This place has excellent, lightly cooked, traditional Chinese food. It's also BYOW…read more The oyster/lemongrass starter is excellent. Other highlights were the chili prawns, and the shitake mushrooms with spinach. Usually Chinese food leaves me feeling bloaty, but this was really lightly cooked and very flavorful. The service was great too, we had a very friendly and funny server.

Sorry to have to give this restaurant only 3 stars, but there is no way around it. Went for dinner…read moreand ordered the duck crepes for a starter and the "three time" chicken as a main. Overall the food was very good. It didn't make me jump for joy or strike me as some of the best Chinese I have ever had, but it was good. The duck crepes were a little measly for the price, but more importantly the just didn't seem "ducky" enough if that makes any sense. The covering dough and the sauce where in charge on this dish and the duck was merely a bit player. the chicken was good, although it was a little sweeter than I would have thought. A healthy amount of ginger really set this dish apart and overall I was pretty happy with it. 4 stars for food. I wouldn't go back (at least for dinner) because of the price, however. I know Melbourne is expensive, but with 100k Chinese places to choose from, I think I will spend my money on excellent rather than merely good Chinese food. In addition, the service was very bad. I waited for at least 20 minutes after I was finished for my food to be removed and then waited for another 15-25 minutes to get my bill. I never did get the bill. Eventually I just decided to go downstairs and ask for my check and pay myself. Bad service on one occasion does not necessarily mean that service is always or even mostly bad, but with so many other options to choose from, why risk it?

"...LOVELY LITTLE CANTONESE MEAL IN CAULFIELD SOUTH..."…read more Sunday before Chrissie we took advantage of a '3 course meal with a drink' Groupon Deal at PRINCESS @ ELSTERNWICK in Glenhuntly Road, Caulfield. It was truly lovely... nothing to rave to anyone about, but thoroughly enjoyable... -Food was timely, generous and good - none of us could really fault anything we had.. -Service was impeccable - patient, attentive.. -Restaurant is small, but very light, airy and actually quite feminine in decor - not at all expected - a nice surprise... -Papers, magazines and books to read - a great idea for grumpy teenagers, denied their devices for an hour or so, to flick through whilst eating.. or waiting to eat.. or deciding what to eat..!! Anyway, from the 'traditional Cantonese menu' we chose 4 entrees, 4 mains, 4 desserts and then chose 4 cold drinks from the fridge.. ALL for $58..!! We added 4 soups, 1 large Special Fried Rice to share and another round of drinks for an extra $40. We'd all been VERY WELL 'fed and watered' for just under $100...!!! Will definitely go again.. Yes, without a voucher.. Menu and Take-away prices are very reasonable and good value for family dining. PS. We took BYO wine, not sure if it's licensed. Visited on Sunday 20 December 2015 for Dinner.

High quality and reasonably priced Modern Chinese Fusion restaurant in the suburbs…read more - Wide choice of items on the menu - Big servings (great value) - Friendly and attentive service - Small but cosy, I enjoyed the eclectic decor - The spring rolls (especially the crab one) are delicious, plus save room for the deep fried mars bar with icecream at dessert!

We loved trying this place while on holiday here. Neighborhood regulars brought us so service was…read morephenomenal. We had quite a selection of menu items because we were a party of 9 with a vegetarian & pescatarian we needed to please a lot of different appetites. Absolutely everything was delicious. My favorites were the eggplant with pork & the scallop shrimp dumpling. The wines are excellent. Everyone in our party was happy from the 7 year old to the 60 something!

Eh. The food is…read morepretty authentic and good, but the prices are High for the portions you get. However, perhaps it's bc I get to eat a bunch of asian food when I'm at home and just went to China, the food doesn't stand up too well comparatively. If it were less expensive, probably a 4 stars. It's also very hot inside.

So much to unpack here ... There were four of us for dinner and they seated us at a strange table…read morefor six, and so we were kind of spaced out too much. They gave us only two menus for the four of us which was annoying. The soup came out first and the other three of us had to wait so much longer for our entrees to come out. They too came out staggered, and since the chicken ribs came out SO late, they were still eating them as their main meal came out. I hate that. Cutlery was practically thrown at us. No class or care. Didn't find any of the staff warm or friendly at all, sadly. The one redeeming feature is that the food is nice. Is it the best Chinese food I've ever eaten? No. But it would scratch an itch if you're craving it. Also, just pray that if you order the Sweet and Sour Chicken like I did, that it's not drowning in sauce, as the batter then goes soggy and the cutlery gets sticky and sauce ends up on the table. Sadly, I wouldn't return here. There was no warmth, atmosphere or anything inviting, and some dishes were dirty. Yes, the food is ok, and reasonably priced, but there are so many other places one could go to. Sorry, but just being honest.

