Miss Clarity Cafe (Purvis Street)

Miss Clarity Cafe..”where happy people meet”.

Stepping into the cafe, what meets your eyes are colourful walls and characters (in the day) and still colours, yet with a tinge of ambience with candles on every tables at night.

With it’s bubbly characters and happy themed interior decor, Miss Clarity Cafe definitely lives up to the image that it aims to portray. =)

There is quite a wide range of courses to choose from it’s perky and colourful menu. Range of dishes are deliciously ranged from Bacon Aglio Olio to Slipper Lobster pasta. Furthermore, its pricings are reasonable. Together with good service attitutes, what more can u ask for?

It’s definitely a cosy place for a get together with your girl-friends, a place for couples to dine at night with the nice ambience, or just a relaxing dinner with your group of buddies.

Just a note: the queues do get a little long during the night. Be prepared to wait if u want to get in this fun and colourful world of Miss Clarity Cafe! =)

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[edited - 19th August]

Went to eat at Miss Clarity Cafe again yesterday, and..really, it’s getting increasingly difficult to get a place there for dinner.

When we reached the cafe at 6pm yesterday, the whole place looked empty. Yet, we were told by the waiter that those tables were booked! That’s like.. 3/4 of the cafe booked! Wow. People have resorted to reserving seats now, instead of queuing up outside the cafe. Hmm.

However, he added that we could have a table if we were able to leave by 7pm. So yup, we agreed and had a quick dinner there.

My friend and I shared one of their main courses, “Old Macdonalds Had A Farm”, which included lamb chop, chicken chop, steak, pork chop, bacon slice, ham, sausage and potato wedges. Well..I do agree that the whole farm seemed to have been included in the dish. Yet..the meat served were not up to standard.

The steak was a little too raw for me, and the rest of the meat were really tough, except for the chicken chop. And frankly speaking, though the waitress claimed that the dish would feed two people, I think she missed out the fact that it wouldn’t feed two HUNGRY people.

Thank goodness I wasn’t very hungry then. Or else..

Anyway, my other two friends had their main courses: “Fish Cordon Bleu” and “Garlic Crusted Dory”, and according to them, it was not bad. Ah..I still preferred the “Chicken Cordon Bleu” that I had the previous time. Hmm.

Anyhow, I still think that it’s a cosy and nice place for a get-together at Miss Clarity Cafe. The staff were friendly and polite too. Just that..for now, you’ll probably have to get smart, be quick and make reservations early or something, if you want to get a place there for dinner.

If not...either you’ll be left standing/queuing outside, or left with the choice of re-selecting your dining place for the night.

So remember: Get smart, plan and be quick!

Miss Clarity Cafe is a cafe which is nice
designed and have a good ambience.

The owner(i never asked her of her name) i think is a good
person to approach for business. She somehow shares a mind with teenagers(aspecially ladys to
patronise the cafe.

Her design of the cafe is superb. This little cafe too provides
home delivery.

Their food is indeed superb.I went to try the Creamy Soft Shell Crab Linguine($11.80) and the Regular Chocolate Fondue with my group of friends($10.80) and indeed it was
really worth the price.

I heard that now they are going to add Ben & Jerry’s Ice-cream to their menu and provide a menu to catering and functions.

This cafe is a really must try and when you are feeling down,stepping into the cafe will brighten up your days!

My friend Jon, swears by the food.

*bleah* that dude goes there every week tt they actually know him by name! I just name drop his name now whenever i go there!

M-C-C to be is a nice place fer cheap food with the cafe-feel and BIG portions.

I much prefer another place along East Coast Road where the food’s cheap and good!

M-C-C’s food is alright. Ambience is better than coffee shop lah. Service varies from time to time, but generally helpful and friendly. Love the menu...good variety. Call to reserve esp on weekend evenings

Wat the??? That was my first reaction 3 years ago when my friend brought me into Miss Clarity.... Pink and so sissy... But what the heck, I was hungry than, I had no choice... But boy am I glad I made that choice!

First dish I had, Chicken Cordon Blu... Fantastic! First time trying that dish and it was like love at first bite! Haha... Mind the sappiness.. I can still savour that moment.. Haha... Than there are other dishes which will wet your taste buds! Too many to mention but I say the my first love the Chicken Cordon Blu is still the best.

Unfortunately, its been years since I last been there and to my disappointment, Its standard has dipped. Maybe its because of the crowd and having to sit outside on some stools and rocky table... But at least the standard of the food still remains if not dipped a little.

In all, the food is a rocking 8! But the ambience and service, I gotta give it an emo 3.... All said and done, my tummy still makes my decision. What about yours? Haha....

