Alley Bar @ Orchard Singapore

FAQ on Alley Bar:

1. What attracts you to come to this restaurant?

👉 Beautiful and romantic dim lighting environment attracted us. It was our 2018 Christmas dinner as well!

2. What you expect to dine in this restaurant?

👉 Typical foods and drinks served in bar. Choices for foods such as rice, spaghetti, pizza, sandwich, dessert and etcetera. Choices for drinks include a large varieties of alchohols, gins, wine, cocktails and etcetera. Refer to website link at the bottom of the page for more details.

3. Any set meal available in this restaurant?

👉 Available during dinner time. Set meal consists of one main course, one alcoholic drink and one dessert with the price at $28.

4. Any promotion available in internet for this restaurant?

👉 No as I know of, but walk in set meal is a steal!

5. What is the recommended time to dine in this restaurant?

👉 Night time! I can't help falling in love with the romantic night ambiance in this bar. This is the top reason we ditched another restaurant which we had made reservation online and walked in to this bar for our Christmas dinner celebration.

We went to Orchard Road for our 2018 Christmas date. Orchard Road is well decorated with Disney theme on year 2018 and you can see long queue of people waiting their turns to take photos with Mickey and Minnie. Before we leisurely strolling along the Orchard Road, we fed our tummy well first with Christmas set menu in Alley Bar. We stumbled upon this cafe and the dim environment attracted our attention and thus Alley Bar became the place for our warm Christmas dinner.

There is a long bar table in the cafe and a number of high tables which diners can sit and watch the chefs cooking your dinner through a big transparent mirror beside you. As it is Christmas time, we can see Christmas tree in the cafe and staffs wearing Christmas hats etcetera, Christmas feeling in the air! There are background musics and songs playing along as well when you enjoy your dinner. We can easily spend few hours over there are drinks and desserts to end your main course, along with the candelit table settings and dim lighting, the time passed just like a swing!

Le hubby opted for main course of mushroom and bacon carbonara, and I chose peranakan fried rice. The foods taste average, luckily is not very salty type. Peranakan fried rice is filled with spices which I quite fond of and topped with tender chickens. Mushroom and bacon carbonara is not really to my liking, but the portion of mushroom is actually a big serving which is a plus! For drinks, we ordered lychee martini, to my surprise, it was actually quite good, it was the first time I tried on martini and it is sweet but 'spicy' to throat at the same time. After the main course, we ended our dinner with dessert belgian waffles with berries and vanilla ice cream. Sweet treat for us in the Christmas night!

Mushroom & Bacon Carbonara

Peranakan Fried Rice

Belgian Waffle with Berries and Vanilla Ice Cream

Peach Martini

Long table for alcoholic diners

Tables with the big transparent mirror overlooking chef cooking dinner

A Little Info. on Alley Bar
Official Website: https://www.alleybar.sg/ 
Facebook Webpage: AlleyBar
Location/ How to Go: Alight at Somerset mrt station, walk for 4 minutes.
Opening Hours: 
Sunday to Thursday: 5pm to 2am
Friday: 5pm to 3am
Saturday: 5pm to 12am

Personal Rating: 
Taste ➪ 6/10 (1-3: Below average, 4-6: Average, 7-10: Above average)
Price➪  6/10 (1-3: Expensive, 4-6: Average, 7-10: Budget-friendly)
Ambiance ➪ 8/10  (1-3: Below average, 4-6: Average, 7-10: Above average)



💗 Author: Ng Mei Lian/ Adrian Yeoh Aun Hong

👉 Date of Visit: 25 December 2018

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Georges by the Bay @ The Punggol Settlement

Today we have escaped ourselves to a secluded area of Punggol Singapore. We have booked ourselves one table for two in Georges by the Bay! The way to this cafe is more like back to "kampung" style life as you can pass by lush greenery and trees. We even spotted squirrel and monkey on top of the tree! Kinda hard to find this place in urban city of Singapore thou. We reached bay overlooking Johor Bahru, took a stroll along the park. There are visitors who come here and rent bicycle to ride in the park, and what's more, you can reach Coney Island if you ride further down the road! Since we reached the cafe quite late, we did not visit Coney Island, just purely sit back and relax in the cafe to enjoy our Sunday life. 

The cafe is situated at the end of the second floor of shoplet. There have indoor and outdoor seatings. This cafe will transform into bar at night. We chose to dine at the outdoor table so we able to enjoy the bay scenary. The cafe offers mainly western foods, can refer to the menu here. I ordered Baked Fish Pasta and my bf ordered Guinness Pork Ribs Half Rack. The Baked Fish Pasta has cheese toppings on the baked fish and tomato toppings on the pasta. The flavor is not bad thou, just a bit too salty for me. The cheese toppings make it very filling. For the Guinness Pork Ribs, we found that pork ribs served in Naughty Nuri Warung at Ubud, Bali Island which we had tried on April 2017, was better in taste and flavor. However, the french fries are nice for us.

Baked Fish Pasta

Guinness Pork Rib Half Rack

Not long after we have done our meals, it started to pouring heavily. So we moved ourselves to indoor seating and just sat back and relax. You may come here to enjoy the lush greenary walkway before dining in this cafe, or just eat here on the way to Coney Island, or just relax at night by ordering some drinks to spice up in this bar. Since it was raining badly that day, we have cancelled the plan to walk around the park further down the road and called it a day. However, it was a good experience to find some secluded places in Singapore which has no high skyscraper and no need to rush yourselves by walking and speeding as well. For reservation, may consider our favorite site or apps Eatigo! 👍

Day view, credit to Google.

Night view, credit to Google

A Little Info. on Georges by the Bay
Official Website: Georges Singapore
Facebook Webpage: https://www.facebook.com/georgesBTB/
Location/ How to Go: MRT to Circle Line Punggol station. Bus to the bay.

Personal Rating: 
Taste ➪ 6/10 (1-3: Below average, 4-6: Average, 7-10: Above average)
Price➪  4.5/10 (1-3: Expensive, 4-6: Average, 7-10: Budget-friendly)
Ambiance ➪ 6.5/10  (1-3: Below average, 4-6: Average, 7-10: Above average)



💗 Author: Ng Mei Lian/ Adrian Yeoh Aun Hong
👉 Date of Visit: 28 January 2018

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