Rendang
Garuda Indonesian

Garuda Indonesian

18 St. Helens Road, SA1 4AG, Swansea, United Kingdom

Cafés • Sushi • Seafood • Asiatic


"I have been wanting to visit here for ages but the stars have never aligned until Saturday. We were extremely lucky to get a walk in for the two of us. We were greeted by the owner and shown to a table. As we didn't have any drinks with us Peter suggested Tesco a few doors down and I was able to grab a bottle to enjoy with the meal. The service was wonderful and friendly and it felt like we had been going there for years, with just the right amount of care and advice. The food was exceptional from start to finish. We had the chicken satay and spring rolls to start and they were beautiful. The satay was amazing and was much darker in colour than any I have had before, but much better in flavour than any I have had before, I would definitely have these again. For main I had a chicken rendang and my wife ordered gule monkfish. The rendang was again perfect for my tastes. Spicy but flavourful with a generous portion that would satisfy the majority of eaters. I would have had seconds, even though I was stuffed because it was so good. I can't comment too much on the monkfish as I have a dislike of seafood, but my wife raved about it and said she's having the same again next time without question. So I think that sums it up. We finished with deserts of a rice pudding dish I think was called bubar, which was black rice and coconut, and the second dish we ordered was a Banana coconut pancake to which I forget the name. Again I couldn't find fault if I tried another 10 out of 10. At the end of the meal we met owner and chef Ami, who came to chat. It was lovely speaking to the owners and their passion for the food and customer service was clear. We cannot wait until our next visit"

Cinta Chinese Malaysian

Cinta Chinese Malaysian

12 Post St, PE29 2BA, Huntingdonshire, United Kingdom

Asian • Vegan • Chinese • Malaysian


"I have eaten at Cinta on two previous occasions, the last time around 10 years ago. My wife had never been so we were really looking forward to it. Our first impressions were that we received a very poor welcome to the restaurant from the management. The gentleman that showed us to our table was very pleasant. Within a couple of minutes we were asked for our order. We had actually downloaded a menu from their website, so had already made our choices. When I produced a print out of the menu with my choices I was swiftly informed that dining in prices were more expensive. No big deal, or deal breaker, just a little annoying straight after the lukewarm reception. One last comment regarding the downloadable menus, the take away menu and the dining in menu are exactly the same. I have visited China on 20 occasions, and Malaysia twice, the last time being 2023, so I was really looking forward to the Chinese/Malaysian cuisine. And therein lies the disappointment for me. The food isn 't bad, its 's ok, it 's not particularly Chinese or Malaysian, its a fusion of fairly bland Vanilla/Magnolia Asian cuisine. I love spicy food, I love Chilies, one of my favourite snacks is raw chilies and very strong, sweaty, salty extra mature cheddar cheese. So when I order dishes that are labelled spicy and have chillies in them, then I expect spicy a good punch or a kick. None of these dishes tickled my taste buds, they only tickled my wallet. I also found it almost impossible to get our waitresses attention, or indeed to hold her attention for more than a few seconds. I would ask her something and she would walk off before I had finished. The most attentive person was the young lad that brought us the credit card machine. We left the restaurant without so much as a goodbye, or thank you for coming from the staff. All in all, very disappointing, I didn 't even bother with photographs."