Yummy the food is was great especially White curry noodle , ice kacang , samba kangkong I be back soon
Situated near the bus stops it’s a less busier part of Glen Waverley but nevertheless this joint is always packed ! We tried the authentic curry mee and satay skewers . The curry mee had good flavour but not much in the dish but noodles . The satay skewers was delicious , meat was a bit dry
Our go-to Malaysian stop. The flavours are spot on. Although their roti can be a bit on the oiler side, we still get it sometimes. The dishes are all reasonably price.
Great Malaysian place for a quick casual meal. Very reasonably priced compared to other Malaysian joints in Glen Waverley. Have been back several times already.
Tried the hokkien char mee yesterday, Singapore style, and it was not too bad at all. Quite impressed. This is a version of hokkien Mee which you can hardly find in Melbourne. Enjoyed it!
Off from the busy Kingsway strip, O’Town is still always buzzing during meal times. The good thing is that wait times aren’t too long. We ordered the dry Wantan mee, Assam laksa, Sar hor fun and vegetarian Mee goreng and all were tasty and flavoursome. The Rojak was nice too. The Hokkien mee was only alright - didn’t really have the wok flavour. Great value for money, generous portions and friendly customer service. Ample street parking.
I really enjoyed their dry noodles with curry here! Probably one of the nicest I’ve had in Melb, since it’s not a dish you see frequently. Teh ais was alright, but probably wouldn’t order again.
Really love the kopitiam feel of this place.
Been craving assam laksa and that’s what we ordered, in addition to chee cheong fun and hainanese chicken rice. The assam laksa broth was flavorful but only thing was the noodles were a tad bit too firm. Same with the chee cheong fun. Flavour and taste was good just that the cheong fun itself was a little too hard/ firm. Chicken rice was a good portion and fair. Ice kachang was really good. Very authentic and service was good too.
Food 3.5. Long queue during peak hours, but 15mins wait..not too bad. Love their Pan mian and their Kueh Jab. I didn't get to take pics b4 I realized we have finished half way. Definately worth to go. I will be back.
*Review is for take-away only
We ordered in to have at the office after our usual laksa place was closed. How great that turned out because the laksa was so full of flavour and packed with a generous amount of toppings. I had the white curry mee with seafood which was enough to eat over two serves. There was the perfect amount of spice and tang 👌
The menu looks delish so will definitely trying this place again next time we order from Glenny!
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FAST Review: O’Town in Glen Waverley
FOOD - Been searching for authentic Penang food? Miss hearing the Hokkien language? Then O Town is the place for you. Traditional dishes including Kwan Lo (Dry) Wan Tan Mee, Koay Chiap Duck Soup, Teochew Pork Rice, Chee Chong Fun with Traditional Prawn Paste & White Curry Mee help you reminisce the eating memories of home or that scrumptious overseas holiday to Penang Island. Try Malaysian styled western food with rice too. Drinks - Soya bean cincao, packed in a bubble cup is the must. Good price & great taste. - 4.5/5
AMBIENCE - Love the buzz of the atmosphere, like a Malaysian coffee shop but the owners need to fix their faulty front door, which never shuts completely and freezes you with the wild Melbournian wind gust. - 3.5/5 (Minus 0.5 because of that door!)
SERVICE - Staff are always friendly and multilingually fluent in all the essentials in Mandarin, Hokkien, Cantonese and Malaysian. Always meet the same staff, with is handy as they know our personalised favourites. - 4.5/5
TOTAL - A personal favourite that I eat in, take away or order for catering parties. - 12.5/15
TOP TIP: Order the Char Koay Teow requesting it be cooked with thin rice noodles ala Pad Thai style noodles. It’s lighter on the palate and guaranteed additional satisfaction.
