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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is a gem! Great food, friendly service, deeeelish.I'd recommend: roti prata, tofu poppers, veg popiah, otah (fish paste wrapped in banana leaf... a refreshing new taste without being overly...
yelp.com - user review - 10/04/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Thank you! For Tea su su, chicken rice, Kaya toast, cha kwoy teaw, mi goreng. If you never try Singaporean food this is the place you should definitely check this place out, and then go to Trader...
yelp.com - user review - 10/01/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Food --- I've been to Singapore on business several times and Kopitiam's food is authentic and tasty... Curry is always the test!Service --- very attentive and helpful...Decor --- good not great but...
yelp.com - user review - 09/30/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
4.5Hey not bad! I haven't really had many run ins with Singaporean food in my life, but this place tasted good. Conveniently placed next to Trader Joes so you can also do some grocery shopping....
yelp.com - user review - 09/30/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Fantastic service, authentic and delicious Singaporean food. If you've never had Singaporean food, try Kopitiam!
yelp.com - user review - 09/27/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Went here for lunch today and had a pretty good time in finding the place for the first time and diving right in. Unfortunately, being that it's more of a small coffee shop cafe style place, my back...
yelp.com - user review - 09/13/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Big bummer...the bad reviews on this place are spot on. All the dishes and sauces lacked flavor. The quality of the chicken was excellent and cooked nicely but nothing we ate was tasty. We ordered the...
yelp.com - user review - 09/08/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Many a Singaporean restaurant's reputation rests upon its Hainan chicken rice, a deceptively simple dish which Kopitiam ("kopi" = coffee; "tiam" = shop) handles well. It's easy to see where changes...
yelp.com - user review - 09/04/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I was stunned to find a Singaporean coffee shop, and one of this calibre, in this otherwise nondescript suburban mall.The interior is stripped down to essentials, incorporating the attractive simple...
yelp.com - user review - 08/30/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
the roti prata was storebought. wasnt made fresh. they use the same roti you can buy at ranch 99 market. the curry chicken dish i got was pretty good though. good service. prices were good. i...
yelp.com - user review - 08/29/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Service was friendly, fun, efficient making the atmosphere totally relaxing to be in. I dined alone and was made to feel welcome and at home. I tried the chicken rice, and despite other Yelpers...
yelp.com - user review - 08/25/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Thanks,Yelp, for helping us find this place! This was our reward after hiking around Mt Diablo. The decor is typical peranakan (straits chinese) with interesting pics of Singapore. The lime green is a...
yelp.com - user review - 08/14/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I grew up in Singapore and having found this place, I don't see any reason to spend $1000 bucks to hop on a 20 hour flight back to gorge on my favorite food anymore. the service here is great and the...
yelp.com - user review - 08/04/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
haven't had the pleasure to try their specialty dishes like the chili crab, nasi lemak and milo dinosaur (how i miss singapore!!), but from what i did try i was very happy with. the roti came with a...
yelp.com - user review - 08/02/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
We came because of the great reviews, and ordered at 7:15 pm. It's now 8 pm and only 3 entrees out of 6 have arrived. We are only 1 of 2 tables in the restaurant so I don't know why it's taking so...
yelp.com - user review - 07/18/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Loved this place! Delicious and the friendliest service! Basically, we had two iced teas with condensed milk, two small appetizers, two entrees to share together, and a desert to split---the final...
yelp.com - user review - 07/14/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
kopitiam's decor or lack of it, upon first impression, looks like a breakfast joint trying to morph into an high end asian eatery. but it was stillborn by an unwillingness to use high quality...
yelp.com - user review - 07/12/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My first Singaporean restaurant. Located in a strip mall in a very trendy neighborhood in Lafayette, CA. It's small and cute. A very pleasant surprise with good service and interesting food choices....
yelp.com - user review - 07/06/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The only good singaporean rest we know in the east bay. My wife's facebook friend brought us here since we are from indonesia and she is from malaysia (all very close to singapore). Food was good but...
