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Brian Kennett
Amateur Chef and Boozy Traveling Foodie Extraordinaire
Coastal Settlement Review Blog: another visit to Changi
Coastal Settlement Review Blog: One big call out for me on our second trip was that the service had improved drastically at The Coastal Settlement. Was that because we walked in and had to sit inside, was it a more seasoned server, or perhaps they had listened to feedback and sorted the issues? Who knows? But, suffice it to say today was a 1000% improvement.
The Coast Settlement Review Blog: Table of Contents
We also went for new things on the menu, as you will see, and they were a fine selection too. So, even ourย food experience was improved duringย this trip. Great work The Coastal Settlement.
The Coastal Settlement Menu
Coastal Settlement Sweet Potato Fries
The Coastal Settlement Crispy Pork Ribs
This is up there with some of the finest beer food to work its way through my beard and into my stomach. These are stellar. Amazing crisp and crunchy, but ever-so-juicy pork ribs. I would revisit Coastal Settlement just for these. Top drawer.ย
Crispy Pork Ribs, marinated pork rib, mustard dressing, pickled chilli, coriander. @ $22
Wild Mushroom Soup
I always judge a restaurant on its stable offerings, because you can simply compare. Creme Brulee, the โhouseโ burger, and mushroom soupโฆ So, a test for Coastal Settlement, and passed with flying colours. This is a beauty!!!
With shiitake, button mushroom, portobello, porcini, cream, thyme, truffle oil, chive, and artisanal toast. @ $16
Wild Mushroom Soup
This also leads me nicely to their burger. What a beast this is. Jude Jude and I were on sharing duty so we had half of those incredible ribs, and half the burger each. This was a cracker. Seasoned well, almost like chuck Wagyu steak in the pattie. All around just so very good.
Withย wagyu beef (180g), lettuce, maple glazed bacon, smoked ketchup Dijonnaise, and melted cheese. @ $23
Vespa anyone? Loads at Coastal Settlement Restaurant
Because we were sat inside we were able to see so much more of the plethora of nick nacks on display including this beautiful array of Vespas (from my era of the 1960โs) and other uber cool retro stuff
Coastal Settlement is a classic case of location, location, location?
Read on. This came as a referral from one of #1โs mates. I found out afterwards that a number of mates have also been but all thought that it was closed now. Clearly not. Itโs a little bit like Colbar with the old-school decor, retro design and Nik-Naks.
Itโs hard to book so we ended up trying our hand with a walk-in and we were lucky. We got given a beautifully shady table, sat down and immediately relaxed. Itโs so cool (as in temperature) and you sit in this garden of rainforest trees and butterflies. It really is stunning. The indoors is crazy with so much retro gear on display it is uber-cool.ย
The Coastal Settlement: walkthrough
The seating was amazing, although no cushions on those metal seats were an arse-ache after a while. Jungle scenery is also incredible. Wagyu is on the menu, so like that too. This could be good. This could be really good. But, and there is a BIG butโฆ Read on.
How nice is this seating area? In a shady little glen to ourselves. It is boiling hot sunny out, but here shaded in the jungly bits it is just awesome. But, there will be lines across my arse-cheeks from that chair for a week or soโฆ
A really stunning patio area outside. Almost French/Paris avenues โ check the street lightsโฆ
We even had a couple next to us bring the jungle even closer. It was like eating atย Jurongย Bird Park. On two little leashes, they had brought their pets. Speaking parrots. Yep, they could say; โBye, byeโ. Pretty useless when youโre saying hello to them, but anyway.
Inside Coastal Settlement
The Coastal Settlement: Worst service ever
It was like they had never run aย restaurantย before. On the table, you have a little clicker to order or pay the bill. Clearly allocated to the wrong tables. Also not one of the server staff knew the menu or the table numbers it seemed. It goes like this;
- Countless times plates of food were being brought to us; โDid you order theโฆ?โ
- โNo, we did not!โ
- And then it would happen again and again and again and againโฆ the same process over and over again.
