Restaurant Review: La Braceria Pizza and Grill

Restaurant Review: La Braceria Pizza and Grill

5 Greendale Avenue
289501 Singapore
6565 5918

This review is gonna be a short one, just as our meal at La Braceria was relatively short. La Braceria is located int he Greenwood suburbs, close to 6th Avenue and Greenwood Avenue. The place is relatively small and well hidden in a cluster of shophouse restaurants. If you don't know the location of this little Italian place, better print out directions for your cabbie, as ours only had a rough idea of how to get there and only thanks to my companion's knowledge of the area did we manage to find it.

The restaurant itself is quite cozy and has a nice feel to it, we got a table outside on the wooden deck, surrounded by green plants. The waiter appeared less than knowledgeable, and could not answer most of our questions regarding signature dishes or dish sizes.

Eventually, we ended up ordering Agnolotti with veal and Parppardelle with boar. Having lived with a home-cooking Italian, I'm aware of the fact that pasta is usually only considered a part one of two main courses, but as neither of us were very hungry, we still only ordered one dish each. However, as the food arrived, I did have to bite back a laugh, as on my big plate of pasta I could count exactly 5, in words: five, pieces of Agnolotti the size of big Ravioli. The Pappardelle were slightly more generous, and enough for a main course, but at S$25 I would have expected a dish that is more filling than a small appetizer. On top, my pasta was average at best, with not enough flavor to come even close to justify the steep price of five bucks per Agnolotti.

While the Pappardelle were good, I can't help but feel that La Braceria is very much overpriced and overhyped and I would not go back.

3/5 Alien Stars