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Shark Fin Inn, Melbourne, VIC
Shark Fin Inn
Vegetarian Friendly, Chinese, Yum Cha Restaurant
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Food 7 |
Ambience 7 |
Service 7 |
Value 8 |
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The Shark Fin Inn is our favourite, cheaper than the Shark Fin House, but similar location (Chinatown) and close to half the price. People may think the service is bad sometimes, but it is a matter of understanding the service, if I want a good Chinese restaurant, I look for Chinese patrons and this restaurant has heaps of them.
Turn up at about midnight (which we do, for a very late dinner) and all the staff from surrounding Chinese restaurants are arriving. Following their lead, the food is plentiful, the wine list not so great (but caters for most tastes) and the service is sporadic. But this is Chinese food at its very authentic, cooked, served and eaten by Chinese in Chinatown and at a price that is pretty economical.
For special occasions, perhaps, it's not the place to go, but they still stock $100 bottles of french champagne, we've been there for long Friday afternoon lunches, Saturday night dinners after football, Sunday yum cha, and when we simply want some good Chinese with some friends.
We thoroughly recommend Shark Fin Inn as a quality place (albeit with a decor from the 1990's) for lunch, dinner or yum cha.
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01 June 2008
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Touks, Seddon, VIC
Touks
Pizza, Italian, Mediterranean Restaurant
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Food 7 |
Ambience 7 |
Service 5 |
Value 6 |
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Apart from not being open for lunch when we want to go, Touks provides an excellent location for a meal in the Yarraville area. The service can be a bit inconsistent, sometimes up, and somtimes down (well down), it is what it is.
Great place for a pizza shared with friends with a strong coffee or a bottle of wine. These guys need to open for lunch to take advantage. Enjoy the casualness with an honest menu (get the waiting staff to explain fully anything you don't understand) and relax and enjoy.
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01 June 2008
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Station Hotel, Footscray, VIC
Station Hotel
European, Modern Australian Pub
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Food / Drinks 7 |
Ambience 7 |
Service 8 |
Value 7 |
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Lunch here with 30 colleagues recently and together they all said "Great". A week later, the 2 of us enjoyed an excellent lunch-time meal including the soups (specials menu), risotto and steak. Clearly, this pub used to be a dive and whilst the refurb has spruced it up, you get a bit of the feel of 'old and new'.
The food has obviously stepped up to a much higher level, and the wine list has followed; but it still is Footscray!! The management are approachable and sensible, the menu uncomplicated and interesting, and the surroundings Footscray but improved. The Station hotel will never be Hotel Windsor but geez, it's come a long way.
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01 June 2008
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Centro Ristorante Italiano, South Melbourne, VIC
Centro Ristorante Italiano
Italian Restaurant
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Food 8 |
Ambience 8 |
Service 9 |
Value 8 |
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Whilst I have rated this restaurant well, I firmly believe in it. The rating really reflects the owner, who has been there for over 20 years (or more??); and as a consequence, we are repeat patrons.
Downstairs for lunch (and upstairs for dinner), the Italian-ness of the restaurant is the ambience that you are looking for. The wine list is well-provided for, and you could do far worse, than simply saying "Calamari for entree and ask the chef for his favourite pasta main" - you would not be disappointed.
The restaurant is a favourite of a number of 'famous' people (don't forget to ask about Harold's pasta dish (that's Harold Mitchell of Mitchell & Co) - again, this displays a bit fo the irreverence of the place).
Cafe Centro has been around for years and for a very good reason, people keep coming back. The food/service/ambience/wine list is at the upper levels of an excellent restaurant (and at a very affordable price point). Enjoy...
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01 June 2008
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Bells Beach Hotel, Jan Juc, VIC
Bells Beach Hotel
Modern Australian Pub
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Food / Drinks 7 |
Ambience 6 |
Service 6 |
Value 7 |
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This is a pub and out of Torquay enough to get away from the madding crowd.
Whilst not exactly on the beach, Jan Juc shopping strip is a quiet complex - and this pub delivers that type of food.
It won't be 10/10, but it won't disappoint, there is a TAB (for the betting types), the wine list is reasonable, and the menu caters for kids, vegetarians, Italian and Meat/Chicken type dishes, effectively, something for everyone.
We've had the parma - not bad; the risottos - pretty good; steaks are good (make sure you specify how you want it), and the various 'salad type' dishes are pretty good. As we said, it's a pub, the food is 'pub-good' - it's worth a 6 or 7....
