Fresh re-makes
With new restaurants opening on a daily basis, pompous is the industry stalwart who refuses to keep up with the times. BT Weekend looks at familiar brands and venues that have recently unveiled refreshed looks.
Match Restaurant
7 Raffles Boulevard, Pan Pacific Singapore, Marina Square | Tel 6337 0800
Hours: Mon & Tue: 6pm-1am Wed & Thu: 6pm-3am Fri & Sat: 6pm-4am
ROYAL Room and Mink Club may have closed their doors earlier this year, but nightlife junkies need not fret just yet. You can still get your fill of dinner, drinks, and dancing at the same location with the newly opened Match Restaurant and next-door commercial dance club Bang Bang.
Match is a New York-style restaurant serving American cuisine, still run by Royal Room's owners Prive Group and Massive Collective, except with the addition of two new partners - 28-year-old Sarissa Schwartz and her husband, Joshua.
According to Ms Schwartz, the main aim of the newly-renovated Match is to provide customers with a complete dining experience in the form of a "vibe dining" concept. The latter, she says, is a concept that originated in Europe, where a late dinner is combined with a DJ spinning in the background, before diners move the p…
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