Ola Beach Club - Hello and goodbye

Ola Beach Club's front facing the sea

The latest players on the scene on Sentosa, I was excited to check out Ola Beach Club one afternoon after work. Nice bar area on the front, storage for paddle boards etc out back, pool, funky seating arrangements out on the beach, this place looks the part for sure.

Strolled up to the place with my partner, and saw around 5 staff kind of joking around with each other at the bar area and none really paying attention to any customers (there were only maybe 3 or 4 sat out on the beach seating area in the first place). I grabbed their attention and asked to sit by the pool where there was a bit of shade as we fancied a bit of food. Waitress kind of threw down the menus and then walked off, only to come back and then ask us if we wanted a drink. While we were trying to give our drinks order she interrupted to tell us that about half of the food menu was not available, hmm ok, just the drinks then. Off she went and gave the order to the bar. One staff member frantically juicing fruits on her own, 3 or 4 stood around doing absolutely nothing. One in particular, literally did zero. I kind of felt sorry for her stood there all the time, maybe she could have been helping with the juicing?  

So we figure what we want to eat, but then trying to get a wait staff's attention was impossible, as they were all just joking around with each other and not paying attention. Finally we get someone to come over and take the order and we sit and wait for the drinks.  Before the drinks arrive, the guy comes over with the bill already.  Seriously? What if we wanted more orders later?  The place was dead, it's not as if it's hard to track our bill. Was pretty annoyed by that alongside the lack of menu items available and poor service.

We had the truffle fries and popcorn chicken (nice and spicy). To be fair, the food was ok, kinda pricey though and I resent having to pay a service charge especially when it was so poor.

I guess this place must be better at night time as a bar?  Or some other time when it's busier?  Who knows, I'm not sure I wanna bother with it again. TBC seems to remain the better Sentosa option...

If you're interested to see for yourself:

Ola Beach Club

46 Siloso Beach Walk

Sentosa, S(099005)

Tel: 6250 6978

http://www.olabeachclub.com