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Best Places in Clarke Quay?

Post by Raul_Mel » Mon, 04 Apr 2011 3:08 pm

Hi there... Just arrived in Singapore. I'm from Jakarta Indonesia and I've heard a lot about Clarke Quay - Mostly from friends who visited Singapore a couple of years back. I heard they have eateries as well as clubs to party.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

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Post by syla » Mon, 11 Apr 2011 4:55 pm

Depends on the music u prefer and the crowd. A very expat crowd is available at Attica or Le Noir. For food, if u're from Indo u might like Indochine. OctoTapas is good for Mexican and for a live band I tink The Pump Room is most popular in that area =)

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Post by JayCee » Mon, 11 Apr 2011 6:57 pm

They're all the same, Clarke Quay = the most boring, soulless tourist trap in Singapore

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And so....

Post by ld_runner » Mon, 11 Apr 2011 7:14 pm

How do you feel about Holland Village?
J.A.N. Just Another Noobie. Hoping to make some friends and branch out from the regular 9 to 5 crowd at work. Cheers!

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Re: And so....

Post by JayCee » Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:16 am

ld_runner wrote:How do you feel about Holland Village?
Pretty similar, although less of a tourist trap and at least I can eat my dinner without different music blasting at me from all directions.

Most nightlife in Singapore sucks, but I don't live here for that so it's ok

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Post by svenski87 » Tue, 19 Apr 2011 9:14 pm

Best place to eat in Clarkey Quay for me would be Las Iguanas - always has good food and the margharitas they make there are top notch.

If you are looking for a good night out and don't mind the wild younger crowd (including myself haha) then I would check out Attica or Le Noir as the previous person suggested. Clarke Quay tends to be a tourist hotspot and there are much better places out there like the number of bars in Dempsey Rd. I recommend checking that out!

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Post by ElHani » Fri, 29 Apr 2011 1:45 pm

i will be heading down tonight! (for the first time) i'll let u noe how i find that place from a perspective of a first-timer. =) :lol:
Just like a bottle.

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Post by Raul_Mel » Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:42 am

That's cool... some really good feedback.. But I've heard some really good stuff about their lunches... Any thoughts on it?

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Post by BillyB » Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:18 am

JayCee wrote:They're all the same, Clarke Quay = the most boring, soulless tourist trap in Singapore
Agree - the best thing about Clarke Quay is the taxi journey home.....

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Post by Calmday » Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:33 am

Ras for Indian food
Cafe Iguana for Mexican (nothing like real Mexican or TexMex but still very good)
Breworks for Beer and good bar food.

I can’t help you with night life. I’m usually on my way home well before anything starts happening.

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Post by nakatago » Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:17 pm

JayCee wrote:They're all the same, Clarke Quay = the most boring, soulless tourist trap in Singapore
I thought it was Sentosa... :P
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Post by Raul_Mel » Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:02 am

@ BillyB - Why would the best part of clarke quay be the cab ride home :???:
@ Calmday - I just visited Ras yesterday for lunch. Good recommendation! The food was truly amazing. And it seems they had this promotion going on where a meal is only $15? Does anyone have information on this lunch thing?

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Post by BillyB » Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:43 pm

Raul_Mel wrote:@ BillyB - Why would the best part of clarke quay be the cab ride home :???:
@ Calmday - I just visited Ras yesterday for lunch. Good recommendation! The food was truly amazing. And it seems they had this promotion going on where a meal is only $15? Does anyone have information on this lunch thing?
Because it bores me and is full of p*ssed-up expats and travellers trying it on with anything that moves. I'd rather sh*t myself than go drinking in that tourist trap.

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Post by JayCee » Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:48 pm

nakatago wrote:
JayCee wrote:They're all the same, Clarke Quay = the most boring, soulless tourist trap in Singapore
I thought it was Sentosa... :P
You could have a point there.

Although I went down to where the tanjong beach club is recently and it wasn't too bad there, not too many people around

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Post by Raul_Mel » Tue, 14 Jun 2011 3:02 pm

@BillyB - wooow... i used to think the same thing about CQ but i've been there quite a few times over the past few weeks and i dont really see it much anymore...

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