The marmite prawns was delicious. We enjoyed the cereal tofu and ayam goreng mentega too. We will be back.
Wow we order ordered three very good dishes! Kow tiao with big juicy prawns, vege tomyum soup that activates your taste buds! Strongly recommend golden sand fried eggplant (they do prawns and pumpkins too). The portion is big and it is super exotic with salted egg and curry leaves. Xihuahua đ¶ shouted since she got her pay of the month.
Excellent and efficient service. The nasi lemak served with chicken curry and the roti served with beef rendang were amazing. The lamb ribs were over cooked and oily - hence I scored 4 stars.
Very fast service, the place is very close to my workplace so it's very convenient. I went at 1pm and it was busy! That's a good sign. I had their panang curry, the portion is a little small but it was quite tasty. Would come back as I want to try their laksa and other dishes
A great and convenient spot for lunch with friends! This is definitely a restaurant thatâs value for money and pretty good authentic Malaysian dishes.
We ordered the Char Kway Teow, Seafood Laksa, and Roti Canai. The Roti Canai was so addictive and fluffy!
Cheap as chips. Lots of great meal deals and combos. BYO which is a bonus. Huge selection of authentic Malaysian food. Convenient and close to the city.
We have been going here every Saturday for many years, best Malaysian restaurant we have been to.
Their food is delicious, tasty, fresh and good portion sizes.
Definitely worth the visit, try the crispy egg salad, yum.
Best hainanese chicken rice ever !!! The flavour of the chicken and the fragrant rice are absolutely amazing. Portion is generous. Desserts are amazing too. Definitely come back and try other dish. So so in love with the hainanese chicken btw.
Authentic Malaysia food and it is really a good choice when you only want to grab something to eat!
Service is quick and the dishes are quite affordable!
Highly recommend their laksa! It's really filling!
Stewed beef is another good choice too!
Fired vegetable! I am a half vegetarian and fish-lover! so this place is a paradise for me
This is probably the best place for decent Malaysian food near uni. The Hainanese Chicken was good, the chilli sauce was just ok and the rice was pretty authentic. However, the soup was slightly too salty. The Green Curry Chicken was nice and authentic despite the staff appearing to be chinese?
Overall, they come at an average price of $12, and are quite filling.
This restaurant has been in my bookmark for quite a long time. Though it's pretty close to the Uni, I didn't get a chance to visit until recent days.
The restaurant is not on broadway, but locates in a square surrounded by buildings. It's a simple restaurant mainly serving Malaysian cuisines.
I came here specially for the Hainanese chicken. They offer whole chicken as well as mains served with rice. The chicken is not bad, and it's worth the price.
We also tried Angel Hair Prawn, which costs $26.8. The prawn is quite large and we enjoyed it. If you want to have a quick and cheap meal, Hainanese chicken is a good choice.
(Update 2019.4.17)
[Laksa]
Looks spicy but actually not. I would still prefer hainanese chicken rice.
Definition of Cheap and cheerful. $12 mains and BYO. Food was fine - nothing special but good value. I would come back again. I had pad Thai and it was a little too saucy, not lemony and dry like usual but was fine for $12!
The seafood laksa is so so so good and only 13.8$! Such a big portion and so many ingredients. Very friendly staff and good service. Nice outdoor seatings as well, ideal for bringing dogs. I surely will come back for authentic Malaysian food like this!!
I was craving for Hainanese chicken and I saw the good reviews about this place so here we are!
I could not wait to taste it straight away so I forgot to take a photo of Hainanese chicken... oops! I found the portion of the chicken was a bit small but it was moist and juicy. I enjoyed the garlic chilli sauce too!
We also order the roti and Nasi lemak. Both of them were delicious. We could have it more!!
Oh I seriously love Malaysian food and food in this restaurant can be called authentic. We were like 6 people last time and order bunches of dishes, very good impression and none of them disappointed us.
