Sri Pinang

CLAY POT CHICKEN RICE - A must have dish here. The clay pot chicken rice is served in a big sized clay pot, which comes out nice and hot. As time passes the rice at the bottom becomes deliciously golden and crunchy. Generous amount of vegetables and chicken. Abundance of ginger and garlic flavours. We also had the Beef Rendang following glowing reviews by everyone. It was nice, but I think I had too high expectations of the dish. Staff were friendly despite being very busy. Will be back again! Vegetarian options: Tofu options available.

Beef Rendang lived up to its expectations. Food overall was fantastic. Took forever to come though. An hour wait for starters was too long while we witnessed others eating. Service is minimalistic. Food is divine. Very noisy tiny space.

This restaurant is my favourite I always come to whenever I feel like well cooked malaysian food. As a regular visitor I tried most dishes and they are all incredibly tasty and reasonably priced. Roti is amazing. Fluffy and crispy. All curry dishes are super tasty including beef randang. Claypot chicken rice is another favourite of mine. If you want authentic wholesome food this is the place to come! Owner and the staff are all very lovely and always make you feel welcomed. Booking is recommended as it is usually very busy on Fri and Sat nights.

I’m Malaysian, from Kuala Lumpur and it was my birthday on the 18th Aug. My darling husband, decided to treat me to Malaysian cuisine and we headed out with our good friends, and a lovely couple for dinner. The place was packed full of Westerners which truly meant they loved spice, and the ambience was super cosy. For entrée we ordered: • Tofu salad - that comes with julienned carrots & cucumbers, bean sprouts, ice berg lettuce with Kewpie sesame sauce it was • Spicy veg mini Curry puffs - It was crispy and flaky on the outside, with soft, mushy masala potato on the inside. So so good! Mains were: • Pinang Fish curry $38.50 for a whole fish - it was but there wasn’t enough salt. This differs based on preference maybe if they served salt & pepper on the table, there’ll be nothing to pick on. • Eggplant sambal were amazing - Totally a crowd fave. My husband loved it and I felt there was dried shrimp in it but it was ticked as Vegan V so I’m not sure but it was yummy. For Dessert we’d: • Sago with coconut milk 5/5 • Banana fritters with ice cream As my birthday cake & that was a big WIN! Simple yet yum Overall 4 stars, I could have given 5 if the waiting time for our food didn’t take long took us an hour of waiting time. All the best to the lovely staffs

I have been hearing about this place for a while now and today I got the chance to visit this gem of Auckland. A must try roti canai and chicken curry! It's like a warm hug to the soul. The roti is aromatic and fluffy which melts in the mouth and the curry has a beautiful hint of coconut. Add up the spice levels as per your taste. I also ordered the mee goreng another good dish. Not very oily like alot of other places which is bonus. The service was outstanding. It was great to see happy and friendly faces. The server gave us some good suggestions while ordering. Will surely visit again! P.S : they have some great lunch specials! Vegetarian options: Plenty of vegetarian options available in the menu Kid-friendliness: Family restuarant kids are welcomed Parking: Paid parking on kroad and around Dietary restrictions: There are signs up for allergies etc just inform the server while ordering

Awesome food. Favourite is Char Kueh Tiaw. Had to order an extra one. Chicken rice chili sauce was perfect. Would be really authentic if they had free soup with the chicken rice. The Roti was amazing. Tastes like they made it fresh. Not the frozen type.

Came here with mum and dad today - looks like we have a new favourite haunt! Ordered some roti canai with chicken curry, a plate of char koay teow and the famous beef rendang, and none of these dishes disappointed. Washed it down afterwards with a sago dessert which was extremely decadent too. Angie is such a lovely host, and so are her colleagues too. Will definitely be back here when I next visit with the missus from Melbourne! Re: the comments about the atmosphere - we don't need the full Malaysian experience as that involves a monsoon drain and mozzies this is fine as is

They serve one of the most authentic Malaysian food in Auckland! The staff are super friendly! The lady who owns the place is so humble and down to earth, loved how she was so interactive and connecting with the customers. The restaurant itself has a very homely vibe and great for a dinner date! : The food was very yummy! We ate so much that I barely got pictures of everything we ordered. Lol. Everything we ate was recommended by the owner and we loved each and every single dish we ordered! Not a very expensive place. Would highly recommend everyone to try it atleast once! Be sure to book a table and find a car park coz the restaurant is on kroad and finding a car park could be tricky!

Cheapest corkage ever at $4.00/bottle!! Loved this for me and my table of three and I think next time we'll make sure we have more than two bottles of wine. I'd recommend making a booking beforehand as the restaurant is quite popular especially on a Sat night and walking in could be a risk. The menu is quite extensive and we ordered the nasi goreng, beef randang, eggplant curry and roti. The eggplant curry was good but very salty. I feel like the cut of the beef in the randang was different to what I'm used to but it tasted fine. The nasi goreng was good and you can't really go wrong with roti - apart from wanting more! I will be going back to try more from the menu with my bottles of wine in tow. Good location and staff were nice.

I didn’t understand the hype, the food tasted ok at best. To me, the beef rendang the top 100 iconic eats that I came here for tasted more like stir fried beef and some sauce than a curry. The texture of the beef was not right, the dish did not have the depth of flavour that beef rendang normally has.. it just wasn’t quite right. And not sure why it came with a sad salad

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