it’s refurbished and very pretty – but it’s now pretty much officially a tourist trap. and by that, I mean the food is bad, the food is expensive, service is pretty much non-existent, though I suppose at least it’s clean and gorgeous.
I’m not impressed, at all.
at the top of my list of why-I’m-so-irritated-with-this-place (besides the mediocre food):
- no table numbers. that means everything is self-service, and you can’t order at hawkers that offer to bring the food, since you can’t describe how to get it delivered to you.
- little variety. the hawker centre stores are all tenanted out, sure – but the apparent choice doesn’t translate to any real choice at all (they mostly sell the same things, and it doesn’t look very good either).
- expensive. I already expected this, but the (lack of) quality made this really annoying.
enough said, I’d think. I suggest paying more and hitting up a restaurant, or going to chomp chomp if you must have some local hawker.
Lau Pa Sat (or less colloquially, the Telok Ayer Market)
18 Raffles Quay
Singapore 048582
$: perhaps tenish a head, but it’s not worth it
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After your review, I think I can pass the idea of visiting Lau Pa Sat which is near my office. I been there before it renovated and felt that the food was overpriced, so-so and the place was stuffy and crowded. Perhaps best suit for tourists.
sigh, indeed. such a pity, eh? but at least there are plenty of other food places around you!
there is one store in lau pa sat that was getting plenty business though: the south american one. maybe you could try that!
chomp chomp remained my favorite food center in sg. that grilled sting ray, satay beehoon and beef noodle soup is to die for! miss singapore..
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