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Ang Mo Kio
The Workbench Bistro
The Workbench Bistro Reviews

The Workbench Bistro

Cake & Coffee, Western

Dishes priced around$17

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Reviews of The Workbench Bistro (262)

Read what people think about The Workbench Bistro. All restaurant reviews are written by verified Quandoo diners. Learn more about The Workbench Bistro before you go by getting tips and ratings from other restaurant-goers. With real-life reviews, you can see what other diners loved about The Workbench Bistro and book a table with confidence!

4.8/6

262 reviews

4.8/6

262 reviews

Food:Great
Atmosphere:Pleasant
Service:Great
Value for money:Good value
Waiting time:Very Good
Noise levels:Pleasant
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"Good"
4/6
Joanna Y.6 years ago · 13 reviews

Had a great dinning experience on a tue night!. Will definitely be back again to try other dishes! The pull pork burger is yummmmy!!! 👍

"Very good"
5/6
Val C.6 years ago · 6 reviews

Tried their laksa pasta and classic waffle with a scoop of ice cream (Milo crunch) and they’re great!

"Excellent"
6/6
Shirley C.6 years ago · 18 reviews

Always have a good time sampling their coffee. The service is always friendly and fast Responsive to our requests quickly . Will make another reservation when I go amk again

"Very good"
5/6
Rujun C.6 years ago · 4 reviews

Food is good. Serving is fast. Overall environment is nice.

"Very good"
5/6
Jacqueline L.6 years ago · 2 reviews

Nice food n staff were friendly. We had spam fries, mac n cheese, aglio with smoked duck, BBQ pork ribs n crab meat pasta. Good variety of ice cream. Went at dinner n place was crowded, bit too narrow.

"Very good"
5/6
Pauline C.6 years ago · 10 reviews

Very interesting Asian twist to pasta & burger dishes. Tried the salted egg pasta, which was pleasantly good, and garlic pasta with dark sauce tasted almost like our local char kway teow in a less oily version. Bobo waffle with light battered fried chicken really nice too. Good selection of craft beers in fruity options. Smores waffles in Halloween colours pretty good too. Food served really fast and friendly efficient service. Highly recommended.

"Good"
4/6
Kahsheng T.6 years ago · 12 reviews

They have very courteous staffs, average food. Good ambience and easy to locate.

"Good"
4/6
Chin Yee C.6 years ago · 1 review

Location is easy to find. Great place to meet up for mains & dessert. Staffs are friendly. Recommend to make reservation for groups visiting on weekends.

"Excellent"
6/6
Buvana S.6 years ago · 2 reviews

The salted egg chicken wings were simply awesome. The waffles were so soft and delicious. The ambience is perfect for friends who want to catch up and laugh your lungs out.

"Very good"
5/6
Peter K.6 years ago · 3 reviews

I ordered the crab meat linguine and the taste is not too bad, they use real crab meat. My gf ordered the Salted Egg Chicken Pasta, the salted egg taste just right, not too blend or too rich. There is no GST and Service Charge. Overall is good

"Very good"
5/6
Cindy L.6 years ago · 1 review

Fuss free experience at the workbench bistro, atmosphere was welcoming, price of the food are reasonable. food taste great as well. also it was easy to make reservation through quandoo.

"Very good"
5/6
Osbert T.6 years ago · 50 reviews

Good food by the community. Just at the cafe type. When there for a quick lunch , ordered. Was not disappointed with the burger and the ice cream.

"Good"
4/6
Hui Ting O.6 years ago · 2 reviews

service was good. food was delish. overall good place to dine

"Good"
4/6
Anne L.7 years ago · 2 reviews

Purple Sweet Potato Waffles with salted caramel ice is the highlight of the dinner. Rest of the dishes are acceptable but a little too salty.

"Very good"
5/6
Miao Ting L.7 years ago · 1 review

food n environment is good! will visit again :)

"Very good"
5/6
Michael C.7 years ago · 1 review

Great food , good service. Worth a try as dishes are quite innovative and tasty. The waffles and pastas are great. Space rather constraint though.

"Very good"
5/6
Osbert T.7 years ago · 50 reviews

A local place in the nebourhood. Providing dishes with a unquie touch. The ice cream selection that they have there is very good as well.

"Average"
3/6
Cup C.7 years ago · 10 reviews

While the chicken wings were tasty, overall the food is a bit overpriced, I can get better value for my money at a neighboring Italian restaurant. Staff were also not very friendly. Wasn’t impressed when I came here a few years ago, but decided to give it a chance again. Sadly, the same impression remains.

