An absolute gem here in East Van. All the regular Malaysian favourites can be found here read more

Kopitiam Malaysia - Malaysian Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Have not been back for many years, was in the neighbourhood and thought I would revisit ... Overall, impression of food was better then my last visit at least the Hainanese Chicken rice was above average, the KL Hokkian Kee also came pretty nice, not over oily and salty. I find that in Vancouver for the past 5 years, Malaysian/Singaporean food has overall be on the decline both with food quality & flavours, here the Satays we orders were nice but still does not give you that savoury spicy hit when you bite into them, don't get me wrong, these are good, but still not as good as before. MSG is a bit on the heavy handed side, so be prepared to order your Coke! read more

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I tried some takeout long time ago so I decided to attempt a sit-in that day. I was pretty excited to order my favourite Hainamese Chicken Rice ($16+). I didn't order much because I already had quite a big lunch earlier. The waitress was very understanding and ok with that. She was friendly and quick to help settle the order. The ambience was comfortable. Chair and tables were quite far apart from one another. I would return to try other dishes. The chicken dish reminded me of Malaysian authentic cooking. I really enjoyed it. Always dipped three sauces on a piece of chicken. They will give you unexpected taste buds firing up your all senses. read more

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When my family of 3 adults were in the Rupert St. Kopitiam Vancouver at noon today, there were about 3 two-seaters tables empty. We stood at the foyer for 30 minutes without being acknowledged or even looked at by the service staff. We felt unwelcome & left, with no intention of ever coming back to this restaurant. read more

The authentic seafood laksa was excellent. Very crispy chicken wings. Seafood chow fun was good. Excellent price range. Will come again to try other Chinese & Indonesian dishes. read more

Kopitiam Malaysia - Seafood laksa - Malaysian Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

I hadnt eaten here since they changed ownership. So i gave this place a try after I saw the menu, and they serve some hard to find dishes that i was hoping would be good. Dishes tried: Singaporean Chili crab - they use local dungeness crab (need to preorder in advance). The crab was fresh, no complaints about that. But otherwise this dish was not good. Singaporean chili crab is one of my fav dishes, having had it multiple times in Singapore. This version is a far cry. Almost no sauce, which was also flat and flavourless. Flavour profile was just sweet but bland. They clearly do not have experience serving crab either. No containers for shells, no wet wipes, not even extra napkins (which we had to ask for). They also didnt pre-crack the crab. Overall, just avoid this. Totally not worth what they charge, and its really comes down to a massive failure in the sauce which makes or breaks the dish. 3/5. Sambal Kang kong - another simple, very common malaysian dish. I love this dish while traveling through malaysia. This one is just plain salty, no umami/fermented shrimp flavour, and very small portion. Overpriced and disappointing. 2/5 Penang tofu - this is plain fried tofu with bottled sweet chili sauce. Avoid. 1/5 Roti - this was not bad. Curry sauce was a little bland but still not bad. 3/5. Mee Goreng - its like theyve never had mee goreng. This was almost a soup noodle. excess sauce, noodles were overcooked and mushy. 1/5. Avoid. Beef Rendang. Another massive disappointment. Brisket chunks not quite tender enough, in a very thin light sauce that looks nothing like Rendang. Imagine boiled beef chunks in chicken stock. Thats what it looked like. Lacked any real flavour too. 1/5. Asam Laksa - This is one of my dining partner's favourite dishes while were traveling through Malaysia. Very hard to find this dish here. But they did have it, only they made it with Sardines instead of traditional Mackerel. Its a close effort, maybe 70% of the way there. This might be the best dish of the night. I cannot recommend this place. Its not real Malaysian/singaporean, its poorly executed, and needs a lot of work to improve. If there is a bright side to this, their service was great, everyone was friendly. The restaurant is clean. Free street parking. read more

The chicken in the chicken rice is a boneless drumstick and tastes pretty bland. The rice is bland and dry as well. They do have the signature chilli sauce that comes with Hainanese chicken rice so it isn't all bad. Also, I have a habit of wiping down my utensils and plates in restaurants and the tissue shows what was wiped off from the chopsticks. This would be ranked 3rd from the list of chicken rice I've had from my Vancouver trip. read more

