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2013-08-20 53 views
Walk around Marina square and decide to have our dinner at Café Cartel.I ordered a soup of the day and today soup of the day is chicken soup, the soup is thick with tiny chucks of chicken meat in it, quite nice, just that I find it a little salty but still its nice.The garlic bread is nice and goes well with the soup. Its roasted till crispy with light garlic taste.Spicy Seafood Pasta, the pasta is in Arrabiatta sauce with fresh seafood such as shrimps, squids. The sauce is not too spicy and qui
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Walk around Marina square and decide to have our dinner at Café Cartel.
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I ordered a soup of the day and today soup of the day is chicken soup, the soup is thick with tiny chucks of chicken meat in it, quite nice, just that I find it a little salty but still its nice.
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The garlic bread is nice and goes well with the soup. Its roasted till crispy with light garlic taste.
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Spicy Seafood Pasta, the pasta is in Arrabiatta sauce with fresh seafood such as shrimps, squids. The sauce is not too spicy and quite nice. Goes well with the ingredients.
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Lasagna, I love this dish, the lasagna is nice with layers of pasta crammed with chicken and a thick layer of mozzarella cheese. The sauce is nice and with the mozzarella cheese, the whole dish is superb.. nice..
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2013-08-16 39 views
Went to cafe cartel after dinner as i remember they have 50% promotion after 9pm. Was craving for some ice cream and we ordered "Lovers Fantasy", which consists of strawberry and vanilla ice cream, strawberries, peach and kiwi. The dish is pretty decent as everything taste alright except the kiwi which is really hard and sourMy verdict : I will be back for supper next time to try out other snacks and desserts since they are all half priced after 9pm.
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Went to cafe cartel after dinner as i remember they have 50% promotion after 9pm. Was craving for some ice cream and we ordered "Lovers Fantasy", which consists of strawberry and vanilla ice cream, strawberries, peach and kiwi. The dish is pretty decent as everything taste alright except the kiwi which is really hard and sour


My verdict : I will be back for supper next time to try out other snacks and desserts since they are all half priced after 9pm.
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2013-07-30 25 views
I bought a groupon promotion for pork rib set at Café Cartel Marina Square , here it is spacious and plenty of seats. We ordered St Louis Pork Ribs, Sundaes, Soup of the day Succulent and soft pork rib coated in their special st louis saucesPortion of fries and coleslaw is kind of little (i think maybe its because i use voucher)Corn cream soup and sundaes were alright. Average. This was more of a meal of quantity than quality. You get what you pay for.
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I bought a groupon promotion for pork rib set at Café Cartel Marina Square , here it is spacious and plenty of seats. We ordered St Louis Pork Ribs, Sundaes, Soup of the day

Succulent and soft pork rib coated in their special st louis sauces
Portion of fries and coleslaw is kind of little (i think maybe its because i use voucher)
Corn cream soup and sundaes were alright. Average.

This was more of a meal of quantity than quality. You get what you pay for.
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2013-03-17 11 views
Cafe Cartel in Marina Square is located at a section in the shopping mall which is away from the hustle and bustle of the shoppers looking for good deals. Had lunch there with my friend and we had a good chat. Served mushroom soup and bread with ice-lemon tea while we wait for our main course.As it is a set lunch offered by cafe cartel, everyday there is a fixed menu. On that day, we had chicken sandwich with potato wedges. Rather full after the meal. With the environment and food, it is conside
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Cafe Cartel in Marina Square is located at a section in the shopping mall which is away from the hustle and bustle of the shoppers looking for good deals. Had lunch there with my friend and we had a good chat.
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Served mushroom soup and bread with ice-lemon tea while we wait for our main course.
As it is a set lunch offered by cafe cartel, everyday there is a fixed menu. On that day, we had chicken sandwich with potato wedges. Rather full after the meal.
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With the environment and food, it is considered a reasonable price to attract lunch goers working in the vicinity to have lunch at Cafe Cartel.
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2013-01-29 12 views
Jalan whole day at Marina Square area, play arcade, then after eating dinner it's already after 9pm , time is right and all the desserts here is 50% off. Eating in Singapore requires a little strategy knowing where's all the discounts and goodies so one can enjoy the finer things in life with cost efficiency.Warm rich and moist brownie with walnuts covered with generous amount of chocolate syrup and topped with a cold smooth vanilla ice cream.Staff was very friendly and service was good.
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Jalan whole day at Marina Square area, play arcade, then after eating dinner it's already after 9pm , time is right and all the desserts here is 50% off. Eating in Singapore requires a little strategy knowing where's all the discounts and goodies so one can enjoy the finer things in life with cost efficiency.
Warm rich and moist brownie with walnuts covered with generous amount of chocolate syrup and topped with a cold smooth vanilla ice cream.
Staff was very friendly and service was good.
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2013-01-24 52 views
FoodSt Louis Pork Ribs - $15.60If you have not tried its ribs, that means you have not visit cafe cartel.Famous for its Ribs, this is a must try!Tendered ribs with homemade BBQ sauce, you will be amazed that cutting the ribs is a breeze. It's not as hard as I have imagined. It's served with coleslaw and fries. There are 3 sauces for selection, black pepper, rodeo and honey glaze.Pan Fried Macaroni - $14.80 A plate filled with well fried macaroni with chicken and mushroom in secret recipe sambal
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St Louis Pork Ribs - $15.60
If you have not tried its ribs, that means you have not visit cafe cartel.
Famous for its Ribs, this is a must try!
Tendered ribs with homemade BBQ sauce, you will be amazed that cutting the ribs is a breeze. It's not as hard as I have imagined. It's served with coleslaw and fries. There are 3 sauces for selection, black pepper, rodeo and honey glaze.
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Pan Fried Macaroni - $14.80
A plate filled with well fried macaroni with chicken and mushroom in secret recipe sambal sauce. not too oily and soggy. However it tastes a bit salty. Overall, still ok with me if i have a glass of water to go along with this dish.
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Service is quite poor, it takes quite sometimes for the waitress to approach us to take down our orders.

