Went there as this was located under the hotel we were stopping in. Located in the basement and expected nearly empty dodgy eatery. What a surprise. Probably 170 people in there largely Asians so must be good food. Made welcome and seated quickly. Either order on line from table or go to bar and order. No real help in choosing but menu pretty straightforward. Tom yum Chicken curry soup served in large bowl over table based flame. Satay chicken good also. The strange / novelty thing was small robot on wheels delivers plates of food to which you help yourself or one of the many staff put on your table. read more

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This restaurant has processes that have minimum staff interactions reminiscent of Covid times. Scan the QR code at the table that identifies your table at this specific location. Choose your items, pay through their website (includes Apple Pay), and then wait for the food to be delivered...by a robot. If the staff member is there, they'll transfer the food to your table when the robot. There were a lot of items, and we picked pad see ew, satay skewers, curry pockets, soft shell crabs and rice. Food was 3.5/5 overall, with the weakest being the curry pockets. The filling was curried potatoes, but there wasn't much of a taste to it. Experience was fun though. Noodles were spicy but did not have much wok favor. There 4 crabs that were battered and fried were good, hot and crispy. Rounded up to 4* for the fun, unique experience. read more

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Surprised this spot only has 3.5 stars! Truly authentic Thai restaurant, so authentic their spice is really spice. My husband got level 1 out of 7 and it was pretty spicy. I thought the spice level was perfect for me but my husband died eating it. No wonder why they do have tissue boxes across every table! You walk down the stairs to the basement of the building, quite hidden from the main street but there are lights outside to signify the spot. Once you walk in, there are tons of people eating and lots of seating. We sat down and scanned qr code to place order. I got lard na and husband got soft boiled rice in tom yum pork base broth, level 1 spicy. Foods came out super fast. The soft boiled rice came out first, lots of meat. The soup was good, think it'd be delicious with noodles instead! The spice is Thai spicy so beware! So delicious. The lard na came, I thought the broth was too sweet and not enough noodles. Not bad though, I just didn't like how the broth was super sweet. Generous portions too. My parents make the broth much more savory and the noodles have a more charred taste. I'd love to try their other dodee noodles! Affordable pricing. And if you follow them on IG and share in story, you get free Thai tea. read more

Service was efficient. You order and pay through the QR code. The Tom yum noodle soup was flavourful and we added extra noodles for $3. The stores fried noodles were spicy but taste was ok. The bbq squid lacked flavour. read more

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While celebrating the Chinese New Year we decided that the lines at the restaurants in Chinatown were too long. Asking around we were recommended this place just outside of Chinatown. The food was excellent and the robot delivery was a nice Covid added touch. read more

Dodee Paidang - Cashew chicken. Yummy! - Thai Near Me - Melbourne, VIC

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Super yum and super authentic! Brought me back to Thailand. The menu can be a bit overwhelming because there are so many options. I ordered the Tom Yum which was creamy spicy perfection. I forget how spicy and delicious Thai food is. It wasn't too spicy, but enough to get a little sweat going. The Tom Yum had prawns, lemongrass, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, ginger, lime juice, cilantro, and of course chilies, the staple to any thai dish. Hands down, best Tom Yum I have ever had! It's going to be really hard to top it. It was so delicious. For drinks I went with the Thai milk tea to wash down all the spicy goodness. I had faith in the food being so good I order the Pad Kee Mow to go. I knew it would be great for lunch the next day, oh boy it did not disappoint. Again I was floored at the authentic amazing taste and quality. Flat rice noodles with chilli, garlic, egg, chinese broccoli, basil in a black sweet sauce and oyster sauce! YUMMMM There's sitting in the little alley way and then they have a bigger restaurant space around the corner. Eat in the alley way if you can, makes the whole experience better. The alley way isn't great for groups though, a total of maybe 9 people fit inside. Again plenty of space for group in the main part of the restaurant. Overall so happy with the service, ambiance and the authentic yummy food read more

