Uncle Lims Malaysian South Croydon - (Near Croydon, South East)

5 /5 Mark C: On Friday, 28th November, my partner and I came to this lovely little restaurant on a whim. The owners were lovely and really friendly, which made for a good atmosphere. The food was really good. I had the lamb, and it melted in my mouth; my only minor criticism is that I wish it had been a little more spicy. My partner had the beef, and this was also "melt in your mouth" amazing. I highly recommend trying this place out if you havent already.

5 /5 Vincent Chan: Highly recommended – a solid 10 out of 10 and definitely worth a try. It’s a long-missed taste of Asia. The laksa is outstanding, the stir-fried ho fun is full of wok hei, and the Malaysian white coffee is excellent. All that, and the prices are very reasonable too.

5 /5 Sujan Patel: This place has the best Malaysian food in south London. The food is fresh, delicious and service is impeccable. I would highly recommend. Reasonable price. Good vegetarian choice as well

4 /5 SayaToh: Came in to eat as a group. Overall, a really nice meal and we all enjoyed it. Restaurant decor is a tiny bit dated but the food is what you come here for, and the environment is much better than the old location in whitgift imo. The food was priced ok. Drinks are on the higher side of your familiar with wing yip pricing. That being said, the portion sizes for dine food in are very generous and the taste is authentic and delicious. The roti are also very nice. Decent size, chewy and crispy with a great curry sauce dip. My personal favourite. The staff inside were friendly and chatty providing very good service and a nice dine in experience. They were also very accommodating as we came for dinner but they still offered to cook some of the lunch menu street food items if we wanted them. Overall, the group had a nice Malaysian inspired evening! Roti, satay, laksa, rendang, chicken curry, fried rice all went down well.

3 /5 Jing Shyang Yeow: Disappointing visit which was very strange. Firstly decor was simple and straightforward. It was very quiet in the shop which was already a bad sign. The staff member who saw to the tables seemed very junior and it must have been their first day as they didn’t seem to know how to do the basics of waiting. I’ve never done this job for money but you need to know the menu, take orders, lay out cutlery and always have your hands full either bringing or taking away plates from tables. You know it’s bad when multiple tables are brought their food and actually have to ask for cutlery. Each and every time. And the server doesn’t use the down time to simply lay out some cutlery. In terms of the food the seafood laksa was okay and not overly sweet as some places make this but didn’t have as many ingredients as I’ve seen in some photos and only tiny prawns whilst the kway teow had a nice flavour and ingredients. The nasi lemak was disappointing. Not enough coconut flavour to the rice and very little sambal on the plate. The chicken was excellent thankfully and perhaps the dish could be cheaply elevated by some Malay curry sauce on the chicken/rice as sambal anchovies can be expensive/difficult to acquire in the UK. The staff did kindly provide more sambal on request which I appreciated In all I’ve been to a handful of Malaysian restaurants and quite honestly am extra fussy as very few places do it justice when compared to other cuisines like Japanese or Chinese which are pretty spot on in the UK. Many others visiting appeared to be regulars so they are definitely doing something right. Though for me comparing the food to the images I saw beforehand felt like I visited a different restaurant.