Tony's pizza- really not worth any positive review

Tony's pizza was an option when we were craving for pizzas recently because it was along river valley and close to where we are. 

Honestly I was excited and looked forward to some good pizza. 

Positives about the place: 

- Decor was great

- Sufficient outdoor seats giving diners an option of indoor/outdoor 

Negatives : 

- Price

- Service Staff ( this factor killed the experience for me! ) 

- Taste of pizza ( First attempt! ) - we then sent it back, got them to put it back into the over for another 10 mins, and we got a better tasting pizza, with cheese that was melting! 

- Insufficient cheese on pizza

Ok so here's the run down of what happened.... we were REALLY hungry - ordered the pizza, paid SGD 42 + a small amount for the toppings. After we were done paying, we were then informed that they had many orders and the wait would be 25 mins. I told the waiter it was only polite in future to inform customers of the wait time before they pay for something, not after.  Also $7 for a can of beer! ( that's expensive or am i being cheap?!)

 

Anyways as you can see from the first photo, hot out of the over, the cheese looked like it wasn't warmed up enough and honestly tasted BLAH - we sent it back and got them to put it back in the over and TA-DAH - this is how it looked like after: 

see that cheese melting off that slice! now that's what I'm talking about!

Overall, I have to say it was a very disappointing experience, from having zero staff asking if we needed help when we walked in, to having no menus on our table when they weren't crowded - staff were actually sitting and chatting to serving us a pizza that wasn't cooked long enough.... I honestly don't think I will be back. 

  check out their full menu here : http://tonyspizza.sg/menus

Mondo mio- robertson quay

Last weekend, the boyfriend and I had a big night of partying and so the next morning we felt like having a big hearty Italian meal. We planned to eat at Robertson quay but didn't have any specific place in mind- but figured if all else fails we would have ended up at the wine connection.

Anyways after walking around and looking at menus, we chanced upon mondo mio just across Harry's at Robertson quay. My first question to the waitress was if it was fusion food of Japanese and Italian as the menu was also in Japanese and she mentioned that they usually have a very big Japanese crowd. 

Anyway back to the food. I have to say we were pleasantly surprised.that's the interior of the restaurant... we heard Italian music throughout our entire meal and was honestly pleased with the ambiance.

You can find the menu online but i took one anyway to show you the Japanese menu that was included.

honestly, i didn't read any reviews prior to visiting the restaurant and honestly didn't know what to expect however I have to say service was exceptional. Not once did i have to wait for my water to be refilled. Also the moment we finished our pasta, within the second, new plates were sent to us to enjoy our pizzas.

I ordered the  Linguini pasta with crab meat  flavoured  by  a delicious pink sauce (SGD20)   - i had asked for more sauce so was a little disappointed that I didn't get more however I was satisfied with the flavor. Honestly didn't think it was anything like pink sauces you usually get in other restaurants, this just tasted like normal pasta sauce. However i liked that the crab did not have an overpowering smell compared to many other places that I have tried.

the photo above is the Freshly homemade egg-based  flat pasta served with  bacon, sun-dried tomatoes  and basil pesto in a creamy  tomato sauce also known as Pappardelle Casalinghe Mondo Mio in Salsa Rosa (SGD22). THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS. the star was definitely how well the pasta was cooked and combined with the various ingredients, this was truly delicious.

we also ordered the Tomato,  fresh mozzarella cheese  and  Italian pork salami (SGD17) - beautifully crusted and tasty - we wiped it out very fast.


Honestly this place surprised me.. on average mains were about SGD 20 and it was honestly hard to fault any part of our dining experience.