London Bus Cafe — Restaurant in Malacca

My food experience at this cafe was lousy even though service was great and atmosphere was good. My kids and I are from New Zealand and we are here on holiday. So we know exactly what Fish and Chips, Caesar salad and Big breakfast are supposed to taste like. We were misled into thinking that London Cafe was English because of the name and the English menu which prompted us to go in for lunch but the Caesar salad was not what we call Caesar salad back home. The fancy lettuce was soaking in mayonnaise and the chicken which I hardly ate was like flat pieces of bread squares and when questioned was told it is chicken ham whatever that means😳 The price was steep for what I received. It was food fit for a rabbit! The Fish and Chips wasn't any better because the fish was over done and tasted bland and rubbery. Not sure why there was a big serving of salad dressing or tartan sauce when tomato sauce would have been much better for the chips. The Big breakfast was slightly better compared to the other meals mentioned above and the price was reasonable.

So we now know that the English Pub cafe doesn't live up to its name. I hope my review will help other travellers to make wise decisions and not get disappointed like we were. We certainly won't be going back unless the cafe make some changes to accommodate the Western palette in a true Western style. An example would be the Caesar salad. Where was the egg? There was none that...

My son and myself had ordered 1 carbonara chicken spaghetti and Fish & Chips for our main course and 2 hot and cold beverage of mocha each.

1. The negative point of the chicken carbonara was overpowered by the green bell pepper 🫑 taste over the creamy carbonara tast of the dish.
2. The F&C was bread coated style and the restaurant cooking method was base either pan-fried or air fryer method rather that deep frying method. My 1st order of the F&C was a failure as internally, the fish was stuffed with uncooked bread residual even though the outer layer crust was cooked. The taste of the dish was very bland and the fish portion was thick, not crispy. Also, one mouthful of the chuncky fish cut portion, one will tend to keep out the remaining portion of the dish. I request the service staff to redo my order and they gracefully acknowledge my explanation redo another new order for me. The 2nd order was slightly better than the 1st , however, the dish remained thick and chucky with the taste remained bland (no marination) which I believe the chef intention was to use the tartar sauce tip was to overcome the blandness. Lastly, do not hold too much expectation to the hot and cold beverage as the free plain water taste much better than the order drinks. Overall, the food and beverage does not suit my own taste bud and I won't be making another visit soon to this...

First of all, i like the concept, somehow looking like European dining style but a bit of local atmosphere. The service is good, no long waiting for the waiter and food. The food is good, good seasoning. I had black coffee, it's a bit dull. Not a strong as i would expect, but the hot chocolate is great, recommend. The price is also great. Not...