Review Don Don Australia - Melbourne

Good quick food. I've had a few of there items on the menu. Don Don Box probably best value for money. Only bad thing is the hygiene of the place. Tables weren't clean often and the wipe the box down with a rag before giving you the food, so you grab a wet wooden box. Not the best feeling.

Cheap quality food and quick service. .loved it and regular customer ok weekends now ❤️🥰😋😋

I usually go to Don Don in Francis Street in the Melbourne CBD and it is excellent. But this outlet in South Melbourne was disgusting. The serve was about one third size and cold!! Never again.

This is the leas glamorous no frills outlet compared to the ones in the city. However the quality, tasty and its famous value for money reputation has been maintained. Outside dining is pleasant. Service is so fast and by the time we paid and sat down on our table, it was time to collect our orders! Great to catch up with friends and family without hurting your pocket.

This is the best “semi-fast” food restaurant in Melbourne I always order sukiyaki don and curry chicken don take away. It takes me 15sec to 2min for my food No matter how they pre-make the food or anything else, their food quality is awesome and taste good. Especially that their dons are less than $8. It’s a good place for workers and truckers

Had a delicious lunch, big portion just for 10.80!

Incredibly cheap price for really good food. Especially considering portion sizes and taste, this is definitely one of my favourites that I recommend for people to try out.

Great flavours, fast service and amazing value

OMG the chicken curry don was soooo delicious and comforting. Loved how good and succulent the chicken was. The curry was delicious. The spice powder adds a zing to it. Also tried the tofu curry don but liked the chicken better.

Great value for money... we ordered 2 chicken currys, one miso soup and 2 soft drinks and it cost about 20 bucks. Service is quick and easy. Food is tasty and basic.

Cheap, huge portion, great taste, fast service. Better come in early as the place is packed after 12:30 ish. What more could you ask for? Will keep coming back.

definitely love this place! I am a regular here because the chicken curry is just that good and for the price you pay its absolutely worth every bite. If you are in the area you should totally drop by. Not to mention the quick service is a plus!

Quick service, always consistent amazing food at a great price. Absolutely tasty and definitely recommend for others to go. Perfect place of you want a quick lunch in between your lunch breaks at work

This place awesome for a quick bite on the run. Always consistent with quality at a fabulous price. Staff are friendly... they are licensed also. We had Bento Box’s with beers. So tasty. We will definitely be back again

A bit too dark for my liking and there's barely a room for queueing and waiting for food to come out. But as with outher outlet, the food is here are both cheap and delicious. so I'm very happy with this place. I don't think I can get good Japanese food under 10 nowadays except from Dondon.

Cheap and delicious food, the bento box was so fresh that we could not believe it. Spicy but not much, fruits are a nice touch to finish the meal.

3.5<br/><br/>Dim lighting. Not much ambiance but indoor and outdoor seating. Service is okay.<br/><br/>For the price, definately worth the dish as it's large portioned.<br/><br/>Niku soba - average, meat is sweet but quite dry.<br/><br/>Katsu don - crispy katsu and generous amount of rice.<br/><br/>Good place for a dish on the go.<br/>

Value for money is what this place offers. Good price, good portions & very tasty too. Besides rice dishes as the name suggests, they do have some noodle options. Unfortunately the soba salad was sold out. <br/><br/>They need to do something with the birds flying into the premise though, very pleasant when you dine on.

Everyone knows how good the value is at Don Don, and also extremely efficient.<br/>The curry rice has some deep flavour and mildly spicy, and the chicken teriyaki is always grilled perfectly juicy.<br/>This time, I felt like I needed a healthy option so had to go with the soba salad. <br/>It's surprisingly filling, probably from the buckwheat noodles and the broccoli, and the light sauce is also refreshing.

Don Don remains unbeatable if you are looking for a cheap and filling meal. The majority of the rice dishes are priced below $10, and comes in generous portion sizes. <br/><br/>My go-to order is any of the curry don. Rich and flavourful curry sauce on white rice makes for a warm and hearty meal. My partner seems to have yet to deviate from his usual order of the sukiyaki don. The thinly sliced beef is tender, and beautifully marinaded. <br/><br/>The service is prompt and friendly, and there's is minimal waiting time for the food to arrive. Cutlery, sauces and water are all self-served here, which makes Don Don the ideal place for a fuss-free and affordable meal.

