10 reviews about PappaRich

verified email - 28 Jul 2023

Now I finished my 2 meals at G26, 3 Southgate ave, Melbourne CBD.

I ordered Nasi Lemak fried chicken & Curry Laksa chicken with 50% off today only. I paid A$ 17.50 in total including Government of political parties' GST $1.59

Texture of Curry Laksa chicken is good, 1 out of 10 spicy. I prefer 4 out of 10 hot. It's worth it for upto $13.00

Nasi Lemak fried chicken is also good. But Sambal ran away for 1/3 of rice. I asked extra sambal. They charge extra $3.00 It's worth it upto $7.00 If I go above this price, I prefer to go to Crossways Restaurant @ 147 Swanston Street, Melbourne CBD. Thanks.

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Approximate cost: $17.50

verified email - 18 Jul 2018

I wouldn't say Malaysian food is one of my favourite cuisines, but I absolutely love this restaurant! The food is delicious, flavoursome and definitely affordable. I will be coming back.

verified email - 20 Jan 2018

The Nasi here is quite nice and the service is prompt and swift. Staff were helpful and pricing is average. Convientently located too

anniec925 18 Jul 2018

This sounds good

verified email - 13 Aug 2015

All the vegetarian dishes are marked which is quite helpful. not as flavoursome as some of the other Malay joints around town but nice enough for a quick weeknight dinner

verified email - 26 Feb 2015

I've been to PappaRich a couple of times and love it. They have great service and I just love the self ordering system where you can order your food by writing down what you want and putting in the order when your ready.

They have the most delicious Malaysian food. A must try is the Biryani rice with red chicken ans sambal prawns, the beef rengdang, roti and to wash it all down a nice glass of ice Teh Tarik (Malaysian Ice tea).

Approximate cost: $13 - $16

verified email - 06 Dec 2014

incredibly fast service, just went there 2 days ago. was impressed, as had a bad experience at the papparich store in ultimo. great good, quality good (a bit over priced though)

Approximate cost: $18

verified email - 03 Dec 2014

Papparich is opening all over Sydney these days. Malaysian food is the new Thai and I'm not complaining. I love Malaysian food but it has to be authentic. I've been to Papparich in Chatswood, Canberra and Parramatta. I find I like the Canberra one my favorite. I like the Char Kway Teow and Nasi Briyani but I always get the Char Kway Teow when I'm there. The roti canai is not as good as Mamak's and it's a bit of a hit and miss. I've had it twice and once it was good and the second time the roti was stale eventhough I was there when they had just opened for lunch. Just a note about the Char Kway Teow, they use the narrower flat rice noodles similar to the size in the Vietnamese beef noodle soup. This is the type that is used in the Penang Char Kway Teow which is the type I like. So for those who have not had this dish in Penang before, they might think that they have used the wrong noodle but they have not. In terms of service, well you write down your order on a order pad and you ring the bell on your table. They will come over very quickly and takeaway your order form. The food comes out quite quickly as they are trying to have a high turnover on their tables. Be sure to get there early or you find a queue outside.

verified email - 14 Sep 2014

We went on a Saturday about 3pm and it was our first time there. We were seated immediately. The restaurant was half full. We ordered a nasi lemak and prawn mee. We also ordered a teh tarik and coffee/tea combination unsweetened. Staff was efficient and courteous. Our orders arrived in less than five minutes. The nasi lemak tasted authentic with coconut rice and the serving was good too. The prawn mee tasted good but the soup tasted like it was watered down a bit and not as strong it should be. The oily noodles did not taste great. Not sure what it was. The portion size was alright. The teh Tarik tasted good just a bit too sweet and the coffee and tea combination was good. Prices are probably on the expensive side. Will return again to try the other things on a very appealing looking menu with lots of photos and choices.

Approximate cost: $15.00

verified email - 30 Aug 2014

This a newly-opened Malaysian style restaurant, and while we were lucky to be seated immediately, the place must be popular because as we left we saw a huge line stretching down the street!
On to the actual review....the first thing to note is the interesting ordering system. You fill out a pad with your table number, menu item number and quantity then press the buzzer and the staff will come and take it. The service is super quick and the food comes out just as fast.

My partner got the mixed satay platter which comes with six chicken sticks, six beef sticks, peanut dipping sauce, and a few pieces of cucumber and onion. It was ok but not exceptional although the peanut sauce was tasty. The bits of onion and cucuber were a bit random, we didn't finish the onion because raw onion just did not seem to go with the rest of the dish.
I had roti canai with beef rendang which also came served with two dipping sauces; dhal and sambal. This I really enjoyed, especially the hot and flaky roti canai.

Price wise, I felt that our orders were a bit pricey for what they were. The satay platter was around $22.90, sure there were 12 skewers but they were quite tiny. There are main meals at other restaurants that give much better value for the same price. Same with the roti canai, this cost I think $13.90 and all it was, was one piece of roti and a few spoonfuls of dhal, beef rendang, and sambal. I just don't feel that a piece of bread and three small scoops of dipping sauce is worth that much.

Overall my first experience there was not too bad, and I will probably come back to try some of the other menu items.

verified email - 13 Aug 2014

Newly-opened, but queues and service are pretty brisk. Food came out fast on one occasion, and INCREDIBLY fast on another. Well done, pre-cooking?!

Very nice: Hainanese chicken rice, bryani rice, teh tarik, cham. (Their drinks tend towards the sweet, just a warning.)
Was just ok/kinda disappointing: Nasi lemak, wat tan hor, 'pan' mee (T_T It's ok if you like dry ban mian though..), Hainanese chicken with any combination that is not rice.
Didn't like: garlic naan, deep fried chicken skin, roti bom, their canai.

I actually had a longer review typed out but it got eaten when I pressed some random button. :( Feel free to ask if you'd like more details on what dishes I like/don't. XD

Approximate cost: $15

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