Ocean Seafood Bar

Nice little Asian seafood restaurant. If you like Asian style seafood (or just Asian food in general), worth checking out if it's not too far (wouldn't recommend driving across Melbourne for). Relatively generous portions of seafood, taste (imo) ranges from average to good, and prices are inexpensive. Staff is efficient & polite but not overly friendly (which is perfectly fine).

Some dishes were huge, like the curry laksa but others were fair in size. The salt and pepper pork ribs were very dry. Overall experience was okay but the customer service could be a lot better. Waiters don't seem to know their stuff, giving wrong information and causing confusion. Very few choices for desserts.

The fishhead laksa is good. Good flavours. Nice colours. Remember to ask for mixed noodles else you'll only get vermicelli without the thick yellow noodles. HUGE bowl for the price. I could not finish it. It actually looks like one of those Chinese 'Dragon bowl' servings from other restaurants around town. However, bring ear plugs because the place is very noisy. Perhaps it's just a Sunday night and there were lots if people out for a meal. There was also a promo running which contributed to it. I enjoyed sitting outside with the nice weather and of course being quieter. Watch out for the MSG, I was a bit thirsty in the night and suspect the chef was a bit too eager with the MSG. That said, I look forward to trying it out again.

Overall disappointed experience. We ordered the crab in baked bread for 2. The bread was mushy, the crab is not fresh, over cooked and has very little flesh. The sauce is sweet and not spicy at all. We have also ordered the salted egg chicken ribs rice which we waited almost 45 min. When we told the waitress we wanted to canceled the dish but she said the dish will be serving soon. Again, even the chicken is not fresh and can tell it is frozen. We also ordered Asam fish (deep fried and very dry) and stir fried black bean beef hor fun (tastes not bad). Will I return to this place? Probably not.