Rosebud Seafoods — Restaurant in Melbourne

Food was good except for the calamari rings.

And when I say that, I mean they were without a doubt the WORST calamari rings I've ever eaten in my life. I never throw out food but I had to with these, they didn't even taste like calamari, just artificially flavoured calamari sawdust formed into rings that I wouldn't even propose to my worst enemy with one. I've had better calamari in Uluru and you guys are literally NEXT to the beach. Seriously guys I could go to Aldi, buy their worst frozen calamari rings, leave them in the sun for a week before cooking them and they'd STILL taste better than the calamari rings from this joint. I saw Police walk in their and thought they were going to arrest the owners for cephalopod related crimes but they were just there for a feed. Again, the rest of the food was good but there is absolutely no excuse for the quality of those calamari rings. For your own sake, and benefit of your customers, either find a new supplier, make your own, or take them...

We ordered hamburgers with the lot, some dim sims and potato cakes. Waited over half an hour after being told over the phone that it would only take 15mins. The burgers were just awful. I feel upset that i paid $9 each for them. They were stingy on the toppings and so greasy it soaked the paper bag and when i opened it, i could see that the bottom half burger bun was soaked right through with grease. My burger fell apart when I lifted it. The bread had been toasted and burnt - and I mean, black. Did the person who was making them think I might not notice? It was awful. The potato cakes were flat - no crisp. And, if you think that was bad enough, there were little 'bits' that were black/burnt wrapped in with the dim sims and potato cakes! What's happened to this place? Not sure if the owners have changed as i have been going here for years and did not see the usual staff. Not...

If I could leave minus stars I would, these thieves ripped us off blindly we are locals get the same order roughly weekly, just ordered same order was charged nearly $13 more than it was less than a week ago and every other time we've been when challenged (rang and ordered same thing and asked for a price) was told can't give prices over the phone, obviously thought we were campers and ripped us off. Campers beware. Good luck surviving the rest of the year when you stooge the locals that support you year round. Disgraceful blatant robbery food was good but nowhere near worth...