Located slightly 'off the beaten track' from notorious Kingsway and right opposite Glen Waverly train station, O'Town is a Malaysian eatery specialising in cuisine from Penang, an island located north of the country. 3 reasons why this place gets my vote
- Convenience (located right next to a large carpark and plenty of seating);
- An extensive menu of food that you don't find in a generic Malaysian eatery, i.e. teow chew style rice, pan mee in soup, kueh chap, etc.;
- Generous serving to price ratio.
O'town is perfect for solo dining and large groups. That said I have only had their ala carte noodle/rice dishes. Have yet to try their main meals to share.
Good Malaysian at an equally great price. One of the rare few establishments where you can find a plate of noodles for $10. It is conveniently located just outside of the busy Kingsway strip next to abundant parking.
The DRY CHICKEN CURRY NOODLES had a decent portion of meat and the noodles were flavoursome.
The WON TON NOODLES were well cooked and tasty. However the accompanying soup had severely overcooked wontons with the skin floating around in the broth.
I would recommend trying O Town if you haven't already (and picking up a bubble tea from local favourite happy cup after your meal :))
Order anything with kuey teow here. Highlights from the few times I've been here are the char kuey teow and the hor fun. The wok hei is excellent and it's only surpassed by Straits Cafe, with a slightly higher price and smaller quantity. The balance of ingredients is simple but well executed in both dishes. The price is also excellent and doesn't seem to ever change.
The service isn't a focal point but the novelty of the written down ordering system is great and it works. Guess this is why the rating for this shop is not high.
We've also tried the roti dishes and nasi lemak and a couple of other dishes and they were good but not the main draw. Definitely any flat rice noodles for this place.
The laksa is good - very good flavour I wish it have more ingredients...
Roast duck noodles good
I wish O'Town could open another one near to city that would be good
Good food, prompt customer service. Assam laksa is fragrant and the condiments to go with it is not chunky (like most in Melbourne) but fine and enough to go with every bite.
I applaud the customer service as I initially found a strand of hair in my first bowl, but after voicing my complaint, a new bowl was made and given to me as quick as possible.
Manager/supervisor is very warm and welcoming.
There's quite a few Malaysian eateries in Glen Waverley, O'Town one of the new ones now open for a couple of years. Inside had some Penang-styled art, perhaps a taste of things to come.
Their menu and ordering system is similar to Papparich, jot down the code corrrsponding to the menu item you want to order. I got the Penang Kueh Chap which was a soothing herbal broth paired with slippery rice cakes and pork (which could have been more tender). I really wanted to try their curry fish head noodle but I've been eating too much rich food as of late.
The food is affordable and we managed to grab one of the last tables, we weren't prepared to wait out in the blistering cold for a table anywhere!
I haven't been to this place yet, but did get a takeout from here. I had the Veggue mee goreng, because that was the only vegetarian option there. It had egg in it though, which is weird. Other than that, it had tofu, and it was spicy!! Their taste palete was good enough. I did enjoy my meal. I would definitely visit this place once to review about their staff and the hospitality. So far, this is a good place if you ever craving for authentic Malaysian cuisine.
Authentic Malaysian Hawker food. Love the Fish Head Noodles and Kway Chap . Lack big round tables to order and share dishes from but a decent place with a good variety of hawker food to choose from
great food. good service. environment is cosy.
I have particular absolute favourites there which I always go back to order for both dine in and takeaway.
My partner ordered the fish ball noodle with mince meat with flat rice noodle and really enjoyed the flavourful clear soup. I ordered the wan tan noodle which is decent but I thought the sauce is too sweet for my liking. That might be just my preference though. Noodle has nice texture and the accompanying soup taste good. I ordered the Penang lobak as well and was pleasantly surprise that it taste so good.
3x Whippeteers were fairly IMPRESSED with O'town last Saturday. What town is O'town? OLD Town, that's what.
So, how was the FOOD? Well, this Whip ordered the Tom Yum soup. The other two ordered Char kway teow and a curry soup, Well, it turns out we all kinda swapped, and ate each others meals! All were enjoyed immensely. The stir fried dish had a lovely smokey WOK FLAVOR. The soups were spot on.
