De Coders Cafe (Newton)

Went to decoder cafe over the weekend for Pingsters gathering. Initially I was reluctant to go on my own as I have no idea where Balmoral Plaza was. There wasn't any direct way of getting there from my house. But still, not wanting to miss the fun with fellow bloggers, I spent 30mins searching online on ways to getting there. Finally found the fastest way... Take bus to Sengkang station... take NEL to Little India.. take 170, 48, or 960 from bus stop at Exit B (or was it A?)... alight at the 5th stop infront of Balmoral Plaza. It's not that difficult to get there after all!

I was greeted by the hugeee collection of games at the entrance of the cafe. Behind it were two computers set up for customers to use for free. (Can do live blogging from there! hee...) The place is small and cosy. There's 3 sets of bigger tables and chairs and 2/3 tables for groups of 2-4. Tables and chairs were of nice height and comfortable enough for long hours of play.

The menu was thematically designed to fit into the gaming environment. They cleverly made it in a way that they can expand or change the menu whenever they have to. And in my opinion, they probably have to soon...

Feeling famished, I ordered my favorite mushroom and cream pasta, and topped it up with $3.50 for the soup and a drink. When the soup was served, I knew what I was going to expect for my pasta. The soup was a tad too diluted. When I saw my pasta, the cream that came with it was diluted too. Too plain for me. The only thing I enjoyed was the canned green tea from Heaven and Earth.

However, food aside, I still love this place! For its friendly, attentive and helpful staff. They are very patient when teaching you the games and demonstrating how its played.

The next time I go, I'll probably stick to their finger food and cakes. Wedges and chicken bites look good. (More stars next time if they improve on their menu.)

I notice that no one wrote an review of De Coder's Cafe. So I thought i will start the ball rolling. I have been to this place twice so far. This cafe just started recently, thus the board games are new.

The interesting thing about this board games cafe is that they do not charge standard packages. They use something they called minimum spending. Which means that you have to spend like $5 an hour to order any food or beverages you want. The games and Internet comes free with it. I like this concept as I can order any food I want.

There is not much crowd at the moment as compared to other board games cafe since they are new. That's something I like about it. It's much more quieter than other cafes. I cant stand the noise level at other cafes. Buay tahan at times. The games are new, staff are friendly, food is nice and games play are free. What else can you ask for? I only tried the cakes, appetizers so far, those are good. Go try their cheesecakes, very nice!