Ordered the nasi lemak special with beef rendang. A huge portion and very tasty with great flavours. Loved the pickles.
I love their vegetarian fried rice! Shitake mushroom is to die for!
4.5
The place was quite chill, the staff was friendly and the food didn't take long.
I had the hainanese chicken rice and really enjoyed it. The chicken was tender, the soy sauce was good, the rice was flavorful and had a hint of ginger in it (the way I liked it) and the chili sauce was also nice. Also a filling portion.
Tried a bit of the laksa too and it was quite good, though a bit on the spicier side, so might want to look out for that.
Overall, a pretty good malay restaurant with a good variety of menu
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Great food and good ambience
Delicious food with many affordable options. Staff are very friendly and willing to go above and beyond to make you happy!
Fast service and good selection for lunch deal $10.80 .
There is few good drinks fo select.
The size of serving is good and taste amazing.
Fried noodles dishes are better than rich dishes.
Stopped here for a quick lunch and now I wish I lived closer! Really delicious, tasted homecooked, lovely service and incredible value. My fussy 7yo now wants chicken rice everyday and my husband loved the roti and the char kway tweo. I'm pretty sure we'll be back! 👌🏼
I came here today with my two young kids. The staff were so friendly and accommodating. They had plastic cutlery and crockery for kids. I ordered the lunch special, it’s a great deal for $10.80. Large serving, enough to feed me and my two year old happily. The food came very quickly, which is helpful with (usually impatient) children. I am very impressed by the quality considering how affordable lunch is. They even helped open the door for me and my two seater pram. I will definitely be returning regularly.
I highly recommend it!
The chicken dumpling noodle soup is great especially when you’re recovering from a cold. The vegetarian laksa and the seafood laksa were also great!
This place is my go to for North Melbourne casual eating. The food is great, the price is cheap, the serves are huge and the staff are friendly. It's the whole package. Best dishes are the laksas (any of them), singapore noodles, hokkien noodles, rendang and hainese chicken and rice. In the last few months they have really upped their game, new decor and even better food. Will keep coming back!
㊙️ The Traveling Foodie
+4
Amazing place we visit many times through the year . Service is always prompt and the lunch menu is best value in North Melbourne.
$10.80 including drinks can not be beaten on value .
On the famous Errol Street of North Melbourne, you may actually be inundated with choice of cuisines. However, for a good Malay or South East Asian treat, I prefer this place.
I’m slowly becoming a Laksa addict, and KLBR has a few options to my satisfaction! My wife has enjoyed their Tom Yum soup.
I’d also recommend their duck 🦆 dishes!
I love it here. Cheap, good food. Generous servings as well. Must try is the curry chicken, crispy noodle and beef rendang (although beef can be sometimes a bit tough). Reminds me of our 5 years living in Singapore.
The Gluten-Free Foodie
+4
The value for money at KL is awesome! The staff are lovely even though it’s usually packed and busy and the food it yummy - hitting the lunch time spot. I particularly like the Nasi Lemak and Laksa which can both be gone GF. There are plenty of gluten free options with no extra charge and can be done in the $10 lunch deal.
Live in the area and thought I’d give this Malaysian restaurant a try. Lunch special is value at $10.80 including a drink. It was a cold day so decided to try the hainanese chicken rice. It came out fast and it was hot. Chicken was flavoursome and soft. Soup was good too. I think this is better than papa rich. The Teh Tarik could have been hotter, it was only warm. But at this price I’ll be back to try the other dishes. Kid friendly place!!
Yummy authentic Malaysian fare. Fast and very reasonable too. Friendly and attentive staff also.
Will definitely come back! Try the lychee soda.
Not too far from QVM. Heard from my friends that the butter chicken is to die for so I came on a quiet Sunday and tried it out myself.
We ordered the butter chicken
- not bad, really hits the spot (you can ask for more sauce if you wanna eat w more rice)
Salted egg ribs
- again hits the spot but I guess it’s too heavy to have two flavourful dishes at once.
Saw a few tables getting laksa, will be back!
*Adds to favourite list
Booked this place a day prior and pre-ordered the yee sang to celebrate the coming of Chinese New Year. The yee sang was delicious and the salmon was very fresh. They have 2 sizes of yee sang. We ordered the smaller size and it was just nice for 4 people. Highly recommended - the prawn noodle! This will be our favourite place for our yearly yee sang fix!
My partner and I dined here with Tim.E and his partner, we were in quite a rush to order and eat as we had a comedy show next door. The service was prompt and the food good but not outstanding. We ordered a number of curries and noodles, our waitress was helpful in offering suggestions.
I tried the chardonnay by the glass which was woeful, I would suggest brining a bottle if it's BYO (not sure if it is).
