Beautiful food and excellent service - warm and friendly staff. Highly recommend.
The most delicious food, fine dining service and the best dry gin martini’s in Melbourne!
A fantastic place to take your clients, family or to hold a function. Wide selection of drinks and delicious food. Either order off the menu or select the chefs special set menu. Will not disappoint.
4.5 stars
After three years of wanting to try this place we finally made it!
We were greeted with enthusiasm, the service provided by the two gentlemen was first class; they were attentive and filled the room with their positive energy.
Food came out within a reasonable timeframe and we had ordered:
●Beef carpaccio
●Pressed pork and smoked chicken terrine
●Eye fillet
●Confit duck leg
●Warm bean with persian feta.
The food was delicious and beautifully presented...we were quite impressed.
I felt that carpaccio, eye fillet, and duck were slightly under seasoned for my personal taste but a bit of salt provided solved that issue.
My only feedback is that the sheet of light brown coloured paper on top of the beautiful crisp white table cloth has to go. It cheapens the decor and just remind me of Chinese yum cha.
I have recommended Tender Trap to family and will be back!
Fantastic restaurant. Limited options for vegans but more than happy to accommodate! Will definitely be back very soon! Great wine list!
Loved this place from the moment we walked in. Welcoming friendly staff, an especially welcoming waiter (with French accent) they happily catered to my many allergies with no hesitation! New fav local. Thanks guys keep it up! We will be back!
A place for a special night out. Great food and a truly awsome premium end wine list.
The meals are crafted with care and a high attention to detail that is up there with some of the best in Melbourne.
The deserts are also a speciality here, so leave some room. In my case, two entrees worked well.
If you love wines then the eclectic, but well considered wine list is a real plus, but as these are not your typical Dan Murphy's or BWS brands, be prepared to explore and pay a little more for the experience. Ask the owner if you are not sure.
The service was attentive, engaging and appropriately considered.
Well worth a try.
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On the night of the Royal wedding four traitors to the Monarchy went out for dinner. The culprits being the firstborn, the son-in-law and his stunning mother. Tender Trap is one of those places that if you blink you'll miss it. It's located in my old stomping ground from the 70s and 80s, where the fish shop and milk bar ruled the roost and where the high school kids hung out to smoke and wag school. These days its Asian upon Asian restaurant lining Blackburn Road.
Anyway, enough local history and back to Tender Trap.... Stunning Sue raved about it so we had to try it. Between the 4 of us we managed to have 4 entrees and 4 mains and 1 dessert. Scallops were so fresh and quickly seared that the knife cut through them like butter. The oysters were matched with salmon and a tomato shooter. The quail was delicate with lots of subtle flavours. Calamari was thinly sliced, sprinkled with dukkah and flash fried. Melt in your mouth. Steak was perfection and the duck leg was nestled in a salad of lentil and some surprise pieces of quince. The sides of rocket salad with pear and pecorino and the garlic and flaked almond string beans were on par with the entrees. The dessert of Toffee parfait was their take on a gay time. It was spot on. The smell of the short black indicated that it was time to head home to watch the tailend of the Royal Wedding.
The only complaint is the menu...very confusing with mainly descriptions listing the ingredients. The main part of the dish isn't really showcased.
Well done Tender Trap; the best hidden restaurant in plain sight in East Doncaster.
Apx. $300 4 people.
Service was exceptional and Chris, the owner, was an excellent host. The food was tremendous. Couldn't fault the experience. It is a special occasion place for us, but I believe it is great value. The risotto was the best I've had, the steak divine. And I confess I am difficult to please. Their house Shiraz is to die for. You must give it a try if your budget allows. It is by far the best dinning experience locally.
This was not what I was expecting. There was a long wait for the Indian restaurant next door that we love so we decided to try our luck here. The strip of shops surrounding it are rather casual therefore I hadn’t really anticipated fine dining. The locals clearly knew what they were in for though as it was very busy. This food here is absolutely on par with traditional European cuisine eaten overseas in the country of origin. It’s city restaurant quality in an unassuming location. Not exactly ample parking and hardly budget prices but for the delicious ambiance and opportunity to eat off the exceptional menu I am more than pleased with this discovery
Have been eyeing and keen to come try this restaurant on the shophouse stretch of Blackburn Rd at the junction of George St. Warmly lit ambience, it was a lovely fine dining restaurant neatly decked out with bottles of fine wine on display.
It was running full house on a Saturday night.
The menu looked very enticing with a range of European cuisine. Good selection of house wine by the glass.
Our favourite dishes were the Duck Breast and Blue Eye Fillet, both well prepared and presented on this occasion.
The service staff were polite and accommodating. We enjoyed our meal overall.
Perhaps due to the lack of similar fine dining establishments in this area, they have a niche to be able to command the higher price. It was definitely catered for a special occasion.
🌟🌟🌟Twice Baked Zucchini & Cheese Soufflé
🌟🌟✨Local Mussels
🌟🌟🌟🌟✨Duck Breast
🌟🌟🌟Eye Fillet
🌟🌟🌟✨Blue Eye Fillet *special*
🌟🌟🌟Vine Tomato
🌟🌟🌟Warm Beans
🌟🌟✨Ricotta Donuts
🌟🌟✨Strawberry Semifreddo
🌟🌟🌟🌟 Ambience
Enjoyable experience, I had the scallops for the entree and my wife had the calamari. Both meals were well presented and delicious. We both had the risotto for the main course which was very enjoyable. The service was excellent and ambiance great. We were both surprised at how busy it was on a Wednesday evening. The restaurant was close to full.
Dined with friends, I had prawn tacos for entree, pork cutlet for main & finished with coconut pannacotta for dessert. I also had a margarita cocktail as my drink. All the food was well presented & super delicious with a great variety of flavours. Service friendly. Will definitely return to try other menu items. A lovely fine dining restaurant in the suburbs.
Coime to Tender Trap for a special meal.
Just had Christmas Lunch, which is now a tradition.
The food and wine was excellent.
Sometimes you go to a restaurant and you try your partners main and think whether you made the better choice... today no doubt both brilliant.
It was our anniversary and we wanted a something special lunch. We found the perfect place for it. It was a fantastic dining experience. One would normally find a place like this inside a 5 star hotel or an up-market dining precinct. Certainly not expected in Doncaster East! Chris took us on a great gourmet journey with stunning oysters, rich aged beef, delicious duck, 4 absolutely fantastic matching wines! Service was superb, knowledgeable and helpful. Thank you for a most memorable experience.
A treasure of a local restaurant with excellent food and a superb wine list. The menu changes are always seasonally thoughtful. The food presentation is divine. The awards for the restaurant are not a surprise and we love dining there for a special occasion as well as with visitors. It never disappoints.
Wish I could give more than just 5 stars,
Sensationally outstanding menu, knowledge, attentive and friendly staff.
Extraordinary wine list.
Chris and the team do a brilliant job.
Food was outstanding
Anyone who gives less than 5 stars hasn’t got a clue about what they’re talking about
Finally Find it nice restaurant near my area,nice food and good service.😋
Beautiful family owned restaurant with lots of attention to detail complimented by friendly attentive service. You will not be disappointed by the cuisine and the 300+ choices of wine. Highly recommend.
BEST EVER DESSERTS. On top of the amazing entrees and mains, it is rare to find a restaurant that finish off with the best desserts. I should just come and have a three course desserts.
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