Dandy @ Arena Curve (Halal) — Restaurant in George Town

The place is bright so it feels open and spacious. The kitchen is an open concept so you can see how they make it and overall the place is clean and comfortable. The utensils they provide it in a sealed plastic which is odd since its wasting plastic. Wished the diced cucumbers and tomatoes were a bit bigger to fit on a fork considering most foods are a fork and knife dish. Ordered the Penne Paprikash, Mix Grill, Mediterranean Beef Wrap, Lamb Rice, Shawarma Pizza and Fish n Chips.

Penne Paprikash- al Dente macaroni, a bit salty probably from the sauce but nice flavours, just a bit salty. Mix Grill- The beef and chicken are nice, good seasoning and portion. Slightly overcooked but still tender. Wished their bread is minorly toasted cause a bit challenging to cut with the butter knife. Mediterranean Beef Wrap- the Wrap is delicious. The beef in it is generous and tender with the slices so you won't get a block of uncut meat inside. Good seasoning and the contents just blend well together. Portion is a lot. Lamb Rice- Its flavoured basmathi rice. The rice tastes okay although not sure if its more towards mendi rice or briyani. The lamb is tender, I only just took a fork and was able to pull it apart easily. Shawarma Pizza- Initially worried how it'll turned up but unexpectedly it tastes really good. It's simple doesn't complex itself. The cheese is generous and divine. The pizza dough is soft fluffy and the crust is crunchy. The meat is poured generously all over. There's slices of bell pepper and tomatoes and done. Kinda wished the tomatoes are oven baked with the pizza together instead of placing it after, the acidity could've been absorbed by the pizza and the tomatoes would be more tender. Fish n Chips- The fish, the fish is fried perfectly, the batter is crunchy and its quite a big fish n chip portion as compared to others I've tasted. Truly spectacular. The chips are crunchy and thinly spliced, kinda wished there's a bit more and lastly the tartar sauce is amazing, the mayonnaise is creamy and the tartar balances it with a...

Tldr; A "modern" food restaurant with a wide selection of western, middle eastern food. Although their food looks nice, but the sad truth is the taste is nothing like the looks. It's surprisingly warm inside as well, to think of all the air conditioner it has installed, seems like they're not put into good use. Not recommended.

Review: Ordered their screwpine chicken sandwich which had a "chef recommended" logo and a bowl of mushroom soup. To say the least, it is quite disappointing.

For starters, the mushroom soup is served alongside with my sandwich, not before my meal, which is weird already. And the worst part is, although I can taste the mushroom chunks in the soup, but the soup itself is filled with the cream they used to decorate the soup. It doesn't even look good ! (See picture) Moreover, the slice of bread isn't crunchy, it does has some slight crunch to it but it's not enough. The flavour is very boring as well, it is overpowered by the butter and I don't even taste any garlic to it. And as a starter, the portion shouldn't be huge, the portion can feed 2 - 3 people comfortably and it's served as it's for one. A mistake in price tag and portion.

As for the chicken sandwich, I have to commend the bread, it is well prepared but wasted due to the filling. The chicken is super salty to the point where saltiness is the predominant flavour. I can't taste anything else. The fresh vegetavles, tomato slices, the cheese etc, wasted trying to compensate the chicken. The chicken itslef is super dry as well, I can clearly taste each of the stripes of the chicken. Really bad.

Service was fine, nothing out of the ordinary. Environment is bright and you have a good view of the kitchen. But the air-conditioning is very bad when I visited (it was 6:30pm), I literally have to wipe my sweat when I'm eating in, not a good experience.

Would not recommend to dine in here. For the price you're going to pay, its not worth it, not even for the photos.

Food: ★★☆☆☆ Service: ★★★☆☆ Environment: ★★☆☆☆ Typical Spending Range:...

Nice welcome service and photography on menu,

We ordered 2 main courses of wrap, a mushroom soup, cup of frappe and a cup of warm water. (We asked for rib eyes at first, but they said it's out of stock today, pasta has no olive to serve, we just follow what they have)

Comment for soup: The mushroom soup served was very salty.

Comment for meal: Fries were pre-fried, it's cold and soft when the plate is served on the table.

The beef served is dark and completely overcooked. The staff just act like "yea, we know, so what?" And turned away like it's a common issue.

Comment for service: My partner doesn't feel so well today, the moment I ordered warm water, the staff immediately turned into bad reaction to us. Like we owe you a cup of water? Come-on, it's not like we don't order anything from your restaurant? why should a consumer need to explain just because we care about our partners situation for just a cup of warm water?

The staff came up and threw us the bill while we were still drinking the beverage. Rude and worse ever in the area. Even roadside hawker staff know how to respect their customers.

Summary, food and service does not meet the cost of charged rate. Over-expected when we look at the menu and...