Service: PROMPT, ATTENTIVE, POLITE.
Ps this is a CHEAP EATS place. Please don't come here expecting LAVISH service etc LOL
With so many choices in Glen Waverley, it's difficult to make my way past all the other joints to get here, but I'm glad I did for the second time.
I like the easy way of ordering, like is done at Papa Rich too. I really don't know why more places don't adopt this system because you get time to look at the menu without a wait staff hovering over you. When you are ready, press the button and they are right there. They take the ticket and there's no mix ups, mistakes, or confusion because it's all written down.
So simple.
I'm no expert in Malaysian cuisine, but I've been to Malaysia a few times. My thoughts on my 2 visits are that the food is not as close as it could be to a Malaysian Hawker stall, but for Melbourne it's well priced with adequate serve sizes and just MAYBE, you might want to actually go to KL to taste what you are missing out on here. For Melbourne, it's fine and it's better than Papa Rich in general although less showy.
I'll be back.
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Are you kidding me? If this place is only worth 3.2 then either I am Donald Duck or I went to a different place. Either way it shows how far we have come in this country from meat and two vegs. Sure, maybe the place is patchy in quality (having been only once I could not say) and--given the demographic of Glen Waverley--the standard is very high, but I use the following criteria: 1) nice food for the price. We paid $60 for five people (including a ravenous 15-year old boy) and we went away full with three doggy bags that we could not finish--making effectively, a second meal. Look at the photos and tell me it doesn't look good. It certainly was, and my company consisted of Malaysians--and they have standards. We are used to Flemington's fabled Laksa King (for which one has to wait outside in a queue, made to sit with someone else, and hurried out the door), and I reckon the curry Laksa was easily up to that standard. $10 a dish? You could not buy the ingredients and make it at home for that. 2) Good service. This food all arrived within 5-10 minutes. 3) Ambience. It's a Hawker place so one expects a big of noise. It was clean and comfortable. I'd recommend it for a quick eat for sure. Make sure you have the Malaysian coffee: it is so syrupy with condensed milk that the spoon almost stands up in it. It does not get five stars from me because I only got three prawns in the Laksa. Unforgivable: 5-7 is mandatory. Other than that, a terrific new find.
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Came here more than once and also did takeaway. One visit is insufficient to do justice since the menu selection is relatively large so I held on my review until I have tried a sample of some dishes that shouldn't go wrong for Malaysian eatery.
First impression is that it's a Papparich style restaurant, self order on paper, ring the bell for attention, colourful menu with lots of pictures and on the pricey side.
Now more importantly the taste. First experience:We had the roast duck/bbq pork on rice, "ban mee" and Penang cheecheongfun. Food arrived promptly within 10 minutes. Penang cheecheongfun was exactly as described and reminded me ofwhat I used to buy from the breakfast stalls in Malaysia. Roast duck was slightly on the plain side. Ban mee hit the ace with me as it was exactly what I expected, down to the generous anchovy and fried onion. A taste I haven't tasted for a long time. Lastly, portion is satisfactory against the pricing.
Really liked first tasting experience. Have been back to try the roti canal and fish head vercemili, they were reasonably well presented in taste and portion. Can't complain.
I still recommend this place as the go to ban mee. Way to go, hope it maintains its quality!
This is a great place for lunch there is a wide range of dishes some not on most restaurants menus. I have tried a lot of noodle dishes N32 char kuey teow is my favorite, chicken white curry is very nice.
The only problem is the noise at the evening meals otherwise service is good and food is good
Been here a few times and always had the curry laksa noodles with sambal (extra chilli sauce to mix into the broth). Portion is generous although just like any other Asian restaurant, more carbs on the plate as compared to protein. Service is efficient - write which item you want on the ordering pad and ring the table bell for service. Had the duck rice and pan mee, both tasty and satisfied my cravings:)
Update - revisited this place in November and was pleasantly surprised to know that they have started to serve roast meat with a choice of noodles/rice. Not bad for a close by location. Stir fried veggies were a little overcooked and salty, in my opinion.
