The Malayan Council - Esplanade

Good choice for corporate dinners & gatherings. Good overall experience.

The overall service is excellent, but the prices feel high, and the quality of the dishes doesn't quite meet expectations.

Overall nice ambience but food was not as nice as my previous visit.

Our server was a very pleasant man, I am sorry I didn’t get his name. He was always checking up on our table. I am not sure whether he notices that my daughter was a special needs, but he was consistent, never did he sigh or showed attitude when clearing our table. I was also surprised by the complimentary cake he got us. Thank you TMC for hiring such a great person! Wishing him and your business great success ahead! Amin..

Great food and service. Will for sure to visit again!

Good food and best services for the customer all around

Loved the ambience and friendly staff. Food was really good too. Thank you!

Great ambiance and staff were very helpful especially when we came in big groups and they were all friendly when assisting. Thank you for your great service!

Overcrowded - Cold Food - Long wait with no explanation - uncommunicative staff with no service recovery attempted

My recent visit to The Malayan Council at The Esplanade was nothing short of delightful. I was there with a group of six, and we were all impressed by the experience. The restaurant's ambience is a perfect blend of elegance and comfort, making it an ideal spot for both casual gatherings and special occasions. The decor is tasteful, with a touch of modern chic that complements the traditional Malay elements. The service throughout the afternoon was impeccable. Our waiter was attentive without being intrusive, ensuring our glasses were always filled and our needs promptly addressed. The highlight of the afternoon was undoubtedly the food. We went straight to the main courses, which were delicious and beautifully presented. Our selections included The Curry Seafood Risotto, Halibut Lemongrass, Chicken Percik, and Smoked Duck Chili Padi. Each dish was flavourful and satisfying. A special thank you to the team at The Malayan Council for their generous hospitality in serving a complimentary plate of their famous and a MUST-TRY Classic Ondeh-Ondeh Cake. We also had the Stickydate Pudding, both of which were the perfect ending to our meal. Overall, our lunch meeting at The Malayan Council at The Esplanade was an awesome one. The combination of excellent service, delicious food, and a charming setting made it one to remember. Whether you are looking for a place to celebrate a special occasion or simply want to enjoy a good meal with friends, The Malayan Council is a top choice. Highly recommended! Kudos to the folks there!

Pleasant place to dine. Staff are friendly and helpful. Food is excellant.

Food is dissapointing. Ambience of the place is so dull

Great food and service. Had an enjoyable time dining in.

Expensive and can use only one discount card. But they are nice to offer cakes for celebrating my friend’s birthday.

Big portion of food with very good cakes. Good service all-around.

It was a memorable birthday celebration especially for my mother, the birthday girl, as we got to enjoy the fireworks from our seat. Friendly and helpful staff. Thank you for an awesome experience and the cake gifts. 🌟

Good place to unwind and chill with family and friends.

Best! Will come back with family ! Excellent atmosphere and great service

The seats reserved for us were perfect to watch the NDP fireworks! Very grateful for the restaurant kind arrangement upon my request for my mom's birthday celebration. The whole dining experience was memorable for my family.

All is wonderful, food and restaurant was great. Will come again in future. Thanks

Great food, perfect portions, excellent service, staff was friendly and accommodating! Superb ambience! Would reccomend all to come and dine! Celebrated my belated 10th Year Wedding Anniversary here!

A nice place for makan. Food are delicious. Atmosphere and staffs are friendly

The service and food was amazing! Exceptional customer care 👏

Good food and great service. Appreciate the flexibility in changing some items on the menu based on our dietary. 👍

The place was nice and huge The staff were pleasant. We had a large group and it was ok.

Had a great dining experience, great food, great ambieance, great service.

The waiter and waitress were wonderful. It’s the food- reality did not meet the expectation. Food was cold and the chicken had a weird smell and the satay gravy was sourish and the bangers mash wasn’t great. We hardly ate our food. Of course price was high and the taste was bad. Really disappointed.

The service and food were perfect. Received a lot of complimentary food as well.

First time visit. Food was good and well-prepared. Portions were generous. I would have preferred that my daughter got her food at the same time as others. It would have been nicer that way rather than being done before she starts. We could have all waited. Negative part of the experience. You should have more options for desserts.

The place was literally empty during lunch. The service was great and we didn't feel rushed. The staff topped up our water frequently and was attentive. The food was delicious and serving was pretty large. We had such a good time, I think we stayed for almost 3 hours. Great place to hang out for lunch with friends.

great dining experience but improvement required on noise level and songs selected played on air.

Food was so-so. Not that fantastic. However , dessert was excellent 😊

The food was great, loved my steak. The ambience was prettyy and aesthetic. My girl friend loved the udon. It had a damiliar taste. Special thanks to Alexis for attending to us despite being busy! 😻

Good food and good company. The service was great! Thank you!

The ambience and service was fine. The manager on duty then and his staffs were courteous and pleasant.

It was too noisy. The waiter was eager to take the plates even when we had still some left. That’s really rude. We feel we did not get a warm hearted welcome and treatment which was supposed to come with the price of the food.

I decided to have dinner to celebrate my wedding anniversary here and I didn’t make the wrong choice. We had a great time here and went home with a complimentary slice of cake, thank you for the great service.

Sadly the food was not as good as I remember the last time I was there. The chicken and mango dish - the chicken was clearly old frozen chicken and it had zero salt and had no flavour; the Hokkaido scallops also lacked taste and was over cooked. Even the brinjal was not well cooked and so we did not finish it. Yes, your desserts and drinks were good and the duck pasta in lemak thankfully was tasty but really, something is up if we had issues with 3/4 of the dishes.

The ambience was great, nice scenery when looking out of the window. The food were great but the beef Wellington was not what I heard from the review. The beef didn't melt in my mouth and the pastry didn't have the "crunchy" effect. Overall the the dinning was great. Would come back for other food in the menu.

Oveepriced for so so quality. Started to clean the place before we finished. Mot pleasant experience.

Staff were very helpful and food was quite nice especially the Buah Keluak Fried rice

Prompt service and friendly staff. Special mention to staff from Esplanade, Mr Umar whom helped me a lot. Upon realising that I've booked at wrong location, he assisted in securing a place at Bussorah Street (my intended location.) He even forwarded me with the menu as well, to ensure that I'll get my food during iftar!

A best go-to place for great food, great service. Love it 🥰

Food was good though there was delay for the laksa. However, service recovery was quick in offering deep-fried soft-shelled crabs to us. Given complimentary ondeh2 cake with ice-cream.

Food was great, unique and a full bodied experience for the mains, smoked duck pasta and fried rice but for starters, truffle fries, a complete disappointment for the price. Portion was good. Service wasnt attentive and the staffs were caught up doing their own things. In addition to that, when one of the staff was asking our opinion of the food, he could have atleast bent down slightly like most service staffs would do considering that he’s already very tall and we were seated so we were talking to his stomach… For the exorbitant price, it is expected to provide a certain degree of exceptional service. Atmosphere was alright, music choice not the best. Overall experience could have been better. They provided us complimentary desserts to dine in and an additional for take-out. A gesture we appreciated.

excellent westener halal food in town..delicious and tip top servicea

Food was excellent. Service was great. We are Very happy.

The food is more on a fusion kind which is not quite suitable for my taste bud as I expected an more authentic experience. However, the service from the staff is definitely commendable

Visited on Valentine's Day and restaurant was severely understaffed. They forgot about our beef wellington and we waited close to 45 mins for it, no apology was given. Will not recommend!

They have a great taste and portion. Only if the eggplant they can cut into small portions will be awesome. They did not disappoint us with free cakes when check out!