Hello everyone! Today, I am going to review on Platypus Cantina, which offers Mexican inspired cuisine.
After reading tons of good reviews online, and looking through the Valentines’ Day menu, Kayden decided to bring me to this restaurant for a 5-course dinner.
The Ambience of Platypus Cantina
Platypus Cantina offers a rather quiet and cozy environment. It would be great though to have some classical music to match the environment.
Food (5-course dinner)
Ceviche
Crab and Pepper Bisque
Hokkaido Scallops
Dry-Hung Ribeye
When we just started our course, there was a couple that sat not far from us. We saw that they left almost the whole steak untouched, and left the restaurant after paying, we were still wondering why did they not eat their steak. After having ours, we understood why. Completely. I took a few bites and stopped eating the meat completely. All I ate was the roasted vegetables below.
Capella Tiramisu
Service at Platypus Cantina
The service throughout the whole dinner was rather disappointing.
First off, Kayden messaged to book the restaurant on 6th February to book the valentine’s dinner. After he mentioned his name and time as requested, the staff did not reply as shown below
As the staff did not respond, Kayden called him and he was told that the booking has been made and he will return the call again later. However, Kayden received no follow-up call and we decided to just believe what he said earlier on, that the booking has been made. When we went there yesterday, we were told that no booking was made under his name. Fortunately, we could show them evidence of him communicating with the staff through the whatsapp messages, and they managed to get us a seat. I could not believe how ridiculous that was – 1. To not respond to a customer’s booking. 2. To verbally mention that the booking has been made, yet it was not.
Second, the service was really slow, and dishes were served really long after one another. We arrived at 7pm, and it took us 2.5 hours to finish a meal, and more than half the time, we were simply waiting for food to be served. I don’t know if this is the norm, or it just so happened to be like this since it is valentine’s day. But the long waiting time between each meal is honestly quite annoying.
Price: $$$
Overall Rating: 2/5
Platypus Cantina
Address: 01-90/91 Bugis Junction 200 Victoria Street Singapore 188021
Opening hours: Mon–Thu 11:30–22:30; Fri–Sat 11:30–23:30; Sun 11:15–22:30
![[Full review] It’s been quite a while since I wrote a review 😅 hence here’s a short one on ShuKuu Izakaya, which we went on my birthday dinner!
Are you finding some Izakaya restaurants with good food to have with your drink? Maybe you can take a look at this review first ❤️
[Rosti mentai] was one of the highly recommended fish on google review. However, it wasn’t our favourite. I feel like the rosti wasn’t charred enough to have the fragrance and the mentai sauce was a bit heavy after awhile 🥲
[Gyu Ponzu] is basically a lightly seared beef with ponzu sauce, and surprisingly it actually tastes quite nice! The beef was on the tough side but, the sauce makes it really refreshing and gives the beef an interesting take!
[Hotate sashimi] here is one of my favourite hotate sashimi! It was really fresh and sweet, and I made Kayden take a bite even though he doesn’t like raw food, and he thinks it’s pretty good too! Highly recommended if you take sashimi!
[6 pc Oden] is slightly disappointing. The soup wasn’t as good as I thought it would be. The oden tasted just ok-ish too~ I think there’s nicer oden with delicious soup out there.
[Bacon scallop] is another highly recommended dish! The scallop is wrapped in the bacon and grilled. Thus, the fragrance and umami from the bacon oil is being infused into the super fresh scallop with its own sweetness. The best dish we tried tbh. Highly recommended!
[Buta minced pork cutlet] is basically their homemade minced pork cutlet which I find it quite… normal? The seasoning of the meat is on the salty side, and the minced meat was not put together to form a patty that has a very good texture and bite, unfortunately.
Price: $$$
Food: 3/5](https://yskdays.com/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)