Gerai. The Food Loft @ Centrepoint — Restaurant in Petaling Jaya

This is a restaurant located within the Centrepoint Centre in Bandar Utama.

The restaurant serves simple Chinese and local cafe food. Their Gerai Nyonya Laksa is recommended.

Simple drink options are available here.

Cleanliness is acceptable.

Service is good and waiting time is good.

Prices are reasonable. Cash and e-wallet payments payments are accepted here.

There is ample of parking spaces within they need the compound of Centrepoint Centre.

Handicapped patrons can patronize this restaurant.

05-10-2023 : Enjoyed the interesting dish if he Nasi Lemak Fried Rice. Interesting to have Nasi Lemak in Fried Rice. Recommend to Troy this dish. Prices had increased slightly but still competitive. Food quality and portions of the are maintained.

12-12-2023 : Still very popular place for lunch and dinner. Nasi Lemak and Nyonya Laksa are still very popular.

23-05-2024 : Had their Set Meal if Pork Fried Rice and Ice Barley Water. Set Meal pricing is very reasonable. The Pork Fried Rice tasted great. Set Lunch goes well with the Stir Fried Choy Sum with Eggs.

23-07-2024 : Prices remained stable since last visit. Quality and food portions maintained too. The Laksa Special is still recommended.

23-01-2025 : The restaurant had undergone some renovations recently. Food qualities and portions maintained. Enjoyed the Hainanese Curry Rice with Pork Chop

29-09-2025 : The Nasi Lemak Fried Rice, Nasi Lemak Curry Chicken and Spicy Pork Chop Pan...

One of the longest standing neighbourhood cafes in Bandar Utama, located in a rather obscure spot in Centerpoint Bandar Utama is Gerai, The Food Loft. Once in a while I'd stop by for a quick fix - Nyonya laksa.

To those who have not tried the Nyonya laksa here, it's quite good. As a matter of fact, most of their foods are above average and it's a sensible choice when I feel lazy to travel far.

◾Gerai Nyonya Laksa with shredded chicken, sliced fish cakes, cockles, boiled egg, taufu pok & shredded cucumber. Nyonya laksa is a much richer rendition of regular laksa with more coconut milk based broth. However the flavour didn't go until the point of being jelak. In short, the flavour is on-point for me and the presence of quintessential cockles made the whole bowl looked tastier. ◾Gerai Chicken Chop - fried battered chicken chop, potato wedges, fried egg, tomato & shredded lettuce served with sweet potato sauce. Instead of the usual tomato based sauce as most Hainanese chicken chop has, they used potato based sauce served on sizzling plate. It was tasty but they could use less batter. ◾Luncheon meat rice bowl with fried egg, seaweed, salad tomato and cucumber served on a bed of plain rice. Comfort food for those who can't live without rice, and the addition of seaweed gave the bowl much needed umami taste while the salad cut down the greasiness. ◾Nanyang teh could do better.

Worth coming here for the...

Been a customer and fan since they opened I think about 10years ago. As they've evolved over the years, the menu continues to be a cool mix of traditional Malaysian hawker food, and their unique modern fusion take on Malaysian hawker food. Prices have crept up over the years, but the size and quality of each dish fully justifies the price, in my opinion. Some of the modern fusion dishes are not to the taste of my other family members, but I like them all! You've got to try their daily lunch specials as well when available. My family's current favourite items are the Yong Chow fries rice, pan mee soup, buttermilk chicken/fish rice, XL Hainanese Chicken Rice, pork nasi lemak, and anything with luncheon meat in it. The one and only minor gripe I have with Gerai is now the ordering is online using the QR code website, and unfortunately the reception at their corner of the mall is bad so we have to move around to get a signal, but if the waiter is not busy they will sometimes take our order manually. Also, due to the current staff shortage, you will have to be patient for your food when the...