Review on First Visit to Jem

Heard so much of the latest big shopping mall in Jurong East : Jem
So we went there for lunch on purpose and took a stroll inside as well.

We were at the Jem junction at 2:12pm yesterday.

But before we could even get in, we were stuck in the 'car queue' outside Jem, waiting to get in.
We thought the carpark was full, but after waiting for 14mins and could finally enter, we saw a number of empty lots in the carpark.


 I wonder if there is any miscommunication somewhere between the staff who was on the road preventing cars from entering the carpark and the staff who is watching out for empty lots in the carpark.
I am sure there is miscommunication somewhere, because when we entered, the screen showed "Lots Available : 68".
 In fact, we found empty lots just NEXT to the travellator that leads us to the shops! Those are what I call "Prime Lots", very difficult to get.

I hope they would settle this problem soon as it really irks shoppers who drive there; well, it did make us want to drive out of the long car queue and just drive off to the nearby IMM which has ample parking lots during this time of the day : Past 2pm.

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Well, we persevered and finally got in.
Finding a place to sit in the Cook House (foodcourt at level 5) was easy, but the waiting time to get our food was tough!
It was a terrible experience from the pasta store, the wait was way too long for us. From not hungry to hungry!

Though the kids' food did not need to wait as long as hubby's and mine, the kids said that their fishball noodles did not taste nice.
Maybe the choices we made yesterday happened to steer off the track.
*shrugged*
 
So it was Thumbs Down for our experience at Cook House.





The stroll in Jem was ok.
Nothing really made us go "Wow" though.
We were just very surprised to see a couple of brands which have shops in JCube are also in Jem too; when the two malls are just an mrt track plus a small stretch of road away. Isn't that too near? Lack of variety for shoppers in Jurong East, I feel.

But I must say that I like the variety or brands of restaurants that were in Jem.
I liked 90% of them!
*wink*

We started off on the wrong foot with the long car queue outside Jem.
Did not expect to end it with another problem too.
The car infront of us had problem with the carpark barrier. It just refused to raise to let the car exit.
So we went to the other barrier next to it, same thing happened to us.
We had to drive forward and backward a few times, then insert and re-insert our cashcard into the IU a couple of times, before the barrier could FINALLY raise to let us go.

Hubby said: "If there isn't a need to be here, I would not want to come here again."
Sad to say, I agree.
Though I may like the selection of restaurants here, but they are also available at other shopping malls that give shoppers who drive a more pleasant experience.

So unless they solve this 'car queue' issue, we will not be going there again.....