Cafe Salivation - Farrer Park

Cafe Salivation is an eatery I've praised very highly on my blog for a number of years now.  I've always loved the creative Western menu, and the fresh and colourful interior design of the place.  Recently, Cafe Salivation moved from its old home at Syed Alwi Road, and switched to 176 Race Course Road.  Although this new location is technically closer to the Farrer Park MRT (just a two minute walk from Exit D), it is on a pretty deserted section of Race Course Road, which doesn't get many passersby.  Frankly, I feel like their old location was much better.  My last reviews of Cafe Salivation were back in 2009 and 2011.  So, let's see how Cafe Salivation has evolved in 2014...








Cafe Salivation
Location:176 Race Course Road
Contact: 62981412
Opening Hours: Daily 10am-10:30pm


Even though the location has changed, the funky 70's style interior design has remained almost the same.  Cafe Salivation is one of those restaurants which really excels in ambiance.  It is an ideal place to host a birthday party or other similar sorts of gatherings.
Another look at the splendid interior design of Cafe Salivation.  It should be worth noting the menu is an absolute nightmare for vegans.  Almost every dish contains dairy.
Cafe Salivation have a number of interesting burgers to order, but I was most curious to try their Middle Eastern Burger.  From the menu description, it promised to have raisins and tahini inside.  Unfortunately, I couldn't detect any sweetness from raisins, and I didn't taste any tahini inside either.  The portion size is pretty small for the price, and the burger is almost impossible to eat.  The burger patty slides around way too much, and the bottom of the burger was very soggy.  The only highlight of this dish were the fluffy chips.  The burger itself (vegans make sure to ask for cheese to be removed) I found incredibly mundane.

Price: $9.50.     5/10


Next dish we tried was the Desi Sandwich.  This is truly a fusion sandwich, with Indian green chilli chutney used as a spread.  Once again, vegans be careful - You must request this dish to be void of cheese.  Inside this sandwich is potato, tomato and cucumber.  Overall the flavour of this sandwich was really flat, with the spiciness of the chilli being the only real flavour coming out.  The bread was toasted very well, but it really needed more flavours to leap out from it.  Slightly more appetising than the burger, but not by much.  Once again, a steep price to pay.

Price: $9.00.     6/10


Conclusion - It is really disappointing to see the standards have dropped at Cafe Salivation.   A once great restaurant, which is a shell of its former self now.  Although the ambiance of this eatery is still terrific, the restaurant is ultimately struggling to get customers, due to the location change.  The new location, combined with a significant dip in the food standard means there is real concern for the future of Cafe Salivation.

Overall Rating
Food - 5/10
Ambiance- 9/10
Service - 6/10
Value - 5/10