Was pretty excited to try men don tei because the interior layout made me felt like i was really in japan. however, there were really noisy kids around and i didn't enjoy the experience.surprised that there was no miso soup. the chicken wasn't fresh at all and tasted really stale. we ordered a katsu don and a curry chicken don. both were pretty disappointing because the meat wasn't fresh.. the curry don wasn't hot enough, and the portion was so small that its almost kid's size! also, it's self-service (you have to collect your own meal) and they shout really loudly. pretty rude cashier as well, you can feel the negative vibe.

looking at the menu and its hefty prices, i knew this was a restaurant for tourists who don't know the market prices. the manager also treated us really badly when they knew that we weren't hotel guests. we waited outside for really long and NO ONE tended to us for more than 5 minutes, despite the restaurant being almost empty with only a few hotel guests?we decided to walk in ourselves and even find our own seats, before someone finally came (which was a manager in black suit). ordered eggs benedict — my personal favourite. however, i had never tasted one that was so thick in hollandaise sauce that i felt like yellow phlegm was coming out of my throat and thick dark yellow mucus coming out from my nose (yes, this explains how heaty it was)! looks good, but portion was tiny for $16 (not even comparable to prive's cafe)!the dessert, berry's pancakes, looked really promising. i was really excited to try this... initially with the sauce, it tasted really yummy, but then the second and third bites became really dry and sour. think they just look great for photos and instagram, but nope, won't make the trip back there again.

Went to fish & co about 8.30pm. Two people were celebrating their birthdays in different tables, so the crew had to go there and sing happy birthday song loudly. not sure if it was meant to truly celebrate their birthday or embarrass them because the birthday boy/girl looks pretty embarrassed! as a result, service was a tad too slow because of these frills that they offer.anyway i'm very pleased with the cover of their menu. looks SO GOOD. wonder which agency did their menu... the designer really deserves a pat in his/her back. *applause*i was hooked to the menu cover page.Tried the mexican drumlets... spicy just won't cut it! thankfully, fish & co offers water so i drank cups after cups of it. Pizza didn't come fresh - it was cold, kinda hard to chew. tomato bits and cheese almost tasteless.. just plain weird. it was akin to buying it from a bakery store!when the baked salmon came, i almost cried. the breaded salmon was salty like hell, the carrots were so hard, bland and weird tasting. the other vegetables were worst...it was really awful. i think even my dad, who isn't a cook at all, can cook it better intuitively. hopefully fish & co chefs would up their game... go for some cooking courses or something.

botak jones has sold his company, and how does the food taste now? famous for its meat, i've decided to take a route less travelled by .. having fish.menu is really clean and sleek now. i had a memorable time with botak jone's elaborate menu previously.. where it felt like the menu was talking to me or something. now it's just a cold, laminated list of food items for me to select from.. not so interactive.didn't like the food offered this time because it's just a list. previously they had so much customization (that was years ago huh)i liked that the menu was well-designed though. anyway, went for a large fish n chips!the batter was really crispy and it tasted really shiok initially.however, the more i ate, the more weird the fish tastes. its not premium bay fish, i guess. very fishy smell. the fries is too darn hot like there was fire getting bigger and bigger on my tongue and it burns all the way down to the throat. the meal wasn't balanced at all — how disappointing.i loved how you don't have to pay for service charge but they serve the food to you (despite giving you a plate where it vibrates and rings loudly). pretty cool for a coffee shop concept these days.

Went to Benten Cafe when it was almost closing, there were only two service staff and we felt really pressured to finish as quickly as we can. For example, they asked us to pay for our meal even though we were only halfway eating it. Reason is because they have to close the cashier (typical norm).Avocado salmon salad was shockingly ugly... didn't taste fresh, no sauce as well. felt like they just rinsed the veggies with water and threw some processed 'grilled salmon' and thin slices of avocado on top. will never order this again!the cheese baked rice fared better, though the portion is really flat and small.croquette looks weirdly angled, taste like out of freezeradded cheese and was greatly disappointed. this just look like kraft cheese was placed on top of it.. really salty, plain and dry.the beef was so much better, it was tender and slighty juicy.. would prefer that it had much more gravy though.i didn't like the chicken cutlet at all, tasted too dry for my liking.the egg pasta wasn't as satisfying as it looked in the picture of the menu, but it was so much better than the cheese pasta. 

i didn't like that the restaurant is open-concept and i felt like there was no privacy... also the food was bad, service wasn't too good, don't know what we are actually paying for.