Awana

Came here with my boy friend last week and was pleasantly surprised at the quality of food and service at this restaurant. The decor is quite stunning all wood and creates a very cosy and buzzling athmosphere

We had dinner here and really loved it. in particular, the corn-fed chicken satay and the typical malaysian bread were both great. Really loved it !!!!!! YUMMY YUMMY !

If you are a person that loves spicy and authentic malaysian food, then this is a place for you.

The staff is very friendly and knowledgeable about the menu.

The portions were just right and the food was fantastic. I would especially recommend the beef rendang and lobster cha kuew tiao.

I have alreay told all my friends about this place and am planning to come back myself soon.
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Ella Isabella
Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, May 07, 2008

This restaurant offer the best Malaysian food I have ever taste in London. As a Malaysian I have higher expectations, I expect the food not only to be delicious but authentic.

And to my surprise it is indeed authentic and delicious. I will recommend this restautant to anyone who want to eat authentic Malaysian food.
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Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Friday, April 25, 2008

I really like eating Satays, so I was recommended to go to Awana with my family.

Awana’s chicken satay was the most tastiest I’ve ever had, the beef satay was VERY tender n juicy, mmm YUMMY!! For those who loves eating satays.. I highly recommend Awana! ! !

Me and my family enjoyed so much with the food and also the Awana’s cocktails are very creative and beautiful!! we had such a great night.

The restaurant is very well done up, smells GEORGOUS everywhere you go. Service is excellent, so helpful and polite. Thanks Awana for a lovely meal and service!!!!! We defiantly will come back!!!!!
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Anna Bailey
Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Friday, April 18, 2008

I was highly recommended to dine at awana for my husband's birthday and we were very happy we went there.

The night was great and not only that they serve good delicious food with no MSG, the service was very attentive. Thank you Katie!!

FOOD- We had chicken satay and soft shell crab for staters both were tasty especially the peanut sauce. For main we had slow cook beef rendang, red snapper curry with mixed green and rice, yummy all I can say. We finished off with some very refreshning sorbet and coffee. DRINKS- Awana serves some very nice cocktail, you have to try the Hibiscus Blooming!

Thank you awana.
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Kiri Chan
Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, April 15, 2008

You have not tried Malaysian food till you have come to Awana. The food was so heavenly. I especially enjoy the roti which is made fresh. The rendang was fantastic, the meat was tender and delicious. We had an enjoyable evening and will certainly come again. The service people there is friendly, polite and will give you a recommendation should you never try Malaysian food before. Awana is definately a recommedation to everyone who like to taste a piece of Asia.
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N Adambaev
Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Monday, April 14, 2008

As you leave home you crave for hometown food at times. What surprises me with delight is the scrumptious food served at the Awana. It is exquisitely decorated, beautifully served, undoubtedly irresistable and most importantly, unforgettably delicious. I can still vividly remember the nicely grilled juicy satays. Heavenly taste. Believe me, I am not even exaggerating. These are the best satays I have had tasted in my life hitherto. And I can assure you that your taste buds will enjoy as much as mine had by trying the different dishes served here. Good job! I will definitely visit this place again when I am in London.
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Jason Fok
Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, April 08, 2008

I previously went to Mango Tree, which is a fabulous restaurant excellent in everyway. So I decided to try it's sister restaurant Awana. First of all the place looks very pretty and the entrance is welcoming. My friend and I were taken to a bar area to wait to be seated. From here it kind of went downhill all the way. The staff were unfriendly and appeared to be in a rush although we were the first people of the evening. The menu has so much things on it you would thing it would be easy to pick at least something to eat, but no it was actually not appetising at all. The food was quite pricey for what it was but for good food I do not much mind, which it was not! Again when picking something to order the waiters were so impatient you felt you had to order as he lingered around the table not actually giving us time to drawl through the menu. The food came late and was cold. The service got considerably worse where I believe we were actually being ignored as more and more people started coming in. The service appeared to be consistently bad with everyone else so that made us feel a little better. We also had to wait ages for our bill. I don't usually write reviews but because Awana was so rubbish I thought I should let people know what my experience of it was. I have not metioned the food that much because it was forgettable, boring and cold diguised in fancy words on the menu.
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Jayda
Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 0
Monday, April 07, 2008

I'd highly recommend you guys to go to Awana. I went there yesterday to celebrate my birthday. Before choosing an eating place, I did some research and would like to surprise all my friends, so I tried to find special place with different ambience and great food, finally I choose Awana.

All friends feedback to me, the food is fantastic. Besides that, the decoration plus the serving and friendly staff have made my special day a memorable.

We ordered around 23 variety of foods for 11 of us, though the serving was not really big. All my friends love it so much and I'm very sure they'll go to Awana again. They were very surprised and have asked me where I find this kind of places...By the way, Thanks alot to "YAN" and a friendly manager with spectacles. Thanks alotz...Fantastic Food !
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Veve
Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, March 05, 2008

We went to Awana last night at short notice, based on the feedback on this site.

This is a really nice restaurant in terms of atmosphere, service and decor, and we had some yummy (and well priced) cocktails at the bar before our table was ready. The place was pretty busy for 8:30pm Sunday.

The staff were friendly and helpful. However, there were 4 of us, so we ordered 4 dishes, entrees and rice - and then found we had to order 2 more dishes because we were all still hungry. The food was fine, not spectacular, and the servings were a bit small. Not really worth the price, unfortunately.

The Roti jala dessert was great.
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clara - View all reviews by this user
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Food 5 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 3
Monday, March 03, 2008

We highly recommend Awana . We went there for lunch on Mother's Day and had a wonderfully memorable afternoon.

Firstly the parking on the streets was no problem at all and free on Sundays on the normal pay parking bays.We had a very short walk to Awana and were greeted by a cheery welcoming smile

and a '' HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY '' aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh !!!

We were surrounded by warm smiles from the staff as we were led to our table.After ensuring we were comfortable, our waitress came with the extensive menu for lunch and for drinks. Infact , we didnt know what to order so Janise , one of the staff, did the job for us and ordered a delicious selection of starters and main courses. We both had smooth sweet mango juices as did our son but dear daughter wanted tap water and had NO problem getting it . The table next to us asked us what we were drinking as it looked so good .

We walked over to the Roti Canai man who was flipping the bread dough expertly and watched him prepare the Roti Canai . We had a chat with him and he remembered us from our last visit !! We then watched him grill the satay and fry the breads..

The next hour only had oohhs and aaahhs and yummys and 'SO goood' coming from our table. Absolutely delicious food . Every item of food was explained to us and there was a comfortable break in between courses.

Everything we ordered was absolutely delicious and each dish had an individuality of it's own . No taste overlapped or clashed and every morsel was aaaahhhhhhh so good.

An order of icecream / sorbets comes with three scoops and we opted for different flavours . Hence the four of us had a try of Mangosteen , cinnamon, guava,chilli !! , durian ( yum ) lemon , you get the gist !! We got to try it all!!

There were so many families in the restaurant and both adults and children appeared to be enjoying the food.

As it was Mothers' day , I was presented with a surprise gift from the staff. Lovely gesture, Everybody should try Awana if they can.

A Truly Malaysian Experience !!
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eric & nin - View all reviews by this user
Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 8
Sunday, March 02, 2008