This small place in Ion Orchard offers a decent set promotion, but the prices aren’t the cheapest. The pasta is quite tasty and flavorful, but the omurice is quite ordinary and nothing stands out. The place is actually better known for their coffee and pancakes.
The service could definitely be improved. The food was delivered incorrectly, and there weren’t many customers around at the time. The hospitality could also be improved.
Overall, I would recommend sticking to what they are good at: coffee and pancakes.
SC Chua
3
Service was meh on a Saturday morning. No smiles even though the restaurant was empty.
We placed our order at 11.13am and the first item was served 15 minutes later which was within expectation.
Halfway through our meal, we checked on the status of the last item, an egg souffle lobster bisque risotto, that has not arrived. Was only told the kitchen was still preparing. 5 minutes later we were served a prawn spaghetti. Wrong order. :(
It was 12pm (our order was placed at 11.13am!), after the earlier items were finished when the right order finally came. The waitress only mumbled an apology without even looking us in the eye.
The egg souffle was freshly made but the risotto was almost cold.
The service here definitely needs improvement. No heads-up when our last item would take longer to arrive, no apology when the wrong order was served and no service recovery attempt at all. Utterly bad experience.
Sonja S
4
Nice japanese café at ION.
Had the soufflee pancake with berries. Was delicious and not dry like other reviews here of course a sauce is needed so don't order a plain pancake . Sandwich was also good. And Mille Crepes was also nice.
Would come again :)
Gabrielle
4
Got one of the french toast options plus tea! Taste was pretty good and the atmosphere was nice and calm since we came in the morning, soon after they opened for the day. Won't mind coming again to try other dishes.
PL Ong
3
Late lunch at 2:30 PM, the service was so... nonexistent. No smiles, no conversation, just a waiter’s shoe-dragging soundtrack to let us know he was still moving around.
Food was decent, water: $1.50. Yes, really. Came with a pitcher, not bad for the price!
If you're looking for a dining experience that'll make you feel like you're eating alone in your room, but in public, this is the place! The 2-seater seat was comfy, but the atmosphere was straight out of a 'meh' movie.
Go for late lunch when the staff is exhausted - it's like they're competing in some sort of service Olympics... and losing.
If you don't care about service (or human interaction), this spot's got you covered. Otherwise, maybe try somewhere else?
Ethan Ong Wee Tiong
5
Repeated visits before this review. Ordered the Omu rice n teriyaki chicken steak with salad (100g) lunch set and “Hoshino” spaghetti with eggplant, shimeji, bacon n sausage, and the mini soup (Homard Bisque). Had iced coffee with milk n sugar. Prefer this to the hot Hoshino coffee, as this iced coffee has a strong taste n really has a kick. Not a fan of iced coffee n this is the only one that satisfy. Swee Ling is very friendly, n also observant to notice that we needed to change seats due to weak mobile signal. Thanks to Swee Ling n the little girl assistant Clarice for the service.
Yenleng Tan
1
I had the beef curry omurice and it was DISGUSTING. The dish came 15 mins after the first one and by then my mum's food is no longer hot.
The egg on the omurice was just an enlarged egg white. Compared to your menu where the egg actually looks like an egg, it seems like the chefs made it out of egg white instead? And to my horror when i cut in ITS LITERALLY FOAM?? It literally tastes like im eating foam. And after that my dish was flooded with WATER thats probably from the egg. How can you call yourself a japanese establishment when your main dish omu rice tastes like this? As expected the egg white tastes of nothing.
Dish was also served on a chipped plate.
French toast was the saving grace. My mun also commented that her dish which was the curry pot was not bad too.
I am thoroughly disappointed, wont be returning again. Google reviews are low for a reason.
freezer
5
I LOVE HOSHINO COFFEE!!! The staff are so sweet I love them 💕💕
food is also so delicious and i love the plating it’s very cute 💕 thank you to the staff!! they are very hardworking and lovely people!
Melvin Lim
4
Had lunch there earlier today with my GF. The Mushroom soup is usual, Chicken Katsu sandwich is alright but as I recall they use to did it better. Strawberry Pancake Souffle is delicious. They have a wide variety of coffees and matcha. If you are into cold brew I would recommend it.
Anastasia Larkina
3
I had a lunch set and it was rather good. Not being a huge fan of Japanese food, I might be a little biased. The omelette was good, beef was a little more fatty than expected. Matcha was nice. Everything was served in no time.