Boomarang Bistro & Bar

Boomarang Bistro & Bar
60 Robertson Quay
#01-15 The Quayside

52 Circular Road

https://www.boomarang.com.sg/

Boomarang Benedict / Eggs Benedict (SGD $18)

Charming Cafe & Sports GastroBar, Refined Australian Dishes

(Ratings: On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 = Worst and 10 = Best)
Overall: 8
Ambience & Setting: 8
Food & Beverage: 8
Service: 8
Value for Money: 7
Spent about SGD $30 (Breakfast) / SGD $70 (Dinner) per person.


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A proud stalwart of refined Australian cuisine in Singapore's Robertson Quay since opening in September 2008, Boomarang Bistro & Bar is a cafe, a sports gastrobar, and a bistro, all-in-one. Managing Director of Boomarang Bistro & Bar, Martin McGettigan, shouldered through the global financial crisis of 2008 by offering a relaxing ambience for corporates and families, attentive service akin to a restaurant, and great quality Australian food at reasonable prices. Since then, they've maintained a consistent quality, and the crowds that regularly flock here is a testament.

The ambience at Boomarang Bistro & Bar is casual and relaxed, with a touch of outdoorsy. Occupying the floor space of 2 shops, the large and spacious bistro offers ample seating, with a seamless transition between indoor and outdoor al-fresco. Lit by ample natural sunlight during the day and warm overhead lights at night, the large wooden tables and chairs are decently comfortable. There's options for regular dining seats, high bar seats, and booth seats. Television screens playing various sports channels surround the place, and there are screening events for major games. Customers like to use the event space for corporate functions or social leisure activities; have seen people playing mahjong, scrabble, and board games here.

The service at Boomarang Bistro & Bar is polite and professional, with a touch of casual friendliness. Staff are observant, quick to spot guests and seat them. They display decent product knowledge, able to describe dishes, such as stating if something is gluten-free. Orders are fulfilled quickly, with minimal waiting time, even during peak periods. I note staff quickly clean up and turn around tables efficiently when diners leave; this also extends to clearing litter and dead leaves around the vast area, making the place look presentable at all times. Senior staff tend to engage in friendly banter with regular customers, although junior staff tend to come across as more timid. Also, rain and direct sunlight is an issue, as many seats are exposed to the elements.

The food at Boomarang Bistro & Bar consists of classic dishes from Australian, British English, American, and Italian cuisines. Served in typically large Australian sized portions for individuals, each dish is consistently well-executed, using fresh ingredients and simple techniques that showcase the natural flavours. Expect bold flavours, where each ingredient on the plate serves a purpose. Despite having a wide variety of dishes on the menu, they've managed to serve consistently delicious dishes all these years. However, prices are premium, higher than most cafes, and comparable to other restaurants. Budget about SGD $30 per person for breakfast, and about SGD $70 per person for dinner with a drink.


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Boomarang Bistro & Bar Signage

Boomarang Bistro & Bar Exterior

Boomarang Bistro & Bar Interior

Seating Outdoors

Seating Indoors

Events Space & Television Screens

A large glass of freshly squeezed Orange Juice (SGD $10) to start the day. The orange juice has light tangy fruity sour sweet flavour, but all-in-all, it's rather expensive.

Orange Juice (SGD $10)

Orange Juice

The Hot Chocolate (SGD $9) is typical of most Australian hot chocolate beverages, which has a thin smooth texture, with delicate milky chocolatey sweet flavour. Much lighter than the European or South American versions. The mug helps keep it warm, and it's great on cold mornings.

Hot Chocolate (SGD $9)

Hot Chocolate

The mug of Flat White (SGD $8.50) has a nice toasty aroma of roasted coffee beans, and the milk tempers the smooth acidity of the bitter sweet espresso, lending a lovely milky note.

Flat White (SGD $8.50)

Flat White

The mug of Long Black (SGD $7) has a nice toasty aroma of roasted coffee beans, with a pronounced acidity of the bitter sweet espresso, showcasing its moderate strength.

