Reviews by peggc

This review is for Oven Cafe, St Leonards NSW

verified email - 06 Jul 2011

The front of the cafe is wide open, plenty of fresh air and light and extra seats on the wooden deck. Prefect atmosphere for 3pm coffee break. They have these really nice home made orange and poppy seed muffins. Coffee is decent but usually a little bitter. Food here is so-so compared to other places around the area, but hands down on atmosphere.

This review is for WoW Vietnamese Restaurant, St Leonards NSW

verified email - 06 Jul 2011

I went here for Phở and it's not bad. Not something you'd go out of way for, but if it's down the road... they also have an assortment of 1 plate meals for lunch, such as crispy fried chicken on rice and vermicelli with spring rolls which are both pretty decent as well as other noodle soups.

This review is for PK Thai, St Leonards NSW

verified email - 06 Jul 2011

This place is great for lunch. The laksa and noodles are great. I never really like anything with chicken at this restaurant though. Opt for the vegetarian option. they add egg, tofu and heaps of other vegetables that makes up for the lack of meat.
They are fairly flexible, if you like your Thai food spicy you can ask them to me make it really hot. It's already reasonably spicy so if you don't want it spicy make sure you ask them to make it mild. They also change the vermicelli noodles in the laksa to the thick rice noodles for me too.

This review is for Ace Noodles, St Leonards NSW

verified email - 06 Jul 2011

It's a fairly bland kind of restaurant. You order and pay for you meal as you come in and they give you a beeper. You need to get your our utensils and water. The food isn't great. I got wonton noodle soup. The dumpling were bland, over processed meat. The soup stock had too much MSG in it. You can't really go wrong with pre made noodles. There's not a huge range of places to eat in SL for lunch and this is probably one of the last places I'd go to. Unless someone else wanted to go.

This review is for Sea Treasure, Crows Nest NSW

verified email - 06 Jul 2011

I love this place for yum cha. But the service is fairly poor especially during peak hour. Last time we came here, we asked them to bring out pork dim sims and chicken feet at least 3 times. After the second time, the we asked the waiter he said to just tell him and he'd get it for us. Which we did. The chicken feet comes out and we decided that once we have those and the egg custard tarts, if the dim sims aren't here we'd leave. Sadly, we left without the dim sims.
Even though the service isn't great and it's slightly expensive for yum cha. I'd go back for the food.

This review is for Ramen Sun Sun, Crows Nest NSW

verified email - 06 Jul 2011

There's nothing special about this place and I would definitely NOT call it a Ramen restaurant. It's what you'd expect from a small in and out take-away Japanese restaurants with more counter seats than tables. You can get your typical noodes and rice (~don) in a bowl. It's well price and cheap and the food decent. Great for one of those nights you just want a quick meal not a date with your SO.

This review is for Himalayan Char Grill, Crows Nest NSW

verified email - 06 Jul 2011

We got takeout from here. There was more food them we expected and even had leftovers for lunch the next day. This places boasts the best lamb shanks in sydney. I don't know about the best, but I really liked them and would go back. Pricing is reasonable, although definitely worth it if you use the entertainment book voucher.

This review is for Ju-Rin Japanese Restaurant, Crows Nest NSW

verified email - 06 Jul 2011

The lunch sets are very nice and of a decent size. You can choose from a variety of meat/fish/vegetable choices and it comes with miso soup, rice and a small dessert. One time we got a coffee jelly that was delicious. The second time it was a savoury baked egg moose(?) that I found a little bit strange.
The restaurant tends to fill out quickly for both lunch and dinner so you'll want to make a reservation.

This review is for Bean Drinking, Crows Nest NSW

verified email - 06 Jul 2011

The coffee here it very good. I'd say the best I've tried in the Crow's Nest restaurant strip. It is on the tad expensive side. We usually get a flat white and a ice latte, latte with ice, barely any froth. Nice flavour, isn't watery. The food is so-so, limited choices, mainly pies, toast and muffins.

This review is for Ryo's Noodles, Crows Nest NSW

verified email - 06 Jul 2011

This place is incredible good. I'd still rate this above many ramen stores I've tried in Japan. The queue is definitely long and there are very limited seats, from memory only 24 seats, but it's not the kind of place you sit and chat for hours. If it's your first time, definitely get number 2, the soy flavoured pork stock ramen. I always opt for extra soy eggs, the yolk is still gooey.
Beware, they are usually closed on Wednesdays.