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2013-02-05
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The wonderful but expensive buffet at MBS' Rise Restaurant needs no introduction. However when you're not having the buffet, or are arriving without a reservation, the staff will seat you together with the lounge/bar patrons. While the armchairs are comfy, the low, tiny coffee tables are ill suited to diners having their meals. The Friday night we were there, all the staff were Filipinos. The few local staff that were here at our last visit are all gone, or it could be their day off. We've no pr
The a la carte menu at Rise is very limited with several types of pastas, a handful of popular entrees like Fish & Chips and less than ten local dishes. We settled for the Chicken Rice $25++ and Nasi Goreng $22++. The chicken rice was good but unremarkable. The Nasi Goreng is lousy. The rice itself was bland & I could eat it only by asking for a saucer of sambal to mix with the rice. The chicken wing was too thickly coated with batter & had been overcooked so it was not just bland but too chewy as well. The prawn cracker was all flour & had no prawn flavour, thus only the achar passed the taste test. The satays tasted ok but were not warm so they had probably been grilled in bulk earlier in the day and two sticks plonked at the side of my plate of nasi goreng before serving. So if you're visiting this restaurant, call ahead to place reservations for the buffet. Forget the a la carte food here.
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