Tony Roma’s Top Favorite Set Lunch @ Pavilion
1 04 2008I have been wanting to try Tony Roma’s for long already, so I took the chance when I was in Pavilion a while ago. I don’t know much about Tony Roma’s actually, I thought it should be similar to other Western food restaurant like TGIF or Chilis. The biggest difference I notice among them would be the atmosphere. Tony Roma’s is quiet and somewhat formal, TGIF is party-like while Chilis is somewhere between them. Food wise, it is definitely more upscale and same goes for the price. Ordering ala carte would be too expensive. So, I decided to take the set lunch which is advertised as costing less than RM20 instead.
The set lunch starts from RM16.90 and comes with an entree (main course), soup of the day and beverage. For the entrees, there are a lot to choose from like BBQ 1/4 Chicken, Fish & Chips, Ribeye Steak, Beef Ribs, etc. The most expensive set lunch can go as high as RM44. After much consideration.. we decided to order the cheapest two of all, lol. This is BBQ 1/4 Chicken.
The other one was BBQ Chicken Sandwich. Honestly I didn’t expect it to look like this when I placed my order. But what’s there to complain? It was the cheapest.. cannot expect too much. Salad and fries are also served along with the main course.
BBQ Chicken is the better tasting if compared to the chicken sandwich. Simply because the chicken sandwich was not good at all.
The chicken strips are of breast meat so it was quite tough. Then the BBQ sauce has only one taste, sweet. And you are given more BBQ sauce, all four of them. Only difference with the four BBQ sauces are the spiciness and sweetness. Honestly I didn’t really enjoy it, damn regret for ordering this.
Beverage of our choice, ice lemon tea. Squeezing the fresh lemon juice into the drink actually makes it nicer.
Soup of the day was either cream corn soup or chicken noodle soup. We chose cream corn soup because we never tried it before. It came with a small packet of crackers to dip in the soup, nice.
Overall, quite disappointed with the meal due to high expectations. Maybe I shouldn’t have ordered the cheapest food but what’s the point of serving good food only at the most expensive price? Not everyone can afford it.. I really believe food can be good even though being the cheapest, and it all depends on the restaurant. It seems unlikely I will return to Tony Roma’s. Unless I got cash to order the nicer food lah lol.
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Nah, it’s the price that’s the problem, it is that the Tony Romas in Malaysia is not up to par compared to the one in other countries such as our neighbour, Singapore.
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Finally! A restaurant review that is near to where I live!
Disappointed ah? Expensive? Okay I will avoid this one. -_-
I want more KL restaurant reviews!
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just had it the other day in midvalley..looks like you beat me to it in blogging about it..
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I find that Tony Roma’s food is below par, if you asked me. I’ve tried the ones in Pavillion and Sunway Pyramid and I don’t really favour its quality as if the food was cooked by amateurs. The service is pretty bad too to a point where my colleagues gave ‘WTF?!!’ look. All in all, I think I prefer to dine in TGiF or Chilis rather than in Tony Roma’s. If you realise, the portion for set lunch is smaller than ala carte. Maybe it’s because of the price they offer.
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Yea…Expensive and it’s not worth it. I only enjoyed the biscuits and the soup…zzzzz……
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The French Fries look horrible - thass a Bad sign right there!! Fresh Cut Fries Deep Fried are the only way to go!!
One place i like in the States is Benigans - the Food is really good for that Roadhouse type o dealio*
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Heard a lot about Tony Roma, unfortunately it’s only in KL.
Don’t worry, it’s not that good.. Penang got many better western food
I went to the one in the Gardens. Sadly, service was below par. When the service staff can’t even recommend you what’s good in the menu, that’s a problem.
I like their ribs, though. That was the only reason we went there. Fish & Chips - definitely not worth trying. I think they just bought the chips from the nearby Carrefour.
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Never been to TGIF, never been to Chilis, never been to Tony Romas!
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So cham! >.<
Higher than Band 7…… I think we are all interested in that.
In the words of Italiannes, So good, so share lor….
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Hmm…it looks quite normal huh. Lose out to TGIF and Chillis on food presentation and portion.
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Yeah, the worst part is, even the taste also LOSE!
Tony Roma’s in UK is good! I am so excited when i see it in Malaysia but like what everybody comments here, it disappointed me la..
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Mmm..well I haven’t tried it myself but I’d tend to go for TGIF if I were paying that much, or Chilli’s just for their mexican stuff!
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Exactly, after the meal I thought to myself.. Geez isn’t TGIF’s three course meal much nicer??!
Yummy! Great looking (and I bet tasting!) Photos! Now I’m hungry…
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the set menu caters to a wider circle, if you think about it. Pavilion restaurants are mostly priced at higher end, by setting prices from RM16.90 onwards for a SET meal, who wouldn’t be tempted? I tried the burger with fries set RM21+ i think, and nothing too memorable. But I think Friday’s burger was quite dry the last time i ate at Queensbay. But the fries were definitely WAY better in Friday’s. THICK cut fries, extremely generous serving….
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but i must say, you make the food look purdy good!!
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The last time and also the first time I went, was in Sunway… the beef looks good but not the chicken.. hard and tough.
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anything that comes to Msia becomes below par. No?
That’s true! <_ < A sad sad thing
quite “cheap”..
i can cook the instant chicken/mushroom soup(cost RM 1.45) and the biscuits i think we can buy it at nearest store, like Pcf and Tc. Just RM 3.99 for 30 packets
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Tony Roma is definitely more upscale where ever u go. n their speciality is the bbq pork ribs. this obviously is a problem in m’sia..
Hmm, i always wanted to try this Tony Roma but dare not stepped in. scared later i need to wash plates lar.. hehe..
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i tried tony roma’s and chillis restaurant at mid valley Megamall…if compare the quality of their steak still cannot beat San Francisco steakhouse…Wagyu Beef and Angus Beef were superb…
I have actually tried 3 Tony Roma outlets in and arround KL. And I have these to say:
1. They are actually famous for their Pork Ribs back in the USA. And because of the social environment in Malaysia, they had to switch to Beef Ribs. Thus, their specialty is the ribs, humburgers, and steaks.
2. The best outlet in terms of food and service, I would still prefer the outlet in Sunway Pyramid. This doesn’t mean that the other 2 outlets don’t provide good service.
3. I find that the service provided by the attending waitor or waitress allocated to our table to be polite and friendly, which I rarely see even in more respectable restaurants. They were actually even helpfull in suggesting what was best in their menu and warn us of certain ingredients that might not go down well with us, the blue cheese burger.
4. As for price wise, you say that it is a bit more expensive, but you must judge according to the portion served. The last trip I went with my friend to the outlet in The Curve, we spent RM 68 for their blue cheese burger, onion loaf and grill chicken with garlic. At an earlier trip to the one at The Garden, 4 of us spent arround RM 136 on 2 set lunch (ribs & steak), 1 ala carte main course and 1 starter.
I will be putting up some comments and pictures in my blog, http://gourmet-garden.blogspot.com/, on Tony Romas’ soon. May be you could drop by and leave some comments.