Ika8 - Footscray - Photo album

Interesting size of a deep fried squid by the look. However the coating is super thick, which make the squid looks huge. Flavors are on top of the coating. The squid itself is nicely cooked, however no flavour if eat on its own. Worth to try once. Very small shop, only few seats available. Located

This place is small, more suited for take away. It's next to the Footscray market's multistorey car park entrance. If you like squid this place does it deep fried or grilled, in rings or in small bite sized or in one big piece. Serve with exotic sauces like, salted egg, laksa mayo, Tom yum sauce e

Tried the fried squid in salted egg coating. Batter was crispy and tasty. Not too bad. It's just that the plate was a bit too small and as u bite into the squid, the batter and squid would fall apart. The store is kept very nice and clean. The good thing is also that Chatime is jus next door and the

Tried the Korean flavour and the Thai flavour. The Thai flavour was nice but I really enjoyed the Korean one. It's quite spicy and I love the grill smell. There's a connected entry to the bubble tea shop, which is handy if you can't handle the spiciness.

It had been a while since I’d journeyed down to old FOO-TA-SCRAY, but what better excuse than to nose out Melbourne’s latest new food fling, the giant fried squid at IKA8. (Ika is Japanese for squid). I must admit, I had fears. Would it be too oily? Too batter-y? Just another Insta fad? I took the

Oh my God. This place is like my personal heaven! The squid is amazing, insanely cheap and did I mention AMAZING! SQUID! SQUIDS! Ahem. Sorry. But yes this place is incredible they are happiness and a lovely staff. I cannot recommend it enough. Take away and street food and it will bring a tear of jo

Great squid! The Korean Spices was definitely hot! I told it was a challenge and it certainly was!

Ika8 specialises in giant squids on a skewer. You can get it grilled or fried. The squid a cooked fresh and as a result they are soft and tender. The spicy korean is spicy, think Samayang hot chicken instant ramen spicy. Service was fast and friendly, a good snack on the run.