Citrus By The Pool Cafe @ Woodlands Swimming Complex

The north side of Singapore has now become a popular location for cafe hopping with many cafes opening up, giving cafe lovers a reason to visit the north of Singapore. We were introduced to Citrus By The Pool, a halal cafe located at Woodlands Swimming Complex.

Citrus By The Pool is a Halal-certified café restaurant that serves Western and Asian Fusion cuisine. The cafe offers a relaxing dining experience to the residents who just finish their workout or swim at Woodlands Swimming Complex or residents living nearby.

Another plus point for Citrus By The Pool is that no 10% service charged is imposed on the bill, it helps us to save up a bit. 

Nothing brings people together like good food. Keep calm & enjoy eating.

This phase really best describe our agenda of meeting up, all of us gathered here for the good food. It's been a long while since my last gathering with them, miss those old good times. Thanks Tracy for the photo.

The interior of the cafe was pleasant and cozy with lights hanging from exposed wooden beams.. Despite being located inside a swimming complex, it still attract the office workers to enjoy a good and valuable meal with friends over dinner.

The cafe can seat up to 70 pax. If you are looking for place to hold your celebrations or events, Citrus By The Pool is a place to consider, children will be given access to the water playground.

Citrus By The Pool added new dishes to its menu. The additions include side dishes, burgers, milkshakes and desserts. We were one of the privilege ones to be among the first few to try their new dishes. 

We tried 2 of their new Mighty Milkshakes. First up was Strawberry Gem ($8.90+).

The strawberry ice cream was blended with strawberry milk, giving an extra strawberry milky taste. It was then toppled with whipped cream, biscuit roll and ais gem biscuits. The drink definitely looked attractive and make us can't bear to drink it, it brought us back to old school days with the gem biscuit.

Thanks CK for the shot, cheers to our everlasting friendship.

The next milkshake we tried was Caramel Popcorn ($9.90). The vanilla ice cream was blended with low-fat milk and caramel sauce. It was toppled with whipped cream, followed by honey popcorn. The milkshake brought sweetness with every sip, definitely the drinks to order for people with sweet tooth. Sweet stuffs brought happiness to people. 

Zoom out version of our photo taken by CK.

Cheers to 7 years of friendship with Tracy and many more years to come.

If milkshake is too sweet for your liking, you can go for their Mocktail Magic. We tried 2 of their flavours, Cool As a Cucumber ($7.90) and What a Peach! ($8.90). I preferred the latter where the peach was blended with basil seeds, giving a refreshing mint taste. We decided to go healthy too and therefore we selected cucumber mocktail.

We started off with BIG Boss Burger ($17.90) which comes in beef and mutton patty, accompanied with onions, tomato, cucumber, lettuce, purple cabbage slaw. It was smothered n satay sauce and sandwiched between the charcoal bun. Cajun fries were served alongside. Little Boss Burger ($14.90) is available for those who prefer single patty.

The fries were very addictive so we couldn't stopped ourselves from eating until the last piece. The seasoning on the fries made it taste even better. We only moved on to the burger after we finished the fries.

A pasta that will suit the taste of Asian, Dry Curry Pasta with Chicken ($11.90). The linguine with Asian curry was served with tender chicken fillets. The curry was fiery hot where the spiciness will start to grow after you swallow down the food. The chicken fillets helped to ease the spiciness of the linguine. Perfect match.

Another signature dish was Tom Yum Seafood Pasta ($13.90). The highlight for this dish was definitely the flavoursome tom yum broth that gave a good punch. The seafood was soaked well in the spicy broth, enhancing the taste with every bite. I like that this dish was less spicy than the Dry Curry Pasta which makes the spiciness more endurable for me.

The favourite pasta that our table chosen was Tobiko Pasta with Smoked Duck ($12.90). The linguine was served with sliced smoked duck, toppled with tobiko (flying fish roe) and furikake (Japanese seasoning). This combination was paired perfectly. The smoked duck has a good texture and the linguine was simply irresistible. I want a whole plate to myself.

Last main course was Cajun Lamb Rack ($21.90). 

The lamb rack was drizzled with homemade brown sauce to bring out the flavour of the lamb. We need to replenish our vegetables in-take and we wiped clean all the seasonal vegetables and mashed potato. You can choose the meat preference of well done or medium well.

We ended our tasting with Molten Chocolate Lava Cake ($10.90) for our dessert. It comes with a scoop of ice cream and strawberry slices,we chose choco mint and Thai milk tea flavour. The Thai milk tea ice cream brought out the milk tea taste and the choco mint was only subtle sweet which lessen my guilty pleasure.

The rich chocolate filling started flowing out when we cut the lava cake. It was a lovely dessert to have after our dinner. We scooped the ice cream and ate it together with the lava cake, the taste was amazing.  Hot and cold combination works well together too.

Thanks Dawn and Citrus By The Pool for having us at the food tasting. It has been a wonderful session enjoying the food in the relaxing ambience.

Citrus By The Pool is giving 15% discount as a welcome treat. Just subscribe to their website to receive the e-voucher. 

Citrus By The Pool 
3 Woodlands Street 13 
Woodlands Swimming Compex Singapore 738600
Operating hours: 
Monday to Friday - 11am to 11pm
Saturday and Sunday - 9am to 11pm