Old China Cafe

Arnold Euphor

3.0

I enjoyed coming to this cafe as it's like stepping back into the 60's. The interior is very nostalgic, the food is the same as what you'd expected of a typical Malaysian taste with its rich spices. Even the crockeries are the same as what was used during those days. Unfortunately the service part I would give it a 2 as the lady who serves me isn't very friendly, doesn't smile and basically look grumpy.

Irena Lim

2.0

My first visit was about 15 years ago, I really liked this place then. I especially love the worn-out squeaky wooden swinging doors. It is adorned with classic memorabilia keepsakes like antique pendulum clocks that no longer tick or tock, metal standing fans, wall full of old sepia tint pictures that gives you a real sense of nostalgia, truly a blast from the past. It could be a place what Nana and Grandpa would have liked. Old China has been serving up signature Peranakan cuisine for years. The star of the show for us had to be the Chicken Rendang it arrived at our marble topped table piping hot, it was divine with the right balance of spices and coconut milk. Order a comforting plate of Nasi Lemak with rice beautifully colored with bunga telang and Mee Siam. I would skip the Nyonya Laksa(noodles cooked in a spicy coconut gravy with prawns, tofu and boiled eggs) and the Lemak Nenas Squid, they were pretty average. The place is best enjoyed by families, or those who just want to feel a little touch of nostalgia for simpler times. Service: used to be very good but now it is sporadic and slow. The local wait staffs had been replaced by foreign workers who might just decide to give you an attitude if the place is very busy. It is challenging to find a decent carpark, take the MRT it is within 500m of the Pasar Seni MRT station

Jaka Friyanda

3.0

One of the most awesome Nyonya Laksa in KL!! The ambience is very very old world... seems u entered another era, but it coukd be done better.. white wash the walls n make it more organised and cleaner but keep that charm!!The sago gula melaka was bad, coconut cream was not fresh.Please, when u order it just might be that u dont get ur entire order!! Our ikan api api went missing in action!!But still fir that Laksa would go again!!So Laksa fans ... get going!!

Rosadi Sampoerno

3.0

今天和友人去茨厂街觅食。友人想去的店没开让我有一点小小的慌。但近年自己慢慢的学着随遇而安...所以我们又去了一间来的路上遇见的店。食物虽说不是一吃就能让人能记住他，但大众化的价格和店里的装潢还是蛮为他加分的。也正是这些店和cafe如雨后春笋般林立，为老店带来新的生命力，也让渐渐被让遗忘的茨厂街，再次走进人们的生活。

Bem Angeles

1.0

It was not the first time I was misled by reviewers with minimal knowledge about Malaysian food, but Old China Cafe beats all my other bad experiences by being both truly atrocious and expensive. Old china cafe was very dimly lit and the interior looked dark even with a hot blazing afternoon daylight outside. The service was nonchalant and the waiters avoided looking at the dining tables in case a diner needed service. The diners were all foreign except for a group of men looking like owners or shareholders. The fried chicken pieces in lemon sauce were small, over fried, tasteless, and the lemon sauce was watery and tasted diluted straight from a supermarket bottled sauce. The beef rendang was anything but. Tiny slivers of tasteless fatty beef served in Chinese stir-fried style, it was very dim but we could tell that the dish was off-coloured, and of course, tasteless. The coconut rice was served in Maleka-style bluish colour and it was ... you might have guessed ... tasteless.The menu is very expensive for a run-down setting in a tourist-trap area of KL, the lack of local diners was already a worrying sign at the outset. I'm not here to do anybody any favours, thus, its your money if you want to squander it here. I've done it so you don't have to.