No Signboard Seafood

Good chili crab but very expensive. Service is horrible. Servers always ignore you even when they aren’t busy. I’m not coming back.

Food alone here is a 5, I have been twice and it is my favorite Chili Crab ever with a luxurious rich, thick, and flavorful sauce and a good selection of fresh crabs. Bamboo garlic clams were wonderful, But a good chili crab is an easy find in Singapore, and the service is extremely slow, understaffed and in-​attentive. I actually saw 2 tables leave before even getting water. I was lucky enough to order as soon as I was sat nd ordered a pitcher of beer so I didn’t need attending to, though it did take three attempts to get a glass of water and it sat empty the rest of the night. Add on the stupid charges for Everything (surprised there wasn’t a surcharge for the salt and pepper shakers on the table and for each plate), and the fact that it is expensive, and it all falls kind of flat. Next time heading to Long beach.

Food was good but horrible service. Waitress was impatient with the order. Worst experience ever in sg. Quite a number of food on the menu was unavailable, we were just irritated by that. Especially the crab that we have been craving! We arrived there at 2pm. We asked the waitress why, it was too early to run out of stock. The waitress impatiently said they opened at 11am todayyy… And continued to argue with us. We had to request to change someone else to serve us instead! Horrible! We are not fussy people trying to pick bones out of eggs. We were ready to spend $ 1k but her attitude at service is hedious! Food was pretty awesome but her service just made it bad! Not worth paying for their service.

i came here and got chili crab w/​my bro a few yrs ago. i found that the one at long beach was better, particularly the sauce.

Brought many company dinners to this location and while the service is decent, beer is cold and there is enough food variety to keep locals and visitors happy it is a bit too traditional Chinese, lazy-​Susan based and not very creative. Get your Chinese-​Singaporean fix in a large expansive room that is over-​lit, loud, and soulless. Enjoy.

Much better than Jumbo’s. No Sign has amazing chili crab and it’s worth the hefty price. If you end up buying chili crab for 10 bucks, you are being duped and eating sub-​par chili crab. I was shown here by a local family who regularly dine here, so I assure the «tourist trap» claims are false. You get what you pay for.

As a first time visitor I have no basis for comparison, but the chilli crab was great! A bit sweeter than I expected but maybe that’s the way it’s supposed to be.
It cost $ 60/​kg for Sri Lanka crab, however, which is a lot compared to other places!
We took it to go and they did help crack the claws, but didn’t help crack the legs unfortunately so that was a bit difficult. they also didn’t pack any napkins and this thing is messy to eat.
anyway, it was worth it to try once. however, if I come back to Singapore I’ll probably try it elsewhere for a more affordable price.

The food was not bad. Kind of so so.
The service was terrible.
Also they charge you everything. peanuts. Wet tissue… and so on. You must ask if they charge u for something.
One experience is enough. I would never come again for this service, price, and food.

Maybe I was duped since I haven’t had a good chili crab before, but this was incredible. 2 guys, just short of 2.7 Kg worth of Sri Lankan Crab, and a small plate of veggies set us back about $ 200 SG, which was a great deal considering in San Francisco, food of this quality is probably more expensive.
Opted for 2 smaller crabs (1 white pepper and 1 chili) instead of 1 larger chili crab.
Crab was cooked on point. Tender, not over cooked. good seepage of flavors into the meat. Veggies were good as well, but you don’t come here for veggies.
not enough mantao. you get 4 for 1 thing of chili crab. I could have eaten 10 myself, and my buddy, likely another 15.
our waitress was canto, and i expect mediocre service at best. luckily we were here solely for the food, and the water pitcher was 2 steps away, and so were the extra napkins and lemon-​tea bowls for washing your fingers.
I’m sure this place is a fancy restaurant, and people come here to impress, so that’s probably why they put the 2 «youngsters» dressed in tshirts/​shorts/​flipflops near the bar in the corner behind the big post/​column.
Needless to say, I’m sure there’s cheaper places, but if you’re here for 1.5 days, and want to eat some incredible dishes — this was the best crab I’ve had. ever.

tough 3.5 stars to give; on one hand, it’s a 4 star for food quality, that signature, white pepper is out of the world, for a crab lover to me. I get it if one isn’t into that, so an easy 3 star for those differing tastes but if you’re as pumped as i am, it’s a 4.
but for service, how hard is it to ask for drinks/​water to be refilled — 3 times before a server finally does it?! sigh…
the chilli is also a close 2^nd, more sauce w/​those cute little square bread things to dip; i’m sure there’s a name for it.
And the coffee spareribs? wow, that’s original too.
spiffy restaurant by vivocity, what do you expect lol.
easy repeat for me.

