I took my partner to this restaurant. We were both very unimpressed with the food quality. The…read moreseafood was extremely chewy & not eatable. The meat was cold & the noodles looked like they were sitting in beds of bacteria. It is apparently a high end all you can eat buffet & I honestly didn't even finish half of my first plate. I figured I payed for this over priced food so i may as well try the desert. The deserts were very bland so the outcome was I spent $150 on icecream and two glasses of wine. I do not recommend wasting your hard earnt money at this restaurant. I gave a 1 star as this site will not allow a 0.

Does not really live up to the hype…read more The restaurant is located in a very convenient and desirable spot. Don't expect to see too much of the bay when you are dining though, not that there's much going on any way. Went for the dinner buffet. The choices are quite limited in terms of seafood. My personal favourite is the bay bugs, but they are only boiled in water, you will have to be creative to dig out (carry some yourself maybe?) some source you like.

One of the best buffet restaurants i've ever been to. The food is a delight and very good quality,…read morethere are lots of choices so every time you go, you get to discover new flavors. Exelent service! The place is quite elegant and very clean. If i'd live in Melbourne i'd come to eat there often. The price is much higher during the evenings (more than 60$ for the buffet) but I think is totally worth it.

Amazing, u get to eat whatever u want and, no need waitress to get the food, u can get it ur selfread more

Good place for afterwork drinks. Atmosphere was business execs which is what you would expect at a…read moreSofitel. Drinks were good but it is always the company that makes a place.

This place was amazing. The view amazing, food amazing, service staff amazing…read more Would definitely recommend a romantic dinner here or special occasions dinner. It was great seeing the sun set over the city and the night lights of Melbourne. You could even see the flames at Crown Casino if you have the right seats. Food tastes great and we were really impressed by the desserts too. Tasted better than On Nom.

Breakfast they say, is the most important meal of the day, it gives you energy, gives you clarity…read moreto get through the day, it sets the tone. So finding the perfect breakfast, well let's face it, is reality easy in a city such as Melbourne. So many cafes and restaurants offering their take on poached eggs, smashed avocado sprinkled with the latest super food grain and freshly juiced kale and ginger juice makes it a smorgasbord of choices for today's customer. Hotel restaurants around the world have been offering up a breakfast buffet since the dawn of time, with a large degree of failure. The biggest challenge being keeping the offering hot and serving up a variety that keeps them a step a head of their competition. Collins Kitchen in the Grand Hyatt Melbourne offers up this time honoured tradition and where others have missed the mark the Hyatt have not only exceeded the mark but have set the barre to new heights. Firstly this is a grand restaurant overlooking the plain trees of Russell Street, with warm and inviting furniture that lets you know you're in a five star dining room in a world renowned hotel, a perfect place for the perfect breakfast. The major difference here is how they offer you the food, there is not a trestle table or Bain marie in sight, instead they have four show kitchens, each with a dedicated chef, either cooking to order your choice of eggs, be it poached or a wonderful fluffy omelette, or continually cooking crispy bacon, sauté mushrooms or an array of dim sum. Fresh fruit, an assortment of freshly baked bread and a chef offering to squeeze you a super juice, is awaiting you in another kitchen. There's a deli with smoked salmon, turkey and ham on offer with a great selection of cheese and crackers. If that doesn't fill you up then you'll need to head over to what one can only describe as heavens kitchen. Freshly made waffles and pancakes with fruit compotes and cream. Pastries and cakes galore will give anyone with a slight sugar addiction the fix they need. The only way to make this experience better would be to offer ice cream for the waffles, but that's just me being slightly greedy. This is not a place for a quick breakfast, to get the full experience you need to spend a couple of hours here and for $42 is certainly value for money.

High Tea at Hyatt So…read moreI just came back from the Hyatt high tea and I had a lovely time. The three of us were given two stands that displayed 9 sandwiches and 8 cakes. We were also given 10 scones and more than enough cream and jam (raspberry & fig) to accompany. The setting here at the Hyatt is beautifully laid out, the table settings are good quality and room oozes of class and style. The service was fantastic, the waiter for our table was extremely polite and professional. I found the servings to be very generous here, we had so many left over cakes-unfortunately they do not offer take away services, and so it's a bit of a waste if you don't finish it. The sandwiches included an egg salad, aged waygu beef and smoked salmon. The cakes included a chocolate mud, chocolate opera, pistachio sponge, cheesecake and strawberry mousse. I was also surprised by how many scones they gave us, did they really except us to eat that many? Overall this was a very pleasant afternoon, the ambience of the place was quite and relaxing and the prices were around $30ish per person. I will definitely head back here soon, perfect place for afternoon tea.

