Taxi

Posted by: FoodLoverIAm | 11 January 2011, 9am

By any means, the Taxi Dining Room is an outstanding restaurant. The food, the service, the wine, the view were all excellent. This place now goes into my coveted top 5 restaurants in Melbourne, which is a big ask.

If I was to pick on anything negative, it would be the location on top of the animal house that is the Transport Hotel in Federation Square. A truly atrocious, vomitous and unruly crowd of young drunks that you have to make your way through to get into and out of the restaurant. Having to make your way through there certainly detracts from the whole experience.

Do not be put off though! Making up for it is the superb oasis on top that is Taxi. The food is truly outstanding (have I told you that already??). I started with the sticky pork with roasted sea scallops & hot chilli dressing, a sublime pork experience. Next was the Tempura nori wrapped flathead fillets which were to die for, the Japanese tartar was inspired, complementing the fish so well that you could not imagine eating the fish on its own. This was finished with the Mango & vanilla Trifle to top off a fantastic meal.

The wine list was extensive and very well laid-out in tabs with a good selection of new and old world. The service was very attentive (sometimes overly so) and the staff extremely pleasant.

My stars go out to this place, a must-do dining experience for Melbourne.

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Posted by: unpretentious | 25 October 2010, 9.38pm

After planning all week where I should take an overseas visitor to give the best impression of Melbourne dining, I decided on Taxi. While the room was beautiful, and the service was competent (although intrusive at times), the food was really underwhelming. The gyoza lacked flavour, had soggy bottoms, and the wrapper was thick and claggy. Vietnamese salad that came with the pork hock was shockingly salty without any sweet, sour, or hot flavours to contrast. We had two entrees and two mains, which were pretty to look at but fell way short of delicious. Overall, memorable for none of the right reasons. Won't be going back.

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Posted by: Alberta748 | 16 April 2010, 5.06pm

Our group of 4 went to Taxi for a late dinner and were quite disappointed. Three of us had Wagu and one had fish and we found our meals were tasteless and bland.
The service is exceptional and the atmosphere is pleasant, but none of us would go back nor recommend it.

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Posted by: sailingguy | 21 January 2010, 3.03pm

Food not up to the standard that this establishment has been given credit for
And the staff were over the top thought that they were auditioning for Nida
All in all it s a place to be seen but not to eat

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Posted by: richmondboy | 24 November 2009, 2.51pm

Having been there a few times before I pretty much knew what to expect although entering on a Friday night with the crowd pumping downstairs at Transport isn't the best way to enter for elderly guests.

Staff were excellent as always. They know when to be seen and when not to and seem to have an excellent knowledge of the menu and where the food is from.

The porterhouse Wagyu was superb, a beautiful cut of meat, and was perfectly cooked. The duck and a special of snapper were also both well liked by our party.

The let down was a spinahc, witlof and apple salad which was very heavily dressed and overpowering.

Overall a very good experience and the views from our corner table overlooking the Yarra on a warm evening were wonderful.

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Posted by: Frankie D | 22 October 2009, 1.56pm

This was a fab evening out. The service really was fantastic. The extensive wine list was very overwhelming, however the waiter was very patient and even allowed us to sample some wines opened with the degustation menu. He worked with our budget and managed to pull one up from the cellar. The food was gorgeous, duck a little overcooked but still amazing with lots of flavours that work together. Highly recommended.

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Posted by: TTJK | 17 January 2009, 10.15am

Food was wonderful. The service could not have been any better. They made a special occasion even more special. We went home full and very happy!

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Posted by: sporty | 22 July 2008, 2.04pm

Excellent service but it is a shame that the tables are quite so close to each other. More importantly though was the food which was good but inconsistent as my partner's rabbit saddle was much better then my whiting fillets. Overall though, a very classy restaurant.

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Posted by: Jamoeesh | 18 May 2008, 12.35pm

Best service I've ever experienced. My range of food doesn't give me many options here but if you have an open palate you wil love it here.

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Posted by: Dessie | 23 July 2007, 12.51pm

The meal was magnificent and the service simply outstanding! The only fault that could be found was the background music was a little loud to hear all speeches. Definitely return to this fabulous restaurant.

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Posted by: RealDeal | 2 July 2007, 1.34pm

A classy but yet friendly establishment. The entrees of tuna sashimi and scallops were delicate and flavoursome. The highlight of the petit fours was the tangy lemon tartlets! However, the wine glasses on our table were covered in lint and a mistake was made with our drinks order.

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Posted by: D&C | 23 June 2007, 9.57am

Went to Taxi for a Christams doo with 10 other girlfriends in 2006. I would say that i was an experienced diner and feel confident enough to say the food was absolutely outstanding. We all chose the degestation, and were all extremely happy with the outcome. The service was excellent and the atmosphere, naturally with 10 ladies brilliant! All in all a very good night out, we intend to book there again for Christmas! Memorable and a great experience!

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Posted by: fasta | 30 May 2007, 5.16pm

Very enjoyable modern take on food. Intense well balanced flavors. Very decent sized entrees; a side is needed with main though. Food was definitely the highlight. Space was very noisy (band playing downstairs!) and a bit squashy. Service was extremely good, waiters very knowledgeable and sommelier very helpful, understood what we wanted. We would recommend and will return again to try the wonderful looking sushi selections.

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Posted by: pyu | 18 October 2006, 2.09pm

We ordered six different entrees and four different mains, but unfortunately not one of them was good. The influence of Japanese/Asian in cooking creates odd taste and flavours. The suckling pig I had was simply a piece of fat rather than pork. The service was friendly and attentive.

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Posted by: Jockey | 29 July 2006, 6.13pm

My wife and I are very experienced diners so when I say the service and atmosphere was fantastic, it really was. The presentation of the food was creative but unfortunately the taste and flavours let this whole experience down.
The sushi and sashimi meat was of poor quality
tempura flathead batter was soggy.

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Posted by: Unregistered user | 3 February 2006, 10.02am

A truly pleasant dining experience - exciting flavours, combinations and textures. The choice was difficult. The staff left us wanting for nothing and it was a great place to catch up with friends in a space that is not crowded.

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Posted by: monotone | 22 September 2005, 10.35am

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