Just had chicken sweet corn soup but was really good soup.
Good and quick service and Jasmine tea was excellent.
Conveniently located.
Staff communicated very well
Living local to the area Ripples is a landmark that everyone has to visit at least once a year. A high quality meal is expected when you dine here. Big venue and good for both small and big groups.
I’m so glad there’s a option close to home to satisfy those yum Cha cravings! Serving up the classics Ripples is a wonderful option. I still would say the Springvale one is much better though
Traditional Cantonese restaurant with authentic and yummy roast duck, roast pork and BBQ pork. Yum cha is nothing special comparing to all the other yum cha restaurants in the city but a good decent yum cha in local Bentleigh area.
Quality restaurant. More expensive, but worth the added price. Known for their dumplings, which are great. Try the chicken hot pot dish, and the half duck (with bones). Friendly service, and quick turnaround. Please stop charging customers a merchants fee.
We had a party of 20, spread over two tables upstairs
Food was great (recommend the crispy pork, salted egg fried tofu and pepper steak). The service is what keeps us coming back! We had a gentleman and lady look after us and they were amazing. We had young kids in our party and they were interacting with them, making them feel special.
So happy with everything. Definitely will be back. Very highly recommended!
Wow...... went to Ripples at Bentleigh with best friend. Lunch time... Excellent Service .... Abundant food choice including dessert. Nice decor... red carpet... and service better than flowerdrum.... at chinatown..... Ahem... great food... this is a must... Mark.
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Perfect place for Sunday yum cha with the family.
Ambience : 4/5. A relatively busy place especially on the weekends. Spaces in between tables were tight, just enough for the dim sim carts to maneuvering around in between tables and chairs.
Food : 4/5. Love the food. Simple and delicious. They did not have the chee cheong fun that day, so we ordered extra century egg congee. Absolutely no regret on that one as it was tasty and the congee was cooked perfectly. We also ordered the tau fu fah (soybean curd), which was probably the best I’ve had in a long long time. The curd was smooth and silky; and the syrup was not too sweet which was enjoyable.
Service : 4/5. Service was probably the reason why we always come back. Called 30 minutes before to make sure if there is any tables available and they were kind enough to take our last minute booking which was amazing. The waiteresses were very attentive and remembered each order placed. Kuddos!
Advanced booking is highly recommended especially on the weekends. Will definitely come back again.
The food was delicious! Came here with my wife on a chillax day. All their staff are very attentive. One of the best Yumcha place in the area! Will be back again.
As soon as you walk in you can almost feel the history of the place. I don’t exactly know how long Ripples has been open, but I felt like watching a show on the ABC channel about ABCs (Australian Born Chinese) in the earlier days of Chinese immigration to Australia. The staff were efficient, moved and worked so harmoniously and in sync it was such a great atmosphere to enjoy an excellent, authentic yum cha experience. It almost felt like a hub for the community with the diversity of customers that were present. We’ll be returning soon :)
Great quality Chinese food, we especially enjoy their Peking duck and fried rice. Yumcha is just average though. Service is consistently good.
an old classic that has been in Bentleigh for years. this trusty Chinese restaurant is a go to for a special occasion as it's fairly big with plenty of room for big groups.
I went to dinner w/ the family and had a lovely, delicious, hot meal. We went on a Sunday night and they were able to accommodate a walk in from the street. We ordered Singapore noodles w/ chicken & veggies, chicken San baio chow, vegetarian spring rolls and king prawns. Although a bit expensive, there was plenty for leftovers. Will definitely be back to try something else on the menu.
Seriously one of the most expensive yum cha I've ever been to! In saying that, the food was actually pretty darn good! They were freshly made using good quality ingredients. I love love love the garlic gai lan, im not quite sure it was worth the price, but none the less it was excellent!
The service was friendly and efficient, they sat us down, and immediately offered the Chinese tea. Next time we are in Bentleigh area, will pop back in for sure
Excellent food and excellent service ...waiting staff extremely attentive ..best chinese meal in a very long time ....great menu choice and food arrived very quickly....would highly recommend!
