Reviews

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Mellow Restaurant and Cafe

Formerly known as Hom Cafe, now with new owners, new name and a new menu, Mellow Restaurant and Cafe is aiming to tantalise with Thai classics with some western fusion thrown in.
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Laneway Specialty Coffee

Laneway cafe has burst onto the scene offering a delightful breakfast with super coffee. Expect a line up on any given morning!
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Doubletree Hilton's Poolside Restaurant

I'd really like to see Top Enders get past the awkwardness of walking through a hotel lobby and sitting in a restaurant filled with out-of-towners. I've found that these are the places where some of the most exciting, adventurous cooking is happening.
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Mel's Raw Delites

Do you hear the words sugar-free, dairy-free, gluten-free and think “flavour-free”? You’re not alone. Luckily, there are a bunch of passionate home cooks-turned-businesswomen sprouting up around Darwin who are here to prove you wrong. And boy, are their followings growing!
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Cove Restaurant - Dinner

This was my second time to Cove for dinner. Hubby and I went in August last year for our wedding anniversary, and this time I was with two girlfriends for a girls night out.
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Off the shelf - Mrs Quick Sausage Rolls

Not all sausage rolls are created equally. I believe this with my whole heart. The humble sausage roll is a food I hold dear to my heart. In fact, some of my earliest and fondest food memories are of...
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Petra's Raw Cakes - more goodies

Petra's getting quite the cult following with her Raw cakes - healthy and free from all the sugar, flour, butter and cream of traditional cakes. All natural goodness and surprisingly tasty too!
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Sa-Bai Thai - Millner's hidden gem

You would be forgiven for not realising that Sa-Bai Thai has popped up in the old Charlie's Pizza location - in the Sabine Road supermarket complex. As a Millner local, I've known about this place...
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Mitchell's Bar and Grill

Well. This was my inauguration for my time as a member of the Darwin Foodies team. And what an introduction it was. Tuan's first proclamation as we stumbled out onto Mitchell Street , clutching our...
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The Magic Wok

The Magic Work is a bit of a novel concept - you grab a tray and fill it with your choice of vegetables and meats from the buffet selection, pick some sauces and boom the chef cooks it for you on the spot.
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Bamboo Lounge - Lunch

I've wanted to try out Bamboo Lounge for a while now as a few people have suggested it. It's a mid range take away / cafe / restaurant situated in Tipperary Waters next to the place that does epic...
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Fiddler's Green - Breakfast

Fiddler's Green is probably the most popular of the eats/drinking holes down at the Waterfront for breakfast, lunch and dinner so I stopped by last weekend to get a breakfast fix.
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Dragon Court

Dragon Court at the SkyCity Casino bills itself as fine dining Asian Fusion, which in lamens terms means I'm gonna charge you a lot of money for Darwinised Chinese food. Let's see if get's the taste buds excited then shall we?
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Petra's Raw Cakes

Super healthy allergen free desserts that are uncooked (to retain as much nutrients as possible) but still taste great? Doesn't sound possible or even edible but Petra of Petra's Raw Cakes reckons she has the goods.
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Antiquty Greek Restaurant

I can count the number of Greek restaurants in Darwin on one hand - they're few and far between unfortunately. The newest is Antiquity at the Darwin Waterfront, which aims to put a modern spin on the genre. Any restaurant that has modern in its name or strap line makes me nervous, hopefully I won't be disappointed.
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Viva la Vida - Lunch

We have an office tradition where birthday peeps or special occasions are celebrated by going out to lunch and having the bosses pay for it, so we very muchly obliged and headed to Viva La Vida in Smith Street Mall.
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Monsoons

Moonsoons are re-inventing the food side of their businesses with a brand new lunch and dinner menu. The new look offering is mostly Aussie grub, plus pizzas, pasta and some tapas style dishes which are great for sharing. Better go check it out then - Darwin Foodies reporting for duty.
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Chow - Lunch

We felt like some noodle soup for lunch, so the wife and I packed little bub in the car and off we went. The destination was Chow at the Waterfront, the newest dining establishment over there and another member to add to the Hanna empire (Deck Bar, Nirvana, Archies et al)