Brewski Jones? Yes, the Botak Jones proprietor, Bernard Utchenick, decided that if you can have Damn good food at a damn good price, then you should jolly well should have damn good beer, tequila and margaritas to go with it too.
First things first: The food, as with all the Botak Jones outlets, is excellent and cheap. Where else can you order 300gms of Lamb Chops for $14.50? The other Botak Jones outlets! Oh, and that’s inclusive of GST. No hidden charges in the price.
My monthly Botak Jones outing kaki, Ee, had the lamb chomps accidentally last month. But the accident was a happy one. We discovered that the Lamb Chops, like most other Botak Jones dishes, were excellent. So that’s what I had this time round, instead of my usual Botak Burger. Ee ordered a steak. We exchanged a portion of our respective meals, as you can see in the photo. And that pint of Hoegaarden? $10. Yes, a $10 pint (or 473.176475 ml, assuming this is a US pint).
Dinner was quiet as we were both enjoying our meals. Thoroughly. Completely. Yummmmm…
Worth every dollar.
Ok, here are a few photos of this unique outlet.
The Brewski bar. Decked up to give you that laid back, seaside air. If only it was really next to the beach. Hmmm… what about a Botak Jones East Coast? The Botak Jones outlets seems to be mostly in the West (Tuas, Clementi, Depot Road) and Central (Ang Mo Kio and Toa Payoh). An outlet in the East is sure to be a big hit, I tell you.
The pool table just adds to the chilling out factor.
*gasp* A Botak Jones outlet with no queue?!? Well, Ee and I were there at about 5.45 p.m. A little early so that we could avoid the crowd. Strangely enough, there still wasn’t a queue when we left at about 6.40 p.m. Ee thinks the place seems empty ‘cos there are more seats here than at the other outlets. Even if that’s true, it doesn’t explain why there’s no queue. Usually, there are always people in line, people waiting for seats and at least a 20 minute wait for food.
Not here. Got our food in 15 minutes tops. Probably closer to 10. What are you waiting for Botak fans? Go to Toa Payoh!
The Brewski additions to the usual menu. Sweet. Must try the magaritas and tequila the next time round.
Check out Ee’s review of our meal at Botak Jones Toa Payoh and previous coverage of Botak Jones on this blog.
UPDATE Listen to this Radio Singapore International Potluck segment about Botak Jones: Download mp3.
Botak Jones & Brewski Jones Toa Payoh
970A Toa Payoh North – Next to SPH (map)
Phone / Fax: 6258-6-225
Everyday 11:00 noon til 10:00 pm
Brewski Jones 11:00 til 12:00 midnight
Lam Chun See
/ Tuesday, 28 August 2007Mr BJ hismself was interviewed on a Channel U prog last week. You probably didn’t see it becos it was in Manadarin. He said that Spore was a very good place to do biz becos the playing field is level and everything is so transparent.
acroamatic
/ Wednesday, 29 August 2007Ahh! Yes, I didn’t see it, not that I would have been able to understand it. Thanks for that. I just wonder if he would have said the same if he wasn’t doing so well.
Lam Chun See
/ Wednesday, 29 August 2007Actually, I forgot to mention. His first foray into biz was a flop. I think it was a more upmarket type restaurant.
acroamatic
/ Wednesday, 29 August 2007Yah, I’m aware. It was called Bernie goes to town or something like that. I wonder, was he comparing Singapore to any other place?
Sonic
/ Saturday, 1 September 2007He started with Bernies at Changi and then expanded. Thing is in Singapore, sometimes small is better for retail and makan joints. Glad he is expanding…I remember having to traipse to Tuas to look for the first Botak Jones. Ken…when are we going to chill there?
acroamatic
/ Sunday, 2 September 2007Chill at Tuas?? Heheh, you mean chill at Botak Jones TP, right? Let me know lah… you’re always busy running around doing this, that and the other. Also supposed to makan at Alaturka… and BBQ at your place… and… :P
Sonic
/ Monday, 3 September 2007Yeap…chill at Botak TP…Tuas no way jose. Sometime this week? Lots of changes for me so I may be less busy.
Anand
/ Wednesday, 5 September 2007Hey, thanks for the reminder about this man. Been meaning to go to the TP outlet for some time, then it kinda slipped my mind … until I read your post, & I finally managed to get there last week with some other neighbourhood kakis. And yes, food & alcohol’s great, & queue’s def shorter than at AMK (though still had to wait ~ 20 mins for orders :)
Also introduced a couple of newbies to the place … & I think they like it – the $10 pints help a lot of course, 1 of them wants to check out if they show the EPL games on the weekends :p)
If you’re going over again soon, do let me know as well ok; will certainly try to join you if I’m free.
Phuong
/ Tuesday, 20 May 2008It ‘s beautiful. It doesn’t have any trashes! I think It’s so noisy!