Qasar Balqis Restaurant (Ampang) — Restaurant in Ampang Jaya Municipal Council

Been to many restaurants and this place takes the crown for having the worst service. When we arrived, they didn’t bother to show us our seats. Ordered a family set from the menu. When the food came, the order was incomplete. I decided to give them the benefit of the doubt and waited a bit more to see if the rest would come which it did not. Ordered half chicken, only served 1/4. No dates and sambosa. When I called the waiter to review the order, he was extremely rude and impolite. He said the sambosa was out of stock. I mean, if something from the order is out of stock, shouldn’t you notify the customer ? When asked why there were no dates, he replied it’s only for iftar. Then why include it in the set menu and charge that price ? It’s ridiculous. This place doesn’t deserve the 10% service charge. Lastly, the food was so so, but the served portion was justified...

What in the world, this place is very good.

The food, the seating & the birthday celebration haha If you plan on surprising someone or happen to saw one while hanging out there.

The foods portion is satisfying. You can change the bread to rice if you prefer. Tried the beef Fahsha and Oqda lamb. Loved the sauces it came with as well.

You can smoke even indoors, but that can be a pro or a con depending on whether you're a smoker or someone with a baby/toddler.

Alas,the downside is the tea is not as strong as I hope it'd be. Did not try the coffee though.

There's a surau on the second floor just up the stairs. A place you can hangout for hours, especially if you're sitting on the sofa.

Might be a place to bring a laptop to do work — if you don't mind the typical restaurant ambience & the occasional birthday...

18/5/25

I tried a many variety of Arabic dishes including Yemenis dish called “Madghout Rice”. But this one came out on top. Their version of "Madghout" rice is flavourful and slightly spicy.

Perhaps their version of "Malaysian Nasi Arab". I've been here too many times to try their "Madghout Rice," particularly the lamb. The rice is fluffy, full of flavour, and somewhat spicy.

Overall, this is a good dish at an affordable price. A tray can be shared with up to four persons.

If Arabs disagree with me, I understand, but "Madghout Rice" here tastes better than any Middle Eastern restaurant in the Klang Valley areas.

This restaurant are here and survive many years of business drought including CV-19. But they stood still and still deliver a consistent food in terms of taste. Keep up...