yelp.com - user review - 06/30/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Some items, like the boneless chicken rice, are really good. The Emerald veggie dish is also good. But the portions are a bit small, and the Roti Prata leaves something to be desired if you've had...
yelp.com - user review - 06/30/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Located in a small strip mall, next door to Trader's Joes. You walk in and there's a wall divider which make the place feel small and not open. A group us went there on a weekday and we were the...
yelp.com - user review - 06/23/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
wife and I came here on my fellow Yelper's reviews. Unfortunately, I was disappointed with the food, I did not find much value here although service was wonderful . Kopitiam Organic Hainan Chicken...
yelp.com - user review - 06/23/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I had my first experience of Singaporean food here. I came with pretty high expectations but I'm going to have to say that the food wasn't incredibly special.I ordered their Coffee with Condensed Milk...
yelp.com - user review - 06/23/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Have I been gone so long that the food have changed? I lived in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia equally for some time for years but I couldn't help being disappointed. I'm wondering why my mee...
yelp.com - user review - 06/13/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Their Hainanese chicken rice is to die for ! My husband LOVED the Silken Cloud and my little one ate the Mee Siam with gusto. Highly recommended this place.
yelp.com - user review - 06/03/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I never, EVER thought I would wax rhapsodic about a dish of soft boiled eggs. EVER.The soft boiled eggs at Kopitiam are relevatory. Sublime. So good, they'll bring tears to your eyes.Don't be...
yelp.com - user review - 05/26/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is the best Singapore restaurant I've been to. Yes, I know that it's the only Singapore restaurant I've been to, but if there are actually better places than this, I might just have to tap into...
yelp.com - user review - 05/26/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Very friendly and feels like a family owned and run place. Food is not over oily or too spicy but still has flavor. Great jasmine rice and roti prata.
yelp.com - user review - 05/12/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great food the main guy is very friendly and enthusiastic. The young lady waitress used to work at Miraku then the Indian Buffet so she's a familiar face around Lafayette restaurants and has always...
yelp.com - user review - 05/12/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Wow, my sis and I went there yesterday and omg so yummy! At first glance Kopitiam doesn't like like it's going to be anything special, but boy was I wrong. The food was far from insipid in fact...
yelp.com - user review - 05/07/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Omigod the food was absolutely deliscious! If the food is like this in Singapore I am on my way!! Let me start from the beginning though. We've been wanting to come here since the opened about a...
yelp.com - user review - 05/06/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Definitely, undeniably the best Singapore Malaysian restaurant in the Bay Area!!!!The Chicken rice is AWESOME!!! It's the best tasting Hainan chicken rice I've ever tasted outside of Singapore. The...
yelp.com - user review - 05/02/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This time we came back with 15 people and advance orders of 2x chili crab, black pepper crab and fish head curry. It was all really really good! I'm not a huge fan of crab (too damn much work) but the...
yelp.com - user review - 05/01/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Worth the drive out if you don't live in the area! Fantastic assortment of Singaporean through Malaysian-leaning dishes with all of the cafe drinks you would typically find through these regions --...
yelp.com - user review - 04/30/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This is not really a full restaurant. It's more like a cafe for snacks and light bites. It doesn't have a liquor license, and most of the round tables for 2-3 people are pretty tiny. Order a few...
yelp.com - user review - 04/25/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I had only a short lunch to take, but had tired myself out of 360 burritos or Quiznos. I spotted Kopitiam, and imagined it was a Greek food restaurant just from the K name. I walked in and had to...
yelp.com - user review - 04/23/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
You can only imagine the joy on my face when I heard of Kopitiam! Another Singaporean restaurant to satisfied my longing for childhood favorites and be among my kinsmen! It was a beautiful, warm...
yelp.com - user review - 04/21/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love the tofu poppers. Also the rainbow salad, coconut rice, chicken satay (though the peanut sauce wasn't that peanutty). I also loved the mango mousse and the dessert with the coconut cream and...
