LUCE by Davide Giacomelli

Ready your stomach and join me in this gastronomic buffet featuring an Italian theme.

Starting with the seafood, sashimi, and sushi, you'll taste fresh and briny oysters, succulent tiger prawns and many more. I had quite a feast with these two seafood items. The sushi and sashimi were a tad normal, though.

I skipped the Salad Bar because, let's be honest, why waste stomach space on it? Lol. Moving on to Cheese spread, Cold Cuts, Bread Basket, and Chilled Antipasti, I find the options were good. You can get full from this if you're not careful.

Italian section includes northern and southern style dishes like pasta, lasagna, pinsa, nonna cooking, etc. While interesting to taste, it wasn't particularly appealing to my taste buds. I did enjoy the live station Porchetta di Maiale which was tender and flavourful and Fettuccine Truffle Alfredo in Parmesan Wheel was rich, creamy and cheesy. The pinsa had the perfect bite size with a nicely charred, puffy, and fluffy dough, spread with a tangy cheesy combination of ingredients.

If Italian isn’t your thing, the Asian Kitchen features a small spread of Indian, Malay, and Chinese cuisine. The honey-glazed Iberico Pork Char Siew is a must-have. The DIY station features Signature InterContinental Laksa, where you can make your own laksa by adding all the premium ingredients and pouring the laksa curry over. It's a fun experience, though the taste is more catered to international palates.

Finally, desserts include panna cotta, cakes, gelato, fruits, and a chocolate fountain. Each dessert has its own uniqueness and will certainly please everyone’s taste buds.

Overall, it's a pretty decent buffet if you know what to eat and can get a discount. I especially liked their oysters, tiger prawns, pinsa, porchetta, char siew, and forest berry gelato. Remember to check out their deals on their website before making a reservation to save some bucks. It can be quite expensive without these promos.
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Pricing:
Buffet Lunch
Monday to Saturday, 12:00pm to 2:30pm
SGD58++ per adult
SGD29++ per child (6-11 years old)

Buffet Dinner
Available daily, 6:00pm to 10:00pm
Sunday to Thursday
SGD78++ per adult | SGD39++ per child (6-11 years old)

Friday and Saturday
SGD89++ per adult | SGD44++ per child (6-11 years old)

Music track: Italy by Aylex
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Copyright Free Background Music
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🚩LUCE, InterContinental Singapore, 80 Middle Rd, Singapore 188966
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This place is insanely understaffed. For a 50 per pax place it's unthinkable that you have to keep calling the waiting staff for literally anything from ordering to filling water, and paying the bills. And sometimes to no avail

Don't be fooled by the apparent popularity of the restaurant. They're packed from people who are eating the buffet, and really it doesn't seem like the crowd appreciates good Italian food

Food review:
The gelato is the best thing here. But that's not saying much. It's quite a decent version, although that's the bare minimum you expect from a place of this price.

What a waste of time, effort and money. Avoid like a plague

Lousy.

Pasta bite wasn't right, the pesto was pathetic as well. Only can taste mint, hardly the complexity pestos are meant to be.

Lousy. A little bit of crisp, hardly enough. The dough was very chewy and not fluffy, quite tough also. Flavours of toppings were pathetic, lacking umami, freshness and creaminess. Esp the salami taste was sorely lacking, what is this monstrosity?

Come on bro

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Chef Davide's creations are a masterpiece of flavors, textures and presentation. Try Polpo e Ceci, a twist on Sicilian-style octopus with chickpea purée, Orecchiette Broccoli e Salsiccia where Bronze-drawn durum wheat pasta meets Italian sausage and broccoli in a creamy embrace that's pure comfort on a plate. Don't miss the hand-pulled pizza and pinsa selection like Prosciutto di Parma e Burrata and Pizza al Tartufo. Cap it off with Panna-cotta with pink guava or Profiterole al Caffé for a perfect Italian ending.

LUCE's refreshed a la carte menu is now accompanied by captivating themed offerings to make your evenings even more magical:

🍕Pizza and Booze🍺(Tue & Wed)
Unlimited hand-tossed pinsas, pizzas, Menabrea Italian beer, and Prosecco for $38++ per person.

💃🏻Ladies' Night (Thu)
Min. spend of $28++ per lady for 2 hours of bottomless Prosecco, Aperol Spritz, and LUCE's signature cocktails.

❤️Fri-date (Fri)
Specially curated menu for a romantic date night.

🥓Charcuterie Meet Prosecco Platter🥂(Weekends)
Premium charcuterie cuts and a bottle of Prosecco

If you're ready to redefine your Italian dining experience, @lucebydavide is the place to be that'll awaken your senses and transport you straight to Italy's culinary heart!

Step into the embrace of @interconsin flagship Bistronomic Italian restaurant, where Chef Davide Giacomelli has waved his culinary magic wand to unveil a refreshed a la carte menu that's destined to elevate your dining experience to new heights.

Chef Davide's creations are a masterpiece of flavors, textures and presentation. Try Polpo e Ceci, a twist on Sicilian-style octopus with chickpea purée, Orecchiette Broccoli e Salsiccia where Bronze-drawn durum wheat pasta meets Italian sausage and broccoli in a creamy embrace that's pure comfort on a plate. Don't miss the hand-pulled pizza and pinsa selection like Prosciutto di Parma e Burrata and Pizza al Tartufo. Cap it off with Panna-cotta with pink guava or Profiterole al Caffé for a perfect Italian ending.

LUCE's refreshed a la carte menu is now accompanied by captivating themed offerings to make your evenings even more magical:

🍕Pizza and Booze🍺(Tue & Wed)
Unlimited hand-tossed pinsas, pizzas, Menabrea Italian beer, and Prosecco for $38++ per person.

💃🏻Ladies' Night (Thu)
Min. spend of $28++ per lady for 2 hours of bottomless Prosecco, Aperol Spritz, and LUCE's signature cocktails.

❤️Fri-date (Fri)
Specially curated menu for a romantic date night.

🥓Charcuterie Meet Prosecco Platter🥂(Weekends)
Premium charcuterie cuts and a bottle of Prosecco

If you're ready to redefine your Italian dining experience, @lucebydavide is the place to be that'll awaken your senses and transport you straight to Italy's culinary heart!