Cosy and Tasty Dumpling Restaurant — Restaurant in Melbourne

Cosy and Tasty has easily become my favourite restaurant in Frankston.

First off, I would have to say the food here is impeccable—comparable even to Flower Drum, but at a much more affordable price. The dishes are an adventure in their own right, often telling a story of the culture and customs of their place of origin. My personal favourite is the Szechuan chicken, which is a perfect combination of both Szechuan and Yue cuisine, yet with a distinct flavour that undoubtedly comes from Australian influence.

The food here is all homemade (in-store) and very much reminds me of back home. It’s as if I had returned to the rice paddies, eating my mother’s home-cooked meals beneath the willow tree as the midday sun scorched the earth.

I would also like to note the magnificent service at this establishment. Despite running around endlessly like busy bees buzzing about, the staff still manages to make you feel comforted and at ease—a feat I would say is no easy task. The team even compensated for making us wait (just five minutes) with complimentary prawn crackers, and they added extra ice cream to our chocolate wontons since it was my sister’s birthday. I would also like to give a personal shoutout to our waiter there, Barry, who made us feel so welcomed and had taken care of us so well.

Overall, I’d rate this place a 9.5/10. I would definitely come here again, and again, and again—until the day I can...

The premises looks amazing, very contemporary and elegant. The staff were friendly and there was a lot of staff on and our food came relatively quickly. The food was ok but has room for minor improvement mainly the temperature of the food...our Chicken and Cashew dish was warm..not piping hot as it should. I made note of our steamed rice being luke warm to one of the server's, who fetched another server and when I explained to him it should be hot he looked at me weirdly grabbed the bowls in a huff and walked off without any word'sbeing exchanged, only to replace the rice from the rice cooker...so basically exactly what we had. I didn't want to argue the point any further..I shouldn't have to. I believe there was a communication/language barrier...when there shouldn't have been. Having dined in many dumpling joints in Melbourne and locally, I felt the price point was off. 12 pork dumplings cost $19.5, which is about $5 more than others in the area, and they were not anything special..for close to $20 a dozen it was a let down, a fair price would be $15. The Chicken, Vegetables and Cashew at $27.50 was also underwhelming for the price. Overall it was a good experience taking away the above feedback..Would I return? I honestly don't think so...price for what you pay for...

Last night my mum and I stopped in for dinner before going to a show at Pier Bandroom. The service started off great, the ladies at the front deserve 5 stars, however it went down hill from there. We both ordered the dumpling noodle soup, 1 with prawns and 1 with pork. The guy bought out the pork 1, but not the prawn, we waited a few moments before alerting the older lady we still had not received the prawn 1, we saw her follow up and ask the guy to prioritise our meal which turns out had been missed. 10 minutes later we had the younger lady also follow up on the prawn meal and still the guy did nothing. We decided it was time to leave after another 15 mins and we had finished the other meal. That guy then tried to charge us for both meals and didn’t even apologise when we made it clear we were not happy. When we were leaving the older lady asked how our meal was and when we told her we still didn’t get the second meal she was very apologetic and obviously embarrassed. As for the meal we did get, it was ok. I was surprised the noodles were literally 2 minute noodles just made “fancy” with veggies and dumplings. Not what I would expect from...