yelp.com - user review - 04/19/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
3rd trip back to Kopitiam. This time there were 10 of us!Three advanced orders:BBQ Sambal StingrayBlack Pepper CrabHainanese Pork ChopAll EXCELLENT!Everything else was good as usual, although the mee...
yelp.com - user review - 04/12/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This was my 1st trip to Kopitiam, courtesy of Jeremy H; I'm sure it won't be the lastSo here's the lowdown on the food:- BBQ Stingray= 4*It wasn't spicy enough for me; but the taste was pretty...
yelp.com - user review - 04/12/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I popped in here on a whim and tried the chicken curry and brown rice. It was spicy goodness. The staff was super friendly. FYI - they don't serve any beef.
yelp.com - user review - 04/12/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
(update 7/23/09) I upped the star from 3 to 4, because of a new dish I tried. Their Pork Char Sui (sp?) Rice (w/ sweet/salty sauce). That sauce is one of the best sauces I have ever tasted...the...
yelp.com - user review - 04/09/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
After trading PMs and compliments for months, in mid-Feb, Toni M. and I compared calendars and picked the first Saturday in April to meet "outside Yelp" for the first time. Appropriately, for a first...
yelp.com - user review - 04/07/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Today Patty W. and I met for lunch. We'd been planning this for a while and after a failed attempt to have lunch at Zabu Zabu (at the last moment I thought to check whether they served lunch on...
yelp.com - user review - 04/04/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I love the soft boiled eggs! After our first order, we had a second order placed. Tried the coffee it was good, but a little to sweet for me, but then I again I prefer Peet's black. Roti and curry...
yelp.com - user review - 03/25/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've never had Singaporean but I yelped restaurants on my drive through Lafayette and my boyfriend and I decided to give it a try...All I can say is YUMMM!! The staff is SO SO friendly. We sat down...
yelp.com - user review - 03/22/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
After Raffles in Fremont closed down 3 years ago... I haven't been able to find a friendly, good authentic restaurant in the bay area..But all that change the minute I stepped into Kopitiam.The...
yelp.com - user review - 03/12/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love this place. The owners who run the front, Edward and Yshel, are incredibly friendly and welcoming and the food is incredible. Highlights are the: Tofu Poppers, Chai Tow Kuih - radish cake...
yelp.com - user review - 03/11/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Authentic Singaporean hainan chicken rice (probably the best we have in the bay area) and char kway teoy.
yelp.com - user review - 03/08/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'm really not sure why they decided to open the restaurant in Lafayette of all places, since there's probably not a lot of people out there who can recognize and appreciate good authentic Singaporean...
yelp.com - user review - 03/04/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've always been a winner! Wait, let me explain. I'm the one who always wins raffles and contests and door prizes for some reason, I guess I'm just a lucky gal! So when I won the $25 Kopitiam gift...
yelp.com - user review - 02/23/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Kopitiam is great for brunch. Some of my favortie items here are the roti kaya, roti prata with curry, soft boiled egg, silken cloud tofu, and chicken rice. It is pretty expensive for what you get,...
yelp.com - user review - 02/15/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I loved this place! Not that I've searched far and wide but this place serves soft-boiled eggs! Although it did not come in it's shell, it was the yummiest soft-boiled eggs I have ever tasted. I also...
yelp.com - user review - 02/13/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Vegetarians this is a great place for you. They have a variety of interesting options and they are willing to help you through the menu. The service is friendly. They were quick with the order. The...
yelp.com - user review - 02/10/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
if you compare this with all other asian restaurants. Kopitiam is almost there except that portion of food is small.Food coming from the chef are extremely good and genuine but to be penalise for the...
yelp.com - user review - 02/01/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Excellent food, excellent service. One of our favorite restaurants in the East Bay
yelp.com - user review - 01/31/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is fantastic! The food is almost exactly what you would get in Singapore & the friendly service makes you feel like you are dining at a friend's house. I love getting take out from here...
