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Kurumba Restaurant

3.7 (94 reviews)
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Sun G.

It has been a year since my last review and boy has things gone downhill. For starters, we had no service. Had to flag a waiter down to take the order. Had to flag another one down for water. Had to flag one down for the bill. For a moment I thought I had became a dentist. Getting any sort of service is like pulling teeth. On to the food, we ordered the similar items except we added a fried rice. The roti was cold and gamey. The beef rangdang was dry and appears to have been reheated one too many times. About the only dish that was is "acceptable " was the fried rice. And guess what? Surprise surprise, the prices have increased 25%+. When I was getting the bill, I was remarking on our dining experience, the waitress said why didn't we tell them earlier. I tried. I could not find any single staff nor any staff bothered to see how our meal was all night long. Anyways, I would take this restaurant off my "to return" list. Go at your own peril. I seriously can no longer recommend this.

Lucky P.

I found this restaurant by chance and it was a pleasure to meet Richard and Rose, who are from the motherland and how nice to meet folks in random that knew my father. Great authentic food. More over the service was amazing. Try the nasi lemac

Cheryl T.

Good service... place is clean & ample parking. Was a bit skeptic about the food as you have choices of Indian, Thai & Malaysian together in 1 menu. We ordered the crispy chicken wings, murtabak, Hokkien fried noodle ( actually this be my s a dish from Singapore) They also have lunch specials from Mon - Fri. The menu is quite extensive since they covers 3 countries. The crispy chicken wings were good, I ordered the regular , came with a Thai sweet chilli sauce for dipping. The murtabak was ok, flavour was there but not strong enough, the curry sauce was a heavy cumin taste which is decent. The portion for the Hokkien Mee was substantial & cooked quite wet with a small amount of gravy. The taste of the Hokkien Mee was there, came with lime & a small sauce of sambal. Taste wasn't bad. Would go back & try other dishes.

Josephine M.

We bought some takeout food for dinner from Kurumba in Port Moody and brought it to a friend's place for dinner. Our order consisted of 3 pieces of whole fried fish, Seafood Char Hor Fun noodles, Sambal Tofu with Eggplant, Coconut Rice, and Goreng Pisang with Ice Cream. Everything was delicious but the star of the show was the fried fish. The man who packed our food at the restaurant left the lid slightly open for us as I had expressed concern that the fish might lose its crispiness by the time we reached our destination. While it was definitely better on previous occasions when we ate it fresh in the restaurant, it was still quite crispy when we sat down to eat it. We were impressed with how crispy the fish was, considering how far it had traveled. My husband and I brought leftovers home and reheated it a couple of days later in our Ninja Foodi machine, on air crisp setting. Oh wow...it was even better than when we had it fresh in the restaurant. Crispy, plus...less greasy! Service: Good Parking: Free parking in front of the restaurant. Location: Kurumba is on St. Johns St. which is a busy street in Port Moody. Short drive from Coquitlam Centre and Rocky Point Park.

Gloria F.

We are so glad this place was open on a holiday. The calamari dish was very good, not oily tasting The roti was homemade and it reminds me of our trip to Malaysia. The sauce had a lot of heat but the flavor was tasty We ordered the lunch special Rendang Beef. The beef rendang had strong lemongrass flavors but I wasn't a fan of the curried vegetables.. The Char Hor Fun was pan fried wide rice noodles with veggies and choice of meat or seafood. The dish was saucy (not spicy) with lean chicken breast pieces but didn't have a lot of flavor. We opt to add $3 for extra noodles to share with the family. The Nasi Lemak was served with 2 pieces of fried whole fish with bones. The dish came with Coconut rice, boiled egg, peanuts and fried anchovies. You could also choose chicken over the fish. I would come back to try the other dishes

Sambal prawns with eggplant lunch special. With chicken corn soup. Coconut water is not that great.
Carolyn L.

I finally found a dish I like here. The Hokkien Mee. It looks legit and tastes pretty close to what you get in Singapore. Just do not expect the standards from the well known hawker stalls in Singapore (Eg Come Daily Hokkien Mee in Toa Payoh is my favorite). I will say it is similar to the typical average Hokkien Mee found in the many coffee shops or hawker centers. To upp the yum factor, it will need lard and more wok hei and better sambal (chili). But to find this in Vancouver, it is precious. I had tried the other dishes which some of my Singapore friends recommended - hor fun and roti prata (canai) but I was not that into it. That did not wow me. The sambal prawns I had before was tasty but again, nothing special. Now that I discovered they do the Hokkien Mee well, I will definitely be back more often especially when the craving hits. Thumbs up.

Delicious calamari!
Jacqueline T.

DINNER: Because I was such a huge fan of their lunch, I came back multiple times for dinner. Each time bringing different company. Since I don't want to be remembered as the girl who always comes here to eat alone :P All my friends that I have brough enjoyed the place very much! So here's any tip on whats a WIN WIN ORDER: Appies: Roti Canai (curry is SPICY!) but even alone, the roti is delicious. CALAMARI! ORDER THE CALAMARI! don't think about it, just order it, and THANK ME LATER! :D Dishes: Sambal Green Bean, SriLankan Fried Fish (ask if you can get it sambal style), Beef Sizzler, and a bowl of rice to nicely go with everything. Plus you need it. The flavorful spice will kick you in the taste buds. You might experience sweat trickles! hehe Owner is cook and is super friendly. Thus.. Enjoy your meal, and share the joy! Bring more friends to experience the spicy-hot-love!

