I went here for my birthday dinner with a few friends as I've been a couple of times and enjoyed…read morethe food and service. Not disappointed. The food is fresh and delicious and once again excellent service. It's not noisy, well spaced out so not crowded and the staff are there when you need them. Reasonably priced as well.

Quan 88 in St. Kilda serves up some of the best Vietnamese food in the area. The pho is flavorful,…read moreand the banh mi is a must-try. The atmosphere is casual, with great service and delicious food. It's a perfect spot for a quick, satisfying meal in St. Kilda.

The food was fine, but really cheap. You definitely get what you pay for. There was hair in my food…read moreand that honestly ruined the meal for me.

Fantastic place for lunch. Whether it's the more restaurant-y locations or the food courts, this…read morechain never fails to delivers great service and food. I do recommend sitting at the top floor for more room/privacy. It wasn't properly marked as an upper level for customers along with bathrooms, but it can can quite crowded around mealtimes. The vegetable tofu curry with rice was phenomenal! Vegan options available!

When I was looking through places to eat in Melbourne, this place came up and it being a Michelin…read morestar, I had to go try. I came right when it open so there was no line or anything, which was nice. The restaurant is really nice and clean and spacious. There's a few newspaper clippings of it being the Michelin star so you can look at. You basically order first and then you just wait for your number to be called to grab food. The food took a little longer than I expected considering it just open and there was no one else there. I ordered the famous soya sauce chicken worth noodles instead of rice and a side of the egg. They also have a side bar of jalapenos and hot sauce. The dish looks very simple but the complexity is in the flavor and texture. The chicken was tender and juicy. The thin egg noodle was chewy. Both was good and had it's own flavor. However, what made this dish a Michelin star dish is the soya sauce. That sauce brought the entire dish together. It was so good and enhance all the components. I could have just eaten the sauce on it's own or just use that sauce for everything. The egg was just standard, nothing special. What's nice was that the entire meal was $10 Overall, definitely a place you should visit to try. The original place is in Singapore but this is the next best thing.

Warning: this is NOT the original restaurant that was awarded a Michelin star, but rather another…read moreoffshoot of the original. TL:DR - Above average soya chicken and roasted pork, but a disappointment when considering it in terms of the hawker Chan name. Dishes were cheap, about 6 Aus per plate. Meat/rice ratio leaned heavy towards rice. Large and clean interior, won't have to fight for a seat. The other reviews of this place are pretty accurate. Reviewing on its own, it'd probably get 4*s, but it's hard to do that since most people are coming here based on its affiliation with the Singapore original location. Given that, I can at most give it 3*s. My partner and I ordered one order of the soya chicken and one order of the toasted (crispy) pork. The following observations apply to both dishes. Both dishes were delicious and something I'd be happy with if I got them at a random Chinese restaurant in Chinatown, but somewhat of a disappointment when considering the hawker Chan name into account. The ratio of rice to meat was quite poor, you got way too much rice compared to meat. The interior was really clean and rather large. They had the left section of the restaurant roped off as of they were expecting huge crowds (which may have been true when they first opened), when in reality only 10% of the tables had people. Kind of sad quite really. In conclusion, the other reviews of the place are pretty spot on, you'd only come here to say you've been to a Michelin starred place, even though you know that's a huge stretch. So just know what you're getting into when you come.

I came here for lunch and got the spicy boiled fish lunch special and switched out the rice with…read morenoodles. I expected the noodles just to be dumped into the spicy boiled fish, but out came a huge bowl of soup noodles. I ended up scooping the noodles out of that soup into the fish sauce instead, much better. I think they used a lot of MSG though because I was pretty thirsty afterward. The fish was a bit floury I think, but the spicy flavor was great. The price was fair at 12 AUD for the great amount of food.

Mentioned Szechuan food to the local, you will most likely be referred to Spicy Fish. Immensely…read morepopular and centrally located, precisely next to Target Center in Chinatown. I came here many moons ago for their full set dinner menu, and honestly, I don't remember much of it. This time around, came for the lunch menu and I must say, I was pretty impressed. Deep fried chicken with chili. The crunchiest chicken ever, covered with piles of dried chilies. Although it almost looks explosive, it also tastes so good that you might not be able to stop. Service was decent, unless you asked for them, they will mostly leave you alone to enjoy your meal. The ambiance is quite welcoming, feels very clean and new. Also do check out their lunch specials (Mon-Fri until 4 p.m), which listed some of their popular dishes for $10. xx! :) Tip: Mins $20 & no splits bills...boo!