Got the salt and pepper, got the chili. Fresh sri-​lankan crab that night. First crab, poppy flavors. Next crab, lengthy and savory flavors. Crabs take labor and the work was worth it here.

It’s an iconic chain in Singapore.
Have the Chili crabs. Do wear the bib.

I went here with a group of friends for dinner. None of us had been here before and had read mixed reviews regarding the food and service, but figured it was worth a shot. The place was fairly busy and despite the somewhat expensive menu, seemed family friend (read: lots of kids). The menu seemed ‘standard Asian’, there was nothing about the place that seemed special.
I ordered the white pepper crab and a side of veggies to share with my boyfriend. The side of veggies (well, veggie, because we were asked to choose one vegetable that we would like) was pretty standard, but came out a good 20 minutes before our crab. The crab itself was good, nothing to rave about though. I felt a little silly in such a seemily fancy restaurant wearing a bib.
The service was really quite average. I understand it can be difficult to manage groups of 10 in a busy restaurant, but I felt they didn’t even try. It took a long time before anyone came to even get a drinks order from us, and was even more difficult to get anyone’s attention for refills throughout the night.
We didn’t walk away full, but the food wasn’t really anything to complain about. I wouldn’t return there next time I was in Singapore though.

Singapore is known for their chili crab and black pepper crab. This is a first that I heard of white pepper crab. From my sources, No Signboard has the #1 white pepper crab in Singapore. I had to try this place out which was in the Esplanade Mall and very close to my hotel.
I’d say the restaurant looks clean and nice from the outside. It’s a shame they don’t have toilets because I had to use the nasty public toilet outside. It’s a shame how they have outrageous prices and fail to justify those prices with their food. Sure, the white pepper crab was unique but it wasn’t worth the cost. I’d say ½ or ¹⁄₃ of the cost would be fair.

2.5 Star
The only reason we are here at No Signboard Seafood is because of the location. This place just feels like a tourist trap…
I really don’t like wait staff trying to push me to order something crazily expensive with shark fin or what not. I know what I want and the only reason I am here is for the Chili Crab.
Chili Crab here definitely not cheap, but I find the sauce deliciously good… sweet and with just a hint of spiciness and so thick and sinfully tasty. I can eat the sauce alone with buns or rice.
Stir Fried Vegetable with garlic is standard… at least I don’t feel too guilty just eating the crab.
I doubt I would come back to No Signboard for a repeat visit.
* The huge patio in the front is amazing nice with a great view of the harbour!

I’m surprised that this place is so expensive and so popular because honestly i’ve definitely had a lot better seafood. it’s true that we didnt order their white pepper crab but their chili crab, but come on, you shoudnt really mess up chili crab in a seafood restaurant. the sauce was way too sweet and not spicy enough. The portions here are also really tiny. We had the chinese water cress malay style (fantastic), sweet fried squid (okay), noodles (good) and broiled shrimp with this soy sauce that was pretty boring. I’ve had better.

This joint is one of the many competitors of seafood resaturants popping out. We usually go there for the crabs itself. The White Pepper Crab is the specialty of this restaurant, and it always keeps my family coming back for more. It is not overly spicy (as compared to the typical local favourites, namely black pepper and chilli crabs) and has a very exciting twist to it that makes the succulent tasting crabs even more flavourful. The Chilli crab is not bad either, the mantou is a must have when eating this dish to soak up all the thick chilli sauce well mixed with eggs. All Sri Lankan crabs cost $ 40 per kg.

The No Signboard Seafood of yesteryears whipped up one of my favourite chilli crabs of all time.
It really baffles me when the standard drops so much. Customers who are new to No signboard may find it passable but I think those who knew the old No Signboard would feel abit sad about it now.
The feel was so-​so, not to much to rave about. But it was the prices that more or less made my mind up that I wont be going back anytime soon. Its a bit too pricey for the standard that they serve.
I really do hope they somehow find their way back.