Craving some Mexican in Singapore? Head to Clark Quay and check out Café Iguana.
On a Friday night the place was humming, almost every seat was full - luckily it was just the two of us and we squeezed straight in. If you have a larger group, the bar serves a mean margarita while you wait.
We ordered Camarones al Diablo (chilli prawns) and Spicy Lettuce Wraps for appetizers, and Grilled Snapper Soft Tacos and a Shredded Beef Burrito for mains. We were warned that the chilli prawns were really spicy, but they turned out to be just pleasantly so. The quesadilla slices were great to mop up the spicy juices. The Spicy Lettuce Wraps weren't really that spicy at all, but they were light, fresh and tasty - just wrap carefully or the sauce will drip onto your lap.
The snapper tacos are outstanding - fresh, small (ish), delicious. Order the corn tacos instead of the flour version for extra flavour. Sander's shredded beef burrito was good, but we had to bring half of it back in a doggy bag because it was simply too much.
Once again, our eyes were bigger than our stomachs. In hindsight we should have skipped the burrito and shared the grilled snapper (two for Sander, one for me). Far too full to contemplate dessert, we staggered home through the park, thankful for the twenty minute walk to ease our stomachs.
I'd venture that the service was the best that I've had at a restaurant in Singapore. Maybe we struck it lucky with our waiter, but he was brilliant. Attentive, but not obtrusive, if we needed him we barely had to glance up for more than a few moments before he'd catch our eye and come on over. He even popped over to ask whether we would like to wait a while between our appetizers and mains, which has never happened to me before, but was greatly appreciated as I was already pretty full after the prawns and lettuce wraps!
The only criticism I'd have is that the prices for the margaritas rise astronomically throughout the night. The price for a jug after 8pm is triple that of four hours earlier - for the exact same drink.
Café Iguana Riverside Point
30 Merchant Road
#01-03 Riverside Point
Singapore 058282
Tel: (65) 6236 1275
No reservations after 7pm
On a Friday night the place was humming, almost every seat was full - luckily it was just the two of us and we squeezed straight in. If you have a larger group, the bar serves a mean margarita while you wait.
We ordered Camarones al Diablo (chilli prawns) and Spicy Lettuce Wraps for appetizers, and Grilled Snapper Soft Tacos and a Shredded Beef Burrito for mains. We were warned that the chilli prawns were really spicy, but they turned out to be just pleasantly so. The quesadilla slices were great to mop up the spicy juices. The Spicy Lettuce Wraps weren't really that spicy at all, but they were light, fresh and tasty - just wrap carefully or the sauce will drip onto your lap.
The snapper tacos are outstanding - fresh, small (ish), delicious. Order the corn tacos instead of the flour version for extra flavour. Sander's shredded beef burrito was good, but we had to bring half of it back in a doggy bag because it was simply too much.
Once again, our eyes were bigger than our stomachs. In hindsight we should have skipped the burrito and shared the grilled snapper (two for Sander, one for me). Far too full to contemplate dessert, we staggered home through the park, thankful for the twenty minute walk to ease our stomachs.
I'd venture that the service was the best that I've had at a restaurant in Singapore. Maybe we struck it lucky with our waiter, but he was brilliant. Attentive, but not obtrusive, if we needed him we barely had to glance up for more than a few moments before he'd catch our eye and come on over. He even popped over to ask whether we would like to wait a while between our appetizers and mains, which has never happened to me before, but was greatly appreciated as I was already pretty full after the prawns and lettuce wraps!
The only criticism I'd have is that the prices for the margaritas rise astronomically throughout the night. The price for a jug after 8pm is triple that of four hours earlier - for the exact same drink.
Café Iguana Riverside Point
30 Merchant Road
#01-03 Riverside Point
Singapore 058282
Tel: (65) 6236 1275
No reservations after 7pm
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