"Good"
4/6
Vincent K.7 years ago · 2 reviews

The potatoe wedges with nacho cheese is provides plentiful for just an appetizer. The pastas incomparison is small in portion as a main. The ambience is good and the food tastes good. Didn't get to try the burgers or waffles which seem to be their pride. Maybe next time.

"Excellent"
6/6
Mei V.7 years ago · 2 reviews

Wide variety from snacks, main course and desserts. Nice food with generous amount of ingredients. Great place to chill and have gathering with friends. Affordable price with no gst and service charge. Thumbs up!

"Very good"
5/6
Jonathan S.7 years ago · 4 reviews

The place is nice and the food is not bad. Love the garlic fries. Salted egg pasta is nice but too much of it will make you sick of it fast. Coffee is pretty good. The waffles look good but didn't had an opportunity to try it as the fries and pasta is enough to finish you on the spot.

"Very good"
5/6
Eileen N.7 years ago · 1 review

2nd time here... food is really good and service good too... the waffles and ice cream was yummy and the overall food pricing is reasonable!

"Excellent"
6/6
Kahmun E.7 years ago · 4 reviews

Ordered for a waffle with macha ice cream as a topping but the macha was mixed with mint flavour. I think they did not clean it properly before scoop.

"Average"
3/6
Zhi Ting C.7 years ago · 9 reviews

Service was abit slow and apparently shop is quite understaffed. Wished that the purple sweet potato had abit more flavour and ice cream could also be improved.

"Good"
4/6
Shirley S.7 years ago · 1 review

Nice food. Good variety of meat items but only 1 fish item, would be food to have fish burger! The salted egg wings is great! Drinks seem to be on the steep side but there us freeflow of plain water. Restaurant’s ventilation not very good. Serving plates not ideal as food will fall out easily and not easy to move around.

"Awful"
1/6
Keat Ying K.7 years ago · 1 review

Very disappointing. It indeed made a memorable night for me and my loved one for our special night, but all of those were upsetting. The whole area was stuffed with non-ventilated air, fumes of cooking, food and unavoidable sweaty smell. I approached the staff, and they claim the air-con was broken down. It killed all my appetite, and looking at my partner who was keep on sweating and even turn on his portable fan to get some least air was really pissing me off. I suggested to change my table to the outdoor's after a customer left, and the fan which was operating above my head was not moving. I saw the staff who failed to turn on the air-con for me searching in the power source box for a remote control and seems failed to turn on the fan. With that helpless to just move out from that environment, I couldn't be even bothered to carry my plates and glasses to the table outside when I heard one of the girls shouting in Chinese to her colleague, "THE FAN BROKEN DOWN ALREADY, WHY? SHE GOT ASK TO OPEN MERH??". Your kind staffs cleaned the table only at the moment I mentioned to change my table. The ragged table cleaning cloth was then left on my eating table, throughout my dinner. Somebody did collect the plates from my table in the middle, but the cloth was still there. Up to till something maybe, inspire one of your girls to take it away from my table, then I don't need to tolerate the smells of the cloth while talking to my partner. The food was something that I didn't even want to mention. We put down our forks after eating 1/2 of our portions each, where the fish and chips that we ordered was barely cooked. Judging at your very failing service, I was so upset that I didn't even care to bring this up to the staff. Thanks to one of your staff who just have a HI-BYE sort of chatting with her friend or just a passer-by, I was INFORMED quite in a purpose way that your good restaurant who supposed to be a cosy casual dining place is not even forking out an amount of SGD3000.00 to fix an air-con compressor of yours, and therefore "CUSTOMERS COMPLAINED" at quite a volume of her voice in front of my table. I was deeply impressed by you guys to fail your customers for that amount of money for amendments, to put your customers' comfort at the lowest priority. My first and my last visit. Very disappointing.

"Good"
4/6
Janice W.7 years ago · 13 reviews

Snacks like fries were great. Mains such as fish n chips, pulled pork burger was so-so. Fish was frozen type, not fresh and have definitely tasted better pulled pork burger. Perhaps to reduce amount of bbq sauce for the burger, and the pork came in tough chunks of meat..

