Kong BBQ - Melbourne

Setup: looking for trendy good eats in AU The better: cool space, fun atmosphere, good drinks The lesser: overpriced, not particularly memorable food,

Being an American from Houston Tx I've eaten a ton of Asian American fusion and this is hands down one of the best I've eaten at.

Ive heard about Kong and have wanted to come for ages. Seeing we were doing some furniture shopping I grabbed the opportunity. Sort of has a similar vibe to hawker hall but much cosier. The food is as good. We had three of the bite sized starters including the utterly delicious edamame slightly charred with green chile. Then the buns came. Wow....it was hard to pull back. The rice with with kimchi was devine as were the oven cooked Asian mushrooms. Don't overlook the deserts. I love this style of eating....relaxed, delicious, inventive and honest. Service was very friendly.

We had an early dinner at Kong on a week day eve. In fact when we arrived we were the only couple in the place but still the staff sat us in a corner on a 2 person table as they anticipated it getting busy.They were right, it gets busy here and even though Kong has been here for nearly 2 years or so now the crowds still come.The food was good and they were great at adapting my dish to accommodate my intolerances to certain things.Service was good and this place has a trendy vibe to it.

We sat at the counter and watched the food being prepared. We could have had everything that past us. We had particulalry tasty starters of soft shell crab buns. The mains were tasy- a bento and I had a vegetarian option. It is a bit out of the way but good for lunch I suspect when you are out and about. It wasnt jammed but we did go around 2pm on a Thursday afternoon. Great service and not your usual Korean BBQ. Very tasty.