Horrible don - quantity + quality of sashimi was bad and they covered the rice with diced up crab meat to try and mask how little sashimi they were giving! Waited approx 30 mins for the don although we were the first ones in the restaurant during lunch.
Ordered the signature maki roll and it was the smallest, plainest maki I have ever seen and cost $22! Really overpriced and can’t see the quality at all.
Salad bar was pathetic with 5-6 choices of mundane choices.
After Maru’s menu changes, their prices went up, quality and quantity went down and that’s the reason for their downfall.
Will never visit again.
One of the worst experiences ever. I’d been previously a few times and the food was good. But now that they’ve renovated and changed management, it’s pretty terrible. Ordered the pork with fried rice don. When it came, it was just plain rice. Staff then told me that they’ve changed the menu but didn’t update me that the rice was no longer fried rice. Also ordered the Unagi bowl and the unagi was dry and rubbery. Worse than what you can get at a hawker center. Don’t go here ever. Food is also expensive as all the dons are 20+ and portions are tiny.
the garlic rice was super amazing!!!!! and the cheese on the salmon was so shiok 💯💯💯 highly recommend the pork bowl (~$20) as well, very tasty and juicy 😆 if you like beef, the truffle beef bowl (~$22) is worth a try too, extremely tender and delicious (‘:
Had really high expectations for the food here because of the ultra appetizing menu. However, when they served the food, I got a little disappointed. Portion was very small. The bowl itself was already small and the unagi was very little (unlike what was shown in the menu- the unagi filled up the entire bowl and covered the rice). Taste was not bad but it's just like any ordinary don you'd find. I used the burpple 1f1 but that meant that the don will not come with the salad bar and miso soup. But even with the 1f1, it was not value for money.
Taste - 7/10
Service - 7/10
Value for money - 5/10
I love the the Truffle Beef Cube Bowl ($25) from Maru Japanese Restaurant - the stir-fry beef cube with red wine garlic shoyu is fragrant, soft and juicy, and goes well with the accompanying shimeiji mushroom, egg and steamed rice. The Salmon Sashimi Bowl ($18) comes with a generous and fresh serving of salmon sashimi, though I find the sushi rice a little too vinegary for me. Although the rice bowls are quite pricey on their own, there is an one-for-one deal on Burpple Beyond, as well as a complimentary salad/dessert buffet bar for non-Burpple Beyond users.
Now conveniently located behind 100am mall. All you people working near Tanjong Pagar can enjoy this wonderful bowl of ramen during your lunch or dinner time! (OPENING SPECIAL: 3 free Gyozas with each ramen bowl ordered! From 26th August to 8th Sept)
Utilised BB’s 1 for 1 deal. They’re really generous with their salmon. But other than that, it just taste like another bowl of don buri. totally worth it if you’re using the 1 for 1 deal on burpple :)
Very worth it especially it comes with free side dishes from their side bar
We wanted to try this place out since it was on Beyond.
My favourite part of the dish was the mushroom which was packed with umami flavour. The egg was very bland, although cooked to a good consistency with slightly runny yolk.
The beef however, tasted nothing like beef I know. In fact it reminded me of minced meat balls. Maybe Maru was going for a different type of beef bowl than one that I am familiar with. My friends were not as dissatisfied as I was but regardless, I did not enjoy the meal.
(Available and cheaper as 1-for-1 on Burpple but only if you don’t feel like the salad at all which is approx $15 per top up) #burpplebeyond #burpplesg
$20
Added foie gras for $5 more, total $25 for this meal. Enjoyed the free flow salad and dessert bar. Isn’t many people on weekends. Didn’t use the 1 for 1 deal cuz I had 3 pax in total, and the deal excludes the free flow salad/dessert.
I think this restaurant changed their menu, have eaten here several times. Prices went up and portion reduced! From garlic fried rice become white Japanese rice. No longer have mushroom for their truffle beef cube don... not worth for the money anymore.
Second visit here, this time to use my Chope voucher for the Kaisen Chirashi.
I felt that the original price of $28 for the Kaisen Chirashi wasn't worth it as the fish was thinly-sliced and lacked that oomph of flavor when I bit into it. It seemed rather...cheap and low quality, particularly the scallops which were chewy and rather oddly colored. While the sushi rice was well-seasoned and warm, there was just too much of it in proportion to the fish.
The Unadon was the promo don for the day at $15. It came piping hot. While it wasn't melt in your mouth good, it was still tender, flaky and the sweet sauce it was glazed with paired well with the shredded egg and sushi rice.
All in all, reasonable food and ambience but definitely not one I'd write in my books as value-for-money if one is not using a promotion.
6/10
Food was decent, had wanted to used the burrple 1-1 but they only do their expensive omakase. So decided to do ala carte instead, but bill came up to be about the same !
We had the eel foie gras bowl, steak, aburi salmon, chawamushi and drinks..
Given the amount spent, i had higher expectations..
The chawamushi was yums... steak was extremely salty.. eel foie gras bowl was nothing to rave about..
So I'd probably say, go for drinks and snacks!
Enjoyed this meal with burpple beyond 1 for 1 and it was really worth it considering the premium ingredients used such as uni, oysters, sashimi and wagyu beef. Food-wise, we were not very wowed by it and felt that there were too many fried items (what a waste to deep fry unagi and grilled cod was a bit too dry for our liking). However, we really enjoyed the hotate foie-gras and sashimi and I think those dishes were our favourite. The level of service provided was exceptional and we really appreciated how smiley and friendly the servers were despite the Friday night crowd. They made the dining experience extremely pleasant and we enjoyed our dinner there because of them. In summary, not a cheap dinner but it is value for money and if the servers maintain this level of standard, it will be worth spending an evening there with your friends. :)
The environment is good. Tried their unagi and salmon which is pretty good. The unagi doesn't comes with too much teriyaki sauce which is to my liking and the salmon is pretty alright. The rice does has a hint of fish taste which makes the dish better. Overall I would give it 7.5/10. Worth a try!
• Iberico Pork Jowl don
• Mentaiko Salmon don
The choices for burpple beyond in limited but the food is good 👍🏻.
This was the Anago and Foie Gras Rice Bowl ($25) and the Truffle Beef Cube Rice Bowl ($22) which were part of their lunch menus.
I really enjoyed the bed of garlic rice the beef was sitting on. Mixing it up with the onsen egg and topping the spoon with a tender beef cube made a delicious, flavorful bite. The beef cubes had just the right amount of char on it and were still springy when poked.
The Anago did not have the usual fattiness of its cousin unagi, but it was well grilled and paired perfectly with the fatty foie gras. While the portions might not have satiated a larger eater, it was perfect for me.
Will be back to try the salad bar one day! Also thankful for their free-flow water :)
8/10
Quite yummy and filling.
Worth it with burpplebeyond.
Normally lunch comes w side salad buffet But not with the app. Still worth a try :)
