch. Too bad the tartare sauce was the standard kind but it was a great complement to the dish nonetheless. The salad tasted great with a tangy dressing.

Lunch on second day:

I would have preferred a more varied greens in my smoked salmon with wild rocket, mixed berries and pine nuts because all that rocket really made the dish predominantly bitter. However, the smoked salmon was good with just the right amount of saltiness while the berries provided a much welcomed relief from the bitterness every now and then.

This time, the fish and chips was served with curry tartare sauce which was miles better. We liked it very much and the staff brought another serving for us when she learnt we came a second time specially for it.

Service was friendly and efficient both times though it was understandably slow on the first night. We would surely be back for the fish and chips as well as to check out other dishes.

Went for some light snacks and drinks after work with a friend. We were quickly shown to a table out the back, but had to practically stand on our heads and wave madly all night before the staff would come and serve us.

Had 1 - 1 vodka cocktails promotion, but the staff were not able to point out which the vodka cocktails were! I would say the ones we ordered were very weak. The ploughmans platter was very nice and good value for about $18, but 2 tiny pieces of bread to share between 2 is not enough. 

rack of lamb (7/10 for food, 4/10 for value)

nicely done, I love the mint sauce, slightly minty slightly sour goes very well with the meat. I ordered the meat to be done medium rare and it was excecuted perfectly. Sides of potatoes (various colors) and asparugus was well done, and plentiful. Only pityful is the portion of lamb is too little, just two miserable rack. At 36$ i dont think it is worth it, if not of the huge amount of potatoes i would only give it 3/10 for value.

Banger and mash (6/10 for food, 7/10 for value)

Overall a good dish and portion is ok too, at 20+ it is well value for money

Chicken masala (7/10 food, 6/10 value)

Well marinated and tender chicken, with nan and crackers. Chicken portion a bit small but at 20+ there is nothing much to complain about. It come with mint sauce also which shout excellent when pair with the nan and crackers.

Fish and chips (6/10 food, 6/10 value)

Very normal fish and chips but they use snapper instead of dory. The sauce that come (i think is mustard) is quite nice. Other than that there is nothing to shout about. Portion is decent thouugh.

Service

To be honest I feel that the service is good but on the slow side, this is despite the fact we went at 4:30 pm and there are only 2 table including us. No one refilled our glasses, but overall still ok service

 

would i be back

yes for one time only due to the 20% discount voucher, if not i wont be back.

 

10% discount for dbs holder and u get voucher which give u 20% on next visit.