Great Chinese food experience. Canton food to be more specific. The restaurant environment, staff, food choices are very authentic Chinese food, you can choice btw dim sum or formal dishes. Friendly staff and good value for money.
Always have had yumcha with families and friends here. The dinner menu is also great. Love the seafood dishes and roasted duck. I reckon it's the best Chinese(Cantonese) restaurant around Bentleigh. Even better than brighton's Chinese restaurants. However if looking for some fancy dinning this wouldn't be the best choice. But you are looking for the authentic food. This is it.
Six of us had yum cha today. The selection was great. Our two favourites- salt and pepper squid and chinese broccoli- were made on request. The tea was refilled as required. The place was full and the wait staff lovely. We will be going again.
Ratio Decidendi: Quality dim sum, good range of dishes, at reasonable prices. It’s been surprisingly hard to find a good yum cha place since returning to Melbourne but I’m glad to have finally found my weekend go to. All too often I’ve found restaurants trying to cut corners by stinging out on the amount of prawn (or protein element) in their dim sum (in some cases ‘diluting’ it with a filler), but not at Ripples. It’s refreshing to not only taste the prawn in each bite but to actually see it!
Best Yum Cha in the Bayside area. Very consistent quality and the staff are efficient and generally very accommodating. You must try the BBQ pork (only on Sundays I think) and the Duck is brilliant. They also sell BBQ ducks to take home, which is great if you fancy yourself to make Aisian fare at home.
Rhonda Anne Cashmore
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Very ordinary considering it is Xmas Day and they want the customers today. Little to no atmosphere, a couple of cheap and nasty decorations, plain cheap orange paper serviettes. Honestly, there is a party shop down the road, would it kill them to have decent Xmas serviettes or a simple Festive centrepiece? The food was fine and we enjoyed some Yum Cha dishes before ordering 2 more meals off the menu. Didnt think the staff gave a damn, they were hassling us to pay before we were ready to leave. That's just rude. We were the last table this afternoon and again, before we left, they started doing maintenance on the air conditioning ducts. Also rude when customers are still there and especially on Christmas which also happens to be my daughter's birthday. Not impressed today.
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The spirit of spreading its cuisine .... got to give it to the Chinese ......
I was in Bentleigh this afternoon, not known for its Chinese food, there are a few Thai restaurants, mostly closed for lunch. So I was contemplating between Chinese or Jewish cafe across the street for lunch, then I saw these roast beauties hanging by the Window ..... so, it wasn't a hard choice.
Walked inside, linen tables, team of uniformed waiting staff, very good set up, very wide room and roomy, live seafood in the aquarium at the back, so I thought it would be pricey. Asked for their Lunch Menu, can't believe it, mostly around $11-under $20. Either that or Yumcha.
I didn't go for the Yumcha as I was dining alone :-( so I went for the classic Dry Egg Noodles with some Roast Pork, been missing some. For $12.50 I definitely didn't make the wrong choice, Roast Pork was well made, just a bit on the salty side, perfectly complemented by those Egg noodles and soup. Chinese Tea - Jasmine for $2.20 and a delicious lunch is done for under $15.00 with some change.
All this in a very nice ambiance ....... by the Window some more.
Not being bias, but this is why we have Chinatown in just about every City in the World; the Chinese spirit of spreading its GREAT cuisine.
Thank you and well done to the team at Ripples!
Authentic Hong Kong style 'Yum Cha' place. Good selection of Dim Sum for everything taste buds.
Always lovely to start a Sunday here, enjoying a pot of fragrant Chinese tea & devouring the little plates of goodness.
Our favourites & must haves:
Century egg porridge
Egg tarts
Roast pork buns
Rice paper rolls
Siew Mai
Steamed prawn dumplings
Pan fried carrot cake
Yum!
