3-2024 updateI used to love Chalawan. Unfortunately the food is now bland. Not sure what happened. Maybe a new chef?Interesting and innovative Asian eats
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
Stjepan Vrbic
Amazing place. My girlfriend and I are regulars, the price and quality are just unmatched.The food is kind of a southeast Asian fusion. Honestly it's very unique and I haven't been to many restaurants that serve and pull of these kinds of flavors. Strongly recommend.Try their brunch menu. So cheap, but so, so good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Sophie
I love dinning here, the food and atmosphere are always great. I love their Thai curry with duck and their weekend brunch menu is at a great price. I highly recommend coming here with friends and their spacious dining room easily accommodates larger groups!Dietary restrictions: Gluten free options, vegetarian options
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Jacques Cyr
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Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dian Puspita Triani
I am a repeat customer at this point. I always come back for a hearty meal. Tonight we ordered crispy chicken skin, the whole crispy fish and stir fried greens. Everything is delicious! Perfect with warm rice (which is refillable). At the end we order dessert from black sticky rice with coconut milk, lychee and mango ice cream.
Phoodie
The service was great, however, the food was mixed. We ordered dumplings and fried calamari to start. Both were delicious. Next we shared a number of main dishes. Each one had a very delicious sauce: duck curry- this was outstanding; eggplant-equally delicious; shrimp - over cooked; deep fried fish - over cooked, and lamb shank - over cooked. We didn't send any of the food back and perhaps in hindsight we should have let the restaurant know about the over-cooked food. If we had ordered only duck and eggplant as main dishes we would have rated the restaurant a 5, but given the overcooked food and the prices of everything we had to rate it lower.
CarolynR
The food was very good! We had the duck salad, which I really enjoyed. We also had Aceh chicken which was good but not amazing. Roti was delicious. I had the butterfly lemonade which was very different but enjoyable.
Kimberly
It was empty when we went at dinner opening (5 PM) on a Sunday. The inside has a huge mural that looks great in photos and really adds to the ambiance. We ordered five dishes to share amongst three people. I liked the roasted duck salad and red braised baby back ribs the most. Both were very flavorful. The laksa lemak was a letdown; would not recommend. The aceh chicken gulai kurma had a nice coconut flavor, and the singapore chili beef was okay and not that spicy. We also had to pay extra for rice since none of the dishes came with rice.My friends also got the honey and lime and virgin watermelon mojito drinks. The mojito looked nothing like the pictures we saw, and we ended up discarding the drink after a few sips because it was not good.Even with five dishes, we were still a bit hungry afterward, which was disappointing for the price. Probably wouldn't come here again.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Mona Ma
Laksa is good! The Daikon soup is a little bit salty, so I poured it into the laksa because that one is not salty at all. The veggie samosa are tiny and cute! They get lunch and dinner special everyday. The bathroom decoration looks super cool? （Dec 10th 2023）
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Spenser Guerin
Food is awesome. Lots of variation and you can try new things you cannot easily find at other places.Crispy Pork Belly - 6/5. Crispy pork belly always good but the sauce pushes it over the top. Good value too.Gado Gado - 6/5. Veggies are veggies. But the peanut sauce is amazing. Makes me want to start making it at home.Beef Cheek Rendang - 6/5. Big tender chunk of beef cheek. The sauce is sweet and amazing. Food came out after like ~30 minutes or so which I assume is because they were preparing this and not just putting it in a microwave or whatever. That is a good sign for me, imo.Fish Curry - 4/5. Curry was good. Fish reminded me of Cod which I am on the fence about. But good amount of fish. The tomatoes were hefty and made for a great bite.Water Cups - 3/5. They are pretty but so small -- requires refills like every 3 gulps. I love water so I love when restaurants give me a pitcher cause I will drink all of it. They are some type of metal though so they keep the temperature cool which is good.Next time I will try the pork hock as that sounds great. Not sure what to pair it with though because don't think I just want a big hockin' piece of hock.
It was empty when we went at dinner opening (5 PM) on a Sunday. The inside has a huge mural that looks great in photos and really adds to the ambiance. We ordered five dishes to share amongst three people. I liked the roasted duck salad and red braised baby back ribs the most. Both were very flavorful. The laksa lemak was a letdown; would not recommend. The aceh chicken gulai kurma had a nice coconut flavor, and the singapore chili beef was okay and not that spicy. We also had to pay extra for rice since none of the dishes came with rice.My friends also got the honey and lime and virgin watermelon mojito drinks. The mojito looked nothing like the pictures we saw, and we ended up discarding the drink after a few sips because it was not good.Even with five dishes, we were still a bit hungry afterward, which was disappointing for the price. Probably wouldn't come here again.
ZhexunX
The food was amazing. All the dishes were very unique, not authentic but unique. It's creative and the tastes were not something you would taste usually at home or regular restaurants. If you like Asian food and want to try something new, this is the place. If you are among for real authentic Asian food, consider your choice. The desserts are the tops. The vibe here is also very warm and cozy, quiet and chill. Service was excellent.
Miranda G.
I've been here a couple times and think the food okay for southeast asian food. I think the food tastes more like fusion rather than exactly southeast asian cuisine. I would recommend their street food menu. The portions sizes are good and shareable.
KatherineK
Delicious and unique food. Great service. Nice gluten free options. So nice to be able to actually be able to have a conversation and be able to hear my dinner companion. While I really like the unique options, would also like it if they had more traditional Thai options.