yelp.com - user review - 01/24/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great service. Great smiles. Great food and while you go to wash your hands in their washroom, it will be on your table in five minutes!They also have aGreat interesting bathroom with random kitchen...
yelp.com - user review - 01/23/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Very very tasty Singapore breakfast. Yummy. I really liked the eggs with curry-came with Parathas (Roti) with two sauces. the first sauce was a peanutty curry sauce. Other was Kaya-not the Bob...
yelp.com - user review - 01/04/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Being a Singaporean girl, I was thrilled to find KopiTiam. Love their chicken rice, nasi lemak and crunching on the crispy baby squid. Also, they serve Ribena (a grape drink)! Haven't had that since...
yelp.com - user review - 01/04/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I really don't know if I should even be reviewing Kopitiam because I don't know how Singaporean food SHOULD taste. We liked the food but we didn't love it. All the ingredients seemed fresh and the...
yelp.com - user review - 12/26/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I go there about twice a month and love it.The staff are my friends now too.Fav dishes: Mee Goreng, Nanyang curry (with rice or noodles) Nasi Lemak: an exotic dish containing chicken, fish, and egg....
yelp.com - user review - 12/21/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My husband and I have been searching for a good Malaysian/Singaporean restaurant in the east bay for AGES! We are so happy we found this place. The food was EXCELLENT and authentic. The chicken...
yelp.com - user review - 12/18/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
They have good food-- I've been there twice. I've eaten in Singapore and the food there was similar to here. It is basically like mild India food for those unfamilar. They have pepper crab, which I...
yelp.com - user review - 12/15/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
we were in lafayette one afternoon, and stumbled upon this place. we were driving by and noticed their "Open For Breakfast" sign, thinking it was a place for french toast and omelettes, and not paying...
yelp.com - user review - 12/03/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love this place. Amazing food, great service, reasonable prices. It was recommended to me by someone who really knows Singaporean food, and he was absolutely right.
yelp.com - user review - 11/06/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
What we liked: Close to home. We live in Concord. Prices were fair, not shocking. Food is authentic and good. We were even happier that some visiting family members of the establishment were cooking....
yelp.com - user review - 11/06/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Very enthusiastic and helpful staff. Wonderful food, very affordable. The Roti is outstanding. Curry dishes are very well done. Perhaps the finest hot green tea I've ever tasted. A definite...
yelp.com - user review - 11/05/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I have been wanting to go this restaurant for a while especially reminding me of Singaporean kopitiams. Kopi (coffee) tiam (hokkien for shop) = coffee shop. Not quite a coffee shop in the American...
yelp.com - user review - 10/25/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Joanne G. recommended this place to me with emphasis on the chicken rice. Turns out, this is their specialty. The chef of this restaurant has more than 27 years of experience cooking...
yelp.com - user review - 10/19/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
YUM!!! who would've known that there would be authentic Singaporean in the middle of Lafayette?!? The meal was delicious and it just cost us about $18/head for a table of 8! We ordered quite a bit...
yelp.com - user review - 10/12/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The staff is friendly as they seem family owned. The eye popping lime green walls puts you in good mood. After seeing this on sfgate bargain bites we decided to venture though the tunnel. Food is...
yelp.com - user review - 10/01/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Everything we tasted here was good. I can't believe I hadn't found this restaurant earlier. Favorites include the roti prata and chicken rice. Teh peng was good too. Excellent service , warm friendly...
yelp.com - user review - 09/29/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I'd never been to a Singaporean restuarant before - I came here with a friend who grew up in Malaysia/Singapore and he found it very authentic and nostalgic. I found it a little confusing but tasty!I...
yelp.com - user review - 09/29/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The place is a bit hidden if you're expecting a bigger restaurant. From outside, it looks like cafe. However it's how kopi tiam store looks back in Singapore. Small and compact.We ordered few foods...
