Jeta Groves - Melaka Raya

My family went to Melaka for holiday when my elder sister Annie came back with her two sons from UK. We stayed in Garden City service apartment as there were nine of us. Initially I wanted to book Aldy Hotel as it is very centralised but Melaka is quite small and I think I made the right choice with Garden City as it has a small kitchen ( we did not use.....who would want to cook in Melaka when holidaying there??!) and a sitting room with a small TV where family can gather and chit-chat. Moreover it only costs RM320 for a three-bedroom apartment. We stayed in Mahkota Apartment (behind Mahkota Parade) before but the place was badly maintained and more expensive.


I heard so much from friends about this Jeta Groves serving good food and chendol. So we went for our breakfast there that first morning in Melaka. It is located at No.115, Main Road of Melaka Raya, few doors away from Makko Nyonya Restaurant.

This is the name card :

A plate of nyonya kuih on each table. Mum tried the Kuih Koci and she said it is good.

My second son Kevin ordered Nasi Lemak and he said yummy. The nasi lemak is very basic without additional 'Lauk', just rice, ikan bilis, cucumber, fried egg omelette and sambal in seperate small plate. From the picture below, the nasi lemak looks lousy but I can tell you it is very tasty.

I had a Mee Siam and I love it very much. Full of aroma and fragrant. The beehoon is of the right texture and the taste is just right.

Elder sister ordered Rojak (for breakfast??) and she said the sauce taste just right , not too sweet but fragrant.

Other family member ordered Mee Jawa, Toasted Bread, Nyonya Laksa but they were too fast to eat the food for me to take any picture! All of them were satisfied with the food even my little nephew was happy with his toasted bread in peanut sauce. Another thing I would like to mention is their beverage.........the milk tea and local coffee were so good that we have two serving each!

After all the historical tour of Melaka and about 3pm we went there for tea break, actually is more for the chendol. There are two type of Chendol ie. normal and durian. In my opinion, I think Jonker 88 chendol is being overrated. The chendol here taste much better. The ingredient used is fresh and the amount of each ingredient used ( I think it is coconut milk, gula melaka, chendol, red bean??) is of the right quantity and that makes the chendol not too sweet but fragrant and yummy. Even the shaved ice is of the right texture not too fine or coarse.

Normal chendol : RM2.50 per bowl.

It was Saturday afternoon and the food was selling fast. The kitchen only had fried noodle/rice left. I ordered fried Meehoon which tasted very good. There was not much 'liao' eg. prawn, sotong or fishcake in the meehoon but it turned out so tasty and full of 'wok hei'. Thumb up to the chef who could make such a tasty meal with so simple ingredients. If you say it might be the MSG but honestly we didn't feel thirty after eating here.

This is the must have 'Durian Chendol'-RM3.50 per bowl. They add bittersweet alcohol taste durian and not any durian puree or lousy 'ubi' durian. And it came with a bigger bowl than a normal chendol, but definitely you can finish it.

The place is just a normal ground floor shoplot with about twelve tables with no air-con . The price is reasonable (about RM2.80 per plate) and the service is quite fast. The shop closed on Mondays. We will definitely come back again whenever we visit Melaka.

P/S : All views and opinions expressed here are based on my own personal opinion. Nobody pay or threaten me to say good or bad things about the food I eat!!