Being sort of new to the area, I was pleased to find a Yum Cha spot close to home! Traditional selections and friendly staff, similar to what you can expect from other Ripples restaurants. Pricing is reasonable and the restaurant is very clean. Looks like I have a good hang over spot on the weekend 😜
To have a good yum cha you need to have a bustling busy atmosphere with a full house. Ripples does this well despite not being located in one of Melbourne's Asian Hubs. Ripples brings the yumcha experience to families to Bentleigh, Brighton, Hampton and surrounding suburbs without having to travel to Chinatown, Springvale or Boxhill.
A great selection of all time yumcha favourites and if there's anything you don't see you might just be able to order it. The staff are friendly and experienced. If you're Asian I'd suggest making some sort of hint of what language you speak when the carts come around as they speak English, Cantonese and Mandarin which can be awkward after they say all the dishes they have in a language you don't speak. I'm rating this slightly lower as it doesn't stock much of the more traditional dishes which I find my self always ordering.
First time takeaway here. We ordered the Satay chicken skewers, Shredded steak with mandarin sauce, Roast duck with plum sauce and a large special fried rice. We really enjoyed the flavours of all dishes-just the way we like it. Quality of the proteins in each dish were very good, particularly the duck. Serving sizes seemed generous as well. Only negative was the Plum sauce for the roast duck was way too small for the amount of duck. Other than this, by far the best Chinese we have enjoyed in the area. Reminded me of the Chinese of old that I grew up eating as a child when we'd go out as a family in Sydney. Will be back to try more dishes here soon. Recommend.
Great food. Particularly the chicken and eggplant hotpot. Possibly slightly less authentic food for what we like but we're fussy. Priced a little high too. But the atmosphere is very warm and friendly.
This restaurants range of yum cha is amazing and tasty. We come here at least once a month. The roast pork and ginger prawn dumplings are our favourite. Hidden on a quiet strip and not exactly inviting from the outside but you will be highly impressed
Loved it for early dinner while was pregnant. Great menu selection. Prices ok too. Waiters very attentive. Could not fault a thing. Overall good, there's always room for improvement Ripples
We are regulars here. They know us on sight. Whilst it may not be the best yum Cha in Melbourne it's still good. I have had worst in little China town. Dinner here is good too, the roast duck is our favourite & definitely worth a try
Nice food and all.. Not as authentic as something you'd get at Richmond in Victoria Street. Also more expensive then at other Yum Cha places. Selection is large and waiters plenty. Be sure to arrive earlier than 2:30 as there is a strict closing of the kitchen. Surrounding is nice but would only go here if I was near by. Otherwise I'd go somewhere else.
Traditional Quality Hong Kong Food. Feels like I am back in 80s when first walk in to Ripples. Deco was outdated and looks like the place has not being renovated since it started many years ago. The staff were friendly and the restaurant became very busy quickly.
The abalone was on special for $70 a pound but we decided to try more conventional dishes. Meals were very well cook and care was taken to ensure authenticity . I must say it was great to taste good old quality food. The BBQ dishes were prepare nicely.
Its a place for someone looking for good old quality traditional food.
Food good. Service TERRIBLE.
Chi/Chin (male manager on Saturday last week) was so rude to my girlfriend saying 'whatever you want, we don't have' when trying to request some food. We were asking for pan fried dumplings which he just kept telling us, they didn't sell any.
We were well aware they did, so we just asked another waiter and they helped us out.
Hard to get service at time, slightly overpriced but the food is good.
Yummy yum cha. Great food, some dishes even better then shark fin house in city. friendly staff but service can sometimes be slow. overall, love it!
Came here last Sunday ready for a big yum cha feed and few reds, on entry the floor is very big and fits in heaps of people. we booked however they appeared to lose the booking as it wasn't written down. after waiting a few mins they took us up stairs to a free table. the food was good, dumplings, although falling apart, tasted really good. the pork buns were delish. I was really looking forwards to the duck which was good but not great. the young staff member looking after us was fantastic and happy to talk to us in our tipsy state, he even have us a taste of the Chinese rice wine as we left. yum cha the way it should be, definitely be back!
