Best calamari ever!
I eat throughout Asia & Max’s calamari is consistently so tender & delicious.
Great service food was fantastic would recommend used our Groupon voucher value for money would go again
I have been to a lot of Chinese restaurants and nothing compares with this restaurant for Food, price and last and most important service.
Max is the host and he knows how to look after people.
This restaurant is a hidden treasure.
Amazing fresh tasty food, staff are so friendly and no MSG!! It's a must try.
I had dinner last night with my Hubby the Food & service soo good very Frendly service ���
I will come back again with my Family & Friends ��
Everything is so fresh and delicious. The dumplings are our favorite 😋
Exceptional food, word needs to get out about this local gem
Good food and service. Clean and modern. Highly recommended.
在猫团上找到的这家店，原价140多的四人套餐只要88，是真的很划算了。一共5个菜还配了饭和饮料。店里的小姐姐也是真的人美心善，虽然是4人套餐，但我们去了6个人（其中有一个是小baby），还给了我们6份饭和茶，笔芯❤～
菜的话一眼望过去都是肉呀，满足！分量也很足够，后面都没有吃完！虽然有的菜咸咸的，但配饭刚刚好。
Have dinned in 2 times this week orded won ton soup nice dumplings and broth and pepper beef very nice and nice vegetables not normal fillers of lots of onion and capsicum and lots of beef also had mongolian beef also very good with lots of meat. And very tasty. Highly recommend
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Went to try this place the other night since I passed it by often but never got to try it. Contrary to what other people had said earlier about their service/ hospitality; we were greeted by a friendly gentleman right away and throughout the night he was quite attentive (even at times, i wished we were given a little more privacy). But at least, he was attentive. To me, it's better than cold or rude service often expected from similar restaurants.
We ordered their C-18 special spicy fried chicken and a seafood combination hotpot (claypot equivalent). And steam rice. The chicken was very lightly coated in flour and we could taste it had been marinated with chinese cooking wine and garlic prior to the deep frying. Slightly crunchy on the outside and reasonably tender inside. A tad on the salty side for my liking for eating it on its own, but if you had it with steamed rice like we did, it's not as overwhelmingly salty. Spicy? Not that much. Upper mild to lower medium level of spicy-ness for my liking. Overall flavour is quite decent. We did noticed the fermented salted black beans are there, so perhaps that was adding to the extra saltiness. It is kind of chilli chicken you get from a lot of Sichuan restaurants here, except it is not as spicy not as oily.
The seafood hotpot had decent serving of chunky prawns, calamari pieces and scallops. I would have liked it to have more gravy in it and more flavour. Overall nice ambient for a chinese restaurant. They gave us a complimentary platter of fruits at the end which was a nice gesture considering we did not come in big group.
Good old Aussie Chinese food. Served with a bit of cheek in a nice clean restaurant. We had the chicken and corn soup, the chicken San choi bo and I had the beef and black bean as a main. All were delicious.
Great restaurant with friendly staff and service. The staff are always very accomodating to my girlfriend and my needs. The food is well cooked both eat in and takeaway. Some dishes I would highly recommend include all the dumplings and the BBQ pork cashew nuts. The restaurant is very clean and atmosphere is both relaxing and enjoyable.
Really good, quality food and friendly service. Salt and pepper squid was perfectly crunchy with just enough seasoning, not too salty 👌🏼 Japanese beancurd/seafood dish was my favourite - sauce was really tasty. Definitely making this place our regular go to
Good food, pleasant service, decent prices. Menu has a fairly broad selection. Probably the only thing I would improve upon if I were the owner would be the ambience and interior setup. Has a very cheap feel; small tacky tables and cheap cutlery. This could be a higher class establishment with little effort, and considering the demographic in this area, it would probably improve the appeal of the venue, markedly.
I ate here a week ago.. The food are awesome.. Really worth with the price.. Very authentic asian dish with the owner recommendation.. Will come back for more always..
Have walked past this restaurant a few times, finally decided to give it a go and was pleasantly surprised with how great the food was! Food was fast to come out and the service was excellent. Ordered the sweet and sour pork with rice and the black bean beef fried noodle. Quite easily the best sweet and sour pork I've had in a long time. Crisp batter and fresh tender pork inside. The black bean beef fried noodle was amazing. Tender beef with super fresh veggies in the meal. For $24.50 for two main meals, you certainly cannot go wrong. I will be coming back to C18 for my regular fix of Chinese. If you're in Hawthorn/Camberwell this place is definitely worth checking out. You won't be disappointed!
Great food and great service. Would definitely recommend! The spring rolls were amazing. They were really crispy and the beef fillet with pepper sauce for main was fantastic!