Quick and cheap Japanese meal. Perfect for people on the go. Portion is big and satisfying. Sukiyaki don is $6.9, tofu curry don is $6.5, raw salmon/trout on rice for $9.8. Love the price, love the food.

Cheap and affordable. Great for when you're on a budget as servings are big and service is quick. Food is heavy on your stomach after eating but tastes good. If you want a drink, beers and wine is also inexpensive. They recently accepts card payments for a 1.5% surcharge.

There is far better Dons out there but I still like these original msg laced curry chicken dons. Japanese before it because authentic. The whole chain is fairly consistent which is a good thing right

Don Don is the best value for money under the sun. <br/><br/>I would happily pay $15+ for the quantity/quality of the meals here. Unbelievable stuff, and it fills me to the brim. I've been coming here twice a week for almost a year and still not sick of it.<br/>The one negative is the cash only aspect. I've been stung by the $2.50 ATM cash withdrawal fee more than a few times, lessening the value of the whole experience.

The third Don Don we've checked out because the other two were great. This one has the same speedy service, fresh and tasty food, excellent value for money choices as the others.<br/><br/>It's cash only, so come prepared. When you want a quick bite and something wholesome, this and the other Don Dons are great choices. Expect long queues but fear not, the service is impressively fast. Lucky for the locals!

Explore this place, if you are really hungry and looking for value money. Exceptionally fresh, tasty and quick don don to fill your tummy with. My favorites Beef/Chicken don don. <br/>Place has outdoor seating and indoors gets darker but who cares all you crave is tasty food. No glitters of fine dining.<br/>CASH only. So get your pockets filled with change😊

Delicious food, big portion, and really cheap. Now, one of my favourite restaurants for mid-week lunch. The Dondon box is always a great choice.

Quick, easy and cheap. Soba noodles are fantastic. Served with fresh fruit and veg. Cash only though, and the nearest ATM is a while away so be aware of that. <br/>

Not much on the menu but most are actually good. I don’t think any restaurants can beat their price, so nothing over $10. I had the Curry Katsu. I think there are 3 Don Don’s around Melbourne.

Great find in South Melbourne. Tucked away in a small strip of shops- Don Don.<br/>Japanese outlet with Bento boxes, terriyaki and other options. <br/>I ordered a soba noodle salad and my partner- a bento box with chicken. It was huge- rice, salad and veges as well as chicken. We grabbed a soft drink to have with our meals.<br/>My soba noodle salad was made better with the tangy sauce that it came with. Not a fan of the blueberries and watermelon slice in with the other ingredients. I picked them out for my partner!<br/>Cheap and quick.

Cheap, delicious and fast. However if you dine in the place a bit dirty due to lack of staff in cleaning dine in tables.<br/>My fav dish is the chicken curry don. Next to line will be the sashi don.<br/>

Value for money and a great don don experience is what you will find here. Chicken curry don is always fresh and tasty and for the money you cannot go wrong. Decor could be refreshed as is a bit run down and dark, but you come here for the fresh and tasty don!

Another unassuming place down by South Melbourne but is quite a popular choice for Asian food. I have so far only tried the Teriyaki chicken and they have won me over. What can I say but I just love food even when I'm down with some lung flu!

Had a catch up meeting with uni friend and we chose dondon as the place to go when we were still at Uni. It's been a while for us not to go to dondon, last time we had when we were doing our project and the price for either beef / chicken curry was still $6.90. We ordered chicken curry don and beef curry don, they were for $7.70 each.<br/><br/>The taste of curry sauce was still consistent, it was not bad and the food served really fast. We believe that dondon is able to serve food faster than contemporary fast food restaurants like Maccas / Hungry Jack.<br/><br/>The food quality for the chicken and beef weren't that good but for this price it was still considerably as a cheap and not bad food. Even though some people are against of this quality of food, majority of them are still looking for something cheap and edible. Lunch time / dinner time, dondon is always full of people.<br/><br/>From past experiences, the customer service at dondon wasn't good. Fortunately, when we came to have dinner on that day, the customer staff was really great. She was friendly and did pretty good job. Although it was a busy time when I came but she still served customers with smile and patient.<br/><br/>Despite all bad quality food, people are still going to dondon because it is still a cheaper option for a meal compared to other food around CBD or in Southbank area.<br/><br/>Personally, I would prefer to pay little bit more $3.00 - $5.00 to get better quality of food rather than going to this place.<br/><br/>Yay : cheap food<br/>Nay : bad quality<br/><br/>Service : 3.0<br/>Speed : 4.0<br/>Taste : 2.0<br/>Price : 4.0<br/><br/>Location : 5 Bank Street, South Melbourne, Melbourne<br/>Phone : 03 9696 6682

