One thing I know for sure: Australia has the best fish and chips place like no other! Okay, even…read morecompared to San Francisco. Man, every time I come home, the very first thing I eat is seriously fish and chips! Delicious! This is a little local place near by my house, so walking there is very possible, plus Springvale has clean and walk-able pedestrian pathways for people to walk on. SERVICE: MacKay Fish and Chips guy is very friendly! And indeed, local and I bet family own - I'm a total supporter on local family restaurants and I think they put more love to their products - that's why it taste so good! FOOD: I only order one item - FISH AND CHIPS! FISH is freshly battered when you order and deep fried in front of your eyes when you order. So good! There's an actual difference when you eat it. Just the first bite - eureka!!! The fish juice just spatters out and dribble everywhere, now that's how you know it's fresh! Plus, it's a little difficult when biting because it's so fresh and hot! Steaming HOT! 5 stars. CHIPS - maybe because it's frozen, it's a little dry when biting into it. Doesn't work well when the fish is so good and it totally overrides the flavor of the chips. Don't get me wrong it's awesome! Crunchy, and no salt - just have to add some on. Dip it in tomato sauce, not ketchup, but tomato sauce - one word: WOW. 4 stars. OVERALL: FISH, FISH and FISH! 4 stars overall!

It can be a hit or miss. One day I ordered my pizza, which…read moreis a thin base Volcano, and it was absolutely amazing. Crispy and delicious. Next week I ordered the same thing and I got a soggy pizza, although I ordered a thin base. Not as good as the first time I ordered. Next few times I ordered it was pretty darn good though. Hot chips ain't bad as well. Crispy and delish the few times I ordered, but also got an average pile other couple of times. You probably get the gist by now that I like crispy food. I guess it's consistency which counts. Relatively consistent pizza shop. One of my preferred local pizza shops!

My boyfriend rang this place and requested a large BBQ chicken pizza with olives and mushrooms as…read morean add on. He spelt our address out twice for the guy on the phone and they still didn't get it right because they rang back 45 minutes later to ask for it again. 15 minutes later the pizza arrived luke warm and sans the olives and mushrooms that he specifically requested. It was mediocre at best. We will not be getting our pizza from here again.

I don't know how many time I walked past this place without daring to go inside. It just seemed as…read moreordinary as ordinary could be. But then one day i smelt the aroma of fresh hot flat bread and charcoal lamb shish kebabs and had to investigate further. Yes you can your standard charcoal chicken, fried dim sims, hot chips etc but why would you? Authentic lamb tikka skewers await you. Fermented salad. Delicious dipping sauces. And the most delicious hot flat bread you can find anywhere: they have their own tandoor oven. Your bread is baked while they charcoal your lamb skewers. It's crisp on the outside. Cut into quarters and served in a basket. Your mouth will love the taste of the pillows of soft warm bread. And the complex mix of afghan spiced lamb (or chicken) skewers. You sit down with a real plate and cutlery. All for under $15. It's unbelievably good value. if only all those people who order the chiko rolls, chips and dim sims only opened their eyes and minds they would be blown away.

Order a Hawaiian pizza and it was delicious ! Cooked to perfection, not oily and just wanted more !read more

It's such a pleasant surprise to find Kao Gaeng, a Thai restaurant in Springvale, Melbourne…read more Springvale is predominantly a Vietnamese area occupied by many mini markets filled with fresh local seafood, produce, and groceries. After shopping we were very hungry so we went in search for a place to have lunch and came across this hole-in-the-wall restaurant. We noticed that the employees spoke Thai among themselves and many signage on the wall are in Thai so we decided to take a gamble and asked for a table for our party of four. Our waiter was pleasant and he can't speak English so we pointed at some items on the menu. He correctly ordered all our dishes and was attentive to make sure our glasses were filled promptly. The dishes were delicious and our favorite was the crab fried rice.

I was genuinely shocked to find SUCH a fantastic Thai restaurant in Springvale... probably the best…read morein Melbourne and I judge against some of the best in Bangkok where I visit often on business. Kao Gaeng is a real hidden gem and moderately priced because it is Springvale! Tell them how much heat you can handle, I like it as Thai locals like it (which is hot). Make sure you feed the meters with 80 cents though the Care Park inspectors are rather savage...