9 Reviews:
Makan 2 Cafe
Casual Dining Malaysian Restaurant in Victoria Park WA
Mon-Fri 11.30am-12.30am & Sat-Sun 12pm-12.30am
eatingWA Restaurant Reviews 9 reviews
June 8, 2009
- Food
Hawker/Homestyle cuisine. Great for students, but...
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Hawker/Homestyle cuisine. Great for students, but prices are average and the serves are quite small.
- Service
Extremely laid back and slow. I don't think the st...
- Extremely laid back and slow. I don't think the staff know nor care about 'service' standards.
- Ambience
Great ambience, with good music. More of a cafe st...
- Great ambience, with good music. More of a cafe style venue rather than a restaurant.
- Overall
If you're craving Malaysian hawker or home style c...
- If you're craving Malaysian hawker or home style cuisine and are happy with a light snack in an ambient atmosphere with little or no service, this is the place for you! The 'Teh Tarik' seemed to be the drink to order and they allowed us to open our own wine.
March 19, 2009
- Food
The food is not much to shout about. Being a Malay...
- The food is not much to shout about. Being a Malaysian, I was excited at first when I spotted this place. Had to put up with the low level of authenticity because I missed Malaysian food.
- Service
Service was fine at first when I got there, but li...
- Service was fine at first when I got there, but little did I know how rude and unapologetic the staff can be when they have made a mistake in the food that I ordered.
- Ambience
In order to lure in unsuspecting customers, they h...
- In order to lure in unsuspecting customers, they have done a fairly reasonable job in this department.
- Overall
Not for me and definitely not for the people I kno...
- Not for me and definitely not for the people I know.
February 28, 2009
- Food
Food arrived pretty much on time as told (15-20 mi...
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Food arrived pretty much on time as told (15-20 mins). Had to get DIY water from a common table. Had the nasi goreng bagus, mates had hailam noodles beef and nasi goreng sambal. Nasi Goreng was quite nice, large portions. However, I get the feeling it's all pretty much standard stuff, nothing of a signature dish to really pull you back.
- Service
Service was ok. Only had one girl out the front,...
- Service was ok. Only had one girl out the front, and I think one - two people at the back. A lot of DIY seat yourself, get your own water.
- Ambience
The fact that the windows were open during lunch h...
- The fact that the windows were open during lunch hour and the day was warm, lent itself at least to some feeling of a warm open-air hawker type atmosphere. The buffet area for those wanting all you can eat did detract from the feeling of quality in the establishment.
- Overall
Pleasant lunch nonetheless. The teh tarik is noth...
- Pleasant lunch nonetheless. The teh tarik is nothing to write home about.
August 29, 2008
- Food
Simple Hawker styled food. Tasty and the servings...
- Simple Hawker styled food. Tasty and the servings are very decent. Wide range of choices available. Good for a quick and filling meal. For this type of food, this style or cuisine, I'd say it's quite enjoyable!
- Service
Staff are friendly and overall it's pretty good....
- Staff are friendly and overall it's pretty good.
- Ambience
Clean, quite modern. Not the best but comfortable....
- Clean, quite modern. Not the best but comfortable.
- Overall
Overall, for a meal that's not very pricey, quite...
- Overall, for a meal that's not very pricey, quite tasty and very filling then this place is great. It's not a high class restaurant but your experience will be a pleasant one if you like hawkers food.
August 7, 2008
- Food
Simple and good Malaysian food, dishes all arrive...
- Simple and good Malaysian food, dishes all arrived hot - good sized servings too.
- Service
We were greeted when we walked in and given menus...
- We were greeted when we walked in and given menus straight away, the waiter asked us to get his attention when we were ready to order (he was also the cashier, the tea making guy and the manager) We paid under $8 for each main so were very happy with the level of service (and food) for that price.
- Ambience
Most restaurants that are this cheap look cheap -...
- Most restaurants that are this cheap look cheap - but makan 2 doesnt. The tables are sturdy, the restaurant is always bustling and has a really good vibe. There are tables outside on the street and also in a closed in alley to the side of the restaurant that makes a really lovely alfresco area.
