10 Scotts

Was scouting for a nice place for a leisure high tea with friends and decided to take a shot at 10Scotts since I've never been there before (Goodwood was full and just recently been to Rose Veranda too).

10Scotts replaces the previous Scotts Lounge and what a welcome refurbishment it was. The dark and moody place was replaced by warm lightings and cosy furniture. The middle buffet area is set up to resemble a someone's kitchen which I thought was a cute touch.

The ambience was super cosy and was bustling with people but chit-chatting doesnt get drowned out. They have library seats (big sofa / cushion) on top of the normal dining tables which makes for more choices. They also have a private room that can sit maybe 14 in one long table.

The high tea is $48 without champagne; $78 with champagne. I liked that the items on the tray are all refillable and also have a mini buffet line to bulk up your choices.

On the 2-tier tray:

Egg mayo roll / salmon & cucumber roll - cucumber sandwich was quite classically nice and the salmon nice too, but the best was the egg mayo sandwich roll was very soft and the blend of mayo just nice and not too salty.

Curry puff - A little oily but the short crust pastry was stuffed with potatoes and (cant remember if there was chicken in it) and tasty. But 1 is enough.

Crab cake - read too much about it which may have led me to feeling a little disappointed. Nice and crispy and chokeful of crab meat but it was slightly bland for me.

Vietnamese spring roll - Disappointingly soggy rice skin and vege sticks not crispy.

Popiah - I dont have a preference for popiah so this was alright for me.

Buffet line

Items on offer were duck roll, dim sum, salad, desserts, freshly shaved parma ham and melon, cheese - while the items did bulk up the choices, most were not bad but non had that wow factor.

Service was good and the tea and coffee were all good. But they could have a system to leave at least 1 copy of the menu at each table instead of clearing all of them after each order, which made ordering your 2nd (and onwards) pot of teas a tedious process.

I like this place and would definitely return, although some of the items were misses. While one of my friends commented that the items on the tier was too asian, I welcome the difference. But I still think this place offers strikes a good balance between a tier and a high tea buffet.

Hyatt Gold Passport members can also earn dining points here - a bonus!