Incredible performance across the board.
Spice was very nice.
My gluten intolerant companion left the venue with his dignity still in tact.
Coming back!
Delicious food with an extensive GF menu! Great prices, very careful with allergen consideration and overall a great place for a bite to eat pre-theatre or just for a nice meal at a casual dine in establishment!
Actually had the food from here as a takeaway, so unable to comment on the atmosphere and service of the restaurant. I can say it was a pleasure being able to order a takeaway freely without having to check if it’s coeliac safe. Entirely gluten free and excellent quality food! The sushi was phenomenal and some of the best I’ve ever had! The sushi bowl was also very flavoursome and fresh. Sadly I was a bit disappointed with the soba and felt it wasn’t as flavoursome - that being said I still enjoyed it. I’d definitely recommend and would love to go to sit down in their restaurant to try more!
Absolutely fantastic food! Came into the restaurant and it was basically full, so knew it was good. People even started lining up at the front door! Was told by the waiter that the entire menu was gluten free/GF and is even endorsed by the coeliac/celiac association of Australia! Had the Nasi Goreng with lemongrass chicken (not often something I can get very often) and it was amazing. Serving size was super generous but not too much. Table had all sorts of extra condiments (all GF), the chilli crisp oil was great. Will definitely be back to try the pho, bao buns, and much more!
As always, amazing food and great service!! Excellent vegetarian and GF options as well great care taken to cater for my family member with coeliac disease.
Amazing experience. Waitress was fantastic with personalised service. Gluten free menu was extensive and delicious. I would go back and recommend to anyone.
TLDR: amazing service, quality food with good portions, well trained staff, able to accommodate many dietary requirements and accommodate different budgets.
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My most recent visit was my fourth time dining at Chin Chin, this time it was with work colleagues for a Christmas lunch.
The food was delicious as per usual, and it is worth noting that despite the fact that the restaurant was absolutely packed and insanely busy, all of our dietary requirements were met without fail (lactose intolerance, gluten intolerance).
In terms of cuisine you wont find anything “traditional” at Chin Chin, it is Asian fusion at its finest, but everything is well thought out, well balanced and also fun.
The service was excellent with the staff explaining each dish, making sure our drinks were topped up, checking in with us in between courses and even taking the time to have a quick chat with our table. Additionally when I passed by the kitchen it was very clear that they had their communication locked down.
Always a pleasure to dine here.
Was really amazing being able to go the a restaurant that the menu was 100% gluten free. All the food was amazing and was hard to choose what to eat. We had the honey chicken (my fav), lemon chicken, the different boa buns, calamari, tempura veg? Magnolia beef, spring rolls. Lychee drink cider/wine was nice too as the cocktails weren’t available when we were there. Wish we were able to come again but just on holiday here in Melbourne. Forgot to take photos the food was hot and fresh coming out of the kitchen. It looks 80’s deco but the staff super friendly
This is not the first time we’ve been here - our previous visit for a birthday celebration was amazing and we were very keen to return.
This time was to celebrate our wedding anniversary - booking online we asked to be seated in the balcony if available. This was ignored, even though there were plenty of free tables on the balcony and being a Monday night it wasn’t particularly busy. When we asked about it afterwards, we were dismissed with “it was wet today” even though there are blinds protecting the area and the rain had cleared by lunchtime, plus other people were sitting out there.
The food was as delicious as we remembered, and their ability to cater for gluten free outstanding.
The lady who served us was lovely…when she was waiting on us. However the general service was appalling this time around. We waited close to 15 minutes before we were even given a menu. Throughout the evening we witnessed other tables being looked after very well, being served before us, finished their meal before us even though they came in much later than our booking. Our waitress was topping up other tables’ water then not even checking our glasses. Our meals sat on the middle serving table waiting to be dished up for long enough for them to be lukewarm, and our dessert ice cream melting. At the end of our meal we didn’t get any hot towels (every other table we watched did). Overall we felt very invisible and ignored.
The table behind us had 4 businessmen who had had far too much to drink, being very loud with extremely inappropriate language - swearing their heads off. Saying quite inappropriate derogatory comments.
At the end of our meal (that took 2 hours and 40 minutes to get through because of the lack of service), Simon (we assume the manager) brought over the eftpos machine and almost insisted we give a tip (in Australia a tip is not customary). When we said not today, he appeared annoyed and when we mentioned the behaviour of the table behind us, he was very dismissive and didn’t seem to care.
