Oriental Spoon

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Reviews for Oriental Spoon (24)

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verified email - 06 Aug 2018
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0

Great value place. I was recommended to go here by a Korean friend of mine, and it does not disappoint. A great place for large groups and sharing!

verified email - 04 Jul 2017
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0

Great Korean food, good clean and modern decor. Service pretty good, prices around average (seemed cheaper than Oriental Spoon's other store).

verified email - 01 Nov 2016
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4.0
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4.0
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4.0

Comfortable Korean restaurant that serves great tasty korean dishes. Helpful waiters and waitresses always ready to serve you.

Approximate cost: $30

verified email - 12 Jul 2016
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4.0
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4.0
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4.0

This restaurant is quite spacious and has a nice atmosphere to it. The food is quite tasty, especially the jap chae. Love the complimentary kimchi they give in metal bowls!

winnies
127 reviews · 18600 points
verified email - 01 Jun 2016
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4.0
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4.0
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4.0

Large spacious restaurant with a nice ambience. Really conveniently located on the northern side of Melbourne Central. The food is of a good quality and serving portions are reasonable.

dotty
220 reviews · 22110 points
verified email - 29 Mar 2016
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4.0
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4.0
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4.0

Fantastic food and great service. It helps that you walk into an aroma that does nothing but make everything smell delicious! spacious and at very high standard but the price is reasonable

verified email - 03 Mar 2016
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5.0
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5.0
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4.0

Love their Cheese Bul Dak (Spicy skinless chicken fillet served on a bed of onion and sprinkled with mozzarella cheese) and Grilled Beef Rib.

verified email - 08 Oct 2015
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1.0
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3.0
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2.0

food is ok but, most of staff is ok, but manager is very rude when taking order, i am trying to ask him to recommend which dish on the menu, he's telling me other customer is still waiting in the queue, if you not sure which dish you want to order, you should not bother me. very rude, worst staff in the restaurant.

Approximate cost: $90

verified email - 11 Jun 2015
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5.0
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4.0
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4.0

Very nice Korean restaurant. Environment is spacious and at very high standard but the price is reasonable. Have been there for lunch quite few times, service is excellent.

verified email - 30 Apr 2015
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3.0
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4.0
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4.0

It was my first Korean dining experience for a weekday lunch when my colleagues suggested we try this place.

Definitely a cheap and tasty lunch, it was $11 for a hot bowl of rice, flavoursome meat, bit of vegies. really good combination actually with lots of interesting flavours coating the meat.

Staff were polite and were efficient in serving us.

i would be happy to go back again and try out the other dishes ...

Approximate cost: $11

verified email - 02 Aug 2014
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3.0
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3.0
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3.0

super pricey given the fact that there's heaps of similar restaurants close by, decent food though was quite filling, the layout's quite nice as well - bar's quite funky looking

staff are really good, i like how the kitchen's see through as well

had the chicken and beef, both not bad but were quite pricey so probably wouldn't go back

verified email - 12 Jun 2013
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3.0
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3.0
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3.0

My friend recommended lunch specials at this place, so we went for lunch on a saturday, only to find out that their lunch specials are only available on weekdays, so we just have to order from the menu, which looked quite pricy compared to most other asian places. We ordered several dish to share, food were authentic (according to my friend, cos I'm not sure what authentic korean is supposed to taste like). The restaurant is quite big, and cos many people order hot pots and sizzling dishes, the place can be a bit 'smelly'.

verified email - 04 Jun 2013
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2.0
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3.0
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3.0

This place was recommended to me by some friends who know I like Korean food but it has to be properly done and authentic otherwise it really just tastes like something from your local Chinese takeaway.

I went to Oriental spoon with high hopes and when we got there it was a Saturday evening and it was crazy busy with the queue going out the door. They don't take bookings before 8pm so even at that late time for dinner we still had to wait and it was about 15 minutes before we sat down.

