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Reviewed September 12, 2022 via mobile

We went to this place on our first night in Langkawi. Very unwelcoming staff, Unprofessional behaviour displayed in front of customers e.g Leaning against the wall and doors, Stretching their fingers and body continously and just chatting to each other and laughing in the presence...of customers. Our food was not served together, it all came in different order and different time. None of the staff came and asked us if we enjoyed the food. Napkins flying off the table because of the speed of the ceiling fan ended up on the floor and no one replaced or offered us a new napkin. The WORST part of our experience is the RUDE and HOSTILE attitude of the co-owner, Luke. He is very unfriendly, bitchy towards us, rolled his eyes when speaking to us and has an extreme DIVA ATTITUDE!! When we paid our bill at the counter he aggressively tore the receipt from the card machine. When we politely asked for the other Co-owner, Ku-Azhar, he rudely replied "You Wait!!" Walked towards the kitchen area and deliberately kept us waiting for nearly 20 minutes. Luke SHOULD NOT be in the service industry with this kind of attitude. Shame on you Luke!! Food is very average. We DO NOT recommend this PLACE. Our first night in Langkawi was TOTALLY ruined! We wished we have NEVER gone to this place. Plenty of other nice places in Langkawi that you can go to e.g Rockafellas, Bon-Ton.More

Date of visit: August 2022
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Luke Santai, Owner at Santai, responded to this reviewResponded October 19, 2022

I hereby stand with my crew who got rudely mistreated by this individual. Using high pitch voice with finger pointing towards my crew and embarrassed them in front of other patrons intentionally to get attention. This kind of gesture is totally unacceptable and i am...More

Reviewed August 4, 2022 via mobile

We needed a break from our hotel, we had passed this and it looked nice. Booked a table on line and had a quick chat around credit card payment and sorted numbers etc. The staff were really attentive and the food was really tasty, I...had the lamb chop. Really reasonable in terms of cost. Will be back. Only negative, it Could do with a bigger menu!More

Date of visit: August 2022
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Reviewed March 30, 2022 via mobile

Went because it had a few good reviews and it was kind of close to my hotel. My kiddo had the Chicken Rice which he said was nice. I had the Seafood Tomyum which was very average. The only seafood inside was 2 prawns and...a lotta squid, nothing else. The soup was watery and lacked flavour. The drinks was the best thing.More

Date of visit: March 2022
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Reviewed February 14, 2022 via mobile

Super yummy food!we had curry laksa,lamb chop,asampedas ,seabass bakar and finished it off with fried banana cheese.very reasonable priced .the owner ,Ku Azhar is friendly and attentive.

Date of visit: February 2022
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Reviewed October 2, 2021 via mobile

Been a regular customer for this cafe. Food is maintain with fast service and friendly staff. A smile is always on their face to provide an intuitive service to us :)

Date of visit: October 2021
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Reviewed December 2, 2020 via mobile

Had the best aglio olio in my life! Excellent service by the server also pisang goreng cheese is a must for your dessert.

Date of visit: December 2020
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Reviewed September 1, 2020 via mobile

This restaurant was recommended by my Langkawi friend. We had good dinner over there. The restaurant ambience was cosy with both indoor and outdoor seating areas. We opted for outdoor table.The staff were friendly. The cheesy banana fritters and fried chicken wings were really delicious....They do serve western foods which looks very nice (seen from other tables)More

Date of visit: August 2020
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Reviewed July 25, 2020 via mobile

I never thought this restaurant served good food until my friends and I tried it on our last night in Langkawi. Great hospitality by local staff and the food taste so good.

Date of visit: July 2020
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Reviewed March 1, 2020 via mobile

Been here few times for the last few years and absolutely love this place. From delicious food to courteous service. They menu has plenty to offer from Western to Malay and Thai. Love the Ikan Asam Pedas, Deep Fried Calamari, but the Banana Fritters with...Cheese is highly recommended. No alcohol served in this restaurant but I can tell you, they have plenty of fruit juices and cold drinks on offer! Happy to recommend this restaurant and I am absolutely coming back to this place the next time I'm visiting Langkawi!!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐More

Date of visit: February 2020
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Reviewed February 11, 2020 via mobile

A pleasure to visit this little and quite local restaurant to experience the high quality of food, great service, tasteful decor .... way to go, guys ! Consider to expand the Thai / Malay part of the menu, and leave to others to do pasta.../ fish&chips etc. You have the potential to becoming a GREAT local restaurant.More

Date of visit: February 2020
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Reviewed January 29, 2020 via mobile

I have always ordered steak well done in my life. And when I started to eat, it was not a well done. I asked the staff and she said that it was medium rare and I asked to call the one who took the order...and he said that I ordered medium well so why was the medium rare is in the table? Other than the cozy place, this was a total disgrace to blame customer for the mistake made by the staff.More

Date of visit: January 2020
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Kuza L, Owner at Santai, responded to this reviewResponded February 4, 2020

Dear Unotraveller12, First let me apologies for the mistake done by both the waiter who took the order and the chef who prepared your steak. I take any customer’s grievance very seriously and it is my duty to ensure each complain is met with a...More

Reviewed January 28, 2020

came here on the recommendation of hotel staff. it is not close to any of the major tourist spots, so you do need a car or a reliable driver. we enjoyed our meal, food was well prepared and delicious. only issue is that we asked...for the steak to be cooked "medium", it came out of the kitchen still bleeding and breathing the first time, we sent it back and asked for it to be cooked more, the second time, it had stopped breathing but was still bleeding..... took them 3 attempts to get it right, but no big deal to be honest as the rest of the food was spot on. highly recommend booking in advance and highly recommend trying their banana fritters.More

Date of visit: January 2020
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SantaiLangkawi, Owner at Santai, responded to this reviewResponded February 6, 2020

Dear Sir, Thank you for taking time writing kind words on our services. We have taken note on the preparation of steak and we hope our staff would do better to give the best possible dining experience to all our customers. We apologies for the...More

Reviewed January 21, 2020

It is a mix of everything, there are malay cuisine (asam pedas), western (steak, pasta), thai (tomyam) and nice varieties of dessert (banana fritters, mangoes with ice cream). A truly fusion cuisine of choice. And every items of it really look tempting and delicious. A...reasonable price for such a place. The restaurant is a bit out of town, almost in the middle between pantai cenang and pantai kok (Langkawi Cable Car area), in a nice kampung area. It is quite small but comfortable and nice decorated place with a very attentive staffs and that actually created a feeling like one dinning in an exclusive place.More

Date of visit: December 2019
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Reviewed December 30, 2019 via mobile

The serving team were friendly and attentive but both of us were a little disappointed with our main courses. My Thai green curry was very peppery and lacked the usual flavour I’d expect in Thailand. My SO’s roast chicken with rice was pretty unremarkable. Dry...chicken, not a lot of it, overcooked rice to go with it. It’s a decent venue with nice music/atmosphere though. Banana fritters with ice cream were perfectly ok.More

Date of visit: December 2019
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Reviewed December 2, 2019 via mobile

Had my dinner with my family here. Great environment for dining and the most important part is the food. We ordered a asam seabass, tomyam beef and a kiddie set pasta for my daughter. The food is fantastic even my daughter finished the whole plate...of pasta. Sure will come again for the next visit to Langkawi.More

Date of visit: November 2019
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