Overall, not a great experience this time and disappointing given our previous experience.
I look forward to my Drs appointments so I have an excuse to pop into Simbashi.
Noodles, sashimi, karaage, agadeshi tofu, it’s all top notch. Wholly safe facility and my friends & family don’t believe me it’s all gluten free!
This place is incredible. I’m gluten free (celiac) and it had so many options that were naturally GF, and it’s the first time I’ve ever had GF bao. My wife and I’s favorite restaurant we tried in Melbourne without a doubt, and she’s not GF. Andre is an absolute legend. Highly recommend this place, especially if GF.
Seriously amazing place to visit. I've been twice and definitely will return. The owner and staff make you feel so welcome. They recognized me from my last visit which was just astonishing. The food is perfection and the prices are extremely fair. Serving sizes are huge! I'm coeliac and there is so much choice for gluten free options that I don't feel like I'm missing out. Thank you so much Andy and staff! You will see me every time I visit Mildura from now on 🥰
Fantastic all round.
We didn't have a booking but the staff made room for us. Amazing food, great service and good pricing.
My partner is celioac and they brought her a specialised menu and made everything she wanted completely gluten free. They even used a separate fryer for the chicken.
Can recommend the feed me option.
Very vibrant and fun restaurant with lots of different seating options. Nice food and plenty of vegan and gluten free options - they even have a vegan chefs menu which is very reasonable priced. Staff were nice. Will be back!
Great food. Amazing selection of gluten free options and separate coeliac fryers. The waitress was super knowledgeable about cross contamination and was very reassuring. Highly recommend eating here if you're gluten free and coeliac.
Really lovely Indonesian restaurant. The staff here are so friendly, they were very patient and accommodating to all customers. The staff were knowledgeable about coeliac disease, so I felt safe eating here. Plenty of gluten free options! The food was delicious! Clean and a good atmosphere. Recommend!
Came here for breakfast. Amazing food. Gluten free options and vegan (if you choose). Beautiful customer service. Definitely a must come and try if your in the area
Wonderful, soothing lighting and not too many tables squashed together. Not too loud either, you can hear your conversation. Our server was so attentive and nothing was too much trouble. The food was delicious and the drinks cold. They do take away meals too so we got our dessert to take home as we were full but the food was so good we didn’t want to miss out on something tomorrow. I love that nearly everything is gluten free.
Highly recommend the gnocchi and the venue.
Handy place to eat if you’re heading to the Regent or Athaneum theatres. Great atmosphere.
Emma looked after us beautifully.
Plenty of gluten free options. Only one GF dessert but it was full of flavour.
We both ordered spicy vegan noodle soup with bean curd today, which I was allowed to have gluten free!! Seriously the bowl was filled with so many veggies and tofu/noodles and so flavourful. Good value we were full, comforting store with friendly staff
The waiter was wonderful, marked up the menu with all the Gluten Free options and also noted where the fryer would be an issue for me (cross contamination reasons). So well looked after by the young man.
I had the chicken stay skewer. Beef rendang (yummm) and jasmine rice. Really good.
I just rate the atmosphere a little low because it was so loud in there over dinner, I could barely hear my friends talking and it was a real struggle.
I am so glad I found this joint! A cool space with a good atmosphere and excellent customer service. If you’ve seen any of my food posts you’ll know I’m that person with a ridiculous food intolerance that is usually not considered. Here it was! They have a separate emu that lists the items open for vegan, vegetarian, gluten free, fructose free, onion free and garlic and onion free! What? So good!
My bloke and I shared a few dishes when eating out for the first time in… for ever! Delicious cabbage and pork dumplings, legit fried rice, crispy pork belly and eye fillet steak - we had sauces on the side for him to enjoy and me to avoid and both thoroughly enjoyed a top notch, tasty meal along with a couple of crisp and light rice lagers. I bought some of the yummy smelling teas to go. A first class experience. Thanks!
A wonderful restaurant with beautiful food, ambience and staff! Lemongrass beef vermicelli was fantastic and flavourful, staff were so attentive and personable, and the place was absolutely packed on a Tuesday night! We were even given a free panacotta dessert, what a great experience 😊
(Also- so many gluten free options, yay!)
