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User Reviews on Old Kingdom
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Duck was quite good for peking duck in Melbourne, a little on the oily side, but what do you expect from duck? Ordered Chinese Vegetables on the side which had been drenched in oyster sauce. It was way too salty and we had to wash it down with herbal tea.
If you only get peking duck, its quite affordable. $55 for a duck which comes in 3 courses is extremely filling for 2, and perfect for 3 people. However, tea is charged on top. Also try Quan Je Du for peking duck in Melbourne, it is a lot less oily but a little more expensive.
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fiski -
See my reviews 3 , 10 November 2009
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Food 10 |
Ambience 6 |
Service 9 |
Value 8 |
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First time eater at this joint. I must admit, you don't usually expect good service at a chinese restaurant that is full of people but I was very pleasantly surprised. We had accidentally under booked and saw how crowded our seating was. We were very prepared to leave since it appeared that we wouldn't be able to get any more seating. The staff made every effort to find us extra space. I think it was part luck as well since another smaller booked table didn't show. But the lady who served us went to check anyway. And the bonus was that they were completely lovely about the whole thing!
It is a good thing we stayed because we would have missed out on the fantastic peking duck otherwise! It was perfect. The duck was so juicy and the skin so crisp. The waiter who served us the duck carved the first one (we ordered four) then showed us how to wrap the pancakes with humour and laughter. It was great.
The only downside to this place is that it gets very crowded and noisy. It was so totally worth it. I would definitely be eating here again.
TIP: When you call to make your booking, make sure you order the peking duck at the same time. Do not wait until you get to the restaurant to order the duck.
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arose4lee -
See my reviews 16, 30 May 2009
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Food 7 |
Ambience 6 |
Service 6 |
Value 8 |
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The first time I attempted to go to Old Kingdom, it was 10pm at night and I just wanted some takeaway. ‘We closing,’ exclaimed the owner. Go to Macca’s!’
The second time I went I made sure I did all the right things. I called up a few days before to book and pre-order my ducks (pre-ordering is a necessity. And one duck between two people should be more than enough) and turned up at 7 pm on Friday night with a few bottles of (cheapish) plonk and some friends in tow. It’s the way to do it.
If you want refined table service, go to Flower Drum. And if you want spiffy surroundings, go to Vue de Monde. Old Kingdom isn’t pretending to be something its not, the décor is retro and the duck, if not the best in town, is fine and reasonably priced. You get a lot of it too. The restaurant offers you traditional chinese favourites but as I was unfolding my pink napkin, I noticed it was duck, duck, duck on all the tables, as far as my eye could see. Not too many Asian faces, plenty more Aussies in fact.
The 3 course duck banquet starts off with the famous Peking duck pancakes. The young waiter cut up the duck at the table and showed us how to assemble a pancake in a brisk and slightly show-offy way that almost gave the impression he’d done this millions of times before and was inwardly sick of it. So it goes like this: take a pancake, add a swipe of plum sauce, a sprig of spring onion and a few slices of duck, and bob’s your uncle. The duck was fatty but still had a bit of a crunch in the thin layer of skin as you took a bite. The duck pancakes were plentiful, so plentiful we all started feeling full with two courses still to go!
Next: a fairly ordinary duck stir-fry which consisted of shredded duck meat tossed with bean sprouts and spring onion, served in small bowls. By the time the third course was served, a duck broth presumably made using the bones, I was so full, all I could manage was a small taste. A plate of wok-fried chinese broccoli lay almost untouched that we had mistakenly ordered thinking that the duck dishes wouldn’t be enough!
I noticed that the eccentric owner had brought out a tray of toys that looked strangely like Mr Potato Head to the table next to us. Hmmm. With our bellies full of duck and spurred on by the red wine we had supped on, we burst out onto Smith St, my pocket $40 lighter. I must have suffered a duck overdose because I haven’t eaten duck since.
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linmatey -
See my reviews 2, 18 April 2009
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Food 8 |
Ambience 9 |
Service 8 |
Value 9 |
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The 70's formica added to the ambience of this great restaurant. Food and service were excellent.
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fomblomd -
See my reviews 1, 24 November 2008
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Food 5 |
Ambience 3 |
Service 2 |
Value 2 |
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Duck was good but quite oily. Was extremely shocked when we saw the bill. An extra plate of pancakes (of 12 pancakes) was $20, combination fried noodles (not on the menu, but they said that could make it, it was for the little kids who couldn't eat peking duck) was charged at $21 for a small plate that would have only been maximum $15 at any other chinese restaurant. Duck was honestly nice, but I wouldn't go there again.
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fattwink -
See my reviews 7, 03 September 2008
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Food 8 |
Ambience 6 |
Service 5 |
Value 8 |
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Great place for Peking Duck..do yourself a favour, give it a go.
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flipper1 -
See my reviews 2, 30 June 2008
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Food 9 |
Ambience 1 |
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Value 5 |
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The service is simply atrocious. We were a table of 13 and people had to sit on the corner of the table. Furthermore, they kept on serving 12 pancakes despite the fact that we were 13. They absolutely refused to serve 13 pancakes per serve and ended up serving us a full plate of pancake and charging an additional $24 for it. The ducks are good but honestly, there are as good if not better other places in Melbourne where the customers are not treated like this.
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Natou63 -
See my reviews 9, 11 June 2008
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Food 10 |
Ambience 9 |
Service 9 |
Value 10 |
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The Peking duck was lovely. If you're looking for a cheap eat then this is the place for you. I have had many peking ducks in different restaurants and they don't come cheap. Given the price of the dishes I wouldn't expect 10/10 service. What you get is what you pay for. Be realistic!
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Jamie22 -
See my reviews 2, 13 April 2008
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Food 7 |
Ambience 6 |
Service 6 |
Value 8 |
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The Peking duck is pretty good but not exactly traditional - and it's rationed exactly. One piece of cucumber, one piece of spring onion, and one piece of duck on each pancake only! Or no duck for you! The second course was ok - but pretty boring, but the duck soup wasn't bad.
At $50 a duck you can't really complain though... I'd order one duck for two people, two ducks for 3 (that way you can scoff more of the Peking duck). Service was reasonable - they were fairly spot on and brought each course out within minutes of us finishing the last.
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blergen -
See my reviews 5, 15 March 2008
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Food 8 |
Ambience 6 |
Service 6 |
Value 7 |
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The Peking Roast duck is the specialty here (must book first), one duck is enough for 3-4 persons. You'll have 3 courses out of the duck, 1st course is the duck skin with the crepe, 2nd course is the Bean sprout with duck meat( I'm suprised with several negative comment on this dish, I personally really like it), 3rd course the the Duck bone soup.
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sherlylie -
See my reviews 5, 11 February 2008
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