This probably isn’t a fair review as I naively got a God Fire ramen at a level 2/4 on their spicy scale. I like to think I’m good with spicy food, but after I’d finished my meal, I saw that I had used up almost all the serviettes in my area blowing my nose due […]
It’s fried chicken with Korean side dishes. Excluding vegetarians and their vegan relatives, how could you possibly take issue with this? When a platter of the most deliciously fried chicken arrives at your table, it’s primal. Get your fingers dirty and get stuck in! Location CBD, Melbourne
I had no idea what to expect when I wandered into this eatery. I’ve never even really had Indonesian food before but this is great. Loved the crunchy fried chicken. Location South Melbourne, Melbourne
If you want a cheap and plentiful feed, this place will have you covered. Salads are very good, but I doubt this is what most people here come for. On my last occasion, I had a yiros meal which came with a can of soft drink and a giant serve or chips (which I couldn’t […]
Fast, decently priced and of fair quality. Also, if you eat in you can have as much pickled ginger as you want. Worth noting: this place is crazy busy around lunch so maybe consider having your meal earlier or later than around 12. 3 Votes for helpful Location CBD, Melbourne
A pretty lively pub doing standard pub fare. Quite decent salad bar and very friendly and attentive staff. It’s good for the area. I particularly like the names of some of meals on the menu. Risqué! Location Pooraka
Finally! A place that actually does good food in this area! You’d think with the number of tourists who come to this area that there would be more competition, but Livefast is among the very few that are actually competent. An oasis in the bush. Location Halls Gap, Halls Gap
Sometimes you eat at a restaurant and while the food was very interesting, you have absolutely no desire to return. Africola is not like that. They have created an accessible and clever menu that very gently pushes the boundaries. You could get a meal here that is essentially meat and 3 veg and while the […]
This place is expletive inducing and superlatively good. The sushi here makes you understand why an entire culture eats it. The price is very fair and last time I was here they had uni! So fresh and creamy – like a foie gras of the sea and actually better than that that I’ve had in […]
Friendly, fresh, and relatively fast. I have had better rolls, but if you’re in the area, this will do you fine. There’s also a large dining area which is great for those wanting a sit down meal. Location Henley Beach Road, Torrensville, Adelaide, SA
This place has been around for ages, and after dining here, it’s not hard to see why. It is a touch more expensive compared to other Asian restaurants on this street, but for this you get a refined dining experience, superb food and fabulous service – a trifecta that doesn’t happen very often on Gouger. […]
BaNH mi not baHN mi. N before the H. It’s Viet, not German! I think I’m going to have to preface every banh mi review with that. I get irrationally angry when I see it spelt wrong. Anyway, Strawberry Fair…I’d heard a lot about this place but was never in the area. Finally made it […]
We have visited Halls Gap a few times now and have yet to find a basic eatery to match the natural and spectacular sights in this area. Unfortunately we’re still looking… Location Halls Gap, Halls Gap
Surprisingly good! When you been road tripping from country town to country town, you get used to a certain ahem…standard of food. The Exchange Hotel bucks the trend and actually delivers food that is lovingly made. It’s basic for sure, but done well. My partner who is a notoriously fussy eater had nothing but accolades […]
This place is okay considering we’re in Ballarat. The kitchen opens out into the dining area and the fish sauce is kept uncovered which means this place smells very ‘authentically’ Vietnamese. You could do worse Location Ballarat, Ballarat
This is the most amazing gelati I have ever had. I love everything about this place: the ice cream (of course!), the lovely girls serving you with their Italian accents, the luxurious marble and gold interior, the beautiful design overall…seriously this ice cream could stop wars 1 Helpful vote Location Carlton, Melbourne
People – stop spelling it baHN mi. It’s baNH mi. It’s a Viet dish not a German road. With that out of the way, my review for this place… Crusty bread, fresh ingredients, perfect meat to salad ratio, good pickle flavour plus a whole bunch of side options available. Pretty good all round. Mega points […]
Pleasant enough experience – good service, nice decor, okay food at okay prices – unfortunately with so much other competition in the vicinity, this place occupies a really awkward gap for me. Hopefully the current interest in Filipino food helps these guys out. Location North Terrace, City Centre, Adelaide, SA