In support of a friend who is currently researching for a business concept involving dumplings, my…read morehusband and I have visited a LOT of dumpling / dim sum / yum cha venues. To put this into perspective, next week we're travelling to asia to do just that. Anyhow, I digress. The point is we get through a lot of steamed (and fried) parcels of deliciousness. Ripples in Bentleigh (not the other Ripples which I'm lead to believe is less than fabulous) is rather tremendous. Take a look at the pictures I've uploaded and you'll see how fresh everything is. This is now amongst our new favourites in Melbourne. So why only four stars? Well... the debate at our table came to the conclusion that you can't give a place 5 stars when you've only been once. Surely at least a star should be reserved for consistency. Anyone can have a great experience once. It's really not my thing, but I'll also say this - Ripples is extremely child friendly.

In my view I thought the food was inexpensive and good value for money…read more Nothing out of the ordinary. Staff were friendly and attentive to our needs.

Alright, I'm going to be honest with this. The food was awesome don't get me wrong but the service…read morewas terrible, I had to wait 2 hours for a couple dumplings...

My wife and I used to be regulars at this restaurant, typically spending around $140 for two…read morepeople. We would share a bottle of wine and were fine with the corkage fee. However, during our last visit, we brought with us a bottle of cognac and had one shot each. The restaurant charged a $25 corkage fee for the cognac, which we felt was excessive. Unfortunately, this will be our last visit. Mark and Victoria

Love this place AND it's so close to home. My mum gets…read morefussier and fussier with food as she gets older. Nothing tastes like it used to and so taking her out to a restaurant is tough because most of the time she's not going to be happy. Potsticker has been a winner year after year when I come to visit my mom. Every dish we order she still not only likes but really enjoys. The crab claws are delicious filled with real crab, lots of it, with a tasty sauce. The Fried Tofu is perfect in both seasoning and texture. Crispy on the outside and wonderfully soft and creamy on the inside. Their soups are excellent and my shredded beef was really delicious. I highly recommend this place as an always good staple. It is also pretty to sit in and reasonably priced.

I wasn't sure what to expect from this place, but one thing that I did know was that it certainly…read morewasn't what I expected to find in a place like Brighton. This is basically one of your standard Asian fusion restaurants and it felt like I was in a similar place in Preston or Springvale (or even Hong Kong). It was cheap, the servings were really generous, and the staff friendly. It somehow surprised me somewhat because I generally expect places down here to be really classy, and this was anything but. I guess one can get a decent feed down here without having to spend huge amounts of money.

I think this place has one of the best hunan sauces I ever tasted. It wasn't hot or spicy but it…read morehad the right tang to it and over my vegetables which were cooked perfect, it was an enjoyable meal. I ordered take out and it was ready. Looks pretty small but I didn't really look at it to notice anything. Just went in and grabbed my food. Man at counter was very nice.

Delicious cheap food, and incredible service. $10 for a set meal of one main, soup and fruit or…read moresoft drink and fruit, $2 extra for dessert. Dine in or takeaway. Free tea is provided when dining in.

Food: A fantastic range of Asian food. Their biggest advantage here is the choice of dishes and…read morecuisines. Food was well cooked, and well flavoured. I loved how this dishes had lots of colour too them. They looked really appealing and portion sizes were generous. Atmosphere/Service: Kotaraya is a fairly large restaurant, and offers a good number of tables for larger groups. It always seems to be busy in the evenings, and has a pleasant atmosphere. Service is a little hit and miss, they really need to work on their organisation with this and ensure they are approaching tables in the order they arrived, but staff are nice. Would I recommend it: Yes, I was surprised given the variety of food available how well cooked and well presented it was. I also thought it was very affordable for the portion sizes given. I'd recommend booking if you plan to go in the evenings, particularly at weekends.

This restaurant has a range of asian dishes available. Whether you're in the mood for Chinese, Thai…read moreor Malaysian, they cater to all in your group. When we lived in Elwood, we ordered from here at least fortnightly. Their delivery is very quick and the food was always hot and tasty. Their won tons alone are enough to tempt us to go back now that we're out of the area. The five spices calamari was always fresh and tender and the battered chicken with choice of sauce rounded off our favourites.