Good food. Eaten here many times over the years. Decent food (extensive menu) and good Cantonese flavours. Seating can be a bit squishy, but overall a nice place to go for good quality Chinese, albeit a tad pricey.
My hubbie & I eat out several times a week. What we love about Ripples is their yum cha lunch... In particular the prawn dumplings (some dishes are better than others). If you don't fancy seafood, then probably not for you as non seafood yum cha variety is limited, (though you can order a-la-carte off the menu & plenty to choose from). Service is always very efficient & if you are pressed for time you can be in, out & refueled in no time!
We love the yum cha here! The service is efficient, the food is affordable and delicious! Would recommend the steamed pork buns, pork and prawn dim sims and scallop dumplings.
AUTHENTIC Cantonese Cuisine. Most authentic Cantonese Cuisine this side of Lt Bourke Street! If you are looking for Sweet n Sour Pork, Steak in Black Beans, Fried Rice .... this is the wrong place for all of that! My Ripples experience started some 20 years ago (close to it) when they had their 1st venue in Malvern, opposite the road from where they are now, on Glenferrie Road. This Bentleigh venue had a rocky-start with some bad press, but I have never stopped my patronage here and in Malvern. Extremely good wholesome Cantonese fare .... PS: And for the uninitiated ... YES, Yum Cha is EXPENSIVE, here and everywhere else that serves Yum Cha : Budget for $40-$50 per person if you wish to have a filling Yum Cha meal!!
Don't understand the poor reviews. The most beautiful spring rolls and bbq pork and very affordable. We will be back to try yum cha soon!!
I rate the yum cha here as one of the best in Melbourne. It's certainly not the cheapest but I can't think of a better yum cha place and I love yum cha and eat it regularly. The staff are very friendly, place clean, dumplings fresh and plump and most importantly full of flavour. It's worth the money! Its consistently good too (i now go here regularly) and every dumpling variety I've had is top quality. Gold leaf burwood is also good but I like ripples better I think. I used to like shark fin inn in the city but quality has seriously dropped & today I had bland, small & chewy dumplings. It just reinforced how good ripples is and has made me want to give them a review they deserve.
I have been here for dinner only once and you could have a yum cha dinner if you're happy with about 3 options. Food good but expensive & I think they use cheaper filler veg like celery too much. I think I'll stick with lunch yum cha.
Never disappoints. Ordered the sliced beef hotpot and pan fried barramundi with the ripples fried rice. Food just melts in your mouth. Ideal for large groups and is family friendly. But make sure you book ahead.
Very impressed . Have been to many top notch yum Cha restaurants so I know good yum Cha when I taste it :) it really was great food. Very good sizes.. All the dumplings were packed with seafood not fillers like bamboo shoots. The dumplings were large and all the food was fresh and very tasty . Service was quick, they kept the trolleys coming around often and cleared our table of empty dishes very quickly . They also made sure we had water in our glass. Very nice place and good value for money considering the quality . I will add my mother got a tad frustrated because the lady that was telling us what food was on the trolley spoke too fast.. But I have found every yumcha restaurant does this so I cannot really call it a fault. Will defiantly return to stack on some extra kilos !!!
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Delicious and Great Service!. My mother and I took some family friends down from Brisbane to Ripples for dinner. It was a Thursday night and not very busy but it always has a classy ambiance. The service was excellent. The waiter helped all four of us make decisions about which meals to choose as we were all indecisive as the menu is of a decent size and everything sounds delicious!
We shared vegetarian spring rolls, fried crab on bamboo sticks, green tea, rice (steamed and fried), Mongolian beef, chicken and ginger hot pot, and prawns and vegetables in a mild sort of red sauce. All food was aromatic, tasty and with fresh ingredients and not at all oily. Our tea and water cups were always refilled when needed and most of the time without asking. A couple of times the waiters would ask how our meal was and if we needed anything more.