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Furnitures are old. "Sinking" sofa seat, some are torn. Require replacement.

Price
Price is pretty standard dining in places like this.

Recommendation / Tips
(1) Do check out their app on your smart phone and get some perks.
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2012-12-19 7 views
It was my first time trying The Cafe Cartel! I have been wanted to try because its store front looks good. And it just sounds good. There are 6 of us and it was 12 noon. There was no waiting crowd and therefore the waitress could serve us quite promptly. There are set lunch and luxe sets so we ordered 2 set lunch and 2 luxe sets. The prices are reasonable and the photos on the menu look good. We ordered Monday Set Lunch A – Crispy Sesame-seeded fish fillet and chicken sausage with tartar sauceB
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It was my first time trying The Cafe Cartel! I have been wanted to try because its store front looks good. And it just sounds good.
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There are 6 of us and it was 12 noon. There was no waiting crowd and therefore the waitress could serve us quite promptly.

There are set lunch and luxe sets so we ordered 2 set lunch and 2 luxe sets. The prices are reasonable and the photos on the menu look good.
We ordered Monday Set Lunch
A – Crispy Sesame-seeded fish fillet and chicken sausage with tartar sauce
B – Pan fried spicy clams and bacon spaghetti
Price: $9.50 NETT
The set lunch is different for each day, with Set A – chicken and Set B – spaghetti.
All comes with a drink, soup of the day and garlic bread. We ordered peach tea and the soup of the day was the creamy mushroom soup.

We also ordered the Luxe set as follow:
Chicken Mixed Grill with Pepper Sauce
Grilled Pork Chops with mushroom Sauce

Ok, let me review on each dish as below:
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The garlic bread basically tastes like garlic bread. Haha! It was served warmly and still crispy. Taste good when dip in mushroom soup!
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The mushroom soup is so creamy and I love it! The taste is just there and I simply love it. There is beautiful design on the soup when served.
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The peach tea is better than the canned drinks.
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The fish fillet was acceptable and the portion was OK.
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Oh I like the spaghetti! I like salty food and the spaghetti is just nice. There are quite a lot of salty bacons and a few clams. The clams are nicely spiced so the smell of the seafood wasn’t that strong.
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The sausages are normal and the grill chicken chop is super small. It tasted overly grilled to me.
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The pork chop is very tender so I like it. But the vegetables tastes are mixed up so they tasted a bit weird.

You can also add $1 for single scoop ice cream sundae.
Point to note: There is no further discount for any set lunch or luxe set!

Overall the experience was good!
I will definitely come back again!
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2012-12-01 6 views
The FoodI ordered the house specialties, regular sized ST Louis Pork ribs with honey glazed sauce. I ordered the set meal which comes with soup, garlic bread & iced peach tea. As I am a garlic bread lover, I also ordered additional basket of 12 slices of garlic bread The ServiceThe service is lousy and bad service because the waitress keep asking me whether we have finished our food. The way they talk also very rude. Did not ever bother to top up our iced water even though there are less people
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I ordered the house specialties, regular sized ST Louis Pork ribs with honey glazed sauce. I ordered the set meal which comes with soup, garlic bread & iced peach tea. As I am a garlic bread lover, I also ordered additional basket of 12 slices of garlic bread

The Service
The service is lousy and bad service because the waitress keep asking me whether we have finished our food. The way they talk also very rude. Did not ever bother to top up our iced water even though there are less people in the restaurant.