Long Black (SGD $7)

Long Black

The Wine Rothbury Estate Sémillon Sauvignon Blanc (SGD $13) is a white wine made from a blend of 16% Sémillon green grapes and 84% Sauvignon Blanc green grapes, by the Rothbury Estate winery in Rothbury, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. It has a pale straw yellow colour, with aromas of passionfruit, green apple, nettle, and orange. The body is bright, light, and zippy, with tastes of guava, lemon, snow peas, and peach. Has crisp fruity tangy sweet citrus flavours, with a lengthy finish.

Wine Rothbury Estate Sémillon Sauvignon Blanc (SGD $13)

Wine Rothbury Estate Sémillon Sauvignon Blanc

The Wine Rothbury Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot (SGD $13) is a red wine made from a blend of 30% Merlot red grapes and 70% Cabernet Sauvignon red grapes, by the Rothbury Estate winery in Rothbury, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. It has a deep royal purple colour, with aromas of blackcurrant, rose flowers, oak, and vanilla. The body is bold, smooth, and dry, with tastes of blackberry, chocolate, cherry, and plum. Has robust fruity floral sweet woody flavours, with a light finish.

Wine Rothbury Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot (SGD $13)

Wine Rothbury Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot

The Beer Tooheys New (SGD $12.50) is a standard Australian style lager, brewed by the Lion Nathan beverage company in Lidcombe, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It has a vibrant copper bronze colour, with aromas and tastes of barley, hops, malt, and wheat. The body is crisp, smooth, and medium thin, with a pronounced bitter sweet grainy flavour. An easy drinking beer that's preservative-free, it's well known for being 99% sugar-free, low on carbohydrates (only 2.5%), and light on calories (only 142 per 375ml serving). Suitable for warm days, as a 'healthier' option of beer, it appeals to many.

Beer Tooheys New (SGD $12.50)

Beer Tooheys New

The Beer XXXX Gold (SGD $12.50), pronounced as 4X Gold / Four Ex Gold, is an American adjunct style lager, brewed by the Castlemaine Perkins brewery in Milton, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It has a bright straw golden colour, with aromas and tastes of malts, cabbage, steel, and barley. The body is light, thin, and fizzy, with a grainy metallic bitter flavour. Intentionally brewed to be light, easy-drinking, and low on alcohol, this beer was pitched at allowing people to drive even after 1 drink (as the alcohol content is within safe limits), allowing drivers to safely partake in social drinks.

Beer XXXX Gold (SGD $12.50)

Beer XXXX Gold

With The Ashes (SGD $25), also known as Scrambled Eggs Breakfast / Full English Breakfast, you get a huge portion for this classic British English breakfast dish. Served from 6am till 11:30am on weekdays and 7am till 5pm on weekends, it includes fluffy scrambled eggs, tender sautéed button mushrooms, juicy grilled roma tomatoes, a crunchy potato hashbrown, soft baked beans in thick tomato sauce, chewy pork back bacon slices, and a snappy British English cumberland pork sausage which bursts with lovely flavour. Accompanied by 4 slices of crisp toasted white bread with smooth butter. Eat the ingredients separately or combine them together in various ways, but overall, you'll taste flavours of earthy, sweet, savoury, salty, starchy, vegetal, meaty, grainy, and eggy. Filling and satisfying. Good!

The Ashes / Scrambled Eggs Breakfast / Full English Breakfast (SGD $25)

The Ashes / Scrambled Eggs Breakfast / Full English Breakfast

The Ashes / Scrambled Eggs Breakfast / Full English Breakfast

The Ashes / Scrambled Eggs Breakfast / Full English Breakfast

With the 3-Egg Omelette (SGD $17), also known as Egg Omelette Mushroom Ham Cheese Spinach / Egg Omelette, you get a choice of 3 to 4 ingredients that you want within this beloved British English breakfast dish. Served from 6am till 11:30am on weekdays and 7am till 5pm on weekends, it features a fluffy egg omelette, stuffed with tender button mushrooms, chewy sliced pork leg ham, soft wilted baby spinach, and gooey cheddar cheese which has a beautiful stringy feel. Accompanied by 4 slices of crisp toasted white bread with smooth butter. This has a combined flavour profile of earthy, sweet, savoury, salty, cheesy, vegetal, meaty, grainy, and eggy. Comforting and satisfying. Good!

