The food was absolutely exquisite and sent tingling sensations, down through, to our tastebuds.
Every dish, was truly like a symphony, and hit every note, with our soulful joys, were sent to delight.
Hats off to the chefs, for a wonderful and very well rounded meal, as you have all combined well, to create such lovely tastes of Vietnam.
We also like to give a massive shoutout, to the waiting staff and front of house staff.
As you’re all the backbone of what makes a wonderful team performance in fine dining !
You all exceeded and excelled in excellence and experience in making this beautiful menu, a must go to establishment in Melbourne.
Kudos to the entire team.
Decor, atmosphere and background music, bravo, as it truly made for a compliment of what was truly a great night to remember.
We will definitely be returning and also taking our friends here.
Our new favourite restaurant.
Thank you again for a lovely night.
Kind regards
~ Glenn
We had an excellent dinner with cocktails here. The meals are designed for sharing and we worked our way through a fair bit of the menu. One of the stand outs was the banh xeo as was the pork hock. I love that alot of the meals are designed to be wrapped in lettuce and herbs - very fresh. The cocktail list is a must.
We commenced our crab-centric journey with the coconut crab dressed with coconut, lime, chilli, black sesame rice paper crackers. A contemporary take on a South East Asian hawker dish, this offered a myriad of bold, but complementary, flavours which still allowed the sweetness of the underlying crab meat to shine through. It was an excellent starter which typified Dandelion’s multi-faceted style of cooking.
The Soft-shell crab rice paper rolls that followed were similarly delicious. Perfectly crispy soft shell crab and fresh salad were wrapped in the most delicate rice paper rolls. Just yum!
For mains, generous bowls of Singapore Chilli Mud Crab and Black Pepper Swimmer Crab were a crab-lovers dream. Messy, saucy and a whole lot of fun! The mains were served with side dishes of Vietnamese slaw with peanuts, crispy shallots, nuoc cham, grilled sweet corn with chilli and coriander butter and a bowl of steamed rice.
The food is nice and flavours good but not worth the fine dining prices; you find similarly great flavour at some of the modern cafe style Vietnamese restaurants in Melbourne. Their signature dish, the pork hock is $42 and comes with iceberg lettuce and herbs. Delicious flavour in the tamarind caramel sauce it was cooked in, but not much pork underneath the pork fat and (delicious) cracking, so a vegetable accompaniment would be a welcome addition for that price. We added the corn which was a nice flavour (coriander butter) but the corn was dry. If you’re going to do corn on the cob, it has to be juicy corn. $26 for two Peking Duck rice paper rolls with just a sliver of duck in each and some spring onion and cucumber is excessive; the hoi sin sauce was pretty good though. My husband thought the dessert Banh Flan was the standout. You could really taste the honey in the honeycomb!
Came here with a few friends and had a great evening!
The food is delicious, fresh and well plated!
We all had a great evening. The staff were pleasant and very attentive!
Thanks for a lovely dinner!
Such a beautiful and bright restaurant, perfectly paired with the food they serve. This modern Vietnamese establishment has tons of vegan and vegetarian options that provide a fresh twist on old classics. The activated charcoal rice paper rolls make a nice light starter, and the bun noodle salad (featuring the same, wonderfully textured sesame coated tofu) is an awesome complementary option. The best feature of this dish are the veggie spring rolls, each wrapped in webbed rice noodles. For a main, I tried the kho chay. I'm not a huge fan of okra typically, but it was so nice when paired with a medley of tomatoes and squash. The beautifully prepared soft boiled eggs on top make the dish. To drink, I sampled the Pinot Gris and for dessert, the Vietnamese coffee flan, which was the right size and strength to finish me off on a comfortably full and satisfied note. Last of all, I must commend the service, which was truly above and beyond.
One of the biggest challenges I (Christina) face as a food blogger is choosing my favourite cuisine. I know, #firstworldproblems. Lately, I am tossing up between Italian and Vietnamese, luckily my Nonna doesn't know what the Internet is and will never read this because after Dandelion, Vietnamese is the clear winner right now.
Great sleek looking restaurant serving contemporary modern Vietnamese cuisine. We ordered a number of entrees and they are pretty good especially the Hanoi Fire Crackers but be careful as they pack a heat. The beef short ribs are really soft and pretty good too. We came on mother's day and were given free choc fudge, what a service!
This Place really is the cream of the crop when it comes to Viet joints to go out and eat! lots to choose from and its always super fresh and tasty.
Few of my fav dishes are crab spring rolls, bahn xheo, fish curry the broccoli. Oh recently tried the pho and its incredible, very lightly flavoured not too heavy in the richness department and fairly generous portion size too. Oh dont forget the brulee amazing one of the best ive had for a long time, but the brulee has always been good here!
Great service will be back.
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I have never in my life ever written a review before as i think im probably too old to be doing this but, Dandelion is one of my favourite places to go eat. I ate hear back in the early days and have followed Geoff Lindsay since his Stella days. The food at Dandelion is some of the best in Vietnamese cuisine that Melbourne has to offer.
I came with my partner and we had the green fried prawns which were amazing as always, we also noticed a few new things and had the pickles which were very different and had a really nice hot chilli paste that was fairly hot but it actually complimented the pickle. The Bun salad was something i wasn't expecting my husband wanted to get it i wasn't really interested in the Bun salad but it certainly surprised me! Not sure what rice paddy is and not sure if it was even in the salad maybe its the noodle, the salad did impress.
We also tried the fish curry and duck leg the curry was amazing possibly one of the nicest curries I've had, the waitress said it was a tomato base which i was a little interested in as i was thinking more of a coconut cream style curry but it was certainly amazing a must try sour, hot and salty. The duck is also a winner not much more to say about it but its sour sweet and salty and you can definitely taste the mandarin. we did not have dessert.
The service was good but from our last experience i think they looked under staffed. Dandelion is a great place to go eat if you really love Vietnamese food you'll love Dandelion
The twice cooked beef ribs are AMAZING... I took a friend of mine for his birthday and recommended that dish to him - even though he is not much of a red meat eater.... I have never seen him eat so much! He is my best friend and I have known him for a long time sp that is really saying something. We had entrees as well but still managed to cram the last of the meat in our mouth... it was sensational. We rolled out of the restaurant.
Great sleek looking restaurant serving contemporary modern Vietnamese cuisine. We ordered a number of entrees and they are pretty good especially the Hanoi Fire Crackers but be careful as they pack a heat. The beef short ribs are really soft and pretty good too. We came on mother's day and were given free choc fudge, what a service!
Food - 8
Service - 10
Vibe - 9
Price - $$$$
Dandelion is a relaxed, intimate restaurant, with friendly service, modern fusion Vietnamese fare, and a great cocktail menu. I’ve been there a couple of times, and they’ve always been delicious. Last night was no exception. Started off with some mocktails, off course. The coconut and lychee granita was a tropical treat. It made me feel like I was on holidays! The crab spring rolls were crispy and juicy, perfectly fried. Nuac Cham on the side gave it a saucy punch. Prawns were covered in crunchy rice, with a satisfying crackle in every bite. Beef ribs were the highlight of the meal. Cooked till it falls off the bone, the meat was rich and tender. Fresh side salad really complimented this dish. Lamb shank looked appealing but was a bit underdone. The aromatic sauce was refreshing, as the accompanying, rice baguette and pineapple were good too.
Food & service were both absolutely amazing 🤩
Quite an expensive meal, but worth it! Delicious. Would be a good option for special occasions or the occasional random spoiler. I’ve been here three times and I am sure I’ll go back again! :-)
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