The Ambience
As we went on weekdays hence the place is less crowded and not so noisy also.

The Price
Reasonably priced at $15.60 + additional $3.90 for complete set meal

Overall
I will definitely come back again and highly recommended to try this restaurant at other branches even though the service is bad.
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2012-06-11 11 views
This chocolate cake from Cafe cartel has always been one of my favourite dark chocolate cake. The dark chocolate flavour is really thick and I love that slight bitterness from it. The cake sponge is quite moist and not too dry, and is also filled with strong flavour from the dark chocolate too. The slice is quite big and thick, which make the price which we have paid for it quite worth while. Great to have it with a cup of their latte as well.
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This chocolate cake from Cafe cartel has always been one of my favourite dark chocolate cake. The dark chocolate flavour is really thick and I love that slight bitterness from it. The cake sponge is quite moist and not too dry, and is also filled with strong flavour from the dark chocolate too. The slice is quite big and thick, which make the price which we have paid for it quite worth while. Great to have it with a cup of their latte as well.
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it has been a long time since i last ate at cafe cartel, recently just went there to try my favourite st louis pork ribs and after my meal, that dish is no longer my favourite. the standard dropped A LOT, the meat used to be so tender and nice, the ribs now is so dry and tough that i question what was i eating. the sauce is still nice but it still could not rescue the horrible meat
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it has been a long time since i last ate at cafe cartel, recently just went there to try my favourite st louis pork ribs and after my meal, that dish is no longer my favourite. the standard dropped A LOT, the meat used to be so tender and nice, the ribs now is so dry and tough that i question what was i eating. the sauce is still nice but it still could not rescue the horrible meat
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2011-09-26 7 views
I had the sirloin steak set at Cafe Cartel @ marina square for lunch. Its a hot plate set, consisting of fries (those thick with ridges types) and veges (corn, tomato, long beans) as sides. The steak itself was alright, i ordered a medium but it arrived a little too rare for my liking, the mushroom sauce was quite good though they could have given me more of the sauce. The long beans were undercooked and thus too rubbery, i didn't finish them. As for the other vegetables, i have no complaints. I
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I had the sirloin steak set at Cafe Cartel @ marina square for lunch. Its a hot plate set, consisting of fries (those thick with ridges types) and veges (corn, tomato, long beans) as sides. The steak itself was alright, i ordered a medium but it arrived a little too rare for my liking, the mushroom sauce was quite good though they could have given me more of the sauce. The long beans were undercooked and thus too rubbery, i didn't finish them. As for the other vegetables, i have no complaints. I loved the fries - Cafe cartel does make good fries. All in all, it was a decent meal, but i will stick to their ribs the next time i visit cafe cartel.
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We were seated outside the restaurant as there weren't any space inside for the eight of us. My friends' (some salad with cheese) was served without cutlery. When they asked for two sets of cutlery, they were given ONE set of knife and spoon, which is seriously of little use.In the end they gave up waiting for the waiters to drop by and one of them made the trip to the counter to get the cutlery herself.Besides, throughout the meal, our glasses of water were never once refilled.After the meal, o
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We were seated outside the restaurant as there weren't any space inside for the eight of us.

My friends' (some salad with cheese) was served without cutlery. When they asked for two sets of cutlery, they were given ONE set of knife and spoon, which is seriously of little use.

In the end they gave up waiting for the waiters to drop by and one of them made the trip to the counter to get the cutlery herself.

Besides, throughout the meal, our glasses of water were never once refilled.

After the meal, one of the waiters asked if he could clear our plates, and after he cleared three plates (there were 8 of us, so there should be at least 7 plates in total since two of us shared a dish), he never once came back again.

Having realised that we were a neglected bunch outside the restaurant, we decided to move into the restaurant, hoping that service in the restaurant premise itself should be better since we're no longer at a "blind spot" where the staff can't see us. One of us ordered a chocolate brownie cheesecake while the rest of us ordered the Viking ice-cream to share.

We were totally wrong about the service being better inside. We waited for a freaking 45 minutes for the desserts to be served! The most puzzling thing is that it took them 45 minutes for the cake to be taken out and served. It's ridiculous. We had two rounds of bread to entertain ourselves and wait for our orders to be served. Judging by the long queue at the bread counter, I reckon the waiting time for other tables is as terrible as ours.

We left the restaurant at around 10.30pm, and when we saw the tables outside where we had previously sat at for our main course... THE SOILED PLATES WERE STILL THERE. It was already at least 3 full hours after we finished our meals!

The dining experience was so bad that I swear I'll never dine at the branch ever again.
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