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The restaurant was crowded, I went to the toilet and passed the kitchen area, it was quite dirty and messy. Later on when my order came I found a cro…
Na Nguyen
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I ordered the chilli prawn fried rice. I felt there could have been more flavour. I also sampled some roast duck. It was juicy and the skin was delici…
Mad Dawg
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This restaurant has a good selection of Vietnamese and Chinese food which was ok. Their roast duck would probably their signature dish. Also not the b…
Sebastian A
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10 Reviews on “VIP Kitchens”
Had the Mud Crab Udon soup and it was amazing! The soup is a bit oily but very flavoursome. Haven’t tried anything else on the menu so can’t comment on the other dishes
Love the banh canh cua (crab noodles soup) here!! This is the place I go when I’m craving it. XO pipies are good here too ………..
Even after a change of hands this place still boasts its speciality in seafood. They serve up mud crab, lobster and have live fish available for the budding seafood enthusiast. Their other menu items are mediocre but with any place in Springvale you’ll need to make your choices based on the restaurants specialty. In saying that you’d definitely wouldn’t come here for pho, bun bo hue or even broken rice (com tam). The seafood is of acceptable quality however you’re paying a hefty rate for what you get. We ordered the barramundi, combination clay pot and chicken glass noodles. The fish was fresh and delicious but the size was disappointing for $40-$45. Clay pot a underwhelming stir fry in a aluminium vessel and the glass noodles were bland and very lack lustre. I’ve had crab noodle here in the past which was tasty but haven’t tried it since the change of management.
Excellent food at very reasonable prices. We followed the chefs here from their old employers after they left there; that is how much we love these guys cooking! They are always happy to make something not on the menu for us. Fantastic friendly service.
I like their noodle and crab udon soup, a good place for a family dining, but not a place to quick cheap meal because its quite pricey for the area.
We had takeawy twice while we were in Melbourne.
First time we ordered the Beef & Chinese Broccoli with rice noodles & Sweet &Sour Pork with rice – Both dishes were to tasty and fresh. Would love to eat them again.
On our second take out we ordered Salt and Chilli calamari and Beef stirfry with vegetables and cashew nuts. The calamari was super crunchy and lacked salt and chilli. We added lemon at home and it made it sing. The Beef stirfy was average, but lacked the cashew nuts.
Overall, both experinces were nice. Would go back for a quick meal. The prices were very reasonable.
Banh Canh Cua (mud crab udon noodle soup) was definitely not worth $30! Don’t mind the price tag if it was amazing…but was just average at best. Unfortunately as were the other dishes we had this time.
Sad to say that the predecessor, Thanh Lac Vien, understood flavours a lot more. At $25 a bowl (which was still a lot of money back then considering that’s 3 bowls of pho in Springvale), it was so spot on it made you come back for more.
Back to VIP Kitchen, nothing experienced was above average standard. Strangely, most things we tasted were underseasoned. IMO, you will be able to get a more VIP experience elsewhere in Springy.
SERVICE: 2/5
Seated quickly and cold water brought to the table. Pretty much after that service was slow! Had to try to wave for their attention for everything as they only had two people serving a busy restaraunt including the roast station and register.
Pet hate when dining is when half the table gets their food and the rest doesn’t come until the first lot is nearly finished. Andddd they forget the rice to have with the mains. Oh man!
We were there celebrating a birthday, luckily we were in good spirits and not HANGRY!
FOOD: 2.5/5
Banh Canh Cua: Flavour was okay but lacked depth. It was more like they used a flavoured stock rather than simmer from scratch. Soup was watery. Udon itself was bouncy so we were happy about that. Couple crab legs and crab eggs were especially appreciated by the parents.
Sweet & Sour Chicken + fried rice ($16): Large portion size! Rice had the beautiful wok taste. Batter could’ve been more crispy…not much crunch to it. Sauce was quite mild in taste, I prefer the more traditonal sweet & sour flavour. Good ratio of chicken & veggies.
Whole flounder with XO sauce + rice ($42): Came out on a platter, was a pretty ginormous sized fish and now thinking back, it may not have been a flounder! If so, way overpriced. The sauce again was bland, needed way more salt and chilli. Even after putting chilli oil and fresh chilli – the kick was more like a nudge. Have had waaaaay better for half the price.
DECOR & AMBIENCE: 2.5/5
Spacious, food pics adorning the walls.
KID FRIENDLY: Yes, high-chair available