This diminutive stall is a mandatory stop when I’m having market “yum cha” – an exercise whereby I eat little portions from lots of different eateries. It’s basically for when I’m between meals but still feel like snacking! In this case, the herb pancake and chicken wings are sure to satisfy. If you feel like […]
I really enjoyed my experience at the Mexican Society. The Mexican / Chinese thing is inspired, but looking back on it now, wasn’t that obvious to me. I think I was just won over by the lovely presentation of the food – everything was so colourful and wonderfully presented. Thankfully the taste lives up to […]
My dining partner and I had a pad thai and a green chicken curry from Koko Thai and thoroughly enjoyed both. The service was a tad overbearing as I think the staff were a bit bored; the restaurant wasn’t very busy at the time and they kept coming up to our table and unnecessarily offering […]
My friend took me here with the disclaimer that while the food was good, the service was a bit lacking. It’s not that bad though – just perfunctory. I’ve certainly had worse where asking for table water felt akin to insulting the staff’s family. Anyway bring good conversation, your patience and appetite. You’ll find the […]
Holy crap the kebabs here are so good. I want to try everything on the menu but the servings are so huge! Super friendly staff too. Very very highly recommended. Location Ferryden Park
So…I’m not much of an alcohol drinker. That might be enough for most of you to discount this review, but on food alone, I found my experience of Hill of Grace to be slightly lacking. The food is not bad – just not to my taste as I didn’t really find anything that had me […]
I’m disappointed that searching for yiros on here doesn’t return Yianni’s as the top result! It really is the best yiros in Adelaide. Simple, fast, cheap and tasty. Food without the pretention 2 Votes for helpful, 1 Comment Jul 10, 2016, Danoz: Yiros cooked rotisserie style over charcoal. Enough said. Meat has been cooked rotisserie […]
As another reviewer commented, it’s really hard to hate this place. The service is superlatively friendly and the food is good. Not Vietnamese – more just Asian inspired. It knows the area and it’s audience well and has adjusted it’s menu and prices accordingly. Worth going for the service alone. 2 Votes for helpful Location […]
The competitive CBD Vietnamese dining scene has just been dialled up another notch. Expensive fit outs, comprehensive menus, huge servings and now western suburb prices in the city. It’s a little crazy but for less than $20 you will now be able to get a belly bursting amount food – and it’s good food at […]
No complaints here. Great food, great atmosphere and excellent service. Would be particularly good to visit in the warmer months as it has a great outdoor area which could probably host quite a lot of people 2 Votes for helpful Location Fullarton
Very friendly staff, quaint setting and most importantly, very yummy baked desserts and savoury treats. Would please both vegan and non vegan eaters alike. 1 Helpful vote Location Aroha Terrace, Forestville, Adelaide, SA
My dining group was fortunate enough to get a booking here at short notice, but I think if I had booked this place months in advance I would have been pretty disappointed. The restaurant fit out is nice and intelligently thought out, using the ambient street lighting to achieve a great sense of intimacy. When it came […]
The experience of dining here could be improved if service staff wore hooded cloaks and decorated the place as if it were some arcane and occult pagan temple. This would make the unfriendly and uncommunicative bar man seem mysterious. It probably wouldn’t excuse the weird 90s styled food, but at least then a night here […]
I don’t think I’ve ever wanted to like a place as much as with Gondola Gondola. I will return, but please pay as much attention to the food as to the superb job you guys have done on the fit out and design of this place. I want so bad for you guys to do […]
With so many new eateries opening in Adelaide, it’s important to remember to pay patronage to the stalwarts of the Adelaide dining scene. Press* has been around for a while and after my first visit here, it’s easy to see why. Unpretentious, good and thoughtful food with effortlessly attentive service. Modern Australian at its best. […]
Mostly hit, with some occasional but notable misses. Love the modern fit out for this place. Also like the diverse serving staff – it feels odd to pick that out, but they’ve avoided the temptation to just hire Asian staff which makes this place feel really cosmopolitan. Service itself is brisk but friendly and food, […]
