Benjamin's Kitchen — Restaurant in Melbourne

This is our 8th time at Benjamin’s and it truly have never disappointed with its consistent deliciousness! As we were finishing up with some tea I heard a young boy, perhaps ten years old, dining with his parents on the other side of the restaurant exclaim ‘I’ve never tasted anything better in my life’. I couldn’t have put it better myself

Latest Back to Benjamin’s for my brother in laws belated birthday dinner post being freed from the latest lockdown. Being our fifth visit we know and love the menu but tonight the Mongolian beef was outstandingly good. I think it’s actually my new favourite rendition of this traditional Chinese dish due to its super flavoursome sauce. Thoroughly recommend

Recent We dined at Benjamin’s for my sisters birthday recently and it remains as delicious as ever. We found the menu entirely unchanged and ended up up ordering much of the same from our previous visit and the consistency shone though. Impossible to have a bad meal here!

Further update We hastily brought my brother in laws birthday dinner booking forward three weeks when the government announced new lockdown restrictions and had one last supper.

We revisited all of our favourite dishes and one new one the birthday boy wanted to order, beef rendang. This was a well executed rendition but it is of course traditionally a dry curry and BK excel in their flavour packed sauces so they will always be my preference. Check them out in lockdown for their daily takeaway packs

Update We headed to BK for my mums birthday last night having tried it almost a year ago and remembering it fondly.

We kicked off with the chicken satay skewers and prawn dim sum. A great way to start the meal and special mention to the phenomenal satay sauce. We knew at that moment roti would be a must order for more of that yummy sauce!

Props to the interior designer as they’ve absolutely nailed a tranquil ambiance and the function room with its soft shades would be perfect for a baby shower event. The main space has a real Hampton’s feel to it with the pretty lighting resembling a fluffy cloud against a soft painted sky. But back to the food.

The coconut black tiger prawns were a real showstopper. Served in a coconut these giant prawns were absolutely delicious and the flavours lingered on the palette long after after they’d been gobbled up. We’ll definitely be back

Original review I was invited to try Benjamin’s Kitchen and what a lovely way to spend a Saturday afternoon. The dishes were mostly Thai and Chinese influenced and involved all the classics. Everything sounded so good we found the mains hard to chose as there’s quite a lot of variety.

We went for the teriyaki chicken, chicken pad thai and chilli honey black pepper beef. The meat in all the dishes was high quality and not the stringy kind you often find in Chinese restaurants.

In fact nothing about this place resembled a typical Chinese restaurant. The interiors were just gorgeous. A bright, crisp and clean space downstairs and more of the same beauty upstairs with function rooms available. Light wood floors set off the bright white walls and pastel painted feature walls by artist Chloe Planinsek.

The five spice calamari was coated in the lightest of crispy batters and absolutely sensational. The seafood fresh as can be. Good quality food at reasonable prices with a large variety of veggie and gf options what more could you ask for? How about dessert!

The dessert offering is small but it’s enough to satisfy the sweet palette and they are actually looking to expand their dessert range going forward. We had a couple of slices supplied by the very tasty Butter Mafia. The passion fruit one was exceptionally delicious. The coconut panacotta was also fantastic. Texturally perfect and plenty of flavour. Literally a...

● Oct 2024 ● ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 stars Haven't updated for a while but we've been here for luksa like usual a few times in between. This time round, my partner felt that it was a bit more spicy than usual. I can eat quite spicy food due to my Thai background. I even put heaps more homemade chilli oil that was brought out for me to try. The smell of the chilli oil was very good and aromatic. It wasn't very spicy, just good amount. I enjoyed it. Thank you for your service. Benjamin's kitchen is still our go-to Luksa place.

● August 2023 ● ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 stars Still the best luksa I ever have in Melbourne. Good service, nice place and great food. Definitely becoming a repeat customer. We had prawn toast special tonight and of course luksa noodles 🍜 thank you for your service.

● May 2023 ● ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 stars I've been here a few times but this is my first review. Always heard that they have very good Luksa here. I wasn't disappointed at all. Luksa is tasty and consistent as we order every time we dine here.

We tried soft shell crab brioche buns which was nice. Prawn dumplings were good too.

Only mark one star down as roti was tough and hard. We only had a bite or two but couldn't have it anymore. Although, peanut sauce was very nice, a little kick to it too.

We let staff know about roti when we came up to pay at the counter and he offered to make a new one for us to takeaway but we were full and didn't want it. Definitely recommend and we'll be back again for Luksa...

There's nothing like Friday's and public holidays rolled into one. Especially the day before the AFL Grand Final.

We made the most of the day off with a visit to a new Asian fusion restaurant called Benjamin's which is located in Alphington just down the road from Ivanhoe. It's an unprepossessing little place which is easy to miss if you're driving past.

The decor was quite neutral but very calming with maybe 12 tables or so on the ground level near the bar. We had possibly the best seat on the house by the window which didn't hurt either. My bench seat was very soft and thoroughly comfortable.

Benjamin's didn't let us down foodwise with a number of absolutely delicious dishes including san choi bao, salmon/prawn fritters, salt and pepper calamari (perhaps a little more capsicums and onions could have been included for extra crunchiness and flavour?), snapper fillets and spicy rocking. Their coconut panna cotta with berries dessert was also to die for. Their drinks were a touch on the pricey side but that's not unusual nowadays.

The service was quiet, friendly and thoroughly professional. Unusually for many restaurants, their unisex toilet was sparking clean and well fitted out.

Regrets? Yes. I should have ordered another panna...