Chevapi Grill Balkan Kitchen — Restaurant in Melbourne

All ingredients are fresh and made on a daily basis. Due to lockdown and restrictions, when I went it was takeaway only, but as of June 1st will be open again. Staff are super friendly and I thank them for taking the time to chat so I could write this review. Photos were taken with permission. What I ordered from the current menu: No.17 - Five Chevapi, house special Angus beef skinless sausages [you can get 10 for $24], cabbage salad and roasted pepper relish. $14 - loved the chevapi which had the fresh 'off the grill' smell and taste. The salad was refreshing and cut through the garlic and heaviness of the sausages. The relish was light, not stodgy like some and was a nice accompaniment to the sausages. No.21 - Red pepper, stuffed with pancetta, beef and rice. Slow cooked and served with mash potato. $22 - reminded me of what my mother used to make growing up. The stuffing was the standout of this dish. Tasty and filling. The mash potato was a bit lumpy, but fine to eat. The food is environmentally packaged in sturdy, recyclable boxes. You can makeup your own wrap or meal from these or just eat out of the box when you get home or back to your office. They are a bit pricy, but the quality of the food matches what you get. Drop in and grab some lunch or a snack. You won't be...

TLDR: Poor customer service, bland tasting food

Details: decided to go here for a casual lunch out with my husband and try balkan food in Australia (we have visited several balkan countries). We were sorely disappointed with our overall experience.

We ordered two of the "number 1" items on the menu, which were the chicken ribs with chips and the cevapi beef sausages with cabbage salad. The order and payment were fine but our food never came.

When I went to ask the wait staff about it, we found out it had been packed and delivered to someone else. The wait staff did not appear to care or try to check what this meant for the customer ordering delivery. I hope whoever it was they got enough food to compensate missing out on what they actually ordered and paid for.

When our food finally came out, we were given a very perfunctory "sorry for the wait" and nothing else. The apology was delivered in a way which felt like an afterthought and not sincere.

The cevapi was cooked well but bland. The chicken was crispy and juicy but even more bland. It did not taste like any seasoning had been used at all.

My husband and I will not be returning to try the pastries they had on display. Note also that we had used a discount coupon...

From last evening's dinner date scenes with bae. We went to try some Balkan cuisines which are mainly based of meat, sausages and veggies at Chevapi Grill in South Melbourne, Australia. We ordered the traditional Balkan dish called, cevapcici or chevapi, which is actually Balkan style angus beef skinless sausages with onion, cabbage salad and ajvar. This was so so excellent that we wanted to have more, one bite of this dish will take you on a hevenly journey to smooth creamy minced meat melting inside your mouth with a fusion of so many delectable flavors. Cost 24 AUD

The next one we ordered was punjene paprike, which is actually red pepper stuffed with pancetta, beef and rice, slow cooked and served with mashed potato. This one was very very unique dish that I ever tried, the spicy flavor of paprika infused with cheesy flavor of minced meat and rice along with that delicious mashed potato gave a delightful gastric experience to us. The combination was really beautiful and we both lived this dish a lot. Cost 18 AUD

From dessert, we ordered their very common and traditional dish called apple burek, which is very simple to patties filled with apple filling, very tasty and this rare combo made this dessert so...