El Cerdo

4.6 / 5 We visited here again at the start of this month. This time is for family gathering and celebration. I made appointment ahead. The staff is very friendly and prepared well with decent service. The restaurant offers very traditional Spanish cuisine, and it's always an excellent choice for high quality pork dishes. Every visit has been memorable, and we'll definitely return whenever we have the chance.

Just in KL, Malaysia. My wife choose this restaurant for our family, the food was excellent. We had 1/2 a suckling pig, El cerdo pasta & vegetarian pasta. Then some dessert at the end. Suckling pig was excellent, the crackling was perfect, the meat was spot on, could not be any better. The kids loved the pasta and dessert was great. Service was great, staff was very polite & professional, only thing I didn't like the restaurant was a bit dark and it was bit hard to see the menu. Besides that, everything was great & food was amazing. I would definitely come back & would recommend this place. ( Bathroom was clean as well) .

Been “Grabbing” their food many times. Finally able to go the restaurant in person and enjoy the food and experiences. The food was great! Service was on the spot, the vibe of the restaurant was cozy and we were super enjoying the night.

Came here twice in September as the restaurant was having promotion for free a bottle of fine wine with dining. Do check most current menu on elcerdo official website. The one on Google map is not updated. Because we found hidden gem on new menu. Free range duck liver pate is melt in your mouth luxury. We have it twice in a month. Delish! Cold cuts here is a lot decent quality than others in Changkat. Grilled pork collar is good too. Fantastic with grilled vegetables on the side. I like pork hog knuckle here. But next time, I’ll prefer they don’t cut it in the kitchen and cook two way as not mentioned on the menu. Leave me puzzled. The deep fried plate mainly bones covered with batter/crumbs. Do check their new beer and wine by glass promotion on TV screen. Fantastic deal!

Dine in with friends to celebrate my birthday,the staff are friendly and genuinely accommodating, the food was so tasty, highly recommend the iberico ribs, we will try the piglet next visit. The ambiance is classy,Thank you for the wonderful experience I really enjoyed my birthday here. Keep up the amazing work, appreciate the birthday song 👏 👍 💯 ❤️❤️

This restaurant is a hidden gem in KL! The decor is adorable with pig-themed decorations throughout. A must-try is the Cochinillo Al Estilo Segoviano - it's a bit pricey but definitely worth it. The presentation and the experience of breaking the plate for good luck were unforgettable. Highly recommend!

Upscale restaurant. A little pricey. Clients have to pay for parking. The parking space is limited. Wheelchair accessible. Good ambience. Food well prepared and presentation was excellent. Cutting the roasted piglet with plates was a delight to watch as well as the ritual of breaking the plates afterwards. The restaurant provided a complimentary cake for birthday celebrations. The staff were on hand to sing the happy birthday song. Very friendly staff

31/8/2024-Saturday. Dinner with my children, my grandchildren, and my loved one in the El Cerdo Spanish restaurant. We had typically ordered their crispy roast suckling piglet. Where they have explained, they need to be marinated & seasoned for 2 days before roasting it. The Spanish traditional cutting the piglet with plate and later has to make "A Wish" for good luck, good wealth. It is one of the amazing experiences for my children & grandchildren. All of us really enjoy the lovely evening. Their service was excellent. Thank you to the team and Bob Bob for their excellent service. The seafood Paella will well cooked with balanced taste. Plus all the other dishes. We were definitely back again. Highly recommended. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Love their cochinillo, or roasted piglet! The name means "the pig" in Spanish and they serve everything from "nose to tail" the ribs and the cured meat platter were really good! If you order the signature dish of roasted piglet the staff will serenade "happy birthday, oink oink" to your table. The cochinillo is cooked so well that you can cut it apart with the edge of a dinner plate, this is demonstrated by a waiter splitting the piglet. Then the fun part starts when he/she instructs the customer(s) to cut each side horizontally twice! Afterwards, you are supposed to break the plate by dropping it into a bucket. I believe this is a tradition in weddings to ward off bad luck (?) needless to say the whole place is super lively and noisy as if watching sports! It's a lot of fun and special since this restaurant is in Malaysia, a majority Muslim country.

Do you like breaking things? Well, in El Cerdo, you get to break a plate if you order their ever so famous suckling pig. Every weekend (either that or it's every sunday) for lunch, they have this special buffet table for lunch. You have to pay extra for it though. Their paella is also quite good although I would prefer it if they had foie gras in it. We went there twice. During the first visit there, we asked the chef to customise a paella for us. We asked him to add foie gras in the paella since it wasn't on the menu. He did as we requested and it was perfect. The second time round, we ordered for the same foie gras with paella. Unfortunately, they said that they don't serve that. That was the only disappointment. Other than that, the food was great! Everything, even the ambience of the place was really nice. I enjoyed myself but wouldn't give it a 5 star because they don't serve foie gras paella (yes, I'm that big a fan of foie gras).

A lavish restaurant that is great for birthdays. They will put up a show for you and your friends if you order their suckling pig. You get to listen to their Spanish tradition on how they prepare and cut the pig with the plate and you break them later on for luck. The interior decoration is filled with oink oink accents. Every wall is bound to have some pig ornaments, decorations, pictures on them. It makes the whole place a delight to just browse around. I've been here a few times and almost tried out the entire menu and I've not find anything dissatisfying. That do mean a lot about a restaurant. So if you're thinking of a place for your birthday, try this!

Fan of all things pork?Let me tell you, this place serves a lot more than your regular old pork chop or bacon strips. Located on the bar lined streets of Changkat, El Cerdo is a popular place to head to before some bar hopping. El Cerdo proudly displays their 'nose to tail' porcine experience by utilising every part of it. Their call to fame here is their suckling pig which goes for almost RM200 for a half pig. The most fun aspect to this dining experience is that you're given a plate to break and throw into a bucket as it is based on the Spanish tradition of throwing away the bad luck. Definitely not a place for the price conscious, however it is an experience by itself, what with all that plate breaking going on almost constantly in the background.

It is so bad I felt compelled to write a review. First of all, price is very much on the high side, which is ok if you can back it up. Deco, very mediocre. The wait staff, Bob didnt smile the whole night and rest of crew definitely needs training. Throughout night they came to table three times with beer and asked if we ordered them...hmmm really? this isnt a bar. We sat outside, it was raining and the roof was leaky. Didnt notice the other gimmicky stuff (pig themed whatever) i read by other reviewers. Now the food.Ordered some spicy baby ribs..im no food expert as my fav food in KL is chap-fan and chicken rice. But i think i know a bit about ribs being one thing i cook at home once a week, pop them in the oven long enough and it will be tender. Ive never sent things back before and this is the first time. Baby was definitely filled with muscle and no meat and even then not off the bone tender. It was--inedible. Sent it back-reordered sausage which was pretty standard. Friends had the sausage platter to share--they were edible, Also ordered the paella, they were ok. Overall bad and I would not recommend it all for the price,sub par food and service. I must say the nice manager did try. But if you looking to be a tourist i guess go for it

El Cerdo is one of the best Spanish restaurants I have ever been to! Unfortunately, it is non-halal as it is famous for its suckling pig. If you order a suckling pig, you will get the chance to break a plate, which is El Cerdo tradition. The appetiser for El Cerdo is bread with dips, which I could pig out on as it is that good! Since I am a fois gras lover, we asked the chef to customise a paella for us and add fois gras in it. It tasted lovely and didn't cost us too much! The staff are very polite and friendly as they come by the customer's tables to ask how the food was and to make small talk. The food comes at a good pace, so you don't have to wait too long!