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Vanakam India (Mount Austin)

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One of the Top rated Seafood restaurants in Johor Bahru


Address

39, Jalan Mutiara Emas 2A, Taman Mount Austin, 81100 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

Contact

+60 14-923 1330

Rating on Google Maps

4.60 (432 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Wednesday: (Prophet's Ascension), 12 to 10 pm, Hours might differ
  • Thursday: 12 to 10 pm
  • Friday: 12 to 10 pm
  • Saturday: (Lunar New Year), 12 to 10 pm, Hours might differ
  • Sunday: (Lunar New Year), 12 to 10 pm, Hours might differ
  • Monday: (Lunar New Year (Observed)), 12 to 10 pm, Hours might differ
  • Tuesday: 12 to 10 pm

Featured Reviews


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  • 5/5 Magen “Wyattt” P. 1 year ago on Google
    The Food was amazing. Not spicy but full of flavour. Loved the mutton dum briyani. Rice was cooked nicely. Very unique taste of the mutton & the masala. Its recommended to share if you cant finish it as the portion is big. Don't waste food 😊 Butter prawns with garlic could have been better. Chicken Vindaloo was tasty. Cauliflower Manchurian was so good. Jeera rice tasted how a jeera rice should taste. Gulab Jamun was just wow. So warm, tasty, light and authentic. Overall Loved the ambience of the place and would definitely come back to try other dishes in either of their restaurants (Mt Austin or Eko Botanic) 😁🙏🏾
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 ang x. 5 months ago on Google • 424 reviews
    The photo shown Veg Pulao, Paneer Naan, Devil Prawns, Chennai Chicken Curry. All the dishes are perfect! Their staff Amen (if not mistaken) recommended all these to me, kudos to his effort for explaining all them to me.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Chan Sur T. 1 year ago on Google • 76 reviews
    The food here is superb and the price is reasonable. I have ordered cauliflower 65, Weekend Special Briyani and others as well and they all are surprisingly good with an amazing taste. About the service, the waiters Vaithees has served me well Highly recommended.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 lawrance s. 1 year ago on Google
    A scrumptious food was served with great hospitality though by the owner Mr. Raj and he's crew. Well set restaurant cater for breakfast, lunch and dinner, food served swiftly without compromise its taste and juiceness.. Signature siragasamba rice hyderabad chicken briyani must try and madurai fish curry with their chicken condatam. Great work 👏..guys . Must try thier outlets in mount Austin otherwise eco botanica..
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Alan T. 1 year ago on Google
    The very first time visited them and instantly became my top list for North Indian cuisine! Must definitely try out their mutton briyani, mutton is soft and tender, melt in your mouth. Secondly, must order their butter chicken masala! Definitely worth your every cent! Try out their malasa tea too! Out of the world! 17/8/2022: Came here the 4th time after 3 months, felt that the quality dropped. The mutton briyani no longer tender. Somehow I asked the staff whether the main chef is still available, apparently it is still there. I wonder why
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Shangkeri R. 1 year ago on Google
    Vanakam India, The real Indian cuisine... Great experience.. Classic ambience.. Love the food .. authentic urru style... Highly recommend... Special mention for Chef Vijay(Madurai,India), brother Murugan(Madurai,India)and Brother Santhosh(Madurai,Indian), they provide the best service without sulking their faces in that busy hours... In total, worth and classic experience... Hope to visit again..
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Tanusha S. 1 year ago on Google
    Top tier service especially a staff by the name of murugan, with his presence we really felt so comfortable anddd he made sure all our dishes were served to us on time. I personally felt the gravy > items so I hope the restaurant can look into this. Overall, it's good for a food critic like me. Thank you so much. 5 stars for the service especially for the staff (murugan) , 3.5 stars for the food since i felt like the gravy was more than the items &, 10 out of 10 for vanilla milk shake. This will be my only place to drop by for vanilla milk shake and also ginger tea . Love their ginger chai here . These ratings are for dine in only , their grab food service is the worst as they actually served us spoilt paneer and quite disappointed with them.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Senthil N. 7 months ago on Google • 122 reviews
    Excellent, authentic Indian food with wide range of choices, great taste, wonderful ambience & superb service
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Kathiresan M. 1 year ago on Google • 61 reviews
    Fantastic meal. We, a group of three, from Singapore visited this restaurant following a recommendation by a friend. We were not disappointed to a least. The biggest highlight was the curry leaves fish. Chicken naan was delicious. Their dishes were unique and prepared quite differently from a normal Indian food. I had never drank such a masala tea before; the star anise and cardamom were floating on it and it's not that sweet. Highly recommended place to dine for Indian food. PS: special thanks to the Vaitheeswaran who served us. Excellent customer service.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 TravelWithMo 8 months ago on Google • 204 reviews
    Decent food, portion may be small for some. Virgin mojito was very nice. Definitely worth the visit.

