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| - Green Grotto has a theme that definitely lives up to its name - the bird and forest motifs hidden in various nooks and crannies throughout the restaurant, the wooden panelling, the somewhat dim lighting, and the caged chandeliers bring to mind a glamorous clubhouse hidden away in some enchanted forest. There's a certain coziness to Green Grotto with the couches, the Asian magazines and the board games.
The Hokkaido smoothie that I had was amazing! I highly recommend getting it. The eel in the eel bowl that I had was good but it could have been better - I wasn't too thrilled about the tamago since there was definitely a difference in temperature between the tamago and the rest of the ingredients in the bowl (tamago was cooler than the eel, rice and veggies). It's certainly a first being served popcorn as an appetizer. At first, I found it a bit weird that I was having popcorn as an app. But then I thought, why not? It's Green Grotto's thing. It also adds to the coziness factor of the restaurant.
What I didn't like about Green Grotto was the following: the bathrooms weren't the cleanest, the poor wifi (it worked when I logged in the first time, but as soon as I would stop using my phone, it would log me out and I would have to log back in again. After a few times of logging back in, I was unable to connect to the wifi and I had to continue the rest of my lunch break without free wifi) and the waiters were not very attentive. My Hokkaido drink took some time to arrive at my table. I witnessed a couple being seated and then leaving after a long time in attempting to attract the staff's attention.
Overall, the Green Grotto on Warden was okay for me. Perhaps I'll visit other locations and see how they compare to this one.
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