The Marmalade Pantry (ION Orchard)

Food is good, but somewhat over priced. The sticky date pudding with toffee is a must have. Book in advance or be prepared to queue for table during peak hours.

Mamalade Pantry, Ion Orchard: MP needs no introduction for the tai tai’s and cafe lovers. Outlet after outlet, you can expect plush haute ambience with fabulous food. It’s one of those feel-good places. I am not a fan of cafes in malls but this is good enough. Parked outside one of my fav stores Crate and Barrel, you can expect their signature big buncha flowers. I was there in the a.m, and sinfully decided on a precious rose raspberry cupcake. It’s too beautiful for chewing and I let it sit there for a while as the coffee was downed. #eatstylishtravelstylish

The Mac and cheese skillet is pretty good and piping hot, a likeable preference. As for the crab meat pasta, the crab meat are shredded and quite tomatoey. We also ordered the gooey chocolate cake which was too thick and heavy. Will be much better if there's vanilla ice cream to balance it out - marmalade pantry pls read this and add it as a menu option will be a godsent!! There was a short queue, and we got seated outside, which is much better as its more lit up! One of the male staff was also quite friendly and likeable, made a few jokes with us which we enjoyed haha. Overall, the crab meat pasta was alright but will def head back for the mac and cheese again! Cheers!

This will be my new favorite place for tea. The service is good and fast, staff is ever so polite and accommodating. We came by this place to sit and chill after a whole day of walking around in Orchard. The staff was very friendly and welcoming even though the place was quite crowded. I ordered a iced cucumber mint tea and my friend ordered a juice and we shared a lemon meringue cake. The juice was so refreshing on a hot day. The lemon meringue cake was not too overly sweet, thankfully, and not too dry not moist. I would have loved to have tasted more lemon zests in the cake itself, but overall, I was very happy with the food quality. I am looking forward to the next time when I visit and order their mains.

Cannot seem to wrap my head around why anyone would queue to dine here. While the ambience is alright, the food is very subpar for its price point. The only dish I enjoyed was the carbonara that was rich and creamy. Otherwise, the burger patty was dry and grainy and the burger itself did not pack much flavour. Grateful that we could change the fries to sweet potato ones or else the burger dish would have made me mad. For the same price or less, you can get a larger and better sticky date pudding over at P.S. Cafe! Service was quite terrible as we were tucked away in a corner and had to physically walk over to get the staff’s attention. When we asked one of the staff what he would recommend for us to eat, he shrugged and said that he did not know.

Super yummy experience with wonderful patient service. Made a reservation for 6 through the website. Unfortunately, only 4 of us could make it but I couldn’t seem to change the reservation or call through. It made me feel bad as we didn’t want to take up space that could be given to others. Tried 2 starters. The special seasonal onion tarte tartin was goooood. If you’ve never had a tarte tartin, it’s a good one to start with. They were very generous with the truffle sauce. The baked feta cheese and prawns came on a hot skillet and was fantastic. Lots of cherry tomatoes which were super sweet. Very good balance of flavours. Mains My niece ordered the Truffle beef burger which she said was really good and filling. It came with fries and salad veggies on the side The cold truffle capellini was served with scallops. Felt that it could have been colder when served. The scallop and prawn pasta was gorgeous. Wonderful simple flavours. The brick chicken was good. A huge protein meal with roasted baby potatoes and other veggies. Kudos to the kitchen, the veggies didn’t taste like veggies at all, and my kids finished everything on the plate. The serving of sauce was also generous and ample enough for the entire plate of meat. Service staff was very patient and answered all my qns with regards to the triple three membership thing. I didn’t give them the fifth star because of the drinks. Somehow, all 4 of us couldn’t seem to find anything to drink. Not sure why. Maybe the price point was too high

Wait time is about 20 mins maybe because it is a weekday around 3 plus?The service is good. We ordered the lemon cake and that was good. It is sweet but coupled with the lemon, it was just nice. Many people ordered the sticky dessert with ice cream. I agree it is very nice with the ice cold ice cream blended with the warm sauce and cake. You should try it?

Ambience was very chill and relaxing to be in, staffs were all rather friendly and nice. Truffle fries were alright nothing fantastic but I really liked that it was thick cut and portion was really quite generous. The two spaghetti (forgotten the name) that we ordered were quite disappointing. Flavours were rather bland although presentation looked really fantastic. Truffle Risotto was not bad for the first few bites, and then it got too overpowering. In my opinion, would not come back again for the food for that price point :( You can get much better food in the vacinity as well.