The food is 5/5. Next Malaysian food Iâve eaten. The roti canai was perfect, the beef rendang blew my mind. The laksa was he best Iâve ever had.
The service wasnât fantastic, had to get the waiters attention a few time but for the pride and the quality of food itâs hard to complain. Itâs BYO beer and wine too which is nice.
Good taste, a little salty, vegetable was cooked surprisingly well. Environment was OK, relatively spacious. Will likely return if eating in the area.
Delicious Food . Tried the chicken laksa and Roti Canai with chicken curry. Flavoursome and lip smacking. Go there a bit early, else they will start packing up and closing down in front of you while you are yet eating.
The Hainnan chicken rice here is really good. Especially with the surprising and random crunchy texture - I was told that was fried shallot - brilliant.
Rice was well flavoured as well, and the side broth , which I used to wash down every mouthful was the perfect companion.
$10 is great value, I can see why it's packed all the time. Friendly service, with smiling Asian ladies - don't you just love that.
Seating is humble but cosy.
Friendly service and descent food. Went here for dinner with a Malaysian friend, ordered veggie laska which is very nice as shown in the picture. Will visit again with friends soon.
Decent price and authentic yummy Malaysian food. Had their char kueh tiaw, Chi kut Teh and curry chicken and Wan tan Hor. They are yummy! Highly recommended!!
Went back again to try out their marmite chicken, ayam goreng rice, Nasi Lemak with beef rendang and belancan kangkung. Except for Nasi lemak (the sambal was way too oily), the rest were So yummy especially the belacan kangkung!
Tried their Assam laksa the other day. The soup was very sour and quite spicy. Thereâs only two small tiny pieces of fish in the bowl of noodle. I expected some sardine fish in it but there isnât any. Itâs not worth it given that the price is more expensive than other food on their menu and thereâs no fish and other ingredients in the noodle. Wonât have their Assam laksa again.
Authentic Malaysian food in Sydney. Truly enjoyed every single dish we ordered today. Chic Kut Teh was amazing and perfect for winter, this soup is full of awesome flavour. Just love it! Very generous big portion and at such reasonable price. After trying 4 dishes I want to go back and try all the other dishes too. This is how good they are! Highly recommended!!
Food is delicious , authentic and cheap. A mixture of Malaysian and Thai , go for the Malaysian though. Staff are friendly. It's always busy
When Paul suggested that we try this restaurant, I looked at my list of restaurants to try, and saw that it was on the list⊠for the last three years. Hmm, I can be a bit tardy. Also, lucky for me that he and Johny invited along two more friends since with Asian food, the more the merrier. I would rate the taste of these dishes as between âgreatâ and âeffing fantasticâ. OK, itâs a humble little place with quirky decor, and the service, though sincere, seemed a bit confused. And all the food came out at once, quickly, and with the entrees coming somewhere in the middle.
This is a fusion of Malaysian Chinese and Thai cuisine. You can find a variety of mouth-watering food here, and if you're not sure, go straight to Chef Special page. My favourites are laksa, roti canai with beef, and crispy egg salad. Each time I visit the restaurant, it is packed with people. So make sure you come around 6pm to avoid long wait and disappointment. Many delicious dishes are yet to be discovered.
This is a reliable restaurant. When I have no idea for dinner/lunch, I will choose Malacca Straits. There is no surprise to me who have visited them for more than 30 times. However, every thing here is at least not below average.
The owners are quite friendly to students even if they just order one dish.
They offer quite a lot choice compared to other Malay restaurants in Sydney. My favorite are the Curry Brisket and their dessert.
Headed to Malacca Straits for some Malaysian cuisine and it didn't disappoint. I had the Fried Kway Teow which was tasty and had a slight "wok" charred flavor to it. The Laksa looked delicious and very "lemak", lots of prawns too! My colleagues liked their Nasi Lemak and Chicken Rice. Winning for all!
Really authentic Malaysian food with a twist of Indonesian taste.
The Hainanese Chicken rice is a must try, accompanied with the Ice Milo and Coconut pancake with a scoop of vanilla ice cream for dessert.
