Nik K

Review of whitegrass

Great experience. Excellent food presentation, att...

Great experience. Excellent food presentation, attention to details but could improve in the speed of serving dishes. We came for 2h meal but ended up staying for full 3 hours, hence 4.5 out of 5 :)

It was our first time at Whitegrass but we have been to multiple restaurants in Singapore in a similar price range or with a Michelin star so can compare.

Overall environment is good: peaceful but cheerful. This is partially thanks to a welcoming staff and attentive service but also thanks to a good design. If was I to compare it with other restaurants in Singapore at the same price range, Whitegrass did well to create an environment. They did miss music though, especially when it got crowded.

Menu - decent selection of foods. We did like the availability of non-alcoholic drinks priced at SGD16. Simple but well made.

Good attention to aesthetics - food was not only nicely presented but also tasted great. Looks at those little crabs waving - starters were perhaps the best of all we tried. I do note that medium rare steak was rather tough to chew, I was expecting more of a melting in my mouth piece of meat.

Speed - when booked we were informed that reservation is for 2 hours which is fine for a 5-course dinner given there are starters in the beginning. But it took full 3 hours and I eventually had to chase staff a little bit given that there was only 1 snack between 2nd and 3rd dish to entertain us. We waited for almost 30min after the second dish to get the main 3rd dish so I got already hungry and my wife got rather full / done with the dinner by the time we actually got it. This spoilt the whole experience a bit. For reference, we have had a dinner for 3 hours before but that included 8+ dishes, served every ~15 minutes so you don't notice how fast the time passes by.