Malaya House

9 Highly Recommended

Food  10      Ambience  6      Service  10      Value  10     

The Malaya is a hidden gem. Great tasting food at reasonable prices. Friendly.

Sep 23, 2011 

6.5 Recommended

Food  8      Ambience  6      Service  5      Value  7     

I am traveler visiting North Sydney and stayed in the hotel near Milson point. I found this restaurant near my hotel. I don't know why they call Malaya house. It seems they serve more Chinese food. I had few meals there. The ambience and service is fine not excellent. But the food is over expectation. I tried Chow Kway Teow, Sweet and Sour fish fillet and spring roll. It is very good. Worth to try!

Apr 25, 2011 

5.5 Average

Food  6      Ambience  3      Service  7      Value  6     

The laksa that I've had here has been brilliant, while a couple of the other meals have been less than average and left me wondering why did I bother. Don't worry about eating in, I think that the ambience rating is almost accurate and with brilliant views a couple of hundred metres up the street, I don't know why you would bother.

Mar 11, 2010 

2.3 Not Recommended

Food  2      Ambience  1      Service  4      Value  2     

I am quite surprised with the comments made here. My partner and I, along with my sister visited Malaya House last night and found the food most appalling. The service was great, friendly staff that made sure we were well looked after but the food was awful.

Beef rendang tasted extremely mild and we thought it might be a little off and the roti we ordered were soggy unfortunately. Ordered Chow Hor Fun but it wasn't the type we were hoping for, it was dry and had 'char siew' pork in it, which surprised me. We also ordered assam chicken and it was the best dish out of all three, although again, I wouldn't step into the restaurant again.

I find the title of the restaurant misleading, they don't serve only Malaysian food, in fact they served lots of asian varieties and I think this is the reason why the food is so variable.

Jun 25, 2008 

7.3 Recommended

Food  10      Ambience  2      Service  9      Value  8     

Aside from the place, (looks like a little old granny flat) it's cosy and it's small but let me just say the food is unbelievable. I absolutley love this place! The chef I call the boss makes me the best dish. Stirfry sweet chilli Thai chicken with basil extra chicken and with noodles not rice... oh love it!!!

The dishes are large and the service is customised to what you want. My friend Dave hate vegetables so he orders extra chicken and they give him alot of chicken. Basically it's not a place to go on a date, but it is a great place for lunch, take out or dinner if you are a local. Good if you are a couple who have been dating for a while, and you can eat in. Very inexpensive for Kirribilli. Better than most places for taste.! "Truly a lump of coal that's actually a diamond in disguised!"

Dec 16, 2007 

6.8 Recommended

Food  8      Ambience  4      Service  7      Value  8     

Looks pretty dull. Food is excellent. We have used them for takeaway and even dined in a couple of times. The quality of the meat and veg is excellent. A real surprise.

Sep 12, 2007 

8.5 Highly Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  6      Service  9      Value  10     

At first glance the place looks rather worn. However, the staff and service are amazing. Being a local etc I find this place is far above many other options in the area. The food is fresh and tasty and the staff are always friendly and warm.

Malaya house is a cosy place, a place where you can relax and get out of the over hype of some Sydney eating establishments. If you want value for money and good food then go to the Malaya House. This is not a first date type place but a place you take your partner too.

Aug 09, 2007 

6.3 Average

Food  6      Ambience  4      Service  8      Value  7     

I have unknowingly ignored this place for a while due to it's less than glamorous looks. But after finally venturing inside, was struck firstly, yes, by it's less than glamorous looks, but secondly and more importantly by the abundance of fresh produce everywhere. I thought the meal may turn out good, and it did. Wouldn't be my choice for a first date, but ok for cheap and cheerful authentic food.

Aug 06, 2007 

7.8 Recommended

Food  8      Ambience  7      Service  8      Value  8     

Have eaten here a few times. I have found that their malay style foods like curries and sambals rendangs are very tasty and fresh!!! and nice and spicy! The noodles dishes, however, were slightly disappointing. But having said that if you crave your curries and like your food spicy, give their curries a try, I'm sure you'll like them!

May 18, 2007 

6.3 Average

Food  6      Ambience  5      Service  7      Value  7     

We had a takeaway from here just recently as we fancied some malaysian style food rather than the usual fish and chips or italian that is so common around Kirribilli.

My partner and I ordered two completely different dishes and they arrived looking identical. The food style is large chopped vegetables in a rather watery type sauce, regardless of which dish you choose! Having said that, we both enjoyed the taste, and for the value its quite a reasonable takeaway.

Some notes on the place itself, there are several menus on the wall which can be confusing, actually its the lunch menus on the right, and dinner menus on the left. Also you can usually expect fast service on the takeaway, in this case we collected and it was cooked fast and still rather hot.

Apr 17, 2007