I do not like this place. I think it's cheap and nasty but the hordes disagree as I will inevitably be dragged here once a month by colleagues for what they consider to be a great value meal. There's no denying it's a bargain (and a cash only one at that) but I'd really rather pay a few dollars more for better quality. There's probably something quite wrong when you are in a developed western country and can get a $1 wine at a dining establishment (I'd use the term restaurant loosely). This my friends isn't good value it's merely poor quality. Everything on the menu is under $10. Unsurprisingly the quality goes up on a sliding scale in line with the price. The beef sukiyaki don $6.90 or the chicken teriyaki don $7.40 are probably the cheapest hot meal option you'll find anywhere in Melbourne but I just find the meat very questionable. I prefer the Sashi don (at $9.80 the very top end of the scale) which is salmon sashimi and rice but I'd really prefer to go to a sushi restaurant instead and avoid the rude staff. There's no atmosphere to speak of although in terms of efficiency these guys kill it. You will receive your meal in half the time you would at McDonald's. I've barely put my wallet away before they call it out. Still not enough to get me here by choice though

Good. Cheap. Fresh. Nice value. Service a bit rude - but it was all part of the experience: get in and out. Good main stream place to frequent.

Fast affordable tasty and large portions - this place ticks all the boxes and has been doing so for many many years. Excellent lunchtime choice for anyone in the area

Super cheap, decent size meals, great tasting food & served quick sticks. <br/>That's my 4 main restaurant criteria met with precision.<br/>I eat here nearly every day, & so should you

This place is great for a quick and tasty meal, definitely value for money. I usually go for the Chicken Teriyaki or if I'm really hungry the Don Don box. Since I live close by its perfect for those days when I don't feel like cooking and just want something that is easy and yummy - I love that this place is close by and its open every day. It closes at 8pm though which I sometimes forget.

This place surpasses the definition of fast food. You can often receive your food as you're being handed your change. Hearty portions of tasty 'cheap as chips' curries. I highly recommend the chicken curry don. Super friendly service to boot. Great place for your Japanese curry fix.

Atmosphere not much to speak of, staff efficient but not friendly. The food though is fantastic. Ready very quickly, the chicken curry don was hot, tasty and generous proportioned. Excellent value for money.

I have been here two times. Good service & Everything is tasty and cheap, especially noodles. But it is a little bit far from city, if you live at southbank, this definitely is a good choice.

The most affordable food in melbourne! Reasonable price with the delicious food :) very good for lunch especially when you're in the office. I love all their foods from the udon until the rice box

The first I've seen the place quiet was at lunch time during Boxing Day - otherwise, it's always got people.<br/>Like the CBD Don Don, it's quick and cheap.

Standard Don Don, cheap fast and fresh. Always go for their soba salad when I feel like eating something light.<br/><br/>Wanna try their teriyaki Don next time

A great choice for fast and affordable meal. Service is quick and servings are pretty generous. Ordered the pork katsu curry and don don box for a quick dinner. Don don box is definitely a popular choice and value for money if you are hungry, with its generous beef and chicken servings!

Always LOVE don don since it's really cheap and its soooo Good! Never thought I can find Don Don so close to home. The service is super quick and the staff are always friendly. I always love getting takeaway when I can’t be bothered cooking at home.

Dondon is perfect when you just want fast and tasty Japanese food. Super affordable and very convenient, great for those who just want to eat asap. Would recommend. Beef Curry Don $6.9 (left) Sliced Beef with Curry on Rice, Teriyaki Don $6.7 (right) Pan Grilled Chicken on Rice. Tender and soft beef slices. Generous serving of curry sauce so that I can mix it up well with rice. Picked radish matched well. 8.7/10

This place is very soup kitchen-esk, not fancy at all but provide friendly service, quick transactions and no messing about. Meals average around $7 and provide enough substance to keep you more than full for the rest of the afternoon. On top of that - the food itself is absolutely delicious and always hits the spot. These guys are great!

