Gordon Grill Goodwood Park – Charming Continental Restaurant Turns 50!
Feature - Review, Food - Western, Singapore - Central
March 15, 2013
Can’t believe that I had never dined at Gordon Grill, which has been established since 1963. That makes the restaurant half a century old! Located at the Goodwood Park Hotel, Gordon Grill is unexpectedly under the radar, at least for the younger generation, when it is so full of timeless charm and quality European style cuisine. This is the kind of restaurant I would bring my mum for a weekend lunch. She is the type who likes an occasional indulge in Western classics and experience old-school service style – gracious and butler-like. In fact, the service staff is still......
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