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Telephone: (65) 6334-4653
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Restaurants » Fusion, European
Food and Beverages » Wine and Spirits
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Its is a beautiful place. Situated in the middle of NOWHERE as well as lush greenary. I could say its a hideout right smack in the city.
So much about the surroundings, the interior deco is great. Simple and Zen-ish... with beautifully placed furnitures. The glass house features indoor and outdoor dining. 2 places i love the best.
1. The level one open air bar... Its beautiful to hear the bustling of the traffic but yet can't see it. Surrounded with greenary one can expect mosquito bites but if you are the thick skinned kind.. thats the place for you. Very stylish and sexy to hang out at especially in the late evenings when it starts to get cool and dark and you have the beautiful lights illuminating the greenary around you.
2. The level 2 open air balcony dirnking area. Nice cosy couches with a plentiful comfy pillows. I particularly like the fans. Antique looking but boy they are strong fans... cools up the place quick and effective. Its quiet and comfy and stashed away. I always love the feeling of a hideout.
They serve a great deals of drinks and cocktails. The food was great and served beautifully. Service is great and waitress helpful, however the toilet is at the ground level, in which is not so good for tipsy friends, less they roll down the steps.. which then again is a much quicker and safer for us, their sane friends dragging them home. But they ain't heavy, their my sisters!
The price range i should say is mid high. However its a great experience. A must go to check out place.
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First time I've been there and we walked from Paragon to Plaza Sing. I've heard about Giraffe and read its review so I was rather interested in going there for drinks. The atmosphere down stairs was very good though we pampered kids prefer sitting indoors as we were sweating ourselves silly and there weren't any seats down stairs.
The deco upstairs disappointed me though. It looks like a wilderness wannabe that failed.
Especially the uniform of the service crew there. The top was still fine but the pants made me think that they wore sleeping clothes to work. Untidy was the word.
Ordered Chamomile tea, San Miguel and grape Cosmopolitan. At first the San Miguel tasted like a plainer Tiger (That's not their fault). Then dirty cups and plates were used for Dephil's Chamomile Tea changed quickly on request. No honey was served with the tea too though available on request. I was rather happy with my Grape Cosmo. Prices seems to be lower than other pubs with an extensive menu to choose from.
It closes rather early too. The counter closes at 1am and the area upstairs closes at 1230am. I do hope it can close later especially on a Saturday night which we usually will go to a late night cafe/pub and sit there to talk/eat/drink.
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The first thing i entered e place, i noticed the classy ambience. Its very suitable for first dates and chill out.
I booked a seat of 2 and was lead to a table of 4 due to the shortage of 2 seaters. Think it was because of the miscommunication of the staffs. I even saw 2 staffs unhappy with each other during our dining.
The food was, to say the truth, below my expectations. I ordered salmon, which were dipped into the sauce. This made it too salty, the salmon was very normal considering the price.
We ordered its recommended dessert, mudpie, which was surprisingly, very nicely decorated. Chocolate powder was sprinkled to show the image of 2 giraffes. Enjoyed the dessert!
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Giraffe does indeed have fabulous ambience, being situated admist the greenery at the Istana Park opposite Plaza Singapura. And regardless if you were sitting indoors or outdoors, the ambience is just as nice. :)
Some people may not opt for outdoor seats, for the fear of rain or humidity, yet don't fret just yet. Giraffe has great comfortable seats outdoors, that are sheltered and generally cooling, especially at night.
I had a gathering with friends on the 2nd level, and the waitresses were all quite friendly and polite..though, not exactly very professional. Some orders were mixed up and they seemed quite confused at some point in time, but all in all, it was fine.
However, one thing that would prevent me from going to Giraffe, would be their limited list of food in the menu. Each of the section in the menu seemed to only have less than 8 choices, well..except for the drinks.
Oh! They do not serve water, by the way. Either you order their sparkling/distilled water at $3.90 (if i'm not wrong), or that u simply are forced to order a drink.
Food wise, I had their Seafood Ricotti and..it was okay. The seafood didn't taste that fresh, but it was alright. Just average I guess. There was nothing special in the dishes..
All in all, I guess Giraffe is only worth going if you are looking for a nice place with fabulous ambience, to just chill and relax over a drink or two.
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Giraffe is situated at Istana Park, right opposite Plaza Singapura. It's a glass building amongst all the greenery. Needless to say it has fantastic ambience with great music playing, perfect for a romantic meal or a chill-out with friends.
The first level is the bar with wine, spirits and some finger food. From what I know, the drinks are fine, but don't get the finger food.
Head to the second floor for the dining area. The servers are all smiley and look welcoming. There are seats inside and outside so you can choose. They have some sofa seats and regular dining ones. :)
They basically serve up international cuisine. We picked quite a bit and enjoyed all. Food was a tad oily for my taste. But they change their menu so couldn't get the exact names of the dishes we had anymore. In the middle of our meal, we decided to change to indoor seats... This was the only glitch in the meal where the servers took very long to respond to us and to help us move in. Other than that, all was fine.
We spent about $40 for the 2 of us so that's pretty regular. :) Good Stuff
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