Beanstalk has a pretty amazing selection of hot and cold foods for lunch. Trick is to get in early,…read morethat is between 12 and 1 pm, or there won't be much left. There's a selection of hot food, from curries to continental dishes like a Tuscany chicken served with steamed rice. No fuss fusion here, the salad bar or rather chiller, groans under the weight of the large trays of food. You'll find a good mix of food nationalities here; Mexican corn fritters with a Thai inspired coconut dressing for example. Or a chicken and pumpkin salad with a curry like dressing. Even the baguettes aren't free from fusion- do try the Peking duck baguette. I've noticed by the time I get down to the cafe, a lot of the sandwiches are gone, or maybe they just have little and focus more on the salad and hot food ranges. Not complaining about that, as the serving sizes are huge and worth the tenner you paid. Service is warm and friendly every time I'm there, and prompt too. Even when the crowds ten to fifteen deep. The cafe also serves breakfast and is open early.

Thankfully most businesses have come a long way from the old fashioned cafeteria at the base of the…read morebuilding. However I am often reminded that office building cafes can have exude a sense of conveyer belt automation around lunchtime that is reminiscent of a bi-gone era. This isn't a criticism, merely a fact of life for cafes that have to serve a mob of hungry office workers who have very limited time to waste. Keeping the above in mind the food here at lunchtime is not bad. It's nothing to write home to nona about with an enclosed secret recipe you had to pry from the chef's fingers with a bottle of wine, but it's not bad. There are always lunch specials and having been to boarding school when I was younger the food lives up to my nostalgic memory of bulk produced food. The staff are friendly and mean very well, alas, they too are victims to the time/service/capacity predicament that occurs both in manufacturing businesses and worker bee cafes alike. You can always count on them for a smile but sometimes the speed of service is limited by the low staff to table ratio that seems to constantly haunt this quaint little cafe. If you can, avoid the peak periods and you will find reasonable fare for a reasonable rate, just try not to go after everyone has taken all of the food :-/

Seems like a new establishment on the corner of Bourke...Not your traditional style Korean diner,…read moreseems a little fast foody...PORTIONS ARE HUGEEE. Pay by cash and get 10% off your total bill. Seems pretty nice if you got a big group going. Your standard Korean fried rice or dark sauce noodles variants. Worth a try!

Went there on a Tuesday after work for the Parma & Longneck special for $18 that I saw somewhere…read moreonline (cant remember where). However it looks like the deal is no longer, and instead Tuesday is $15 Porterhouse steak night. Cant complain - steak for $15 is reasonable. I got mine with mash which was nice and a bowl of stemed vegies (I swear I asked for Chips but perhaps the diet gods made the lass behind the counter mis-hear). The service is not the best (Downstairs - pub area) during my visit... but it is a lower cost venue so sometimes you cant expect too much. Steak was great however medium rare came out more rare so I didnt eat the middle part... I guess you get what you pay for eh!

If you're in need of a pub in the CBD for much needed after work drinks (particularly on a Friday)…read morethen look no further than the Waterside. It's like the most tradish pub you'll find in Melbs, offering great service and cheap cheap CHEAP drinks! You have to go on Friday arvo's, free finger food, $3 pots and just $3.50 house wine by the glass - these peeps know to get you well and truly shitfaced!! The pub meals are awesome too. The middle eastern entree platter is beautiful, as are the home made lamb meatballs with rigatoni. Now also promoting Steak Tuesday; you get a massive 350 gm Porterhouse, sides and choice of sauce for just $15!! WTF! Wish it was Tuesday!! And for convenience you can even order lunch online, which is particularly handy for the office droves needing to get back within the hour. A great spot!!

This is basically the restaurant for the Princess theatre, which means that you can come here…read morebefore, or even after, a show. However, that can be pretty tricky on the grounds that you tend to have to fight your way through a huge number of people, or just spend an incredible amount of time waiting for things to happen. It's rather small as well, meaning that there isn't much in the way of seating. Still, it's not too bad, and the pies that they had were rather nice as well. A nice place for lunch, but not really before, or after, a show.

Unbelievable! One of the waiters assaulted a customer right in front of me for no reason, grabbing…read morehim by the neck! We had to call the police as a result as it was unprovoked!

I loved my pumpkin risotto meal here! Tasty and wished it just a bit warmer, but otherwise…read morewonderful. Service staff were pleasant in taking drink and meal orders and delivering meal, thank you!

Great food, if you come at lunch time expect a bit of a wait, I loved my pumpkin risotto, the sweet…read morepotato salad wasn't warm as advertised.

Nice little cafe in Docklands. Food was good and atmosphere was relaxing and casual. Server was…read morevery nice, gave us information on taking the free tram into Melbourne.

Great food. The Nepalese vegetable curry was delicious. Fabulous service. You need to go searching…read moreto find this little gem but worth looking for.

We both ordered a coffee and sat ourselves down, admiring the small intimate location, it couldn't…read moreseat more than 15 inside, the coffee guy had warmly welcomed us and offered us drinks. The coffee was good with the late scoring a 5 out of 5 and the long black scoring a 4 out of 5. We both ordered the corn fritters which were served with a home made chilli jam and scrambled eggs were delicate and gently folded. Upon finishing our meal our needs were anticipated with a glass of water and a smile.

Despite what some reviews have said, it looks expensive on the menu but, they give you a full plate…read moreof food. There were a lot of good home-made ingredients and overall, a pleasant experience. The menu and plates have changed since the last time we were here but, it's still great food

Try somewhere else. The 2 stars is for the service alone as the people are great. The food was just…read moreabove terrible. Had smashed Avo as I often do, was supposed to come with marinated Feta , mushroom & poached Egg. Only decent thing was the mushroom. Toast ordinary, the feta must have been marinated in invisible as I could not see, smell or taste it. The egg was so under half of it was inedible and the avo wasn't fresh. Plenty of locals here, so either I had a bad experience or they like bad food