Having tried most of the menu here, I can say that the food is consistently delicious, and really good value! You’d be hard pressed to find better Malaysian food in North Melbourne.
Recommend the lunch specials - Very satisfying and comes with a choice of drink.
A cosy setting for a humble Malaysian restaurant. Service is very efficient, with orders coming out very quickly. Staff are extremely friendly. Food overall was what I imagine to be fairly authentic. The fried rice was well portioned but became a little repetitive and oily after a while. However for the price, you will leave reasonably happy.
Not a bad little Malaysian eatery. Staff were very friendly and quick to take the order. Food came out very promptly. Ordered roti with beef rendang and chicken skewers to share, which were both very enjoyable. Not the best roti in Melbourne, but still flaky. For mains, unfortunately the kway teow was heavily oversalted but the other dishes which were ordered were well balanced and pleasant to eat! The vegetarian laksa had a generous serve of eggplant which was cooked down to the perfect consistency! Overall a nice little cheap eat, if you're in the area.
The people here are very friendly and helpful. The food is delicious too. Order the salted egg calamari and butter prawns. Take them with plain rice or rice drop noodles. The fried rice was ok but not extraordinary. Overall, a good place for a simple dinner.
Food is always good and service fast (which is a plus given we usually go here before shows at the comics lounge next door). Prices very reasonable.
This place is one of inner Melbourne's best kept secrets. Malaysian food is a mix of curry with traditional eastern flavours, and when it comes to flavours. This place has it all.
Not expensive either.
And as for the customer service? So friendly and smiley. They advised us what dishes would compliment each other. They even served us a noodle dish without any onion per our request.
This restaurant is intimate and the place is a beautiful little haunt.
Do go there. Superb.
Simple restaurant serving reasonably priced Asian dishes that's pretty good for North Melbourne. When I was living near this area, I used to order their Hainanese Chicken Rice frequently as the tastes were just so reminiscent of home-cooking for me! The pineapple fried rice is also pretty great - just the right amount of pineapple to rice ratio.
Quaint little restaurant located in North melbourne, serving traditional malaysian dishes that is relatively cheap in price and huge on the taste buds! Do recommend the laksa curry and roti with curried👍🏼
KL Bunga Raya is a bit of a hit and miss. While the laksa was enjoyable (not the best though, mind you!), the nasi lemak dish was not of quality. Portions are quite good for a meal just over $10 so I'd recommend this place but it took me a few goes until I found a dish I liked.
Great food with a buzzing atmosphere! Staff were super friendly as well! Ordered combination laksa, Nasi Lemak Chicken and vegetarian fried rice. Highly recommend all - everybody was more than happy!! Definitely come here again!
Good food but was slightly hoping that it was better. We ordered Kung Pao chicken which was spicy and served with cashew nuts but somehow tasted a bit different from the other Kung Pao chicken. Felt like the sauce was to thick. Well maybe we should have ordered Malaysian dish at the first place. The other dish nasi lemak with beef rendang was pretty good but yah not enough to 'wow' us. As for the drink, their teh tarik was pretty decent.
It's a fantastic Malay joint in North Melbourne, highly recommend the butter prawns with the egg floss and the roast duck curry. Always winners. Good atmosphere, lovely service always with a smile :)
Charlie Daniels (Curious Charlie)
+4
KL Bunga Raya was full tonight of show goers, as with events is tourism. The event brings people to town and with that more activity than usual. I could smell the coconut as it arrived within minutes of ordering, the combo laksa ($10). Plenty of toppings, with fish cake, prawns and chicken. The tofu absorbed the hot and spicy broth, though the eggplant, sweet and soft was the real highlight. A hearty broth perfect for winter nights and perfectly priced as a cheap eat at $10. The serving size is just right too if you're hungry, though not huge. Seated at the foot of the stairs we could feel the vibrations everyone someone walked by, which was often with the kitchen at the back. Service was minimal and prompt and friendly.
Great little place. We were lucky to walk in on a Friday night and get a table straight away. There were lots of people coming and going for booked tables. Portions were generous including the steamed rice (we couldn't finish the portion). Beef rendang was spicy and delicious. The pork mince and eggplant claypot wasn't spicy but the soy based sauce had great flavour and the eggplant was silky and tender. We also had salt and pepper squid to start which had a really delicious salty coating although the squid itself was a bit flavourless. Service was really good - prompt and genuinely friendly. For less than $40 we had a great meal and I'd love to return to try more of their very extensive menu.
This restaurant is a hidden gem of fabulous authentic Malaysian flavours. My Malaysian friend called it the Laksa King of North Melbourne without the ridiculous queues! The standout for me was the 2 style Kai Lan, the Roast Duck Laksa and the two Desserts.
