This is seriously some of the best Vietnamese food I've ever had. I was forced to knock off one star for the appearance of the place - it's very no-frills - very. But the food is totally amazing and the prices very good. Servings are extremely generous as well. Plenty of Vietamese rice dishes, soups and noodle dishes to choose from - too many to list. Best home made beef dim sims I've had for a long while and the rice came with delicate strips of fried egg, just how I like it.

Their motto is "Eat Large, Stay Thin". I don't know about thin, but I certainly want to eat large. The food is delicious.
Parking out the front in angle bays in this busy street. Open from 11.00am to 7.30 pm.
Entrees - $3 - 5 and main meals $8.50 - 12. You really have to go and try it. But CASH only.

Approximate cost: $10

This seems a fairly new shop, or else I haven't noticed it before. The brick building is on the corner, just on the way out of town along Rossiter Rd. I think the people in there are new. It's also called Rosher Food Place because as well as chicken, they are offering some Indian meals - just a few like Butter Chicken and rice for $8.90.

We had the normal quarter chicken and chips, small chips, some scalloped potato and dim sims. It was good but not great. After a mix up with yes/no on the chicken salt, I ended up with no salt on my chips at all. The scalloped potato was creamy but that was it ... no cheese or any other taste.

I'd like to try one of their Indian meals. The chicken counter has large chickens for sale too and they do catering. Tables to eat in.

Approximate cost: $10 - $12

There's a new food shop in Borrack Square but trouble is, there's already two catering for this market. Granted they have both Vietnamese and Chinese cuisine, but three in one spot is probably too much.

They are a bright little shop on the corner of the laneway which leads to the post office. There are tables inside for comfortable eating and some outside on the square.

Not a huge range in the menu - springrolls and ricepaper rolls in entrees, soups, Pho - Vietnamese rice noodles, rice dishes with steamed rice - chicken, lemongrass, curry and some fried noodle dishes.

We had the special combination fried rice which was rather lacking in vegetables and had far too many prawns for just a general rice dish. And the Char Kway Teow which is a fried rice noodle dish, but this was rather limp, lacking in vegetables and taste, although did have some nice chicken in it.

Most dishes are under $9.00. The two gentleman were friendly and obliging and they are just starting off here but I don't know if I'd be back in a hurry. I might just to try something else.

They also had drinks, sweet snacks and biscuits and other quick cafe fare.

Approximate cost: $9.00

We stayed here on the weekend while visiting this interesting town. It's an older style cream brick motel with two L shaped blocks on a large corner allotment. Parking in front of your room and the spaces are very small. Only one driveway, so if someone is checking in, you are stuck behind them.

At times the noise from other adjoining rooms came through the walls, but seemed to settle down at night. There is a pool without roof, a small corner of garden and everything is pretty basic but comfortable.

We had a queen bed, sofa and single bed in our room, a separate bathroom but the basin is in the main room and doubles as a kitchen sink. You have trouble getting the electric jug under the tap. There is tea/coffee and biscuits, milk is given on check-in, but the stuff in the fridge is to be paid for if you use it.

The split system aircon/heater had a little trouble coping with very cold, wet conditions and took a while to warm the room. Beds were comfortable and everything clean. There is a TV but we didn't use it and more than enough bench space with some chairs. There was a microwave in the room but only 2 coffee mugs and 2 wine glasses for a 3 person room and no other plates or cutlery at all.

Option of breakfast or snacks which have to be ordered at a cost. Location is not far out of town.

Approximate cost: $95 - 100

I think this is the only pizza shop in Rutherglen, so you have to go here if you want pizza. Having said that, it's not bad really. Just not great. A very basic shopfront with counter and pizza oven at back. You can see the guy spreading the dough on the tin plates just a few feet away - no glass wall or separate area - don't know if that's a good thing or not.

Basic pizza menu available as well as lasagne and coffee. We had a Tropical with ham and pineapple and a capricciosa on which we asked for anchovies but hardly got any. There was also one called "Hot and Sweet" which piqued my imagination.

Pizza was soggy in the middle, so a little undercooked and was very salty, which I think was caused by them using tasty cheese and not the traditional mozzarella. But it was hot and filling and we ate it without complaint.

There are tables and chairs to eat in and a very large TV screen to keep you amused as well as drink fridge and icecream freezer. There is NO eftpos here. Staff were quite friendly and invited us to eat in when we changed our minds from taking away on a cold night and offered cutlery if we wanted. It seemed quite a busy place.

Large pizzas were $14, there was a small size but no medium and one bigger than large.

Approximate cost: $14

This lovely little shop - but it's bigger inside than it looks, is situated on the Main Street in Rutherglen, just going out of town a bit. It seems like two shops when you go inside. Rustic brick walls and murals, bread making equipment all add to the charm. They had wonderful pies and a whole range of lovely cakes and slices. Their specialty is all sorts of breads - sourdough and savoury loaves and breads, baked traditionally on the sole of the oven.

There is a whole other room with wooden tables and comfortable chairs to eat in. Food was served on earthy stoneware plates. The steak and steak and mushroom pie were delicious as was the sausage roll. The vanilla slice was HUGE and the chocolate brownie cake also wonderful. Coffee and drinks brought to your table.

A very nice place to sit and eat, watching the town through large windows onto the street.

Approximate cost: $5.00 approx.

We were looking for somewhere open on a Sunday which wasn't one of the multinational chain stores and found this lovely little shop in Wangaratta, just where the road crosses the river at the beginning of town.

They are cash only and it's a bright little shop with large menu displayed. You can get whole chickens and packs, salads and dessert such as homemade chocolate hedgehog.

We had the 1/4 chicken and chips, nuggets and chips, chicken roll and garlic bread and drink all for $23. Each meal is around $6 - 7 dollars, and large servings of chips ranging from small cup to very huge bag full.

Pleasant young lady who served us and had an excellent memory as she didn't write anything down, just went straight to cook our order.

If I lived in this area, I'd be back all the time.

Approximate cost: $7 av.

My friend and I needed a quick but cosy place to catch up and have lunch in the city and chose this pizza place in Melbourne Central. Staff were busy but happy to take our order and there are some marble-look tables to eat at - nothing fancy but do the job. Pizza comes square in a box about the size of a tablet and that's called a slice. Two slices and a bottle of Coke was $12.00. The margharita was pretty good - not the greatest I've had but that would be difficult to top. Plenty of cheese and not too soggy. Coffee wasn't bad either.

When you're looking for some hot and fast take-a-way food of the normal variety - pizza, potato cakes, dim sims, chips etc, then this is the place to go at La Trobe Uni. Their chips were hot and really tasty and when there was not quite enough for a large serving, which is what we ordered, they topped up with a whole lot of fresh and delicious wedges. The chicken stick kebabs were nice too - lovely hint of spices and rosemary, but went a little cold so not as enjoyed as they should have been.
Service was good and fast, only down side you have to pay 30c for sauce. Plenty of seating around to enjoy your food in the area.

Approximate cost: $10.50

This is a great cafe situated right on the Agora or central "heart" of La Trobe Uni. It serves a great variety of delicious rolls, pannini's and other filling lunch time delights like chunky slices of quiche. Also have lovely sweet slices like caramel and peanut, and lemon. Coffee and hot chocolate were good - could have had the coffee a little stronger but made well and with lots of chocolate sprinkled on the top.

It's a larger shop than most so plenty of room to look around and an eating area outside. Quick service and friendly staff.

Approximate cost: $8.00