Nineteen80

NINETEEN80, an arcade-bar at Tanjong Pagar, is bringing back the good ol’ days with Bruce Lee murals, old-school tunes and arcade games. The bouncer outside was quite strict on dress codes & did not allow singlets or slippers, luckily I had a jacket to wear over my singlet. Dirty Taters ($10.90) A dirty mix of tater tots, cheddar & gouda cheese, fried chicken bits. It was really nice, because i loved tater tots chicken & whatever sauce they drizzled over. Nothing out of the ordinary as all fried food are supposed to taste good, else the other dishes on the menu is likely not appealing. B.L.T ($11.90) Crispy chicken tender in a hotdog roll with chicken bacon, lettuce, cheddar cheese and honey mustard sauce. Not as amazing as the Dirty Taters and i would recommend getting 2 Dirty Taters instead. I also noticed there were 2 tables which could play games inside the table as it’s a screen! Didn’t get to try it as it was reserved. Perhaps another time, or not.

Reviewed as a weekend evening get together. --- Ambience: 5 out of 5; theme is very well executed in terms of artwork, equipment, music and menu design. Safe-distancing measures are very well executed as well Drinks: 3 out of 5; your typical alcoholic beverage Food: 3 out of 5; your typical finger food Service: 2 out of 5; ordering food & drink may be challenging because servers may have limited visibility of guests. Unpleasant and unsatisfactory verbal response regarding an incorrectly served order. Response was along the lines of because the dish was tasted (i.e. consumption started) then the dish could no longer be replaced and the onus was on the guest to confirm that this was indeed the correct dish. This was the first time in my dining experience having heard this response/position. In the end, the server team gave us the correct dish with no extra charge.

I happened to pass by while looking for a place to chill after dinner and chanced upon this retro bar with 80s joystick arcade games. It was amazing that the game was inside my table, and the joysticks at the table's edge. No service charge was charged for our drinks, which were really delicious concoctions so kudos to the bartender. I will definitely remember this place with such a wide variety (almost 800) of nostalgic games. It even came with arcade tokens that were free flow as long as we bought drinks!

First time back since the whole COVID debacle. The place is huge now! Shame we can’t play the arcade machines anymore but totally understandable. Music’s great as always with a mix of 80s-90s bangers. Also pleasantly surprised that they have vegetarian friendly food options now! Can’t wait to give those a try on our next visit.