Soi 38 Melbourne

One of the best, cheapest lunches you will find in the CBD. $12 for a healthy serving of the most delicious laksa you will eat all week. Recommend coming a little early so you don’t have to wait for a table. Come here often, you won’t regret it.

We ordered Tum phon LA Mai which was awesome - and explosion of flavors. Crying tiger - meat was tender and beautifully cooked. Moo ping - Some pieces of the meat were chewy. Grilled chicken - meat was tender and cooked to perfection. All the dipping sauces were awesome. The plates were not well cleaned. And the bummer was that we were charged with a Sunday surcharge which we felt was a rip off. Even though the food tasted good we felt it was not worth the money.

🥢 Soi 88 Thai Restaurant – A Lively Thai Street Food Vibe in Melbourne 🇹🇭✨ If you’re craving a taste of Thailand in the heart of Melbourne, Soi 88 Thai Restaurant is a spot worth checking out. The restaurant serves average to good quality Thai food, offering a mix of authentic street-style dishes packed with flavor. Some of the menu items lean on the spicier side, so be ready if you love a good chili kick! 🌶️🍜 Be prepared for a long queue, especially during peak hours — this place is popular with locals and visitors alike. The seating style is casual and simple, just like what you’d find at street food stalls in Bangkok. With tight spaces, lively chatter, sizzling woks, and a bustling crowd, the atmosphere truly feels like being in Thailand. However, it’s worth noting that the place can get quite noisy due to its busy vibe, so it may not be the best choice if you’re after a quiet dining experience. But if you’re looking for authentic street-style energy paired with bold Thai flavors, Soi 88 delivers that vibe perfectly.

This has been my favorite restaurant in Melbourne that I couldn’t even count how many times I’ve been here. The deep fried pork belly is phenomenal and the soft pork bone soup is unbeatable. The only downside is that the taste is very inconsistent at each of my visit, especially on the crying tiger where it is sometimes super tender and the other times it’s super hard to chew. But the vibes is 100% and no complain on the service since it’s mostly self service other than when the food is delivered to your table.

Having a early lunch, order signature boat beef noodles, but there was some pork in my soup just wonder if it’s normal, taste still good, but what I have in Sydney city for $6 something would be no different. And then I order pork belly was very disappointed for the taste and tastier: it’s cold and hard no good deep fried pork skin smell, hard to chew, meat part are not tender and feel powdery should be thinner slice.

It’s an interesting venue. It has the feel of an Asian roadside restaurant with the little plastic stools. So whilst the seating may not be the most comfortable, the food is incredibly delicious. Makes it ideal to grab something nutritious & delicious before heading out for other entertainment in the CBD.

We finally had the chance to visit this authentic restaurant, and right from the start, the beautiful design captured our attention. However, ordering food was overwhelming due to the numerous options available, and the staff didn’t offer much assistance. We ended up ordering five dishes, but the server didn’t inquire about our preferred spice level, making them extremely spicy. Additionally, the quality of the ingredients—vegetable oils—was quite low and relatively evident because they were not fresh. While the staff quickly cleared our dishes, they were generally unhelpful throughout our experience. Overall, it was an experience worth trying once, but that’s about it. The price-to-quality ratio is extremely disproportionate, making the overall experience unsatisfactory in terms of both quality and cost. I won’t be returning, as I believe you can find better Thai food quality at the same price in Melbourne. Simply soaking food in spices does not make it good. Both of our gums are extremely inflamed from this uncomfortable spiciness.

Was my first time in this restaurant, I went without any expectations. The food was great, we ordered a hotpot, crying tiger and Salmon Jeeb. Also the Thai Tea as a beverage. The hotpot was a good portion even to share between 2 people. Good amount of seafood and beef. (The 3 raw yolks were a nice addition) The crying tiger was a pretty good portion for its price, was abit dry though, however, the tiger was great. The salmon was delicious, however was rather small for the price. Wish there were more slices of salmon. Service wasn't much to report on as its a very busy and big venue, the people that served us were quick and prompt yet there wasn't much customer service interaction. Almost as if they know that the food and atmosphere speaks for itself. The Thai tea was honestly too expensive as its $6, majority of the cup was filled to the brim with ice. I feel like it was highly concentrated with sugar but more than that, the ice makes it pretty unbalanced. The atmosphere was great! Ngl, it was the seating with multiple colours and paintings on the wall and the street food cart that gave that Thai street food vibe along with that Thai chatter filling the air. We spent about an hour there and left. Good experience 👌 Would definitely recommend