Cina Armadale, Melbourne

User Reviews of Cina, Armadale

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0 of 1 reader found the following review helpful

7.8 Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 6 Service 9 Value 8

Friendly staff especially the young man with the glasses. Best dumplings I have ever eaten and very good price point. Enjoy this on a fortnightly basis.

Aug 05, 2011

Oliviae
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0 of 1 reader found the following review helpful

1.8 Not Recommended

Food 2 Ambience 3 Service 1 Value 1

Amongst the most horrible restaurants I've had the misfortune to eat in. Over-priced, bad service, rude staff (especially the senior levels), fish market ambience. Food not authentic, noise level so bad, you can't hear yourself think! Random billing of items not on menu. Do not visit!

Jul 31, 2011

John S.
1

6 Average

Food 7 Ambience 6 Service 6 Value 5

Some nice dishes at this highly-rated restaurant but we were disappointed that they couldn’t cater for our MSG allergy (apparently no assurance can be given that there isn’t flavour enhancer in virtually everything on the menu, except for the calamari and steamed fish). While there was an adequate number of staff, the service was a bit erratic at times. For the prices charged, you’d expect the service to be a bit more on the ball.

Jul 17, 2011

gxh
149

0 of 1 reader found the following review helpful

8.3 Highly Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 8 Service 9 Value 8

I'd been looking at going to Cina after some good reviews. The reviews were on the money a upmarket but not stuffy malaysian. North chinese restaurant. Lobak made a good starter. A spicy pork dish and nasi goreng followed. The nasi goreng is pricey at 14.80 but was a large serve. There is a large dessert menu of some unusual items. We ordered wine from a large list, not much under 30 dollars you can byo for 8 dollars a bottle. Try Cina for a good night out.

Oct 01, 2009

theoracle
23

0 of 1 reader found the following review helpful

9 Highly Recommended

Food 10 Ambience 8 Service 10 Value 8

I brought my parents here last night having never been before. Initial welcome was warm and we were shown to a nice table in the sun at the front. The restaurant is not traditionally decorated but had some beautiful floral arrangements on each table. We ordered a serving of prawn dumplings and vegetarian and these were seriously the best dumplings I’ve ever had. We then had a yummy tom yum seafood soup which was well sized and very nice with fresh seafood.

We ordered the salt and pepper calamari and once again the best I have ever had?! It was so fresh, not rubbery with a gorgeous batter that had no hint of oil it was delicious. We also had gado gado with coconut rice and a fantastic hot noodle dish I can remember the name of. Servings were generous but it is not a cheap Chinese meal. The bill came to $104.00 and they charged us $14 corkage as we BYO'd wine.

But the food was well worth it and the service was good. The mix of Chinese/Singaporean/Malaysian is a bit confusing if you just want one type of cuisine but we mixed it up and it was lovely! Highly recommend!

Dec 16, 2008