The Pasta Shop (Wheelock Place)

I've been here twice. During my first visit, the food was slightly above average, the service staff were polite, friendly and helpful but the service was crazy slow. I waited more than 20 minutes for my pasta. I waited just as long during my second visit too. The restaurant wasn't even full, mind you.

The quality of food served on both occasions was so vastly different it makes you wonder whether you were in the right place.

The Chicky Cheese appetiser ($9.90) was juicy and crispy but the cheese poured over the chicken tasted somewhat like the cheese salsa dip they serve at Long John Silvers, albeit a strangely diluted version. Even the LJS version tastes better.

I ordered the Chilli Soft Shell Crab Pasta ($15.90) on both occasions. The sauce attempts to emulate the very same sauce of our local chilli crab dish and was pretty tasty the first time round. The soft shell crab was crispy, the sauce was decent.

However, during my second visit, the portions were significantly smaller and the dish lacked the oomph of the one I had on my last visit. The soft shell crab was soggy and the sauce was bland. It seemed shocking that within a month, their standard could take a drastic nosedive.

I can't remember what pasta my boyfriend ordered, but the portion was at least twice the size of mine, with lots of beef. Obviously, the beef was not left to defrost judging from the way they clumped together.

This restaurant is definitely one with a bi-polar disorder. I don't think I'll be visiting this place again, even with their attractive 100% rebate for Citibank cardmembers.

No pictures because obviously, they weren't exactly worth taking.