My favourite dinner spot! Great food and a cheap BYO. The roti curry is only $10 and absolutely delicious. Lovely owner and wait staff too.
The food was delicious and the service was outstanding, can’t wait to come back and try more dishes. The garlic squid was the best dish I have ever eaten.
I went to Sri Pinang for lunch with my family and it was a great experience. The owners were nice and chatty who really enjoyed interacting with their guests so the service they provided was really top notch. The atmosphere was alright, a bit too dark for my liking. The food was relatively inexpensive and the portion size was quite big too (especially the Hainanese chicken rice). We ordered from the lunch special, my brother got the nasi goreng and the chicken satay, I got the Hainanese chicken rice and my mum got the prawn noodle soup.
The Hainanese chicken rice was pretty delicious. The sesame tasting sauce on the bottom of the chicken was so flavourful especially when the rice soaks it up. That was probably one of my favourite parts of the dish. The chicken was moist and juicy, generous pieces too! However, my mum said her prawn noodle soup was too sweet for her preference.
One of the better Malaysian restaurants in Auckland, I would be back but parking is kind of a pain.
Came here for a byo and the food was insane. Very few places allow you to bring in a box of beers so it is a welcome change. Fried rice was a notable standout here!
One of my absolute favourite places to go for lunch. The staff are wonderful, the food is exceptional and to make it better it’s so cheappp!!
I like this place, it is never pretentious, a simple restaurant tucked in end of K’Road that serves home cooked style delicious Malaysian dishes. I known this place for more than 5 years now when one of my colleague back when I was working around the Mt Wellington area invited us to dine in here, at first I did not understand why he would drive around 9 km’s just to have lunch but when I tried their dishes it started to be clear.
The food was really delicious. We ordered BBQ pork, chicken curry and devilled chicken curry. Highly recommend devilled chicken curry, omg so good. BBQ pork was very tinder and flavourful. We thought curry will come with rice but nah you need order extra. The only thing that we think they need to improve is the serving speed. We waited for more than half an hour to get our curry.
Been coming here since I was a baby with my parents; great food and staff/service, can be a little loud if you come during busy times but that just goes to show the quality of the restaurant
Angela has been running this business for 29 years and it still produces the best roti curry around. Rendang beef and Mei Goreng also divine. It’s noisy, loud and warm. Love this place.
Love Sri Pinang so much. This is easily my favourite Malaysian restaurant in Auckland and I've been coming here since the mid 1990's! Angie has always been an excellent host and all her staff have always been so friendly over the years. Some of my favourite dishes are chicken curry laksa, roti canai with curry, char kuey teow, nasi lemak and beef rendang. I'm also very fond of some of the desserts e.g. the rambutans and sago served with rich coconut milk...yummmm 😋
Been wanting to try for a while now and so glad I finally did!
It exceeded expectations and topped one of my other favourite, and similar Auckland Malaysian restaurant. We managed to get a table without booking (though Monday night) and the lady that served us was also super friendly.
We got 3 dishes and an extra rice between 2 people and it was more than enough - we got sambal kang gung (malay veggie not on the menu but we asked if they had stock!), rendang beef, and stir fried spicy squid.
Everything was super delicious and even my partner who is Malaysian said it was really good. 100% recommend.
The food is so good! I’ve traveled all over the world, and this is one of my favorite restaurants ever! I’m only in Auckland for a short time, but I keep going back. I know if I come back to Auckland it will be my first stop.
CLAY POT CHICKEN RICE - A must have dish here.
The clay pot chicken rice is served in a big sized clay pot, which comes out nice and hot. As time passes the rice at the bottom becomes deliciously golden and crunchy. Generous amount of vegetables and chicken. Abundance of ginger and garlic flavours.
We also had the Beef Rendang following glowing reviews by everyone. It was nice, but I think I had too high expectations of the dish.
Staff were friendly despite being very busy.
Will be back again!
David France - ExploreFeelGood
+5
My first day in New-Zeland, it was 12 o'clock, I was starting to feel hungry, passed by restaurants that surprisingly to me where still closed
I noticed this one, and read on their store window that they had been named on Condé Nast Traveler Magazine's world food map, what a reference!
I went in without hesitating then, loved the laid-back atmosphere, brought by the place itself, staff and customers
As it was my first time ever at a Malaysian restaurant, I decided to ask staff for recommendation, as long as it would not be spicy, and went for Mie Goreng, a typical Malaysian meal, made of fried noodles, chicken, seafood, egg, tofu and vegetables
Happy to recommend Sri Pinang!
Beef Rendang lived up to its expectations. Food overall was fantastic. Took forever to come though. An hour wait for starters was too long while we witnessed others eating.
Service is minimalistic.
Food is divine.
Very noisy tiny space.
Friendly staff and food was well cooked. Lunch menu is reasonably priced. Highly recommended and will be back again.
We love Sri. We may actually be lifers!
We’ve been regularly visiting Ange and her team for 15 years. This is our go to place for a casual meal whenever we don’t feel like cooking, and when we want to show friends a bit of what makes Auckland great for us.
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I’m Malaysian, from Kuala Lumpur and it was my birthday on the 18th Aug. My darling husband, decided to treat me to Malaysian cuisine and we headed out with our good friends, and a lovely couple for dinner.
The place was packed full of Westerners which truly meant they loved spice, and the ambience was super cosy.
For entrée we ordered:
• Tofu salad - that comes with julienned carrots & cucumbers, bean sprouts, ice berg lettuce with Kewpie sesame sauce it was 👍🏽
• Spicy veg mini Curry puffs - It was crispy and flaky on the outside, with soft, mushy masala potato on the inside. So so good!
Mains were:
• Pinang Fish curry ($38.50) for a whole fish - it was 👍🏽 but there wasn’t enough salt. This differs based on preference maybe if they served salt & pepper on the table, there’ll be nothing to pick on.
• Eggplant sambal were amazing - Totally a crowd fave. My husband loved it and I felt there was dried shrimp in it but it was ticked as Vegan (V) so I’m not sure but it was yummy.
For Dessert we’d:
• Sago with coconut milk 5/5 😍
• Banana fritters with ice cream (As my birthday cake) & that was a big WIN! Simple yet yum 🤤
Overall 4 stars, I could have given 5 if the waiting time for our food didn’t take long (took us an hour of waiting time).
All the best to the lovely staffs ❤️
This restaurant is my favourite I always come to whenever I feel like well cooked malaysian food. As a regular visitor I tried most dishes and they are all incredibly tasty and reasonably priced. Roti is amazing. Fluffy and crispy. All curry dishes are super tasty including beef randang. Claypot chicken rice is another favourite of mine. If you want authentic wholesome food this is the place to come! Owner and the staff are all very lovely and always make you feel welcomed. Booking is recommended as it is usually very busy on Fri and Sat nights.
I have been hearing about this place for a while now and today I got the chance to visit this gem of Auckland.
A must try roti canai and chicken curry! It's like a warm hug to the soul. The roti is aromatic and fluffy which melts in the mouth and the curry has a beautiful hint of coconut. Add up the spice levels as per your taste.
I also ordered the mee goreng another good dish. Not very oily like alot of other places (which is bonus).
The service was outstanding. It was great to see happy and friendly faces. The server gave us some good suggestions while ordering.
Will surely visit again!
P.S : they have some great lunch specials!
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