- Overall
This will definitely become a regular for us - goo...
- This will definitely become a regular for us - good food, good price, good ambience.
March 9, 2008
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I was married to a Malay for 20 years, lived in Ma...
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I was married to a Malay for 20 years, lived in Malaysia for 10 of them, and still cook Malay food myself, so I consider my standards of food authenticity quite high. Please read my review in this light.
Makan means to eat, so Makan2 (is the same as Makan-makan) and this sort of means, to have something to eat.
I went on recommendation of a Singaporean friend who said it was good and I brought 5 friends/neighbours.
As I'd read on this site, service was very ordinary, living down to my expectations, eg we had to ask several times for such basics as water, to wipe the table, and there was a long wait. There was also a sign outside advertising for staff - like so many Perth eateries.
I was quite prepared to overlook this if the food was good. So much Malay food in Australia is made by Chinese Malaysians who do not bring that authentic touch. With this place run by Malay Malaysians I expected very good food. To be fair it wasn't bad. However my order of Nasi Lemak (coconut rice and all the trimmings, except fish for chicken) was good except the rice was plain steamed rice & no apology or comment was made (eg we've run out, would you mind...?
Others in my party with perhaps lower authenticity standards enjoyed their meals, especially the spicy goat soup and the roti chanai with curry. But they too mourned the poor standards.
The ambience is trying to be modern casual and it is close to right, though the decor is a bit tired. The service not good, the food not bad and the price very good.
I found a blog referring to this place as expensive - I reckon this must have been an impoverished and recently arrived Asian student who hankers for home and hawker cooking but with Asian prices :-) To retired people like me and my friends on modest budgets the price was very good.
I'd go again. Hope they find more staff.
November 5, 2007
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- Ambience
- Overall
This place is good for when you need a little bit...
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This place is good for when you need a little bit of ambience, whether it be for drinks out with friends, or a somewhat slow dinner.
Tables are a little too packed together if you ask me. Once everybody is seated at the tables around you, you will seriously have a hard time getting out.
Service is PAINSTAKINGLY slow. Everybody seems to be taking their own sweet time. The boy who takes the orders also has to make the drinks, so more than half the time, you stand there waiting for him to put your order down.
Which is quite ridiculous to me.
Had the fried instant noodles. Isn't too bad. Food there has been borderline not-too-bad and so-so.
The teh tarik and milo tarik can be annoyingly inconsistent. Sometimes the tea is served without the 'pulled' froth and sometimes tastes as diluted as tap water.
Price wise, the food is reasonably priced.
But heck, it's one of the few rare nice places in the vic park area that opens past 10pm, so that's a bonus.
August 15, 2007
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I am glad I read the previous reviews as when I we...
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I am glad I read the previous reviews as when I went last night I wasn't expecting good service. And I didn't get it.
They should probably look at ordering at the counter to relieve the already overworked lack of staff.
However besides this the food here really is very tasty, I went for the spinach and cheese roti and the Nasi Goreng Sambal with Chicken. The roti was meant to be for entree (as advised to the waitstaff) but came out when we had nearly finished our meals. The Nasi Goreng Sambal was HOT, I love chilli so could eat it without too much trouble but geeze I really needed that roti when it came, the two other diners at our table tried it and said there is no way they could eat it. The other diners had been there many times before and had never been disappointed with their orders.
Vic Park is a little too far from me to warrant getting takeaway but if I am ever in the area I won't hesitate to drop in for an extremely cheap meal. Cheap meaning, $14 each for roti a main and a drink.
July 5, 2007
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- Overall
The service here is well below average but I still...
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The service here is well below average but I still like this place.
The servings are a good size and I've always found the food to be tasty and fresh (although never had the buffet).
Last time we went there was 6 of us and although the staff were slow in taking our orders, the food came out at the same time and was tasty as always.
The longest wait we had was getting some wine glasses when we first arrived.
Contact Information (08) 9470 2333
- Makan 2 Cafe 357 Albany Hwy, Victoria Park 6100
- (08) 9470 2333
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- Malaysian
- Casual Dining, Family Dining
- BYO
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