SINGAPORE: Group Therapy Cafe

You know how when you're hungry, everything tastes good? Well, I turned up absolutely starving at Group Therapy cafe and for once, my hunger did nothing to sugar coat the food quality. I had been pleasantly surprised by the warm colours and rustic-looking signs and plants that adorned the cafe and I was pleased to see that it was relatively empty at 10.30am so it was massively disappointing that each dish churned out was frustratingly mediocre. 

Some cafes thrive with carefully constructed dishes made by cooks with real passion, and some cafes simply exist to fill a demand as Singapore's cafe culture thrives. Group Therapy cafe undoubtedly belongs in the latter. Its recipes are sorely in need of an update: the avocado and smoked salmon sandwich went down like glue in my throat; the eggs benedict might have looked impressive but the hollandaise sauce was so cloying that I barely noticed the poached egg below. Though the eggs were warm, my sister commented that she'd visited Group Therapy cafe the previous afternoon and they'd served their eggs benedict with cold eggs. 

Group Therapy might have had potential with a certain charm, but atmosphere alone isn't enough to disguise the complete lack of passion or real investment in its food menu. 

BLT croissant plate 

Group Therapy's key lime crumble: a poor excuse for a dessert. 

Group Therapy Cafe

49 Duxton Road

089513