Tasted the food at this outlet a few times and the general impression is quite good, for this visit , curry rice with curry chicken is not bad or in fact is quite good. Seems like the fried chicken was quite good. Especially with the curry sauce . Craypot rice was quite tasty previously but now the cooked rice is totally tasted flat with no fragrance. Not sure if the rice was changed. The chicken cooked with the craypot is only 2 or 3 small miserable pcs of chicken meat and it is not seasoned and tasted plain. Overall, this claypot rice is nothing to enjoy the food,not unless one can’t find any decent food. Not recommended.
SAM LYNN
5
1st time trying En Tan. Photo was taken after ate🤣. Really hungry. Anyway, service is good, very fast, variety of food choices, spacious.
ordered Fried Chicken Cutlet Rice at $5, Dine In, affordable price and HALAL. TBH, you can't really find any HALAL stall with this price. 👍👍👍👍👍.
Doraemon
4
Kitty and I were looking for a good meal and decided to check out Encik Tan at Compass 1. We were intrigued by their claypot dishes, which are not commonly found at every restaurant. Encik Tan offers a variety of stalls under one roof, including a claypot stall, a fishball noodle stall, a curry rice stall, and a drinks stall. We decided to try the claypot rice and the yi mian claypot.
Even though Encik Tan is a halal establishment, their claypots looked exactly like the traditional Chinese claypots we're familiar with. We were impressed that they managed to recreate the classic claypot flavor without using pork lard or any ingredients not permitted in halal cuisine. The claypot rice, with its fragrant soy sauce, was particularly delicious. Even Kitty commented, "Wow, the claypot tastes alright, even though it's halal"
My yi mian was also enjoyable. While both the claypot rice and yi mian were flavorful, we felt there was a subtle something missing, a taste that we couldn't quite pinpoint.
The service was friendly and efficient. After we finished our meal, a friendly uncle went around to help clear our dishes. There was also a designated tray return station for convenience. The ambiance was bright and spacious, which we appreciated.
oXRYSTALo Ong
4
Encik Tan @ Compass 1: A Halal Twist on Claypot Classics
Rating:
• Food: 4/5 (Delicious claypot dishes with a unique halal twist, but a subtle missing element)
• Service: 4/5 (Friendly and efficient)
• Atmosphere: 4/5 (Bright, spacious, and comfortable)
• Overall: 4/5 (A great option for a satisfying and authentic-tasting halal meal)
Review:
Donkey and I were looking for a good meal and decided to check out Encik Tan at Compass 1. We were intrigued by their claypot dishes, which are not commonly found at every restaurant. Encik Tan offers a variety of stalls under one roof, including a claypot stall, a fishball noodle stall, a curry rice stall, and a drinks stall. We decided to try the claypot rice and the yi mian claypot.
Even though Encik Tan is a halal establishment, their claypots looked exactly like the traditional Chinese claypots we're familiar with. We were impressed that they managed to recreate the classic claypot flavor without using pork lard or any ingredients not permitted in halal cuisine. The claypot rice, with its fragrant soy sauce, was particularly delicious. Even I commented, "Wow, the claypot tastes alright, even though it's halal"
Donkey's yi mian was also enjoyable. While both the claypot rice and yi mian were flavorful, we felt there was a subtle something missing, a taste that we couldn't quite pinpoint.
The service was friendly and efficient. After we finished our meal, a friendly uncle went around to help clear our dishes. There was also a designated tray return station for convenience. The ambiance was bright and spacious, which we appreciated.
Overall, Encik Tan offers a satisfying and unique halal dining experience. Their claypot dishes are definitely worth trying, and the friendly service and comfortable atmosphere make it a pleasant place to enjoy a meal.
rYu FPV
1
the claypot rice is not even warm. Food is not cook properly.
placed my order with the lady, less than 3min call my order number ready. I know it's super peak hour yet 3min you can prepare my cold chicken clay pot rice for me.
seriously, you have this kind of worker, might as well don't open for business.
will inform SFA of improper handling of food.
cam chem
1
if i can give minus star, i will not hesitate!
just went to this encik tan for the first time & this will be the last time I will ever visit this cheating dishonest eatery.
1) ordered batang fish set but the staff served me another fish which has many tiny bones, I confronted her why did she fail to inform me that the batang fish has sold out before I make payment so that I have an option to cancel the order, she kept quiet. Such dispicable forced sale tactic!!
2) the claypot rice is another horrible disappointment, beside being not fragrant, worst thing is there is only 2 pathetic pieces of chicken served, no vegetable, no chinese sausage, utterly a daylight robbery!!! dispicable business tactic!!
will never spend our hard earn money on such lousy eatery!!! such business should be boycott for good.
Zenobia Loh
5
If you come encik tan to dapao i tell you dont come because not worth it the takeaway containers quite overpriced. But if you come here to eat then its a good choice! Quite value for money the portion is generous. I ordered the squid so actually not that generous but enough for me. I imagine if someone of a bigger size then maybe not enough. But the rice + curry alone is quire tasty i will come back again but only to dine in. Chilli is on point
theguy_withstuff
4
Encik Tan is a half food court, half fast food restrurant. It’s like you take a food court, miniaturize it, and put it right next to an actual food court. I swear, these outlets seem to always have an actual food court. This isn’t a bad thing just a thing I noticed. The food here was quite tasty actually, the claypot chicken rice was fantastic and that’s just from one stall, imagine the others, and I only paid $5.50 for that! I don’t like how some rice got stuck onto the claypot but that’s probably just me. The ONE thing I hate though is that the tables are ALWAYS dirty, like it seems like the tables either have a 90% water 10% ??? puddle on it or a new tattoo. Besides that the workers are alright, if they we’re replaced with mindless robots I would have never noticed but that isn’t a problem really. Overall, good food, ugly tables.
M H Lau
1
Absolutely terrible service, waited at the claypot rice section for 5 minutes to be ignored by the staff standing there. Staff consistently showed a lack of care for anything they do, and have a irritable face when serving all customers. As I was waiting, various customers in line also expressed their dissatisfaction with various services (eg. Asking for spring onion and staff saying they do not have despite a bowl full of spring onion directly Infront of them). Will not come back to this place. Dissapointing
Samuel Tan
3
Encik Tan over at compass one has been around ever since the mall undergo a major revamp. I would say that this outlet is of average size as compared to other encik tan outlets in othe locations. Seats are very very limited and hard to come by if you happen to passby during peak hours in the evening.
Food choices wise, it has a wide variety of stalls such as their signature curry rice, fish soup, char kway teo, carrot cake, western food, claypot dishes as well. Sadly, they do not have my favourite sesame chicken claypot here at this outlet. I would love to have them bring it in though, since they already have claypot dishes here in this outlet.
Taste wise, I would say that it is on par with the rest of their encik tan outlet island wide. So do drop by if you're I the vicinity and craving for a plate of curry rice.