Kopitiam Malaysia - Malaysian Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

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Never misses a beat! This place has the best Malaysian food in Vancouver. Try it's authentic Penang Prawn Mee noodle soup or the Beef Nasi Lemak. It's a place not to be missed for great Malaysian food. Note that this used to be a Penang Bistro but it is now no longer part of that franchise and they are stepping out on their own. I'm just glad that they survived the Covid lockdowns! Come early as they have limited seating and are doing lots of take-outs. read more

Kopitiam Malaysia - Beef Nasi Lemak - Malaysian Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Looks like Penang Delight has died and reincarnated into another Malaysian restaurant. Parking is available on Rupert, as well as the side streets. The interior looks pretty much unchanged from Penang, other than the pictures on the wall. Cozy and somewhat modern. Staff were friendly. Looks like a mom and pop operation, though I think the chef is hired from outside. Not sure if the menus have been updated per se, but the covers still said Penang (embossed) on them. Sambal kang kong - spinach in wet sauce. Served with roasted garlic and cooked onions. Not bad. Rendang beef - one of the better ones out there. Meat wasn't dry. Decent portion. Served with cilantro. Probably my favourite dish of the bunch. Special mention. KL Hokkian mee - looked suspiciously like Shanghai style noodles based on noodle type and sauce colour. This place used seafood chunks instead of beef. I thought it tasted a bit weird, but this is probably because I was subconsciously expecting the Shanghai stuff. The dish itself wasn't bad. Cantonese chow fun (stir fried noodles) - definitely a Malaysian version of what I was expecting. This thing was drowning in sauce. The noodles aren't the (authentic Cantonese) crispy yellow type, but more like deep fried "square blocks" of vermicelli that are softened by the sauce. Almost felt like I was eating a sponge. Interesting. Kuih dadar (pandam crepe with coconut) - nice and green. Filled with shredded coconut, and served with some kind of syrup. I'm not sure what this thing is supposed to taste like, so I can't really comment. The lady also offered us some house sambal sauce and marinated jalapenos. I can definitely recommend the sambal sauce for those who like spicy. My Malaysian buddy said everything tasted quite authentic (especially the sambal sauce), other than the marinated jalapenos. I can't comment on this part. Not a bad place to check out if looking for authentic Malaysian. read more

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Previously Penang now Kopitiam,another place that offers really good Malaysian food. I got the kanai roti which very very good,I called it Asian pancake,when its still hot and with the dipping sauce it just melts in your mouth. My appez includes deep fried squid,this one is very ordinary,very commercial bit presentation is so instagrammable. For my entree I ordered the nasi lemak rendang beef.. excellent cuisine,satisfied taste buds no single complaints. Service crew is very friendly,kinda busy place,and I can see that so many pick up order aswell. Malaysian inspired interior design,very clean place. Free street parking and can be hard sometimes. I used to visit this place.. the former Pendang. Noise level is average,kids friendly,on non-covid era this good for family and group. Accept cash:debit and credit. 100% I will visit again. read more

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Ordered from Uber eats and it took them one hour to make the order and another hour for the Uber driver to drop it off. The food is ok. Disappointed in how long the order took. Nothing outstanding and portions are pretty small. The food didn't fill the container. read more

Kopitiam Malaysia - Mee Goreng - Malaysian Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Best rendang beef in town! Tender, melt-in-your mouth chunks of beef, slathered in a rich, flavourful curry. Love the side of crispy anchovies, as well! Their chicken laksa is amazing, as well. Love that there are two types of noodles in the bowl- vermicelli and egg noodles. Their chicken is sliced Hainananese style chicken so it's juicy and delicious. I would love to come back to try their Hainanese chicken with rice! read more

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The food here was pretty good. The steamed Hainanese Chicken and the Deluxe Curry Platter (with curry chicken, rendang beef and rendang lamb) and coconut rice were tasty and enough for 2 people. read more

