I’ve been infrequently patronising the Breko outlet at Holland Village for many years, be it for dinner or just a place to sit and chat. The only food I remembered from my past visits was their cabonara spaghetti. The cream based sauce was sinfully delicious.
This time when I dropped by, they had a promotion going on. A main with a drink and a bowl of their soup of the day for $19.90++. Since the soup of the day was cream of mushroom, my sister and I ordered two sets and I forgo the cabonara due to the price. I could have a choice of a more expensive main but still pay the same standard price for the set. After browsing through the menu, I chose King Kong Burger with hot chocolate while my sister ordered ribeye steak with coffee float.
The food:
Their strength actually lies in their outstanding sides and soup with the actual mains being just alright and the drinks… >_> Let’s not mention the drinks…
The soup is fantastic! So rich, so creamy… It’s sinful… Before ordering, we were thinking of not getting the set to save money and do away with the soup of the day. But after tasting their cream of mushroom, we actually feel damn lucky to have ordered the set. Thank the heavens 
If I have the money to splurge, I’d definitely order this the next time I come even if its not for dinner but to sit and chill.
My sister loves steak to bits. Had her pocket money allowed, I wouldn’t be surprised if she fed herself beef everyday. Her verdict on her ribeye steak was that it was nothing outstanding. In fact, she much preferred the mash potatoes and said they were unique on their own, even without the sauce. I agree the mash potato outshone the steak. As for her drink, I may be bias being more tea-drinker than coffee-drinker but… I kind of hated it… I only took a sip, found it bitter and bland. She seems alright with it though…
My King Kong burger was better than her steak. We both agreed on that. It’s quite big but would be an alright portion for a guy. Strangely, I suffered the same situation as my sister, preferring the side over the main. I love my coleslaw’s taste and the thickness and length of their vegetable shredding. I also had fries for a side but… I’m not a fries fan at all so I’ll pass on the comment. That cup of hot chocolate is horrible though… The chocolate is overly diluted with milk. It should be called hot milk with a pinch of chocolate flavour instead. Should have stuck with the Earl Grey. At least tea sachets hardly go wrong.
The environment:
It’s split into two distinct places - the lower and upper level. The setting for each is different. The lower level is for casual dinner and also have some tables on the outside allocated for smokers. Because of that I don’t usually sit at the lower level even if its in the non smoker section. There’s no partition or anything so the smoke blows in freely.
The upper section mostly have wide and comfortable sofa seats that have their backs leaned back at a very comfortable angle. Very good for inducing sleep. Since the tables are at knee levels, it makes eating dinner a little hard. It’s a very good place to hang out though. I usually like to drag friends if we’re around Holland Village to Breko.
The service:
Awesome! When we were served ice water, the waiter was quick to note something wrong with one of the glasses before he served it and apologized before getting a new one. Maybe there’s oil, maybe it’s dirty. We didn’t know what was wrong…
Because we ate so slow and had long interruptions, our food turned cold before we even hit half of it. Seeing that they had a microwave, my sister asked if they could heat it up. We thought they’d just heat it up and return the very same plate to us. Surprisingly, they actually changed the plate and rearranged the half bitten food to look as appetizing as it could be.
Polite and attentive crew. A pair of them came up to ask if we felt the aircon was too cold for us.
