Malingo Restaurant & Bar

I walked into Malingo with low expectations trying the restaurant to fulfill my mission to dine in every restaurant in Sunnyside. With the low star ratings from other reviewers, I did not expect much however I left pleasantly surprised.

From the outside the restaurant looked like a Japanese fusion mix bar. I was not fully aware the restaurant served Nepali and Tibetan food which I had yet to try. With an adventurous appetite, I ordered Chicken Thali which came with basmati rice, vegetable curry, lentil soup, green mustard, rice pudding, salad, thin disc-like chip, and spiced yellow pickle. It was by far the most unique and foreign dish I tried in Sunnyside. I didn't know how to properly eat the traditional way- mix the rice and lentil soup? Mix the rice pudding with rice and place it on top of the chip? Dip the pickle in green mustard? (I do not recommend). I found myself mixing in each and every way, experimenting, my very own culinary science project with prepared food. The pan was empty before I knew it.

Pork Thali lunch special. Recommended!

Extremely bad service ... ordered for thenduk they brought thukkpa and said they are similar, and on the top of that it was just mushrooms soup and some chowmein and some pieces of meat ( which was hardly chewable)... waiters didn't bothered about water we had to call them again and again for water .. one of the waitress was busy in her phone ..

extremely slow. The service is very poor.

Extremely slow and inattentive service. I get that it was Christmas and they had a few big tables but they completely ignored us and just focused on the big tables instead. Food is OK but I'm biased b/c I'm Nepali and we make the same dishes at home for much cheaper.

I've heard good things about the Thinduk here but I don't think I'll ever come back solely on the service and price.