The atmosphere would be better with dimmer lighting, the general decor is good though. The shanghai crispy duck is pretty good, crispy and tender. And would try out the crispy duck on pancake next time. The food presentation is decent and attentive services! Also the after meal fruits.
Yet to give the take-away option a go, however my dine-in experience was fantastic. Friendly, helpful and attentive staff and great food. Definitely worth a visit!
Lunch time favourite, fast & tasty food, always friendly and excellent service. Highly recommended if you want some good Chinese food in the area!
Great new Chinese restaurant. Could not fault the food or staff, very attentive service. I will say that there is a decent discrepancy between takeaway and dine in prices. Highly recommended
Our family went to C18 for dinner - it was absolutely amazing! The food was delicious, the restaurant design and atmosphere is lovely - most importantly the staff were very attentive and professional. Max and Kary looked after us all very, very well.
We will definitely be back - this is our new Chinese local!
Thank you
Very friendly service and tasty food, my children and I enjoyed our Tom Yum soup, dumplings and vegetarian fried rice, we will definitely return.
Wow great little find as a new restaurant in hawthorn. Great bowl of noodles for your $11, very fresh and tasty with quick service. I ordered the seafood laksa which was full of veggies and seafood and was light and tasty unlike normal laksa. Really pleasantly surprised.
Very friendly service, lovely hosts.
Food was pleasant without being exceptional.
Satay was a little sour, Szechuan beef was nice. Nice touch of complimentary fruit at the end.
Nice decor though a little bright.
In an area blessed with a number of great Asian options such as Hoi's, Choi's and Purple Sands, this might struggle to make its mark.
we have been this restaurant for couple times at before. the tasty food and fabulous service give me very deep impressive.
two weeks ago, I tried book a large table for family dinner (11 people) and the restaurant manager asked me" what food do you like?" i joked to him " we want to try some food are not on your menu." but to my surprise, they accepted that!!!
So, we had eat tasty crab and perfect oyster as "special order" in our family dinner.
Tips: the restaurant only accept " special order for more that eight people on booking
I went with my wife to try out this Chinese Restaurant with some trepidation as there is not much of sign outside and the decor is very modern and is not that of a typical Chinese restaurant. We were both very happy with the food and service. We will certainly return with our friends and family. Both Tony and max were very friendly and attentive. The good thins are that there are two serving sizes to choose - regular and large. For two people, regular size is more than enough. We could taste three different dishes- Steamed wild barramundi ; Cantonese style Steak and XO sauce in Vermicelli and prawn. They were all very Cantonese style. Max told us that The chefs are both from HK. We will definitely return for dinner and will try the yum cha as well.
We dined on a Saturday night as part of a large group (2 tables). The food was really delicious and priced reasonably. The steamed flounder was very tasty, as was the calamari and the Peking duck pancakes were exceptional.
Friendly and attentive service. I'd like to return and try some other dishes, I was too full to eat another thing!
Saw this newly opened Chinese restaurant last week. went there with my family and friends. Highly recommended. very traditional and delicious food. Peking duck is a must try. Steam flounder is the best I have ever had in Melbourne. Special fry rice and all dumplings are much better than other normal yum cha restaurant.
The place is nice and looks modem. We went there as a group of 10 and with a few kids, plenty space and perfect for family diner. Staffs are so friendly and helpful. will definitely come back.
Happy to find a place that sells authentic chinese food and nears home! Noodles were very generous portions and very delicious! Will be back to try other dishes next time.
Neat, clean, cosy, however uncomfortable chairs. Char Kway Teow was good, could do with a little chilli.
Absolutely amazing!!! The food is delicious and very tasty. I been there few times with my friends, we all have great experiences there, the design of the restaurant are very classic and the space is quite large so that everyone can sit comfortably. It is well recommended to have a go.
Family trip to Melbourne, and this definately is one of the best restaurants in town. All items are fresh prepared and are above average in taste. Lots of choices and no dish remains empty for long and customer service is phenomenal. Overall an amazing experience. : )
The best choice near camberwell area.
Good dinner here over the weekend. My favourite dish out of everything was the cold dish. These were delicious.
The Shanghai pan fried mini bun had an amazing tasty and juicy.
Yummy seafood pot.
The staff were nice. I will come again.
I have been to this restaurant last Friday. I have passed this restaurant several times but it is my first time to walk in with my friends. The restaurant is very very bright and also neat and tidy. We like chinese food. I have tried to order lots of special food which is really hard to cook at home. The taste of the food is amazing. I have ordered chief special fried chicken, stir fried beef in blackbean sauce and fried dumpling....soooo good.
I would highly recommend this Chinese Restaurant to anyone. I took my Age Care residents for lunch here today and the manager was very welcoming.
Disabled Friendly
The food was delicious and we will be coming back again. Prices were great
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