Miss Clarity Cafe at Purvis Street is unlike your normal restaurant, in fact it looks more like a children restaurant. The decorations and even the menu are so kiddy, but the food is not that at all. Good food at reasonable price sums it all. The diners are Mister Ang, Mister ong and me. Earlier in the afternoon i had tried to make a reservation but they say that all are booked, and walk-ins are left. Because they keep half of the place for reservation and half for walk-in. Anyway, when we reach it was close to full house, but we did manage to get our seats immediately.

All of us choose a main and add on $3 for an additional salad/soup, drink (barley/lime), and a dessert of the day. The starter salad was quite good it starts our meal up, but the salad dressing was a tad too little

Chicken Cordon Bleu ($8.80) - deep fried breaded chicken breast stuffed with ham & cheese, served with tartar sauce and potato/vege as side dish. The cordon bleu was not as good as the one i had at the french stall few weeks ago, i think the main reason is because the french stall use chicken drumstick while this one is chicken breast. Nevertheless, it is quite good, just that i had a better one at french stall before 3.5 out of 5

Chicken Bollorine ($8.80) - oven baked chicken thigh stuffed with fresh mushroom, drenched with mushroom sauce. Thigh was done quite nicely, the comment was the mushroom stuffed inside the chicken was too much! Mister ong gets a bit sick of eating so many mushroom. lol! 3.5 out of 5

Black Pepper Crispy Chicken ($7.50) - breaded chicken thigh cooked till golden brown & drenched with clarity’s special black pepper sauce. The chicken was quite crispy, but because it is drenched with the pepper sauce, after a while the crispy skin becomes soaky. Guess it will be better if they can put the sauce by the side, or you just have to finish it fast. 3.5 out of 5

Desserts of the day - crepes with cream, but seems to be more like popiah with cream ( :

Total bills add up to $34.10 for 3 person, no GST charged, no service charge. All the dishes get 3.5 and none above 4 because i feel that there is nothing spectacular. But i will definitely go back again if i am in the area. Why? For a simple meal at affordable prices, you can’t eat very good food everyday u know? Sometimes just keep it simple. At clarity, they do it simple and good.

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Themed as the café “where happy people meets” – Miss Clarity Café certainly lives up to it, with its loud and colourful interior décor, along with the tinge of ambience with candles on every table.

There is a wide range of food selection to choose from – Shelled Appetisers, Sides, Pasta, Risotto, Mains, Burger, Pizza, and more recently, Black Angus Prime Sirloin & Ribeye, as well as the prized Wagyu Beef. My group of friends order a few dishes to share and we had the NZ Mussels immersed in Tomato Gravy as appetiser.

The mussels were big and juicy but regrettably the gravy was thin and lacked in flavour. The Glutton’s Platter was just an assortment of Spicy Wings, Chicken Nuggets, Onion Rings, Crispy Wedges and Chipolatas – straightforward deep-fried finger food.

For my main, I had the chef-recommended Whole Roasted Chicken Leg, served with mouth-watering Mushroom & Potato Fricassee. I had to say for $9.80, this is the best Roasted Chicken Leg that I have even tried. The flavour was captured nicely in its meat and despite not being a big fan of potato – I was won over by the aromatic starch.

You can view the photos and other reviews @ His Food Blog.

I have walked past this place many times before but never stepped in to try it out until a birthday meal was held there. I didn’t have the intention to try it out because of the decor. It doesn’t attract me, very pink and girly.

After eating there, I felt that the food there is overpriced. Why? When you step in there the next time round, try looking around the surrounding. You will realise that most of the items and equipments they used are very cheap. The cup is those plastic ones bought from Ikea, the water is poured using a Toyogo tumbler, the decor doesn’t really need much money to design, the tables and chairs can be bought cheaply from wholesalers.

I don’t under why people are willing to head there. The food is overpriced and the place is especially noisy. I can’t hold a proper conversation as I couldn’t make out what my friends were saying. The crowd is overwhelming.

My order was the Black Pepper Crispy Chicken. Being a avid black pepper lover, this was always going to be disappointing. The black pepper sauce didn’t have grains of black pepper in it, literally. It was just purely a sauce, with only a slight tinge of pepper taste in it. It made the chicken real soggy and the crispiness was lost. This has to be one of my bad experience with black pepper food. Simply unacceptable to be termed a black pepper dish. Other orders such as the wedges and the glutton’s platter are relatively alright, but price is quite steep as compared to other similar restaurants.

The only good I’m going to comment is the service level. Although there are only 2 service staff on the floor, the service level were of adequate level. I am pleased that they are able to adhere to most of our request promptly. Other than that, I am still not satisfied with the pricing of their menu. It’s simply not justified.