Not Bad for Airport... much better than Wagamama Rubbish...

 

It'll come to me... Lunch at ??? Lots of dishes, more than you can eat for about $8. Clean. Food: 8/10, Service 7/10, Atmos: 7/10 Overall 8/10. Ask for the bill when your food arrives, you should get it by the time you need to leave - as in most places in Bangalore. 10,000 staff, but it is all someone else's job...
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The Bar, Oberoy Bangalore: Don't underestimate the bar food. The wraps are good. Chicken Squewer's aren't. Service 7/10, Food: 7/10, Good for a hotel bar. Not bad atmos. Dont watch the world cup there as the staff like to stand between the tv and the patrons - bad look, and you go to jail if you throw drinks at them...
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It will come back to me - on the corner there in Potts Point. Food: was good - once. Male waitstaff try to pick up girls with you - which looses its charm. They only sell their own wine from italy at $50+/ bottle for a $6 bottle of wine. Service: 7/10, Food: 6.5/10, Atmos: 7/10 Overall: 6.5/10
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Mushroom Tartlet- Manta. Not bad at all. Affordable only if someone else is paying. Great location 8/10, Atmos: 7/10, Food: 7/10, Service: 8.5/10. Overall: 8.5/10. You could not go there 5 times and save enough money to fly to Hoi An and go to the Mango Rooms...
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Tam Tam Room - Hoi An. Specialty here - not as good as other places. Big space upstairs including pool table. The owner must be a man if you look at the waitstaff... Food: 6/10 Atmos: 7/10, Service: 7/10 Overall: 8/10.
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Cooking lesson with Iron Chef Nyugen.Hoi An. His food is not bad, mine is bad. Do your research before choosing a place for a lesson.
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Tam Tam Room - Hoi An. Specialty here - not as good as other places. Big space upstairs including pool table. The owner must be a man if you look at the waitstaff... Food: 6/10 Atmos: 7/10, Service: 7/10 Overall: 7/10
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Hoi Ann - at Bannana Leaf. On the Waterfront. Their specialty - this and White Rose. Both Spectacular. Atmos: 8/10 (on street level you get those pseky beggar kids), Food: 8/10, Service: 8/10. Overall: 8/10
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Mango Rooms - Hoi An. You gotta love the king prawns wrapped in beef with black bean sauce - and the cocktails - the list goes on. Cant fault it. Atmos: 9/10, food 9/10, Service 9/10. Dook only hires charming waitresses - and why not! He also gives free stuff to regulars.
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Emperor Restaurant - Hanoi. Good Food. Atmos: 8.5/10, Service 9/10, Food 8/10 Check this place, it is period and cool. Bit stuffy but good for business or civilised date perhaps.

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Little India - Singapore - know where it is. Food: 7/10. Dood who wants a job in Australia: -7/10. Can eat with hands, but i know where mine have been... Overall: 7/10
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Hokka Centre Robinson Rd - Choose your Yum Cha stall. Ambience: 4/10, Food: 6/10, Overall 6/10.
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East Water Park - Singa. Hokka Centre - not much there, dry old fish - body as dry as the head. Everything 4/10.
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YumCha - upstairs Skygarden entrance near old Hermes shop. Food: 8/10, Service: 8/10, Ambeince: 8/10, Value: 8/10. Convenience: 9/10 - good food, no queue!

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Crumbed Shrimp and Coconut Juice etc. Just round cnr from Raffles- Singa. Let you kno which one if you ask. Good cheap fast eat. Atmos: 6/10 (depending on traffic), Food 6/10 Value: 7/10


