Delicious pan-Asian small and large plated for sharing at Bang Bang. Run by the same guys as Main…read moreStreet, Parker's and Corner Store, the same quality and service but a very different menu. Taiwanese, Japanese and Korean influenced dishes, including gua bao steamed buns. Lovely atmosphere with the whole roof skylight. Also outdoor seating on the footpath. Best pork belly! Ate the food too quickly to photo!!

Poke bowl was amazing!!! As were the gyoza! Will definitely come back when I'm in town! Can't…read morewait!

The main lamb dish and fried rice was exceptional. The DIY board is a sharing board but only comes…read morewith 3 items to share which makes it awkward.

It is hard to find decent Asian food in Geelong however Mr Umami's is the oasis in the desert. Not…read morea big space, booking is recommended, but the food is worth the squeeze. Dumplings and pork wraps are good, and desserts are recommended. Best experienced on a school night when the crowds are thinner.

I left a review for this place when I first arrived in Geelong saying Wai Bo was average at…read morebest...just goes to show it is worth giving things a second chance. While the decor and the service have not changed, the quality of the food certainly has. The dumplings were high quality, with fresh seafood (prawn and crab) inside the thin casings; the peking duck was the highlight, despite the fact they are assembled before they got to the table; the pork and eggplant hot pot wasn't far behind in terms of making you want more; even the fried rice, while a little pricey for the size, was better than average. It seems the more obscure your liking (more traditional), the better it gets. The abalone is on my list for next time! Don't be put off by the look of the place, with quantness comes the ability to BYO, and that is always a bonus.

We've gotten take out from here and eaten in. In both cases we had really good food and the serving…read moresizes were generous. The woman who took our order both times was also very difficult to talk to. She misunderstood us several times. In the end my mother in law ended up ordering in Cantonese for us. The waiter was very accomodating and made communicating easier on us. The struggle was worth it for the overall quantity of the food though.

What I love about this place is the cosy atmosphere, helpful staff and its central location...and…read morethe food of course. We ate here when visiting the rear courtyard where diners can choose from several local eateries and bars. The menu has lots of asian option and everything is fresh, steaming hot and perfect for sharing.

I came for dinner with my husband and mother in law. We were looking for a last minute place to…read morecelebrate Chinese New Year. We order a share platter, two types of dumplings and three mains. The food was fine but I wont bother going through the order because the service was so slow and disorganised its just not worth it. We waited over 30 minutes for drinks. I asked for a glass of wine three times after the 30 minutes before it showed up. At about the hour mark 2 out of the three mains showed up. The guy had only put in one of our two dumpling orders so the other came after the mains. We decided against refilling drinks or getting any dessert since we were already at the 90 minute mark and didnt want to spend another 45.

The food was killer (in a good way). I went with my family--five people--which includes three…read morevegetarians. They were quite happy with the availability of vegetarian/vegan food on the menu. I (not one of the vegetarians) would highly recommend the "Crispy Coconut Cups" (a seafood appetizer) and the "Crying Tiger" (beef flank with a spicy sauce). Make sure you get an order of the roti too. The rice was bottomless with our banquet meals--so while I tried to keep room for the meals--the rice was quite good! Our server was nice and funny, not shy of cracking jokes. The seating is quite spacious and there are outside seats too--many of them covered by space heaters and under a shelter during the winter. Overall, I'd definitely recommend stopping here for dinner. Their "banquet style dining" worked well for us, and the portions ended up being exactly right for somebody who walked in on the slightly hungry side--which also makes their fast service and speedy kitchen helpful!

Absolutely fantastic! We had dinner as a group of 9 (reservation needed) on a Saturday night and it…read morewas so good. Great service and stunning food. I love the banquet style of ordering that feeds everyone at the table. We had 5 different dishes as well as some spring rolls and everything was delicious.

The food here is amazing. Have been here a couple of times and have loved every bite. We stopped…read morefor lunch and had the 5 selection deal for $32 per person. You get to choose 5 plates from the menu and they come out tapas style so a share plate. There are so many great choices on the menu to choose from. But sharing the 5 plates is enough for you to feel satisfied with out being overly full. Every plate was a delight and the accompanying salads were light and refreshing. I especially lives the tempura eggplant dish with the green mango salad with chilli it was delicious. The crying Tiger was also amazing with the wagyu and the spicy citrus dipping sauce. It's to die for as is the sticky pork belly The staff were great they were attentive and happy to explain any part of the menu we were unsure about. Also very friendly and made sure we were happy with everything. I will be back here for sure pity it's so far away for us but it's a good place to look forward to coming back for a great feed.

I have never had food in Ballarat that was better than this. The service was amazing and the vibe…read moreof the restaurant was great.

From the owner: Modern Asian Cuisine, cocktails, share platesread more

Melbourne is dense with excellent restaurants, and this was no exception. We chose this place…read morebased on the reviews on a different website. This is a Filipino fusion restaurant, which is a fairly uncommon entity, and we were intrigued by the menu. The restaurant is located at the southern end of Hardware Lane, across the street from the string of restaurants line the narrow alley. It's fun to walk down Hardware Lane, as long as you don't mind being waylaid by the hosts and hostesses of each restaurant trying to convince you to come in. It kind of reminds me of Belden Place in San Francisco. We didn't make a reservation, and we were concerned that we would be turned away because the place was packed to the gills. Lucky for us, there was some open space at a shared table that we were just able to squeeze into. We weren't especially hungry during this visit, so we got a small sampling of dishes, all of which were well-made and delicious. Kingfish sashimi with passionfruit and caviar - really interesting flavors here. The sashimi itself was tasty, and I thought it looked at tasted a bit like the hamachi (yellowtail) that I love. In fact, I looked it up later and found out that this is the same fish. BBQ duck with mandarin jam and thin pancakes - pretty messy to eat, and the mandarin jam made it sweeter than expected, but again this was an interesting twist on an otherwise familiar food. Lamb rump with enoki mushrooms, kampot pepper, and a burnt eggplant mash - I guess you can't be in a restaurant in Australia without finding lamb on the menu (sheep do outnumber humans here by a 3:1 ratio). I loved the lamb and the enoki, but really disliked the flavor and texture of the eggplant concoction. Other at the table also found it unappealing and kind of out of place. Short ribs lettuce wraps - boneless pieces of meat, just slightly spicy, with large leaves of lettuce. Very delicious. On the side we got an order of coconut jasmine rice and something called "kangkung", which he hadn't heard of before. It seemed like something we call hollow-heart vegetable, but apparently it's also known as water spinach. This was also pretty good. Service was prompt, and the food came out at a reasonably leisurely pace, such that we neither felt rushed nor did we wait very long between courses. The total cost for our meal (not including drinks) was just over AUD106, which seemed quite reasonable to us.