This was a choice for a family dinner for a celebratory occasion. Picked the Vivo outlet as this has a nice waterside vibe to it and not so crowded too.

A queue had already formed before 5pm on a working Friday evening, probably because of the happy hour prices which makes their beer a rather good deal. Got an alfresco table for our group of 8pax but that turned out to be a miscalculation as the warm weather can make the alfresco sitting a tad uncomfortable.

Hefe Weissbier ($12.50 for 0.5litres) - their lightest beer brewed freshly. Super drinkable and good for ladies!

Onion Soup ($9.50) - Very good, with onion strips in it. Not too watery either.

Garden Salad ($9.50 for S) - Surprisingly fresh and crispy greens, carrots etc with a tangy dressing on the side.

Sausage platter ($32.50) - For 8 sausages, this comes across as a tad pricey for me even though I know they are more pricey then normal sausages. Nice sauerkraut and potato salad though, especially the onion strips on top of it.

Bacon Pizza ($16.50) - Rather big sized but crust was way too hard for me, almost biscuit-like.

Pork knuckle ($36) - Good! I reluctantly took a bite and realized why people have been saying it's nice. Perfectly roasted crunchy skin with the meat not having that sometimes overpowering pork smell. A bit dry though as no sauce is served with it.

Typical Bavarian pretzel ($3.50) - My personal favorite especially when its served warm.

Basket of selected German bread ($5.80) - Ordered a second basket as the bread was so good, even when cold.

Service was nothing to complain about. Have less pics this time as was busy chatting haha~

Last evening I went over to the restaurant with my colleague & German boss. The place is nicely done & we took an outdoor seat which was great! It gives you a nice view of the sea and part of Sentosa. Heez...

Ok, coming back to the food, I have ordered the butter Dory fillet with mushroom, and the other 2 main dishes ordered by my colleagues were the braised veal and smoked pork loin. I quite like the main course which I've ordered, nice & thick cut of dory fillet, except that the mushroom sauce was abit too salty. As for the braised veal, it tasted not-too-bad to my German boss. The smoked pork loin was more of a disappointment to my colleague as it turned out to be 4 slices of ham on top of a heap of mashed potato.

However, I think their German beers had compensated for the disappointment in the food for the night. I had both the Paulaner Weissbier & Paulaner Weissbier Dunkel, served chilled in tall, elegant glasses. Personally, I have preference for Paulaner Weissbier as it tastes lighter and less bitter.

On the overall, it's a nice place to have a couple of drinks with your friends!

Look each other in the eye when you toast, or experience 7 years of bad ***!

I was quite pleased with the beer mixes and drafts respectively. The girlfriend had the former, which was their fizzy draft beer with banana. It had a refreshing taste with a hint of the fruit which did not over power the beer. The dark, chestnut coloured draft I ordered (which was the last item on the draft beer page) had a strong nutty and malty flavour which was, well, very yummy. There was no hiding of the ingredients and processing that went into the brew, which is good, because you will know that you pay for quality.

The Finger food was good, but only if there's beer. I say this because the finger food on its own tasted bland. But my guess is that the restaurant wanted the food and drinks to compliment each other and to bring out the taste of each other. Though I wished it was in bigger portion. I thought it was exceptionally odd since they would serve beers by the litre but half their portions of finger food.

As for service, I thought the waitress who attended to my table was pretty professional. I had asked about the difference in their drafts was provided with concise descriptions on taste for each of them. I was able to decide quickly from her comments and as fore-mentioned, was satisfied with my orders.

According to the girlfriend, the ambience was quite similar to those in Germany. But the music did seem un-German.

As for the title, the superstition about toasting with German beers is that you got to look into the eyes of each other and say the German version of "Yam Seng" or "Cheers". Failing which, 7 years of bod ***. So toast with a single-minded conviction here!

Admittedly, I gave Brotzeit a high rating because I was pretty disappointed with Café Del Mar's service just before coming here. The girlfriend and I were there for an hour and a half but was unable to find drinks. More details about the atrocious service on their opening day later.