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Wow total surprise as you make your way to basement of this restaurant and there are lines and huge space. The food was not bad the soup was very good best Tom yum I had. Other dishes average. Value 3/5 Atmosphere 3/5 bathroom dirty Service 3/5 slow but friendly Quality 4/5 13/20 read more

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Service was fast and SO MANY options to choose from on the menu. Food was extremely authentic and yummy! A must try abroad. Expansive choice of spices as well :) I would highly recommend. Hidden gem downstairs past the initial bar you see! read more

No split bills. No eftpos minimum below 10 bucks. But you gotta come here. Not once but many times.  Why? Service is so quick. Staff are lovely. Really helpful. Menu is omg SO EXPANSIVE. The prices are good but you get what you pay for.  Their specialty is tom yum noodle soup. Don't be fooled by the name. It's very less noodle and very less soup. I'm using a laksa soup as my benchmark or even a pho where you get ample broth and ample noodles.  Don't be fooled by the spicy levels too. I had level 2 chilli and it was quite mild for me. I have had thai spicy at nine elephants and that had me sweating! There are two sizes - the normal size and the jumbo size. The normal size is for kids. There is barely anything in it. I thought as a woman, I should go normal size and got myself the dodee salmon. Yes, it has a well-sized salmon fillet in it, some wonton crackers, but barely any noodles and barely any soup. My friend had the jumbo seafood and he wasn't full after. He's 6 foot and a bit. We had to order two more noodle soups. I had the dodee devil this time and he had the jumbo dodee devil.  You get your choice of noodles. I tried the egg noodles and the thin rice noodles. Both were good but the latter was amazing. The soup itself has the mama noodle flavoured spice in it. I grew up on the Thai mama instant noodles so for me it reminded me of my childhood.  Would definitely go back but for two people with an average appetite, I recommend two jumbo noodle soups and an appetizer and maybe a drink.  Lots of Thai drinks to choose from and they do hot coffees and teas too.  And happy hour everyday from 3-6pm (drinks for 5 bucks).  Ooh and their somtums look delish!  Dodee means nothing! :) But dee means good in thai. And the restaurant was definitely dee mak mak! :) read more

Dodee Paidang - Interior - Thai Near Me - Melbourne, VIC

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Ok. Well i came here to try the no.7 Tom yum and well it did not disappoint. Was hot. The atmosphere is authentic. Food is authentic. Very tasty. Owner and staff are very friendly Was seated very quickly. We also ordered the pork and rice. This too was amazing. Would recommend if you in the mood for a good feed. read more

Dodee Paidang - Tom yum level 7 - Thai Near Me - Melbourne, VIC

Interesting decor. Rude and seemingly uncaring staff. Pad Thai was tasty but overly oily. Pork crackling was delicious. Not in a rush to return. read more

I wanted to like this place. Good sized but fast moving queue, good variety on the menu, pretty inexpensive pricing. However, there are major things that totally killed this experience. 1) It's not clean. My seat had spilled food and water on it, the table was really sticky even though it had been obviously wiped, because it was still wet. My partner said to not even try the bathroom. 2) Service is weirdly clueless. Apparently there's only one guy with the phone to place orders, and if you order any beverage that is not the tower of beer, they look at you confused. Also, the people bringing food out from the kitchen were not confident about their service, because each person looked terrified that they were going to spill something. 3) Service is also very slow. See previous comment about only one person with the phone to take orders. On the positive side, the food was good, but I just couldn't get past the other things. Would not recommend. read more

Absolutely horrible. Went there for dinner with friends. We sat down and ordered. 40 mins had gone by and our food hasn't come yet. We noticed the people around us who arrived after us starTed getting there food so we checked with the waitress. She forgot our order... didn't really apologize or try to make it right. We left and will never come back read more

Pork was not crispy. Chewy and the outside was way to hard. Wouldn't seat me even though there were free tables using excuses. Then made me wait while they seated others when everyone arrived. Waitresses were unresponsive and didn't respond to orders. Tables and cutlery were dirty. Toilets ran out of toilet paper... read more