Kopitiam Malaysia - Malaysian Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

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Tried the steamed Hainanese chicken and gado gado for lunch. Came up to about $30. Gado gado was a bit bland and soupy. It was beansprouts with a few pieces of fried tofu swimming in a satay broth. Luckily I had h boneless streamed chicken to balance the meal out. Expensive lunch but filling. read more

Got lots of choices of malaysian food to choose from so i really respect that since not many malaysian restaurants actually serves many choices. The laksa i think its really best in town compared to other laksa of other malaysian restaurants in vancouver. Got even cendol and es kacang damnn. The nasi lemak was good too not the best was very good. Cheers! This is recommended from me! read more

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I recently placed a pick-up order from this restaurant, First time coming here, and likely will be my last. Ordered the rendang beef, basil leaf chicken and mee goreng. First of all, when I ordered online, I noticed the default tip amount was 15% (which I accidentally hit) -- I had meant not to do this and was not happy that it was defaulted to this percentage. Lesson learned to pay more attention. When I picked up my order, I noticed right away they charged me .25 cent for the paper bag it was placed in. The issue I have is nowhere was there an option to select a paper bag for not. Had I been given this option, I would have said no since I carry reusable bags with me everywhere. I then also noticed on my bill a "service fee". What is that? So you are telling me on top of a 15% tip, a 25 cent paper bag, I was also being charged a service fee!!!! I remember seeing the paper bag with my order and thinking that is a small bag for 3 entrees. When I got home and looked inside, I was appalled how small the portions were. I knew right away this would not even feed 3 people. I threw away the bill in disguise when I got home. But I remember thinking after all the different charges, I was paying 20% more than the actual cost of the meal!!!! Outrageous! There are many other Malaysian restaurants that charge less, have no service fees, no defaulted tip 20% option, and much bigger proportions. I like to support ma and pa shops but definitely not this one. I feel ripped off. Not a repeat customer read more

I had a reciept inside my water.... Unbelieveable!!!! When i told the lady about it she was like "oh ok" and just bring the water away. Is this the reason why they change their name from Pendang to Kopitiam? They charge me for the paper bag for togo order without asking me if i need a bag, also charge me for a togo box with out telling me there is a charge for it. read more

Kopitiam Malaysia - I had a reciept inside my water.... Unbelieveable!!!! - Malaysian Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

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I ordered their vegetable curry laksa ($12 plus tax, minus 10% discount) for lunch during the week, which they affirmed can be made vegan by having all rice noodles. My order was ready within 10 minutes. You get a generous portion of noodles and tofu, with a bit of lettuce, but absolutely no vegetables other than that, except a bit of bean sprouts mixed in. The broth was pretty solid, though very oily, even for laksa. The tofu had a nice texture. The lack of vegetables was the biggest disappointment with this laksa, as almost every other place locally that does a vegetable laksa will pack in a bunch of different veggies to the soup -- the few measly strands of lettuce here were pretty lame. Overall, not bad, but there are a lot of better places to get vegan/vegetarian laksa locally. read more

Kopitiam Malaysia - Vegetable curry laksa (made vegan by having all rice noodles) - Malaysian Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

So on a chilly night what does a person do other than to fight chilly with Chilis .. it has been quite a while since we've been here after the name change and so we headed out on this frigid night.. between two of us we order the Roti, beef sate, their signature Hainanese Chicken plus Char Kway.. service was more focused on take out than the two tables that were present .. the portions were reasonable the pricing was okay as well but for anyone that knows me, it's the overall ambiance and the service.. since the change over from corporate Penang Malaysian to its current name, the service to me wasn't as it was in the past.. mind you there was only one server having to take care of the seating to the ordering and to the serving.. when the owner showed up she more than made up for not being served tea in the first 15 minutes.. when the appetizers appeared..they looked appetizing then the two main dishes showed up right afterwards.. all in all a nice cosy community hideaway read more

Kopitiam Malaysia - Hainenese chicken on rice - Malaysian Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

One of the best malaysian restaurant I ever tried. They have big servings. I liked thier nasi.