I ordered bim bim bap which is rice with beef and some veggies and egg in a stone bowl. Done properly this dish is heaven with crispy rice from the volcano hot bowl and smooth and delicious pieces of beef and veggies shredded so that it mixes with the egg and creates a nice gravy. Unfortunately with this place things seemed a little rushed and the stone bowl was not hot enough meaning that the rice did not form a crispy coating to enable the right texture to blend with the other ingredients. So it turned out to be more like a stew on rice or a form of curry on rice without the curry flavor. The kimchi pancakes were good if a little spicy and the agedashi tofu was also good.

Service was slow perhaps due to how busy the place was, however given it was a Saturday night I would have expected more staff to be on duty.

Because we had such a large table (12 people), our order was also mixed up a bit and some people got the wrong items and had to wait for it to be redone or they just couldn't bother and had whatever arrived! They feared that they would have to wait too long.

From a food and value perspective the prices are okay at around $13 for a main and the entrees are good at around $7 but they are not exceptional. As mentioned the cooking was perhaps a bit rushed however it is fair to good value for money.

Approximate cost: $13

verified email - 18 Oct 2012
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4.0
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4.0
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4.0

One of my favorite Korean restaurants in Melbourne. Nice spacious restaurant, good food, nice atmosphere and prices are reasonable with huge portion.
Love the Seafood Casserole dish (jjambong) and its Tteokpokki.
One word- 대박! Love the food and service too.

Approximate cost: $20.00

verified email - 30 Jun 2012
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4.0
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4.0
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4.0

We went there for dinner on a Saturday night without making a reservation. Were lucky to still get a table. Friendly service even on a busy night. What amazed us most was that all the four main dishes we ordered arrived quickly. Dishes ordered were pork bulgogi, tang so dumpling, claypot seafood and chicken bibimbap and all tasted great! Will definitely be back though there is more value price wise for lunch.

verified email - 07 Jun 2012
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4.0
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4.0
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Love the atmosphere at Oriental Spoon, usually pretty busy so make sure to book! The food is delicious and they offer to grill on the table or cook in the kitchen, so you get to decide how you get your food. The staff are friendly and they don't rush you out after you've finished your food.

Approximate cost: $18

verified email - 05 Jun 2012
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4.0
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4.0
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4.0

Great Korean food served in this restaurant.. many variety of food.. the restaurant is spacious and clean..i had the hot stone bibimbap.. Taste really good - recommended!.. The service is not bad.. reasonable price..

lusianac
#711 in Melbourne VIC
334 reviews · 39525 points
verified email - 26 Apr 2012
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4.0
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4.0
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4.0

Authentic korean restaurant at value for money prices. My fave is the korean style deep fried chicken. The BBQ are well marinated and full of flavours.

verified email - 28 Jan 2012
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4.0
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4.0
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3.0

Food was fantastic. The restaurant was very noisy which made it hard for us to converse with our friends. Other than that, it was a great experience

Approximate cost: $13

verified email - 19 May 2011
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3.0
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4.0
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3.0

The Korean food tastes absolutely fantastic and you can order a variety of items such as hotpot and meat dishes, but the food items can be overpriced sometimes.

verified email - 17 Apr 2010
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2.0
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3.0
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3.0

A convenient place close to Melbourne Central and training station. The food is reasonably good and it is not expensive. The restaurant has a large eating area. The dishes are served quickly. However, a lot of dishes are very spicy.

Approximate cost: $12

verified email - 22 Sep 2009
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4.0
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5.0
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5.0

I love this korean food not expensive and the food is nice. They have many different side dishes and you can get for free and ask more if you want. All the waitress are very polite as well.

Approximate cost: $12

verified email - 28 Oct 2008
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4.0
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5.0
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4.0

Pretty good value for money. Sort of weird how when me and my friend both ordered take away pork bulgogi, they gave her side dishes and didn't give me any. But other than that. Food was absolutely delicious. Not used to eating spicy foods but would definitely go back again after exams. Very nice set up as well, good lighting as in not over the top bright but not gloomy. Love the food and the waiters and waitresses were very nice and patient with us when we were ordering food.

Approximate cost: $15

verified email - 26 Oct 2008
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5.0
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4.0
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4.0

It is one koean restaurant in Melbourne.
Its taste is very good, also the price is so economical.
Everyday lunch costs only 8.50$.
For lucnh, worthy to go!

Approximate cost: $12