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5 / 5
Based on 3 votes

Ants Bistro

Restaurant in Melbourne  

Moderately Priced Restaurant based at 7 Corrs Lane, Melbourne, VI 3000

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Price level Moderately Priced
Address 7 Corrs Lane, Melbourne, VI 3000
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Phone number +61 3 9639 2908
Website antsbistro.com.au

Opening hours Closed now. Tomorrow: 05:30 pm — 10:30 pm

Sunday 12:00 pm — 03:00 pm
05:30 pm — 10:30 pm
Tuesday 12:00 pm — 03:00 pm
05:30 pm — 10:30 pm
Wednesday 12:00 pm — 03:00 pm
05:30 pm — 10:30 pm
Thursday 12:00 pm — 03:00 pm
05:30 pm — 10:30 pm
Friday 12:00 pm — 03:00 pm
05:30 pm — 10:30 pm
Saturday 05:30 pm — 10:30 pm

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Reviews about Ants Bistro

  • 5 / 5
    By Jason Edwards
    Wow, this is the best Chinese food in Chinatown/Australia!. We cannot recommend it highly enough. The owners. Maria and Stephen make you feel very much at home and there hospitality is a direct reflection of the tasty, fresh dishes the serve. Fully recommend this restaurant, you will not be disappointed.
    May 19, 2017
  • 5 / 5
    By nigel ross
    Been going there for well over ten years and it's always been a winner for cost effective very tasty food, with some spicy choices if prefer some heat in your cuisine. We love it!
    January 27, 2017
  • 5 / 5
    By John Reece
    We all know that Little Bourke Street is Melbourne's Chinatown, and if you're lucky enough for your restaurant to be situated on that famous strip, you're always going to have high visibility with the consequent passing trade. I have found it interesting that there appears to be only two parts of Melbourne where restaurants tout for business; one is Lygon Street, and more recently we have started to see predominantly young Asian women touting outside restaurants in Little Bourke. Oh well, such is the competitive nature of the marketplace.

    Ants Bistro is up against it from the start, given its position off the main drag in grubby Corr's Lane. It's not far off the main strip, but far enough not to be in your face when you walk past. And this is a shame, because the food here is great, and very reasonably priced.

    I dined here recently with my son and his girlfriend. We always seek out places that are BYO so we can save some coin, and Ants is BYO wine only, which is fine. The menu is pan-Chinese, but there is an emphasis on northern and Szechuan cuisine, although some Cantonese favourites are also evident.

    It's not a big place, although it does spread over two levels, and the decor is nothing to write home about. Service is efficient in the manner of most of the Asian eateries in this area. These wait staff aren't there to tell you their life stories or enquire about your day, although any questions about the are answered in a friendly manner.

    We like spice, so we ordered a few one and two chilli dishes (the menu indicates the degree of heat--0, 1, 2, or 3 chillies). The heat here is nicely balanced. This is two chillies in the Dainty Szechuan style, but there's a real tingle on tongue.

    All of the dishes we had were excellent and didn't take too long to appear: spring onion pancake, beef dumplings, spicy pork ribs (a highlight for me), Szechuan duck, ants climbing trees (best I've had; the clear noodles were light as a feather). $100 fed the three of us, and we're all big eaters; you can't complain about that.

    If you're in Little Bourke Street and you want to enjoy an excellent Chinese meal, I can recommend Ants Bistro, particularly if you like a bit of spice. I will certainly be returning.
    August 04, 2016
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