Good cheap Japanese curry. <br/>I love the Tofu curry don, and can't complain for less than $10.<br/>Filling meal and to top it off, super quick service.

I have eaten here for years but lately they keep stuffing up the orders and tonight's salmon don tasted disgusting I couldn't eat it. I've had this dish every Monday forever - very disappointing

It's not a fancy restaurant. But for quick, under $10 meal, this is one of my favourite choice. Don Don Box is the most valuable meal in town. There is one big table in the middle, good for big group meal during weekend.

I come here the most everytime I come to CBD. Cheap and nice taste curry with not small portion. I also get the dish fast (almost within 2 min after order)

These guys have an incredible system down pat - order and bang it's there! Quick, convenient and tasty - best for take away. Fantastic value for money.

Fast, Easy and Tasy. For very little you can get quite alot, the food is mediocre but not bad. Inside, restaurant it stays true to its roots dirty and messy with a side of "don't sit there it dirty".<br/><br/>5/10

Ideal if you're an office worker and need a pre-heated takeaway in your hands within 60 seconds, otherwise, don't bother. Grubby, unkempt, unfriendly staff. End of.

I am a fan of don don since I was a student. You can always had a good sashi don with a beautiful salmon rose on it in a cheap price . Had a chance to come to visit the south Melbourne store . Still full of memory, still serve good food with cheap price though the salmon flower wasn't big as 8 years ago . I still love it .

Japanese fast-food with the quickest service ever, your food will ready in less than a minute.<br/>I love the chicken curry in here. <br/>second recommendation is dondon box (bento)

I have no choice but to be dubious of chicken & salmon dishes which costs 8 bux and are served in under 2 minutes.. this is place is food poisoning epidemic waiting to happen

Really cheap and satisfying Japanese food in South Melbourne! You get a huge portion for the price! Great on the go meal for workers or a place to take the whole fam, as its really affordable! Really rate this place!

Great work day luncheon. Very Soup Nazi, your food is generally handed to you as the last part of your order comes out of your mouth. A fast and furious good lunch.

Great little shop to get some cheap Japanese from.<br/><br/>The chicken curry is nice enough, but my favorite is the cheapy Fried Chicken.<br/><br/>Always like popping here for something cheap and quick.

You cannot fault cheap and fast meal. The first time i had the beef don don it was too hard but the chicke curry don is always good. Their friend chicken is not to be missed for $6 for their don is pretty filling. Defitnely returning as it is my local.

I used to come here frequently for lunch when I worked in South Melbourne. Don Dons is famous in the area for being quick, cheap and tasty. The food is pretty consistent and rarely off the mark. Favourites include the 'teriyaki chicken don' and 'chicken curry don'. Recommended for a quick bite when in the area.

Consistantly quick & tasty. The chicken curry is my favourite go-to meal. Super cheap and convenient, this was my guilty pleasure. I don't know any other place that is quicker or cheaper than here. Takes me longer to pay for parking than to order and receive my meal, quite literally!

Where else can u get a massive feed for $8! Plus I feel like I'm living in the early 90's with Asahi's priced at $6..... Great place to go when you are poor and starving. The Bento Box will fill you up, all you need is the change from your ash tray!!! Downside is the place closes at 8PM....

The place to be to have quick, fast and easy lunch. Not a big menu, although their dishes are pretty straight forward in flavour. My personal favourite is their chicken teriyaki, which offers a great charred flavour, pretty juicy meat, accompanied by refreshing pickles and good amount of nori flakes on top.

Love this place. Always go for the chicken curry don. Generous serve of grilled chicken, rice, and veggies. I like to add extra chilli which is on offer at the counter. One of my favourite meals to eat out and always go here when in the area. For $6.90 can't go wrong.

Always impressed with their speed and price. Really compaq menu choices. Fried chicken is nice addition to the rice dishes. All time favourite is the bento.