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Bar New Asia - Singapore. Food: 5/10, Location/ view: 8/10 (singapore). Drink there, go to Chinatown after/ before.
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Yogi Hub - Singapore - near Little India - so you know there is competition. Real vego, real fresh. Kinda Designer as well. yogihub.com.sg Food: 8/10, Atmos: 7.5/10, Value: 8/10, Location: away from main shopping district - yeah - 7/10.
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Melt - Bar/ Restaruant. Didnt eat there - but good atmos. They are cunning linguists with Cover Charge. They split groups, send the most naive up first. You pay when upstairs - like $10 cover, then let the next of the party up - who have to pay as the first group has already paid. Smart negotiators get in for free - but a very cunning stunt to be careful of.
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Pizza Mario East Sydney. Pizza (Australia) 9/10. Value: 7/10 Atmos: 7/10, You cant book so it is a bit of a pain, and there is no BYO - so adjust value to 6/10, but it is the best Pizza in Sydney so far...
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Otto - W'loo - Food: 8.5/10, Ambience: 8/10, Service 8.5/10, Style: 8/10. Price: 7/10. All-up not a bad spot. Good food, location etc. Can't fault if someone else is paying, otherwise, consider other options.
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No 1 Peking Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui. HK. Food: 6.5/10, Ambience: 8/10, View: 9/10, Value: 6/10. Can't beat the view of HK from this place. Very designer, nice place for visitors. Food and drink unsurprisingly overpriced and not spectacular. The Bollywood Night (Wed) after 11pm has a good DJ/ VJ, but the crowd not hot.
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Dumlings and Noodle House - Vic St Potts Point. OK it is convenient and quirky, but the soup-dumplings have no soup. No comparison to Singapore, HK, Beijing - but hey, way more convenient. Pancakes i had were OK. Food: 6.5/10, Quirky: 7.5/10, price: 7/10. If you go, make a booking, go to a bar and come back as some ppl take all night to eat at their 6 mini-tables...
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Greenwood Yum Cha. Used to be bad news. Much better news now - must be a new chef! Food: 7/10. Service: 6/10. They charge for tea and Chilli which is a bit rude - but short of going to the city or Chatswood - they have it sewn up.
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Dragon Den - Vietnamese - Victoria St Darlo. Looks great, service 8/10, Price: 5/10, Food: 5/10. Ambience: 7/10. Nice restaurant, shame about the food.
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Greazy Spoon - Downstairs near Great Eagle Centre HK. Food: 7/10, Authentic Ambience: 7/10 Cleanliness: 6/10, Overall: 7/10
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Name will come to me next time im in HK. Upstairs Great Eagle Centre HK. Not bad, not exceptional. Food: 6/10 Usual ambience. Overall: 6/10
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The name will come to me... Surry Hills. Authentic Japanese food by Japanese and authentic utensils. Offer a Big bowl of Ramen eating compeition - good marketing. Food: 7/10, Service: 7/10, Location: 6/10, Ambience: 6/10. Overall: 7/10
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Shogun Potts Point. Name: 7/10, Service: 7/10, Food: 6/10. This is a Japanese restaurant run by Japanese (cf Korean or Chinese). Been around for ages, perhaps a little lazy these days. Ambience: 7/10. Overall: 6/10. Its a shame about the food.
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Pig and Olive - Potts Point. Good service, good name, good location. Bad Food. Food: 4/10, Service: 7/10, Ambience: 6/10, Value: 1/10 Overall: 4/10
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Kam Fook/ Sharks Find - Haymarket Chinatown. Last time i went there we waited 2 hours for below avg food. No excuses. Take cash because there were rumours about a Malaysian credit card skimming scam going on there. Food: 6/10 Overall: 5/10. Chatswood Kam Fook: 9/10!
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Jimmy Lic's - Victoria St Potts Point (30m from Kings Cross Station. Used to be so trendy ugly ppl coulnt eat there. It is noisy, the wait-staff are usually friendly - even though apparently the boss takes all the tips... Food: 6.5/10, Ambience: noisy - 7/10 but great 2001 interior design, Service: 7/10. Price: 5/10. Overall: 6.5/10
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Wagamma - The McDonalds of Noodles. English can't even cook English food - but hey, you know what you get. Food: 6/10, Ambience: 7/10, Price: 5/10 Service: Always a cute flirty waitress - must be the English training - 7/10 Overall: 6.5/10. Their Fruit Juice is actully pretty good.
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Maya Vegetarian. U know where it is. South Indian thing is the Business. Food was great, went downhill when they did the big re-furb, but is was great again a couple of weeks ago. Food: 9/10, Price: 9/10 Ambience: 6.5/10, Service: Cafateria style - so do you give yourself good service? Overall: Its about the food- 9/10
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La Pasciola - Victoria St Kings X. Pizza varies with the chefs. A big fatty, reas. fresh. OK as a local. Pizza: 6/10, Ambiance: Local 7.5/10, Sercice 8/10 (always a new cute backpacker). Overall: 6.5/10
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