  • 4/5 SHARMINI S. 9 months ago on Google
    The food tastes very wonderful. My meal was delicious. There were a lot of customers during the weekend. Can increase labour on weekends to improve service.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Angelin s. 7 months ago on Google
    People are so kind and helpful. Although foods are very delectable, vanilla milkshake was so amazing! Most importantly they gave me more eggs, and the eggs are so delicious and soft🥺. My mom also stunned by their delicious food. So, yeah! I would like to recommend this restaurant for y'all 😁.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Nikita K. 1 year ago on Google
    Delicious and flavourful food. Visited this place with friends and the food was really satisfactory. Mushroom Manchurian were delicious and so was the vegetable biriyani. There are lots of vegetarian options available, which was a plus for us being vegetarians. Service was also good. The ambience as well is warm and lovely. Rates are reasonable as well. Overall a really nice place for friends and family. If you are anywhere near Austin waterpark, you can have a visit here.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Sheikh A. 1 year ago on Google
    Excellent food quality. Authentic spices and flavoured South Indian dishes. Devil prawn is a must-try. All other dishes were comparably well prepared. Kudos to the chef an service team !!!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jeeva C. 1 year ago on Google
    HI…IM FROM BMW TAMILAN GROUP MALAYSIA…OUR GROUP *BMWTDCM* WENT TO VANAKAM INDIA SHOP, THE FOOD IS DELICIOUS AND MASALA TEA IS AWESOME. GOOD PLACE TO BRING FAMILY THERE, AND FRIENDS, THE STAFF REALLY GOOD TAKE CARE OF THEIR CUSTOMER. WE WILL BE AGAIN TO VANAKAM INDIA…SOON AS THANKS
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Muhammad F. 6 months ago on Google • 28 reviews
    No halal No pork No lard No alcohol Price was good Taste even better, worth the price Based on some review on other branch, they said meat sourced from halal supplier

  • 3/5 Siew Ting W. 4 months ago on Google • 4 reviews
    We ordered butter chicken, cheese naan, chicken tikka, nasi briyani chicken 65. I prefer normal naan which is thick, but the naan was thin. Butter chicken for me is normal. Briyani and tikka are both ok. There was fly flying around. Price is a bit high.

  • 5/5 Thana L. 9 months ago on Google
    The food was Superb & delicious.Good Cust Service and also a reasonable price .The best Indian food around d Johor area.Truly Recommended😍♥️

  • 4/5 Deevagaran N. 1 year ago on Google
    Went with a rather large group of relatives on a Friday night. The place was surprisingly rather empty except for a couple of occupied tables. We realised that we called the wrong branch to book our tables as there is another one in Iskandar area. Luckily the staff were used to this and the restaurant was not too full. SPACE & SERVICE The service staff were very accommodating and put together 4 large tables for us. We were seated in a large central space while I did notice other well designed spaces for smaller groups. The staff were very patient with a large, boisterous and rather picky group like ours, so kudos to them. FOOD - The Good The advantage of having a rather large group of diners with you is that you get to sample a wide array of food, as long as you steer clear of the family politics of course. The highlights of Vanakam India's dishes are their breads and side dishes. The naans were a highlight, soft with little chew to them. The regular, garlic and butter naan are recommended. Their panneer butter masala was a perfect compliment to the naan. Dont forget to try their Chettinad Chicken curry as well. Another highlight was their tandoori chicken, especially the Afghani Murgh which is tandoor-oven roasted chicken soaking in creamy cashew and milk sauce. It was heavenly. Their masala chai is also something you should try. FOOD - The Bad Funnily, the most disappointing dishes of theirs were the briyani. Everything from Prawn Briyani to Mutton to Chicken tasted EXACTLY the same, and the briyani rice were of the shorter briyani grain variety. As we tasted each others briyani, we realised they all tasted the same. A special mention must go to their Mutton Briyani, as it was rubbery and hard to chew, something that you don't expect in an Indian restaurant as you expect fall-of-the-bone soft meat. I also tried their egg omelette with cheese. It was just a plain omelette with mozzarella, but for RM9, it was a little too plain and it would have benefitted from maybe some chopped mushrooms, coriander and onions. FINAL THOUGHTS I would like to recommend anyone to try their food, as being located in a predominantly Chinese neighbourhood of Mount Austin seems to be working against them, as the place seemed rather empty on a Friday night even though the food is quite good. If the restaurant improves on its briyani then I am sure I can give 5 stars the next time I visit.

