Ricciotti

My food buddy wanted to check out this newly built structure which is called Star Vista next to Buona Vista MRT station, Singapore. It is on this newly constructed road called 1 Vista Exchange Green. We scoured the unusual open corridors of the Mall and wondered how the Mall is going to withstand the rain. The shop frontages will be wet! This will affect customers of Ricciotti too , as we chose to sit inside the restaurant that approximately holds 30 pax and more outside.  They have their earlier setups in Riverwalk and China Square, and Star Vista is the one that includes Grills. It is one of the Garibaldi Group of Restaurants ( I got these info from the websites after I got home).

Anyways, we got in without having any prior knowledge of who they were and whether there were sister restaurants elsewhere in Singapore. We ordered the pizza, mussell and crabmeat spaghetti. I did not take down the names of the dishes but the ones we ate were the "Signature Dishes".

The pizza crust was nice and chewy if you like it that way. Not too thick and not too thin. It had bacon, mushroom and the standard cheese and tomato base with an egg left runny in the middle. The texture overall is good but a tad too salty for me.

The orange colour of the spaghetti dish was a bit off-putting. It looks too artificially coloured and it is not because the crab meat was orange. It had a thick creamy base but not of the carbonara sort although it had egg mixed into it. The consistency grew thicker when left on plate a little longer.

The service was great and swift enough. The noise level inside was too loud for comfort if there happens to be a big group of friends enjoying themselves. Perhaps they can cushion the noise bouncing off the cement screet floors with some cushioned chairs??  Price was acceptable for its type of menu but can do better with the quality. I did have the Mussells in White wine and I was told they were Belgium Mussells. Well the mussells were tender and and not chewy, cooked just right. They could do with one more tablespoon of white wine in the broth if you asked me :) Sorry no pics, because I was too hungry and walloped them before I realised it.

I wrote this review not knowing it was their third and I had never patronised the other two. The dinner was paid out of our own pockets and no one sponsored me to write this review neither am I acquainted with any of the owners and staff of this outfit.