De Fontein Belgian Beer Café

“We went there for lunch last weekend and were lucky to get an outdoor table. We ordered a prawn and cockle linguine and another dish. Since cockles were out of stock, they replaced them with mussels. I expected it to be delicious, but it turned out to be very disappointing. The linguine tasted off—completely off. When I mentioned it to the staff, the manager just said, ‘That’s how the linguine tastes.’ What a joke. Even giving 1 star for both the food and service feels too generous.

Great spot for a meal- eclectic pink exterior, beachy interior. Was a little breezy for the upstairs outdoor seating but the birds wander in like they own it connecting you to nature! Great food, excellent drinks.

I've dined at a lot of places and spent a bit to get good food. This was a huge disappointment to my tastebuds and pocket. I paid $150 for this seafood platter, and most of it was Mussels. The flavours were off and didn't hit the mark. The 4 pieces of salmon came with nothing, just bland, not even smoked or soy to compliment it. There was one grilled king prawn and 3 battered ones. The rest was a bit of cockles, 4 oysters and ..... mussels. You get about just over $5 a kilo for mussels. The bottom tray and middle tray were just mussels. Baked ones were oily. I just don't want anyone else to be disappointed like we were. On a positive, the staff were friendly.

Disappointed with the quality of the mussels and the service. After years of coming here, we were served the dirtiest mussels which unfortunately were hidden right at the bottom of the pot most of the mussels were just empty shelled with no mussels in sight. The staff were very nice and polite although no one came back to check on us after receiving the meal we almost felt ignored the entire meal. Furthermore, upon addressing our concerns with the staff at the end of our meal nothing was done about it and also not related to the counter/till staff member. Despite having to repeat ourselves at the counter personale nothing was done and we were still charged the full amount. We definitely won’t be coming back here!

Awesome location, the balcony is facing the mission bay beach. Great for outdoor lunch during sunny days. The ice chocolate is delicious and plenty. Grilled mussel is okay, I expect hot and spicy when ordering the one with chili, but seem it use pickled chili sour taste.

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