Marje B.

Came here for lunch with my cousin, after reading reviews I'm always looking for restaurants in the lower mainland so I added it to my bookmark. We started with some roti Canai and came with a really spicy sauce (which I LOVED) best roti ever! We both choose lunch specials, I wanted to try something different. I tried a dry (curry) chilli calamari with rice it was OK the calamari was a little on the chewy side but it came with fresh veggies on the dish which was good, also came with a choice of soup or spring roll. I had the hot sour soup. Which was good pretty authentic Chinese hot and sour soup. My cousin had the beef Rendang Traditional Malay curry slow simmered with lemon grass, shallots, lime leaves, galangal and spices really good! Came with rice and a cold curry type salad (wasn't a fan of the salad) Price was great under 10 bucks for each meal. and good portions. We came and it wasn't busy at all so service was good. Will come again and try some Thai and Malay food.

Sri Lankan Fried Rice
Jason C.

This is a so-so restaurant that I wouldn't come back to. The two dishes we ordered, the Kotthu Roti (dry curry) and the Sri Lankan fried rice were meh at best. The service was decent, and the atmosphere was nothing to write home about, so really Kurumba lives or dies on flavour, and on our visit it died. Perhaps we "ordered wrong" but I won't be back to find out. 2/5. [Dishes] Kotthu Roti - a dry curry made with roti mixed in with beef. Emphasis on dry. I liked the first few bites of dry heat, but beyond that was disappointed with it. There wasn't enough flavour to make up for the disappointing noodle like roti. Sri Lankan fried rice - This was a pineapple fried rice with lacklustre pineapples. There wasn't a ton of flavour here either, I had to add soy sauce to make the most of this meal. The chicken was dry and didn't add much to the dish. [Value] The price was cheap enough, but the quality definitely wasn't there.

Sambal tofu and egg plant.
Simon K.

We came to a midpoint to visit a friend that lived out near PoCo and due to her current diet she needed a place that was vegetarian friendly. I'm not the most familiar with the area so with a list to choose from of restaurants around the area we went with this place as the menu looked intriguing. We had a reservation, but on this day it wasn't that busy, the place is in a plaza, nice and bright, clean, let's get dinner started shall we! We ordered a few dishes for the four plates amongst the four of us, most of them vegetarian, one meat (to satisfy me!) and the dishes started to come quite quickly. First off the sambal tofu with eggplant, a nice assortment of big tofu squares, lacking on the eggplant, spicy from the sambal sauce, the tofu was solid on the outside, quite soft on the inside. There was perfectly fried green beans that accompanied the dish. It was mild, but there was some kick to it... so if you can't handle any spice.... you maybe sweating after this one. The Sri Lankan savoury omellette was next on our table, oddly enough after biting into it the taste was almost identical to that of Singaporean fried noodle, the one that I usually order at an HK style cafe. It was very homestyle how it was made, a little on the saltier side. Kotthu roti was a very different dish, not what you would expect as many would expect a regular roti, but it wasn't that, what it looked like was a dish of stir fried rice rolls with vegetables. This dish was intresting as on the menu it described it as roti chopped into shreds and stir fried wiht eggs and vegetables, a little saucy, doughy, but that is from the roti slices. Malaysian beef rendang was the last on our list of dishes. If you wanted something meaty, more like something beefy, this would be your dish. It was saucy, with spice but for me the beef was a little too over-powering from other beef rendang's I've had at other places. Even with the rice it felt like chomping down on pure beef. The meal was reasonably priced, the dishes were pretty big, and the water was constantly filled, it's a nice place to come eat in and maybe the dishes weren't the right ones for me on this night, but I would give this place another chance. Just prepare to eat when you come here, the plates pack a good punch.

Paula C.

Ventured a little further to our neighboring city, Port Moody, to Kurumba for some Southeast Asian fusion eats. We pass by this restaurant so often it has been long overdue to try this place out! We ordered the Roti Canai + Nasi Lamar w/ Beef Rendang + Char Kway Teow + Sambal Prawn. Every dish here had a lot of flavour, sauce and spice so it's good idea to get a couple bowl of rice to eat with!! The sauce for the roti cans is spicy so if you can not eat spicy food I would suggest to skip this dish or not use the sauce. But the roti is huge. It was almost the size of a pizza when opened up. My favourite was the Sambal Prawn. The Sambal sauce was very tasty and definitely pack a punch of flavour. Overall a great place to checkout!

Wilson L.

Very delicious food here and well sized portions. Highly recommend giving this place a try, it is a gem. The Sri Lankan fried rice is really good and the staff are really nice. Can't wait to good try more food from them! They're open for take out still!

Rose C.

Came here with the family for lunch. They have a lot of lunch specials, but we decided to just order from the regular menu so everyone can taste more varieties. We got the nasi goreng, char hor fun, fried fish, sambal tofu and eggplant and the kotthu rotti (chopped roti with onions, egg, and beef). I liked everything except for the Kotthu Rotti as the spices were a bit too strong for me. I especially liked the nasi goreng (I liked this version much better than the one at Hawker's Delight) and the Char Hor Fun (noodles with thick egg sauce). They also gave us 2 kinds of chillies -- red chili oil and the pickled green chilies. Both are good and definitely complemented the heavy-carb dishes. :) The portions were good. We got 5 dishes for 7 people and everyone was full. Granted, my parents don't eat that much, but it's really good value. I am a bit surprised that the restaurant is not very busy. There are lots of parking spaces. Will definitely come back and try their other dishes.

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