Starbox Noodle & Sushi — Restaurant in Melbourne

Bit Oily & a little flat on flavour but the dishes are standard. Customer service is excellent but the interior needs a shake-up. Let’s break it down…

Atmosphere:* Little apprehensive when you enter the store. The service area seems well present however, the display cases and (indeed) the clearly visible kitchen seems disorganised and haphazardly thrown together. The internal décor looks like it needs to be updated and so does the kitchen. This is definitely a take-away food restaurant as there is only 2 couple seats which appear to be more for waiting customers than anything else. A refresh of this store would probably re-energise this business.

Customer Service:* It was incredibly welcoming and certain had that family run business feel. Was greeted with a very warm smile and my order was taken expertly & professionally. Had a great fun chat with the representative about the food but above that, there was a really wholesome feel. Very well done.

Food (Why we are here):* Was a little disappointing, only because both dishes were a bit too oily, and a little flat in flavour. Definitely order and pick-up with the restaurant, Menulog will charge you an extra $3 per dish. Order: Char Kway Teow ($13.00) & Curry Laksa ($15.00) - $28.00 Char Kway Teow – Order the medium spice and (for me) it was very weak. The flavours felt a little flat and the oil seemed excessive. It did have a great mix of noodles & meats and it was all cooked perfectly. Curry Laksa – The flavour was really nice but the oil was almost overwhelming. The dish was cooked very well, but the tofu was almost non-existent and very minimal veggies.

Overall: * I was really hoping this was one of those places that are a hidden treasure that serves that amazing dish, and I believe it could be, but not yet. If the oil was minimised, I genuinely believe this business will gain a much larger custom. Thank you, Star...

I have been buying noodles from here for the last 4 years and have enjoyed every time until now. Unfortunately, the new owners have reduced the amount of meat and vegetables and the customer can only enjoy the flavour ordered with possibly 3 pieces of pork and a dash of vegetable. Previous owners would cook a Singapore noodles that was packed with vegetables, pork and 2-3 tiger prawns. Now, there is almost no vegetables, a 'nibble' of pork and zero tiger prawns. On a positive note, the flavours were good, however I will not be back and would recommend Noodle Arena at Arena Shopping Center instead as they cook an honest serving. Why did I not complain to them directly? Because I believe a business should offer their best to start with rather than trying to get away with ripping the customer off. To be fair, I will send a friend to buy from there one day soon and then if things have changed, I will edit my review accordingly. Update No review to my...

Absolute disgrace. First time using this cesspool. Ordered food via menu log. After an hour of waiting, rang restaurant. Got told driver has been delayed 45 more minutes but our food had been ready for 30 minutes. Asked for fresh to be cooked if it was going to be that long. They refused. We went and collected it. Soggy dim sums, with the paper stuck to it, noodles cold with very little meat and veggies and been sitting so long it was soaking through the box. Will never use this place again. Overpriced underperforming. Not a good...