Tried this restaurant for the first time. The decor was nice. Service was really good. The staff was very friendly and polite. They really looked after us. The food was amazing. We tried the Lamb Satay and Roti Canai as an appetizer. Excellent! We ordered the Kari Ayam with steamed rice ( dark meat chicken with potatoes stewed in red curry and lemongrass ) and the Kari Beef Brisket with steamed rice ( beef brisket, potatoes, coconut milk, stewed in red curry with lemongrass ) It was unbelievable. What fantastic dishes. I could not stop eating. It was very flavorful, and spiced just right. This is going to be in my regular rotation from here on in. Loved this place. read more

I drive by this place on Rupert all the time and I always wanted to try it. It's in the middle of nowhere in east van. So I went there. It was truly average. I guess because I'm comparing it to the Banana Leaf. BL is incredible. I really was rooting for this place to be good, but it was 60% at best. I'd rather pay an extra 30 bucks at BL and be like WOW that was awesome. read more

Served rotten smelly Rendang Chicken that smelled so bad, it was perhaps inedible and not fit for consumption. This restaurant should close down if this is the kind of food they have no qualms sending to customers. Can't believe nobody ever paid any heed to quality issue with them. My family got sick and we regret this order so much now. read more

Kopitiam Malaysia - Rotten chicken (Rendang Chicken) smelled like rotten flesh! Made us sick. - Malaysian Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

I'm from Sarawak. I can cook better than you, and being a cook isn't my day job. You open for 5 hrs a day ; please close your shop. 1. 17$ for beef Randang ( you can count the pieces of beef) : Too salty, there was no belachan flavor. 2. Nasi Lemak 11$ for 2 slices of cucumber, 1 egg , 3 table spoons of Ikan Balis (fried guppies), 2.5 table spoons of Balachan (taste good). 3. K.L hokkien mee (whaat? is there a KL style) is black color ; I don't think it is suppose to taste like straight soy Sauce... I think most hokkien mee is either used with Meehoon and medium yellow or without Meehoon with a bit of dark soysauce and starch Slurry to cut the salty flavor of soy sauce. 4. Char Kuey Teow 14$, You got no Burn smell, and your noodles is MuSHY!!!! Total Cost 56.23 $ (no tip ; Pick up ) Nasi Lemak is the only decent dish. Seriously man..... If you don't want to take the time to cook food well, DON"T COOK. It's embarrassing eating this . Tropica isn't Malaysian either, but the flavor is better than yours. NO WAY i'm going back to you again!. I'll buy my own Wok and get some WOK HEI to cook Char Kuey Teow. SERIOUSly, most people in Malaysia Cook this on the Street , you got a Restaurant, and this is the best you can do??? IF ANY OF you want real Hawker KOPI TIAM taste, Go to CRYSTAL MALL Malaysian Restuarant near the Escalator. They got the FLAVOR. Maybe i will open up Malaysian Restaurant and call IT FULL ORDER MALAYSIA PS .i bet this owner buys from them.... read more

I did not realize no sides with orders as in no rice or complete meal when you order. Bak kut teh and Haianese chicken came with no rice. Dishes are already expensive, then you need to order and pay separately for the sides. read more

Got delivery and was looking forward to a new restaurant. The delivery was quick. The Mee Rebus noodles were overcooked and mushy. Vegetables in Garlic Sauce I couldn't taste the garlic, just bland. We got free spring rolls but they were hard, cold and overly greasy. I was hoping for better. read more

Ordered delivery and everything was delicious. Had bak kuh teh, hainanese chicken, and tofu goreng. Would order any of those again! For beverage, I had the teh tarik (Malaysian milk tea), and it wasn't the best I've had, but everything else was fantastic. read more

Their noodles are basically assembled with canned fish fruits and other ingredients, not worth the price they charge and you can easily find other Malaysian restaurants that care a lot more about their food quality. read more