The Place

Nice atmosphere. Attentive waiters.

Wonderful food, great ambience and excellent staff. Love it here and it was as exceptional as usual. Highly recommend a visit!!

Love The Place! Excellent food, friendly staff and a relaxed atmosphere. Whether for a special occasion or a business lunch - this is The Place to dine :)

Whilst it wasn’t unpleasant, it was a disappointing return to dining out. Greeting on arrival was slower than necessary (keeping in mind reduced staff in current climate) we were left waiting as other tasks were prioritised. The sanitary processes were in full view with masks, gloves and other measures, however being handed laminated reuseable menus seemed a contradiction of the extra measures. The environment was lifted by the beauty of the old gpo building but it stopped there, simply no atmosphere. ‘Elevator music’, could hear every footstep throughout the room, furniture more office friendly than entertaining. We ordered a charcuterie board, which looked like it would be delicious, only to have our mains come and another ten minutes pass before they released they hadn’t brought it. The staff were polite and pleasant and the food we received was edible... but nothing more than a food court at the local shopping mall. All in all we stayed through, completed the meal and the wished the pleasant staff a nice evening but we had made this reservation based on a 9.5 rating in this site, it certainly wasn’t. My partner described it as a room service meal. There is much potential but for our first visit we were hoping for that 9.5 experience and unfortunately that wasn’t to be.

We had Lunar New Year lunch at The Place for 8 people, so chose only the Singaporean dishes. The must-have Prosperity Toss Salad (known as Yee Sang) was extortionately expensive at $38 for 4 pieces of salmon and very little salad. The salad did not taste exceptionally better than other places we've tried (for Yee Sang) so I can't see how the price is justified. Other dishes we had were the Salmon Biryani (good), Wagyu Rendang (average) & Chicken Singapore Curry (nothing special). Portion-wise, food was really catered for 1 individual - not generously portioned like you would expect Asian food to be (even if it is in a hotel). Prior to this lunch we were planning to come for high tea one day, but after this experience, have decided not to because for the price paid, can get better fine dining elsewhere.

Lovely food and very enjoyable

The food was okay. Service was average. The atmosphere was office like with no character

Nice open, relaxing environment with high ceiling. Great attentive service. Delicious food, with some East West fusion. Would be happy to return again.

Could not fault the service and staff. I took my mum for her birthday and they surprised us with a beautiful cake and took our drinks off of the bill. The food was also fantastic. Will be back

Great location, service and food. Will come back