From the restaurant name it's obviously serving Malaysian food. Arrived in a quiet Sunday afternoon, we had vegetarian laksa, singapore meehoon, stir fry shitake mushrooms and brocolli and padthai. Both services and food were spectacular especially the laksa and meehoon but not with the padthai. It's disappointing and lack of sweetness. We are to blame by ordering a Thai dish in a Malaysian place duh.
The food is great! Packed with authentic flavours and a real treat for your tastebuds. Service is also friendly and prompt, always attending to your needs. We had chicken satay and vegetarian spring rolls for entree, then malaysian butter chicken, beef rendang and garlic vegetables stir fry for mains with a side of roti. Each dish was fantastic! The butter chicken apparently is the restaurant's unique dish. They deep fry the chicken in batter before pouring a certain kind of condensed buttery milk on it. It's delicious but since it's a bit rich/heavy we weren't able to finish it and took the rest home. The sauce in the beef rendang was just perfect to dip the roti in. The place was quite full tonight even though it's only a Wednesday, which means that it has definitely built up a good reputation among the locals. Can't wait to be back!
Came here for a 5-course set menu as part of a group-buying voucher and were rewarded with a solid meal that was worth the price. Quantities were good and the beef rendang was a faithful rendition of the classic dish. The Malaysian style butter chicken was an interesting take; was essentially the batter for Malaysian butter prawns with chicken pieces substituted for the seafood. Not something I've tried before but will be keen to order again elsewhere to see others' take on it.
All in all, nothing spectacular but good value for money. It probably has enough distance from the Malaysian powerhouses in Carlton to create a decent local following and will likely see us back when the wife next misses her mum's cooking.
Discovered this place a few years ago when I was looking around Melbourne for yee shang for Chinese New Year. Their yee shang is one of the better ones in Melbourne in term of size, price and taste. The lady behind the counter, Cherrie, is a hoot and always so friendly and welcoming. The food is quite enjoyable, nothing too spectacular but definitely well-priced and tasty. You can always request for the dishes to be made spicier which will definitely up the yum factor. So far we have tried the shared dishes only and have not ordered any of the individual rice or noodle dishes so can't comment on those.
"..HAD A DELISH THAI FEAST FOR TWO - GOOD SERVICE & GREAT PRICE.."
First time at KL BUNGA RAYA, Errol Street, North Melbourne and really enjoyed it...
-salt & pepper chicken, $8.50
-vegetable spring rolls, $5
-salt & pepper calamari, $9.50
-roti w peanut sauce, $5.50 [fabulous roti bread]
-beef rendang, $16
-butter chicken, $17
-Asian veg w cashew nuts, $13
-steamed rice for 2, $4
Everything was fresh, beautifully cooked, well-presented and had authentic flavour..
My only tiny criticism is that the salt & pepper chicken and calamari needed a dipping sauce - next time I'll ask - these dishes deserved to be fully enjoyed..
Service was friendly and sincere..
Premises were squeaky clean..
We were seriously stuffed for just under $40 each - yes, we were so hungry.. and the food was good..
Can't wait to get back..
Visited April 2016
This place is actually not bad at all. Came here and had some dinner before a show next door at The Comic Lounge, needed something quick and tasty and this place was almost just that. I found the rice a bit salty but the laska with fish fillets was spot on. This restaurant is reasonably priced and the service is attentive and friendly.
Another great restaurant. We were walking past and my friend and I decided to try this place. And what a find it was.
Keeping with my vegetarian theme for today we had curry puffs, vegetarian spring rolls, vegetarian fried rice and I had fish fillet laksa. It was great food, and very reasonable.
They serve Hix beer yumm and the service was outstanding. Worth the trip over this way, as its right next door to the Comics Lounge 😄
You know what? It's just always solid, never bad, but never amazing... and that's what keeps me coming back. My favourite is the Beef Rendang. Add some coconut rice and boom! That's my Friday night take away done.
Only been here once but from the taste of the kuey teow I'm gonna rate everything this place high as. I always love char quey teow so I've tried quite alot and can say this one is up there. Tastes pretty much as good as the types I've tried in Malaysia.. I wanna go back and try a few more dishes but I defs rate this place
this place has outstanding laksa and fun, friendly service. i'm also partial to the Yong Yang noodle which is a deliciously sour little number.
Liked the price food was OK but couldn't say I loved it. Food was salty, but plent of it. If you need a cheap gut filler than this is place, but I think I will avoid next time.
Love it. Great food and lovely staff and cheap prices so will keep going back
Best Laksa in town. The best Laksa in Town
Dined here this evening on a groupon voucher and the food was fantastic. Bit of a mix up with my booking which was my fault and staff were helpful and quick to resolve. San choi bow was a little light on filling but tasty. Veggie spring rolls were fresh and super crisp. Beef rending was a little small but tender and full of flavour. Highlight was spicy calamari additional entree we ordered - perfectly cooked and amazing flavour as were the chilli prawns as a main. Thank you we will definitely be back :)
Just Passable.. Really hard to decide on this place, went last night and enjoyed the service and atmosphere, quite a nicely set up place and clean for a restaurant of this type.
