Tried their laksa, batagor, bakso mix, and mushroom noodles. The mushroom noodle was the best dish out of all. The broth was just so flavoursome, I was blown away. Their laksa was pretty good too. Batagor was ok, while bakso mix was small on the portion, there was hardly noodles there. Overall great quality of foods.
I randomly came across this place while in South Melbourne and could not be happier. Unlike its ordinary look from outside, Meetbowl serves mouth-watering Indonesian laksa, beef soup with noodles, and the like. These dishes are especially great during the cold windy days and are an absolute bang for the buck. The service is also rather fast and you can pay by card as well.
Love the food here!!! Especially the Batagor!!! Their friend wonton is also really good. I would usually have Bakwan Malang when I come here by myself. With friends and family, I would order more dishes to share. The dried noodles dishes are great too! Warn you, the chillies are super hot! Eat with care!
Came here with my cousin and friend. We had siomay bandung which is legit good for sharing, The peanut sauce so thick and tasty. The portion is so big! Worth the price. My cousin and i had the bakso special, and my friend had the ayam geprek. The bakso special is good, however the soup.. pretty light and bit bland. The meat, and the deep friend siomay are so good! :) heaps of noodle too haha
Ayam geprek just ok. Sambal so spicy! :)
A quaint little place for casual Indonesian food. The ambience is very no-fuss, and it's not uncommon to see Indonesians and Asians here having a quick meal.
The food is quite authentic, but also relatively simple. Generally they serve noodles with variations of toppings and ingredients on top of it. Taste is ok but honestly nothing exceptional. Their clear soup does seem like there's a reasonable amount of MSG in it. Considering their prices which are roughly $12 a bowl, it's reasonably priced and the wontons and noodles I had there were both pretty good. Good for a casual meal if you're in the area.
Andreas Setiawan Hartanto
+5
Starting off with the service, very friendly and accomodating staffs. The food are so YUMMY, my favourite is Batagor and Bakso Special. Must try!
If you are looking for Indonesian traditional chicken noodle, this is the perfect place. Accompanied by fried meatballs and spicy chilli sauce, the noodle soup is highly recommended. They are now selling other Indonesian dishes. Yum!
3.5 (nearer to a 4 than a 3)
Can't comment on the customer service as we ordered through Foodora. However, the cling wrap on the Yong Tofu came loose en-route to us, so half of the soup spilt into the delivery guy's delivery box. Not sure whose fault it was but he was quite apologetic about it, and it didn't really bother us after we had a taste of the soup as it was salty as! We sure weren't going to miss that soup.Β
Apart from that minor hiccup, the food was surprisingly enjoyable. The siomay (steamed fish dumplings) were huge and juicy, albeit slightly starchy, and the peanut sauce was delicious. The pork satay from the Nasi Campur was very flavourful, and I was a fan of the lean BBQ pork, which some may dislike for being dryer than the fattier cut. The Yong Tofu also got our tick of approval - the tofu was soft and silky, and generously filled with minced pork and prawn.
Most importantly, it was great value for money and kept my tummy very satisfied.
A small cosy Indonesian canteen style restaurant. Went there with a friend on weekday evening. Not very busy at that time. The meatball soup noodle was good. Very light but still flavorful. Cheap, yummy, generous size, cosy. What else can you ask for?
Lovely little Indonesian place. Used to order Yamien, thin egg noodles with minced chicken and egg. The deep fried chicken ball and fried wonton is a good companion for the noodle. Little taste of home.
Good place in South Melbourne selling Indonesian street food (near the market/woolworths). And probably the only one offering fried pork/chicken meatballs. Absolute delights! Fish dumplings were also not to be missed.
Can't wait to go back π.
This is so far the closest Indonesia meat ball dish or hawker food you can find in Melbourne.
Pretty decent for a quick meal lunch or dinner. Place is not too fancy but rather humble and simple decoration.
If you are nearby this area, drop in and try.
Good food but slow service however "sometimes" it's worth the wait. Don't come here if you want quick dine in and out. The prices however have gone up.
Baby brought me to a new indo restaurant wooohoo! Tried their curry laksa and bomb, besides papparich, I feel the laksa vibe again! So goodddddd
Aaaahhh we love the noodles here. The chilies/ sambal is sooo good and spicy. We always tend to order the same dish , well when you were starving you just want to have a comfort and familiar dish. we discovered this indonesian noodles joint about 5 yrs ago, and we used to go to this place almost every 2nd weekend ππ
Love the skinny noodles with pangsit goreng and mushroms & chicken ππ
Most of the office tends to give Meetbowl a miss, but Iβm glad I checked out it with the food a nice change from the usual. Offering authentic and possibly too authentic Indonesian cuisine β it has a no frills feel with street food-styled offerings. It does get a bit of a crowd despite the mixed rap, though could do with a bit more happening in the ambience (even noise). My order was for the Nasi Campur, guided slightly by the reports of some of the offerings being MSG-heavyΒ and was all content with what I ended up getting.
