Merlion Restaurant Bar - Cupertino

Pretty good Singaporean eating. there are some other foods on the menu from surrounding countries. the ambiente of the restaurant is beautiful with a slightly elegant, upscale ambiente. the service was painfully slow, which was tremendous, as there were very few customers at the time.

Roti prata tastes good. Hainan chicken covered with soup sauce is too salty and overcooked. The singapore seafood tofu is soft inside and crispy outside, but the sauce is too salty. The atmosphere is comfortable and quiet. The price is reasonable!

Very friendly service. Food tasted fine, but the flavors seemed to be watered down. If they don't dilute the sauce as much, don't make the beef satay as dry, don't use too much baking soda on the beef, use a touch less sugar, that would be so much better. I'm not Singaporean so I can't tell if the sauces and from a can or they actually cook it from raw ingredients but I suspect the sauces are from a can......

I miss Chicken rice so much that I came to this place without reviewing the posts. Well... I must say it is never close to the real Singapore chicken rice but better than Americanized Asian food. Prada was good. I wouldn't come back for the food but the ambiance is quite good. Never crowded and most importantly, the waitress is super nice! I give 5star for the service and 2 star for the food. Take the 3 as an average.

I don't like writing openly bad reviews but in this case I feel compelled to. Service was friendly but inattentive. Food was confused, I should have realized when the picture of popiah looked like Vietnamese spring roll. Spinach in popiah.. With rice wrap. I ordered Mee Siam. Picture attached. Each mouthful made me more and more pissed. This is not Mee Siam. If it was called fried bee hoon, it might still pass but Mee Siam..no way. Sauce tasted sweet.. Almost ketchupy. Eggs stone cold. Prawns were well cooked. Actually calling it fried bee hoon is a stretch. I also ordered chicken satay. The satay itself was good, nicely cooked, good seasoning. Peanut sauce was overly sweet and completely lacking in spice. If you want to cook and serve Singaporean food.. Than do that, don't take shortcuts and substitute ingredients until the dish doesn't resemble anything like the original.