Great value, great food, highly recommend Hainanese chicken rice $10. It is a ginger rice with awesome flavor. Very Gooood.
But the restaurant is a bit hard to find. It off the main street. >
Yum!!
Ambience, decor and of course the food will transport you straight to the streets of Malaysia/Singapore. We had the hainanese chicken rice and nasi lemak, both of which were reasonably priced at $10 per plate.
Chicken rice was amazing- tender chicken and flavorful rice accompanied by a bowl of chicken soup. I wish they had included more vegetables, but that's just a small complaint.
Nasi lemak was also very good. The sambal was my favourite; the curry chicken came in big tender chunks, though the rice could have been more coconutty.
I know where to come the next time I crave Malaysian food!!
Those Who Love To Eat
+3.5
This is another place that I have had booked marked for so long but just never got around to trying. I feel like I've been missing out all thus while!
Got an invite to cone out for dinner to Malacca Straits and yes, it gave me an excuse to make my way here. Hidden in an apartment quadrangle with a few other restaurants, it's one of those places that you would've had to read about to know.
A low key Malaysian inspired eating institution with a mix of its neighbours influence. This hawker style food truly serves fast asian food that fills your belly with goodness. Don't expect presentation on your plate, they don't exist.
What we ordered for two were: Entrée- otah otah (a fish paste consistency) baked in banana leaves. I must admit, I've had a better version of this and it's terribly difficult to explain but truth be known, it's not worth trying here. It's generally quite spicy as well. We ordered separate mains. I ordered the prawn char keow teo and my dining companion had fried rice with salted fish and chicken, and shared a dessert chendol. It is shaved ice with pandan jelly.
This place will set you back about $40 for two with entrée and dessert, and with out it, you could walk away spending as little as 12 dollars. That's truly eating out on a steal!
This place really give you the feeling of eating late in Asia, in the midst of humidity. If you're cooking for one, this place is great for those who don't feel inspired to cook for themselves. The portion size is large enough, that you would even have left overs.
pretty good southeast Asian style food, always crowded, ordered fried rice and fried rice noodle, the rice is a little bit spicy but the taste was really amazing! The fried rice noodle was with 8 prawns and special sauce. The mixed entree included one spring roll, one curry puff and one fish cake, personally the curry puff was the best among these three. Anyway, price was reasonable and taste was impressive. Definitely will come next time!
Very good food, love the scrambled eggs salsa, they cooked very fast, we planned to dinner there on Sunday but it's closed, then we visited last night
Malacca Straits serves up tasty, average quality food in large portions. The floor is quite sticky, but the tables, crockery and cutlery are clean.
The chicken curry came with a large serving of rice, was well cooked and flavoursome. We also ordered a roti which was fluffy and crispy.
I wouldn't recommend the padt Thai which had a watered down taste so it felt like eating quite plain noodles.
The spring rolls were crunchy but came much after our mains and we were too full by then.
Overall a good value eat and a short walk from usyd.
I live at a 2 minutes walk from this place and it is my go-to option when I'm too bored to cook (always). The place is always crowded and for good reason; the menu is vast, comprising of malaysian, indonesiand and thai cuisines, the prices are reasonable and the service is quick. Do not visit the place for the ambience though.
Tip- Try the Prawns Laksa.
good food = good friends. a friend who knows good food must be kept. yesterday i tried the assam udang, ayam goreng mentega, and kangkung balacan. its so delicious!!! ive had great food over my years of growing up and eating this reminds me of home even though its something new!! totally recommended!!