Bribe My Reviews W GoodFood
+3.5
A quick fix for lunch if I am looking for budget food.
The food is decent enough to eat and fill but may give you a food coma because of the MSGs... I personally won't drink the broth. Apart from that it's all good but I wouldn't travel all the way to this shop.
When I think of Indonesian street food, meetbowl pops into my mind. If you are looking for comfort food , this is the place to be. A big shout out to their chilli sauce.. H-O-T!
Our favourite place for Indonesian street food taste. There three Indonesian restaurants around this neighbourhood, this one seems the easiest one to get a table. Its not as fancy or crowded as other restaurants.
Majority of the dishes are under $10 and they taste ok. But if you add the right condiment, it will taste nice. There are sweet soy sauce, fried onion, chilli sauce, and vinegar for free over the counter. Our favourite is "Siaomay Bandung" (steam dim sim, baked potato, egg, and noodle over peanut sauce) or "Batagor" (the fried versions).
Very reasonable food size, well priced. One of most authentic indonesian noodle soup. Reminds me to the old days, will be back again for sure!
I had roller coaster experience with this place. It was great a few years ago, the it started to go down hill. The soup became super salty and some of the fried stuffs were not evenly fried. I recently came back and was very happy that they have improved back to their old standard. I hope this continues.
Amazing combination laksa. It has bbq pork, a huge pork ball, pork wonton, a huge piece of tofu, with very unique laksa soup (not the typical Indian or Malaysian curry laksa).
3 for $2 pork wontons is an extremely great deal too!
One of my favourite places to have authentic Indonesian food. Very generous with the meat balls and the pangsit goreng. The peanut sauce had a nice consistency. The noodles was cooked well and the pork was lovely. Bit tricky to get parking and the place is a bit small.
Closest indonesia mie ayam i can find in Melbourne! Taste yum! And they have a deal if you come in weekdays for lunch you will get ice lemon tea or if you check in on facebook they will give you 3 pangsit goreng which is really a good deal!
Best laksa. You wouldn't think food would be that great by looking at the atmosphere. We ate here by luck and the food is actually really good! I had the chicken laksa... It is super tasty and the soup base is thick and full of coconut flavour!
Had a tasty lunch today. The combination laksa was full of flavour, possibly lots of msg too but I don't care. The (home made) ice tea is refreshing.
Would go back for a meal the next time I'm in the area.
Very tasty. Very friendly. Great laksa!
Mie ayam is what they serve. Really loves it. For Indonesians away from home and really miss the taste of their backyard chicken noodle, then definitely this is the place to visit.
Real Indonesian food. Real, down to earth, hearty indonesian food. Nothing fancy, no pretense. The kind of good stuff you will eat on the streets of Jakarta
Meatball....Yum!. Delicious traditional Indonesian dishes. Some of the dishes are a little salty but overall it is very good and the price is very cheap. I especially love the fried beef meatballs and this is the only restaurant I know that has them.
This is my favourite Indonesian noodle cafe. Food are quite cheap and nice as well. I always order either their chicken noodle (bakmi ayam), laksa, pempek, siomay bandung, bakwan or bakso special.
Regina Siena (resatriel)
+5
Mie Siantar is superb! The taste is similar with the one I ate back in Indonesia. The noodled texture is chewy and condiments are a lot. Siomay is just okay, the sauce is not my favorite. But the noodle, you must try.
Absolutely loved my dining experience here the other night. Not only were the staff super friendly and gave great recommendations, the food was super tasty and flavourful as well.
If you guys are looking authentic and delicious Indonesian food you gotta check them out !
We were lucky enough to try so all of these delicious dishes and my favourite were definitely the chicken congee (Burbur Cirebon )and dry noodles with mushroom and chicken π ~ these are only available on their special Friday night menu !
Their meals are such good value as well, they range from $11-15 and the servings are massiveeee !!
Had the bakmie keriting siantar, it was pretty large and yum! I think there could be a bit more topping compared to the size of the noodles but that's only because it was a big bowl. Also the pork came out a bit cold which means its not cooked fresh which i understand for a fast food restaurant but is a lil sad. Soup was also good. Overall good value for money, and tastes pretty great! Also quite salty though so if that isn't your thing, maybe give it a miss.
I think the noodles here are the closest you can get to authentic Indonesian bakmie in Melbourne. Would recommend getting bakmie bangka and soy milk π
The best bakso in Australia. Bakso Malang is so authentic maybe even better from my distant memories I had in Indonesia. The portion is generous so itβs great value for money. Cant get enough of the bakso malang, my husband and I ate here repeatedly 3 weekends in a row
My place to go for Bakwan malang and Mie Siantar was fragrant, tasty and delicious π its definitely the dish should to try if you not sure what to order π.
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