The Parlor Kitchen & Bar — Restaurant in Melbourne

Ordered the Slow-cooked Lamb Sandwich for pickup (via DoorDash) between 12:0512:10pm. At 11:28am I received a text saying it was ready for pickup. Huh?? I couldn't pickup then as I was in a meeting, so when I did finally pickup at 12:06pm everything was stone cold. 5 mins to home, the whole meal had to be microwaved to be edible.

Chips are run of the mill shoe-string fries - nothing spectacular. Lamb sandwich - bread was (as expected) soft and soggy . Lamb was nicely slow-cooked, tender however could have had a bit more seasoning to it. "Slaw, siracha, kew pie mayo" was lacking in flavour across all condiments.

For a lunchtime lamb sandwich costing $22, one would expect it to be fresh, well toasted with zingy flavours and cooked just prior to pickup to ensure freshness. In this regard they failed on most fronts so 3/5 for me. The establishment itself looks quite nice (my 1st visit) so next time I'll prop down at a table and see how they fair minus the takeaway and see if I can come to an agreement with all the other 5...

Thankfully my partner's BLT wasn't completely horrible and had some nice flavour. I ordered the St Benedict with a potato rosstie on the side and it was disgusting! The serving size was pathetic, the pork belly seemed to be 2 days old and just reheated. It was more like jerky with how tough and tasteless it was. The hollandaise sauce had zero flavour and was the consistency of Play-Doh and the potato rosstie was burnt! With an aftertaste of a burnt pan and dishwashing liquid. Also just a note for management, if you no longer serve fresh "impressed juice" that is still on your drink menu, then at the very least, cross it off your menus or remove it! Don't just try to hand me prepackaged juices from a fridge! Place is just disgusting and...

Sad that one of the best cafes in Cheltenham has gone downhill with what I think is new management. Got there at 3.30pm and was told to "not worry but the kitchen is closing soon", a not so polite way to tell customers that they're being a burden and to feel guilty. The manager was overbearing and looking at his watch while serving customers, obviously not wanting to be there. We ordered the sharing board, most of which looked like it had been bought from the supermarket and thrown on there. The chicken was grisly and dry. There's been a drastic drop in the food quality and whatever good reviews are for this cafe are for the OLD Parlor, don't waste your time...