3-2024 updateI used to love Chalawan. Unfortunately the food is now bland. Not sure what happened. Maybe a new chef?Interesting and innovative Asian eats
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
Amazing place. My girlfriend and I are regulars, the price and quality are just unmatched.The food is kind of a southeast Asian fusion. Honestly it's very unique and I haven't been to many restaurants that serve and pull of these kinds of flavors. Strongly recommend.Try their brunch menu. So cheap, but so, so good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
I love dinning here, the food and atmosphere are always great. I love their Thai curry with duck and their weekend brunch menu is at a great price. I highly recommend coming here with friends and their spacious dining room easily accommodates larger groups!Dietary restrictions: Gluten free options, vegetarian options
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Get the flat noodles they’re
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I am a repeat customer at this point. I always come back for a hearty meal. Tonight we ordered crispy chicken skin, the whole crispy fish and stir fried greens. Everything is delicious! Perfect with warm rice (which is refillable). At the end we order dessert from black sticky rice with coconut milk, lychee and mango ice cream.
The service was great, however, the food was mixed. We ordered dumplings and fried calamari to start. Both were delicious. Next we shared a number of main dishes. Each one had a very delicious sauce: duck curry- this was outstanding; eggplant-equally delicious; shrimp - over cooked; deep fried fish - over cooked, and lamb shank - over cooked. We didn't send any of the food back and perhaps in hindsight we should have let the restaurant know about the over-cooked food. If we had ordered only duck and eggplant as main dishes we would have rated the restaurant a 5, but given the overcooked food and the prices of everything we had to rate it lower.
The food was very good! We had the duck salad, which I really enjoyed. We also had Aceh chicken which was good but not amazing. Roti was delicious. I had the butterfly lemonade which was very different but enjoyable.
It was empty when we went at dinner opening (5 PM) on a Sunday. The inside has a huge mural that looks great in photos and really adds to the ambiance. We ordered five dishes to share amongst three people. I liked the roasted duck salad and red braised baby back ribs the most. Both were very flavorful. The laksa lemak was a letdown; would not recommend. The aceh chicken gulai kurma had a nice coconut flavor, and the singapore chili beef was okay and not that spicy. We also had to pay extra for rice since none of the dishes came with rice.My friends also got the honey and lime and virgin watermelon mojito drinks. The mojito looked nothing like the pictures we saw, and we ended up discarding the drink after a few sips because it was not good.Even with five dishes, we were still a bit hungry afterward, which was disappointing for the price. Probably wouldn't come here again.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Laksa is good! The Daikon soup is a little bit salty, so I poured it into the laksa because that one is not salty at all. The veggie samosa are tiny and cute! They get lunch and dinner special everyday. The bathroom decoration looks super cool? （Dec 10th 2023）
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food is awesome. Lots of variation and you can try new things you cannot easily find at other places.Crispy Pork Belly - 6/5. Crispy pork belly always good but the sauce pushes it over the top. Good value too.Gado Gado - 6/5. Veggies are veggies. But the peanut sauce is amazing. Makes me want to start making it at home.Beef Cheek Rendang - 6/5. Big tender chunk of beef cheek. The sauce is sweet and amazing. Food came out after like ~30 minutes or so which I assume is because they were preparing this and not just putting it in a microwave or whatever. That is a good sign for me, imo.Fish Curry - 4/5. Curry was good. Fish reminded me of Cod which I am on the fence about. But good amount of fish. The tomatoes were hefty and made for a great bite.Water Cups - 3/5. They are pretty but so small -- requires refills like every 3 gulps. I love water so I love when restaurants give me a pitcher cause I will drink all of it. They are some type of metal though so they keep the temperature cool which is good.Next time I will try the pork hock as that sounds great. Not sure what to pair it with though because don't think I just want a big hockin' piece of hock.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
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It was empty when we went at dinner opening (5 PM) on a Sunday. The inside has a huge mural that looks great in photos and really adds to the ambiance. We ordered five dishes to share amongst three people. I liked the roasted duck salad and red braised baby back ribs the most. Both were very flavorful. The laksa lemak was a letdown; would not recommend. The aceh chicken gulai kurma had a nice coconut flavor, and the singapore chili beef was okay and not that spicy. We also had to pay extra for rice since none of the dishes came with rice.My friends also got the honey and lime and virgin watermelon mojito drinks. The mojito looked nothing like the pictures we saw, and we ended up discarding the drink after a few sips because it was not good.Even with five dishes, we were still a bit hungry afterward, which was disappointing for the price. Probably wouldn't come here again.
The food was amazing. All the dishes were very unique, not authentic but unique. It's creative and the tastes were not something you would taste usually at home or regular restaurants. If you like Asian food and want to try something new, this is the place. If you are among for real authentic Asian food, consider your choice. The desserts are the tops. The vibe here is also very warm and cozy, quiet and chill. Service was excellent.
I've been here a couple times and think the food okay for southeast asian food. I think the food tastes more like fusion rather than exactly southeast asian cuisine. I would recommend their street food menu. The portions sizes are good and shareable.
Delicious and unique food. Great service. Nice gluten free options. So nice to be able to actually be able to have a conversation and be able to hear my dinner companion. While I really like the unique options, would also like it if they had more traditional Thai options.
Nasi Lemak and fried noodles were so good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5