Had the KL Lobak which was very average, the pork mince was way too fine almost mushy and lacked any real flavour.
The Kuay Teow was somewhat better nice smoky flavour generous amount of chinese sausage(which is rare in most places) and flavoured just enough rather than too much.
Servings are on the small side though so entree's are a must, would i go back? probably not as there are some cracking Malaysian places in the city but over all not great but hardly bad.
Just had a lovely dinner tonight using groupon. Everything was wonderful.
Lovely food & staff! Back here twice a month!
Love the hainnanese chicken rice & nasi Kemal!
Cheap and tasty.. This is a 'I need to feed myself ' restaurant not a 'let's go out for a night on the town ' one. Love the laksa and everything else I've had here. Food is dirty and tasty rather than fresh and healthy.
I went here using one those groupons. The place is pretty decent, good service, tasty food. Not sure why some people winge about the size. To me it was just right. Yes, they didn't stuff us with too much food like some places but the portion was definitely not small. The photo re "small curry" on urbanpoon is smaller than what we actually got when dining there. Anyway, it is great place overall.
Best Laksa in Melbourne. Cant get enough of this place- that says nothing of the serving size which is very generous. Service is great too.
Yummy curry laksa and prawn mee. I can say the best curry laksa in Melbourne very close to what KL has to offer. Good amount of coconut unlike Laksa King where it's too rich with coconut which is not how authentic curry laksa should be. The prawn mee is very close to KL style too. The other dishes are ok only.
Best laksa, awesome friendly staff! love this place
Diluted Malaysian. Food is fine but lacks the punch, spice, chaos and essence of some of the more authentic Malaysian eateries around.
This place is fantastic. The service was some of the best I've experienced! The food comes in huge portions (we all struggled to finish), the variety is perfect and the quality of the food was sensational! Anyone who doesn't enjoy this place is delusional! I would recommend it to everyone & will definitely be coming back!!
I don't often fancy a bit of Malaysian but the couple of times I've been here (one takeaway, one eat in) the food has been exceptional and the service has been very pleasant.
Had the beef redang and nasi lemak. Both really good. Would highly recommend. So glad we live close to this place.
Authentic Malaysian food that is fresh and delicious with fair pricing and generous servings. Will be back for sure. The greens with crispy pork belly and salted egg yolk chicken ribs were amazing.
Really friendly helpful and attentive service. outdoor seating and tables available (so great to bring pets too), popular for dine in and takeaway. authentic Kuala Lumpur malaysian cooking scents waft through the restaurant from the kitchen every now and then. the mee goreng was a perfect balance of a charr (wok-hey/ breath of a wok) fresh lemon zest, tomato chilli umami, fresh lettuce and a decent amount of shrimps. the fish head curry was very light and generous with the amount of fish. unusually not very spicy at all- so suitable for low spice tolerance guests. the bubur chacha desert which was perfectly homely and authentic down Not overly sweet level of gula melaka. Best features: service, charr, authentic flavours, lightness of the stir fry and curry (Neither where weighed down by oil grease or overuse of coconut cream), very reasonable prices! also good place for families. expansive menu. i’ll be back to try other dishes
We had a very good time at KL Bunga Raya. The food is delicious, flavourful and plentiful. In my opinion and my partner's (who's of Malaysian origins) the food is authentic and traditional.
Very friendly staff and affordable prices.
Heaven! Where have I been all these time, not knowing this is the best place for Laksa?! Authentic Malaysian dishes with a rather big menu, everything is fresh and tasty, excellent services and I'm just too happy to discover this place!
stonks! beef rendang was good & portions were really generous. got the chicken ribs with salted egg as well. got our order wrong so didn’t get to try the egg noodles but it’s fine. would come again to try other items!
I take orders here to deliver to customers. I found tend to do those ones. Sometimes I have to wait 2 to 8 minutes for the restaurants making/preparing food.
As I usually have quests, I only do trips less than 15-20 minutes.
I aim for a high trip-per-hour rate with lots of short trips over fewer, longer distance ones.
I rear-ended (crashed into the back of) a car and now my steering is all weird
So glad i found this place! Staff were so friendly and so Malaysian! It really reminded me of what it’s like dining in Malaysia. Curry Laksa was so flavourful and they were super generous with all the toppings.
Also really enjoyed the nasi lemak and the beef rendang is to die for.
Prices are very fair!
📷 Roti with Curry sauce, Nasi Lemak with Beef Rendang, Curry Laksa Combination, Iced Teh Tarik and Iced Kopi Tarik
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