Dinner at Checkers, Damansara Heights

Went to Checkers in Damansara Heights last Saturday. We’ve heard a lot about this ‘KL’s best kept secret’ so we wanted to try out their ribs and compare it to Tony Roma’s.

Checkers is a (very very) small homely restaurant nestled in the CEO bungalows of Setiabistari in Damansara Heights. Its so obscure that they don’t even have a signboard. Make sure you have good directions if you have not been there. The place is pretty small, 6 tables inside, 2 outside, so reservations is a must. The decor is a bit lacking, its got a mom and pop ambience, but the important thing here is the food.

The menu is very short, you need to refer to the chalkboard to see what else they have to offer.

For starters, we had the owner’s recommendation of galette, which is a kind of super-thin crusted pizza with ham and mushroom. One of the best i’ve tasted.

For the main course, I had the pork knuckles.

My wife had the pork ribs.

And my daughters had the pork spaghetti.

For desserts the kids had the chocolate mud cake,

While we had the delicious rum ice cream cendol. This was probably the highlight of the meal 🙂

Came up to about RM70-80 per person, the receipt is the same type you get at the sundry shop.

All in all the knuckles and ribs are pretty good, but not out of this world. I’d say it warrants a second visit, maybe we might try the famous Lord of the Ribs (RM88) then. But the rum cendol was something else, that alone would be worth the trip all across town.

Checkers Restaurant
19 Lorong Setiabistari 2
Damansara Heights
50490 Kuala Lumpur
03-20953304
(reservations required)

9 Comments

anjali*

February 8, 2009 at 8:15 pm Reply

Ahem. Am glad you finally went! 🙂

simon

February 8, 2009 at 8:26 pm Reply

heheh yeah forgot to mention that you were one of the ppl who recommended it to me… 🙂

mott

February 9, 2009 at 4:11 am Reply

ya…I like Checkers too…quite sedap ah…….but those knuckles sure are EX!

Dory

February 9, 2009 at 8:24 am Reply

Urgh, I hate Checker’s ribs. It’s the dry type, not the tender, melt-off-the-bone and in-your-mouth, with smoky barbeque sauce American type – the type found at Tony Roma’s (Singapore) or Rib Shop.