Very busy Chinese restaurant, located right opposite to the train station.
The hokkien dry noodle, like the taste of the dry soy sauce, a little salty to my preference, like the mix flavour with small anchovies and mince meats, and also fried shallot. Noodle texture was good, not too soft / hard. Personally thought the noodle was quite big portion. Fish ball was bouncy and good biting texture.
Braised pork with egg, the pork was quite fatty, flavour was okay, like the chilli sauce.
Overall generous and good value meal, worth to go again to try other dishes.
Your run of the mill malaysian restaurant, however there were a few select dishes on the menu which are not usually found at others. We ordered the Kon Loh rice drop noodles, the claypot noodle soup, Penang chee cheong fun and the lobak. The food was nice however there was nothing outstanding about them. Service was good. Would probably not come back as there are better Malaysian joints in the area.
They accommodated 12 of us which can be quite troublesome for some restaurants. However, I was very pleased with how quickly everything came out. We ordered 3 servings of each entrees - chicken wings, satay skewers & calamari. All very delicious! We ordered so many mains, I lost count of what we ordered. Everything was splendid. The only negative was we had to wait a fair bit for the roti as they made it individually and we ordered 6. By the time the curry came out, our roti got cold and hard. Other than that, was pleasantly surprised with everything.
Penang rojak, wan tan dry noodle with roast BBQ pork, Penang white curry laksa. Ice kacang.. It's passable quality.... Hubby was fine with their noodle but I'm a bit more fussy. Would I drive 30mins again to this destination .. Maybe not. Hubby disagreed. Time to try out another outlet.. Hmm undecided. Hubby wants to try their Hokkien noodle!!
For:
The rice dishes keep me returning. Highly recommended Teo Chew Pork / Duck on Rice. Satay Tofu in Entree also worth trying.
Against:
The drink standard for a Malaysia restaurant is not up to the scratch yet. Price is a little high. The taste changes every time eg. from crazily sweet to no taste.
This place is my go to when I'm in the Glenny area and feel like cheap, decent Malaysian food. I prefer O Town to Paparich because I don't have to line up, the portions are larger, prices are lower and food is better. In particular I like their white curry - it's a laksa-like soup with perfectly cooked chicken breast in a sweet soy sauce. The prawn mee is quite sweet but has a strong prawn flavor which I love.
First time i tried kueh chap and it was actually quite nice, but i prefer something else like maybe fried spring roll with it, because if not it was only carbo inside, a bit boring.
Their curry noodle was okay, but i didn't like their teo chew pork and duck rice, it was covered with brown colored sticky sauce which i didn't like the taste.
There's so many options to choice from the menu rice to noodle with affordable price tag. Love the curry chicken serving with the nasi lemak and the char keoy teow is very flavourful! Will definitely be going back!
I love this place. We always eat here when we are in the area. We've tried a variety but some dishes that I always order are the sambal long beans with eggplant and their teochew style pork and duck combi. It is always packed but service is still prompt.
authentic Malaysian food ... we tried the pork rib noodles, prawn noodles and koay teow soup ... dessert was cendol ... all was good ... wait staff was attentive and efficient
Honestly, their Nasi Lemak is actually so good - I'm very impressed.
Furthermore, when I first started going there the Teh Tarik was not very good, it was always very very bitter and didn't taste at all like it did back in Malaysia, so one day when I was in there I actually met the boss and gave him some constructive criticism (of course after complimenting the food!) and he thanked me, and what do you know, the next time I went in there and had Teh Tarik it was perfectly done!
Point is, the food is good, service is good, and the owner is kind and takes on feedback!
Only bad point is their door...