At the end of the meal, we were served with a piece of juicy watermelon and kiwi fruit. None of us could fault them at all and although our generous family friends insisted on paying the entire bill, we could tell they thought the bit extra you pay over your average Chinese place was well worth it!
My family are regulars and we will continue to be! Lovely evening :)
Delicious Yum Cha. We went with the family for Yum Cha on a Saturday. We were greeted warmly and shown to a large table. Food came out quickly and there were many traditional offerings as well as the esoteric. Service was quick, friendly and efficient. Everything was hot and tasty. The 18 month old was indulged by the owner and his poor table manners (learnt from the family dog) politely ignored. He was even given special treats. He was amused by the fish tanks and other children and then subtlely whisked away by his considerate mother, prior to his apparently inevitable meltdown. The staff quickly removed any evidence of his canine inspired culinary consumption and we finished a lovely meal peacefully, with tea, mango and coconut jelly. All in all a lovely place to eat, kid and adult friendly with loads of variety.
Kasho. Very ordinary food, what else can I say?
Not cheap .
I just ate dinner here and i liked it. The food was nice and the staff were very good. I have eaten yum cha here alot and its great but have never had dinner until now. I will be coming back
First Time. Went there tonight on a whim after driving past it numerous times and then jumping on Urbanspoon to see if it was worth giving it a go.
After having a look over the menu we decided to go with the Banquet B to try a little of everything.
The calamari was extremely salty to the point where I had to remove the crust, and the dumplings were not very tasty either..
The peking duck pancakes were the highlight but unfortunatley the serving compared to the other dishes was very small.
I didnt have a terrible experience, but for the cost and quality of the food I dont think i will be returning.
Usually awesome - though let down today.... Steamed dumplings should come out steaming - not luke warm. Sort it out.
Consistently good. Another Sunday yum cha at Ripples. The food is consistently of a good standard. The variety is reasonable. The roast duck, chicken and pork are good. One of those places you can confidently go to anytime for a reasonably priced good meal.
Back on Track!. Was great, then a hiccup, and now back on track.
Is still seriously good for a local Chinese restaurant in the area. Always manages to get itself well packed out most nights, which surely has to be testament to the food quality it produces.
The sizzling Mongolian Beef is terrific very flavoursome, and the lemon chicken is always good.
Yum Cha is a delight to indulge in, especially around Sunday at lunchtime when you are looking for something to take a little time, to dwell over and enjoy with good company.
Portions are generous, well priced and always boasts fast and efficient service. The bar is well-stocked with a variety of beers wines and spirits.
Prices are competitive without being over the top.
Ripples Bentleigh. I was once their customer , loving their food and everything until the aricle on leader saying their food was potentially contaminated., then i stop going there and recently i saw leaders again they improved receiving 5 star food and safety rating. So i dont know about u guys maybe i would give them another chances since i like their food so much at the start.
The article on leaders
http://moorabbin-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/restaurant-goes-to-top-of-the-class/
I have been going to this restaurant for 7 years. Never got disappointed. I saw some reviews about the rude manner of the staff, to be honest it is not that bad and I have got used to it. Food quality is not great but consistent. Flavor is also more than average. There is no other Chinese restaurant's food quality that can compare with this one on bayside area, so basically you do not have any options unless you want to travel to Springvale's Golden Leaf or Keysborough's Shark Fin.
Great food, friendly staff and good atmosphere. Been here twice. First time we had the lobster. Really yummy. Second time is the dishes attached to this review. The birds nest was nice and made authentically from potatoes.
Fantastic yum cha with a selection of fresh seafood that can be cooked to your liking. My favourite is ginger dumplings and crab claws.
We popped in recently to order some takeaways for the Chinese New Year. We ordered the duck and roast pork and both were super yummy. The duck was well seasoned and the meat nice and tender. The roast pork skin was super crispy, yummy.
Great family restaurant, the team were brilliant with their customer service. Highly recommend the San Choi Bow.
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