Reviews Bintang Restaurant

I've been twice now, don't live in London but have been a regular visitor to the city for 10 years and I can honestly say this is head and shoulders the best restaraunt I've eaten in. The food and service are top quality and the prices are so reasonable! Food recommendations on today's menu would be the chicken liver popcorn starter and the beef short rib (again comes with chicken liver and sizzling hot!!). Awesome place to eat and I hope anyone else who goes enjoys it as much as I do!

This place is a gem. Great staff and food is out of this world. Really cool art and cosy surroundings. Recommend the chicken satay as the peanut sauce is best i have tasted. Byo alcohol too. Genius

By far one of the my fave restaurants. My friend and I enjoyed every dish, especiall the Crispy Chicken Tocina with Pancakes (which now makes perfect sense) and Suman Churros. Omar and staff are always super friendly too....

The food was beautifully prepared. Very tasty. Reasonably priced and very welcoming. We sat in the 'bear garden' with our two young kids and could not fault this eatery at all.

Superlatively brilliant food. One of the few genuinely well pulled off Asian fusion places (as oppossed to the usual 'we cook our pad thai like it was chow mein' standard we often find). Excellent service and hosting. I have a softspot for kaiju film posters and Bruce Lee so I was impressed from the moment I walked in. A bg shoutout as well for the co located ice cream joint which did nicely for desert. Crackin'.

Bintang in Kentish Town is the little spot with a big voice. Further up from the tourist mecca and party paradise that is Camden, is this star. Yes, in Indonesia Bintang means star, so star by name, star by nature. 

What first strikes you is just how down to earth the place is. It is certainly not about being the great pretender here. Out goes the fancy schmancy decor or attempt at too much Asian design authenticity; what remains is real and raw with an emphasis on practicality and comfort. There is even a secret garden at the back if you fancy braving the ever changing UK elements.

The restaurant opens onto Kentish Town Road so your entertainment is a mixture of your dining companions, fellow diners and the colourful characters that sashay past the window. Kentish Town is very residential. This bit specifically, is quite urban, so there is a melting pot of class and culture who live side by side. Bintang appears to follow the same theme with a diverse Asian menu covering places like Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, China and Indonesia. What they have done here is taken the best bits of what is the largest continent and put it in a pretty little package for you to enjoy near the comfort of your own home. No long haul flights for this treat.

There are a couple of things to note about this magical place. You can bring your own wine and pay corkage of £5 a bottle. Conveniently, there is an off licence two doors down. They only accept cash. Again, the off licence ticks that box with its machine which unfortunately charges £1.89. Now the basics are covered (and you have booked a table because it is popular), you can settle down to scan through the menu.

As I said, the menu is like the Eastern portion of the Silk Route (an ancient trade route from China to Europe specialising in Chinese Silk). For my starter I went for chicken and spring onion dumplings (Chinese). Now this gyoza was very interesting, in that it was much slimmer and transparent than ones I have had before. In fact, I really enjoyed it as the filling was as prominent as the sticky case holding it together. Jacki had salt and pepper squid with taramind (Chinese). Delish with lashings of lime squeezed over it.

My original main was supposed to be the baby chicken inasal, which is a pandan marinated dish from the Philippines with notes of lemongrass, ginger and soy. Unfortunately they had already served the last portion, so having pouted a little, I got over it and ordered Pad Thai. Yes, I know that this is the go-to Asian option more most people, so one should be more experimental. Especially when one is writing a review! However, their take on this dish surprised me. Firstly, there was a solid quota of king prawn. Then, for me Pad Thai can normally be too dry but this had a moistness and sauce to it, which made it more interesting. Jacki had the lamb rendang (Malaysian). Now, this piece of meat was slow cooked on the bone, so it literally melted away as she pierced it with her fork. Rendang carries some weight having been voted the no 1 dish on an online poll of 35,000 by CNN back in 2011. Having had a taste of the tender pink lamb meat, I could understand why Jacki was prepared to go back in time to log her vote.

Sides were unnecessary as the portions are huge! Not knowing that, we had some coconut rice and garlic spinach. The great thing about ordering too much, is that you get to take it home. This made for a great lunch at the office the next day thank you very much. 

A fantastic food journey across Asia from the comfort of this smart little friendly joint. The menu is halal, vegetarian and vegan friendly, so it pleases just about everyone. The staff are sweet with a very funny Irish waitress who had us in stitches with an anecdote about apple sauce and tomato ketchup. Bravo.

Charming little place. Very friendly and great food for a low price

Very warm. Walked into a diff country in a small little room. Very small restaurant.. couldn't really walk around.. but very friendly and warm. The food is very tasty! Especially the fish dish!
You can bring your own beer (with no charge!)

I've been there was, and I like their take on serving small Filipino plates in a format that makes it easy to try a lot of things and to share. Last time we got the liver popcorn, which were cooked just right still creamy on the inside. Got the slider as well, where the beef was cooked just right, and in a bun that was as tasty as the filling. We also had the lamb ribs, which were tender with a nice sweet sauce. Service is quick and attentive, many vegetarian and gluten free options available.

