Noda Grill Burwood 后院烧烤 — Restaurant in Melbourne

I saw a staff member collect leftover skewers on the table after the customer left and take them to the kitchen while they throw away everything else directly ino the bin. I started to feeling uneasy and decided to followed them to ask what they planned to do with leftover food, and one of the staff members said he is going to eat them. I was shocked! and my son just laughed at about what he just heard. While the other staffs all came to me and denied any intention of reusing the food, it still left me uneasy. You never know—be careful about what you’re served, it could be someone else's leftovers. My reasonable doubt.....very very disappointing, will never come back. Sadly this experience gave me a doubt about all other skew(pre cooked)...

Authentic northern China tastes BBQ. Food-wise, I would recommend this restaurant. However, the reason I give only 1 star is they don’t allow me to book the table anymore. I was their first group of customers during their trial operations, and I have been there at least 6 times but, somehow, I was put on the booking blacklist because they told me I didn’t show up, which is RIDICULOUS as I called them several times to cancel the booking 3 days prior but they DID NOT answer the call. They called me back a day before and I informed them that I couldn't attend. What the worst is that they didn’t cancel my booking on their end and then blame me for not showing up and put me on the blacklist!!!!! I need an...

First of all, Noda has the funniest signages to remind patrons of good behavior at the entrance. Secondly, we definitely over-ordered and there were no regrets. My favourites were the spicy clam vermicelli, chicken skin, lamb and beef tripe skewers. Cold noodles were great to cool the heat. We ordered both the non spicy and spicy fried rice, super yummy but a tad too salty for my liking. We were seated in the non-alcohol zone which was not well-ventilated and left smelling like bbq meats ourselves. No biggie and adds to the experience without having to cook...