IO Italian Restaurant in Singapore for pasta and great desserts

IO Italian restaurant in Singapore still serves a huge range of Italian food and glasses of wine, especially desserts. Where is it? The IO Italian restaurant is on the upper level at HILLV2 near Hillview MRT station. You need to book a couple of days in advance to get a booking at the early sitting or late sitting on a Saturday night. But they do accept walk ins at the cross over point if they've got a table.

If you don't get in,you can buy the away food and drink and the upper level has Chinese and Indian restaurants with more down the escalators.

What's the decor? Wooden,

Atmosphere? Crammed with tables close together. But glass picture windows at the back. Huge, echoing, crowded on a Saturday night and humming.

We chose two pasta dishes.

DRINKS
The prosecco was so-so but they have a large range of drinks.

DESSERTS
Alas my favourite dessert (Cassata Siciliana - here made as a huge cake) was not on display. My dessert however had lots of ingredients. Take your choice of fruits or nuts or chocolate. The tiramisu in a lidded jar looked interesting but was mostly cream. I think the solid cheesecakes are a better bet. However, if you like your desserts moist, you might like to mix a creamy dessert with a dry solid one.

This place seems to suit everybody, groups, couples, families with children. Like many restaurants in malls in Singapore, you are expected to use the shared toilets outside in the mall on both levels.

Not much fresh fruit nor vegetables to be seen in what we chose. Next time I'll have a piece of fruit before leaving home. Nonetheless, a very pleasant evening.

IO Italian Osteria
4 Hillview Roade, 02-01HillV2 Singapore 5667979
Tel: +65 6710 7150
www.io-osteria.com

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