Breakfast, we are told, is the most important meal of the day, but unfortunately very few…read morerestaurants get it right. The Diplomat Cafe in Highett I'm pleased to announce is one of the few. This cafe is centrally located on the main strip across the road from the Highett train station. The cafe itself is really well designed with a small show kitchen pumping out meals to a rather large minimalistic dining room. It really has a great vibe. The first thing that I was impressed with was the staff. Upon arrival I was greeted warmly, and escorted to my table, offered water and a coffee to start with. This in itself seems to be a lost art in today's restaurant scene. I ordered a jasmine pearl tea to start, which, when arrived was presented on a wooden board, with a cup, an iron teapot and a box with three sandglass minute timers. The first one set at one minute, the second at three mins and the third at five minutes. Each timer representing the strength of the tea. A pretty cool concept. The menu looked awesome, but all I really wanted was poached eggs, bacon and mushrooms. So that's what I ordered. Now it's generally at this stage when I ask the waiter if I could have my bacon crispy, but in all honestly I forgot, so I was a bit concerned. My breakfast arrived in a reasonable timeframe, and my first impression was, that it looked pretty good. It wasn't good, not at all, it was awesome. Let's start with the eggs. Perfectly poached, soft and gooey yolks, and perfectly poached whites. As much as the eggs impressed me it was the bacon that wowed me. Crispy but still juicy and full of flavour, just the way I like it. I have to say this was one of the best bacon and eggs I've ever had. The food that was coming out of that kitchen was amazing. So if you find yourself down Highett way check out The Diplomat, it truly was amazing.

WOW what a place! And what a find. The staff are extremely friendly, helpful and nothing was too…read moremuch trouble. Both the breakfast and lunch menu options were varied. I had the smashed avocado and poached eggs and it was absolutely scrumptious. Couldn't recommend this establishment enough. The atmosphere was buzzing and filled with laughter and cheer. A must try if you ask me.

What a fantastic place! We have here three times now and everything we have ordered has been…read moreexcellent. Yamazaki is operated by the original owners of Machi in St. Kilda, and have brought their skills to this small bayside eatery. Everyone has their favorites and mine must include their slow cooked lamb , chilli chicken dumplings, pork gyoza, Yamazaki fried chicken and the Spider Crab rolls.Delicious!!

Pretty disorganised , meals took a long time to come me and service need to improve. Was pretty…read moredisappointed.

been coming here for years. views-of the bay are great , the food is good , value for money. It was…read morebetter before the change of menu to the Pub App. The sports bar is great often full when big event showing. Staff are pleasant goos range of drinks. Over xmas staff were less but its to be expected.

This place has the worst service of any place I have been into for along time. It obviously has a…read moremanager that couldn't care less as for the group I was with couldn't care less about ever going back. There are to many other good restaurants in the area to chose from

I don't know why it took me so long to ever try a meal here. It's always busy, with lines out the…read moredoor at times, and people lining up for take away coffees. Tried it today for the first time ever, and I was glad I did. The breakfast and brunch menu have some different items than the rest of the cafes in Melbourne (who all have pretty much the same menus). While I only chose the Eggs Benedict with Smoked Salmon, the others in the group had different items, and we all enjoyed what we had. The service is friendly, the decor is lovely, the food is tasty. IF I had to be picky over anything, it would be the pricing. I do think some items were really high, especially for things you can easily make at home. Also, no effort whatsoever to attempt any substitutions with things in a dish. With that said, I'd definitely come back again. It was also a really nice touch that they gave me a complimentary cupcake with sparkler for my birthday. It just made the whole experience that little nicer still.

Such a good breakfast place. The food was fresh and the atmosphere was very laid back and chill…read more The service was incredible and there was no wait to get seated. Scrambled eggs are perfect.

Had a thoroughly enjoyable dinner there a week or so ago on a sunny Friday evening. Attentive (but…read morenot overly so) and friendly service, a good selection of tapas foods for sharing and larger share plates if you're really hungry. We over-ordered (eyes bigger than our stomachs) and ended up not being able to eat all the yummy paella. Shame! We'll listen and take the waitresses advice next time. Can recommend a selection of sharing plates - the calimari, the jamon and manchego croquettes, the pork belly sliders, and the chilli and garlic prawns, and the lamb pizza were all good. We'll be back to try out their brunch menu later on.

I went here recently with some friends based on their recommendation and we were not disappointed…read more The location is excellent, sitting on Beach road facing the bay. The perfect place to enjoy a sunset meal, a few cocktails or just a cold beer....of which there are plenty of great options. The food is just as good as the atmosphere. We shared the patatas bravas, garlic & chili tiger prawns, roasted field mushroom and the Boca del Sur board (charcuterie). All of it tasted great and was well presented. It's a bit silly, but I have to rave about the bread with olive oil and balsamic they bring to the table. So simple but so good. The service was great as well, so I had to give this place 5 stars. I have friends visiting from the states next month and I'll definitely be taking them there.