- Then randomly someone would come with a bill halfway through your food; โCan I ask you to confirm what you have ordered so farโฆโ
- Then youโd order something and nothing would show, so youโd press the โcall-buttonโ and someone would show up with a dish of food to ask if you had ordered it, or ask you to verify another bill not bring your food order.
- We watched this comedy of errors happening over and over at every single table. Shockingly bad. Cringe bad in fact. They would literally come from the kitchen with a plate of foodย and walk around each table asking if it was theirs until someone said yes. EVERY SINGLE TIME.
- Then 5-minutes later the same process with a series of bills, even though no one had asked for their bills. This happened 4-5 times to us.
- On the dessert frontage, it was a classic. We pinged the call button. No response for 10 minutes. Click again and also click for the bill. Surely that will spurn them into action? Nope. I had to grab a girl who came to ask us if we had ordered some random dish (yep it happened again) and I asked if we could order dessert and get a menu. We ordered 3 varying gelatos. 10, 20, 30 minutes pass and nothing. I again hit the call and pay the bill buttons and people came and guess what the answer was, almost 20-30 minutes after ordering; โSorry Sir we donโt have any gelato today.โ
- You have to be kidding me.
That really summed up just how bad service is at this place. It was a shame to ruin the experience. At that point I just wanted to exit the place, enough is enough!!! I was feeling embarrassed for them and that is not good as a paying customer.
And so to the food at Coastal Settlement @ Changi
I am probably going to be a little more critical here than normal due to the above service experience, which really has jaded the whole thing sadly. Itโs an OK experience.
Itโs not a WOW. More seasoning is needed on everything. I also challenge their Wagyu. What was served was a niceย steakย for sure, but is it really Wagyu? If it is a cheaper Australian Wagyu, call it out and name the farm.
I saw this on the menu and thought oooh sounds interesting โย TCS Wagyu Cubes $24. We ended up giving most of this to Strawberry Blonde to kick in her baby giraffe and eat the green stuff. Basically, this is exactly the same as what is sitting on top of the so-called Wagyu & Mushroom Pizza โ just minus the flatbread and theyโve added green.
#1 plums for theย Wagyu Beef Hor Fun $34. #1โs feedback; โVery nice. Not as good as others I have had, but a solid dish nonetheless. Sauce filled the mouth with loads of different flavours. It went well with the tender Wagyu slices, crunchy veg, chewy noodles and the droplets of truffle oil on top. So many flavours and textures together. No complaints from me for the dish.โ
So, I asked wifey for her review of theย Grouper Fish Congee & Egg $24. She replied; โTasted like fish.โ Wow, thatโs going to make you flock there right? Then she became a little moreย โadultโย in her review and shared the following; โI loved it because they have stepped up a level to a normalย congee, much healthier with the addition of spinach, and the egg was a great twist. The fish was super-fresh too.โ
Coastal Settlement Menu
Coastal Settlement Conclusion
Would we go back? I reckon we would for the feel of the place and the stunning surroundings. Wifey was the one happiest with her food today.ย
Soย Coastal Settlement I do hope you guys read this. Massive potential but boy oh boy you need to resolve the service, it was shockingly bad. For me to feel embarrassed for you due to the table by table walking by the staff trying to find the home for a plate of food or ask if weโd ordered something every 5-10 minutes is just wrong!!!
You need to fix it guys, especially in our rather challenging Covid world. People order with their feet, as in they will go elsewhere. The ambience and the surrounding thorough were ace and we really did ENJOY!!!
We left here for a walk along theย Changi Boardwalkย and ended up dining at one of our favouriteย Sea Grill @ Changi Beach. A few new items on the menu for Xmas that were of absolute quality and the service was exceptional.ย
The Coastal Settlement Opening Time
- Mon โ Fri: 10.30am โ 11pm
- Sat, Sun & Public Holiday: 8.30am โ 11pm
- Last order for lunch at 3pm
- Last order forย dinner at 9:30pm
The Coastal Settlement Address
Address:ย 200 Netheravon Rd, Singapore 508529