  • 4/5 Jegatheswari G. 1 year ago on Google
    Nice tasty authentic Indian foods, prices depends on your choices..good customer service and nice ambience suited with the name Vanakam India

  • 5/5 Crystaljaswen t. 1 year ago on Google
    Food delicious & spicy ,service good & friendly, must come to try this indian restaurant 👍👍👍

  • 5/5 Kesavarthini R. 11 months ago on Google
    Good ambience and neatly maintained. Good music played and . The kongunathu briyani is very flavourful and really love their nandu rasam . 🫶🏻🥘

  • 5/5 Rajee H. 9 months ago on Google
    Lively atmosphere with nice Indian music playing on a decent sound system. Nice staff and good service. i must mention staff name Vaithis(Vaithes) great gesture . Food was good and freshly prepared. we ordered Bhai Briyani. Both chicken and mutton very soft and tender. Briyani well incorporated with the masala and spices. Vanakam India Masala Tea is die for. too good. I recommend trying this place especially if you love indian food.

  • 5/5 Christine H. 1 year ago on Google
    Very delicious Indian food in mount austin 👍🏻 they serve both vegan and non-vega menu, will definitely come back again

  • 5/5 Dev I. 1 year ago on Google
    Good North Indian food, rich in spices and most dish served are made up of boneless meat. Short waiting time considering all food are freshly cooked. Friendly waiters. Rice would be a better choice.

  • 5/5 BEAST 2. 8 months ago on Google • 1 review
    We had a splendid experience here. Staffs over here especially Mr Vaithees was super friendly and helpful. The food was very tasty. Shortly we would say its a 1000/10 rating. Definitely will recommend for those whom love to have indian cuisine.

  • 5/5 Gayathri K. 8 months ago on Google • 1 review
    We had a wonderful experience over here. The food choices was recommended by Mr Vaithees which were so tasty and amazing. He was very helpful and friendly. We experienced a very good customer service because of him. For those who love to have a quiet and delicious indian cuisine and desserts, you may visit here.

  • 1/5 Clown M. 4 months ago on Google • 2 reviews
    Well I'm here to share my bad food experience. We're really hungry and excited to taste the of this restaurant. We ordered cheese parota was nice but it's tastes chapati with cheese but ok. Then we ordered mutton kurma, chilli chicken, fish curry recommended by waiter. Chilli chicken green gravy chicken meat taste so smelly seriously not like chilli chicken taste like green vegetable paste but meat taste can't agree. Fish curry the fish same as chicken smelly taste my fiance love fish curry he didn't eat the fish after a bite. Gravy like water can't say that's fish curry. Mutton kurma not taste as kurma. But 1% ok can eat. Masala omelette just nice we just eat with Mutton kurma and omelette. But it's a worst experience made us regret. My fiance give feedback for first time directly to waiter because he really unacceptable. After we paid going to leave the restaurant the waiter told us the chicken and fish it's fresh immediately we cooked that's why it's smell. I don't understand. I replied him I'm a person cooked everyday it's doesn't taste smelly like this. It's a silly reason. I'm not sure how's the other branch taste like. I can't forget the taste of food. It's a unforgettable.


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Free parking lot
    • ✓️ Plenty of parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Credit cards
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Halal food
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Catering
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway

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