I’m a celiac. Have eaten here before usually they’re great with celiac. But this time the waitress and the chef didn’t communicate properly and gave me the wrong dish. By the time they told me it was too late. It was an accident, but also highlights how poor the system is with GF food here. They need to add a sticker or some visual identifier that distinguishes the GF dishes. As the ramen dishes look identical. Most other restaurants do this. The waitress was very apologetic and they didn’t charge me but still not great. Celiacs be cautious and always double check they’ve given you the right dish.
Excellent Indian restaurant! Fantastic flavours and friendly staff. Hari is always on hand to make recommendations. They are able to make gluten free, and other dietary requirements. Highly recommend!!!
Went in for dinner with my husband; we have always wanted to try this Japanese restaurant along the beach and THANKGOD we did not go for a special occasion.
We were presented with the menus with limited gluten free options.
The GFO is the chef just taking off an ingredient and adding more sauce. After voicing my concerns of having some sort of replacement on the Donburi “pickle” that wasn’t gluten free they presented this small ramekin of pickles. We ordered two Donburi and why was there one ramekin?
Honestly couldn’t be bothered voicing my concerns again.
Around Melbourne you can find a Donburi with the protein rice and even some four leaf salad, but the one I was presented with was similar to a frozen meal from the supermarket. Rice was chalky and I felt forced to eat it because it was $28.
Moving along to the “spicy cauliflower” which was unseasoned, meaning No salt. As a chef you salt fried food as it is pulled from the fryer. This unseasoned flavour left the after taste of oil, oil, oil.
Hey don’t get me wrong I love fried food but come on when you pay for $18 fried cauliflower you expect it to be immaculate.
Guys all I can say is if your planning on coming here don’t plan a special occasion or first date. Honestly just leaves a bad taste in the mouth. Service from waiters were good, and atmosphere was nice, but that’s not the reason someone goes to a restaurant. They go because they are HUNGRY and want to be Satisfied.
Sorry team please work on the future menu.
Tried this on Saturday. With the weather we were lucky to have gotten a table quick. Please note that they do not take bookings and sometimes you may have to wait some time to get a table. I was impressed that all there ramens are vegan and they have gluten free options. The menu is diverse for vegetarian and vegans and if you have gluten intolerances. The flavour profiles are beautifully balanced. The service is great and you do not have to wait a long time for your food.
Lovely food and friendly, helpful staff. They have lots of gluten free options. I had a chicken teriyaki bowl and it was really nice, fresh and tasty. Service was very fast. It's a clean, casual cafe in the CBD, highly recommend.
Great food and vibes, however, the items labelled gluten free or gluten free option are not gluten free due to sauces and using a shared fryer. The wait staff were fantastic and pointed this out to us, however you cannot call something gluten free if it is cooked in the same pots/pans/oil as a product containing gluten. Be vigilant if dining out here.
It's nice enough, though very crowded with the seating. I'm Coeliac and I only had 1 Entree option, 2 Main options and 1 desert option. I picked the Dahl, but to be honest, no better than what I get locally and far more expensive. Not somewhere I would pick.
Amazing food with heaps of gluten free vegan options. The salt and pepper tofu vermicelli salad is my go to, paired with a salt and pepper tofu rice paper roll. Never disappoints, even when delivered, still incredible
We recently celebrated our 30th birthday at The National in Richmond, and it was beyond perfect! From the moment we arrived, Sasha and Mario went above and beyond to make us feel welcome and catered to every detail of our event with such care and professionalism. The food was absolutely delicious—everyone couldn’t stop raving about it! The gluten-free and vegan options were especially impressive, which was such a relief with the dietary needs of our group. The whole experience was seamless, and we couldn’t have asked for a better venue or more attentive staff. Thank you, The National, for making our celebration unforgettable!
I had a lovely dinner here tonight and was so pleased to see that almost everything on the menu was coeliac friendly, or could be made to be! It’s so nice being able to go out and have so many gluten free options, and you wouldn’t be able to tell that they were gluten free at all. I will definitely return.
Been meaning to try for a long time as it is local. We will definitely be back. Yummy food! Clean, good service with a funky vibe. Also lots of Coeliac options. Highly recommend.
Couldn't recommend this place more. If you're in Swan Hill, it's a must-see just for the experience. They have a lovely environment out the back with heaters and a sound system at perfect volume. The food is amazing, especially the honey soy ginger pork.
A great place for gluten free and even many vegetarian options. I'm an asymptomatic coeliac and I felt comfortable eating the food.
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