We didnât know about this before and weâre sorta kicking ourselves for eating crappy eats in and around the area when we could have been eating here. Welcome to our new favourite Malaysian joint. Malacca Straits on Broadway. Its actually a lot more like âMalacca Straits hidden in Broadwayâ. This is one of those eateries everyone should know about because the foodâs actually pretty damn terrific. Discovering this now also makes us think, well what about that spice alley? This is now the new go-to. Hidden behind that stretch of shops that youâll see down george/parramatta road (that all seem mostly unappealing) lies this hidden gem. Their $10 buck eats for lunch are all bangingly good and delicious and quite easily some of the most flavoursome Malaysian eats youâll get this side of Sydney. Roti? Dammmn good
This place is always reliably good and well-priced/portioned. They are also very speedy so good for a quick lunch.Â
Must have dishes are their Ayam Percik Keletan, (grilled chicken with sala; chef's specials), chick kut-teh and  hainanese chicken rice.
mmmmmm - there is really delicious food here. I've visited several times and it never fails. Might be best to go with a few friends so you can order several of their traditional tasty hawker-style dishes.Â
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After a quick discussion we choose three dishes: fish head curry (a traditional Malaysian favourite); Ayam Percik Keletan, (grilled chicken with salad); and a side dish of Kangkung Belacan (water spinach), accompanied by steamed rice. The next night we ordered: silken tofu with minced chicken â a Malacca Straitsâ original â which we pair with salt and pepper soft-shell crab. Delicious! Will gladly return when we next visit Sydney.
MelbourneFoodPaparazza
+3.5
Ordered the Wat Tan Hor (Flat Rice Noodles in Egg Sauce) and Har Mee (Prawn Noodles) here. Wat Tan Hor noodles and fried onions for both dishes were nicely charred and there was a generous serving of fresh prawns and chicken for the price. But the sauces were a little watery and lacked the oomph of their equivalents served on the streets of Kuala Lumpur. Service was a little slow when trying to fix the bill, though fairly efficient in serving the dishes. Overall: Food - 3, Service - 3, Value for Money - 4.
This extremely taste Malaysian! Loving them but they're halal which means they don't sell any food with pork nor lard so some of the Malaysian Chinese food might taste a little different. For eg, Hokkien mee
Love this place where you can taste authentic Malaysian dishes! Try to avoid busy lunch and dinner hours as it gets really busy. Their Hae Mee has many prawns in it. The Assam Laksa actually has chunky fish in it! Hainan Chicken rice is absolutely filling and delicious! Price is around $12 per head depending on what you order. Highly recommended!
For a birthday lunch, we took a crowd of fifteen down to Malacca Straits to try some amazing Malaysian cuisine in good company! We ordered for the table, ordering two of each dish, and shared the spread between 15 people! Our first dish was roti with curry, which was lovely and flaky and a great accompaniment to all of the meals we ordered to share. We also got a vegetarian char koay teow, or fried rice noodles, which was a bit hit last time we came and enjoyed by vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike. They provided chilli on the side, but you could use the sauce from the other dishes to spice it up!
Declicious and great service if you can grab the attention of the wait staff (can get tricky sometimes). Food comes out quite fast and is great- tried out a bunch of dishes and they're all consistently tasty!
A very decent Malaysian meal that I would definitely recommend! We had the Silken Tofu with mince chicken which tasted great! Golden sand prawns were amazing with the salted duck egg yolk batter texture. The beef brisket curry was surprisingly the least favourite of the dishes that we ate that evening but it was still a good curry with great flavour. We changed our boiled rice for chicken rice because we were in the mood for the chicken flavour haha. The Bandung is not traditional and tastes more like a candy drink (in a good way?) rather than the rose essence flavour. The cendol was not my favourite, quite icy and probably great for a really hot summers day - not as creamy as other cendols I've had in other Malaysian restaurants around Sydney. The kuih ketayap was surprisingly good. The palm sugar oozed out of the pandan crepe after the first bite and I was very happy finishing that up. Overall a very good feed and would recommend! Definitely coming back to try more on the menu soon!
I love this place because it is cheap and consistently yummy! Service is quite abrupt, but I guess that's not why you go to a place like that.