Always looking for "new" places to try, I found this little gem yesterday, and tried it for dinner…read moretonight. It's in a good location with plenty of street parking and while there's not a lot of curb appeal, it sounded good, so thought we'd give it a go. The interior is a little odd; quite a mish mosh of decor. But it smelled good inside, so we were eager to see what the food was like. They took our order promptly, and were accommodating with requests. The food came out in good time, which was more impressive since they were doing a few take out orders. The entrees were nice. Generic chicken spring rolls and chicken curry puffs. They were really nice and would probably order again. For my main, I had the chicken fried rice and though it was really nothing to look at (presentation left much to be desired) the food was very good. The kitchen honoured our requests for changes to the dishes, and the mains also came out in reasonable timing. From a pricing point of view, I think it was very reasonable. Mains were in the mid teens, and on a par with other small Thai restaurants. Overall ... would I come back again? If I was in the area, I'd definitely come back again. There wasn't anything really bad about it here at all. Considering it's almost a 30 minute drive from home to it, I'd be more inclined to try elsewhere first. But if you find yourself in Sandringham and want a good Thai meal, give this a try for sure.

A great friendly Thai restaurant with excellent service and delicious food. All the Thai classic…read moredishes and very attentive staff.

Great speciality pizzas in Sandringham. Delivery to local suburbs is available. Some of the best…read morepizza in the area with a great selection of toppings. You can have the traditional pizzas, speciality pizzas or make your own. Owners and staff are really friendly and know/remember you after a visit or two. Prompt cooking and delivery times.

Looking for speciality pizzas this is the place, not Dominos or Pizza Hut, just do their own thing…read moreand make great pizzas.

I've previously worked in Sandringham and this used to be my all time favourite cafe to visit for…read morelunch or breakfast. The staff are friendly, the coffee is good and nothing beats the Limoncello BLT (make sure you get it with chicken and avocado)!

Limoncello's is one of our favorite places in Sandy. In 2011 we moved from WA to Melbourne and it…read morewas the first cafe I visited in Sandringham and love it since then. The Team at Limoncello's is friendly, food is great. I did celebrate my birthday at Limoncello's on one of the burger nights, All my friends loved the burgers and the vibe of this cozy cafe.

I've driven passed True South heaps and heaps of times, and always wanted to try it, yet never did…read more... until tonight. I am kicking myself that I never came sooner. It was really, really good. The restaurant has a great vibe about it. For some people, they'd love to come in summer when out the front there are tables on the footpath and on the inner outside there are bar stools to sit and drink while watching the world go by. Inside, the restaurant has a clean, industrial feel to it. It was busy, but not overly loud. We were seated right away and your placemat is the menu, so you dive right into looking for things that grab your taste buds. Many - if not all - dishes are great for sharing, so we started out with Chipas (mini cheese rolls, mandioca flour, cheddar and parmesan) and the Croquetas of the day, which were chicken and corn. Before those came, we were served up a mini bread roll each with an olive and ricotta dip. Very delicious. The entrees came out and they were heavenly. The Chipas were amazing and I could have just had several serves of those as my meal. The were like mini warm cheese scones. The croquetas were good; had a beautiful crumbing on the outside, but the inside was nice, though nothing to rave about. For the main, I ordered my own Caviche de Salmon. It came with mango, cherry tomatoes, onion and plantain crisps. I didn't much care for the plantain crisps, and I hated the fact that there was coriander in the dish without it being listed on the menu. I would have asked for it without it, as I can't stand coriander. Yuck. Of course, there was something that really stood out to me on the dessert menu, so I had to order it. It was a chocolate fondant, with banana and caramel ice cream. That sounded incredibly appealing and tasted really, really good. My only minor complaint about it, was that it was truly ICE cream. That almost ruined it, but the flavours were everything. There was just a few things I didn't like about True South. One was the tables felt sticky. Two was that you could smell cigarette smoke from outside, even though it's illegal to smoke right outside an eatery. And three, because of the open shutters, it allowed for flies to fly in. Small things I guess in relation to how good the food and service was. Yes, the mains came out slowly, but they were really busy and food was continually leaving the kitchen. Would I go back again?? YES, YES, YES. I really enjoyed the meal and it was something different to usual here in Melbourne. How authentic it is, I don't know. But if you want a great spot with good atmosphere, great food and reasonably priced meals, then this is the place for you. It's worth the drive.

Nice birthday meal with family. Good food, the porterhouse steak was the winner. Cooked to…read moreperfection. The broccolini was the best I've ever had. The jalapeno margarita was underwhelming. Good coffee, friendly service. Would definitely come back for the steak and oysters alone.