Ru Inn Armadale, Melbourne

User Reviews of Ru Inn, Armadale

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6.8 Recommended

Food 7 Ambience 7 Service 7 Value 6

Smart linen, hot towels and a nice ambience classify this restaurant as one the better Chinese restaurants. The duck and beef dishes we had for dinner didn't disappoint, either. The prices, while not cheap, are probably reasonable in the circumstances. You can BYO wine, which means the total cost isn't too bad.

Jul 18, 2010

gxh
149

7.3 Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 7 Service 7 Value 7

After only being there once before for yum cha I didn't know what to expect for dinner. The result was a very good night with good fine and service. The prices are getting up there but at around 27 dollars for a prawn dish there plenty of places that are dearer. They have more than the usual suspects for dessert, thats also a plus. If you're looking for a medium priced chinese around malvern give it a go.

Dec 11, 2009

theoracle
23

6.8 Recommended

Food 7 Ambience 5 Service 9 Value 6

It's a nice restaurant. It is usually very empty for yum cha and you can feel overbeared upon. But again, the food is tasty which is what's important. It's not amazing value though, its expensive, just like most chinese places outside of springvale and victoria street. I would have used to have mentioned doncaster as well but that place has gotten pricey!

May 02, 2009

sdfsd
1

7.5 Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 6 Service 8 Value 8

We eat yum cha every weekend and always like to try somewhere different. Initially we picked Ru Inn because of the BYO licence with a $4 corkage which is very reasonable compared to most yum cha venues.

The restaurant was very quiet for a yum cha place but it was actually a refreshing change from the noisy hustle and bustle. Spring rolls were a little on the tasteless side but the kids loved them and the sesame prawns. The dumplings were a huge surprise - fresh fresh fresh and great aromatic flavours. Crunchy ginger prawn dumplings, the usual shark fin, seafood, Shanghai chicken, chives, Chinese broccoli, but with flavour that was incredible.

We asked for squid and were offered a rather bland octopus plate which was OK but when we ordered what we actually wanted which was the spicy calamari, we got the best spicy calamari that we have had in years of eating yum cha. Soft, tender, fresh fillets, crumbed with a divine spicy rub of chilli, garlic and onions.
We followed up with the mandatory egg custard tarts which were soft, warm and delicious and a surprisingly good coconut jelly which converted a friend who normally baulks at the jelly plate and is now a convert.

Great attentive service and good prices with yum cha plates at $4, $5 and $6.

Mar 10, 2008