Great Japanese food. Everything on the menu is fresh and really fast. <br/><br/>The katsu curry is a healthier version from the traditional fried and crumbed (makes eating this more often less of a guilty pleasure). It tastes great. <br/><br/>The noodle dishes are very good as well with the broth being fresh and not over seasoned at all. <br/><br/>Serving sizes are good not the smaller traditional Japanese sizes. <br/><br/>Note there’s no baby chairs. Its a super fast in and out. They do have toilets down the back which was surprising!

I love coming here. The service is great, the food is cheap and the quality of the meal is amazing as, the portion size is huge for the price.

Pretty much what everyone has written here. Cheap, really fast and a nice nuclear flavour explosion in the mouth. Yup, yup and yup. I go here instead on overpriced uni cafeteria food.

Love coming to don dons. The food is super cheap and is prepared within seconds. I love the chicken curry although it could be a little bit spicier. There isn't much on the menu for vegetarians!

Will be returning here for take away lunch! $1.50 miso and it was good. Cheap lunch. Order was super quick - was ready before I'd finished paying! Highly recommend.

Been here a few times as we live around the corner. Good for a quick filling feed! Service is extremely fast! Food is ok but expected given the price of the meals. Come back every so often for something quick and easy!

A small restaurant located in South Melbourne. It didn't have many tables inside the restaurant, but there were more outdoor seating. The food was very cheap and it was served very fast. The miso soup tasted like it made from the package and it was very salty. The other dishes were just ok but not very delicious. All dishes were served in plastic container with plastic fork/spoon and cheap wooden chopsticks. The restaurant was very busy in lunch time, crowded and noisy. Most tables were very dirty! You could actually notice that there were some dried bird poo stuck on the tables! That was very disgusting to eat and looked at it! I definitely not recommend this restaurant for people who'd like clean restaurant.

A good Japanese Cafe for a cheap eat but miso soup was disappointing. Fresh ingredients and good servings. It is good for a genuine quick cheap eat

Think of don don, first thing in mind is cheap and fast, like faster than fast food.<br/><br/>decent meal, yummy and satisfying. i question the salad as i found small bugs twice and since then i have been only ordering teriyaki chicken don or curry chicken don. It could have been bad luck but enough to put me off for a dondon box.

Not a better cheap and quick feed in Melbourne. Don't come in expecting a complex feed, simple chicken teriyaki and rice with some chilli flakes for $7 fills you up and leaves you satisfied. Simple and tasty. What fast food should be.

Don Don Box. Simply delicious food. This box is perfect and really fills you without feeling bloated. Yum

So good. So cheap. So fast. I love this place.

My lunch was the chicken curry don, with chunks of tender grilled chicken, smokey from the teriyaki, cradled in a pool of mild curry. The curry at Don Don is far from sweet and pretty damn good. The meatless version uses charred tofu instead and is perfect for vegetarians and Meatless Mondays. A good mound of rice to soak up the sauce and a sprinkle of pickled radish for crunch and tang complete the dish, making it one of the cheapest and most satisfying meals one can get in Melbourne.

The order was bowled-up fresh from the grill in about 30 seconds. Chili powder is available on the side to supplement the taste if you are that way inclined but what impressed me was the amount of sauce that accompanied the chicken and of course the rice.

For dinner (or lunch; I’m not prescriptive), Izakaya Den (Russell Street) and Don Don (Bank Street, South Melbourne) offer vastly different takes on Japanese cuisine. The one is modern, almost fine dining with little plates, amazing quality ingredients and a hard-to-find-so-definitely-cool location down some unobtrusive, unsigned stairs (hint: I’m not describing Don Don). The other is a place where the food comes so fast that you’ve

I worked at Don Don before. Enough said? Perfect for a quick lunch after a stroll in Botanical Garden/Shrine, where you watch businessmen rushing in and out grabbing their quick lunch :) Restaurant is not exactly spacious but is compensated by the service which is incredulously fast (all dishes was tabled in less than 5 minutes after we put in our order, no jokes!!)

