The Chinta Ria Mood for Love restaurant is the Love Child of the legendary Chinta Ria Temple of Love that once existed at Darling Harbour four years ago.
Located on the top restaurant level 5 of Sydney Westfield, the restaurant is a perfect destination for a delicious Malaysian meal - either at lunchtime or for a dinner time treat.
David, Alison and the welcoming staff never fail at making you welcome. I've been going to the Chinta Ria group of restaurants for over fifteen years and the service and food are never disappointing.
My favourite dishes to sample here are the Chicken Satay, Sassy Rolls, Springy’s Rolls, Curry Chicken, Beef Rendang, Ayam Ria and Char Kway Teow.
All these dishes are full of Malaysian You flavour and portions are generous in size.
My dessert favourite is the Pandan Sago Pudding!
The restaurant has a fully licensed bar with cocktails, wines and beer.
Highly recommended for the best Malaysian food in Central Sydney.
Whilst wandering around Westfield Sydney, I noticed Chinta Ria had a winter special that included soba noodles with crispy fish Maksa + glass of wine for $16.80. I loved every part of this dish, the soup was creamy sweet & sour, the fish was meaty & fresh with crispy skin and who doesn’t love noodles! Although they no longer have this special, I will sure go back to enjoy other delicious dishes. On a side note, the service was average both times I was there.
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With so many Malaysian restaurants available in the city, I believe the standout feature would be taste, pricing, ambiance and service. For me the restaurant scored well in terms of pricing, ambiance and service but was slightly lacking in terms of taste. We ordered chicken satay, curry chicken and nasi goerang and I must say we enjoyed having them all but in hindsight when you compare it with other outlets like Mamak and Malaya you will say there’s was a bit better .I felt chicken satay was a bit chewy and it could have been better. Curry chicken was tasty with tender chicken pieces and as per my wife Nasi Goerang was also okay. Although, the seafood smell was so strong in Nasi Goerang that it was overpowering the usual Nasi Goerang aroma.
One call out for our server, we showed her some dirt on the rim of water bottle and not only she replaced it but I saw her checking all the bottles to ensure its clean. Such dedication and accountability must be complimented. And only because of her I am happy to ignore it.
Super popular Malaysian favourite with a vast menu and great service. Lunchtime is pretty busy so try to make a booking if you want to dine here. Started with the Billie's Roll ($8.80 for 2 pieces) which is a delicious prawn roll stuffed w minced prawns! Mmmm, crunchy! Mee Goreng with assorted seafood was tasty and not too salty. Would highly recommend the Oh Dear Fish ($32) which is pan fried wild barramundi fillets w fresh tomato and green beans in a curry and coconut broth. The flavours are exceptional and go perfectly with the barranmundi! A great choice in a competitive environment!
Chinta Ria Mood for Love is at the top level of the Westfield shopping centre. It is a restaurant, rather than the food court style place. The menu offers Malaysian fare and we were here for the $20 deal, available Sun-Wedn when quoting aroundtheclockfoodie. Basically you get an entree and street food option or a street food option and dessert. We both went with the entree option, ordering beef and chicken satay sticks. They had a lovey sauce to accompany them. For the mains, we had the hokkien veggie noodles - a large serving with a dark soya sauce. We also had the Bee Hoon Goreng; noodles with prawns and squid. They kindly gave us a small dessert to share. Food servings were generous and an easy meal to take a rest from shopping.
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Great good. Quick service. Good ambience. Reasonably priced. Got the Springy's to start and they were just perfecty cooked. Chose the Sweet Soya Belly which tasted good similar to humba or adobo in Filipino. Also had the Fifi fish which was steamed to perfection and paired really well with the chilli side. Truly worth the bucks!
We had dinner here last week and its a pretty good place to go which is part of the shopping complex. We both had soup which was huge and couldn't get through it all. The entrees were tasty and the service was pretty good.