Food - Best Japanese food ever, fried rice is amazing, and their prices are so good…read more service - Best service ever as well, both the service and the food made us come here twice during our holiday. Highly recommend this place. We weren't excited going here because we don't enjoy Japanese style dinner but this place is so good! Best Japanese restaurant to exist!

I really want to give this a two and a half stars. Well, another Scoopon stop for us. I think I'm…read moregetting to the point where these restaurants have been more disappointing than they have been 'great finds'. My son got the tonkatsu (breaded pork, but it had a slightly different name here). Normally this dish is served with a plum sauce, but not here. We did ask, but I'm guessing something was lost in the translation because they brought back the tempura dipping sauce. The dish itself was good. Our daughter had the tempura, which was ok. There was shrimp and veggies. The biggest problem with this dish was eggplant....the batter on these was undercooked....this was not pretty, and when I took a bite the oil just oozed out in my mouth. Our banquet included saki. My complaint here is normally this is served with the bottle in warm water to keep the saki warm, but this just came on its own. It wasn't long before the saki went cold. The soup was nice, the Goya was again, okay. The best part of e meal was our sushi....little California rolls and salmon. The salmon was just beautiful and the California rolls had different seeds on the outside that really gave it a nice flavour. The service was good, the food came out at a good pace. But overall they loose it in the quality of the food and preparation. With all the other Japanese restaurants around you can find a better place.

Came here with my family for Christmas Eve dinner. We made the reservation 2 months in advance for…read morethe first seating (5:00-7:45pm). The 2nd seating is from 8:30-11:15pm. The environment was super classy, with high ceilings and marble walls and floors. The servers were polite and attentive majority of the time. There were a few times we had to flag them down to take away our used plates and refill our water and wine. The was an extremely wide selection of food. The categories include: salad, cold cuts, cheese, cold seafood (oyster, crab, lobster, shrimps, etc), carving station (turkey, ham, roast beef, lamb), Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, dessert (chocolate fondue, ice cream, cakes). I wasn't able to try out all the food, but the dishes that stood out was the halved lobster with melted herb butter, the stir fried clam, baked salmon, roasted ham, raw oyster, Queenland tiger shrimp and the peppermint chocolate ice cream. The disappointing dishes include turkey (dry and rough), roast beef (dry), king crab (very mildly sweet to tasteless), roasted cauliflower (way to mushy), stir fried asparagus (tough and fibrous). Also, the sushi and sashimi selection was disappointing and the sashimi did not look fresh. The price of the wines were reasonable for a hotel restaurant. Overall, for ~AUD$200 (excluding alchohol) per person, I would say the buffet price is reasonable.

The food was above average over all. There were about 5 stations included in the all you can eat…read more The Asian station was the best! Then the desserts. The spicy and sweet pork with crunchy port skin was 5/5. The first time i have seen a white chocolate fountain and it was delicious! They also had a milk chocolate fountain. The service was great top notch very professional and eager to serve (Jacinta and Maka (Asian Michael Jackson) Very happy and great energy. The ambiance was beautiful with natural light and look very clean. The low point was asking for hand sanitizer, which they provided and allowed us to keep at our table. The only item I had to ask for so not low just not immediately available. Will visit again and already told my friends about it. We were celebrating our Anniversary and they brought us chocolate that read happy anniversary.

Great ambiance, vibe, and decor. A visual and audible treat. I especially liked the 80's music…read moreplaying throughout the dining room. Service is quick, friendly, and attentive. Good menu with a lot of interesting options. Tried three different appetizers and the winner was the sashimi. Wonderful flavors with king fish. The butter chicken with curry was excellent. Just wish it came with some naan to soak up that wonderful sauce. Cocktails are creative and great. Just a bit measured and small, but I get it. Would dine here again and again.