3-Egg Omelette / Egg Omelette Mushroom Ham Cheese Spinach / Egg Omelette (SGD $17)

3-Egg Omelette / Egg Omelette Mushroom Ham Cheese Spinach / Egg Omelette

3-Egg Omelette / Egg Omelette Mushroom Ham Cheese Spinach / Egg Omelette

3-Egg Omelette / Egg Omelette Mushroom Ham Cheese Spinach / Egg Omelette

The Boomarang Benedict (SGD $18), also known as Eggs Benedict, is a classic American breakfast dish. Served from 6am till 11:30am on weekdays and 7am till 5pm on weekends, it has perfectly runny poached eggs, chewy sliced pork leg ham, and creamy hollandaise sauce on soft buttered brioche muffins. Accompanied by tender sautéed baby potatoes with crisp caramelised white onions. This has a combined flavour profile of sweet, savoury, salty, starchy, buttery, smoky, grainy, and eggy. Among the best breakfast dishes I've had. Highly recommended!

Boomarang Benedict / Eggs Benedict (SGD $18)

Boomarang Benedict / Eggs Benedict

Boomarang Benedict / Eggs Benedict

Boomarang Benedict / Eggs Benedict

The American style Buttermilk Pancakes (SGD $12), also known as Pancakes / Hotcakes, were recommended by a friend. The 2-stack of buttermilk infused pancakes are super soft and fluffy, but toes the line between moist and dry. Has a delicate grainy sweet flavour. It's topped with fresh slices of tender banana with fruity sweet flavour. Accompanied with a creamy plain yoghurt which holds bright milky earthy sweet notes, and a thick sticky maple syrup with lovely enticing floral sweet flavour. Worth ordering!

Buttermilk Pancakes (SGD $12)

Buttermilk Pancakes

Buttermilk Pancakes

Buttermilk Pancakes

The Aussie Steak Sliders (SGD $27) are a bite-sized version of the classic Australian Steak Sandwich, and is perfect as a sharing appetizer. It features medium thick slices of Victorian fillet beef steak, done to a medium rare, with a tender chewy texture and bold meaty savoury flavour. Topped with crisp caramelised white onions that have deep earthy sweet salty flavour, and fresh crunchy lettuce with vegetal bitter sweet flavour, all sandwiched within crisp toasted baguette bread slices that has smoky bready sweet flavour. Completed with creamy garlic aioli which lends a herbal sweet spice note. A lovely dish overall. Highly recommended!

Aussie Steak Sliders (SGD $27)

Aussie Steak Sliders

Aussie Steak Sliders

Aussie Steak Sliders

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A large sharing platter basket, the Moreton Bay Seafood Basket (SGD $55) has a variety of seafood, all fresh and succulent and fried to order. The seafood is sourced from Moreton Bay in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It's accompanied by creamy garlic aioli which lends a herbal sweet spice note, chunky tartar sauce with sour sharp tangy milky flavour, and fresh slices of lemon and lime. Good!

Moreton Bay Seafood Basket (SGD $55)

Moreton Bay Seafood Basket

Moreton Bay Seafood Basket

Garlic Aioli

Lemon & Lime

Lime & Lemon

The Fries / Chips have a medium thick cut, with the potato having a slightly crisp exterior and a slightly soft interior. Sprinkled with salt, these have a nice starchy salty savoury flavour, and are best eaten quickly when hot. Ask for some tomato ketchup for added kick.

Fries / Chips

Fries / Chips

Love the Beer-Battered Barramundi Fish, with its medium thin, slightly crisp slightly soft beer batter, which holds tightly to the barramundi fish within. The fish fillet is medium sized, with lean meaty flakes that are tender and succulent, having a savoury sweet flavour that is clean-tasting and fresh.

