As the name suggests, the restaurant is an establishment by the celebrity chef Jamie Oliver. Not being an avid fan of him, I was quite skeptical to hear all the raved reviews and the snaky long queues of the restaurant.

Headed over for dinner on a Friday night without any reservation. Although the restaurant can take up to 200 persons, I had to wait supposedly initially for around 30min for a table. But luckily the wait turned out to be shorter otherwise I would have given up waiting.

From the entrance of the restaurant, I didn't realize the place being really expansive upon walking in. There are alfresco seats as well. The overall atmosphere felt quite laid-back and relaxing with the dim lightings, wooden tables and comfy seats.

Ordered the FISH antipasti ($17) as appetizer which consisted of breaded fish, few small slices of cheese, pickles and salad. It was quite a let-down, I could not the least bit appreciate the dish at all. The breaded fish were all cold and slightly hard while the salad was kinda tasteless. Portion was really small for an appetizer. I understand that it was supposed to be fine dining so it explained the portion size but I think the food quality was nowhere near fine.However, on a brighter note, despite the miss with the appetizer, I think the pasta I had was not too bad. I had the JOOLS’ Favourite Silician Tuna Fusili ($21.00 for the bigger portion). The whole plate of fusili was really appetizing along with small chunks of fresh Albacore Tuna. Every bit of the Fusili was flavorful, I guess this is because it was slow-cooked with tomatoes and some herbs.

Ordered Italian Farm Sausage ($24.50) as another mains. Grilled pork sausage came in the form of a skewer with sweet & sour peppers and capers in between. The sausage was just ordinary despite claimed to be flavored with red wine and spices. It was in fact a bit too salty. Quite a flop especially considering its price, definitely not worth at all.Tried out the Tutti Frutti Lemon Meringue ($11.50) for desserts. It was quite decent and appetizing because of the sourish limoncello. But it tasted a bit too sweet actually. I always feel that sweetness should be really mild in lemony desserts.Overall, I was unimpressed with the food despite an initial good impression from some of the raved reviews about the restaurant. Some hits and misses, would not head back again as I think I would be able to get the same food quality at a lower price range.

Re-visiting this place again since there was a Groupon offer. I think it is a pretty good deal as one can even use it during weekends.

This time I ordered the Assam Fish Head ($34.90), Spicy Beef Rendang ($9.90) and Braised Homemade Spinach Beancurd ($12.90). The Assam Fish Head was not as good as I anticipated. The gravy was diluted (perhaps it is supposed to be) and bland. It tasted sourish but it lacked the rich Assam taste and it was not spicy at all (would prefer more zest of spiciness in it). There was plenty of fish meat but didn't taste as fresh sadly

The Beef Rendang, on a brighter note, tasted quite tantalizing. Tender Beef chunks stir fried in fragrant coconut milk, herbs and spices To round up our meal, despite feeling full already, there is always room for desserts haha
I tried the Cendol ($4.50), a combo of rich and smooth coconut milk with jackfruit, red beans, grass jelly and palm sugar. It was sweet, surely and sinful as well haha

A satisfactory meal except that the Assam Fish failed to live up to expectations >< But the Groupon deal was a very worthwhile one indeed

I am a fan of salad and wraps so I hunt around for good and reasonably-priced salads (who would wanna pay so much for veggie lol)

At Simple Wrapps, for salad, one can make own salad by choosing from a wide array of ingredients at the price of $6.90. It consists of veggie and six toppings. But to add on a meat topping, there would be an additional charge. I was also spoilt for choices of its many various different types of dressings available.

Ordered a regular salad with add-on of Mango Roasted Chicken. It was good and filling, just simple guilt-free pleasure ^^My friend ordered the Tower of Pisa wrap. There are also five types of wrap skins to choose from. Haha how can one not be spoilt for choices LOL

The wrap was alright but I find the Italian Herb Chicken inside was too dry. Besides, I was expecting the wrap skin to be toasted like how Salad Stop did. However it was not thus it tasted dry and bland.

Had an add-on of soup also at $2 but the portion was pathetically small. We had the Cream of Broccoli soup. It was plain tasteless and bland, more like drinking creamy soup with no trace of broccoli at all.

In conclusion, salads here is good with a wide varieties. Wrap would be good too if it were to be toasted. Leave out the soup to avoid disappointment. I would only come back here for a salad fix.

A new venture under the Paradise group located at Vivo City. This eatery serves specifically Beef Noodles with some side dishes to complement along.Ordered the Braised Beef Briskets Noodle ($11.90). There is a choice of either thin or broad noodles. The broad-shaped one was a bit too thick for my liking. Soup is free of MSG as claimed. But it tasted pretty bland actually. Portion of Beef was quite generous and was braised long enough thus was really tender.Tried the side dish of Chilled Preserved Tomatoes ($2.90). The cherry tomatoes are soaked in white vinegar along with sour plum. It tasted quite refreshing and appetizing. The other side dishes such as the Chilled Tofu seems promising too.

Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf's more atas restaurant, first started in MBS, is opening more and more branches in the city center. Coffee is as good as normal CBTL. Menu has a good number of varieties.
The waffle was alright, a bit too dense, not fluffy enough. Not the best waffle I have had but not too bad.The Breakfast platter was quite a disappointment. The bacon was burnt. The tomatoes served was pathetically limited to just two small cherry-sized tomatoes. The sausages tasted bland. Not value-for-money at all, definitely a no-no.This is my only consolation. Chicken breast was still tender enough. And well nothing goes wrong with tomatoes, making the whole pasta palatable enough! ^^

The food is overall not bad with a few misses for certain dishes.