Empire State @ Causeway Point

Met up with my hubby for dinner yesterday at Causeway Point. As both of us have not tried Empire State, we decide it out.

 There is no queue at there, therefore we straight away got our seats.

Empire State, a restaurant that serves western cuisine. There are a lot of varieties on their menu such as spaghetti, burgers, sandwiches, pizzas, soups and desserts!

The cute menu

Here comes the drinks!

For him

Root Beer Float (S$7.90)

with vanilla ice cream

For me

Wild Berries (S$6.50)

I ordered Baked Salmon comes with smashed potato and salad. Mash potato is smooth and creamy. The salmon taste great. It was cooked just nice, and the sauce was well-balanced that enhance the overall flavor

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Baked Salmon (S$16.90)

Served with seafood sauce, mesclun salad and smashed potato

For hubby, he ordered Steak (well done) & Fries. The steak is tender. 

Steak & Fries (S$22.90)

Grilled rib eye served with brown sauce and fries

There is 10% discount for OCBC credit card holders. Total bill we paid S$57.42 after discount.

Overall, the food was not bad and price is reasonable.

Tony Roma's!

Gosh! Finally the exams are over!!!!! Although I think I'm pretty confident my marketing paper is probably going down the drain, but its over, so I'm not going to think about it anymore! Moving on, I was really looking forward to a dinner date with my hubby, and just the day before, I picked out an interesting deal from Groupon, and it was a $30 Tony Roma's voucher, for the price of just $15!

Now, because Suntec City was under renovations, its actually much easier to locate the place. Once you exit from the Esplanade MRT station through Citylink, the first escalator going down to the basement of Suntec City will bring you to the front entrance of Tony Roma's.

Entering into the restaurant, I was really intrigued by the environment! From the photo above, you can see that the lighting and atmosphere was just perfect! Honestly, if there wasn't an annoying couple talking really loudly, and behaving like they are at some neighbourhood coffeeshop, it would have been a perfect atmosphere! Moving on...

After verifying on how to use the voucher, we understood that whatever you order in a single bill, the total bill will be deducted by $30 from the voucher itself. So for example, in total, my hubby & I spent $84.50. After deducting the voucher, we only needed to top up $54.50. But frankly, after we have tasted the food, we can tell you one thing! The $54.50 was under rated.

The waiter provided excellent service by explaining to us that ordering the combos will be much more worthwhile as compared to ordering ala carte, since we are there to try the food. So, I decided to go ahead and order the BBQ Chicken & Ribs combo, topped with Blue Ridge Smokies sauce. I also had the Corn on the Cob + baked potato as a side order. And my hubby ordered the Steak & Ribs combo, topped with Carolina Honeys, he ordered the French fries and coleslaw as sides to go along.

I have to warn you first, what you see in the photo on the menu, is really down-sized! The real deal was a huge portion. But because I was so hungry after my exam week, and my hubby just had a crazy mid-week training in the gym, we were both feeling so hungry, like we can eat a horse! BUT....wait for it.... The portion was so huge, we couldn't even finish the sides, and I didn't even finish the Chicken drumstick, and the ribs!!! * sobs *

BBQ Chicken & Ribs Combo

Steak & Ribs Combo

Next, my hubby! According to him, the Steak was done with an amazing job! It was thick and juicy! Never dry, and the Ribs was so delicious, he ate it all!! Leaving only the bones for the waiter to clear! Haha!!

Generally, this is how I will rate this place:

Service:
Price Range:
Ambience:
Food:
Will we be back again:

We rated the Price Range as 4.5 because eventhough it might be a little pricy as compared to eating at Aston Specialties, however, because of the service provided by the staff, and the quality of the food, the price is reasonable.