What amazing food. This is an unassuming cafe that didn't charge corkage, and provided delicious…read moreJapanese food I will come back for again. There are only a small number of tables, and a window bench for a few people. The chopsticks are disposable, and the service is cafe quality, but friendly and eager. The meals are a decent size for Japanese and reasonably priced (the Samurai Bento at $25 ish was plenty for dinner, and I am a big eater). Locals have been hiding this place!

This restaurant serves the more traditional kind of Cantonese dishes. Dinner banquet is preceeded…read moreby a simple light soup, and finished off with a sweet dessert soup. Most dishes here are well made, expected as this place has been around for a long time. Some dishes like crab with spring onion sauce on noodles is delicious. Many others, such as salt & pepper chicken ribs, are edible but not outstanding. Service is quite fast and waiters are polite. However they add a surcharge for all credit card payments, so it's better to bring enough cash.

Friendly service Many varieties dish to choose from…read moreRecommend to everyone Affordable prices Suitable for all ages

This place was okay, and it was recommended to me by a friend. Well, part of it had something to do…read morewith me wanting to have some Thai while we happened to be wandering around Smith Street, and my friend believed that this was one of the places that he had regularly visited back in the day. Well, as I mentioned, it turned out to be not all that bad, though it certainly wasn't one of the greatest Thai food places that I had been to. Still, the curry was nice, and the service wasn't too bad, and the prices were fairly reasonable as well.

Had a hankerin for some good tom yum soup aka hangover cure today so I thought I would try this…read moreplace out as it's close to my flat. Kinda surprised that $11 got me what was pretty clearly an entree size bowl, and that they hadn't even cut up the cherry tomatoes which I guess gave me the joyful experience of a piping hot explosion in my mouth when I bit down (not a euphemism) so maybe I shouldn't complain. It is also the first time I've ever seen colorless tom yum broth which was weird - the taste wasn't terrible so I'd be willing to try something else there but it didn't really wow me either tbh

I've been coming to Rama Thai for years. It's a favourite for me as far as the food is concerned,…read morebut as far as the service goes, well that's another story. The restaurant isn't huge, and when really busy, it can seem cramped. But they've "modernised" it a little and it's a nice atmosphere. Parking is usually good, as it's on a stretch of Bourke Road where there's only a few other restaurants, and one of them isn't even open at night, so parking has never been an issue. I'd normally order Chicken Curry Puffs, but they only have vegetable ones. So I ordered the Golden Canape, which is deep fried marinated chicken on bread (toast) with a chilli sauce. Let me tell you; these are HEAVENLY. They are SO good. I haven't seen these on any other Thai restaurant menus (and I go to Thai places a lot). They're delicious and I could almost eat them as main meal too, lol. For my main, I ordered the Chicken Fried Rice (of course). This was delicious too and made according to my modification requests. I did find it bad that the waitress didn't know answers to questions about the food on the specials board. That's something staff should be trained in. And the food came out quicker last night than other times, because they weren't quite so busy. But the food is delicious and really tasty and if you don't mind slow service at times, this is a restaurant I highly recommend.

I have been Thailand a lot in the past and my findings on Rama Thai is: The most authentic Thai…read morerestaurant in Melbourne amongst which I have tried more than a dozen. I'd highly recommend it if you love Thai food and craving for it since Rama Thai preserved the authenticity of Thai cuisine by not localising too much. For the entree, I'd recommend Chicken Satay, Co-co prawns or just Rama Entree combo for 6 pcs. Soup: Must get a Tom Yum soup (the original one should be spicy, but you need to order it as spicy if you want it, otherwise they serve non-spicy version by default.) Salad: Calamari Salad and Softshelf crab salad are our favourites, we haven't tried all of them. Thai curry: Rama Thai's curries are the best, any one of them are good depending on your preference. Grill: Rama grill combo is the best if you want varieties of meat grilled. Highly recommend Talay Thai which is a stir-fried seafood combination with vegies but a bit spicy. All dishes need to accompany with some coconut rice! Dessert: Coconut sticky rice ice cream is the best!