Suki-Ya Shabu Shabu at Pavilion has been one of the more busy restaurants located at Pavilion’s Tokyo Street ever since it’s inception a couple years ago. I’ve meant to give it a try for the longest time, but it’s always been packed, and I’ve only recently lunched there thanks to arrangements (ie: advanced booking la) by my colleagues.
Suki-Ya at Pavilion, there’s almost always a queue
Suki-Ya brands itself as a restaurant that offers modern healthy choices. The outlet at Pavilion isn’t exactly big, but I like the cozy ambiance and the very clean interior.
They have an ala-carte menu on top of shabu-shabu (or Japanese steamboat), but we stuck to the basic this time and only tried the default buffet, priced at RM 29.80 per adult for a maximum of 2 hour dining period. Dinner would cost an additional RM 10. Any extra time over the 2-hr block is priced at RM 3.50 per 15 mins.
Kinda sounds like paying for parking.
there are 4 types of soup to choose from
Like many steamboat places, Suki-Ya offers several choices of soup – the classic shabu-shabu that is light, sukiyaki that carries a hint of sweetened soya sauce taste, miso which is a little on the saltier side, and kimchi, one that carries a bit of a kick.
We chose shabu-shabu and kimchi since you’re allowed to split the pot.
Pro tip: Always start off with milder tasting soup so as to not overwhelm your palate too early.
beef, lamb, chicken, and the “healthy bar” full of veges and more
There are three choices of meat you can choose, and the waitress will happily serve as many plates of them to your table as you request. Do note that any wasted food carries additional charges though.
The chicken, beef, and lamb were all thinly sliced and served frozen. The beef only requires a quick 10 second dip to the boiling soup, while I’d advice to leave beef and chicken in for a little bit longer. They tasted pretty good with some dipping sauce.
we had a great time, thank you for lunch, HL
The “healthy bar” offers some 30 types of vegetables, tofu, mushroom, fish balls, and even clams. These are really mainly the healthier choices – food with less fatty contents. They are somewhat less luxurious, but for less than RM 30 I think it’s plenty good value for money, and you’d likely not over eat that much.
It’s not difficult to see the success of Suki-Ya and that long queue outside the restaurant on daily basis. If you are to visit them, I’ll advice to call and book ahead.
Other than Pavilion KL, Suki-Ya branches can be found at Paradigm and Mont Kiara Mall.
Address:
Suki-Ya @ Tokyo Street
6.24.04, Level 6, Pavilion
Jln Bukit Bintang
Kuala Lumpur
GPS:Â 3.148872, 101.713368
Tel:Â 03-2141 4272
Website:Â www.suki-ya.com
That’s cheap!!! Hmmm….-ki’s missing from the name kah? LOL!!!
suituapui: errr. what -ki? O.o
Well, there’s a dish in Japan known as Sukiyaki… and the food in Suki-ya resembles it… therefore one might wonder does the word ‘ki’ being left out intentionally.
Fyi, the ‘ya’ means ‘shop’, which differs from ‘yaki’, which means ‘grill’, so try not to get confused on both of the words. 😉
Alex: haha ok ok. Ya they in fact do offer sukiyaki soup base 😀
One of the nicer Shabu Shabu place in town. Too bad they don’t serve pork here unlike our neighbor, Singapore. They even have Drink All You Can too!
JD: haha ya, with pork it’ll be perfect.
Wah, must pay extra after 2 hours, they are really turning tables,lol.
Kash: haha, ya, need to make money and avoid campers.
Think this will make a good dinner tonight for me. Still coughing like a fire engine:(
missyblurkit: that won’t be a bad idea 😀
after a long, tiring day, i looked at your photo of the clams and thought they were cockles at first (heheh, i know, clams and cockles look very different). hopefully someday suki-ya will include a free flow of cockles too for us kerang addicts 😀
Sean: haha, I think that might go against their healthy food motto a bit.
Love this place a lot, blog bout it too (tq for checking out if u do) but when they were newly open there wasn’t a 2 hour block. Guess they need to turnover for other guest as well.
Anonymousmich: I think it’s still fair, 2 hour is plenty enough time to eat anyway 😀
this blog would be complete if there are more pictures of the cooked beef etc etc you must hone in your skills of taking food pictures discretely sifu!
Seetoh: haha I was too busy eating, but you’re right!
been here many times. love this place as the veges are fresh.
Nymphadora: Am glad you like it 😀
My fav place for authentic Jap shabu-shabu! Visited their branches 15 times aredi…hehe =)
ulric: wah you even keep track! haha.
Love shabu shabu!
ciki: yummeh
I’ve never tried this outlet too and maybe a visit soon… nice…
eiling: make it happen 😀