The food is flavorful and amazing, especially the half chicken and garlic rice, most important is the cocktails are so damn good. The bartender is so nice and cute. Really love the vibe, service and drinks here. Although it’s a little bit far from the city center, it close to underground station westminster. Highly recommended to those who want to try Asian food.

Elite experience for me, great setup & location & all dishes were superb - highly recommended!!!. Also want to note that I went during lunchtime when it was less busy - I always recommend that if you want to check if the food is really up to par.

I went here for the first time last week and had very positive experience We ordered beef sisig, garlic rice, Kare kare and the pandesal slider. For drinks I had the clarified calamansi margarita and my friend had the pink cocktail ( can’t think of the name) the pandesal slider was very very nice, it was very tasty was glad I split it with my friend It felt very rich and heavy, the beef sisig was very good as well. I was initially hesitant on ordering it as traditionally it had chopped liver but the waiter assured me it was there to add flavour and you wouldn’t see it in chopped pieces. The oxtail Kate Kare wasn’t the traditional kind your mum would cook, firstly it was in a very small bowl and the oxtail had not enough of meat on it in my opinion but it was still very tasty and tender. They lose a star as I wished the Kare Kare taste was more peanuty in a bigger serving bowl. Overall my friend who has never had Filipino food was pretty impressed, we ended on Milo pandesal icecream sandwich, that’s a must if you want a dessert to finish off your meal. Very delicious!

It was a really busy day around Camden, so we were strolling around Kentish Town looking for a quieter place to eat, and we bumped into this place, that I had saved on my want to go list for a long time. And it didn't disappoint! We had the tofu for starter, and was super super crispy and full of flavour. For main dishes, we shared pad thai, which was quite good. I mean, it's hard to go wrong with pad thai. And then we tried the lamb ribs with banana bbq sauce, and wow! They were outstanding! Meat was crispy but also, inside, was super super tender. The sauce was sweet, different and great. Loved them, I really recommend ordering them if you pass by! Good food, totally recommend this place!

Some delicious Filipino food yesterday in Kentish Town. I’ve been wanting to try here for ages and it didn’t disappoint! For starters I had the Spicy Carabao Fried Wings, the main was the highly reputed Crispy Wok Glazed Banana Lamb Ribs and I had dirty fried rice & a roti on the side. Definitely be back to try some other dishes that looked equally delicious. Great service too.

Everything we ordered was delicious, bursting with flavour. The staff were really nice and polite, one guy was sweet enough to run after us after we forgot our takeaway bag. Decor is really nice and cosy. Food came fairly quickly too. Can't wait to go back. We tried the adobo wings which were crispy with a tasty glaze. The sliders that came with fried potato salad - i wish there was more. The traditional meat dish we ordered with garlic fried rice which is game changer. Roti canai was so flavoursome and the best one we've had!. We also had a pitcher of guava and lime soda. Needless to say, we couldn't finish it all, we got close though and had to take the leftovers away.

Been there a few times, latest being Feb 12th 2022. The Menu has changed from last time I went there, which was a few years ago. No Roast Duck on the menu 😪. The Menu is 100% Halal 😃 The service was very attentive, friendly, and professional. The restaurant was fully booked out when we went there, so they gave us sitting downstairs. It was pretty cold down there, but quickly warmed up after they put the AC up! 🙂 We ordered both types Wings and Burgers for starters, the Honey glazed wings were delicious, and super tasty, unfortunately the Buffalo wings was too tangy and salty. Would not recommend. The Burgers were really nice, meat was so juicy and succelent, I may have to go back for those burgers alone. ☺️ For Mains, we had Lamb Randang, Lamb Ribs and Pad Thai. The Randang was disappointing, I've had this dish before elsewhere and always enjoyed it, however, here it was more like a Indian Curry, also too salty. The Ribs were awesome, very large, meaty and very well marinated. Loved it. Pad Thai was of good quality, you can never really go wrong with a decent Pad Thai. The egg fried rice as side was standard, nothing special. Overall it was a good evening at the restaurant. If you are in the area it's definitely worth a try. Even if you live far, would recommend a drive to it. Definitely worth it.

Our first Filipino/Pan Asian cuisine while visiting Camden. Would highly recommend giving it a visit and trying out new flavours. For starters we had the Spicy Carabao Fried Wings and Pandesal Sliders. The Wings did have a kick to them so beware but they had there own unique flavour. Next time I would probably avoid the sliders as they tasted like any other smash pattie burger, however couldn't fault it. For mains we shared the Crispy Wok Glazed Banana Lamb Ribs with Garlic Fried Rice. This should come with a warning, make sure you use your hands and have plenty or napkins. If you are a shy eater, order something else. But it was worth it! Would also recommend Calamansi drink to cut through the sweetness of the ribs. Highly recommend going here for something different. Service was very friendly, great experience overall.