The Toucan Irish Pub

I am not familiar with the local pub scene and my sentiments are similar the previous 2 reviews. I organized a dinner for 13 pax there one Thursday evening and here what I have to say.

Location & Setting - Toucan is literally an oasis nested between Chinatown and Tanjong Pagar, I was at the alfresco area between 6.30pm - 7.30pm seated at the barrel table. Enjoying the multi hue transition of the evening sky and indulge in the serendipity that while the city is rapidly discharging humans back to their suburban dwellings, I am completely at ease with a cool Guinness in my hand. Toucan is also as the nexus between the tranquil and pristine Duxton Hill stretch blocked off from traffic that houses architecture firms, restaurants with white table cloth and the Duxton Road filled with pubs.

Food - Nothing much. My lamb shoulder tasted pretty good but the burger, fish and chips my friends ordered looked ... quite ordinary.

Service - Not bad, but the greatest disappointment is that they loaded another table items onto our bill and almost overcharged us by 25%. Luckily I tallied the # of drinks and entrees with the # in my party and pointed to them that the bill don\'t look right.

My otherwise pleasant experience was marred by their tardiness in billing.

 

Second visit; not bad for pub fare. I can only suspect that the owners are not familiar with the real thing – though. But then again it may be almost impossible to recreate the real thing in Asia. We had the baby back ribs & the banger’s and mash – both good. They have the usual suspect for beer on tap; large screen foolball at far end; al fresco dining available. The service was adequate, as you really didn’t (don’t) expect much from the local pub scene.

Here is a pub for football fans to enjoy live screening of matches. What is football without alcohol? Main course is not too fantastic. THere's bbq baby pork rib - $18+, shepherd's pie(mutton)- $17+, stewed beef in Guinness. Too bad no seafood dish or deserts. There's a nice Alfresco dinning area, with benches placed in a garden like setting, nicely decorated. If i dont remember wrongly, there's no chicken main course and I dont remember seeing any thing like soup. Quite Good service. Readily available waitress. Some suggestions which i think could improve: Add more miscellaneous ingrediants like carrots, tomato, or maybe salad.