Really good value and delicious food - a must try. We BYO'd our own crab - a $20 option but also requires a $25 pp minimum spend - and they did a great job of cooking it. Everything that came out of the kitchen was spicy (but not too hot), salty goodness; for those who can't handle the heat, the Hainan chicken rice was also great.
Chicken and sweet corn soup was absolutely fantastic. Very tasty, warm, hearty and a nice pepper kick.
The Massaman beef was a little tough and a bit sweet for my liking.
If you're wanting alcohol, this place is BYO and only sells non-alcoholic drinks.
Great atmosphere, great pricing, awesome food! I haven't eaten much Malaysian before but I would definitely go here for the authentic experience. Make sure you go try out the Crispy Pepper Chicken, so yum! I really enjoyed the beef rendang lasi nemak, it's worth the cheap value. We left with very full stomachs. Would very much come back soon! (:
We went to Malacca Straits early last year to have their BYO crab and were amazed by it.This time around, we ordered Kway Tiau Siram, Hainanese Chicken Rice and the dish that we loved last time around: Golden Sand Prawn.
You should really try their Golden Sand Prawn!!
hands down the best Malaysian place around.. every time I eat the handmade silken tofu I feel like this must be what they serve in heaven.. egg yolk eggplant is also to die for!
Cereal prawn is to die for here! Amazing food and service! Definitely a must go and cannot be missed for the world. Char koew teow is goood!
I was quite delighted to hear from a friend about this place and how they serve quite a mean Hainanese Chicken⊠and being quite a fan of that dish I had to visit.. multiple times with different people just to share the love. I can vouch that the Hainanese Chicken here is great value for money. You can usually get a seat here but it does get quite packed during their busy times (lunch and dinner). Their location is under some apartments off the main street⊠so location wise Iâd have to say they donât get much exposure except for some small signs they put up on the main street to get customers but itâs quite well known and popular. This is a great place to eat.. Iâve tried some of their other dishes and most of them were so-so.. but Iâd come here again for their Hainanese Chicken. The service is friendly enough and the place must be raking it in as the guy at the counter is wearing a Rolex.
Without doubt the best Malaysian restaurant in Sydney as attested by the queues of patrons waiting to get a table on a cold Monday night. We had specifically came for their highly-recommended fish head curry, which we had a few times before. It came out in all its curry gloriousness in a claypot, enough to satiate the hunger of 3 to 4 people. The friendly lady owner advised that they use cods as they were fleshier, which indeed they were. Just the tonic for winter, especially when partnered with Malacca Straits' okra blachan, silken tofu and Angel-hair prawn. But the star of the night for us was the honey-glazed grilled lamb ribs, a new-ish addition to their menu. They literally melt in your mouth, with an intense moreish flavour (eat your hearts out, Hurricane's!). Definitely a must-have on our next visits.
This little gem is hidden inside the Quadrant Building... Service was quick and reasonable. First up was the Char Kway Teow, nicely done with crispy bean sprout and greens, egg cooked by the side of the noodles then mixed in, noodles tender with that mild burnt favor (wok hie â heat) and a dollop of sambal on the side. You get to choose vege, chicken, prawns or seafood. Nasi Lemak, nicely presented.
Delicious food !. Best Malaysian food in Sydney, nay, Australia! Their classic Malaysian dishes such as hainan chicken rice, hor fun, oyster omelette and fish head curry are even better than those found in KL.
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This place came highly recommended from a friend, so I had to go right? It is good.
Today Iâve tried the marmite chicken, hainanese chicken rice, radish cake and chendol. Very good chicken and fragrant chicken rice. Ask for thick dark soy sauce to go with the chicken rice. Mix that little dish of black with the chicken rice chili provided, just the way the Singaporeans love it. Hainanese chicken rice is a dish that Singaporeans miss the most when leaving the country. It is a tough dish to replicate. Even with the same ingredients, it might not be the same. So far, I really like this one, and would love to go back again.
If you want to eat Chilli Mud Crab on a budget, then Malacca Straits on Broadway is the place to be - they have BYO Mud Crab! However, you must also try its Golden Sand Prawn as they were literally golden!
