Dromana Dumpling — Restaurant in Melbourne

3.5 out of 5.

A good old fashioned local Chinese place. An ordinary street presence and dated old fashioned decor shouldn’t deter you from visiting here. You can actually see the sea from the front tables, a rare thing in Dromana, and what really matters is the food and service which are terrific.

It was buzzing on a Sunday night here with lots of families and couples. Despite that service was friendly and efficient from three servers over all. The chef brought out each dish herself with a big smile and a flourish and it added to the amiability of the whole experience.

The great news is, all the dishes were lovely. The hand made dumplings look fairly ordinary but are actually very nice. We had prawn and chicken as well as the fried vegetable ones. The main dishes we tried were the Vegetables with shittake mushrooms, the Hokkien noodles and chicken, ginger and onions. Serves are huge and the dishes are tasty.

All the dishes were nice. The bill is made easier by the very modest BYO charge. All in all this is a fun local Chinese that we will...

Usually the food is Amazing, however when ordering lately especially during tourist season we receive half containers off food but still pay full price, even paid extra for extra and didn't receive it. When calling politely to let them know and see if anything could be done, I was met with disgustingly rude customer service and a chef who in there words was losing the plot and couldn't do anything to help. I am pregnant and have family over, we ordered enough to feed 6 and received enough for 4, if they had of been polite id let it pass, but this was a...

We were regulars until now! Returned home with our usual take-away order, unfortunately there was a dish missing. Amazingly, on calling up to advise of the mix up, they eventually advised we never ordered that dish...yet offered 20% off our next order. Its the exact same order every time!...they made a genuine mistake and was probably lost in translation, but to argue the mistake was ours continually toe this line...Unbelievable!!! Not sure how customer service works in China but in my line of work, If I behaved like this, id be down the...