Rasa Sayang

Being a Malaysian living abroad, my wife and I have been coming here for our M'sian food fix since the inception of this restaurant. Although the service, food quality and portion has deteriorated for pass 2 years, we still visit this eatery until yesterday. We kept finding hair in our dishes and the final straw was to find bits of plastic too! This is such a disgusting and disappointing dining out experience.

Went in for meal on a bitterly cold night. Service was fast - just what we wanted - and very polite and friendly. Food was great - prices where good . Everyone in the restaurant looked like they were having a good time - we certainly were with the dishes we ordered. Portions were big and so leftovers were packed (okay - 20p for a box - acceptable). We went in freezing and hungry and left with a nice chilli heat glow and very happy stomachs. Recommended.

First off, I am a malaysian chinese. The food tasted horrible and their service is inadequate. I personally brought some of my friends over for dinner and even recommended them that this resturant was outstanding, as i have been here over numerous times. We ordered a mixture of nasi lemak, hor fun, hainanese chicken with rice, beef rendang, stir fried sambal cluster beans, curry assam fish fillet and oh chien. The hor fun tasted adequate but however needs a little more taste as well as their beef rendang. Their 'stir fried sambal cluster beans' did not have enough chilli as it was recommended on their menu as 'The heat zone'. In addition to this, we ordered fresh orange juice, ice coffee, teh tarik , including hot and still water but one of their staff said they ran out of water?! and they don't offer water! It's all lies, how could they make their 'fresh' teh tarik (hot beverage) then? One of my friends headed to the toilet while we were finishing off, and along came another waitress taking her unfinished plate. She even dared to tell us to hurry up and quickly finish our food as there were not enough seats for other customers, when we just about received our dishes approx. 15 mins beforehand. Overall, I personally do not recommend 'Rasa Sayang' and will not visit again.

I had such a wonderful meal at Rasa Sayang with my Family, I will definetly be going back again on my next visit to London.The food was prepared and served very quickly and was very fresh and taste absolutely amazing.I would recommend The wanton soup, its one of the many dishes i really enjoyed, also becuase myself and husband enjoy seafood i would recommend the lovely hot bowl of seafood hor fun soup.The portion size for the starters were very big so i would say if you are on a budget order a couple of starters because very filling. The waiters and staff were very child freindly and the restaurant and toilets were very clean.I was happy with the bill as we paid next to nothing for good, clean authentic malaysian food.

I LOVE IT ~ RECOMMENDED TO EVERYONE !! I BROUGHT MY FRIENDS THERE & THEY LOVE IT TOO.

I'm a Malaysian Chinese and love my food! I've always walked past Rasa Sayang while in Chinatown and thought I should try it. I would highly recommend it to anyone who misses their Malaysian! The food is pretty authentic, of pretty good portions, and not a bad price for the central London location. (If anyone wants a great cheapie Malaysian - go to Cafe Bonda in Paddington! I used to live a street away and it was always a haunt of Malaysian students in London - a clear sign of value and authenticity) The service isn't any better or worse than other Chinatown places. And I found it reasonably acceptable (you have to understand where you are!). No one was rude, sure some of the servers a little more brusque than others, but there were nicer waitresses as well. Granted, my food order was pretty simplistic and I only had water, so I wasn't a challenging customer by any means. And they didn't bounce us off the table even when it was clear we had finished with eating (they'd taken away the plates and we said no to dessert) and were just chatting away. The bill did appear unasked but that was probably after 15mins of table clearance. And it was a pretty busy night, covers-wise for them. It is a pretty small restaurant, so yes, they will seat you next to/very near other customers. But that's no different from Busaba Eat Thai or Wagamama's. No need to be precious about it. I was introducing a mate to the cuisine so kept it simple but classic - satay chicken, otak-otak (for something different!), kangkung belacan, beef rendang, and char keow teoy. Almost a bit too much too eat for just two girls! The satay was marinaded well but could have been better (using dark chicken meat rather than breast for example) but the sauce was pretty ok, and I always like the onion, cucumber and rice cube accompaniment as it should be served. Otak-otak was a little dry but the flavour still made me remember my ah-ma's freshly made products. Kangkung belacan was simple and well-cooked, altho' it could have used more of a chilli-belacan kick. The beef rendang was very good - mainly dry, nicely spiced and coconut-y, tender beef. Char keow teoy was tasty and seemed pretty close to the hawker-styles you can get in Singapore and Malaysia. All in all, I will go back there for my Malaysian food fix if I'm in the LeicesterSq/Soho area, and craving a taste of home!

Excellent

awful service cant even get the orders right!been a regular but lost patience with all the screw ups!goodbye!

As a Singaporean-Australian, I was extremely impressed by the high quality, authenticity and presentation of all the dishes I had here. I'm definitely going back again when I'm next in London. One drawback is that because the restaurant is small, patrons are automatically seated to share their table with other diners. It was most annoying for me and my partner to share a private meal with a total stranger sharing our table who was obviously as embarrassed and uncomfortable as we were, because we could not enjoy our conversation in private. Unfortunately, this is an eat-and-go restaurant and lingering over dessert and coffee is not really an option - a pity as the food was really very good!

Outstanding Malaysian food - I could have been back in Singapore. And service was fine - don't recognise the grumbles mentioned by others. Plus Tiger Beer!