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Reviews

Restaurants, Modern Australian, Serves Breakfast, Serves Dinner, Serves Lunch

Overall 6.8 1

6.8 Recommended

Food 6 Ambience 9 Service 7 Value 5

Food is quite nice most of the time but I did get a bad pasta once. Price is a little expensive. Friendly wait staff, but the morning coffee needs improving. The wait for a take away coffee can be 10-15 minutes. The decor is lovely and modern.

Jan 12, 2012

Portsea Hotel, The, Portsea

Pubs, International, Modern Australian, Has Bar, Licensed

Overall 7 13

5 Average

Food 5 Drinks 5 Ambience 6 Service 5 Value 4

The food it self is nothing fancy. Very basic, and can be a hit or miss sometimes. I recommend this pub more to enjoy on a Saturday afternoon in the summer sun. The views are what you go for. Drinks are standard pub prices, but I think the food is a bit over the top for what it is.

Jan 12, 2012

Marine Tavern, Rye

Restaurants, Italian

Overall 2.8 1

2.8 Not Recommended

Food 3 Ambience 3 Service 1 Value 4

Been there 3 times now and I can officially say it's not a great experience. Apparently it's a family business, but I found all family members to be very rude every time. The food is average, and had to wait a very long time for food.

Jan 12, 2012

Kublai Mongolian B B Q, Croydon

Restaurants, Chinese

Overall 6.2 10

4.8 Average

Food 6 Ambience 5 Service 3 Value 5

Went last night, and it was not that great. The all you can eat BBQ is a bit of fun, but the chef (not Alex) with 0% personality added nothing to the experience. The food normally is quite good, but for some reason, the meat and veges to cook in the BBQ was constantly low last night. It was like they didn't want to put out too much food, even though there would have been around 20 people last night having the BBQ.
The service is laughable. Young amateur wait staff. Ordered drinks twice and both times they were forgotten. There must be something really exciting behind the bar, because the staff were constantly hiding behind there, and not serving customers.
I have been to this place a few times, but I'm not sure if I will return after last night.

Feb 18, 2011

Jade Village, Mitcham

Restaurants, Chinese, American Express

Overall 7.3 9

8.8 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 8 Service 9 Value 9

We've been coming to this restaurant since I was a little kid. Good service, but the food has always been fantastic. It's definitely about quality not quantity at this restaurant. Only chicken breast in my satay chicken (no hard or fat bits like you would get at cheap restaurants), and handy that it has no MSG which is great!

Peking duck was the best I have had in Melbourne. It's a dish I would highly recommend for all to try. Also great as you can BYO wine. Ambience is basic, but overall still a clean friendly environment. Value over all is you get what you pay for. If you believe all chinese restaurants should be cheap $, then this is not the place for you, but if you enjoy quality food, then this would be great for you and your family.

Putting it into perspective, I think the prices were in line with an avergae pub meal these days (which are usually slapped together by some teenager in the kitchen, whom just dumps it into a fryer). Overall always happy to return and recommend.

Feb 17, 2011