323 Rathdowne St
Carlton
Ph: (03) 9639 9857
Open every day: 11am–3pm, 5pm–11pm
Licensed and BYO.
Yum Cha: Sat/Sun/Holiday 11am–3pm
New Kum Den is Chinese Restaurant that used to be hidden away down on Heffernan Lane in the Melbourne CBD, Chinatown (note they have moved since then to the address shown above!). You can find China town on Little Bourke St just off Swanston st. When we arrived here on Thursday night the place was completely packed. They had two large tables in the middle and smaller four people tables around the perimeter. The noise level was extremely loud from everybody talking and laughing. The presentation of the restaurant is nice.
All the tables and chairs are timber with a glossy dark finish - nothing fancy but nice. It also has a fantastically large bar. This restaurant definitely does not feel like a cheap take-away joint that's for sure. The dinner menu prices ranged from $10 to $27 (AUD). On top of that there is also a lunch, appetisers and Yum Cha menu. The appetisers and Yum Cha cost around 5$ per dish, while lunch meals cost around 10$. Overall if you selected carefully you can eat at this place quite affordably.
All the tables and chairs are timber with a glossy dark finish - nothing fancy but nice. It also has a fantastically large bar. This restaurant definitely does not feel like a cheap take-away joint that's for sure. The dinner menu prices ranged from $10 to $27 (AUD). On top of that there is also a lunch, appetisers and Yum Cha menu. The appetisers and Yum Cha cost around 5$ per dish, while lunch meals cost around 10$. Overall if you selected carefully you can eat at this place quite affordably.
The service here was good. We were given a table immediately and the waiter asked what we wanted to drink at first. Our jasmine tea and Heineken beer arrived almost instantly, and the waiter asked me if I wanted another Heineken shortly after I had finished it.
For our meals we ordered stir fried mixed seasonal vegetables, and stir fried roast duck fillet with mixed vegetables with ginger, spring onion, and snow pea.
For appetisers we ordered two sets of fried dumplings. We must have waited for about 30 minutes before our mains arrived. I think this is reasonable given that the place was flat out busy. However before that the waiter asked if our dumplings had arrived yet. When we said no the waiter brought them to us almost immediately.
For our meals we ordered stir fried mixed seasonal vegetables, and stir fried roast duck fillet with mixed vegetables with ginger, spring onion, and snow pea.
For appetisers we ordered two sets of fried dumplings. We must have waited for about 30 minutes before our mains arrived. I think this is reasonable given that the place was flat out busy. However before that the waiter asked if our dumplings had arrived yet. When we said no the waiter brought them to us almost immediately.
Our meals finally arrived. The roast duck was cooked superb and the veggies with it tasted fresh and crunchy. The other mixed seasonable vegetable dish tasted a bit strange to us however, the baby corn tasted like it had gone bad. The broccoli also had a funny aftertaste similar to the baby corn. Maybe it is just me. I have not tried baby corn in over a year so maybe I don't know what I'm talking about.
Quality of Services: 8/10 stars
Atmosphere and Presentation: 7/10 stars
Value for money: 6.5/10 stars
Average rating: 7.1/10 stars
Following photos from New Kum Den website:
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