OverTime (Dempsey Hill)

OverTime is more established in Malaysia than here, with this outlet and the one at Holland trying to occupy a slice of the beer / chill out market.

They pride themselves on fresh German beer freshly brewed every day; I've tried the one in KL and it was good! Chanced upon this excellent promotion of SGD100nett per 2litre barrel inclusive of buffet dinner for 4pax (2nd barrel onwards SGD$8nett) and headed there on a Friday early evening with 3 friends.

It was rather empty when we reached at 6:30pm but the crowd started coming in at about 7pm, and most came for the promo. As expected, the buffet was really more like zi char (low cost) and consist of plain rice, char kway teow, fish, vegetables, roast meat / char siew and cut fruits. I had called to make a booking previously and asked what is offered at the buffet and the staff said items from their menu. Way off actually. Starker Aromatic - The beer: still as good as I remembered! You have options of the Starker Lager or the Aromatic but I prefer the aromatic as its more fruity and much easier to drink. You get chilled mugs too, and they have a system of replacing your mugs with chilled ones sporadically so that's a bonus.

Prawn cakes and Chicken wings - I've tried these 2 bites in KL and I assume they should not be too different. The prawn crackers are really more like your Ngoh Hiang crackers, and the chicken wings were nice albeit a little oily.

The service here was nothing to complain about. A live band starts at 9pm daily too - not bad too! Although when I passed by the Holland Village branch previously, the staff were all sitting down and chatting inside and ignored me and my friend completely even though we stood there flipping the menu for a good 5mins. They saw us but obviously cannot be bothered.

BUT now that the barrel promotion is no longer valid, they definitely have to find some way to lower their ala carte price of $22 per pint. This is too expensive even for fresh beer, which explains why other places are more crowded I guess.

*Rating for 'value' is based on what I paid with the promotion which added up to about $$27 per person for dinner plus 2x 2litre barrel.