Malabar South Indian Restaurant

Food was very bland and disappointing. We ordered: - Butter Chicken: was very tomato-y and watery. Tasted like a tomato soup more than anything. - Palak Paneer: very bad mix, did not taste anything like a good palak paneer and the paneer tasted horrible as well. - Eggplant and Tomato: just tasted like eggplant with onions in tomato sauce. - samosas: very small, definitely not value for money. They also tasted sub-par. - garlic naan: barely any garlic on it. Just tasted like plain bread. Overall, very expensive and very disappointing. I would not come here again.

Mala bar is a good place to have indian food and enjoy.The place is simple and has paintings of india on the walls and a small statue of "ganapati" who is an indian god. We tried the mango lassi,bangalore dosa,lamb chops,spinach chaat and chicken chettinad. Mango lassi-It is nice and refreshing and has a nice flavour of mango and overall a balanced taste. Bangalore dosa-The dosa was very nice and crisp.The filling had potatoes and dal and had the perfect amount of spice and flavour.The potatoes were well cooked and dal added a twist to the dosa.I highly reccomend it to all:D Lamb chops-It had a nice spicy flavour but I am not a lamb eater so it wasn't my favourite. Spianch chaat-It was a very nice and refreshing starter.The spinach was nice and crisp and the topping had a balanced flavour of spice,sweet and sour.It is perfect:D Chicken chettinad-The chicken is well cooked and has a nice and spicy gravy.It has a hint of tamarid and has a perfect amount of spice and flavour and the texture is perfect.It is another reccomendation:D Overall a nice place to go for indian food:D With Ajay Kapoor and Payal Kapoor

Mala bar is a good place to have indian food and enjoy.The place is simple and has paintings of india on the walls and a small statue of "ganapati" who is an indian god. We tried the mango lassi,bangalore dosa,lamb chops,spinach chaat and chicken chettinad. Mango lassi-It is nice and refreshing and has a nice flavour of mango and overall a balanced taste. Bangalore dosa-The dosa was very nice and crisp.The filling had potatoes and dal and had the perfect amount of spice and flavour.The potatoes were well cooked and dal added a twist to the dosa.I highly reccomend it to all:D Lamb chops-It had a nice spicy flavour but I am not a lamb eater so it wasn't my favourite. Spianch chaat-It was a very nice and refreshing starter.The spinach was nice and crisp and the topping had a balanced flavour of spice,sweet and sour.It is perfect:D Chicken chettinad-The chicken is well cooked and has a nice and spicy gravy.It has a hint of tamarid and has a perfect amount... read more

Fantastic place! Best Indian food, I have had here. Dosa & Goan Curry were superb! Highly recommended. I have been there twice and it was amazing both of the times.

The more spicier version meant for Indian palates out of the two Malabars. The other milder one is in darlinghurst. I love this one which has better food though service could be better like their other branch.