Red Kettle

Good food, but a bit on the pricey side. Especially after adding on the 10% Service Charge & 6% SST. Yikes!!
And I love the pork buns (in the Light Bites menu).

Bread is a yes, food is abit on the meh side...

When you walk around The Starling, especially if you’re chilling on the weekend, you know you’d always see a line outside Red Kettle. Constantly bustling, always full and long stretched lines so my first thinking would be: wow this looks amazing, I’m super interested.

I waited around 10 minutes to be seated and once I was, I knew what to order. For another 10 minutes, I spent my time trying to get a waiter and my friend even had to call one physically and even then... he didnt come until a waiter finally came. I don’t have much to criticise about the service but neither do I have praise. On one hand, the people at the bread counter were willing to cut my bread for me, on the other, the waiter was really confused to my enquiries and just kinda unpleasant..?

My friend and I ordered a Mocha, Rose Lychee Cake, Oats with Berries and Nuts & a Lime Juice and we also took away the Rye Walnut bread.

Now this is my opinion and it is according to my preference. I mindlessly ordered the oats, berries and nuts thinking it was granola and when it came, the realisation that it wasn’t granola but just oats hit me. Still, I ordered it and I wasn’t gonna let it go to waste. Unfortunately, I had to because it was just so... bland. This is actually my first time having proper oatmeal and I’d have to say... I’d never have it again... Or at least not from Red Kettle LOL. The honey didn’t add much flavour, neither did the milk. The nuts and berries were alright I guess but... how could you go wrong with just fruits and nuts lmao. I don’t like oatmeal so this is my PERSONAL opinion.

The Rose Lychee cake was... REALLY SWEET. If you have a sugar craving, you’ll love this cake but if you can’t take too much of sugary things or you’re diabetic... I’d shy away from this cake. I’ve tried their carrot cake as well which was really good but just abit on the pricier side...

The Mocha redeemed them tho bc I have to admit, their coffee was phenomenal. Their bread also was amazing. It was so soft and fluffy and even better toasted. It’s the type of bread that doesn’t need spreads.

Overall, it’s a pretty pricey cafe (after service tax especially) for mediocre food 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’m glad I tried it and I would most definitely come back for the bread! The food however... I’ll pass...

Porkie Eggie Benedict came with a thick slab of pork shoulder; their baked eggs had soft boiled egg and sautéed mushroom in it, it was the best I've ever had so far.

Interesting menu, tasty food, friendly staffs. Will be coming back to try other of their foods and cakes!

Food here was surprisingly good. Can’t remember the names of the dishes we had but they were all delicious! We celebrated a birthday here and the staff were kind enough to provide extra plates and cutlery for our cakes.