This place is great! Attentive and personable service that really makes you feel like you’ve just arrived at someone’s home for a big and boisterous party. Most importantly, the food is superb! My companions and I made absolute pigs of ourselves and had almost everything on the menu. The only items that didn’t have us […]
Both me and my dining companion were initially wary of this place. We’re both of Vietnamese background and have been to many great Vietnamese restaurants in Adelaide. We figured Madame Hanoi would just be a more expensive and pretentious version done by a white guy (yeah I know, that’s racist of me!). After dining here, […]
Mmmm roti. Me and my Malaysian co-diner were happy all round with Papparich. We arrived around 11.30 am and waited only a few minutes before being ushered to our tables. Our waiter then gave us our menus and explained how the ordering system worked. Everything in the menu looked great and when it arrived, looked […]
Comme ci, comme ca. It’s been a few weeks since I’ve dined here, but is it terrible that I can only remember a painting of a pug dog’s butt hole and some weirdly extruded corn puree? Anyway, this place is oooookay. The food isn’t mind blowing, but good enough for those with money to burn. […]
Omnivore approved!. My friend and I shared a vegan satay with coconut rice and tempeh schnitzel with chips. While the tempeh didn’t really resemble meat, the satay was disconcertingly did! Pretty tasty and fairly priced in a good quiet location. Service was friendly and prompt too – but then again, we were two in a […]
Ambivalent. So I’ve been here a few times, but I’ve yet to witness this terrible service that previous reviewers have mentioned. The ramen here is generous and inoffensive. I’m not a ramen expert so I can’t vouch for how authentic it is, but I’ve yet to have a ramen that had me hankering to revisit […]
Pork Belleh. If you’re not a Southerner and you’re making the trek to Marion to see a movie, it can be difficult to find somewhere good to eat along the way. There is that awkward gap between finishing work and the time the movie starts. It’s too short for a sit down in a formal […]
Ambivalent Omnivore. As an omnivore with lots of vegan/vegetarian friends, this place is definitely one of the better vegetarian places I’ve tried. The fake proteins are interesting, but I think the better dishes are those that don’t try to be something they’re not. Worth trying out. Location Gawler Place, City Centre, Adelaide, SA
So in place of the old Nghi Ngan Quan, we now have Mai Kitchen. The food and service is good but I foresee an up hill battle in attracting patrons to this new venture. Yes, the ambience of the restaurant is much better; The new decor is nice and that bloody door bell has been […]
I’m sure this is the hipster in me, but I actually loathe this place. Yes I want Vietnamese food to be celebrated, but I have such a problem with the idiotic interior design and styling of this place. The mason jars are infuriating and the space is so dark and awkward. As for the food […]
The ‘A’ word…. Dare is say it, but this is probably the most authentic tasting Thai food I have had in Adelaide. If they could get fresh galangal economically, it would be spot on. But that’s a very minor quibble. The flavours and textures are so perfect, it made me realise how far off other […]
Yet another great bread roll place. I like how ubiquitous Vietnamese bread rolls are becoming in Adelaide.As the competition increases, so does the quality. This is probably among the best in the area. My only (minor) complaint is that the bread is slightly over baked. Yes they should be crispy, but I hate wearing too […]
Vietnamese bread rolls are pretty simple and yet so many still manage to screw them up. This place keeps it simple and gets it right while keeping it cheap. Win win! Location Henley Beach Road, Mile End, Adelaide, SA
Terrible service, filthy venue, amazing doughnuts. Sometimes, service can be so bad, it can be entertaining. It seems staff here are only trained to about 80% capacity. You could order the same thing three times on three separate occasions, but get an entirely different order each time. Order an affogato? Be asked by your server […]
FOMO. Awesome food and wine, marred ever so slightly by imperfect service. That is not to say that service was bad. It’s just not at the level of what you would expect from a degustation experience of this calibre. Part of this is no doubt intentional – this is meant to be informal and fun […]
Bread roll yiros Frankenstien. If you like your bread roll the size of bicep, stuffed full of meat, then this place will have you covered. For me though, I think the bread rolls here have crossed the boundary and are so different from what I know to be a Vietnamese bread roll that I find […]