makan

food overpriced and not worth it. don’t waste your money here and go to kenangan or kata kita instead. the sambal matah they served tasted raw with huge chunks of chilli that wasn’t properly cut. the corn which came as part of the side was also raw. i didn’t have the photo of the egg anymore but the boiled egg that came with the nasi balirice$25 was utterly terrible with the white bits off during the peeling process, leaving only yolk and a poor excuse of egg white. the $25 portion came with barely any meat and any sides, just mainly a pile of white rice. food may look alright but the taste is terrible. as a former cook, this food is just 😡😡😡.

very tasty food, delicious. pleasant service. best gado gado i’ve had in a while and the black stickyricedessert was gorgeous. huge menu, will be back to try more of it.

went there for lunch and had the set menu which is 49 for two people. you can select entree and main, then it comes with thericeand greens. the duck skin was crispy and the meat was tender and yummy. must try dish.

📍makan, melbourne
hidden on the ground floor of the corporate building on collins street! heard a lot about makan for serving auethentic indonesian food so i was excited to finally visit. chic interior design with dimmed lighting - it was a perfect first date spot :) we decided to grab soft-shell crab baos (2pcs, $18), stuffed calamari (mp ~ $30), bbq sticky ribs ($32), and black stickyrice($14). soft-shell crab bao was crispy with a light spicy kick from padang tomato sauce. a perfect starter! bbq sticky ribs were glazed with sweet soy and came out with sambal sauce. what can honestly go wrong with bbq ribs? finger lickin' good - absolutely juicy and easily fall right off the bones. went wonderfully together with jasminericewe ordered. my personal favourite! next, we moved on to stuffed calamari - i think stuffed with fish paste. it was served on top of delicious bumbu rujak sauce which had fragrant aromatic spices to add more flavours :) we finished the night with black stickyricewith salted coconut cream, sasame nougatine, and coconut & kaffir lime ice cream. not my personal favourite as i am not used to havingriceas dessert but it was definitely nice and refreshing. too bad i was too full by then.
overall, it was a beautifully designed restaurant with amazing food. i feel like i missed some of the more popular options so i'd like to visit again in the near future to try them next time (esp. beef rendang)

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the small plates were an absolute hit for us - pork belly sticks, chicken satay, fish cerviche, fried chicken wings. the barramundi in broth was excellent but the eggplant lacked flavour. the snake beans with shredded coconut was quite bland too. thankfully we ended the night on a high - the black stickyricewas a yes from us!

authentic indonesian cuisine. we ordered slow cooked lamb shank, pork rib , ubud crispy duck and nasi goreng. the food was delicious. however , the duck is a bit dry. the cendol panda and black stickyricedessert were not too sweet and taste just right.

walked into makan from a blustery cold autumn day to a warm and delicious indonesian surprise.

we had the satay, sambal fish, beef rendang, and mi goreng, which were all delicious! :’) topped it off with the glutinousricedessert and was perfection!

love it, can’t wait to come back!

it’s actually 3.5 rating. i am an indonesian and a colleague took me here. i know it’s a fusion restaurant but i guess sometimes the indonesian-ness is not apparent enough in the dishes. we had some appetizers, such as soft shell crab bao, sashimi crackers, and fish satay. out of the three, the bao was the most memorable. the crab was crispy and the padang sauce is spicy and tasty! might be a bit hot for some people though. sashimi crackers have really nice sauce to go with it, and i don’t usually like sashimi but i enjoyed this dish. lastly, the fish satay to me was a bit strange and i wouldn’t order it again (i dont think i ever seen fish satay in indo itself?). for mains, we had oxtail stew, crispy duck, mie goreng, grilled fish and veggie stir fry. oxtail stew was cooked really well and the sauce was really nice. mie goreng was rather sweet but still nice. the stir fry was pretty good too. the crispy duck however, i feel lacking of flavour. we asked for a special chili paste and it was just how indo people like it so yeah that was nice. for dessert we had black glutinousriceand a pineapple cake (apparently special for valentines day). whether i was just too full, but the desserts were ok but not mindblowing. so overall they do have some really yummy dishes and some are just ok. the place has fancy atmosphere to it but still youthful. apparently if you go on the weekend, you have to enter via little collins street. waiters are friendly and very attentive, they never fail to fill out water glasses throughout the night without being asked. would like to try more dishes next time.

this is more of a 3.5 stars. i got their pan-fried market fish (barramundi was the fish of the day) with balado chilli jam on rice, bean shoot urap and boiled egg (one of their lunch specials) to takeaway. the ambience of this modern indonesian restaurant has a contemporary, classy feel, and the waitress/manager that attended to me was friendly yet professional (i could tell she was experienced and well trained given they cater to a lot of corporate clients).

the food was quite spicy and the taste was quite authentic. i could tell the different elements were carefully prepared - the egg for example was just under hard boiled and thericewas fluffy. however, the main issue with the meal is there was quite little for what we paid. the entire dish maaay qualify as filling if you finished all the rice, but the piece of fish they gave was quite small, there weren't much vegetables either and they only gave half an egg. my wife finished all the food with half the amount ofricestill left. i might pay $10 for it (if i really wanted authentic indonesian food) but for $17 i would have liked quite a lot more.

i can't believe i'm saying this but papparich a few steps away (who are famous for their ever increasing prices and trying to extract the last dollar out of their customers) is probably better value for money than makan, even though the food there is technically malaysian (there are some similar dishes). i can see some people prefering to dine here for corporate meetings with clients though, as the ambience is more suited to these events and the value of the meal is secondary. because of the good service and ambience, i gave this place half a star more than i usually would.

