Sentul Curry House — Restaurant in Kuala Lumpur

If there is such a thing for restaurants to borrow a time immemorial expression, I would best describe this place as " LOVE AT FIRST BITE"...No not the dracula movie.

This is a South Indian restaurant located in the an area of its namesake: SENTUL. It was my first time there, brought by my Malaysian friends of Indian origin.

Imagine.

All these decades living in KL and only recently had I would say the best South Indian cuisines that I ever tasted. Really, it is.

The restaurant itself is not 5 star quality....hmmm, should not have quoted that...its not even 2 star, but relatively clean and comfortable just like any other South Indian restaurants found in Malaysia. The high ceiling and adequate ceiling fans does make the restaurant rather cool and requires no airconditioning. There is none, and is appropriate as spicy hot food should be served in tropical room temperatures.

Now the food... you must be wondering when I am going to start writing on this.

As its my first time, and amazed at what was served buffet style I could only provide a brief description of what one can expect.

There was so many different kinds of dishes: variations of curries, dhaals, kurma mild and hot spicy, of chicken, mutton, fish. Vegetables are similarly spiced hot and mild, comprising of cabbage, long beans, ocra, brinjals (eggplants). The vegetable acar(chutney) made from crunchy cucumbers, carrots, onions, garlics and spices of course.

You can have your curries, dhaalcha or kurma with white rice or with biryani. I had chicken biryani with acar, eggplant, some cabbage and add on spoonfulsc of various curries to create a compendium of tastes.

I could not describe well enough in words the first taste that I experience when I first had my first mouthful if biryani rice with a bit of acar and succulent morsel of chicken meat...out this world like no other Southern Indian cuisines I had before...

Seriously, you must go and try the curries...Sentul Curry...thats it. Going now for my second session, at 4.30 pm I could have an early dinner. Might try that juicy looking lamb...

The hype was mainly for the varieties of food served at the restaurant. But the cleanliness and the staff’s attitude grosses me out. So when I went there, we took a plate rice each with sides and four pieces of prawns, while my bf peeling off the shells, I noticed that the prawn was in greyish colour and I ignored it thinking that it’s their style of cooking band not realising that the prawns could be old and smells bad.

I didn’t realise this until my bf feeds me bits of the second prawn he peeled and I knew it was spoilt the moment I took it in my mouth. Told the Indian Aunty there to check, she ignored and said No, it’s fine, everyone’s been eating it. Then I went off to my place. Good enough that our next table left tree pieces of big sized prawns too and when I questioned that to the Aunty, she said, Oh! The guess seemingly told her that it was their kid who didn’t wanna eat it hence leaving it there. I felt weird. One piece of prawn cost RM10 and even the parents didn’t bother to eat it? Fine!

We put that prawn aside and continued eating. Time of the dishes we took separately in a small plate contained hair strands in it. Gosh! I got so mad! Went to this lady again and reported this. She get so annoyed and came to our place and said, So you want me to deduct you the prawns in your bill right, I’ll do it and for the hair, we can’t help much because our customers coming here with their hair loosen up etc.

We were so nice to her and trying to protect her from spoiling her reputation yet she’s so arrogant and rude. Well she deducted the price of 2 out of four prawns saying that we actually ate two and left two. Fine! We then told her to take the prawn away from the dishes they’re serving but this lady didn’t bother at all. She still wants the prawns to be there without bothering on the condition of the prawns.

They don’t deserve to serve the community with their food at all with such arrogance and ignorant to the...

⭐ 1 Star (Would Give Zero if Possible) Sentul Curry House – A Health Hazard in Disguise

Absolutely appalling experience. I don't usually write reviews, but what I witnessed at Sentul Curry House in KL was beyond unacceptable and potentially dangerous.

To start with, the hygiene was non-existent. I was horrified to find cockroaches crawling on the plates, and to make matters worse, there was a fly floating in my drink. It wasn’t just a one-off thing — the entire place looked filthy, like it hadn’t been cleaned properly in weeks.

When I pointed these serious issues out, the staff were shockingly rude and indifferent. They didn’t apologize, didn’t offer a replacement, and frankly didn’t seem to care at all. It’s one thing to have an off day, but this was negligence of the highest order.

Frankly, this restaurant should be investigated by the health authorities immediately before it causes real harm to unsuspecting customers. No one should have to risk their health just to get a meal. I wouldn’t recommend this place to my worst enemy. Avoid...