Pasta E Formaggio

Hidden Gem at Marina Square. Don't expect much service as they don't charge gst/svc charge. They just send you your food and drinks and have bare minimum service. Which is nice for covid-19 I guess. Need to pay via grabpay but the food price here is already on the cheaper side. Food is good. Risotto was served on a flat plate to ensure al-dente and the lasagna was good. Pizza was pretty ordinary but the price is really cheap for the pizza. Good/cheap Italian food I would say. Wish the drinks were better. but they don't serve alcohol during their lunch time. I'm guessing only dinner as the alcohol choices were grayed out when I dine in during lunch. Overall a good place for good/cheap Italian food

Quiet, relatively serene place that offers decent pasta options. Mushroom soup was delightful, topped with what appears to be truffle oil. Garlic bread was a little tough, probably because it has been left out for a while after toasting. Smoked salmon aglio e olio was a little letdown, perhaps because the garlic was not too fragrant. Pesto chicken was more flavourful though the smell of basil was not as pronounced.

Ordered food at 1.05pm and waiter came and 1.30 to tell us that the eggs is not available for the Caesar salad. Consider this is a smart restaurant using Grab ordering system it’s clear that the human touch is lacking, with only 1 waiter on peak lunch service. Come here if u really love to hang around for casual chit chatting without the stress of having to leave. Also looking around at fellow customers running impatient and can’t walk out cos we paid through the app. Suck thumb with drinks only at 1.40pm Food arrive at 1.45pm piping hot. And they forgot the additional toppings we ordered on salad. Quality: so so la. Those kids kind of food.

So you order via a grab qr code here, which confused us a lot bc are we supposed to order grab delivery... to the restaurant?? We asked the staff and turns out it didnt work bc we dont have the grab app so he took our order directly instead. When the food came, my friend said my risotto looked like vomit and I must say she was right HAHA but thankfully it tasted a lot better than it looked. I got the risotto al granchio, but I think I should have ordered the penne instead bc I realized that there was 0 textural contrast between the risotto and the crabmeat (which I could only assume was present bc again it all tasted the same texture wise). I also tried the tortellini e tartufo that my friend ordered and it's not as bad as some people are saying tbh... it's decent. Iirc there is no gst or service charge, so the prices are on the lower side, but the food was just very average, hence the 3 stars.

Staff who served us was really warm and friendly! I ordered the smoked salmon with ravioli lunch set for the weekend which is served with a drink. For weekends, soup need to be ordered a-La-carte. Price-wise, this place is affordable. The only grouse is perhaps the lack of tomato based sauce selection for set lunch.