EM BY THE RIVER

Location: 1 Nanson Road #01-05, Gallery Hotel
How to get there: You can take Bus 54, stop opposite Mohamad Sultan Road bus stop and walk from there.
Opening Hours: 
Monday to Thursday: 0900am - 0200am
Fridays & Eve of Public Holidays: 0900am - 0300am
Saturday: 0800am - 0300am
Sunday: 0800 - 0200am
Contact Number: 6836 9691

HAIHAI!!!! May&FJ are back with a new review on: eM By The River.
Honestly, this place was really HARD to get there and google map made a fool outta us so we were walking in circles and stuff. So you can literally imagine how thankful we were to even find it!

So eM By The River is actually a jazzed up bar with an open space concept together with a huge alfresco area. The alfresco area is to cater to the smoking cliente and those who want a view by the river whereas the indoor area is for the non-smokers. As we were there in the early noon, the alfresco area was already filled and we were lucky enough to snag some seats at the bar counter.

So we ordered a plate of Eggs Royale ($17), a Traditional Swiss Rosti ($14) and a Mushroom Soup ($7). The bill totaled to $38. We have included the menu here! So you peeps can check it out.

Eggs Royale:

• The English Muffins were soft! We wouldn't say that they were fluffy either, but they weren't hard.
• They gave a generous amount of smoked salmon.
• The amount of hollandaise sauce was reasonable.
• Eggs were not perfectly poached. They were kinda soft boiled at the ridges of the egg white. But it's still fine for most of it's yolk was runny.
• Strong taste of vinegar was evident.

Traditional Swiss Rosti:

• It came with mozzarella, fried onions and a sunny side up. 
• Rosti was rather thin.
• Mozzarella serving was generous, almost the whole circle was covered.
• The fried onions gave the dish an extra oomph, but they were fried too long. They were not crispy and were slightly hard.
• The sunny side up was done to perfection! (Just look at the yolk!)

Mushroom Soup:

• It has a tinge of milk taste.
• The mushroom taste is strong; the shitake mushroom bits really bring out the flavour.
• However it was not really super fantastic to render the $7. (May said her mummy can do better)
• Also, darling May said that it tasted like Laughing Cow Mushroom Flavour Cheese Cubes. (Holycow, I really do NOT enjoy cheese :S)

Overall Advantages:

• We have to say that the ambiance is really nice.
• It'd be really lively at night! Together with a drink or two, I think this is a place to spend your night life.
• They do not charge you service charge and GST is included in the menu price.

Overall Disadvantages:

• The staff keyed in the bill wrongly for one of the tables. So do ensure you double check the bill before making payment.
• It was hard to get the attention of the staff even though we were sitting at the bar counter. 
• The staff also lacked the initiative. We helped ourselves to the menu and even had to ask for serving plates. (Maybe that's why they did not have service charge included in the final bill)

Note:

• Their All Day Breakfast ain't ALL day literally. It ends at 3pm.

 So! This is our take on eM By The River! Their spaghetti looks good too! Think we're gonna go back once we find the courage to walk and get lost again at Robertson Quay. Have you been to eM By The River before? Do let us know your thoughts too!

Till next time lovelies! Ciao!

<3 May&FJ