It's almost a known fact that you don't go to Green Grotto solely for their food and their drinks; you're going for the atmosphere and the convenience and this was the case when we stepped in here. That being said, I've always been a fan of Green Grotto tea rooms. It really is a nice place to relax, socialize with friends, and just do your own thing.
We were out on a Saturday night looking for a dessert/snack and other places were packed so we came to Green Grotto and didn't have to wait at all to be seated. The service here was actually pleasant and really friendly to my surprise.
While I wouldn't order any full meals, the snacks are decent here. We went for their (popcorn) salt and pepper chicken and it was straight out from the fryer. It was moderately crispy, and dusted with the chinese 'salt and pepper' - you can taste the mild hint of the sweetness coming from the five spice. It's very aromatic in a good way! The chicken grew on me as I kept on eating it.
We went with their hot brown sugar ginger grass jelly for the dessert and it was also pretty decent except for the fact that it wasn't as hot as we would have liked. Funnily we asked for hot water which was boiling hot (not our intent, but it worked) and adding that to the dessert immediately made it warmer and diluted the sugar water in a totally acceptable way (it was quite concentrated with ginger and sugar). The taro balls were good and chewy but their sweet potato and taro could have been steamed a bit longer as it was on the harder side.