Shima

SHIMA DELUXE SET (Prime Beef Tenderloin - $110.00++) With carefully selected Beef Tenderloin as the main dish, a melt-in-your-mouth experience will transport you to the heart of Japan. Buttered Scallops with Garlic Mushroom, King Prawns in a light and creamy sauce and Norwegian Salmon simmered in Shima’s Special Sauce! All sets come with Garlic Rice, Assorted Vegetables, Miso Soup before finishing it off with the Dessert of the Day.

Location: Shima Restaurant, Goodwood Park Hotel, 22 Scotts Rd, Singapore 228221

With more than 30 years of experience in this field, Anson, the new Teppanyaki Head Chef at Shima Restaurant has curated a unique and special dish available for a limited time only! This Seafood Trio with Special Sauce ($40.00++) has been thoughtfully prepared with fresh ingredients flown in weekly. It consists of Hokkaido Scallops, King Prawns and Norwegian Salmon with a signature sauce that boasts a spicy, sweet and sour punch in a single bite.

One of the oldest teppanyaki place here and the teppanyaki lobster was impressionable and totally delish with garlic butter infused with the lobster roe. The doneness was perfect.

The sashimi was decent as hor d’oeuvres with otoro of a good thickness. Salmon was a tad on the drier side. The wagyu in medium rare was alright but no sparks. The garlic rice was savory but was served as the last dish with miso soup just before the dessert, which was a shame as we only had a few mouthfuls.

The service was pretty dampening and lacking with majority being student servers and the serving was pretty rush with dishes piling at our table. Point to note: they close at 9:30pm.

Went during Restaurant Week for dinner at one of Singapore's oldest Japanese restaurants. Unfortunately didn't live up to its name...

I would have considered the original restaurant week menu price of SGD68++ per pax overpriced given the quality of the food. For the restaurant week menu, items from the cold bar were served - and I was undeniably disappointed by the quality of the sashimi and sushi that were served. The sushi rice was dry and felt like stale rice that had been left in the fridge over night. And look at the maki (pic) where they didn't even wrap it properly - all 3 pieces for me and all 3 pieces for my companion were like this.

We also topped up for teppanyaki chicken and A5 Wagyu (120g), paying about SGD160++ more in total, since it was supposed to be a teppanyaki restaurant. Chicken and Wagyu were both served with stale dry garlic chips that tasted like it was bought from the supermarket (not prepared freshly). Nothing remarkable. Wagyu was nice of course but I could find more affordable and equally, if not better, options elsewhere easily.

Service wise it was friendly but there was also a trainee who didn't seemed adequately trained. I don't think the level of service matched up to the supposedly reputation of the restaurant and of course the prices. Towards the end of the meal, we received nearly no attention. Unfortunately they seated us in a quiet corner of the restaurant for the DiningCity Restaurant Week menu, so it was hard to even have anyone walking by to catch their attention.

Finally, our table had ants crawling all over. We looked under and realised there was a small section that was uncleaned (rather dusty) and full of ants.

It’s my first visit to Shima after knowing that it’s one of the oldest, if not the oldest Japanese restaurant in Singapore.

Unfortunately the lunch buffet with A5 wagyu ($49.90 + $20) was average.

Requested for medium rare but turned out to be medium well or well done.

Will rather head back to our usual Mikuni at Fairmont for higher quality food.

But overall, it’s a good for value lunch buffet if you’re a big eater.

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