[TAKE-AWAY FOOD]

As restrictions has slightly lifted, I met up with a friend for take-away lunch. We decided to go to Fitzroy area as we hadn’t been there for a very long time but didn’t know what to eat. We parked the car and randomly walked up Smith street to explore and also gave us a chance to get a bit of exercise and catch up. We finally spotted Goon BBQ which had quite a lot of people standing outside (waiting for their orders). We thought to give it a try. It was surprisingly really good. We were impressed, servings were generous and price was very reasonable.

🔆LOCATION🔆

Goon BBQ is situated on Smith Street between Otter Street and St David Street closer to Johnston street end.

The premise is quite small and seats up to around 30 people, however due to COVID-19 restrictions, they only allow 2 people inside at a time to order take-away.
Customers have to wait outside for their order.

🔆SERVICE🔆

As there were quite a number of people that were in front of us that had ordered their take away, we were advised it would be 15 minutes. We took this opportunity to walk around the vicinity. We returned after 15 minutes and our order was ready, very punctual. Staff was friendly and courteous.

🔆MENU/PRICE🔆

Their lunch take away menu was really reasonably priced.
We ordered:

Chicken Mayo $9.50
(fried boneless chicken, rice, homemade sauce, salad, kimchi, radish, mayo)

Tuna Mayo, $9.50
(tuna, rice, homemade sauce, salad, kimchi, radish, mayo, shredded seaweed)

🔆VERDICT🔆

The fried chicken was really tender and flavourful. There were a lot of chicken pieces making it good value for money and very generous portion size. The rice was very fluffy and soft and the added accompaniment of kimchi and radish was good balance. Overall tasty and filling.

I was hungry and in Collingwood when I decided to try Goon BBQ again as I haven’t been here for a while.

The service was great, friendly and welcoming which is always nice.

I had a chicken mayo bowl. The boneless chicken pieces were big, juicy and tender! They were soo delicious!

In the bowl was some rice, home made sauce, salad, kimchi, radish and mayo. This dish was absolutely delicious although there was too much sauce for me but it was still very good.

This place is definitely worth a visit!