The ambience was very social. Seemed like everyone wanted to be here as there was a wait list and…read morevery limited seats for walk ins. Make reservations! They also have a downstairs bar too with seating that was also booked and packed. Nice variety of dishes, chef curated plates that were visually pleasing to the eye. The drinks while good and unique were carefully measured and extremely small for the price points. 3 cocktails and I didn't feel buzzed. I feel like Australia is very big on preventing intoxication. One of the few places that had knowledgeable staff and to my surprise actually nice and welcoming. I tried the BBQ Salmon wrapped in a banana leaf, braised beef curry, and a couple of drinks. Rather your traveling or a local who hasn't tried this place, it definitely should be on your radar. I was traveling from California and ChinChin was by far the most memorable dining experience I had.

Went to Melba numerous times when I was visiting the Langham during my stay at Melbourne. This was…read morean amazing experience as for breakfast the food is limitless. There was an avocado bar, chocolate fountain as well as tons of pastries and hot foods. The service was really good and the ambiance is gorgeous as the restaurant overlooks the Yarra river. If in town this is definitely an awesome place to check out!

Melba has always been my favourite buffet in Melbourne. It's always fresh, plentiful and varied…read more They label things well and there's truely something for everyone. They do great Indian food, great sushi, beautiful pastas and salads and fish and the most delicious desserts. It's pricey, but I think there's definite value here. The staff are always friendly and helpful and it's a perfect spot if you have a special occasion or just a treat for a change for lunch or dinner. HOWEVER ... that being said. We just came here again for the first time in a while for a very special occasion. We made the booking for 8 people. When we booked over the phone, they didn't once say that since we are coming for lunch and having guests, the best thing to do would be valet park with the hotel for a flat rate of $19. No. They didn't tell us that. Instead, we paid $75 - yes $75 - for just over three hours of parking with Wilson. It is daylight robbery and should be regulated. The hotel lost that business by not disclosing it to us, and instead our money went to Wilsons. But the thing is, when they know you're hosting guests, the least they can do is verbalise that on the phone with you at the time. Otherwise, the day went smoothly (other than the idiot waiter who told us our table was the one "over there with all the big balloons" on it after we urged him to keep it subtle as the guest of honour was with us as a surprise ...), and I recommend the lunch here for sure. Just be sure to NOT park downstairs unless you valet.

Last night, we ate dinner here and it was pretty good. My daughter had the burrata and tomato salad…read moreand unfortunately the tomatoes were mushy. Not good. For $20, I think they could have done better. I had the scallops and pork belly special and it was very good. And then this morning we went here for the breakfast buffet and it was fantastic. They make eggs to order. And the big hit was their amazing juice bar. We could make our own juices with the awesome choices they had ... including fresh ginger, watermelon, pears, oranges, cucumbers, celery, carrots, bananas and apples. Seriously YUMMY! We made at least four fresh juices to enjoy. And yes, we will be back again tomorrow.

Pretty average food. Burrata described on menu as liquid centre - was just a block of mozzarella…read more Truffle cannelloni seemed reheated, and tasted mass produced. Couldn't taste any truffle, either. Wine list poor and overpriced. Pinot noir by the glass was garbage. Happy to pay more for better, but was very average. However, service was pleasant and helpful, and good atmosphere.

20180902 update: still as good! But getting pricey now!! Kangerooo Oyster at $4 each!!! Booooooo…read moreowner should give me a discount for starting this entry! haha It was noticeably empty at the competitor's :) *** 20160930 Update: oysters were all full and meaty. Brine not salty and flavourful. Don't bother with the sea urchin despite its popularity. It's not the same as you'd expect. oh no more $1 oyster shots. It's $1.50 now *** 20151131 Update: there is now a centre island for u to have ur oysters on the go! *** Was here yesterday for the Mussel Fest... as always the oysters here are fantastic!! $1 a shot!! There's so many varieties to choose from. Pending on weather and season.. My fav is the Blackman Bay oysters.. It's always succulent and has a creamy almost nutty after flavour!! add a small sprinkle of pepper and bam!!! Ur tastebuds will be partying! :) It's so good and plump when u look at it... u feel like it's too good lookin to b eaten .. well only for a few short seconds.. until u move onto the next oyster... and repeat..

One of a few oyster bars in the South Melbourne Market. Heard this is THE place for oysters in…read morethis market. No dining room and you grab a standup spot along the aisle. Walked up to the counter and asked the girl to give me an assortment of six different ones. The sea urchin and caviar oysters were the tastiest. Worth the visit.