Basil Town — Restaurant in Melbourne

This new kid on the block was only opened on Christmas Eve 2019. However it was run by experienced head chef Alex. It doesn't have hundreds of items on its menu like common Vietnamese restaurants, but what it has to offer are of excellent quality, well made, well prepared dishes. We tried a sample of dishes and liked them all: the fresh beef rice paper roll with rich peanut/satay sauce; the delicious tasty and crispy spring rolls; the signature 24 hour Pho stock with 1500 minute of slow cooked black Angus beef, and finally the rather Japanese rich macha and black sesame seed ice cream for dessert . It also has a vegetarian Pho version. Try once and you will sure come...

We have been coming to Basil Town since it opened and we have LOVED every meal. As it is our local, we ordered again last night and noticed they had added a few extras to the menu, including pork sausage. We were eager to try this (broken rice with pork sausage, but other options available) and we were not disappointed ! Although the menu seems small, the food is so tasty, very fresh and generous. Our son especially loves the spring rolls. We love everything! Highly recommend to anyone. And to Basil Town – thank you for yummy food. We truly hope you stay forever! (In no way associated to the shop, but just a super...

Pho is one of my favourite dishes to have and I've tried plenty of them from a number of renowned Vietnamese restaurants. I know this is a big call but I think Basil Town have the best pho I have ever had. It's all in the broth and the broth is super tasty. They also don't skimp on the quality of the beef and the rest of the ingredients. It's very rare to find somewhere that does a good broth and the other ingredients are of such a high quality.

You have to try the spring rolls as they are super delicious. I also love the friendly smiles that we are always greeted with. I can't recommend Basil...