Aston’s

Black pepper fish (2 stars) was too salty and the Mac and cheese side dish (2 stars) was, as my friend put it, underwhelming. The garden veggie side (3 stars) consisted of steamed broccoli and carrots and was alright. 3 stars overall cause the price is reasonable — $ 10.50 for the fish and 2 sides.

Food is reasonably cheap and quality is good. Can be crowded during lunchtime. Their pork chop is good.

I have only ever ordered massive take away from this place for an emergency lunch for my family before. This is the prime example of a place that sells well cooked food at dirt cheap price. My brother and I had black pepper chicken chop and the teryaki chicken chop, each with two sides of mashed potato and some rice. All this for only $ 6.50 a set. The chicken meat was tender and the gravy was just wonderful. My favourite was the generous serving of mashed potato that came with it. It did not taste too buttery, neither was it too bland. It was perfectly balanced and I enjoyed every mouthful of it. My sister on the other hand, had the same as I, but with an addition of around 6 mini sausages to it. Hers cost $ 11, which is a vast difference for the sake of 6 mini sausages, so I wouldn’t recommend anyone to go for it. It’s just not value for money. But that aside, this places serves decent food at a more than decent price. A rare find amongst today’s pick of eaterys.

Astons looks like a proper restaurant from the outside. The menu looks pretty decent and the ambiance reminds me of an upscale roadside restaurant somewhere in Belgium.
I’m not sure how to feel abou the service. If there policy is to hire mentally challenged staff to give them a job to include them in society, I really appreciate that. However usually organizations advertise their Corporate Social Responsibility programs louder than they actually are… and with Astons I don’t see anything. This makes me wonder if they are exploiting the mentally challenged staff for cheap labour. Either way, the service is not great. It is difficult for the staff to take the right orders and they are not attentive. Luckily my arms are long, so the average waving time to be noticed is slightly less than a minute.
The food is average so not bad. The spagetti is do able for a quick bite and the fried fish is actually good. I like I can eat my steamed veggies here and corn on the cob if I’m craving it. If you have the patience to deal with the staff, this place is not bad and worth the money.