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01 June 2008
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Coast Restaurant & Bar, Blairgowrie, VIC
Coast Restaurant & Bar
Modern Australian Restaurant
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Food 7 |
Ambience 7 |
Service 7 |
Value 7 |
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We visit Coast probably once every 2 months and mostly for dinner. Coast owners are great (and local) and know about customer service. Whether it is one of the many specials (or latest seafood dishes), the food has that extra 'pizazz' that is missing from other Mornington Pennisula cafes and hence the price is a bit higher.
Breakfast is as good as anywhere else. Lunch is great for lazing back, enjoying a beer or wine and having mussels in tomato base sauce or other Italian speciality, and dinner is a European mixture that caters for all tastes. Beer on tap is good, reasonable wine list and liquers / shots to finish a 'big night' is a bonus.
Coast is good, it's not Grossi Florentino's, but you're also not paying for that either.
Enjoy Coast for what it is (and not what it is not), it is a very good Penninsula cafe/restaurant and enjoyable atmosphere to boot.
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01 June 2008
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Iku Izakaya, Docklands, VIC
Iku Izakaya
Japanese Restaurant
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Food 8 |
Ambience 7 |
Service 5 |
Value 3 |
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We visit Iku often (for both lunch and dinner). We are regulars because we like it, not because it is the best Japanese, or because it is good value-for-money but what a great place to enjoy a long dinner (or lunch) overlooking the Docklands water.
The Japanese pancakes are to die for !! (and especially at 5 pm after a long lunch).
Have your meal in 2 parts, a hot platter and cold platter but you almost need to bribe the waiting staff to come past your table sometimes.
Iku takes Bartercard (for part of the meal, sometimes), and this is always good.
The best part of Iku is the ability to say "I want xxx type" and them delivering it to you without the hassles of choosing.
We love Iku, close to the City, close to the Casino, 300 m from the tram line etc etc. It is relaxing, western (to some extent), but Japanese enough to say "We had Japanese last night, and it was great".
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01 June 2008
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Deanery, The, Melbourne, VIC
Deanery, The
Middle Eastern, Vegetarian Friendly, Modern Australian Restaurant
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Food 8 |
Ambience 9 |
Service 7 |
Value 8 |
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We live near The Deanery, so we may be biased. The service is not necessarily the best, but the whole night experience cannot be based on the service alone.
We enjoy The Deanery on a Friday/Saturday night, we are often the last to leave, but the select range of entrees and mains are wonderful.
The meals are not huge, and the wines are not cheap, but a group of 4 or 6 can have a wonderful night here. In comparision with some of the other 'must-visit' Melbourne City restaurants, I'd choose The Deanery over many others, you can start at 7 pm, and spread out till 11.30 pm, and not feel you are outstaying your welcome.
Enjoy the sanctuary of The Deanery, get the waiter/ress on side and you will have a wonderful night.
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01 June 2008
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Gurkhas Brasserie, Prahran, VIC
Gurkhas Brasserie
Nepalese, Vegetarian Friendly Restaurant
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Food 8 |
Ambience 7 |
Service 7 |
Value 8 |
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We have been going to Gurkha's in Prahran for over 10 years (actually when it was originally Prior Engagements (Marina Prior's restaurant). The owner of the Gurkha's is Chandra, and the Prahran one is the first and (in our opinion) the best.
Nepalese food is spicy (but not chilly) and whilst the wine list is 'simple', the range of food is great (and excellent value). My partner and I go to Gurkha's about once a month, and we love it - PLEASE, go and try it, we believe you won't be disappointed.
I took my 80 year old mother there a year ago, and she said "I'll have anything but the goat's meat', guess what, she loved the goat's meat!! The Gurkha's surprise vegetarian dish is a hit with all our interstate visitors.
Anyway, we love it, we always have a choice of entrees, then share the mains between us and have a great night. Enjoy....
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01 June 2008
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Gurkhas Express, Melbourne, VIC
Gurkhas Express
Nepalese Restaurant
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Food 4 |
Ambience 2 |
Service 3 |
Value 5 |
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This is a franchise restaurant/cafe of the successful (in our opinion) Gurkha's.
We love the 'owner-owned' Gurkha's in Chapel St, Prahran and Richmond, but the City one lacks the same ambience, quality of food, and level of service. If you really want great Nepalese (which is fantastic) you should visit the Chapel St restaurant where you will not be disappointed (we have been going there for over 10 years).
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