"Very good"
5/6
Shirley H.7 years ago · 45 reviews

Bistro is a little small but does have decent selection of food choices. We had the Aglio Olio with Smoked Duck, Fish & Chips and the Garlicky Honey Paprika Wings. There's only 3 pieces of smoked duck in the Aglio Olio, feels that it's a little stingy. The linguine is done al dente and the level of spiciness is good for me (something on the spicier side). The Garlicky Honey Paprika Wings is of good portion but I find the batter a little too thick and it becomes hard when it becomes cold. Sauce is good thou. Fish & Chips is good, 2 rather big pieces with a layer of fries with paprika. We had waffle with 2 scopes of ice cream, the ice cream selection is consider good for a small bistro. We wanted to try their signature purple sweet potato waffle but it is out of stock so we ended up ordering the Red & Blue Velvet instead. It has this slightly crispy outer and a dense bread-like texture as a whole and sandwiched between the waffle quarters are melted marshmallows. There is no distinct taste difference between the 2 coloured waffle thou the lady did mentioned about the flavour (which I didn't register). Overall IT is still consider good.

"Very good"
5/6
Eileen C.7 years ago · 1 review

Nice environment ... nice to hand out and chill w friends from the busy street ... nice food .. friendly staffs ... :) :) :)

"Excellent"
6/6
Alex C.7 years ago · 10 reviews

The food was good. No Fuss. The staff was friendly. Menu pricing was decent. The place was a bit small. Order and pay and the counter.

"Very good"
5/6
Giselle L.7 years ago · 2 reviews

Cozy ambience and the staff working there are very patient and friendly! I like their purple waffle haha

"Excellent"
6/6
Victor M.7 years ago · 1 review

easy to book, user friendly, fuss free. experience at the workbench bistro is good, atmosphere was welcoming, price of the food are reasonable. food taste great

"Very good"
5/6
Ghee Chuan T.7 years ago · 2 reviews

Nice little cafe in the heartlands. Food is lovely and reasonably priced. The waffles are really nice and you can taste the purple sweet potatoes. Will be there again to try the other stuff

"Excellent"
6/6
Priscilla Y.7 years ago · 5 reviews

Small place with good food and polite staff. A variety of western food. Great price with discounts. Will visit again if have the chance to.

"Very good"
5/6
Paul T.7 years ago · 2 reviews

Food and drink are great however are just slightly tad more expensive compared to other cafe. The place is well located in the central area.

"Excellent"
6/6
Mitchell C.7 years ago · 2 reviews

Unique purple sweet potato waffle, loved the taro ice cream. Don't really like the lychee and green tea. Will be back for more waffles and ice cream. :))

"Average"
3/6
Tricia T.7 years ago · 1 review

food are average. sweet potato waffles so so only. pricing consider ex for a place at HDB area. the place is very small and cramped. feel that the ratings are overly rated. unlikely to go back again.

"Average"
3/6
Jason L.7 years ago · 2 reviews

Food was barely average.. The sweet potatoe waffle was soggy and tasted blend.. the chicken was over fried and hard.. The place was filled with smell from the kitchen..

"Very good"
5/6
Regina Victoria B.7 years ago · 1 review

First time going there and i like the atmosphere and love the food especially the waffles. I will definitely go back there, bring more friends along and have more waffles 😊.

"Very good"
5/6
Kelly G.7 years ago · 55 reviews

Arabiata- good and spic Aglio olio with prawn- can be better Pull pork burger - shredded pork too dry Egg lava burger - good Waffle with ice cream - good Worth it when there is 30%-50% discount

"Average"
3/6
Dylan S.7 years ago · 1 review

Pasta portion too small but burger was good. Waffles need more improvement

"Excellent"
6/6
Rosalind a.7 years ago · 1 review

Great food. amazing. We are awed by the quality if the food. Bringing another group of frenz who were attracted by the photos posted on Facebook

"Very good"
5/6
Yan Zhen T.7 years ago · 1 review

I like the ambience and the food there is great! Especially the special Bobo waffle with a sweet potato filling inside which complements well with the salted egg chicken! 👍🏻

"Average"
3/6
Sherri C.7 years ago · 1 review

Food is quite standard but a bit pricy. A family of 4 can easily spent $100. Waffle ice cream is expensive compared to other restaurants.

"Excellent"
6/6
Rose G.7 years ago · 5 reviews

Good food good place to eat and value for money. Esp the waffle dessert

"Very good"
5/6
Osbert T.7 years ago · 50 reviews

The workbench is gree t for it local and quality. Pricing and Food

"Excellent"
6/6
Osbert T.7 years ago · 50 reviews

enjoyed the Ice cream. H ad the Earl gray and tea Ice Cream. was good and cheap

"Very good"
5/6
Osbert T.7 years ago · 50 reviews

Great food. great Service is great for it local and quality. Great Pricing and Food

"Good"
4/6
Osbert T.7 years ago · 50 reviews

Great food. Service is great for it local placing and quality. Pricing and Food is normal

"Very good"
5/6
Osbert T.7 years ago · 50 reviews

The workbench is gree t for it local and quality. Pricing and Food.