Cuisine is authentic and the service is great. Food arrived about 10 minutes after ordering. Reasonable pricing, good food and enjoyable atmosphere makes this worth going to.
Authentic Malaysian cuisine with hawker's flavour.
Ordered the Bbq pork dried noodles with dumplings (this is really yummy), Fried mee (msg was a bit too much but overall taste ok) & steamed flour rolls with fish balls & curry soup.
Very interesting menu with varieties of Penang food which you don't see often in other Malaysian franchise restaurants.
This is a very satisfying meal and will definitely come back again.
Total $29
Not the most authentic, wholesome place around, but they keep me coming back with their tasty dishes, huge menu, very generous portions, and the odd authentic aspect to many of their dishes that can, for an instant, make me forget I'm eating in Australia. I enjoy their cheong fun, white curry mee (which surprisingly tastes a lot like singapore katong laksa), fishball hor fun soup and kueh chap. The kon loh mee is ok but very oily. Before going, my expectations were quite low, but I have been pleasantly surprised several times. Glad they're in the Kingsway area anyway.
Nice Malaysian Hawker style food, traditional, tasty. About Time. Love this place, tasty food, traditional Malaysian dishes, and finally a great Sambal.
Service was Good, on our first time there we didn't really understand the system and we had no problem with Customer service and their enthusiasm to help was great.
There Sambal dishes and curry dishes so far are great. Can't wait to try other items on their menu.
I will definitely be going there again.
Good Penang White Curry Mee. As we know Penang White Curry Mee has exploded from its fame after people were seen buying the instant noodles packets. However the hype has sort of died down. I decided to try the proper non-MSG, non instant Penang White Curry Mee at this joint. Surprisingly quite nice to my liking, pipis, prawns, cuttlefish were in the bowl costing $9.50 (below $10.00) which is reasonable.
I've also ordered the Milk Tea (iced) with less ice- and indeed they gave me only 4 cubes of ice. Good service.
I have to say 10X times better than Pappa Rich restaurants. The inside interior of the restaurant has the famous Penang street art murals. I have yet to try its Char Koay Teow and other dishes. Will definitely come back!
Better food than its competitor PappaRich. The noodles were admittedly cooked much better than over at PappaRich, where it seemed to be cold/microwaved. More flavoursome, overall. However, they were very much understaffed today (Thursday lunch), with one waiter for many tables, leading to slow service. Food is good though, worth the price around $10 a dish.
Authentic Penang food... Great Assam laksa and hainnese chicken with hor fun. Smiley staff and quick service. Good place if you're craving Malaysian food.
O’Town in Glen Waverley has been around awhile and it continues to be a consistent player.
☀️The sunny bits:
First up, the service was nice and welcoming. Ordering is done by writing down what you want so the chances of mistakes are reduced. It didn’t take long for our food to reach our table. The chicken noodle soup was comfortingly tasty. The laksa broth was full of flavour and the chee cheong fun was very authentic. Serving sizes were above average while prices were below average - my favourite kind of formula!
☁️The cloudy bits:
The interior was slightly run down but it added to the authentic Malaysian experience.
⭐️The forecast:
O’Town, you’ve done it again!👍
First visit to this Malaysian restaurant. Good spot as it is on kingways st thus plenty carpark. The restaurant has plenty 2 or 4 chairs table. The staffs were responsive but polite. Ordered nasi lemak and ipoh chicken + honey tea. Tasteful and yummy. Big serve too, should have shared 1 dish :D. Otherwise the price is great. Definitely recommended
First time being here since it relocated. Nice place, simple and no nonsense. Food was delicious and very quick. Also very competitively priced.
Interior and atmosphere was also simple but warming. Good layout and easy for a small group of 4-6.
The only reason it lost a point, was that I felt the menu needed a bit more detail on what was inside the dishes, especially for those who are new to Malaysian dishes.
Good restaurant… food was okay no bad.. inside of the restaurant was soo cold
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