Jaya Malaysian Restaurant

Jason P. 

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12 years ago

Have been long time customers of Jaya - both delivery and in the restaurant. Ordered satay recently along with a few other items for delivery. They forgot to include the peanut sauce with the Satay. When I called and talk to the manager, he said they would deliver another one in 20-30 minutes. I told them that was unacceptable since all of other food would be cold or eaten by then. I requested that they give us a credit for the cost of the Satay only. The person on the phone refused. I told him I would call Seamless to get t... read more

jennjbn 

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14 years ago

I've had better Malaysian food elsewhere – A friend and I went here last week for lunch and really like the decor with the bamboo sticks and open seating since it was a nice day. I've been to a couple other Malaysian eateries and enjoyed the food and knew what I wanted right away. It took a few minutes for our waitress to provide menus, but when we ordered I asked if I could get the Hokkein noodles without seafood. The food came fast, the roti canai was a decent portion and tasty though a bit crunchy for my taste, the sauce ... read more

gn11230 

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15 years ago

very bad service – This was my third and last time there. First time I was there about a year ago, the food was very tasty, service was so so. The second time food ok but not great and waitrees took my money never bringing the change back so my tip was abot 40%. My asking for my money did not help since most of them do not speak English. Yesterday Sept 04, 2009 I took my friends from Europe for dinner. Coconut rice was made from some left over chicken, I did complain but nobody ask me to replace or credit it. Nobody has come... read more

Karamel11 

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16 years ago

Affordable and Tasty – Me and a friend eat at Jaya whenever we are in China Town. I usually order the roti kanaii, basil chicken and coconut rice. I have ordered other things off the menu but I wasn't too impressed. However, you cant go wrong with the basics. The check is less than $20 for 2 people including the appetizers... sort of unheard of in the city. It's definitely worth trying out. 

kmc687 

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17 years ago

Amazing Food, Bad Service – I went to Jaya for lunch the other day. I was seated quickly, and everything on the menu looked delicious. I eventually decided to order Assam Laksa, which smelled really strange, but was delicious. It was basically fish and mint soup with lots of noodles. I also got a little spiced chicken wrapped in leaves for an appetizer, which was extremely delicious, but hard to eat, because it was tied up in tough leaves and they only gave a butter knife to cut. My grass jelly drink was delicious, and if it... read more

eric211c 

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17 years ago

Okay food, rude slow service – We visited here for dinner because we generally love Malaysian food. We ordered two noodle dishes and one fish appetizer. The appetizer was interesting and well done although it did take quite a while to get it. The noodle dishes were both mediocre, the noodles themselves were pretty good but the shrimp was over done, the tofu was extremely greasy and the sauces were overpoweringly syrupy sweet. Our waiter disappeared halfway through dinner so we had to flag down another waitress after waiting ... read more

lelandg 

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17 years ago

Good Food, HORRIBLE Sevice – If you are ok with the idea of getting great tasting food with horrible service then this is the place for you! My boyfriend and I decided to stop here one day hoping to have an enjoyable meal. The atmosphere was nice (not quite over the top). We were seated right away and our drink orders were taken. Then the waiting began. I'd say it took about 10 minutes for our drinks to arrive. Nice. Seriously though, why should it take you ten minutes to pour a glass of water and bring it back out? It proba... read more

damethod 

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17 years ago

Good restaurant, Great prices – I had a spicy beef dish(sorry, can't remember the exact name). It's a dish with very similair flavors to Indian cuisine. My GF had a chicken dish with stir fried glass noodles. DELICIOUS! It was my first time in Chinatown and I was not dissappointed. In the end, we both ate our lunch for $12.75!! I highly recommend this restaurant for a quick, cheap, and filling lunch. ----Oh, and leland and her cheap boyfriend should be banned from all restaurants. LOL 

vw218 

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17 years ago

terrible food – I lived in Chinatown for about 10 years. I have tried all the local malaysian restaurants and this one is the worst. I always get the popular dish that are signature dishes from Malaysia. All the other Malaysian restaurants are all delicious and consistent but not Jaya. The dish(es) I am going to talk about is Chow Kueh Teow (spelling might be diff at diff restarurants) but Jaya ODed it with tons of soy sauce and there were fish dumplings and preserved sausage in it?which in not suppose to be there. Another f... read more