T&L - Bakery & Café — Restaurant in Melbourne

I purchased two crispy pork rolls on Thursday around 2 PM. Unfortunately, the quality of the ingredients, aside from the protein, was below average and lacked freshness. I also noticed a significant difference in both the quantity served and the interaction based on ethnicity. The staff member at the counter provided a more generous portion and a friendlier demeanor to white customers, whereas South Asian customers like myself received noticeably different treatment. The atmosphere was less than ideal, with the dining area not being particularly clean, and the staff actively sweeping and cleaning while we were eating. The back of the store and kitchen area also appeared untidy. Overall, the experience was disappointing, and I do not plan...

Very clean inside, nice staff too! I'm pretty fussy with bahn mi, and I found this place was pretty eh. For bahn mi, i look for restaurants that use fresh, crunchy vegetables, pate, good rolls/baguettes. Pretty long wait time with only one customer coming in with us. Ordered the crispy pork bahn mi, and there were only 2-3 small pieces of crackling in each roll with croutons being really the only crunchy element in the roll which also dried the rolls texture. It didn't have that super authentic unami flavour, but it was still a nice roll! The food was a bit of a letdown considering how excited I was from the reviews, but I'm hoping that next time I go in,...

Very disappointing and highly over-rated bahn mi, especially for Richmond. We bought the crispy pork and T&L special bahn mi. The 'meat' fillings in both rolls were around 70% fat – some pieces of 'meat' were entirely fat. We ended up removing large chunks of fat before eating the rolls. Even then, the rolls were soggy and dripping with grease. There were far too many peanuts added to the rolls, possibly to add some texture to the soggy mess. We came for something refreshing and ended up feeling unwell from the fat-loaded sandwiches. Do yourself a favour and walk to Bridge Road, where you'll get better and...