My favourite thing to eat there is their curry chicken don and I must say that nobody does it like Don Don. It's almost ruined this dish for me everywhere else, they definitely take the cake. The best thing about the chicken dishes here is that they grill their chicken directly on a flame, which gives it that unbeatable chargrilled flavour. So tender and delicious. The only thing I will say is that sometimes I do find that they give too much sauce but I don't mind anyway. If I had to critique their food with a fine toothed comb, I'd say that the Carlton and South Melbourne branch is my favourite as they're a little bit more generous and can be quite accommodating if you want to customise your food (like ordering extra chicken or whatever). They don't allow people to do that at the Melbourne Central branch. LOVE Don Don.

After being around forever, Don Don is still very cheap and still very tasty! The service is super quick and the staff are always friendly. I always love getting takeaway when I can’t be bothered cooking at home.

It's not as good as it was. <br/>Ordered a signature dish of chicken teriyaki don. Taste bad, slow service.

Not as good as i remembered.. Perhaps it was a bad day... the Pork Teriyaki Don i've ordered yesterday- meat was chewy, no teriyaki flavours/ sauce. <br/>I really shouldnt be complaining about such affordable meal but its really different compared to the other Dons around. :(

Rude lady and slow. This place used to be fast and efficient, now it's really slow. The waitress is rude too! Can't manage the queue and order, so starts telling customer off for not waiting at the food despatch area. Also, makes customer feel stupid for own mistakes! Where did the polite and more efficient staff gone? The way the waitress differentiate between orders is by shouting out the number of items ordered. So guess what, if 2 customers had 4 items in the order confusion will happen! Don't blame the customer.

Terrible food, pay an extra 2 dollars and you can great meal elsewhere, i think people lime it because ita cheap but i guess you get what you pay for, i know i should remember my roots and where i came from but you dont have to be rich or pay big bucks to enjoy good food and this place is nit good food, will never return

Worst customer service! t.... Worst customer service!<br/><br/>the tall chinese girl with noisy and loud voice is so freaking annoying. She treated customer like a dog, no manner at all. <br/><br/>And apparently I am not the only one who's annoyed by her attittude. some of my friends who live nearby experience the same thing.<br/><br/>Dear owner, do you really want to keep her? I'd rather pay homeless to serve the customer, they absolutely can serve better than this girl

If I could swear in these reviews, I would.<br/><br/>Don Dons is the bo-diggity. As soon as your coins (cash only peeps, heads up) leave your hand they are replaced with your Japanese cuisine of choice. Just today I smashed a beef curry don; fatty tender slices of beef over rice, pickles and a piece of broccoli. <br/><br/>The broccoli was odd, I mean, I ate it, but I didn't need it.<br/><br/>This place is fast and the food is good for what you pay ($7 lunch in the city? no arguments here.) Friendly staff, plus as much Japanese Shishito as you could want. Do it, you won't regret it.

Yummy!!!!. Would come again! was very nice :-)

So delicious. So cheap. Wish they were open longer hours. Menu selection is a little limited - no katsu don or other favourites - but the sukiyaki is outstanding. Quality is so consistent.

Great food great prices. Cheap Asahi beer too. Very quick service.

Best place if you don't know what to eat!. Whenever I am hungry and have no plans to go out anywhere, I will stop by Don don to takeaway. Pretty fast (I normally go after peak hours around 3ish) and cheap! Decent feed for less than 9 bucks! mmmm

Local japanese. Great local Japanese food. The limited menu means they will serve you the food quickly, and for a cheap price. Everything from $7-10, great for a cheap but still tasty feed. Need to get your own cutlery, and listen out for them shouting your order [won't take long!].

The worst service - waited 29min and when cancelled order didn't really care. Will not be back. Peko peko around corner = amazing. Plus they were so much busier but food came fast and outta this world.

My fav little place. I love this place, come here all the time to get takeaway. I literally go to pay and by the time I get my change back, the food is ready to go. Super fresh and tasty, highly recommend the don don box.

Go here all the time. Quality food for an excellent price, fastest service ever. Yum!

Food is excellent for it pricing. Sashimi fresh and be to is plenty. But in all honesty, I here for a waitress. She got this charisma. Anyway... Food good too

Great food, great price. Super fast, super cheap and super food.

Good cheap food. If you're.... Good cheap food. <br/>If you're looking for service with a smile (or any kind of service) go somewhere else. <br/>Staff are rude at best.

Love it but the curry at Hanaichi is better quality.