classy, affordable indonesian food down a little quiet alleyway. however, you can also enter or leave via the building next door!

ordered:
🍞 stir-fried tofu (v): with mushrooms, green bean with green chilli sambal on rice, bean shoot urap ($16.00)
+ 🍚 sub to redrice($1.00)

review:
the stir-fried tofu was so flavorful!! you get that punch of savoury soulful goodness, with a good amount of chilli spice that leaves that warm tingly feeling in your mouth when the dish is done. all without that peppery burn!

one of the best indonesian places i've been so far with a classy interior to match. if you want to impress someone/go to somewhere elevated and be gentle to your wallet, makan is a great choice.

i'm definitely coming back.

one thing to note is that the express lunch wasn't very express. it took a little while for the food to come - which meant i could only scoff down my food before i had to jet off to my next meeting.

i came here for dinner with my friends. we selected the tasting menu for $55pp. it came with 5 small and 3 larger dishes. all the meals came in sharable big plates. some meals can be easily distributed with the number of people, but some are trickier to divide it ourselves (e.g. the white fish gohu).

these are the meals that we had:

1. white fish gohu, spicy coriander dressing, cucumber, avocado mousse,ricecrackers – 17 gf:
like a ceviche; fish was soft and tender; the taste was alright. my only disatisfaction is that it came with only a slice of small fish and it was quite tricky to divide it among ourselves. it would have been better if it had been pre-divided into the same number of people.

2. fried chicken ribs, chilli & sweet soy glaze – 15:
very flavourful, but i felt that the chicken contains more skin than meat.

3. fish sate lilit, lemongrass, galangal, coriander, pickled daikon – 15 (3pcs) gf df:
good, but imo it would have been better if it came with sambal on the side.

4. grilled jumbo king prawns, spicy tomato relish, prawn salt – 18 (2pcs) df:
love the flavour, although it required some effort to separate the prawn meat from the shell.

5. grilled corn cobs, kaffir lime, chilli salt – 12 (3pcs) gf df vg:
good old grilled corn cobs, hard to get wrong here.

6. kangkung, shrimp paste sambal, roasted peanuts – 16 gf df:
lacking flavour; my least favourite out of all.

7. beef brisket rendang, potatoes – 26 gf df:
it didn't taste like an authentic rendang. for some reason it tasted cheesy, and not in a good way. this is not my favourite and i feel they can do better than this.

8. bbq sticky ribs, sweet soy glaze, sambal (beef – 29 pork – 30) df:
it tasted good, the meat separated very easily from the bone; although i think the sambal was more of sweet than spicy.

9. jasmine rice:
they gave us very generous portion ofriceand we could still ask for morericeif we wanted to. they gave us portion for 2 people but it was more than enough for 4 of us.

generally the food was good, although i'm quite disappointed with the taste of the kangkung and rendang. the variety of the tasting menu and the portion are great. we didn't manage to finish all of them, but they allowed you to bring the leftovers home. their service is awesome.

makan is a new, modern eatery serving up balinese style dishes to melbourne. opened by tascia and gracia segar, two sisters who were the winners of mkr in 2016. we ordered the chicken satay, nasi goreng, mee goreng, opor tempeh with mild coconut curry, the bbq sticky ribs with pork, the ubud style crispy duck, the cendol panacotta and the mocha cake.
the highlights and standouts were:
chicken satay - these were tender, juicy and the sauce was really tasty
nasi goreng - flavourful and we loved the smokiness in thericefrom a really hot wok
sticky ribs - finger lickin’ good and falling off the bone
the not so good / could be improved:
ubud crispy duck - just a bit too dry
mocha cake - again, the cake was a bit overcooked and dry
overall, makan has good vibes and the staff are super friendly. location isn’t the greatest as it’s a bit hard to find but food was generally good and great value for the serving sizes. 3.6/5

wow! just wow. always walk past this hidden gem while getting lunch or coffee (i am a meerkat when it comes to neon lights) but finally visited last friday. would highly recommend booking, the place was full house within 15 minutes.

we ordered from the express menu, the mi goreng, the market fish, and the black stickyricedessert.

all dishes were packed full of flavour and delightful in presentation. the chilli jam on my fish brought me back to bali.

the dessert is a must-try, striking punches of flavour, but not too sweet.

highly recommend this restaurant! well done mkr gals 👍🏼👍🏼

came here during a weekday for lunch so we choose our meal from the lunch express menu.. i had the friedrice(you have a choice of either regular or spicy) & my friend had pan fried fish on chili.. for the fried rice, it was full of flavour but it felt too salty for me.. the prawn cracker looked beautiful on the side but quite disappointing that it was mostly not fried enough which made it hard to bite into.. for dessert we had cendol panna cotta & the banana brûlée.. the panna cotta set beautifully in a glass and taste ok but not too impressed.. i preferred my friend’s dessert- banana brûlée which the staff claimed that it was her favourite in the restaurant.. the banana burned nicely & there is some cheese crisp on the cream which i loved it..

i never give 5✨ rating to indonesian restaurant but this one is really deserve it!!! i love all of the menu i ordered. lilit skewers and banana creme brulee are my favorites 😍😍😍 the risoles and friedricewere amazing too, it has that indonesian taste but modern enough. i love it. the waitress was very friendly and kind, so me and my boyfriend were really happy eating here.