JJ's Cafe Malaysian — Restaurant in Newcastle upon Tyne

📍JJ's Café -Malaysian @ Heaton Road, Newcastle (Halal) Mamak Mee Goreng, Pasembur, Teh Tarik..🥘 Whalaoo… and all at affordable prices (more than HALF the normal prices, because of the location being out of the city centre) As a born-and-bred Malaysian, I couldn't be happier than to come across Malaysian food in the UK. The moment I tasted the cuisine in JJ's Café, the Malaysian 'Wok-Hei' was evident. 🧑🏻‍🤝‍🧑🏾JJ and Sundre, both from Malaysia, have been running this café for over 23 years, in this exact location. Sundre, the chef, has already been running a Malaysian Street Food stall prior to the move to Newcastle. The appearance of the café may not be dazzling, but that adds to the authenticity of this spot - how this café has gracefully aged through the years. 🍝The Mamak Mee Goreng was spot-on. Wok-Hei. Spicy. Strong with Malaysian Flavours. Generous amounts of Tofu (which we both love). I enjoyed it so much. Back in my hometown (Penang Island), we are spoilt for choice when it comes to Mee Goreng. The drought of such cuisine here made this Mamak Mee Goreng incredible. What would have completed the whole dish, however, are small strips of lettuce and 'limau' (a lime wedge) for presentation and taste. Nevertheless, it was incredibly delicious. 🌶️The Rojak Pasembur - my favourite dish of all. I have friends here ordering this particular dish every single week. After trying it, I'd understand why. The fried savoury fritters complemented by the peanut sauce, tofu, cucumbers, and egg.. Just incredible. 🥘Michelle and I LOVED the curries. We had egg curry, and Manchurian Cauliflower. I'm not trying to sugar-coat this, but the Manchurian Cauliflower even surpasses the standards of some Indian Restaurants I've been to in Kuala Lumpur. By far, the curries here were closest to home I've ever had in the UK. Everything served here is rich and spicy. Oh, and the Teh Tarik was lovely. Clearly, appearance and decor isn't the forte of JJ's Malaysian Café. I, however, would forgo that any time, simply because of the authenticity of the cuisine, and the prices here which are so worth it, and the fact that JJ and Sundre are also such...

Very disappointing unfortunately, not authentic Malaysian food despite what the reviews say, I've been to Malaysia and loved everything I ate.

Ordered roti canai and sadly its a packaged paratha its not freshly made, also the curry is not what comes with roti canai, this is more like a poorly cooked indian takeaway curry.

Also ordered nasi lemak and the rice was a plain boiled basmati rice, was not how nasi lemak should be, to be fair the sambal was nice and sweet which I prefer to an overly spicy one, also the red chicken curry with it was alright aswell.

First thing you notice when you walk in here is it's very smoky from the kitchen which is all flowing into the dining area and the decor is very old and needs painted. Also desperate for staff because it's only the two of them and he is running around trying to see to everyone and telling them to wait and being very abrupt. Just seems like not willing to put money or care into it unfortunately.

In the time I was there, deliveroo/uber drivers were coming to collect food and leaving because they were fed up of waiting. Also seen someone who said he placed an order online for collection and had been waiting 1hr 20mins to which he was told "take a seat we're cooking it, standing there watching you are stressing me out".

After visiting Malaysia I was craving the amazing food and I've already been to Chilli Padi in city centre before so wanted to give somewhere else a try and was excited by the reviews about how authentic it was, sadly very incorrect.

Overall didn't enjoy the food and wouldn't go back. Would advise the owners to try and take the advice on board and spend a bit of money on the place and to hire some staff who have good...

I've ordered takeaway three times and unfortunately I won't be coming back after this. I've ordered different food every time and whilst it's edible it's far from anything to rave about. The first time I ordered kwai teow, roti canai and a lamb curry. The lamb was nice but the roti is something out of a shop that's been frozen and reheated, and the noodles were soggy and eggy. I don't recall what I had the second time, but I do remember feeling very underwhelmed and thinking the food wasn't very good.

This last time I ordered tom yum stir fried noodles which had no taste of tom yum, just some spicy noodles which ended up soggy. Ginger chicken: nice but lacking in ginger flavour and sweet and spicy prawns - also ok but underwhelming. The noticeable thing was both dishes were just covered in a tonne of grease and I recall feeling the same way the last time I had ordered food from here.

I don't know what the service is like when you dine in, but the takeaway service really needs improvement. I ordered online and it said there was a half hour delay which was fine. We showed up just after the pickup time stated, food wasn't ready and was told it's being "cooked now". We waited half an hour past the stated pick-up time which says to me that they had started cooking it when we turned up. This really wasn't ideal when I was sat in the car with my 3-year-old son and it was freezing outside.

I've given it two stars rather that one because we got an apology for the wait and the food isn't bad, it's edible. It just lacks in almost everything I've had. If your dine in customers are very satisfied then maybe stick that and stop doing take away as it seems that's where all the...