The setting was amazing. Mood lighting and a great place for a date! A nice surprise tucked away in Westfield. The food was good too. I enjoyed the duck. Would go again. Hello hello hello hello hello hello
On arriving in Sydney (more years ago than I’ll mention), I found it pretty wonderful to be introduced to Malaysian cuisine. I wasn’t familiar with it from growing up in Vancouver, nor knew it from my travels. The Cantonese-influenced dishes were recognisable, but the classic Char Kway Teow was not exactly the same as the version Mom made, or that we’d eat in a Cantonese noodle house. It had stronger spices, and I think that’s the difference in general: more sweet tones, stickier sauces, stronger flavours.
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To be honest, when stepping into the restaurant my expectations were not high. The cramped decor- replete with rather stereotypical and incongruous 'asian' motifs (including Tibetan writing on one wall, still and moving images of 1930s Chinese movie stars on others) and a colour scheme of black and red- gave the impression of a rather artificial orientalism. The presentation of the menu as a screenplay and the rather clunky name of the restaurant also rang alarm bells - would the dishes be similarly confusing and pretentious, not to mention expensive?
The food was indeed expensive (~$20 for each main dish, and an additional $3 for steamed rice or $3.50 for coconut/chicken flavored rice), but I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the dishes we ordered.
We started with 'cissy scallops', which turned out to be steamed scallops drowned in a sweet-sour sauce (described as 'chili sauce' by the menu, but not actually spicy). The scallops were quite small in size for the price of$4.50 each, but were surprisingly fresh. I thought there was too much sauce for the size of the scallop, but enjoyed the dish overall.
For mains, we shared the king toh beef, mee goreng and beef rendang. Again I was pleasantly surprised by all three- the king toh beef (described mysteriously as 'thin strips of beef lightly floured, wok seared and tossed in the chefs special blend sauce') turned out to have a taste profile very similar to the sweet and sour pork/chicken dishes ubiquitously available in every Chinese food court stall and Chinese restaurant. I've never had this dish in Malaysia or Singapore, but nevertheless found it very agreeable taste wise. As for the mee goreng (fried noodles), it was well balanced with a good amount of char from the wok. The beef rendang was also very enjoyable- beautifully balanced spices and very tender beef. I had this with coconut rice, which was a fragrant and delicious accompaniment.
Service was very good as well, and I was quite happy that the experience at Chinta Ria exceeded expectations. I would give them 4 points for taste, but the high price of the food means that it will not be at the top of my list of go-tos for Malaysian food in Sydney.
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MALAYSIAN DINERS WILL APPRECIATE THE AUTHENTICITY
Chinta Ria is a very decent Malaysian restaurant on the 6th level food court in Westfield Sydney. It has the usual range of Malaysian cuisine (rendang, kway teow, laksa, nasi lemak etc) with good vegetarian options.
Although its inside the Westfield complex it has some "outdoor" tables which are quite good if you want to watch the (shopping) world go by. If you are planning on ordering an alcoholic drink however, you'll have to sit inside (indoors) as the liquor licence is restricted to indoor diners only.
We went for lunch on a Saturday at about 1 pm. Service is quite fast and friendly, although the food took a relatively long time to come out. Food quality is good. We had vegetarian rolls a beef char kway teow and a vegetarian char kway teow - all very tasty and very "authentically Malaysian". Along with two bottles of sparkling water our bill came to $57.
Accepts cash and cards. As its in a quite modern building there will be no access problems for people with mobility issues.
i'm on holiday from Adelaide, and for my first night out... I'm so glad I came here for dinner with the girls! The service her is kind/polite and provide a great service. The food is well priced and came out surprisingly fast, tasting absolutely amazing... I'm not one who gets a full stomach, but I can definitely say that I have one when I come here! thanks
Really love the King Toh Beef dish here. They have a good selection of wines too. Friendly service. I recommend going in a group and getting a number of dishes to share. Three dishes for four average people and maybe a side is plenty of food. The setting in the shopping centre isn't as romantic as it used to be in Darling Harbour, but it's still a nice vibe.
My wife and I went there for lunch on Friday around 4:30pm and the staff are really helpful as they were going to close at 5pm. Put put our order in and it arrived promptly we ordered Beef Rendang. I must say it was delicious and I would definitely go back again and have the same dish. It is well priced restaurant and service was quick and easy.
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