Beer-Battered Barramundi Fish

Beer-Battered Barramundi Fish

Beer-Battered Barramundi Fish

A beloved classic dish in British English, American, and Australian cuisines, the Fish & Chips / Fish And Chips normally feature a firm, white flesh fish, which is then battered and deep-fried. Served with straight-cut potato fries / chips, tartar sauce, and a slice of lemon. The traditional style has it wrapped in newspaper or served in a cardboard cone / box, for eating on the go.

Fish & Chips / Fish And Chips

Fish & Chips / Fish And Chips

Fish & Chips / Fish And Chips

The Salt, Pepper, Lime Calamari pleases with its fresh, bouncy tender pieces of calamari squid, coated in a light thin crumb batter, and seasoned with salt, black pepper, and lime juice. This has a light tangy zesty sour note, with mild sweet savoury grainy flavours, and a lovely delicate freshness.

Salt, Pepper, Lime Calamari

Salt, Pepper, Lime Calamari

Salt, Pepper, Lime Calamari

The Squid & Chips / Squid And Chips are an up-and-coming street food alternative in England, the United States Of America (USA), and Australia, due to the ingredients being more common and less premium. This normally features chunks of calamari squid, battered, simply seasoned, then deep-fried. Served with straight-cut potato fries / chips, tartar sauce, and a slice of lemon. The traditional style has it wrapped in newspaper or served in a cardboard cone / box, for eating on the go.

Squid & Chips / Squid And Chips

Squid & Chips / Squid And Chips

The Coconut Crumbed Prawn Cutlets were a real treat. These fresh and succulent, partially deshelled prawns / shrimp have a bouncy juicy bite, with bright sweet savoury flavour. Coated in a crisp grainy crumb batter studded with dessicated coconut, which lends an earthy floral sweet note. Actually makes for a good drinking snack.

Coconut Crumbed Prawn Cutlets

Coconut Crumbed Prawn Cutlets

The Potato Wedges are large with a slightly crisp exterior, and a fluffy soft interior, holding good potato starchy sweet salty savoury flavour. I prefer these over the fries / chips.

Potato Wedges

Potato Wedges

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The Peppered Kangaroo Loin (SGD $34) is a fine-dining quality dish that wows with each bite. The star are the thick cut strips of kangaroo loin meat, seasoned with black pepper, tender and moist with a firm chew to texure, and bursting with meaty savoury salty flavour. Much less gamey than beef, but also less juicy. The dense chunky mashed sweet potato lends lovely vegetal sweet notes, while the fresh crisp rocket leaves / arugula have a vegetal bitter herbal flavour. Tucked within is a vibrant mound of beetroot relish, juicy and vegetal sweet sour, staining everything it touches. Completed with a rich black pepper gravy with sharp spice notes, and several dollops of creamy garlic aioli which lends a herbal sweet spice note. Good!

Peppered Kangaroo Loin (SGD $34)

Peppered Kangaroo Loin

Peppered Kangaroo Loin

Peppered Kangaroo Loin

Named after famed Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova, the Pavlova (SGD $14) dessert is regarded as a national dish of both Australia and New Zealand, commonly eaten during celebratory or holiday meals. The pavlova is primarily a meringue with a crisp crunchy shell and a soft moist marshmallow-like center, made from egg whites, salt, sugar, lemon juice or white vinegar, cornflour, and vanilla. It has a milky floral sweet flavour. Garnished with fresh juicy sliced fruits, including strawberries, kiwi fruit, and peach, all with fruity sweet flavour. Completed with a spray of whipped cream, and a rich berry compote (blueberry, strawberry, raspberry) which lends a bold fruity sweet note. Great for sharing. Worth ordering!

Pavlova (SGD $14)

Pavlova

Pavlova

The classic Australian Sticky Date Pudding (SGD $14) features a soft, moist date sponge cake, made from pitted dates, water, butter, sugar, eggs, self-raising flour, baking soda, and vanilla. It has a deep earthy fruity sweet flavour. Dressed in a thick sticky butterscotch sauce, which lends bright floral sweet flavour. Accompanied by a large creamy smooth scoop of vanilla ice cream and juicy strawberry slices, which helps alleviate some of the richness of this decadent dessert. Good!

Sticky Date Pudding (SGD $14)

Sticky Date Pudding

Sticky Date Pudding

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