Akbar Cendol batu pahat — Restaurant in Johor

The famous cendol in my hometown Batu Pahat, Johor. Nothing could stop cendol lovers from indulging in a cooling bowl of cendol, especially in this scorching heat! The humble Akbar Cendol stall located right in the heart of Batu Pahat is famous for three reasons: their good, tasty cendol, the generous amount of mung bean ‘worms’ served in each bowl, and the affordable price ranging from RM 1 to RM 3 only! It’s best savored on its own but you can opt to add sweet corn, glutinous rice, or both to your dish for a little extra flavour! All this in a spoonful makes for an amazingly satisfying treat. It’s no wonder this place is always packed. There are limited seatings available but don’t worry, you can have this dish packed to go!

Address: 12, Jalan Engan, Batu Pahat, Johor

Operation Hours: 9 AM – 6:30 PM...

This is one of the oldest traditional cendol shop in Batu Pahat town. Famous with its taste. Now, offering all sorts of taste including the most famost original coconut sugar cendol, corns cendol, red beans cendol, glutinous rices cendol, special cendol (mix with all sorts of above mentioned material), and also the newest durian cendol. Price ranging from Rm1.50 till RM3.50 per bowl. Aside from that, you may ask for topping up your cendol with a scoop of ice cream at RM1 only.

You may buy in plastic packing form as well or bring your own container. Price will be ranging from RM2.00 till RM10.00 depending on the size you had ordered.

Parking a bit hard to find during morning time due to the morning vegetables market at Jalan Ibrahim. It's better to enjoy there...

It looks like this cendol place has been here for ages and frequented by locals, mostly. The cendol (shaved ice, coconut milk and brown / areng sugar) is nice, not too sweet or over the top like most so-called “hip” cendol stall nowadays. I’m glad to see they still maintain the original way of serving cendol.

We came around 2:30pm and not too many customers then. Parking was also easy to find along the street as the street was also somewhat quiet.

For Muslim visitors to Batu Pahat, there’s a mosque (Masjid Arab) just 2 minutes walk from the cendol shop. Turn to the right as you exit the shop and you’ll see the mosque right at the road...