Cafe Brio's at Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel

This is my second time to Cafe Brio's. The first time I went was on a weekday and it was quite sometime back with a Buy 1 Get 1 Free Promotion. This time round the spread was slightly different and perhaps it was because due to saturday and the price we are paying was also different because the Buy 1 Get 1 Free promotion was over. Anyway, all of us enjoyed the buffet spread. It was a combination of western, japanese and chinese food. The favourite among the guests were Oysters, Scallops, Soft Shell crabs, Squid, BBQ Giant Prawns, Steaks, Sushis and many more. As I am not a fan of Oysters, I ate the prawns and crabs.... Yummy... they were very fresh. Cakes was one of my hot favourite.

Name: Cafe Brio's

Address

Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel Singapore

392 Havelock Road Singapore 169663

Telephone: (65) 6233-1100

Website:http://www.millenniumhotels.com.sg/grandcopthornewaterfront/restaurant/index.html

Operating Hours:

Monday to Saturday

Breakfast 06:30 AM - 10:30AM

Lunch Noon - 02:30 PM

Dinner 06:30 PM - 10:30PM

Snack 02:30 PM - 06:30 PM 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM

Sunday

Breakfast 06:30 AM - 10:30AM

Brunch Noon - 03.00PM

Dinner 06:30 PM - 10:30PM

Snack 02:30 PM - 06:30 PM 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM

Price Guide

Adult/Child Pricing (between 5 and 12 yrs)

Breakfast

American

$29.00/$14.50

Continental

$20.00/$13.50

Buffet Lunch

$39.00/$19.50

Buffet Dinner

$44.00/$22.00 (Sun - Thurs) $46.00/$23.00 (Fri & Sat)

A la Carte

Main Course $12.50 - $32.50

Dessert $7.50 - $9.50

Sunday Brunch

Brunch only $68.00/$25.00

With Champagne/Wine/Beer $82.00

(Price maybe subjected to changes without any prior notice)

Overall Rating: 3.8 stars

My Hot Favourite: BBQ Prawns, Crabs, Chocolate Cakes, Strawberries Shortcakes and Calamaris.

Zen Japanese Restaurants-Phuket

I visited this japanese restaurant at Central Plaza. If you are looking for cheap and reasonable food. This may be a good place for you in Phuket. Sushi set meals and Alacarte items are cheap as compared to Singapore. It is definitely suitable for Japanese who have craving for hometown dishes. The sushi set(2nd picture), if i don't remembered wrongly, it is about $8-9 Sgd. Ice Blended Watermelon is about $2, same for other kinds of blended fruit juices.

Rating: 3***

Patong Seafood Restaurant

Patong Seafood Restaurant is one of the oldest and finest restaurant. This restaurant serves fresh and nice seafood. You can get to choose the fish, prawns and lobsters that you like and have it cooked by the chef. It is centrally located on Patong Beachfront. If you are sitting outside, you can get to view the fireworks and Lanterns all the time because just across the road is the patong beach where most tourist would play fireworks and Lantern at night. After the dinner, you can either shop around their pasar malam (night bazaar) or chill out at some nice pubs. Foot Reflexology and massage are all around that area.

Address: 98/2 Taweevong Road, Patong Beach, Phuket 83150 Thailand
Telephone: (66-76) 341 244-5

Fax: (66-76) 341 243

Open daily from: 7 am - 11.30pm ( Last order around 11pm).

Recommended Dishes:

1) Lobster with the cheese ( I love this, 600gram is about $50 sgd)

2) Mussels with Herbed Soup

3) Steamed Crab with Glass Noodle

4) Fresh Oyster ( 40 Baht for 1)

The price of the seafood is around SGD price. If you are visiting phuket next time, do pop by this seafood restaurant. It is worth going.

Overall, i would give patong seafood a 3.5 stars.

Baan Rim Pa Restaurant in Phuket

To all who are visiting phuket, i would like to suggest visiting this restaurant, Baan Rim Pa in phuket. The food is really fantastic and it features complete fine dining experience in spectacular setting. One thing I like the best about this restaurant is the paranomic view of Patong and Kalim bay when you sit at the balcony area.

I would think price wise is reasonable for the kind of atmosphere & food given. To some, it may cost abit higher than those you find at other places, but it is really worth going.

Address: 223 Prabaramee Road (Kalim Beach Road), Kalim Beach, just north of Patong Beach and the Novotel Resort. (15 -20 Minutes walk from Bangla Road)

Website: http://www.baanrimpa.com/

Tel. : (+66 76)340789

Fax: (+66 76)342460

Here are some recommendation on the MUST TRY DISHES.

1) Tom Yaam Goong ( Tomyum Soup)

2) Herbed Chicken in Coconut Milk Soup - Southern style (Unique taste)

3) Pineapple Rice

4) Steamed Rice (sounds weird, but it taste a bit different from those that i eat everyday.)

Baan Rim Pa is awarded the best restaurant in TIME OUT Magazine and also many other magazines.

I am giving them 4.5stars out of 5. (MUST TRY!!!)