New look at old Monte's

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THE only thing that has changed at Monte’s Restaurant which started operating 15 years ago is its look and some items on its menu. Otherwise, patrons can still look forward to its fair price policy in addition to great food.

After five months of remodelling along with some sections of Bangsar Shopping Centre where the restaurant is located, the outlet now exudes a feel that is more “New York downtown bistro” as opposed to its part diner and part cafe look previously.

According to restaurant co-founder and managing director Susan Lee, opening and running a restaurant has always been her dream.

Big contribution: (From left) Sidang Injil Borneo Kuala Lumpur senior pastor Dr Chew Weng Chee, Choon Siew Mei, Dr Lew Lee Choo, Lee, Axis Identity Group director Yenn Yap, Summer Realtors Sdn Bhd executive director and restaurant partner Daniel Chin and Axis Identity Group managing director Lai Siew Hong at the restaurant.

“I was looking around for premises for a Singaporean customer who wanted to open a carpet shop when I stumbled across this corner of the mall. It immediately struck me as a great location for a restaurant,” said Lee who is also Summer Realtors co-founder and managing director.

She said the success of the restaurant for the past 15 years was no mean feat and she credited her partners as well as the staff for a job well done.

Cosy: The interior of Monte’s Restaurant

“Monte’s is now a household name, a preferred business meeting spot and is well known among people of all ages for its food as well as our prices,” Lee said, adding that she hoped the restaurant would continue being an anchor tenant of the mall for many more years to come.

She also said the restaurant had a new equity partner, Axis Identity Group, who were responsible for the new look.

She said this in her speech at the restaurant’s reopening and 15th anniversary party.

The works of 15-year-old prodigious autistic savant Yeak Ping Lian was also displayed inthe restaurant for sale.

“A total of 15% of the proceeds from the sale of Ping Lian’s prints will go to United Voice, an NGO that teaches self-advocacy to people with learning disabilities,” Lee said.