I'm not going to share Chef Tan's secret for this one, but the Pad Thai Chicken ... you just have to try it and form your own opinion. I've been hard pressed to find a better Pad Thai around the Kensington/Kingsford area around UNSW. I won't claim it's the best in Sydney, but it's up there... definitely. 'Saucy' and 'full of flavour' are all the hints I'll leave for you...
Mr C did some research and found one of the top restaurants in Ultimo, thus Malacca Straits, a Malaysian restaurant! In the featured thumbnail photo is Chicken Laksa, this was must order since we were in a Malaysian restaurant and craving it. I could not believe how strong the flavour of the dish was. It was filled with delicious coconut milk for the soup, very soft meat & vegetables and my favourite, spiciness! It definitely beats the Malaysian restaurant where I use to work. My favourite in Laksas were always the tofu as theyâre all juiced up with the yummy soup! I love when it explodes out when I take a bite. Panang Chicken with Rice The other alternative I wanted was Hain
If you are breaking fast during this soon-to-end Ramadhan, pay Chef Tan a visit at this halal joint of his.
Overall, an enjoyable Laksa, but there is still room for improvement. The taste was OK but I thought it lacked some of the more complex spices & flavours of an âAâ grade bowl.
... It was lucky we booked - I'm obviously not the only person who has discovered this hidden gem, as every table was occupied or reserved by 7pm! I was put I charge of ordering for everyone, which is always fine by me
The Beef Rendang at Malacca Straits is lovely with tender, melt in the mouth beef. The rendang sauce is plentiful with just the right amount of spiciness.
Helen | Grab Your Fork
+4.5
Silence. There's a welcome sense of peace and quiet at Malacca Straits , tucked away in the courtyard of the Quadrant building, off Broadway. You wouldn't know that, less than 100 yards away, six lanes of traffic are steadily weaving their way across the
A hiidem Malaysian Chinese restaurant in lane way of Broadway. I have visited this place many times, before and after the change in chefs. This restaurant has a casual vibe, not hawker style but also not like those wannabe up market Malaysian restaurants which charges an arm and a leg. Malacca Straits is popular for students and local staff and one of the long time restaurants in the precinct. The Har Mee has a strong prawn flavour, and recommend the angel prawns and ayam percik. This chicken curry has tender pieces and strong aromas. The chik ku teh (which we usually order as well) is addictive. The let down is the rice - it's a big hard, but is ok if you eat it with the sauces. Overall recommend this restaurant for a casual lunch or dinner. đđ
Portion of rice and noodles are big and has an authentic taste to it, but the Roti Canai is not great, especially that it costs $5 each but it tasted like itâs bought from a grocery which sells frozen manufactured Roti Canai. Restaurant atmosphere is nice as well, a nice place to rest and eat.
Do not judge this place by its location (as it's essentially in a courtyard area of an apartment building). I'm not local to the Broadway area so took a chance walking here as I'd seen some reviews online. Boy did this place not dissapoint. Ordered the Hainan chicken - which although not Malaysian was perfect nonetheless, the nasi goreng, roti with beef rendang and a special prawn dish. Cannot wait to go back and try some of the more unique dishes on the menu.
The laksa at this place is so delicious, easily my favourite laksa in Sydney. Iâve previously read that this establishment makes their own coconut milk, which would explain the top-notch quality of their soup. Havenât tried anything else on the menu, I am too loyal to the laksa. Chicken laksa is $15 and the beef variation is $16.80
Had chicken laksa on a rainy day, full of flavour and almost finish the soup! Coffee susu - while I expected it to be sweet I personally felt like it was overdone, way too sweet compared to a typical malaysia hawker coffee.
Delicious foods with very good price and generous portion. The owner is very nice and friendly. Service is awesome, all my orders came quick. Definitely will be my favorite resto.
Great authentic Malaysian cuisine. Enjoyed every dish we ordered. Highly recommended.
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