Ants Bistro

Every dish was excellent, great flavours and service. Surprised how quiet it was considering how good it was. Will definitely be back again to try more.

We were a group of 8 and had a tight schedule and they got us out in time without compromising the beautiful meals they served.

Always love this restaurant. A great meal of curry lamb spring rolls, san choi bow followed by 5 spice lamb, fillet steak and fishermans chicken. Highly recommend.

Great experience just that half of the teams members that were there finished eating before food for the other half was served. Everyone enjoyed the food.

Service was very good, food was brought out on time, all dishes were served hot, regular water was served to table, and quality of food very good.

Lovely food great service really enjoyed it. Was a little noisy but just shows how popular it is . We had the banquet and every dish was enjoyable.

This is a lovely, cheerful restaurant with delicious food. Recommended for a night with good friends. We went on a Saturday night and it was buzzing. Nice, helpful staff. They could have probably used an extra waiter that night, but they still did an amazing job.

Best Chinese restaurant. Food is delicious, service is impeccable, and reasonable price. We love the Salted egg yolk prawn, fish scallop and egg white and the imperial chicken

There was 10 of us and we all thought the food was very tasty and fresh. Great value for quality and quantity. It's been great service every time I've gone there.

It's worth the effort to find this place in one of the lanes in Chinatown. Great food and great service. This is the real deal!

Returning customer. Always fantastic service and food. Steve and Maria are great hosts. Thoroughly enjoyed all food - fresh and yummy (as expected). Highly recommended. Never had a bad experience.

The food is always awesome when we go here. The service was extremely poor though. Maybe the waitress was under a lot of pressure! I'd definitely go back hoping it was a one off bad night for her.

I book this restaurant for our colleague's farewell party. We enjoyed yummy foods and BYO wine. Good value and attentive staff. One of our favourite restaurant.

Loved the great food and good service. The meal was very good value. We loved it! Will definitely come back another time. Highly recommended. A+

I am a return customer. We always have great, fresh, yummy food. I highly recommend this venue. There is always a full house, so pre-booking a table is also recommended.

Nice food, large range of dishes, with very reasonable prices made for a very pleasant lunch. Will happily come back again for a relaxed lunch.

Ants has been a terrific find; excellent selection of tasty Chinese food & it's BYO wine! Good service & reasonably priced. Do try the dumplings & if you like spicy food you can't go past the Kong Poo Chicken. Highly recommended.

We were impressed by the freshness and quality of the food. The service was efficient and having been to many Chinese restaurants in the area Ants is one of the better ones.

I live in Spring St, and often go with friends to Ants. This is the first time I made the booking via Quandoo, as my friends usually do the booking. I am always amazed at the wide range of food available, at very reasonable prices. As it is ByO it enables us to spend more on food! And of course the service and friendliness of the staff is better than any other restaurant in China Town. And that includes the high price ones we sometimes visit. Rest assured that we will be back! Peter

We were late for our booking and that was fine! A busy, bustling restaurant pumping out fresh, fast and yummy food. If you are looking for an easy byo option in China Town, this is a great spot.

Deep fried barramundi and Peking duck both excellent. Ants Roast Duck nice and meaty with much less fat under the skin than many alternatives. Thanks Maria.

Great Chinese restaurant in the heart of Melbourne's Chinatown. It offers a delicious selection of reasonably priced food & it's BYOW! Must try the dumplings & the Kung Po chicken; for those who like it spicy the Pungent Beef is a must. Highly recommended!

Excellent food and good service considering we were a big group and the restaurant was almost full at the time. Definitely one of the best Chinese food in Melbourne

The restaurant was lacking of staff and thus forgot my last ordered dish. Ended up bring out the wrong one. They do have free tea for compensation, but still it's all about experience.

Ants always delivers. The food is exceptional and the service is fantastic. We have tried many other Asian restaurants and we always compare it back to Ants and they just don't stack up. We are now regulars at Ants and recommend it to anyone. Minister chicken is unbelievable! Spicy, sweet, sour, fiery, it so unique that I have not been able to find anything similar anywhere! It keeps us coming back for more!

Authentically Chinese, fun atmosphere. Bit chilly in the restaurant because it was a cold night, everyone kept telling people coming in to shut the door.

My second time at Ants and the food was just as good this time. Loved the prawn dumplings, lemon chicken and the ants on a tree.

Great restaurant they were very patient as one of our guests was caught in footy traffic so was an hour late. The food comes really quickly and I cannot speak highly enough of the Minister Chicken and the salt and pepper tofu easily my fave dishes. Easily the best restaurant in China Town and very reasonably priced. The only downside is the toilets but they are clean and functional but do need bit of an upgrade....

Excellent service and beautiful meal. Very attentive and the wine was lovely as well. Ate before the theatre and everything was perfect!! Love the honey beef!

Great food and atmosphere. It was terrific. Food came quickly and everyone loved there meals. We went there for a 50th birthday. Would recommend this place!

Despite being almost empty the service was incredibly slow - not only to make the order but then to bring the food. We ended up spending $140 for 3 people for a pretty mediocre meal - so not as 'cheap and cheerful' as I thought it would be. I told that waitress that we needed to be out by 7.50 but we only received our food at 7.30pm and had been in the restaurant since 6.30. Pretty disappointing really. Luckily the Comedy Festival show afterwards cheered us up!! Will not be returning.

Super yummy and very affordable little place. Fast service and so busy. Food came out very fast and nothing was too much trouble. Great drink prices too!

food was very average but service was really good, we enjoyed the whole experience as it was a good spot to get together as a big group.

The dim sum are not making there, fried noodle was oily, nothing really special to impress me to go back there again after this experience.

The food at Ants Bistro was very good. We had the Roast Duck,BBQ Pork,Chinese Broccoli with Oyster Sauce, and Special Fried Rice. The only thing we found was the rice and BBQ Pork came out barely warm. The skin on the duck was so crispy and the meat very tender. It was delicious with the Hoi Sin sauce. The service from the staff was excellent. We were there for Fathers Day lunch and were the first people in,so it was nice and quiet. The décor is nothing special and is looking tired. New tables and chairs wouldn't go astray. Overall,we thought it was very good and we would go back again.

The food was delicious and it was beautifuly presented. The service was great too. Would recommend it to everyone. It was also great value for money.