yelp.com - user review - 09/26/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
the roti prata gets 4 starts on its own! This place is authentically singaporean. the decor is very much like a kopitiam - aka as a coffeeshop. the kopi "coffee" and teh "tea" is delicious and they...
yelp.com - user review - 09/11/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Minute portions. Average flavors.
yelp.com - user review - 09/07/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
We've passed by this place so many times before they opened last year , so this may not be a fair assessment as we visited the place shortly after they opened. When the two of us visited and had...
yelp.com - user review - 08/31/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
$9 for a really tiny portion of Hainanese Chicken Rice is too much. It does taste almost like the real thing with the correct chili sauce and so on, but is it worth $9? I don't think so. Also, the...
yelp.com - user review - 08/20/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Just had lunch here with a friend today. Really great food. We split the Roti Prata with curry--crispy pieces of roti with flavorful, rightly spiced curry. We ordered and shared the Kopitiam Mee...
yelp.com - user review - 08/15/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
From our experiences (been here 5 times), Singaporean food consists of a hint of Indian Food, Thai Food, and Chinese Food - which are generally very different from each other in some aspect. I think...
yelp.com - user review - 08/10/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Not a "destination" restaurant, but I'll edge this place up to five stars because it's probably the best restaurant in Lafayette. Everything is delicious, and the interior is casual and attractive....
yelp.com - user review - 08/05/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I am not a ham and eggs type of girl, as a matter of fact I can't stand either of them. This is why I think I love the breakfast selection at Kopitiam. The Roti with curry, Kaya and peanut butter is...
yelp.com - user review - 06/29/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If you are tired of formulaic restaurants with indifferent staff and no personality, you've found the right place. This family run restaurant has no pretense but lots of personality and the food is...
yelp.com - user review - 06/16/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The chicken rice is my favorite dish here. Just thinking about the moist chicken on a bed of fluffy rice with some sweet soy sauce drizzled on top makes my mouth water. I have tried a few of their...
yelp.com - user review - 05/15/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I really like this place (for what it is). It's not fine dining destination. It's a local place to get some tasty food. It has some good dishes. I like the Mee Goring (sic), which seems like a...
yelp.com - user review - 05/13/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I hate to beat up on this place considering I am from Singapore, and I wish all such endeavors to be successful. I was so disappointed with the food after reading rave reviews here. I was there last...
yelp.com - user review - 04/02/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is a very nice, comfortable, and quaint restaurant in a nice location, but pretty hard to find.The food is really good, and reminded me of when I went to Singapore, and I can not find a better...
yelp.com - user review - 01/25/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is a nice little cute restaurant with average price dishes. First time I tried it, I was hoping to see the coconut curry laksa on the menu but unfortunately they didn't have what I was looking...
yelp.com - user review - 01/03/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Authentic and very tasty. I from California and lived in Singapore as a just out of college wage slave back in the mid 1990's. With little money I ate at places similar to Kopitiam. This place...
yelp.com - user review - 11/26/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Looking at the others' reviews, we must have gone there on a wrong day."Home cooked meal gone bad". That is what we had in our mind. We ordered fried rice, fried noodles, and some other dishes. We...
yelp.com - user review - 11/19/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
we loved this fun singaporean/malaysian place that actually is a breakfast place that also does terrific comfort dinner food. kids loved it, too. very reasonable prices. only downside is limited hours...
yelp.com - user review - 10/15/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
"Tell all your friends!", is what the owner shouted as we left, and normally I'd be annoyed, but I so believe in this place so I'll do one better and yelp about it. The gregarious owner and his...
yelp.com - user review - 08/13/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Finally! A restaurant in the Bay Area that actually serves authentic (relative) Singaporean/Malay food. The place just opened, so they're still working on service (to be expected). As for the food,...
yelp.com - user review - 07/10/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place just opened in the beginning of July - right next to the Trader Joe's in Lafayette. To get an idea of what they serve, check : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KopitiamThe roti was flaky and...
yelp.com - user review - 07/06/2007
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