Malaysian restaurant Wau
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What diners said about this restaurant:
Raoul D. • 1 review
March 14, 2024
9.5/10If you like Malaysian food and happen to be in Amsterdam, this is the place! Its a small restaurant and seats can fill up quite fast so better reserve in advance! The food was just amazing, definitely one needs to try the famous Nasi Lemak! Until next time, Terima Kasih!
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Anis A. • 1 review
February 29, 2024
8/10Food is good. Service is a bit slow but if you are not in hurry, it is perfect. You could have a good long chat with friends while waiting for the food :)
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Petra V. • 1 review
December 17, 2023
6.5/10Was ok
Ylann S. • 3 reviews
October 27, 2023
10/10Delicious meal and cost restaurant—perfect for friends and family
Andrea C. • 40 reviews
October 27, 2023
9/10Nice food and nice service, place gezellig
Ylann S. • 3 reviews
October 20, 2023
10/10Perfect place for a festive family dinner—we appreciated the delicious cuisine, service and ambiance
Mark L. • 44 reviews
October 18, 2023
10/10This was the second time eating at Wau Restaurant. The food is very flavorful,exotic, and nicely presented. Wau will be a go to place to eat for us .
Patrick T. • 2 reviews
September 6, 2023
10/10Never disappointed! My favorite restaurant in Amsterdam. Taste and flavors remind me so much of the ones I experienced in my youth when we lived in Malaysia. If you're looking for genuine Malaysian food (and especially satay - only in the evenings of course), that's definitely the place to go, and believe me, I've been searching for places like that in all the many places I've been across Europe over many years. I only found another match: a Singaporean restaurant in Birmingham.
Naseem A. • 1 review
May 5, 2023
2/10Very poor service We had to pay 1 euro each for the glass when we asked for tap water! We had shrimp fried dumplings for starters which were dry. Half way through our meal, the handle of the door of the restaurant! My friend accidentally dropped her mocktail as she was handed the glass, it took more than 10 minutes for them to clear the floor. Then when we were given the bill i mentioned that the spilt drink was not replaced. The owner then said well ‘Shit happens!’ So so rude! We paid our bill with no tip and left!! Would highly NOT recommend this restaurant!!! We accidentally We had beef rendang which lacked sauce and flavour We asked for pina colada mocktail and they put like juice in it and served one without a straw.
Malaysian restaurant Wau • Owner
We’re sorry for your experience. We take our guests’ reviews very seriously and are always trying to improve our service. Best wishes, Malaysian Restaurant Wau
Matt C. • 1 review
December 28, 2022
8.5/10Food was lovely, very warming and delicious. Service was slow but I think that was due to the restaurant being very busy. Well priced for the quality too
Malaysian restaurant Wau • Owner
Thank you so much for visiting our restaurant and your kind review. We wish to welcome you again very soon at Wau.
Safiah V. • 1 review
August 21, 2022
6/10The Nasi Goreng was bland the pickled green chilli on the table was tasteless. I asked for some sambal to go with my Nasi Goreng but it did not elevate the blandness of the dish.
Malaysian restaurant Wau • Owner
We’re very sorry to hear that you didn’t enjoy our food. We’ll take your comment into a serious consideration and try to make future improvements regarding our dishes.
Audrey C. • 2 reviews
July 8, 2022
7/10The most important is the food, and it was quite close to what we have known when we were living in Asia. So very good point for it! The service was a bit messy at the beginning but the 3 waiters/chef were very friendly and smiling. The ambiance is bizarre with a uncoherent decoration , no music, and a very strange light. Located in a very touristic place of Amsterdam, you could think that you will be scammed and eat a very average food, but not at all, we will go back for sure! They deserve a second try and I ll suggest them to put the music on this time:)
Malaysian restaurant Wau • Owner
Thank you so much for visiting our restaurant and your kind review. We wish to welcome you again very soon at Wau.
Ted G. • 12 reviews
June 8, 2022
9/10Went back there after some years and the quality was still more than good. Having no way of judging the authenticity of the food, I can only say it seemed to be reasonably so. Portions were large enough (meaning big). The price level was okay for a restaurant in a tourist area and service was friendly and mostly knowledgeable. We will go back.
Malaysian restaurant Wau • Owner
Thank you so much for visiting our restaurant and your kind review. We wish to welcome you again very soon at Wau.
Gerry S. • 1 review
June 4, 2022
9.5/10The beef curry, Kari Beef, is outstanding, and the beef and chicken satay is the best I’ve had since I was last in Malaysia. We went back for dinner again last night, just before the restaurant started to fill up, and the service was excellent. The kitchen obviously has limited capacity and, if there are number of tables waiting to be served when you arrive, you may have to wait a while for your meal. But the food is worth waiting for. I wish this restaurant was in London or, better still, Guildford.
Malaysian restaurant Wau • Owner
Thank you so much for visiting our restaurant and your kind review. We wish to welcome you again very soon at Wau.
Christophe C. • 2 reviews
October 7, 2020
10/10The restaurant was very quiet due to a certain pandemic. The welcome was very warm and I got the best table. The food was excellent. A perfectly balanced mix of spicy and sweet, with a of vegetables. I really enjoyed my dinner, and I hope to come back. Not really cheap, but well, we’re not in Petaling Jaya and the products used are of high quality.
Malaysian restaurant Wau • Owner
Thank you for your wonderful response.
G v. • 17 reviews
September 12, 2019
10/10Great Satay and genuine Malay food!
Romin P. • 2 reviews
July 3, 2019
8/10Super friendly and warm staff. The dishes were tasty - but without the discount at Fork, would be too expensive. There was quite a long wait (40 minutes) for our food to arrive, but that was mainly because the restaurant suddenly got very busy. A good experience overall.
Claudia F. • 8 reviews
June 9, 2019
10/10Delicious food ????
- - • 1 review
April 28, 2019
8/10Food was good but the lamb rendang dish tastes more like gulai kambing. Overall is cosy ambience and staff are friendly.
Khapil N. • 43 reviews
April 5, 2019
9.5/10Really great food, ask for the extra pitting sambal!
Bruno a. • 152 reviews
March 28, 2019
10/10Very good. Nice food. Nice service.
James C. • 14 reviews
March 27, 2019
6/10I would like to be able to be more positive, my experience was OK but could have been better. The staff were friendly and helpful but had difficulty understanding me in both Dutch and English. The food was not as Malaysian as I would have liked - it was a bit too Dutch Indonesian style - which might be a clever move to make it acceptable but wasn't needed. Perhaps I went on an "off day". Food was nice, and the right amount, and the price was very fair.
Jorge M. • 78 reviews
March 24, 2019
10/10Super welcoming and friendly staff. The food was pretty good. No complain whatsoever, so I recommend it.
- - • 1 review
March 25, 2019
10/10Taste just like the food in Malaysia! ????
Aileen S. • 3 reviews
December 31, 2017
9/10Helpful staff
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