Lafayette Fine Food — Local services in Melbourne

I cannot believe I spent $115 at this place. It's baffling how they've managed to stay in business for 15 years with such a consistent track record of overcharging customers. There's a complete lack of transparency with prices not listed on the items.

To make matters worse, a simple small fried rice cost $12, and a couscous salad was a staggering $32! They even added an extra $3 for a takeaway cup when you order take away coffee and $1 for a paper bag without bothering to ask if I needed one.

I strongly caution anyone against going here unless you have $$...

Medium fried rice (with severely burnt bacon, not a lot of veggies or extras, e.g. I couldn't see any egg) plus small apple pie - cost $32.10 💸😱. Afterwards I saw on the web site that the rice was from Tuesday's menu, so not exactly fresh if it was made on Tuesday (or Monday?) and sold on Thursday. The apple pie was ordinary, I didn't even want to finish half of the small pie and I'm likely to discard the rest. Very disappointing.There are better local alternatives but even if not I won't be returning. Extremely poor value and the food was...

99% sure the food has been left in their glass cabinets for days at a time. Had some of their crumbed chicken and had to get tested for salmonella.

When I came back in to have a chat about it, the owner..who has always been the most unpleasant person to deal with, spoke to me like I was dirt on his shoe. Nasty, bitter and rude.

If you want to give back to small business in a time of crises, I would highly recommend spending your money with people...